...If you're new to yoga or you've been at it for many years, you either need a mat right now, or you'll need a new one some time in the future. Maybe you started out with one of those colorful cheap mats, but found out it stunk to high heaven of chemicals? Or maybe you went the earth-friendly way and got a yoga mat made from jute. It didn't smell bad, but then it didn't last more than two months either. What's a yoga practitioner to do?

Standard Plastic Yoga mats

This is a common first-timer mistake, but it's the cheapest type of mat and therefore expected of the newbies. But it IS a mistake if you intend to keep doing yoga. If you're not sure, this type of mat may just turn you away from yoga altogether! First of all, it's very thin and doesn't provide much in the way of cushioning. Additionally it really smells of chemicals, and these chemicals are not conducive to good health! These types of mats are made from Phthalates. This chemical turns hard plastic soft and causes lung and kidney damage in rats. Don...more

working Women & Their fitness Regime

...Gone are the days when women would stay back at home and do the house hold cores. Today, women are making use of their skills. They stand shoulder to shoulder to a man. Their work at times can be so hectic that they may hardly be able to spend their time on taking care of their health and their fitness regime. So we shall see the different ways of how working women can stay fit. As she has got to take care of the rest of the family as well.

Yoga is an age old practice that keeps the mind, soul and body fit. Many working women practice yoga for its power and strength. There are 8 parts of yoga.

Yama
Asana
Niyama
Pranayama
Pratyahara
Dhyana
Dharana
Samadhi<...more

Who Wants a natural Childbirth? Prepare with Prenatal Yoga!

...didnt notice before. During birth you will be able to use this information to get comfortable, relieve pain, and ensure that your labor is effective.

Prenatal yoga will allow you to stretch your muscles gently, little by little, throughout your pregnancy. Youll be supple and flexible when it is time to give birth. In addition, prenatal yoga may help you to relieve common pregnancy aches and pains.

Though prenatal yoga can be a simple form o...more

Mantra and Vajrayana Tantrik Practice

...prana, since it moves chanting OUM. It is realized by Buddha too in his deep trance that is why from the very beginning it is adored by Buddhists as most holy and sacred. Regarding mantras and its nature there is no confusion in Hindu tantras and Buddhist tantras. Difference lies in the path, in the implementations of mantras in the sadhana. Path of Hindu tantras are adoration of deity and mantra while path of Buddhist tantras is to conquer the natural forces through various Tantrik means whether it is mantra sadhana or deity yoga.

In Hindu tantras we don't find the vast emanation techniques as employed by Buddhist Tantrikas in the deity yoga. The way they construct a host of divinities from a single seed syllable is really amazing. In Hindu tantras mantra sadhana is only limited to either meditation on deity or on meditation on mantra syllables and sounds wh...more

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