As one of the most promising complimentary treatments for infertility seen in recent years, QiYoga for Fertility has helped bring endless joy to the lives of couples that had experienced problems trying to conceive a child and who had been left thinking they had met a dead-end.

QiYoga for Fertility prides itself on having a 100 per cent success rate and, through word-of-mouth alone, has started to attract widespread interest from all walks of life. This includes celebrity and overseas clientele, many of whom travel over to the UK especially to be treated at the QiYoga studio.

QiYoga, the pioneering new style of yoga mat that combines the ancient self-healing arts of QiGong (Chi Gung) and Hatha Yoga, heralds the arrival of autumn with a fantastic new long-term ‘2-4-1’ promotion on all its classes including, for the first time ever, on the much-acclaimed QiYoga for Fertility programme, designed specifically for anyone experiencing fertility problems.

From 22nd September, through to the end of January ‘09, London’s premiere yoga school will be offering ‘buy-one-get-one-free’ QiYoga sessions to all those wanting to benefit from the stellar line-up of programmes that are ran exclusively at QiYoga in London.

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Hatha Yoga Class will take place at 6 p.m. Monday beginning Sept. 29 at Pamela’s Yoga Studio, 26432 W. 110th Terr., Olathe. The cost for six 90-minute sessions is $66 per person for Johnson County residents or $73 for nonresidents.
Participants will learn to release stress and fatigue, increase flexibility, strengthen their body, and calm their mind during a yoga class taught by instructor Pamela Miller Shults being offered by the Johnson County Park and Recreation District.

The class is called Hatha Yoga Iyengar Style and is for ages 16 and older. Yoga is noncompetitive and anyone can participate no matter what the student’s age, size, shape or gender. Yoga postures combined with breath are taught with personal attention to each student, tailoring the poses to their individual bodies or challenges and offering modifications when needed. Instructor Pamela Miller-Shults is a certified Yoga Instructor through Namaste’ International with more than 30 years experience. She teaches Iyengar style-influenced Hatha Yoga. For information, call Pamela at (913) 397-9642. Search for the keyword “yoga” to find this program in the JCPRD’s Activities Catalog and online listings.

Most Hatha Yoga classes are slow-paced and include stretching and breathing exercises and some seated meditation. Basic poses and relaxation techniques are also part of the classes. The classes sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department will be taught by Lindsay Koch.

MT. VERNON — The city parks and recreation department will be offering a class to introduce residents to Hatha Yoga.

“It’s a basic type of yoga, for beginners,” Wes Plummer, recreation director for the department said. “It’s not one that will have you in any positions that will give problems and not something you’re not comfortable with.”

“Lindsay is a very experienced teacher of yoga,” Plummer said. “She’ll work individually with each participant. We’ve had this class several times in the past and it keeps growing.”

Those who would like to sign up for the program should stop by the park office at the Rolland Lewis Community Center, and they will be asked to fill out a release. Additional information on the class is also available at the park office.

Sessions will start on Sept. 17 and continue for 10 weeks through Nov. 19, meeting each Wednesday from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Rolland Lewis Community Building at Veterans Park. The cost of the class will be $50 for the full 10 sessions, Plummer said.

“Each time we offer the class, it grows by at least a couple people,” Plummer said. “Plus, we have people who come back time after time because they enjoy it so much.”

With instructive photos and accompanying descriptions, The Art of Yoga Sequencing: A Hip Opening Practice explains the logic behind the creation of a sequence designed to open the hips. It shows, for example, why it is easier to open the hips when a person begins with poses that externally rotate the legs and hips, and then moves gradually into more challenging poses, such as Parivrtta Padangusthasana (yoga mat) or Parivrtta Trikonasana, (Revolved Triangle).

“Clearly, the art of sequencing a yoga class—of threading one pose after another to safely build to a climax and then to unwind from that climax—is critical,” says Rufty, “ both as a skill that can help unleash the full transformative power of Hatha Yoga, and as a teaching tool that can minimize the potential for injury.”

According to Yoga Journal, Rufty notes, an estimated 20 million people are practicing some type of posture-related yoga, more than double the number from 2004. However, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, latest statistics show that there were more than 3,700 yoga-related injuries treated in doctor’s offices, clinics and emergency rooms and buy yoga mat.
With this in mind, yoga teachers Rufty and Parks felt that there was a definite need for a detailed guide that would give practitioners the knowledge of how to align their own or their students’ bodies to consciously and mindfully stretch and strengthen their muscles.

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Especially popular courses include fine dining, selling on the Internet and yoga(yoga mat). “We have some that are just really big hits, but all of them are fairly …

The “special interest courses” begin at various dates over the first three weeks of September. They can be taken for one college credit or as a non-graded, non-credit course. The cost of each course is $89. Courses generally run one night a week for two-plus hours, for about six weeks.
“We initiated special-interest courses as a way of offering enrichment opportunities to people in the community, and to share the knowledge and resources of our faculty,” said Debi Swick-Cruse, program assistant in the communications department.  Swick-Cruse said courses are chosen for their appeal to as wide an audience as possible. Especially popular courses include fine dining, selling on the Internet and yoga.
“We have some that are just really big hits, but all of them are fairly popular,” she said.
Local businessman Gary Howell will conduct Introduction to Internet
Retailing, which “teaches individuals how to shop and sell items on-line and how to navigate sites like eBay and other internet retail sites.”
Chef Thomas Vieli will teach “Topics in Fine Dining,” which will focus on the preparation and presentation of gourmet foods, table presentation and serving procedures.
Local photographer Raymond Burner, renowned for his photographs of local sports action, many of which appear in the News-Tribune, will teach introductory Digital Photography, in which students will learn the basics of photo composition and lighting, use of Adobe Photoshop and the mechanics of digital cameras. The course includes a guided photo shoot.
Enjoying Poetry, taught by Jennifer Merrifield, will introduce students to four contemporary American masters: Irene McKinney, Billy Collins, Jo McDougall and Stephen Dunn — winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in poetry who lives in Frostburg. Merrifield said the course seeks in part to dispel some myths about poetry.
  “Despite its bad reputation, poetry is an art meant to be enjoyed.  We don’t have to analyze the chord progressions of a song for it to be our favorite, and we don’t have to understand brush techniques or color theory to be moved by a painting,” Merrifield said. “By reading and listening to poems by these American masters, students will replace their fears and frustrations as they discover how to read poems for enjoyment.”
Other courses include Personal Finance, Yoga for Fitness, which introduces students to the fundamentals of classical hatha yoga, and Putting the Business in Business Meetings, which instructs students in Roberts Rules of Order.
In addition, Stepping into Grapes and Grains — limited to students 21 and over — will address the fundamentals of fermentation, the difference between lagers and ales, and the basic skills needed to establish home production.

A portion of the proceeds benefit Friends of the Rowley Library. Cost: Members of the Friends, $8 per class; non-members, $10. Bring a mat if you have one. Call 978-948-2850 for information.

The Rowley Public Library offers a mixed level Hatha yoga class for adults of all fitness levels Wednesdays Sept. 3-Oct. 29, 5:30-6:45 p.m., in the Community Room. The class is taught by certified yoga instructor Maura Mastrogiovanni.

Hatha Yoga is a good type of yoga for beginners to start with or for winding down at the end of a hard day.Hatha Yoga is a fairly slow-paced, gentle and mellow form of Yoga which focuses on simples poses that comfortably flow from one to the other.

What most people refer to as simply “yoga” is actually Hatha Yoga. Hatha Yoga is a system of yoga introduced by Yogi Swatmarama, a yogic sage in the 15th century in India. This particular system of yoga is the most popular one, and it is from which several other Styles of Yoga originated including Power Yoga, Bikram Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, and Kundalini Yoga. The word “hatha” comes from the Sanskrit terms “ha” meaning “sun” and “tha” meaning “moon”. Thus, Hatha Yoga is known as the branch of Yoga that unites pairs of opposites referring to the positive (sun) and negative (moon) currents in the system. It concentrates on the third (Asana) and fourth (Pranayama) steps in the Eight Limbs of Yoga.

Hatha Yoga tries to achieve balance between body and mind, as well as attempts to free the more subtle spiritual elements of the mind through physical poses or Asanas, Breathing Techniques or Pranayama, and Meditation.

The practice of Hatha Yoga can help you recognize your hidden physical and mental potentials. Through the continued performance of Asanas, you will gain flexibility and strength, and learn to be more relaxed under otherwise stressful situations. Hatha Yoga’s Relaxation Exercises will open the energy channels, which in turn allows spiritual energy to flow freely. Some Hatha yoga poses also massage and tone your internal organs, helping to prevent diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, and hypertension. They also bring balance to internal and glandular functions. Pranayama, on the other hand, can help manage asthma and bronchitis.

• Asanas are various body positions designed to improve health and remove diseases in the physical, causal, and subtle bodies. The word “asana” is Sanskrit for “seat”, which refers not only to the physical position of the body but also to the position of the body in relation to divinity. They were originally meant for Meditation, as the postures can make you feel relaxed for a long period of time. The regular practice of Asanas will grant the practitioner muscle flexibility and bone strength, as well as non-physical rewards such as the development of will power, concentration, and self-withdrawal.
• Pranayama is derived from the words “prana” (life-force or energy source) and “ayama” (to control). It is the science of breath control. This is an important part of Hatha Yoga because the yogis of old times believed that the secret to controlling one’s mind can be unlocked by controlling one’s breath. The practice of Pranayama can also help unleash the dormant energies inside our body.

Hatha Yoga can also help you cope with stress, relieve tension, and deal with anxiety and depression. More importantly, it will help you put your mind in a focused state to prepare for Meditation and, eventually, the search for enlightenment.

Hatha Yoga was originally introduced by Yogi Swatmarama, a 15th century sage from India. It is the basis from which many other styles of yoga developed, including Ashtanga, Bikram and Kundalini. Today, Hatha Yoga is one of the most popular and well-known styles of yoga in the West. It is primarily practiced for health and vitality, offering an excellent way to exercise and stretch the body and reduce stress.

There are several variations in the exact definition of Hatha Yoga. Some translate it as ‘forceful yoga’, while others define ‘Ha’ as sun/male and ‘tha’ as moon/female thus referring to the integration of opposites into a complete union. Like all forms of yoga, the goal of Hatha Yoga is to unite the mind, body and spirit.

Hatha Yoga is comprised of the following elements:

• Breath control (pranayama)

• Postures (asanas)
• Cleansing practices (dhauti or shodhana)
• Locks (badha)
• Hand gestures (mudra)

“T he purification of the physical as leading to the purification of the mind” – Hatha Yoga by Swatmarama-

“Purification of the mind and spirit, then comes to the body via body postures, asanas, and breath control, Pranayama” – Raja Yoga of Patanjali”

The Asanas, as Patanjali mentions, are just the beginning in the Yoga Path.

“Purity”; internal, the physical body (diet, hygiene), and external, the mind are also part of the Hatha Yoga.

Hatha Yoga was introduced by Yogi Swatmarama, a 15 ^th century sage from India. This style of Yoga is the most popular in the West. It’s has develop in other styles like Ashtanga, Bikram and Kundalini.

Hatha Yoga is derived from the Buddhism, and as well as the Tantra:

Buddhism                                           Tantra

 The Hinayana (narrow path)  +          The Sahajayana (spontaneous path)

Mahayana (great path)             +          Vajrayana (sexual matters)

Although Hatha Yoga represents the physical part of Raja Yoga there is a difference in the approach between the old school, the Hatha Yoga by Swatmarama, and the newest school, the Raja Yoga of Patanjali. This difference can be appreciated in these sentences: