Best Free Yoga Channels on YouTube You don’t need a studio or a scheduled time to fit in your yoga practice. Whenever you aren’t able to get to a public yoga class, you can turn to YouTube for a wide variety of free yoga videos that vary in teaching style, discipline, focus, etc. You Tube […]
The Stimulating Breath (also called the Bellows Breath) The Stimulating Breath is adapted from yogic breathing techniques. Its aim is to raise vital energy and increase alertness. How to do the stimulating breath: Inhale and exhale rapidly through your nose, keeping your mouth closed but relaxed. Your breaths in and out should be equal in […]
Krishnamacharya (November 18, 1888 – February 28, 1989) No one has had more of an impact on how yoga is taught and practiced in the West than T. Krishnamacharya. His students included some of today’s most influential teachers: B.K.S. Iyengar, T. K. V. Desikachar, the late K. Pattabhi Jois, and the late Indra Devi. Krishnamacharya […]
Een fijne korte meditatie om te ontspannen en je energie op te laden
History of Yoga
Yoga’s history has many places of obscurity and uncertainty due to its oral transmission of sacred texts and the secretive nature of its teachings. The early writings on yoga were transcribed on fragile palm leaves that were easily damaged, destroyed or lost. The development of yoga can be traced back to over 5,000 years ago, but some researchers think that yoga may be up to 10,000 years old old. Yoga’s long rich history can be divided into four main periods of innovation, practice and development.
What do you know about the history of Yoga? Yoga has evolved so much since its introduction to the west in the late 19th century. In the begining it was mainly introduced as a practice for the mind with meditation, positive thinking and pranayama. It wasn’t until the 1920s that modern postural yoga became popular […]
Ben je gestresst? S.T.O.P ! DE STOP METHODE Een korte ontspanningsoefening om je weer te kunnen focussen. Deze korte 3 minuten meditatie helpt je om even te stoppen met waar je mee bezig bent. Om even naar binnen te keren. Het geeft je rust, maakt alert, geeft nieuwe energie en helpt je bij het […]
2 trucs om de onrust in je hoofd te stoppen. Ken je dat gevoel dat je hoofd volzit en dat er voortdurend allerlei gedachten door elkaar lopen? Dat je tegen jezelf zit te praten en je je drukmaakt over van alles. Je gedachten springen van de hak op de tak. Soms heb je niet eens door waar je mee bezig bent. Een […]
Wat is de Ujjayi ademhaling? De Ujjayi ademhaling is een super handige ademhalingstechniek om van een zenuwachtig of gestrest gevoel af te komen! De Ujjayi ademhaling is één van de meest bekende yoga ademhalingstechnieken. De Ujjayi ademhaling staat bekend als de “Victorious Breath”(succesademhaling), overwinnaars-ademhaling , versterker-ademhaling of oceaanademhaling. Dit omdat dat deze techniek vooral erg goed helpt om je […]
Wat is de Wim Hof methode en is het wat voor jou? De laatste tijd hoor je steeds meer over Wim Hof , alias de “Ice Man” en over zijn ontwikkelde Wim Hof Methode. Wim Hof, de kou-goeroe, duikt overal op met zijn boodschap: kou is goed. Hof pleit voor een herwaardering van de kou. […]
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