Yoga for Brain Injury
... routines to support survivors' own unique health challenges.
Besides sculpting lean, strong muscles and naturally realigning the spine, yoga offers TBI survivors a chance to reconnect with their bodies in a positive way. Robin Cohn, a TBI survivor and Vice President of the New York State Brain Injury Association, recognized the transformative effects of yoga in her own recovery: "I began with a beginner's gentle yoga class, where I slowly started to get atrophied muscles moving once again. The more I went, the better I began to feel." Inspired, she began co-teaching yoga classes designed especially for other survivors. "These students are so thrilled to have the opportunity to be practicing yoga and reaping the wonderful benefits of asana and pranayam (breathing). ... The happiness, tranquility and peace that yoga brings to them is so rewarding! Their smiles just say so much about how happy they are to be practicing."
Yoga brings awareness from 5000+ years of connecting human body, mind and spirit. It began as a means of calming the endocrine system and relaxing the body so that practitioners could sit longer in meditation. These calming, strengthening and relaxing effects make it an ideal practice for TBI survivors whose systems run on constant overload. Slowing down and bringing oneself to center can help anyone deal with stress. For TBI survivors, though, yoga offers a glimpse of not just "normal" functioning; yoga also brings the chance for optimal health and well-being. Many practitioners experience peace and self-acceptance for the first time in their lives, including pre-injury. Yoga becomes part of a greater awakening (facilitated by TBI)-helping survivors to find and appreciate the hidden blessings of their journey.
...moreRealistic Expectations for Chair Yoga Students
...Firstly, let me make it clear that Yoga is not a cure for the huge variety of ailments that afflict mankind, but it can help in every area of life. Yogas strength lies in preventative medicine, living a healthy life style, and making any current ailments, more tolerable.
So, the first thing you will gain from a Chair Yoga class is knowledge. The concepts of good health, longevity, and making the most of your life right now, are powerful tools taught in every style of Yoga.
However, Chair Yoga has been developed from many gentle styles of Hatha Yoga, for those of us who are not so steady on their feet, and those who cannot get out ...more
Yoga booty Ballet
... to feel the difference dramatically after only a couple of weeks in the class. The Yoga booty Ballet program has been developed so that the students not only lose weight, but also feel an innate strength, dignity and self-confidence. These merge together to make the students feel beautiful, inside and out.
Gillian and Teigh have been working on providing programmed guidelines of their Yoga booty Ballet course electronically. They have created a total package of the overall program categorized u...more
Hatha Yoga - The Yoga Of Movement
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Hatha Yoga can be described as the yoga, which brings about the union of opposing forces. This is inherent in the name of this branch of yoga, since "ha" means sun and "tha" means moon. It is the form of yoga best known in the West and is very suitable for persons who are physically oriented. One of the nice things about yoga is that there are six main kinds, each suited to a different temperament. In addition to Hatha Yoga, there is Raja Yoga, the yoga of meditation, ...more
