Stiffness felt throughout your back muscles comes from increased tension in your muscle tissue. The stiffness and back pain may occur in your upper back - the thoracic and cervical regions - or your lower back - the lumbar region. Causes of increased muscle tension include trauma, overuse and poor posture. There are multiple approaches for relief, including heat and…
A classic yoga posture, Knees-to-Chest Pose has many therapeutic benefits. Because it’s performed on your back, it is sometimes referred to as “Supine Knees-to-Chest Pose.” Though the pose is rarely referred to by its Sanskrit name — Apanasana (ah-pahn-AHS-uh-nuh) — it can be helpful to understand its meaning. It comes from two Sanskrit words: “Apana” (meaning, “downward-flowing…
You ve probably heard about the benefits of yoga, but have you wondered how you can start. As we always suggest, start with the easy stuff. So, here are some simple yoga asanas and poses that can get you started. Child Pose or Balasana: This pose is ideal for beginners where a person surrenders to gravity, resulting in relaxation of shoulders, neck back muscles and…
Asana is subjecting your body to the various poses to achieve relaxation and increase flexibility. Yogaasan.com is instrumental in making the yoga enthusiasts more aware about the activity and plethora of various yoga asanas. There are many different types of yoga asanas and each has its own traits and benefits. Yogaasan.com is leading resource developed on yoga that…
(tah-DAHS-anna) tada = mountain Mountain Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions Step 1 Stand with the bases of your big toes touching, heels slightly apart (so that your second toes are parallel). Lift and spread your toes and the balls of your feet, then lay them softly down on the floor. Rock back and forth and side to side. Gradually reduce this swaying to a standstill…
Asana – the Sanskrit term for a pose in yoga, literally translates to “position of sitting”. Hence, yoga essentially means how you place yourself . This is precisely the reason why most yoga classes begin with sitting poses. However, there are other reasons to this as well, such as low risk of falling, more control over body, better joint and spine opening through…
Running has a reputation for giving the body a pounding, and for some runners with lower back pain that can be a very real experience. For others, running itself is fine but the pain appears afterwards. The solution is the same in either case, and believe it or not it doesn’t involve stretching. The solution is also the same if you have back pain and aren’t even a…
Anityasuciduhkhanatmasu nityasucisukhatmakhyatiravidya (What at one time feels good or appears to be of help can turn out to be a problem; what we consider to be useful may in time prove to be harmful.) - From Patanjali s Yoga Sutras, written in Sanskrit approximately 2, 400 years ago. As a 40-year yoga practitioner, with over two decades practicing massage therapy…
There are few things more frustrating to a person with chronic pain than hearing someone say, “Your pain is all in your mind.” But if you’re one of the estimated 50 to 75 million Americans living with chronic pain, these words might actually be the key to relieving your suffering. Chronic pain is in the mind—but this does not mean what you think it means. The experience…
Battling depression can feel like a fight for your life. Yoga can help you stop struggling. It happened 11 years ago, but I remember the night I had my first full-fledged panic attack as if it were yesterday. I was sitting in the cramped balcony of the Marines Memorial Theatre in San Francisco with my then-boyfriend, watching a devastatingly sad and incredibly long…
Schedule: ( timeplan in Norwegian) PDF link , Zenplanner Schedule from where you can book classes. We teach in English when needed, and the asanas (yogaposes) are often called out with their sanskrit names. Alberto teaches all his classes in English. Yogarommet teach yoga adapted to our western lifestyle. A consistent practice of yoga helps develop a healthy balance…
The asanas in this section are the basic poses that every yoga practitioner is supposed to know. You can try to learn yoga, but the best way to learn yoga is to experience it first hand. The basic poses are to be learned in the sequence presented. They are arranged in the approximate order of difficulty. Each new pose can be taken a new day. The basic poses are; Lotus…
Mark TJ Keane, following a personal awakening over a decade ago has devoted his life to Spiritual Enlightenment. He embarks on this quest as a very real, tangible and achievable goal and inspires others to do the same. He is author of Meditation for beginners, and Secret Enlightenment. Mark is the creator of Sleeping Serpent , an organisation dedicated to bringing…
Who needs to stretch? You do. A regular stretching routine helps to keep your muscles flexible. With consistency, you can relieve and prevent pain from exercise and daily, functional activities. Is back pain a problem for you? Here are three easy stretches that can help. Low Back Relaxer Grab a pillow and slowly lie down on your back. Bend both knees, keeping your…
Up until that point, I had never done a low bar squat; I had always performed the high bar variety. Getting the bar in proper position on the former requires a considerable amount of flexibility in the chest and shoulders. Your wrists need to be neutral, or straight, throughout the entire lift to avoid any of the weight being carried by your wrists or arms. If you…
Chemical stress includes eating, drinking or inhaling substances that the body finds toxic, even if we think we enjoy them. These substances may include: Alcohol Tobacco Preservatives in food Smoggy air Even an excess of sweets! Chemical stressors all affect the hormone levels in the body, which in turn affect the functioning of the nervous system. Physical stress…
