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...Yoga has proved it's efficacy in almost all aspects of health. Sexual health also happens to be an essential aspect of being healthy. And Yoga has not bared sex from its holistic health planning. In fact yoga practices have laid great emphasis on healthy sexual life. A good number of yoga asana and exercises are specifically meant to enhance your sexual energy.

Yoga's sexual philosophy says that for getting sexual pleasure your mind and body should remain in a rejuvenated state and this rejuvenation could be only brought about by various yoga practices. These yoga practices include all forms of yoga- be it asana, pranyama or dhyana.

Various sexual dysfunctions could be effectively cured by yoga. Yoga even offers cure for male impotency. Because of yoga's efficacy in impro...more

Yoga for Brain Injury

...For people recovering from traumatic brain injury (TBI), concussion or head trauma, yoga offers gentle exercise with therapeutic benefits. Many survivors find themselves unable to pursue former ways of staying in shape. Balance difficulties, loss of motor control, vertigo, and neck injuries limit physical activity, further restricting an already curtailed lifestyle. Fortunately, a yoga practice can adapt itself to any illness or injury, lending itself particularly well to TBI recovery.

Where to start? With yoga's recent popularity in the West, students can now choose anything from hot yoga to Kundalini to Ashtanga. People with neck or back injuries in addition to head trauma probably want to begin with a teacher trained in Iyengar yoga, which uses props to support proper alignment without strain. Kripalu trained teachers also tend to offer calmer, restorative classes. Any yoga class that emphasizes flow (not too fast, though) will help retrain sequential processing-an advantage for people who suffered damage to their left-brain or rational side. A vinyasa sequence links breath and movement, emphasizing step-by-step progression in a set order. Learning and remembering such movements through repetition becomes a form of cognitive therapy.

Before beginning a yoga practice, survivors should...more

Teaching Hatha Yoga - Yoga on the ball

...Where did this ball come from? Is the stability ball a legitimate Yoga prop or just a marketing gimmick for equipment sales? Who could benefit from the use of the ball in a Yoga class? When can the stability ball fit into a Hatha Yoga class?

Where did this ball come from? Stability balls have been around since 1963, originating in Italy. The first time I saw a stability ball, we called it a, Swiss ball. Yet, the Swiss Balls, at that time, were all made in Italy. American Physical Therapists saw the ball, in use, within physical therapy Swiss units.

As a result, the ball was nick named the Swiss Ball by Americans for decades. The first balls we used at Aura Wellness Center were made ...more

What Should You do With a Yoga Book?

...f Yoga.

At that time, we did not have VCRs, DVDs, Internet access, e-Books, MP3 downloads, or Yoga audio books.

So, what did we do? When we acquired a Yoga book, or any book, we analyzed it by hand, and read a little. We made sure it would suit our needs, before we checked it out of the library, or purchased it from a book store.

The reason is simple If we buy or borrow any kind of a book, the value of our time is magnified by our complete comprehension and the ability to put it to practical use.

Copyright 2007 Paul Jerard / Aura Publications<...more

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