Yoga / Pilates is a great way to keep variety in your workout and also keep your body feeling great.  So improve your flexibility and well-being by finding out more about yoga and pilates by reading the articles in this section.

How To Meditate With A Mantra - by Dada Vedaprajinananda
These days whenever a politician repeats a promise over and over again commentators say that this promise has become a “mantra” for that politician. For the journalists, the word “mantra” means a meaningless phrase that is repeated endlessly. For yogis however, a mantra is a word or collection of words, which has the power of liberating a human being from all limitations.

Yoga Positions for Beginners - by Jeffrey Greer
The only way to keep up with the latest about Yoga Positions for Beginners is to constantly stay on the lookout for new information. If you read everything you find about Yoga Positions for Beginners, it won't take long for you to become an influential authority.

Tips For Doing Inversion Yoga Poses - by Rebecca Prescott
What are inversion yoga poses? Find out their benefits, what you have to be careful about, as well as tips on doing shoulderstand, half shoulderstand, and headstand.

Benefits And Importance Of Ashtanga Namaskar - Part I by Sharon Hopkins
This asana is also known as Surya Namaskar Asana or Sun Salutation Asana. It is a combination of 12 postures and each posture provides its unique benefits. The essence of this asana is salutation of the Sun god, which is power source of all the energy in this world. So in process to salute the sun god it also helps our body. This asana becomes very important due to the valuable part it plays with our lives. The composition of these poses in its own different way helps in crea...

Benefits And Importance Of Ashtanga Namaskar - Part II - by Sharon Hopkins
As we must have learnt that this is a very elaborate pose and one article would not be able to suffice the integral issues it happens to help us deal with. The 12 poses of Ashtanga Namaskar is very crucial as each and every asana has to be done in a very specific manner which helps to create its usefulness to your body

Benefits And Importance Of Ashtanga Namaskar - Part III - by Sharon Hopkins
We have known the importance and benefits of the first six Ashtanga Namaskar Poses. We will conclude the Ashtanga Namaskar Yoga Asana series with the remaining six asanas.

Importance And Benefits Of Ardha Chandrasana - by Sharon Hopkins
Life teaches us lot of things and yoga learns lot from life. It derives its inspiration from the basic nature of life which is in various forms such as human, animals, plants, tress, earth, sun and moon. For instance this asanas other name is derived from the Moon. In English this asana would mean Half Moon Pose. The Moon from which the name is derived is an important part of our life. It touches each individual it in its own manner.

Yoga and Obesity solution - by Subodh Gupta
As per one report nearly 14 percent of British youngsters are clinically obese. The cost of Obesity to the NHS is about £ 1 billion a year. By 2010 the number of overweight and obese youngsters in the European Union nations is expected to hit 26 million. An estimated 20,000 obese youngsters will have type 2 diabetes as per another report.

Yoga: The Most Effective Scoliosis Exercise - by Saurabh Jain
Scoliosis is a condition in which a person has side-to-side spinal curves in addition to the normal curves through which the lower portion of the human back curves inwards. The most effective remedy for such a condition is Scoliosis exercises. Although many exercises help in reducing the Scoliosis-related problems, yoga is considered the best Scoliosis exercise. Yoga postures are helpful since they enable us to stretch our body.

Yoga - Practices and History - by Michael Russell
Yoga has many thoughts and practices.  Yoga come from many different cultures throughout history.

The Power of Stretching - by David Snape
Stretching gives one the ability to have explosive power available at one's fingertips without the need to warm up. Of course most of us are not martial artists or agents. But, you'll be happy to know there are plenty of other benefits.

Yoga An Exercise For Everyone - by Michael Gray
Many adults enjoy and are aware of the rewards of yoga. Yoga stretches tight muscles, builds body awareness, improves endurance, and calms the mind and body. But yoga is now attracting a younger audience who is finding out that yoga can be a fun way to exercise and relax.

The Benefit Of Yoga - by Alden Smith
The benefit of yoga helps you to stay healthy, fight depression, and face the challenges of every day life.

The Top 5 Yoga Positions - by Sheila Easton
Often times the right information can change a person's life. This happened with me and yoga

How To Practice Meditation - by Sharon Hopkins
Meditation is the most important practice for calming the mind. A calm mind can lead to a healthy, happy and successful life. It can cure diseases and speed up healing processes. We describe the simple technique below called prana-dharana. Prana in Sanskrit stands for the air that we breathe. It is the most basic act of life which starts from birth and goes on till death. But generally, we are not aware of the breath till our attention is drawn close to it. Dharana means its ...