...The following Yoga anatomy article is an in-depth analysis of how improper spinal alignment and lack of awareness to the scapular region leads to chronic neck and shoulder pain. This article offers guidance in applying correctional cues in your Yoga Class to reduce and/ or eliminate these chronic conditions.

The arms (bicep, tricep, deltoid) and back (rhomboid, levator, latissimus dorsi and trapezius) need to be toned and strong to be healthy and pain free.

Your home practice is a great place to deepen your connection with these larger, more obvious muscles. By holding poses like plank, side plank pose (vasisthasana) and dolphin for long periods of time, you can explore and fortify each muscle in the upper body.

Notice that pressing down betwee...more

Teaching Peace in Yoga Class

...en do you teach peace in a yoga class?

Pranayama or breath practice lends itself to the quest for peace. Guide your students to slow down their breath and become aware of the peaceful rhythm of the inhalation and exhalation. Teach your students to passively accept their breath rather than force it to become deeper. You can be more literal about it as well encouraging students to draw peace into their body with each inhalation and release tension with each exhalation. Simply following the breath brings peace to the body and mind.

When leading guided relaxation help students to become aware of the spaces in their bodies where peace already exists. Then use breath and yoga postures to expand that feeling of peace throughout the class.

Mantras are a particularly effective way to shift our minds towards peace. I love Tich Nhat Hanhs mantra from Peace is Every Step Breathing in I calm my body, Breathing out I smile. Tich Nhat Hanh teaches that peace and happine...more

Yoga Tips for Managing Anxiety and Cultivating Positive Energy

... natural breath should be practiced every day, at least eight times per day for 3 to 5 minute sessions. This should yield optimum results within a week, but it must become a habit.

Another way to cultivate positive energy is to reverse the, Why me, mindset; how many times have you heard somebody say - Why me?

Lets take a close look at Why me, and put a positive spin on it. Why are we so lucky? Why do we have Internet access? Why do we live at a time, so full of opportunities?

Many of the most optimistic people, I know, are my Chair Yoga students from within the Providence, Rhode island area and in the Greater Attleboro, massachusetts area.

Some of these Yoga students have ailments, diseases, and health conditions such as:...more

Yoga Options for Managing Anxiety

...elief, if negative energy is getting out of hand.

The study of Yoga requires your commitment to make a personal appointment with yourself. Do you have the time to take care of your health? This requires pro-active thinking on your part, because most of the world reacts to health problems.

Setting a time of the day for a Yoga lesson, at a studio, or a Yoga home practice session, is not difficult. Yet, there are other ways to practice Yoga off your mat and say goodbye to anxiety at the same time.

Heres another option: Go for a 20 to 40 minute walk. You can practice the natural breath technique (belly breath), Dh...more

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