Yoga, a step forward for you
Marlene Chavez
Issue date: 4/17/09 Section: Lifestyles
Many people are very busy and barely have time for anything at all. Wake up in the morning go to school/work, after an eight hour day come home catch up on chores or make dinner, in the late evening prepare for the next day.
Making time for yourself is very important, just a short break from the fast track lives we live will do us some good for today and in the future. Yoga can help accomplish a stress reliever from daily lives.
Yoga consists of many aspects to relieve stress, make you more aware of your body and the condition your body is in, and helps live your daily life.
In yoga, students learn many poses. Some popular poses are the downward facing dog, child's pose, corpse pose and warrior. All the poses are in Sanskrit and are called Asana. Sanskrit is the ancient language of India; students will become very familiar with these poses.
Not only will students learn poses but also breathing techniques; this is called Pranayama. Pranayama focuses on having control of the breathing techniques learned through yoga.
A very known and used Pranayama is Ujjayi. Ujjayi is a victorious breath and sounds almost like the ocean or a strong wind.
Not only will students get the benefit of a work out through stretches and poses but also meditation. As your body is toning through yoga, meditation is the key to reliving stress. Carrying out to the real world the Pranayama learned will help with frustration or any tension a person might be feeling. Taking a step to slow down and focus on your breathing is an underrated relaxation technique. Yoga teaches how to accomplish this.
Savasana is the final resting pose, corpse pose. With this pose the body is so relaxed and at this point very meditated, it's hard not to fall asleep.
Surya Namaskar can be used for meditation or to get energy. Surya Namaskar is the very famous sun salutation. If done at a slow pace the body will relax. Also, if done fast paced the body will feed off energy.
Making time for yourself is very important, just a short break from the fast track lives we live will do us some good for today and in the future. Yoga can help accomplish a stress reliever from daily lives.
Yoga consists of many aspects to relieve stress, make you more aware of your body and the condition your body is in, and helps live your daily life.
In yoga, students learn many poses. Some popular poses are the downward facing dog, child's pose, corpse pose and warrior. All the poses are in Sanskrit and are called Asana. Sanskrit is the ancient language of India; students will become very familiar with these poses.
Not only will students learn poses but also breathing techniques; this is called Pranayama. Pranayama focuses on having control of the breathing techniques learned through yoga.
A very known and used Pranayama is Ujjayi. Ujjayi is a victorious breath and sounds almost like the ocean or a strong wind.
Not only will students get the benefit of a work out through stretches and poses but also meditation. As your body is toning through yoga, meditation is the key to reliving stress. Carrying out to the real world the Pranayama learned will help with frustration or any tension a person might be feeling. Taking a step to slow down and focus on your breathing is an underrated relaxation technique. Yoga teaches how to accomplish this.
Savasana is the final resting pose, corpse pose. With this pose the body is so relaxed and at this point very meditated, it's hard not to fall asleep.
Surya Namaskar can be used for meditation or to get energy. Surya Namaskar is the very famous sun salutation. If done at a slow pace the body will relax. Also, if done fast paced the body will feed off energy.
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