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The Yoga News also features articles that delve into the philosophy of yoga in a refreshing, yet practical and meaningful way. Features that explore various aspects of the ancient culture of India, and their importance to the modern yoga community are also a regular part of this inspirational new yoga e-zine.

The Yoga News is a free monthly yoga magazine of particular interest to both yoga teachers and yoga enthusiasts. Already, The Yoga News has received praise from its global readership for filling a need for impartial, non-affiliated commentary on important issues surrounding the profession and practice of yoga.

In The Yoga News, International Yogalayam is setting a new standard of editorial in the yoga world with the publication of articles that reach beyond the typical, physical exercise culture of yoga, to address many other dimensions of its practice, while at the same time examining issues that impact the global yoga community as a whole.

For instance, the inaugural issue of The Yoga News (July, 2008) featured an investigation into the formation of the Indian Yoga Association (IYA), an important development for the construction of global yoga teaching standards from the birthplace of yoga itself. The most recent September 2008 issue featured an exploration of the growing controversy surrounding the modern trend of yoga competitions, as well as the movement to get yoga selected as an Olympic sport.

“Yoga news and meditation are for everyone,” said Ray Linsley, “It’s the ideal way to find your healthy weight and unlike other weight loss and exercise programs, it is a complete system for mental and physical health.” Starting July 21, Australian School of Meditation and Yoga roll out a variety of new yoga and meditation activities across the Coast, including early morning yoga in the park, yoga and meditation in local libraries and in community centres. Best of all, the Active and Healthy programs are free or run by donation.

The Australian School of Meditation and Yoga has formed a partnership with the Gold Coast City Council’s Active and Healthy Program to offer the Gold Coast community a wide range of healthy living programs based on the yoga lifestyle.
The Australian School of Meditation and Yoga is a non-profit community organization that has been offering the benefits of meditation and yoga to the Gold Coast community for over 20 years.
“I was shocked to see recent statistics rating Australia as a fatter nation than America,” said Ray Linsley, program coordinator for the Australian School of Meditation and Yoga. “But there are positive steps people can take and that’s what our yoga and meditation programs are all about.”

Though I used to look at my time on the mat as “me time,” I quickly discovered my daughter likes it much better if I include her, so I get out an extra mat for her and sneak in a few stretches in between oohing and aahing over her poses.Stateside, we are headed into a long holiday weekend. If you’re looking to fill the hours before the kids head back to camp, how about a little parent child yoga session?
Comments to somebody:
i checked out the lululemon store here in nyc - and came away with the impression that the clothing is just too expensive for what i’m trying to achieve with my yoga practice - which is simplicity - anyone else feel the same?

I do know what you mean. It’s tough because you do need pants and a mat a couple of other things, but you definitely don’t need to spend big bucks on these things. Yoga is big business these days and it takes focus not to get sucked in to that.

It’s easy to get involved in the beauty of the ancient language, but we run the risk of being a little silly, like Michiko’s family gazing at upside down boxes. Face it, this pose looks like a boat! And when you do it, having the image of a boat bobbing in the water really helps. (By the way, if you ask someone doing this pose what they would like to call it, they’ll tell you call it whatever you want, just let it be over!)

The person who really brought me around to this way of thinking was Thich Nhat Hanh. When I attended his retreat a few years ago, there wasn’t a word of Vietnamese or Pali spoken during the entire retreat. All the chants, songs, and meditations, except for “Om,” were in English. And a lot of people there were disappointed at how “ordinary” everything sounded. At the end of the retreat, if you took the Five Mindfulness Precepts, you were given a dharma name in English. (My name is “Silent Breath of the Heart.”) One of the women in our group asked the monk, “Can’t you tell me my name with the Vietnamese version? I bet it’s beautiful!” The monk smiled and explained that he could, but that he would not, and gave the argument that I have outlined above, that these names are to help us, not distract us. Now, years later, I still remember most of the chants from that retreat, because they were in English.

So, in yoga, by all means study and learn the Sanskrit, but don’t be fooled into thinking that the foreign sounds of the Sanskrit words make the practice mysterious or less ordinary. For Patanjali, these names were nothing special, they were just a way of describing the shape of the body. Like zen, yoga is not mysterious, and once you accept that, you’ll really start going places!

When I was in high school in England, I had a Japanese friend named Michiko. Michiko gave her host family some presents from Japan wrapped in beautiful gift boxes. The family was so taken with the boxes that they displayed them high on a shelf in the sunroom. They asked Michiko what she thought of the display, and she said, “It’s really nice, except that they’re all upside down.”

For the family, the elegant kanji on the box was like a pretty abstract picture, not actual writing. I see the same thing happening sometimes with Sanskrit and yoga.

How did Sanskrit become the language of yoga? Yoga (not just poses, but the whole philosophical system) has been around for at least 5,000 years. But the yoga we are most familiar with was codified by a guy named Patanjali about 200 ce. (By the way, ce means “common era” and is the hip way to say ad.) Patanjali wrote his text “The Yoga Sutras” in the academic language of the day, Sanskrit.

It would be misleading of me to say that Sanskrit was a common tongue 2,000 years ago. But from what we understand, in Southeast Asia it was the language of learning and religion, much like Latin was in Europe. So Patanjali and many other great philosophers wrote in Sanskrit.

Let’s look at the Sanskrit name for a yoga pose, for example, Paripurna Navasana. There is something alluring about the name in its original language, the double Ps and the silky way Navasana rolls off the tongue. It’s exotic; it makes you feel like something big is happening.

Patrick Reynolds demonstrates full boat pose
But we come back down to earth, when we look at the Sanskrit word for word: paripurna means “complete” or “full,” nava means “boat,” and asana means “pose” or “form.” (In Sanskrit, there is a complete liason between vowels, so nava asana becomes navasana.) And there you have it in plain, practical, boring English: full boat pose.

So, teaching yoga in Japan, I try to use Japanese names for the poses as much as possible, based on the original Sanskrit. I want my students to know that nothing exotic is happening during the poses, that yoga is accessible to them. I also want them to really get the idea of the form. Bhujangasana sounds really cool, but it won’t get a student to press his or her hips into the mat like “cobra pose” will.

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Fort Lauderdale, FL - Hands Om Crew introduces an entirely new concept to luxury travel industry, Yoga Yacht Charters. By developing a next generation staffing agency committed to bringing the healing arts into the luxury yacht market and private homes, Hands Om Crew is keeping up with the latest trends by combining health and wellness into exclusive yachting vacations.

Although there are several reputable crew placement agencies working with the mega yachts today, Hands Om Crew has formulated a new system that focuses on the details. Like many job sites out there, many of the crew agencies serve as a platform to upload resumes and seek out the basic positions on a yacht such as Captain, Stewardess, and Chef. Part of the Hands OM Crew formula is establishing a personal relationship with each of its crew members and yachts. The agency acclimates highly skilled massage therapist and yoga instructors into yachting life with personal mentoring.

Hands OM Crew was founded by Denise Dobbs after she had retired from ten years of service in the yachting industry as a stewardess/massage therapist. Afterwards, she opted to combine her yachting experience with being a licensed massage therapist and yoga practitioner. Her vision has transformed into an agency that accurately assesses the goals of clients and professional practitioners to create a perfect match in either the private home or yacht.

Dobbs explains, “We believe that the general public has become more interested in natural health and want to make it a part of their daily lives, now travelers are looking to make it a part of their vacation. While many discerning yacht owners and charter clients are becoming more in tuned to the benefits of yoga and massage therapy, there are increasing demands for spa rejuvenation type cruises.”

The yoga crew agency has a growing database of qualified massage therapists and yoga instructors from across the globe. Each candidate undergoes a three-step interviewing process where they are required to give a personal massage and/or yoga class to assess their talents. Dobbs has developed the infrastructure to appropriately match both freelance and permanent practitioners with clients based on their personal skill sets, desires for travel, and other specific criteria.

On a physical level, meditation lowers the blood pressure, and expands the breath capacity. Meditation changes the chemicals in the brain. On a mental level, the mind goes into a state of calm but not to sleep. When the mind dips into the realms of calm, we connect to a source greater than our individual self.

It is just being aware of what is already happening in the moment. It is called “witness consciousness”. Just like watching a movie go by. Thoughts will come and thoughts will go. Do not try to capture a thought and create a story from it. Do not force unpleasant thoughts to go away. Just let them come and go.

After meditation, there is a marked clarity and focus, and peacefulness. With practice, intuitive abilities increase. The effects cumulate and continue to affect us throughout the day.

For beginners, it is sometimes difficult to sit still. Try some stretching beforehand so you will not be stiff and uncomfortable while sitting. You can try a walking meditation, if you like, before sitting down. Sit up straight so that you can breathe fully and not fall asleep. You may sit in a chair without crossing your legs or arms. Do not lean back and keep your feet flat on the ground. Or you may sit on the floor with crossed legs or kneeling sitting on your heels.

It can be difficult to just begin to meditate without focusing the busy mind first. There are many focusing techniques: 1) listening to the breath, 2) noticing sensations like temperature changes, tingling, and tension 3) focusing on a candle or picture of a loved one or religious figure that inspires you, with eyes half closed 4) repeating or listening to a mantra phrase 5) listening to relaxing music that does not have words or a melody to follow 6) visualizing a white healing light surrounding you or increasing within you. This is good for pain management. Twenty minutes of meditation or the deep relaxation is equivalent to two hours of sleep….a real power nap!

In conclusion, consider what you eat, how you breathe, and how you deal with stress. The ways you take care of your body and mind are directly responsible for your overall health.
Stressed? Feel short on time? “To do’s” building up? When will you ever get your personal projects done? When did the kids grow up, anyway? Time bound consciousness is a common state of mind. Don’t worry. Yoga and meditation can help. Stress reduction is a result of stress management. Learning to live with stress and learning to reduce stress are both related to how we think. How we think determines how we act, or react.

There are three factors in our lives that contribute to who we are in this world. They are heredity, environment, and lifestyle. Heredity cannot change. What we are given is what we have. Environment is difficult to overcome also. Lifestyle, however, we can change. In our daily habits lies the potential for lifestyle changes. How we eat, exercise, and deal with stress can be modified. The situations we put ourselves in and our attitudes about life circumstances can also be altered.

PRACTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR EVERYDAY STRESS

What are the practical ways that yoga can help us solve day-to-day problems in life that can cause stress? On a physical level, yoga goes beyond just toning and strengthening muscles. Standing postures correct structural alignment and strengthen the spine. Twists massage the internal organs. Forward bends lower blood pressure and relax the nervous system. Inverted postures purify the lymphatic system. Yoga postures and breathing strengthen and balance the immune, hormonal, digestive and nervous systems.

Take a deep breathing break in the non-smoker’s lounge. Get fresh air in good weather at lunchtime. Mental anxiety caused by thinking or worrying too much, creates tension in the shoulders, the “should-ers” Notice when you feel tension in the shoulders. It is usually a result of too many “should’s” you put on yourself. What should be is projection or expectation. What is, however, is reality. Facing reality with a deep breath brings us into the present, and provides clarity.

Here is a simple breathing exercise that oxygenates the blood, increases lung capacity and cleanses toxins and allergens out of your system. It also takes the mind away from mental worry by focusing on breathing. It can be done seated or lying down.

Locate three parts of the torso: belly, lower lungs, and upper lungs. You may place a hand on one part moving it to another, until you get familiar with the technique. Do not force the breath. Do not hold the breath at the top of the inhalation nor at the bottom of the exhalation. Let it be a circular breath with smooth and even transitions. Breathe into the belly gently filling it, then move the breath into filling the lower lungs, then all the way up under the collarbones into the upper lungs. Exhale slowly with one long breath. Repeat 6 times. Then breathe regularly.

You may use this as the only practice and repeat it over and over, or add on the following two steps. Breathe into the entire torso with one full breath. Exhale slowly in three parts from the upper lungs, to the lower lungs to the belly. Repeat 6 times. Then breathe regularly. Breathe into the belly, the lower lungs, then the upper lungs in one long smooth three part deep breath. Then exhale slowly from the upper lungs, lower lungs, and belly. It is like a glass of water filling in from the bottom to top and pouring out from the top to the bottom. Repeat 6 times. Then breathe regularly.

If you keep your eyes open, no one will ever notice you are doing this while seated in your chair. What a stress buster! It is great to use in heated discussions as it improves your ability to listen because you are better able to remain calm.

Competition is stressful. Stay focused on what you are doing in the moment and don’t worry about how it was yesterday, or how it will be in the future. Keep your eye on the goal, but be open to whatever results actually happen. An attitude of acceptance is key stress management.

RELAXATION

Relaxation is a vital part of stress management. At the end of the posture practice or any exercise work out, lying down in relaxation pose brings the final integration of body and mind. The quiet allows for awareness of our inner self. Given time to reflect, we can discover the spiritual side of our nature. We awaken refreshed, rejuvenated, and renewed.

If you have your own office, ask not to be disturbed for 20 minutes and close the door. Lie down on the floor with your feet slightly apart and your arms at your sides with palms facing upwards. You may do the three part breathing, a tension and release exercise, or a body scan. You may combine them together as well.

TENSION AND RELEASE EXERCISE:

Tighten your fists, arms and shrug your shoulders up towards the ears, lifting only one inch off the ground. Then release suddenly. Repeat twice more. Tighten your buttocks and legs and flex the feet, lifting only one inch off the ground. Then release suddenly. Repeat twice more. Tighten your face and squinch your eyes. Release. Repeat two more times. Relax into the ground and practice the same three part breathing described above to continue to the calm the mind.

BODY SCAN

With your body relaxed now, begin the body scan. Without moving, focus the mind on the soles of the feet, then the ankles, calves and knees, thighs and hips and the belly. Keep scanning up your body into the lower back, the upper back, the shoulders and neck. Relax your arms, your hands and feel the tension just wash away from your face and head.

The focus itself will bring relaxation. Breathe normally and evenly. Each breath in brings in fresh energy, each breath out rids the body of tensions and toxins. Breathe in rejuvenation and exhale into deeper relaxation. Feel the body melt into the ground, but keep the mind alert yet relaxed. As a beginner, you may fall asleep! That’s quite all right. As you practice you will be able to go into a deep state of relaxation without falling asleep.

A MEDITATION EXERCISE

I remember while working on Wall Street how much my meditation practice helped me with the stressful lifestyle in New York City. I would search at lunchtime for a quiet concrete bench outside between the skyscrapers so that I could do my meditation practice.

Meditation is a great stress reliever. Just sitting still and closing your eyes, will begin to calm the mind. Meditation is Awareness of what is in the moment. Nothing more. Nothing less. Just what is.

Yoga also improves our mental state, increases concentration, builds self-esteem, and helps us to deal with stress in a positive way. Mental and emotional improvements include clarity of mind, greater awareness, increased concentration and focus, a more positive attitude, less mood swings, improved self esteem, “groundedness”, and stress reduction.

When the body and mind are synchronized, a spiritual dimension comes forth: improved intuition, a deeper “knowing” inside, an openness of heart, a feeling of greater love and compassion for oneself and for others, a connection to the divine, to God, in whatever way that expresses for each individual.

CHAIR YOGA FOR THE OFFICE

How can you take care of your body and mind while sitting at a desk or computer for hours on end? When I worked on Wall Street, I used to stretch while in my chair. Pretend to look at someone behind you, grab one side or back of the chair and twist first to one side, then to the other. While seated, you can arch the back opening the chest and then round the back releasing. Do this several times. Stretch your arms overhead and interlace the fingers. Or just stand up and stretch your arms overhead for a moment. Lift the shoulders into a shrug and then release them (and the tension) suddenly. Moving the head up and down then side to side gives a good neck stretch.