YOGA FOR INTERMEDIATE - Classical shiv Yoga Heritage

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Hip Opening Yoga Sequence: Intermediate Yoga Sequence

The most challenging hip opening yoga poses are the standing poses. These poses are challenging because they demand perfect alignment of the hips, including stability and strength with the various muscles that support the hips. The practice of beginner level hip opening yoga sequence with the focus on seated and supine poses prepares the students for these standing poses, to help go into deeper hip openers.

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Yoga Sequence For Digestion: Yoga For Stomach

A healthy digestive system is key to radiant health. Among the many reasons, stress or anxiety seems to to be the most common reason for the adverse impact it has on the functioning of the digestive system. In addition, a poor digestive tract can lead to long term health complications.

Most yoga poses like forward bend yoga poses, twisting yoga poses, and stretching yoga poses together impact the abdominal muscles and stimulate the internal organs. Stimulation of the organs related to the digestive system can alleviate deep-rooted problems, and improve digestion.

Breathing deep and full using the abdomen (expanding it like a balloon) helps to address stress related issues. Hence, this yoga sequence emphasizes breath awareness and yoga teachers should pay close attention in guiding and instructing their students to bring their breath-body-mind in sync.

The yoga sequence for digestion is a 45 minutes long sequence for beginner to intermediate level yoga students. We have detailed out each yoga pose with step-by-step and pose-transition instructions.

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Yoga Sequence for Back Pain – Beginner Yoga Sequence for Lower Back Aches and Stiffness

Lower back pain is on the rise. Increased screen time, sedentary lifestyle and quicker degeneration of muscles are all leading to chronic pain in the back. Many times back pain is manageable and gets better with self-care over time.

However, prolonged back pain could hinder the routine of an individual causing severe discomfort. If left unmanaged, back pain could intensify with time, leaving no option but to skip work, or worse stay confined to bed.

Specific yoga sequences can help to gradually open and strengthen the muscles around the lower back and hips. Yoga teacher can have their students start with supine and end with standing yoga poses to provide support to the back in the beginning and gradually move without support. While opening the back, the yoga sequence prepares the students for more intense yoga poses, further strengthening the lower back muscles.

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Yoga For Arthritis: Yoga Pose To Strengthen Knees

Your students (especially in the higher age brackets) with knee pain or tightness, may have apprehensions around practicing certain yoga poses. They might contemplate, What if I fall? What if I won’t be able to walk again? What if I need to use support? What if I walk awkwardly? Some may fear the aggravation of pain and costs involved in the treatment or surgery. A few may even dread a situation where no treatment is available.

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Yoga Sequence For The Abs: Core Strength Yoga Sequence

It is always better to strengthen the core muscles through deep stretches and long holds (when these muscles are in contraction) over time than to work hard to develop these muscles quickly. This can be achieved through the practice of yoga and in addition, this would also help avoid muscle strains. Almost all yoga poses need the strength from the core muscles which are either in expansion or contraction to support the other engaged muscles in a particular pose.

Yoga Sequence for Runners: Warm Up Yoga Sequence for Athletes

Most runners want strength in their legs in addition to the stamina they build through other forms of workout. The strength here is not just the fact the leg carries long distances, but gives them the feeling of being light yet strong in their legs and feet. The building of muscles at the calves, hamstrings, and the quadriceps should be aimed more towards facing any form of shock through injury with less wear and tear.

Yoga Sequence for Runners: Recovery Yoga Poses for Runners

When designing a yoga sequence for runners, it is very important to understand the muscles that are put to work while running, both, for sprinting and marathons. The need to contract the leg muscles soon after running will keep the muscles in good condition and also help in recovery from tightness or even from an injury. Taking care of the leg muscles after running is essential for athletes as it can avoid wear and tear.

Why should one practice yoga before going to bed when there is hardly any energy left in the body?

When we talk of nighttime yoga, it is not about burning those extra calories that were gained during the day; nor is it about setting the digestive system right or just relaxing the nerves and limbs in order to sleep well.

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July 23, 2022