Yoga positions

Reiki is a complementary health approach to promote healing through stress reduction and relaxation. It is administered through a series of hand positions held on or above a patient’s body to help balance life and force energy through their bodies to help facilitate the patient’s own bodily healing response (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, (NCCIH), 2015). This allows the body’s ability to heal and restore homeostasis through self-regulating mechanisms that maintain…

General practices of yoga in North America differ from yoga practices in India for several reasons. The practices we recognize today are the result of the creative merging and development of philosophies over thousands of years, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Yoga is practiced in India mainly because of their religion and their beliefs. North America on the other hand, practices yoga as a way to exercise and relax. Although there are differences in the way yoga is practiced, there…

There are many ways to perform self-therapy, you can perform a Gassho meditation, self-therapy with hands positions covering a whole circuit from the head to the feet, or just a few minutes of silence visualizing the energy of Reiki giving everything your being needs . Whichever way you decide will be fine. The important thing is that you practice Reiki every day in yourself. In this way you will be able to tune in more deeply to the energy of Reiki every day and great things will happen in your…

effectiveness. Yoga, while commonly said to have great benefits, both physically and mentally, lacks enough research to back it up. In addition, “yogi culture” has little to no research surrounding it. And this research is perhaps even more important, as it determines willingness for students to continue a yoga practice and continue treatment, assuming their treatment includes yoga. Ultimately, I would love to use a local yoga studio as my field site, specifically one called Lila Yoga,…

Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word meaning union. It is an ancient practice in the Indian tradition that brings the concepts of movement and breathing into a whole and it works together to bring physical and mental wellbeing. Yoga was attained by the teachings of gurus (teachers) where there were one-on-one sessions and the goal was to achieve the highest spiritual goals, self-realization, enlightenment, and liberations of the soul (Synovitz, 2013). Yoga therapy is a reworking aspect of yoga. It…

Yoga is the peaceful form of exercise that creates a connection among the mind, body and soul. Through a combination of numbers of meditation, breathing and stretching techniques, yoga relaxes the mind and soothes the body. This exercise form is very common among adults but studies are showing its benefits for young kids as well. Kids practicing yoga are found to develop a stronger intellectual growth due to physical activity and movement. Benefits of yoga Yoga is not just physical exercise.…

The Bhagavad Gita is regarded as one of the greatest teachings or scriptures of all Asian cultures. The Gita is designed to teach the understanding of a person’s inner self and how a person is to connect with god. The teaching is intended on bringing, in essence, a person into a state of enlightenment connection and communication with god. The teaching is intended as a guide and is more of an oral teaching then a book. Krishna in the story, who is god incarnate, is in the great battle between…

Journal 3 Reflect on any connections you have noticed between stress management strategies and prioritized values. How are they interrelated? As I have discussed before, yoga has become a huge part of my life. Especially while at college, I value my body and try to pay attention to what I put in it and how I can use it. Yoga, a daily practice of mine now, is a way for myself to move my body and maintain a confident perception of my body. This, I have realized, increases my mental well…

does not have allegations of ties with the Vedas, the Bhagavad Gita, and other aspects of Hinduism. First of all being Buddhism, which has Buddha being recognized as the ninth avatar of Lord Vishnu, and that it is considered an offshoot of the jnana yoga worship. Through Buddhism and directly, the teachings in the Vedas and the Bhagavad Gita heavily influenced both Judaism and Christianity, which in turn influenced…

Over the past few years, my interest in yoga has increased greatly since I discovered how useful it is to relieve stress and tension. As a former chronic stressor, yoga has taught me a lot about letting things go and how to really focus and tune into my body. It’s taught me to be in the moment as well as how to enjoy exercise without constantly having to push my body to fatigue and exhaustion. More recently, I’ve heard of a new form of yoga called aerial yoga which allows one to perform poses…