Yoga

Iyengar Yoga - Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute...

Iyengar Yoga One of the most popular schools of yoga, Iyengar Yoga is now highly followed by thousands of disciples and practitioners in India and abroad. You may be acquainted with the name of B.K.S Iyengar if you are familiar with different schools of yoga, in India particularly. Do not forget to visit the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute when you visit Pune in India next time. B.K.S Iyengar is the proponent of this well-reputed yoga school in India. One of his popular saying is: When...

Mantra yoga in India

Mantra Yoga One can trace down the existence of the mantra yoga long back to the Hindu Vedic ages. Mantra has an indissoluble spiritual connotation that takes up a man close to the Supreme Lord. However, over time mantra yoga has not been restricted to chanting the name of God and on the contrary it has become a great way of meditation. Mantra yoga requires you being acutely concentrated and perfectionist. Mantra yoga is a little more intricate when compared to other yogic postures as you have to...

Baba Ramdev - symbol of yoga

Biography - Baba Ramdev A small boy of Haryana who studied only up to the eight standard and became paralyzed by the godly plan. His parents were poor and so couldn t afford the expensive allopathic medicines. But he didn t stop there. With determination in his mind he practiced yogic asana and consumed the herbal medicines. This brought him back to normal life. It was Kapalbhati which was responsible to open his third eye in the centre of his eyebrow. Since then there was no looking back. He went...

Shilpa Shetty yoga

Shilpa Shetty, a Bollywood actress, and the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2007, released a DVD (Shilpa's Yoga) in December 2007 dedicated to yoga in order to help countless people fight the bulge and fat rolls through yoga practice. Her DVD became so popular that the term "Shilpa Shetty Yoga" or "Shilpa's Yoga" became very common. This DVD is a detailed but simple and methodical foray into the practice of yoga. It integrates the human mind, soul and body. Released in December 2007, this yoga instruction...

Yoga in India -- popular yoga forms

Yoga is a fitness buzzword these days in India. Yoga classes and Yoga schools have mushroomed everywhere. Plenty of TV channel dedicate their significant time slots on Yoga shows and Live Yoga from the camps organized all over India and outside. Yoga Gurus like Baba Ramdev, Bikram Choudhury have been catalyst in spreading awareness about Yoga and its benefits beyond the select few. This has significantly helped Indians adopt this ancient Indian practice and their quest on this subject is constantly...

Isha yoga center by Isha foundation

Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore India The Isha Yoga Center came into being under the sponsorship of Isha Foundation which is essentially a non-profit association of Sadhuguru Jaggi Vasudev. The Isha Yoga Center is located near the city of Coimbatore at the Velliangiri Mountains. The ashram is quite large and boasts of an area of around 150 acres. The Isha Yoga Center consists of a number of things like Dhyanalinga temple, Isha Rejuvenation Center, Spanda Meditation hall, Yogic Hospital, Isha Home School...