Yoga Diet

Before he was one of the most well-known yoga teachers in North America and an international hip-hop artist, MC YOGI was a juvenile delinquent who was kicked out of three schools, sent to live at a group home for at-risk youth, arrested for vandalism, and caught up in a world of drugs, chaos, and carelessness. Through Technicolor stories of graffiti and guns, mystics and musicians, love, loss, and finding his soul's purpose, MC YOGI's journey is saturated in spiritual wisdom, illuminating the potential for transformation within us all.

If you've ever taken classes in meditation or hatha yoga, then chances are you've heard the word “pranayama” mentioned at some point or another. Other similar terms include “breath control”, “pranic breathing”, “yoga breathing”, and “energy expansion.” This audiobook will teach you how to practice numerous specific breath control exercises on your own. Although pranayama is usually practiced together with hatha yoga, martial arts, and meditation, it can also stand on its own because of its many benefits.

While advanced age is revered by some, very few of us are in a hurry to get there. This guide treats physical well-being and spiritual growth as two sides of a coin. It is custom-crafted for midlife and later by addressing both eternal verities and physical health. Yoga, the time-honored philosophy of which headstands and downward-facing dogs are only a fragment, doesn't sugarcoat: physical life will end and material joys, as lovely as they can be, are temporary.

So often, we think that grief lives only in our hearts and minds. But what about the emotions that weigh us down and the grief that gets stuck in our body? Our emotions need motion, and Healing Through Yoga is a unique, simple, and powerful way of healing. Grief Yoga founder Paul Denniston takes you through the stages of Awareness, Expression, Connection, Surrender, and Evolution with clear and compassionate instruction, poses, exercises with easy-to-follow photos, and meditations specifically designed to move you through that particular step.

Presenting ways in which Restorative Yoga can contribute to healing emotional wounds, this book invites yoga teachers, therapists and practitioners to consider the psychological impact of ethnic and race-based stress and trauma. It aids in the process of uncovering, examining and healing one's own emotional wounds and offers insight into avoiding wounding or re-wounding others.

Spiritual disciplines often seem remote from the realities of our daily lives. Yet there is a Mahayana Scripture which presents a model of enlightened practice in the midst of urban living, the Vimalakirti Sutra. This teaches a non-dualistic wisdom and reconciliation of dichotomies. It challenges ordinariness and reveals systematic and effective ways of tapping higher potentials while upholding one's usual responsibilities and enriching long-term relationships.

Whether you are looking to lose weight, trying to increase your strength and stamina, hoping to sharpen your mental edge, or seeking to go deeper within, Baron Baptiste can take you there. Baptiste Power Yoga isn't just the ultimate workout, it's the ultimate life transformation program.

Sadhguru visionario, místico y yogui presenta la ciencia clásica del yoga a los lectores occidentales. Esta disciplina, tal y como Sadhguru la expone, es un medio para que creemos situaciones internas exactamente tal y como las queremos, convirtiéndonos así en los arquitectos de nuestra propia alegría.

We can do more with this life. We all know it, we all wish for it, but just how to do itthat eludes us. In his new book, A Life Worth Breathing, internationally renowned yoga teacher and spiritual philosopher Max Strom shows us the way. His groundbreaking book reaches past expected dogma in a language that is vital, inspired, and accessible. Strom leads us on a journey of self-discovery as we excavate our past in order to have a better understanding of our present.

Sleeping well is an essential part of a healthy life, and trying to solve our sleeping problems is crucial to everyday functioning. Usually, a regular human being should take 10 to 20 minutes to fall asleep once they get in bed, but sometimes we have difficulties switching our brains off, because of worries, anxiety, stress, or even conditions like insomnia, and falling asleep becomes a nightmare itself.

For centuries, Chinese sages, rulers and spiritual seekers have embraced a simple yet powerful principle to enable them to live in harmony with the Source of nature and all life; the art of 'self-cultivation' or, xiu yang. Xiu yang works with the idea that we can steadily nurture our capacity to being fully human and fully awake.

Brendon Abram combines his first-hand experience with PTSD in the field and years of teaching to offer this practical guide to bringing trauma-sensitive yoga to both clinical and studio settings. Drawing on his work with military veterans, first responders, and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, he emphasizes the importance of respecting the uniqueness of every individual and demonstrates how to use the foundational principles of yoga to create a safe experience.

As the creator of Forrest Yoga, Ana T. Forrest has been transforming people's lives throughout the world for more than thirty-five years. Her unique blend of physical practice, Eastern wisdom, and profound Native American ceremony takes her teachings literally off the mat and into daily life - to heal everything from addictive behaviors and eating disorders to chronic pain and injury.

Within the realm of yoga traditions, Royal Yoga stands out as the most advanced and significant practice. There is no other method of wellness and recovery that can compare to this one; it is an all-encompassing approach to achieving personal transformation that surpasses all other approaches currently available.

There's a lot you probably don't know about the Buddha. For one, the real Buddha was thin. And before he became the "Enlightened One", he was a pampered prince named Siddhartha. He tried starving himself in his quest for inner peace, but found that extremes brought him no closer to enlightenment. Instead, he sought a "middle way" between unhealthy overindulgence and unrealistic abstinence. The instructions he gave his monks about eating, more than 2,500 years ago, were surprisingly simple.

Fascinating soundscapes create a unique environment for all kinds of wellness activities, relaxation, meditation, and healing. The soft mix of dreamlike music and natural sounds lowers the heart rate and deeply relaxes body and mind. Relaxing soundscapes with a total running time of over 14 hours for Wellness, Meditation, QiGong, Zen, Yoga, Reiki, and Ayurveda. The tracks are so relaxing that most people are calm after just a few seconds. Patrick Lynen is one of the most influental european authors. Together with a team of world-famous musicians, he created these unique tracks.

50 Things to Know About Yoga, by Sushmita Choudhury, offers the answers to the most burning questions in yoga. Based on firsthand knowledge earned from teaching yoga to hundreds of students, this audiobook will provide the much-needed guidance to yoga beginners. You'll discover actionable advice that will help you to make better, more informed decisions in each step of your yoga journey.

Is working from home wearing you out? Are you wondering where you’ll find the energy to get everything done? Whether starting your own business, writing a book, or simply working from home, Yoga for the Anxious Entrepreneur introduces you to a holistic way of working. Discover how the science behind habit-building and the power of movement through yoga can empower you to take control of your life - even in a world of uncertainty.

Many yoga practitioners explore the benefits of yoga through its poses, but did you know that the magic and mystery of yoga lie within the power of yogic mythology? Myths of the Asanas was the first book to collect and retell the ancient tales of yogic myth to a modern audience, and has since become a beloved resource for yoga practitioners and instructors the world over. This expanded edition contains nine unheard stories about some of the yoga world's most beloved poses.

In India, the candidates for initiation into the science of “Raja Yoga”, when they apply to the yogi masters for instruction, are given a series of lessons designed to enlighten them regarding the nature of the real self and to instruct them in the secret knowledge, whereby they may develop the consciousness and realization of the real “I” within them.