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07Oct 2024 by Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga School No Comments

How to Practice Yoga at Home?

Meditation, Teacher Training, Yoga, Yoga Asana

Home yoga practice is a fulfilling as well as convenient way of maintaining continuous yoga practice for any person. It gives the freedom to choose your own pace, focus on areas of actual need, as well as connect deeply with the body and mind. Here, we are providing a step-by-step guide to help home practitioners master yoga at home, whether they are beginners or experienced yogi looking to deepen their practice. Practicing home yoga offers the right blend of convenience and depth of practice. Practitioners can roll out the mat anytime—whether it’s early morning, during a break from work, or right before bed.The freedom to move at their own pace is the actual power that benefits the practitioners most. No rush, no distractions, just you and your practice. Some days…

26Sep 2024 by Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga School No Comments

What Is the Importance Of Yoga In Our Daily Life?

Meditation, Teacher Training, Yoga, yoga retreat

Daily yoga is quite necessary for several reasons for everyone today. Today, people have numerous challenges in modern life, such as meeting work deadlines in a timely manner, family responsibilities, social obligations, etc. that create many health issues. You barely get a moment to catch your breath. Finding balance in this chaos seems impossible. However, this is where yoga is extremely helpful. Being an ancient practice, daily yoga doesn’t give you a short-term fix that fades as soon as you roll up the mat; rather, it transforms; it goes deep. Daily yoga practice grounds you, physically anchoring your body, mentally calming the storm in your mind, and spiritually awakening something within you that modern life dulls. Yoga Teacher Training courses in Rishikesh have a perfectly designed schedule that helps you…

19Sep 2024 by Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga School No Comments

Why Should You Do Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh?

Meditation, Online Yoga Classes, Yoga

Rishikesh yoga is authentic yoga when it comes to learning and expanding knowledge, Rishikesh is the ultimate destination for yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, India. Rishikesh has remained popular for yoga practice since ancient times when ancient yogis used to practice yoga in this city. Rishikesh, now proudly known as the Yoga Capital of the World, is not merely a destination where people come to stretch and do poses. It’s a place where yoga lives, breathes, and pulses through every corner. Offering a unique blend of spirituality, rich history, and the ancient tradition of yoga, Rishikesh is the ideal location for anyone seeking a deeper connection. The 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh is a transformative experience that immerses participants in this perfect environment, allowing them to fully embrace and…

09Jul 2024 by Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga School No Comments

How to Choose the Right School for Yoga Teacher Certification in India

Meditation, Teacher Training, Yoga

Embarking on yoga for your overall health and well-being or pursuing a career as a yoga instructor through Yoga Teacher Certification in India is a profound and transformative choice. If you are looking to deepen your yoga practice as a yoga practitioner or want to become a certified yoga teacher, yoga teacher training courses are the perfect way to achieve your goal. If we talk about the authenticity of yoga, being the birthplace of yoga, India is the ultimate choice for learning authentic yoga. There are thousands of Authentic yoga schools in India. These yoga schools provide all kinds of yoga teacher training course in India. Yoga aspirants can find different kinds of yoga schools in India which follow rich spiritual heritage and values hence any person looking for the…

12Jul 2022 by Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga School No Comments

Yoga Asanas For Improving Focus & Concentration

Meditation, Teacher Training, Yoga, Yoga Asana

Concentration is the ability to focus on one single subject, thought or action excluding everything else from the field of awareness. This is one of the most important abilities one should possess, but at the same time, it is very difficult to center your focus on one point, as the mind naturally has the natural tendency to wander. The modern lifestyle and work schedules have resulted in increasing levels of stress and anxiety which has impacted the level of concentration big time. But not to worry, Yoga practice helps to relax our mind, improve blood flow and enhance balance in the body and overall life and can help improve the level of concentration. Most people are having an issue of not being able to focus because of their unconscious state…

13Feb 2022 by Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga School No Comments

Uthitha Hasta Padangusthasana

Ayurveda, Meditation, Retreats, Teacher Training, Yoga, Yoga Asana

This is a standing single-leg balancing forward fold asana. You will require balance, stability, and concentration to perform this asana. This is also called extended hand-to-big toe posture. How to do Uthitha Hasta Padangusthasana? Step 1: Stand straight with feet together in Samasthiti. Step 2: Ground yourself firmly on your feet. lift the toes, spread them wide and place them down. Step 3: Inhale fix the gaze at one stable point in front of you which will help in balance. Shift your hip towards the left leg so the midline is shifted to the left. Step 4: Exhale bend the right leg at the knee and bring the knee to the chest. (If you are struggling to find the balance, go with the natural position of the body by slightly…

23Jan 2022 by Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga School No Comments

How To Do Sun Salutation B Surya Namaskar B

Meditation, Retreats, Teacher Training, Yoga

Sun Salutation B Surya Namaskar B Surya namaskar is a sanskrit term for sun salutation. It is not just about saluting the sun which gives energy to the whole universe it’s also about saluting the solar energy we’re having in our body as heat. Surya namaskar helps to improve heat in the body stretches the body and prepare the body and mind for Ashtanga vinyasa yoga How To Do Surya Namaskar B Start from standing in samasthiti where your both leg’s are together and hands by the hipsInhale bend the knees and Raise your hands up and come to utkatasana and look at thumb’s .Exhale Slightly bend the knee’s and fold forward into uttanasana and look at your tip of noseInhale slowly lift your chest half way up and keep…

19Nov 2021 by Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga School No Comments

Chakrasana and Benefits of Chakrasana

Meditation, Retreats, Teacher Training, Yoga

The name “Chakrasana” comes from the Sanskrit words “Chakra” which means the wheel, and the meaning of Asana is “Posture” or “seat”. Chakrasana or the Wheel Pose Chakrasana or the wheel pose is a backward bending yoga asana. Chakra in Sanskrit means Wheel. In Wheel Pose, the final position looks like a wheel, hence the name. It gives great flexibility to the spine. It is called chakrasana since the body takes almost a wheel-like, semi-circular posture while performing this asana. English name: – Wheel Pose Sanskrit name: – Chakrasana Pose type: – backbend, stretch, inversion, balance. Body position: – Supine Level: – Advanced How to Chakrasana or Wheel Pose? Lie flat on your back on the floor. You may bend your knees so that the soles of your feet are…

19Nov 2021 by Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga School No Comments

Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose) and Benefits of Bhujangasana

Meditation, Retreats, Teacher Training, Yoga

Few yoga poses are as accessible and holistic as Cobra Pose. Known in Sanskrit as Bhujangasana, Cobra Pose is one of only a handful of postures that are taught across all levels and all styles of yoga. The cobra posture is another simple beginner-level posture that comes under the inverted supine postures. It is also one of the twelve postures of Surya Namaskar and it visualizes the cobra sitting straight in attacking and defensive movement both. Let us see the steps of practicing the cobra posture. How to Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)? Step 1. Lie down inverted ( on the base of your stomach) relaxing straight.Step 2. Now bring your palms close to your lying down face on either side. Your eyes must look straight and your face is also aligned…