Yoga for everyone l Online yoga for beginners

Suryanamaskar or Sun Salutations were a regular feature of our PE class in School. Though we grew up performing it but never really paid attention to the benefits much like most of things we learnt in school. Cut to present when you need to quickly add a quick cardio workout but arent willing to go through a series of YouTube videos that promise quick fat burn in 30 mins. Surya namaskar is a complete body workout that will not only tone your muscles and helps you with weight loss.  Not only this, it is a superb warm up for your HIIT workout. Surya Namaskar is based on a sequence of seven asanas, of which five are repeated twice–making it a twelve-step salutation. Starting position: Stand erect with hands at their respective sides and feet as close together as possible. Place the body weight on the balls of the feet, towards the big toe. Hold the neck straight, abdomen in normal contour (deflated at its lower end but not necessarily drawn inwards), and chin drawn in. The sequence

Yoga practice always intrigued me and led me to join a local studio. The sessions were challenging and had professional and attentive instructors such as Darshana. This made me look forward to attending these sessions every evening. The instructors would increase the intensity of asanas gradually while breaking them down to make it easy for beginners like me. While most of the other attendees of my class had been practicing it for a while, I did find it difficult on several occasions as I was stiff as a tree. Today I will narrate how I managed to get a fair bit of knowledge on the practice Chakarasana or the Wheel Pose. At the studio, Chakrasana was done towards the end of the backbends session as the ending sequence. Initially, I struggled a fair amount to even lift myself. But patience and perseverance won at the end and I was able to do it albeit not completely. Like most of the Yoga practice, it’s still work in progress. But as they say, you have to start your journey somewhere,

An Introduction to Pranayama  Yoga is an ancient discipline that teaches the art of balance between different entities of an individual. Yoga and pranayama practices help one find liberation and peace through yogic philosophies and their implementations in everyday life, ranging from physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual dimensions.  Yoga is a way of life rather than a form of exercise. Yogic philosophy talks in-depth about how one should live their lives with discipline and control, and pranayama plays a significant role in implementing that yogic philosophy. Pranayama means working in the dimensions of prana. Prana is the life force that nourishes and nurtures our mind. It creates an aura around us when at a high level will flow unrestricted, which in turn keeps the mind calm, positive, and enthusiastic. Pranayama means one's control over the breath. Our breath is the life source of energy, and when done wrong, it can create multiple issues on a physical and emotional level.