VIDEO: YOGA RETREAT 2015
Impressions of our March Yoga Retreat in Koh Samui, Thailand.
Archive for month: May, 2015
VIDEO: SURYA NAMASKAR/ SUN SALUTATION
Face a time crunch? Want to feel fit but don’t know how? Welcome to the world of Surya Namaskar/ Sun Salutation. I have provided a few different variations of Sun Salution in the video here. Check it out.
The best part about Sun Salutation is that it works well for those people who often not being able to do yoga and because of a time crunch. Doing at least 12 sets of Sun Salutation, preferably at sunrise, at a fast pace provide a good cardiovascular workout. If done at a slow pace, these postures help tone the muscles and can be relaxing and meditative. Moreover, it allows you to enjoy the stretch and feel the body getting flexible for prepare the body to warm up more during the intense yoga posture sequence.
Do you know that one round of Surya Namaskar burns upto 13.90 calories for an average weighing person, maybe you can now set the target for yourself. Slowly you can increase the number of rounds of surya namaskar.
Happy practicing!
Just breathe
“Breathe space into the parts of your soul that need healing. Breathe space into what really hurts. Breathe space into the tight spots, into the pain. Breathe into the grief, the frustration, the anger, the sadness, the fear… Breathe space into all of the layers you carry with you, layers created from the simple experience of being alive. Alive, and so much so that it leaves you vulnerable in world that sometimes breaks you open. A world that can shatters your heart into a million tiny little pieces. A world that’s full of wonders, but that also wounds. Breathe space into this. The good and the bad. And when all else fails and you don’t know how to pick yourself off the floor and you don’t know how to puzzle all the pieces of your heart back together and you don’t know if there will be a better tomorrow… Just breathe. Just breathe. Know that life turns upside down and shakes us from the inside for a reason. Just breathe. You are not alone.”
Written by Rachel B.
How yoga has changed my life
One of the most important ways yoga has changed my life is my confidence has increased.
We work a lot on the navel center, the core area or third chakra, which builds our will power, confidence, and resolve.
Since I’ve been practicing yoga I’ve done a lot of things I’d never considered doing before, like getting up in front of a room full of people and teaching yoga in English which it is not my native language. I truly enjoy doing it because I’m surrounded by all the awesome people.
What I like about yoga is that there is no end to it, I constantly learn different things in each practice. I’m also finding the little peace for myself no matter what is going on outside of the four corners of my mat just feel the simple wonder of my body as I move.
I would like to share yoga with others and help them by teaching yoga. They can still have a workout and still have the mental benefits of yoga. I will keep on learning and growing as a teacher as well as a practitioner.
Namaste,
Carmen
