Category : Uncategorized
Yoga, Meditation and Pranayama for Insomnia and Sleep Disorders By Laura Mendez What is Sleep? Sleep is defined in Wikipedia as a “naturally recurring state characterised by reduced or absent consciousness, relatively suspended sensory activity, and inactivity of nearly all voluntary muscles”. Sleep plays a significant role in brain development. Sleep enables the brain
Yoga and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by Amy Bernard “Recent Research has unveiled the fact that our bodies have great capacity, when it comes to storing bad memories. The body processes some of these memories and the rest is passed onto our nervous system where it rests on our spine untreated for several years to
An article on the benefits of Yoga for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. By Anna McColl What is Autism? Autism Spectrum Disorder (also known as ASD) is a range of highly complex, lifelong developmental difficulties which affect how a child (or adult) relates to and communicates with other people and how he or she sees
Yoga for anxiety and panic attacks – The somatics and bioenergetics of anxiety and panic attacks, and how asana, pranayama and meditation can bring about positive change. By Barbara Mahon “In the minds of many people in the West, Yoga is associated primarily with strange contortions of the body, but the major focus of
Practice Here you can follow our school founder Lalit through this short spinal twisting sequence. This sequence can be practiced anytime, but is particularly great in the morning to rejuvenate your spine and energise your body. For more practice videos with Lalit subscribe to our YouTube Channel. Spinal Twists Twisting asanas, like all types of poses
Practice Our founder and lead teacher Yogacharya Lalit has recently put together a short video to guide you through a 10 minute Pranayama and meditation practice. This practice can be used as either a great way to start your day in the morning, or to relax you at night before you go to bed. For
Yoga for Mind, Body & Soul Many people associate yoga with super bendy, kale eating, incense burning folk- but todays profile of a yoga practitioner has changed dramatically and is much more far reaching and diverse than fits the stereotype. At Himalaya Yoga Valley Cork we are delighted to see this diversity in our client
Choosing the Right School At Himalaya Yoga Valley we often receive feedback from trainees after they have completed our course that they were overwhelmed by the sea of schools to choose from and which 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training to attend. In the last few years Yoga Teacher Training has become big business in India
People come to Yoga from all walks of life, and for many different reasons. For me it was quite simple, I had just taken up a new sport, Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), and I realised my body required more flexibility and awareness in order to carry out many of its complex movements. Yoga also brought an
First published in Yoga Magazine UK 2010. “We have a moral obligation to the entire ecological web of existence to wake up from self-pity and self-promotion in order to attend to our place in the world with sensitivity and wisdom.” Michael Stone On some level, we are always practicing self analysis – but alas, not