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Yoga Equipment

August 21st, 2009

Yoga Equipment for Beginners

A yoga mat is necessary to ensure you are comfortable while practising

A mat is necessary to ensure you are comfortable while practising yoga

If you are beginning to learn yoga there are a few things you might want to purchase to help.  Having the correct yoga equipment help ensure that you are safe and performing the moves and poses correctly.

Yoga Mats

The first it is item for anyone practicing yoga to acquire is a good mat – these have two main uses: they stop you slipping when performing complex moves and they are much more comfortable than a hard floor!. Mats come in all shapes and sizes – look for a mat that is large enough for you when you are sitting. The mat should be dense, and not allow you to sink in or wobble while doing your poses. Mats that are lined with non-slip material are best, as they will protect you even when you are doing more complicated poses. However, make sure that it is washable. It’s a good idea to wash your mat every few sessions to prevent the spread of bacteria and other germs. Yoga mats are available from the Fitness Fanatic website

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Yoga & Meditation

August 9th, 2009

Yoga and Meditation

Yoga and meditation

Yoga and meditation

Yoga is developing as a part of life. You can integrate body poses and breathing exercises with  meditation to give a peace of mind and have peace with the world.

Meditation comes from intense concentration, where you focus only on a single object so that you think of nothing besides your awareness of that object (Some religions may find that their idea of prayer could fall under this definition). In Yoga, meditation is the highest point of the Eight Limbs of Yoga.

The Eight Limbs

These “eight limbs” define Yoga as a lifestyle:

  • Your attitude to the world around you
  • Your attitudes towards yourself
  • Physical posturing
  • Breathing exercises,
  • Withdrawing the senses
  • Concentrating
  • Contemplating
  • And finally enlightenment.

You will go into a state of enlightenment that will result in the use and development of the other seven. Meditation combines withdrawing the senses, concentrating, and contemplating to be the final state that can be accomplished before enlightenment.

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