Sep 2011
Health Benefits of Yoga
25/09/11 20:57 Filed in: All Blogs and Posts | Yoga News from Web | Yoga Therapy | Health and Lifestyle
Most common questions on Yoga relate to the health benefits associated with practicing Yoga, together with questions around how Yoga practice differs from conventional exercise.
Answers to these questions have been researched and are presented in a detailed article published on the IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists) website, providing interesting reading.
In terms of the health benefits the information is grouped under physiological benefits, psychological benefits, and biochemical effects. It is based on the regular practice of traditional āsana (yoga postures), prānāyāma (breath), and dhyāna (meditation).
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Answers to these questions have been researched and are presented in a detailed article published on the IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists) website, providing interesting reading.
In terms of the health benefits the information is grouped under physiological benefits, psychological benefits, and biochemical effects. It is based on the regular practice of traditional āsana (yoga postures), prānāyāma (breath), and dhyāna (meditation).
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Where is Yoga Headed these Days?
17/09/11 09:35 Filed in: All Blogs and Posts | Yoga News from Web
Forbes magazine discuss where Yoga is headed.
Some interesting points made by Gary Kraftsow.
“Having spent time in India learning yoga from the masters, as well as studying it academically, Kraftsow stresses that yoga was originally a received practice, transmitted from masters of prophet status to their students. The practice, he says, whose real origins were lost in antiquity, was an oral tradition, with the exception of a few texts here and there. These days, the many forms of the practice are morphing into other animals completely.
In the West, says Kraftsow, there are streams where this authentic transmission from living masters to students still exists. But there's a lot of yoga that's made up, modern stuff, with no understanding of depth and meaning of text. There's a real bifurcation happening." And what about the newer forms? "Some of it is ok and pretty good. But it's yoga populaire," he says. "It's about music, partying, outdoor sports, and yoga being hip and cool. This is moving away from authenticity of tradition. It's taken on another flavor. I mean, naked yoga? Yoga and wine?" Yoga's newer offspring are, if nothing else, imaginative.
What about the idea that the main-streaming is what draws people in? “I don’t buy it,” says Kraftsow. “It’s like ‘groupthink’ of the yoga world. It could work for some, but I know people in it for 25 years who aren’t going deeper than the physical. It’s cliché.”
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Some interesting points made by Gary Kraftsow.
“Having spent time in India learning yoga from the masters, as well as studying it academically, Kraftsow stresses that yoga was originally a received practice, transmitted from masters of prophet status to their students. The practice, he says, whose real origins were lost in antiquity, was an oral tradition, with the exception of a few texts here and there. These days, the many forms of the practice are morphing into other animals completely.
In the West, says Kraftsow, there are streams where this authentic transmission from living masters to students still exists. But there's a lot of yoga that's made up, modern stuff, with no understanding of depth and meaning of text. There's a real bifurcation happening." And what about the newer forms? "Some of it is ok and pretty good. But it's yoga populaire," he says. "It's about music, partying, outdoor sports, and yoga being hip and cool. This is moving away from authenticity of tradition. It's taken on another flavor. I mean, naked yoga? Yoga and wine?" Yoga's newer offspring are, if nothing else, imaginative.
What about the idea that the main-streaming is what draws people in? “I don’t buy it,” says Kraftsow. “It’s like ‘groupthink’ of the yoga world. It could work for some, but I know people in it for 25 years who aren’t going deeper than the physical. It’s cliché.”
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Yoga Classes Rathgar - September 2011
Yoga classes recommencing on Wednesday 4th and Monday 9th May at at the Winton Practice, Rathgar. Times are 6:30 & 8:00 each evening.
Classes are suitable for both beginners and continuers.
For more information and schedule.
Classes are suitable for both beginners and continuers.
For more information and schedule.
Yoga Room at Winton Practice Rathgar
