Health & Well Being
Relax your way to perfect health
NZ Herald 4/11/2010
It’s a piece of advice that yogis have been giving for thousands of years: take a deep breath and relax. Watch the tension melt from your muscles and all your
niggling worries vanish.
Somehow we all know that relaxation is good for us. Now the hard science has caught up, for a comprehensive scientific study […]
Yoga, Asthma & Pranayama: Gaining control of the breath of life
Research Paper by Gail Baty, IYTA, 1995
Pranayama
Pranayama is best commenced on an empty stomach and bowels. Start with 3 – 5 minutes, extending to 10 minutes.Sunrise and sunset are very good times of the day for practice, but also before breakfast, or early evening.
Prior to lying down, start in a sitting position for arm raising – […]
Yoga talk by Wellington Branch member, Tania Dyett
I’ll start with a quotation by the Buddha: “To keep the body in good health is a duty. For otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom and keep our mind strong and clear.”
The history of yoga was written in Sanskrit more than 4000 years ago. It is the oldest system […]
