2 Minutes – Heart Energy Breath – Qigong Breathing Technique for Positive Energy This short exercise helps you to activate positive heart energy. It opens your heart and fills you with a really nice feeling!
The Heart Centering Exercise is a great tool which will help to interrupt your stress response, even in the midst of the chaos of daily life. It is a very simple and useful technique for those moments that you are feeling anxious, stressed or very emotional. The Heart-Brain It brings the attention from your brain […]
THE 4-7-8 (OR RELAXING BREATH) This breathing exercise is a natural tranquilizer for the nervous system. Use it whenever you are aware of internal tension or stress. Use it to help you fall asleep.
This is a beautiful mantra performed by Tina Turner and a group of kids for her album “Children Beyond”. The text: Om Om Om Sarvesham Svastir Bhavatu Sarvesham Shantir Bhavatu Sarvesham Poornam Bhavatu Sarvesham Mangalam Bhavatu Om, Shanti, Shanti, Shanti Language of the mantra: Sanskrit Meaning: “May well-being, peace, wholeness and tranquility, happiness and prosperity be achieved by […]
Remove Negative Energy This mantra helps extract energy from the spine for healing. It is a great mantra for removing negative energy. TEXT OF THIS MANTRA: PRANA, APANA, SUSHUMNA, HARI. HARI HAR, HARI HAR, HARI HAR, HAR. Meaning words: Prana – vital life force and as well one of the forms of Prana Apana […]
The importance of having open hips “Open” hips are important for yogis, and for good reason: Maintaining flexibility and stability in the hip joints is crucial for lower-back health, not to mention for cultivating overall freedom and ease in our bodies. Hip openers bring release in many areas that are tight and bring a sense […]
Waar is yoga goed voor? 7 redenen om yoga een vast onderdeel in je leven te maken. Misschien is yoga al onderdeel van je leven, of heb je interesse om ermee te starten. Maar waar is yoga goed voor? Wat maakt yoga zo anders dan bijvoorbeeld een lesje pilates of zumba? Het grote verschil is […]
Boost je immuunsysteem met de Kapalabhati! Pranayama: de Kapalabhati: Een ademhalingsoefening voor meer energie en een rustig hoofd. Kapalabhati is een ademhalingstechniek (pranayama) dat net als de andere pranayamas als doel heeft om je lichaam en vooral je longen schoon te maken. Kapalabhati verhoogt de weerstand van de luchtwegen. Het wordt ook vaak de […]
✨INTERVIEW✨ We are organizing our Yoga Teacher Training Courses for a few year now. But who are the people participating in our courses? And what are our Viva La Vida Yoga Teachers doing now?Today we introduce you to Jacqui Name: Jacqui NoëlAge: 30Nationality: New Zealand Why did you decide to go to a Yoga TTC? […]
Part of being a yoga teacher is inspiring and informing your students about how best to deepen their asana practice. Often, this involves placing your hands on a person to gently ease or encourage their body into a pose. Sometimes hands-on adjustments correct alignment, or invite more depth. Other times the touch is simply to […]