Sporting Gaiam's nature-inspired Earth Meets Sky design, this yoga mat offers the perfect floor support for serious yoga enthusiasts. The eco friendly yoga mat is made of 100-percent-natural, latex-free rubber, with an elegant, comfortable surface that provides a gentle cushion for bones, joints, and pressure points.
Sponsored by Bikram Yoga Severna Park (www.bikramyogasp.com), this movie demonstrates through pictures the 26 postures or asanas that are completed throughout a session of Bikram Yoga. Included in these photos are also descriptions of their physical benefits.
Duration : 0:8:26
Stuff You Can Do With Yarn – My Knitted Yoga Mat Holder
I used Lion Brand Yarn “Cotton Ease” – Colors have been discontinued…sorry!
Free-handed design, no pattern, I used double pointed needles and knitted it in the round from top to bottom. The strap is knitted i-cord with the same yarn on double pointed needles.
Duration : 0:3:21
prAna’s eco-friendly Revolution Yoga Mat is bigger and better in every way! Size matters!
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When one considers that reincarnation is accepted in practically all religions including Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism to name just a few, then we are forced to acknowledge the fact that the belief in past life is extremely far reaching. Surprisingly enough though, is the fact that while such vast numbers of people are interested in their past lives, only an extremely small percentage of these people want to study their past lives in order to improve the life they are living now.
What lures most people to explore their past lives is the intriguing nature of it. Somewhat like living a real life science fiction movie, remembering our past lives is a little off the beaten path to say the least. The thing to consider is that Past Life Regression can benefit us greatly in our present life.
Modern science has also dwelt a lot on the beneficial features of Past Life Regression and most studies have concluded that indeed, humans can make a positive change in their lives by learning from the traumatic experiences of their past lives.
Normally you would go to a professional on Past Life Regression for a hypnosis session, but you can do this through self-hypnosis also. Try simple affirmations to help you. You need your subconscious mind to accept that it is okay to remember your past lives as it is more normal for you to ‘block out’ these memories.
It is necessary to accept certain things before you attempt to use Past Life Regression to explore your past lives.
With a little help, anyone can recall memories from past lives because whether we want to believe it or not, our past lives and our present life are connected via our subconscious minds.
Mere knowledge of past life experiences add up to nothing. The knowledge gained thus, must be put to practical use in the present life for better results.
You can use your experiences in your past lives to make changes for the better in your present life. Knowledge of your past will help in your present and future life. You will learn from the mistakes of the past.
You will be able to benefit from Past Life Regression whether you believe in reincarnation or not. You may think you are imagining the memories of your past live, either way you will learn from it. You can change your behavior and avoid mistakes by seeing the mistakes of the past.
According to experts going through Past Life Regression is necessary to improve your life for these two reasons:
*If you make a positive change in your life due to your experience with Past Life Regression then this is due to the fact that what you experienced was a past life memory.
*Even if you think these events are pure figments of your imagination, the cathartic release you may get from experiencing such thoughts may free-up your mind of something that is blocking your health, success, and creativity.
What are the main benefits one can gain from going through Past Life Regression?
*It helps in healing the past emotional traumas that are wrecking havoc in our present lives.
*Self confidence, better judgment, determination and the ability to focus properly on the things that matter are all benefits of PLR.
*Learning from the mistakes committed in the past prevents the repetition of those mistakes in the present life. For instance, you may have acted cruelly against someone in your past life. This knowledge will help you avoid the same behavior in your present life.
*You have potential that you do not realize you have. Exploring your past live will make you see a talent or skill that may be buried deep in your subconscious. Discovering this could change your outlook on life forever.
*Understanding the past life experiences answers a lot of burning questions about one’s attributes, personality, characteristics, etc. in the present life.
For the vast majority of people, anything which promises to improve the way we live our lives is worth a try so whether you believe in PLR or not, you really should consider giving it a go. After all, you have nothing to lose.
(01/85) (Lecture 1 of 8, Part 1 of 
Eight lectures by Swami Rama on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali emphasize practical advice on the methods of Yoga and Meditation. The 13 hours of talks have been divided into 85 parts of 10 minutes or less.
Lecture 1 of 8, Part 1 of 8 includes:
yoga used in many connotations, Sanskrit root means to unite or to join, individual soul united to cosmic soul is yoga, samadhi is yoga, prana and apana joined is yoga, karma yoga, jnana yoga, raja yoga, laya yoga, in bible is thy yoke, yoga is not a religion, millions seek truth and self-realization or God as religionists put it, orthodox religions do not satisfy, only old people go to temples and churches out of fear, thinking house of God will give solace, questioning mind is not satisfied, yoga science offers no new religion, yoga offers methods, does not condemn any religion, all great religions come from one source, religions say what to do and not to do, religion not fully satisfying, yoga science teaches you how to be, two methods of learning this philosophy and science, one is monastic way not merely studying books but learning to understand philosophy in practical manner, 5,000 years ago there were no printing presses, during those times students remembered shrutis or words of wisdom, seers found in deep meditation, svetasvatara upanishad, then imparted wisdom to us, academic way, no university teaches yoga darshana fully, book of revelations, Vatican, Judaism, need to understand and experience, seven churches, John, disciples of Christ, apostles, even without a teacher by sincere effort wisdom dawns, Saul became Paul on the way to Damascus, grace dawns, ascending force, descending force, wisdom dawns which leads to other shore of life, grace
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Suzie Hurley is a certified Senior Anusara Yoga Teacher and Director of the Willow Street Yoga Center in Takoma Park, Maryland. In this interview, Suzie shares with us her fated journey from student to teacher and her early beginnings as a reluctant teacher at Pope Airforce Base in Fayetteville, NC. Suzie has been a student of yoga since 1977, a teacher since 1981 and she is also a certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist.
Suzie found her teacher, John Friend, in 1994 and was one of the first certified Anusara Yoga Teachers. Today she shares with us some of the philosophy of Anusara Yoga, as well as how she recognizes the impact that her yoga practice has had on her life off the mat.
For video clips from this interview, please visit Suzie’s iHanuman Teacher Page. Suzie’s CD, “A Daily Anusara Practice for Beginners”, is available for download from our digital store. Thanks for helping to build the bridge with iHanuman. Namaste!
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Around the world today, yoga is definitely becoming more popular as a means of keeping relaxed and fit, and because of this more and more shops are stocking mats and bags. Once individuals have been attending classes for a few weeks, then you have to make a decision on whether to start using the mats provided by class, or do they need to purchase a cotton yoga mat. If you have made the decision to purchase one you’ll find a lot of options to choose from such as different colors and materials.
Different Options for Mats:
You’ll find the rubber yoga mats to be the cheapest and most common mats on the market today. Most stores that sell exercise equipment will stock many of these mats in different colors and sizes, but will cost you around $15-$60. Even though the majority are manufactured from synthetic rubber materials, you’ll find some that are more environmentally friendly because they are made from recycled rubber.
For those individuals who would like to spend more on a mat, they will find cotton ones available.To prevent slippage, some of these mats will require a thin rubber mat placed beneath them. Others have their own non-slipping material built in so that all that is needed is the cotton yoga mat, which is filled with all natural cotton fibers and has a case that is also of all cotton material. These bags can be cleaned very easily, just put them in a washer maching to remove all the bacteria have sweat. You’ll find the prices to be about $80 for a mat manufactured from all natural cotton fibers. You can also purchase massage equipment and cotton yoga mat kits as an inclusive package, however, these will cost over $200, which is a large investment.
The reason for having a good mat, regardless of whether it is one of the rubber yoga mats or a cotton yoga mat is to help keep and individuals feet and hands in place when doing poses. it also provides some cushion to the person’s body so that the floor poses do not have to be done on a hard floor. Many of them are not a lot more than half an inch thick, this is because it’s difficult to do balancing poses on the thick padded surface.
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We are all born with the ability to astral project. Practice is the only reason some astral project and some do not. It is an ancient art and has been practiced for centuries deserving the same respect as yoga or meditation. Astral projection is known by different names and types. There are many different techniques to achieve astral projection.
The first type of astral projecting that should be talked about is lucid dreaming. We all know what lucid dreaming is, it is when you are consciously dreaming. One form of this conscious dreaming is astral projection. You can do this rather simply. What you need to do is when you are dreaming is realize that you are dreaming and say to yourself in the dream ‘I am dreaming.’
If you keep doing this, you will become conditioned to being aware when you are dreaming. It may be hard for a beginner to astral project with this random practice.
Astral projection is something you have done before, although you may not realize that you have done so. Have you ever awoken from a particularly vivid dream remembering every detail? You were not dreaming this – you were astral projecting.
The key element to astral projection is to know that you can do it. This will help erase any fears or doubts that you may have that could be keeping you from being able to astral project.
Learn some good meditation and relaxation techniques; these will make it easier for you to astral project. Meditation will get your mind and body ready for the experience of astral projection. Start practicing relaxation and meditation routines you like to get prepared.
One good way to start your meditation (and astral projecting) is to sit in a comfortable chair in a quiet room where you will not be interrupted or distracted. You need to clear all thoughts from your mind and focus on your breathing. Breathe slowly and deeply. Feel your tension and worry leaving your body with each exhalation. Before long, you’ll be nearing the deeply relaxed state necessary to astral project.
You then have to be reach an altered state of consciousness. You can simply continue to work on your breathing, your focus now is not going to be to get rid of the stresses, it is to truly focus on the way you are breathing, your head is clear. The breaths that you are taking should be deep, coming in through the nose and going out of the mouth. As your breathing is slowing and deepening you need to focus on your relaxing on your body.
Begin with your toes and move on up your body telling each part to relax. When you breathe out, tell each part of your body to relax. You can also tense the muscles up first and then relax them, whichever works best for you.
You are going to feel heaviness as each area of your body becomes relaxed. The tension will leave your muscles; your energy will slip away as each part of your body relaxes. You will be able to feel it when this happens. When this consumes your entire body, you are ready to move on to astral projection.
By now your mind and body are ready for sleep, you need to stay alert. To do this many practitioners recommend that you come up with a line that you can repeat to yourself such as ‘I fly, I fly, I fly,’ you decide what you are going to say as there isn’t a right or wrong thing.
The mind tends to get bored when it is not doing anything, which can mean that it will drift and find something else to focus on. You don’t want that to happen. If the mind wanders then you need to quit the session. To help bring the mind back repeat your phrase.
There are a few different ways you can reach the kind of altered state required for astral projection. You can keep repeating your phrase until you reach it, or use the ‘body of light’ method, where you visualize yourself transforming into a body made of light.
There are three feelings you are going to experience that will help you know that your astral body is going. First you are going to feel as though you are moving, then you are going to ‘see’ lights and colors infront of your eyes (remember that your eyes are closed) this is simply the astral body moving into the astral world. Finally, you will hear voices that are going to be telling you to either stop what you are doing or encouraging you to continue. When you get to that third part you have successfully astral projected.
Develop Telepathy – Telepathy is a method of communication in which two people exchange thoughts, feelings and emotions directly between their minds. This is a mental capacity which anyone can use with enough practice.
The telepathic ability is one that all humans possess to some degree, but have lost the means by which to control it on a conscious level. We all experience moments of telepathic activity subconsciously from time to time. Develop telepathy – Imagine being able to control that innate ability and use it to communicate.
There is plenty of skepticism about telepathy, just as there is about any other less commonly used natural mental ability which humans possess. Think about a time when you have used telepathy; for example, I bet you’ve been in a great mood when you run into a friend who is feeling down. Even after speaking to him or her for just a minute, you start feeling these sad, depressive emotions yourself.
It’s not the words the person is saying to you – it’s the transference of their emotions and feeling leaking into your own subconscious mind. This is a form of telepathy.
There has been research which has shown that the part of the subconscious which governs telepathic abilities can be awakened and even used at will! The first step is to focus on the person you want to communicate with telepathically.
As with any other form of communication, we are taught as children by our elders. Our parents teach us speech and body language, so that we mimic the same language and even the same accents. This is because we all have the same ability to learn to communicate, but we only communicate in the ways in which we were taught.
The only thing this means is that you haven’t yet learned how to tap into this ability.
Let’s look at some ways you might use to awaken your own latent telepathy.
‘Mental-Muscle’ training
In much the same way as young children need to learn to strengthen their voice boxes and learn to control how their mouth moves as they learn to make words, you’ll need to learn to strengthen and control your telepathic muscles.
The part of your mind which controls telepathy is most readily reached while you are in a deeply relaxed trance state. You can produce this state through the use of relaxation techniques, including meditation.
Learn to relax your mind so that you can reach your trance state easily. When you can reach this point, you’ve begun to train your mind to be controlled at will.
Focus
It does take some practice to maintain your focus while in the deep relaxation of a trance state. Focus on someone who you want to telepathically communicate with as you relax and stay focused as you slip into a trance state.
Visualize them and project positive thoughts. Visualize them receiving your thoughts – remain focused on this until the recipient has had enough time to absorb these thoughts.
Then, stop focusing and break the telepathic link. They will feel this line of communication being severed and try to reestablish contact between your minds.
This exercise should be done regularly; it will prepare you to be able to send and receive telepathic communications, which will be helpful as you begin practicing telepathy with a partner.
Partner Practice
One partner will be the sender and the other will be the receiver in this exercise. The sender should begin by projecting simple thoughts such as bright colors.
The receiver should keep a writing utensil and paper close at hand so that they can write down any communications they receive from the sender.
Afterwards, compare notes and take a look at how well you did in the exercise. It will take some time to sharpen your telepathic abilities, so don’t get discouraged. Practice is the only way to develop telepathy, but you will become better at it with time.
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