Y-50 Abdominal Lifts
With the feet placed a shoulder width apart, bend slightly forward with the spine and head straight and hands resting on thighs. Continue reading “Y-50 Abdominal Lifts”
HS09 General Guidelines For Performing Yoga ExercisesDetails Concerning How To Perform Your Yoga Exercises
It is best if you can learn the exercises which are recommended for your specific self-therapy from an experienced yoga instructor. He or she will be able to guide you in the rate, rhythm and duration of each movement. Any mistaken or ineffective movements or positions will be corrected and you will get much more benefit from your exercises. This would require only one to eight visits (depending on your problem and experience in exercising) so that you can learn these exercises well. Then you can continue at home on your own, unless you prefer a class setting or would like to go beyond the self-therapy stage to the self-development and then the self-knowledge stages of your evolution. In that case it would be wise to find a recommended and responsible yoga center near you and proceed beyond self-therapy into self-transformation. Continue reading “HS09 General Guidelines For Performing Yoga ExercisesDetails Concerning How To Perform Your Yoga Exercises”
HS25 Breathing Problems
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HS01 THE BASIS OF SELF THERAPY
HS16 HOW TO USE THESE SUGGESTIONS
HS17 DESCRIPTION OF YOGA EXERCISES
A simple practical guide for those who are bothered with difficulty in breathing, to clear the way for further progress in pranayama. Continue reading “HS25 Breathing Problems”
HS41 Hemorrhoids
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HS01 THE BASIS OF SELF THERAPY
HS16 HOW TO USE THESE SUGGESTIONS
HS17 DESCRIPTION OF YOGA EXERCISES
Hemorrhoids can be very annoying to those who are afflicted by them. On the other hand they are not very difficult to heal, if one is willing to make some changes in his life style. The two basic causes are lack of sufficient fiber in the diet, and nervous tension. Once these are remedied in most cases the problem will be solved. Continue reading “HS41 Hemorrhoids”
HS57 Arthritis And Rheumatism
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HS01 THE BASIS OF SELF THERAPY
HS16 HOW TO USE THESE SUGGESTIONS
HS17 DESCRIPTION OF YOGA EXERCISES
We are placing these two problems together because the approach for self-healing is quite similar. Much of the information concerning diet and fasting here comes from the research done by Paavo Airola on this subject as presented in his book How to Get Well. Continue reading “HS57 Arthritis And Rheumatism”
Y-00 Standing Relaxation Position
It is important to begin the series of yoga exercises with a few minutes of one of the relaxation positions. (There are standing, lying on back, lying on abdomen and sitting relaxation positions). Continue reading “Y-00 Standing Relaxation Position”
Y-16 Balancing On One Leg
The balance of the physical body is a mental-neuro-muscular function which requires simultaneous balance of the forces of the mind and the body. For this reason they are beneficial in bringing a harmony and poise to the movements of the body-mind. They also tend to correct the body posture and walking and sitting habits which are often unbalanced. Continue reading “Y-16 Balancing On One Leg”
Y-34 The Tree Posture
Shifting all your weight to one leg, bend the other leg at the knee bringing the ankle and placing it on the opposite thigh.
If this is difficult, try to place the sole of the foot against the thigh.
The hands may be placed palms together in front of your heart or over your head.
Y-51 Nauli
Nauli is not a beginner’s exercise; actually it is a cleansing exercise for the digestive system. It is presented here, however, because it is, in a sense, a development of the abdominal lift. Continue reading “Y-51 Nauli”
HS10 Breathing For Vitality -Details Concerning Breathing Techniques For Health And Vitality
IMPORTANCE OF BREATH
Life is not possible without breath. Life in the physical body begins with the first breath and ends with the last. The Greek word for lungs, «pneumonia», finds its roots in the word «pneuma» or spirit. In English we say inspire and expire. That is to bring the spirit in and to send it out. In esoteric Christianity one finds the word «Holy Breath» used interchangeably with «Holy Spirit». It is through the Holy Breath that we receive the Holy Spirit and are transformed. Continue reading “HS10 Breathing For Vitality -Details Concerning Breathing Techniques For Health And Vitality”