Sunday, June 8, 2008

Pilates and Yoga Both Are Quality Workouts

...style, which besides exercises designed for stress reduction and helping the body with fluidity of movement, also delves into meditation and relaxation. yoga practitioner's work on breathing control, maintaining a proper diet, and several other disciplines in order to find a more perfect symmetry in their lives.

Both pilates and yoga do have a similar emphasis on the breathing of their practitioner's. It is well known that proper breathing does provide more of a benefit with the different pilates exercises and yoga postures. There is a slight difference between the differing practices recommendations: in pilates, the you are instructed to inhale through the nose, and exhale through the mouth. However, breathing yoga is you inhale and exhale through the nose.

While both pilates and yoga do use tools, mats and exercise balls in order to more accurately perform the exercises. Both also utilize their own tools that are uniquel...more

yoga Teacher certification for the Rich and Famous

...oga teacher correspondence course and discovered my course was a fraction of the cost he and his family paid. He asked me how this is possible. I explained that we do not need to feed, house, or supply hundreds of yoga interns. On top of that, there are no transportation costs to be concerned with, when using a yoga home study course. The only cost is for materials, tutoring, and Yoga teacher certification.

Further, I explained that to be trained in a face-to-face setting, by a Master Yoga Teacher, is more expensive due to the hands on time spent with his teacher. After all, we have an onsite Yoga Teacher program that is more expensive than our correspondence course.

Time spent learning Yoga from a Master Teacher, or a Guru, is a valuable service. Our course is designe...more

Health Benefits of Yoga

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* decreases joint and back pain

* increases immunity

* improves sleep and increases energy levels

* decreases heart rate and increase cardiovascular efficiency

* decreases respiratory rate and improves respiratory efficiency

* reduces high blood pressure

* improves digestion and normalizes gastrointestinal function

* improves excretory functions and reduces constipation and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

* improves flow of lymphatic system, thus helps in removal of toxins

* normalizes endocr...more

Getting To Know Hatha Yoga

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