...Everyone needs a good night's sleep, to help you feel great, think clearly and just have that get up and go feeling in the morning. For some though sleep can be hard to come by. The most common symptom that marks the start of insomnia is difficulty in falling asleep. You may note changes in sleep patterns and might find you cannot focus properly during the day. Other symptoms are loss of coordination and feeling confused.

What is the cause? Well, there are numerous things that can be the cause of sleeplessness. It may be due to a long-standing condition, e.g arthritis. Or it may be chemical caused by drinking tea, coffee or alcohol. Insomnia can also be linked with depression and...more

Teaching Hatha Yoga: Establishing Guidelines for Student Conduct

...elves from the phone, they should set it to vibrate without noise.

Most Yoga teachers realize a few people are on call, but they cannot be allowed to disrupt what the majority of Yoga students seek. Most Yoga students come to your classes to find a piece of tranquility. They want to get away from cell phones, multi-tasking, deadlines, and a hectic work day. Keep your body clean. It bothers all of us, if we have to remind a student of this. This is a tough but necessary guideline. Even though you might use common sense, someone eventually will enter the Yoga studio, and your nostrils will never forget the experience.

How long can you, or your Yoga students, take the punishment? Your students do no...more

prenatal Yoga is More than Classes for Pregnant Yoga Students

...Lately, prenatal Yoga classes have been catching on, within some hospitals, clinics, and Yoga studios, but there are a surprising number of Yoga teachers and students, who take risks due to a lack of awareness about potential hazards.

With what we now know about contraindications for postures during each trimester a pregnant Yoga student should not be practicing Yoga, without the guidance of a qualified prenatal Yoga instructor. How can a Yoga teacher expect to address the needs of each student and then customize the lesson plan for a pregnant students particular trimester?

Pregnant students should be in a specialized prenatal Yoga class, with a competent prenatal Yoga teach...more

Mantra and Vajrayana Tantrik Practice

...an union in between mani+padma i.e. vajra and padma. While mantra like - Om ah hum is only sound-form, having no meaning to be known through reasoning, though it has secret meaning which could be known only through the mantra sadhana.

Like Hindu tantras Buddhist tantras also apply mantras for every ritual and there is no difference in both regarding potentialities of mantras and formations of mantras, even some syllables are common to both. For example, Om which is a Vadic syllable is considered in Buddhist tantras with having the same potential as in Vedas. It is most sacred syllable and in mantra sastra is said to be joint or setu for all the mantras. Without it all mantras are impotent. This syllable is so much sacred for Hinduism, Buddhism also in Jainism because of its spiritual quality; metaphysically it is the essence of the existence. It is this very ...more

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