Yoga Pose Breakdown: Hanumanasana - Splits Pose

Sanskrit Name: Hanumanasana (hah-new-mahn-AHS-anna)

Hanu = Jaw

Man = Prominent or Disfigured 

Hanuman = Monkey God

Get Started: 

• Start in a kneeling position
• Step your right foot forward about a foot in front of your left knee
• Externally rotate your right inner thigh, as your right toes move to the right edge of your mat
• Lengthen your torso forward as you press your fingertips into the mat
• Slowly begin to slide your left knee back, as your right thigh descends to the mat
• Begin to push your right heel away from your torso and begin to internally rotate the leg inward. Ensure that your kneecap is facing the sky
• Keep pressing your left knee back, allowing your left thigh and back of your right leg to press down
• Keep both legs active and work on squaring your hips to the front of the room
• Keep your fingertips on the ground or left your arms toward the sky 
•  To exit the pose, press your hands to the floor, as you turn the front leg out slightly. Slowly return the front heel and the back knee to the start.

Benefits: This pose stretches the thighs, hamstrings and groins. It stimulates the abdominal organs and increases flexibility.

Contradictions: Avoid practicing this pose if you have a groin or hamstring injury.

Know Your Asana: If you are just starting to practice this pose, try placing a bolster below the pelvis. You may also want to experiment with using a blanket or blocks under your inner thighs or hands.

This pose is named for the Money God, Hanuman who symbolizes ultimate devotion.Photo Cred: Two Fit Moms

Yoga for Hotter Sex: Chaturanga Dandasana

In this series, we're bringing you the best yoga poses for better sex. The third pose in this series is Chaturanga Dandasana.

Sexual Being

No one wants to be in the throes of hot and heavy love making and have to stop because they couldn’t keep their plank up. Arm strength and core integration are important fitness determining factors and they give us the ability to glide through the delights of sex.

Chaturanga Dandasana is the yogi push-up, and if you do it consistently and maintain good form, it will give you the endurance to go all night long.

Riding The Wave

If you can’t get into and out of a solid plank during a vinyasa practice, you are going to feel like a fish out of water. The reality for any yoga practice is not just having flexible hips or an open chest, you also need the strength to hold your body weight off of the floor. I call this kind of strength riding the wave because virtually every transition we make physically, both on and off the mat, requires the deep inner power built from holding planks and plank push-up.

When we are rolling around in the sheets that same power is translated into the supple, rhythmic flow we know as incredible sex, plank literally gives us the ability to extend our pleasure.

Can I Plank You

There are few postures better suited for holistic body awareness and strength than a plank. The combination of alignment in the upper torso with inner thigh and deep core strength, make plank push-ups revolutionary for solidifying the mind-body connection. As you hold the top of a plank or transition into the plank push-up, muscles throughout the physique are both lengthening and bearing weight, eccentric contraction. In particular the obliques, rectus muscles and psoas minor work to stabilize the spine. While the gluteus maximus and the hamstrings work to keep the lower body stable. In the upper body, there is a similar synergy between the activation of the pectoral muscles and muscles like the serratus anterior in the upper back.

Synergy is the key element here, stabilization of the form leads directly to the ability to transition fluidly. In the bedroom, you and your partner will appreciate incredible pelvic endurance.

Sex

Hot sex is creative sex, especially if you have been doing it with the same person for a long time. Plank can definitely earn you the right to get creative (think acro yoga). Not everyone wants to swing from the rafters, but most of us can appreciate the steady rhythm that comes from a lover that embodies the experience.

Passionate love play is as much about a body primed for the experience as it is about feeling the passion. So the next time you are in plank, remind yourself that you are riding the wave toward more pleasure on and off the mat.

Tip: If you have difficulty holding your body weight off the floor, then lightly drop the knees to the mat to reduce the load on the shoulders and upper back. The mechanics of the movement in the upper body should be consistent. Chest should be open as you gaze forward with your elbows in and your core and legs strong. Never drop the upper torso below the level of the elbows or sag into the hips. As you grow stronger push away from the floor to learn to float through your push-up.

You Don’t Need the Body of a 20 Year Old Fitness Model to be Fit, Healthy and Happy

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Becoming a member at Yogasteya offers you unlimited, 24/7 access to a broad range of yoga classes that fit your schedule, needs and goals. Unlike so many yoga experiences that seem to celebrate the “Perfect Yoga Body”, Yogasteya celebrates the human body and all of its beautiful perfections and “imperfections”.

Our growing community is entirely inclusive – it doesn’t matter if you’re tall, short, fat, skinny, old, or young, and it doesn’t matter if you’ve been practicing yoga for years or have never stepped on a mat a day in your life – you’ll feel welcomed & celebrated here!

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The Benefit of Yoga Fight or Flight?

The Benefit of Yoga  Fight or Flight?

Therapeutic conditions can be immensely enhanced through the profit of yoga. Yoga can decrease the negative impacts of such conditions as lung illness, Parkinson's, a sleeping disorder, hypertension various sclerosis, and even joint agony. The profit of yoga is being perceived today as a reasonable option not just by the yoga group, yet by numerous restorative specialists. 

Anxiety is the main cause in numerous sicknesses today. A surprising element in today's reality is noted by the Surgeon General who evaluates that "80 percent of the individuals who kick the bucket of non traumatic causes really pass on of anxiety ailments". In this quick paced world, it is little ponder that individuals are turning to option arrangements. 

The utilization of the profit of yoga is only one such arrangement. Since anxiety is created in the brain, it is just common that conditions, for example, misery, nervousness, over the top impulsive issue, a few auto-resistant illnesses, a few sorts of diabetes mellitius, some cardio-vascular infections, and peevish entrail disorder would be at the bleeding edge of human conditions and the personal satisfaction today. 

Outside anxiety is reflected in the response of our sensory system. The info jolts, known as "Battle or flight" influences both our digestion system and prosperity. At the point when confronted with peril, whether genuine or envisioned, the psyche readies the body for execution of one of these two conditions. Indication is as expanded heart rate, higher pulse, and the closing down of unnecessary real capacities, for example, assimilation. All frameworks are centered around one of two things - either "flight" or "battle."  Breathing gets to be shallow, muscles strained in foresight of activity, and blood stream to indispensable organs is diminished. The digestive and end procedure close down. This can be something worth being thankful for - our body is readied to shield itself. On the other hand, issues emerge when this condition is long haul. The "flight or battle" situation is just intended to be a fleeting occasion. One can see that long haul presentation to this circumstance will have extremely unfavorable consequences for the body. Yoga can change that. 

In nature, the countermeasure for "battle or flight" is known as the "unwinding reaction" or parasympathetic sensory system. The principle nerves of the parasympathetic framework are the tenth cranial nerves, or the vagus nerves. They start in the medulla oblongata. Parasympathetic incitement causes an easing off of the pulse, bringing down of circulatory strain, expanded blood stream to the skin and viscera, and peristalsis of the GI tract - the careful inverse of "battle or Flight" manifestations. Yoga actuates this reaction by showing the student to inhale profoundly and unwind muscles. The profit of yoga is clear. The body recoups quicker, and the hurtful impacts of anxiety are diminished. 

Yoga subscribes to the hypothesis that by utilizing breathing and unwinding methods, the unsafe impacts of weight on the body can be wiped out, or at any rate significantly lessened. Through reflection and smoothing of the soul, yoga shows us to face the circumstances of "battle or flight" from a risk to a test. One is capable through practice to spotlight on discovering an answer, instead of making a quick reaction to the jolts. One figures out how to be proactive, and deal with the stressors in their lives. 

The profit of yoga is irrefutable. By using the procedures of this aged practice, anybody can attain to the offset and congruity so required in their lives. Keep in mind, on the other hand, that only one thing is not the answer for the majority of life's issues. By consolidating yoga with the supernatural occurrences of advanced solution and conventional recuperating cures, the normal individual in today's reality will appreciate a more drawn out, more satisfied life.

The Power of Stretching

The Power of Stretching

Your muscles hurt from a decent extend. This is truly ordinary and is a piece of the methodology. Extending has apparently been with us and specific with competitors since the start of time. 

An exceptionally key point to great extending is to hold the stretch for no less than seventeen seconds. This is a pearl of knowledge gathered from a balance artistry educator a couple of years back. She said that any stretch under 17 seconds was simply not viable. 

The 17 second control is surpassed in the high power Bikram's yoga where extends are held for around 30 seconds. Keep in mind the abnormal state of high temperature that is utilized as a part of Bikram's to concentrate that last smidgen of stretch out of your muscles. An intriguing wind that is not important to pick up profits from extending. However, it can't damage, isn't that so? 

So what sort of profits would you be able to anticipate from extending? That is a simple one. Have you ever seen the film, Blood Sport? Did you realize that Frank Dux could genuinely extend his body to the amazing. The on-screen character that played him was very flexible also. 

Extraordinary flexibility is additionally something you may see in decently prepared Spetsnaz(russian)agents. They regularly work out with Russian kettlebells as well. They are for better quality additions and the capacity than withstand ballistic stuns. 

Why are extending and adaptability considered vital to these individuals? Extending provides for one the capacity to have dangerous force accessible's readily available without the need to warm up. Obviously the vast majority of us are not military craftsmen or operators. However, you'll be cheerful to know there are a lot of different profits. 

Given me a chance to provide for you a case. In the wake of figuring out how to sit in the full lotus position for drawn out stretches of time, my lower legs got to be exceptionally adaptable. One day I was strolling along and my left foot fell into a pothole. This accident pushed my lower leg sideways to around 90 degrees from its typical position. 

Amazingly, this didn't even damage, not one bit. On the off chance that my lower leg hadn't been so adaptable, I may have endured a sprained lower leg. At any rate, it would have harmed for quite a long time. 

Key point: extending helps us to dodge wounds. That as well as on the off chance that you do have a muscle, tendon or ligament damage it ought to recuperate quicker, hypothetically talking. 

Extending really develops the ligaments, tendons and muscles being extended. They truly become longer over the long haul. 

Check with your doctor before undertaking any sort of activity, including extending.

Essential Sitting Postures with Benefits

Essential Sitting Postures with Benefits

JANU SIRSASANA: Correct foot situation 

Sit up straight with legs equally stretched out in front. Twist the privilege leg at the knee and spot the foot so the heel is in the privilege crotch and the front of the foot touches the left thigh. Turn the foot so the base of the foot is confronting upward and press the knee once more to structure an inhumane plot with the body. This position will be troublesome right away; don't drive it. Put a collapsed cover under the knee furthermore under the hips. Bit by bit the knee will move more remote back. Simply keep the foot accurately situated. 

JANU SIRSASANA: Correct, flawless carriage 

Having situated the foot and knee accurately, extend the left leg out, keeping the leg immovably on the mat. Settle the heel solidly and stretch the toes up. (The heel ought to force tenderly far from the lower leg.) Now breathe in and curve forward over the straight leg, getting the foot with both hands if conceivable. Tenderfoots ought to twist just the extent that they can without adjusting the back. At the point when this carriage is carried out effectively and totally, the body will move forward over the expanded leg, completely level from the tail issue that needs to be addressed head. Stay there breathing typically the length of you can. Breathe in, discharge the handhold, come up easily, straighten the bowed leg and unwind. Rehash on other side. 

JANU SIRSASANA: Wrong carriage 

The heel is not situated against its own particular thigh. The knee has not been pushed once more the extent that this would be possible to structure an insensitive plot. The back is bumped and bended on the grounds that the pelvis is stuck and not able to lift legitimately. Rather than a smooth, complete extending of the spine, the lumbar is over-extended and whatever remains of the spine contracted. The left leg is not level on the floor. 

TRIANG MUKHAIPADA PASCHIMOTT ANASANA: Sitting, forward-twisting stance in excess of one leg 

This carriage by and large takes after the past one. Sit with your legs extended in front. Curve the privilege leg so the privilege foot is close to the privilege hip. The toes ought to point back. The privilege calf presses against the privilege thigh. The body will tilt in this position so put a little collapsed towel under the left cheek to keep the hips level and the forward stretch even and developed. Hold the left foot with both hands, breathe in and curve forward, keeping both knees together as you extend forward over the straight leg. Numerous understudies will think that it troublesome in this position to try and grab hold of the foot of the outstretched leg. Don't give up. Simply hold the knee, shin or lower leg, and sit, breathing profoundly, in whichever position speaks to your best augmentation. In the event that the back is tight and the spine unbendable, this will require some serious energy. Discharge the hold and straighten the curved leg. Rehash on the other side.

Yoga Quotes: My 15 Favorite Yoga Quotes

Yoga Quotes: My 15  Favorite Yoga Quotes

Yoga is more important than just poses.

Actually, the Asana includes simply a little piece of the general Eight Limbs of Yoga as spelled out in the Yoga Sutras. Discover persuasion and astuteness by appreciating some of my most loved yogic quotes. Adore yourself, love your day, cherish your life!

Yoga Quotes

“I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul.” ~ by Rumi

“It is not arrogant or egotistical to feel good inside. You had nothing to do with it. It’s simply the honest response to clearly perceived Reality.”  ~ Erich Schiffman

“Wisdom is knowing we are all One. Love is what it feels like and Compassion is what it acts like.” ~ Ethan Walker III

“Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

“All I’m saying is that to liberate the potential of your mind, body and soul, you must first expand your imagination. You see, things are always created twice: first in the workshop of the mind and then, and only then, in reality. I call this process ‘blueprinting’ because anything you create in your outer world began as a simple blueprint in your inner world.” ~ Robin Sharma, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

“When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.” ~ Peace Pilgrim

“Be a lamp to yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold on to the truth within yourself as to the only truth.” ~ Buddha

“Accepting means you allow yourself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at that moment. It is part of the isness of the Now. You can’t argue with what is. Well, you can, but if you do, you suffer.”  ~ Eckhart Tolle

“Love is how it feels to recognize our essential unity. Awakening to oneness is the experience of Big Love. Knowing you are one with all, you find yourself in love with all.” ~ Timothy Freke

“The sun shines down, and its image reflects in a thousand different pots filled with water. The reflections are many, but they are each reflecting the same sun. Similarly, when we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.” ~ Ammachi

“Yoga does not remove us from the reality or responsibilities of everyday life but rather places our feet firmly and resolutely in the practical ground of experience. We don’t transcend our lives; we return to the life we left behind in the hopes of something better.”

 ~ Donna Farhi

“Remember the emphasis on the heart. The mind lives in doubt and the heart lives in trust. When you trust, suddenly you become centered.” ~ Osho

“What if our religion was each other

If our practice was our life

If prayer, our words

What if the temple was the Earth

If forests were our church

If holy water—the rivers, lakes, and ocean

What if meditation was our relationships

If the teacher was life

If wisdom was self-knowledge

If love was the center of our being.” ~ Ganga White

“A person experiences life as something separated from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. Our task must be to free ourselves from this self-imposed prison, and through compassion, to find the reality of Oneness.” ~ Albert Einstein

“You may think that only you are a prisoner, but other people are also prisoners. You are in a small prison, but others are in the big prison outside. When will they be released? Think that you are a yogi and that you are pursuing your sadhana in this particular place and at this particular moment. Immediately you will experience great joy. If you change your understanding, you will be free in a minute.” ~ Baba Muktananda


*Some Quotes Pictures for Yoga

Yoga Quotes

"The mind is everything what you think , you become"

Yoga Quotes

"sometimes it hurts. sometimes it's hard,or difficult.but in the end the hard work was totally worth it"

Yoga Quotes

"YOGA takes you into the present moment the only place where life exists"