Yoga Publications
Your Living Healthy Guide to Yoga
With so many kinds of yoga classes offered around town or at your gym, it can be hard to choose the right one for you, especially if you aren’t well versed in the yogi language. For example, while Hot and Power Yoga focus on blasting calories, Yin and Taoist are more meditative, and Therapeutic is great for anyone suffering from a physical injury or trauma. In this informative slideshow, LivingHealthy expert and founder of Yoga Bloom, Cora Wen, breaks down 12 of the most popular types of yoga, explaining everything from what they’re about and what to expect in a class to what celebrities and personality types can be found bending, posing and chanting their way through classes. Namaste!
Props Are Friends
With so many kinds of yoga classes offered around town or at your gym, it can be hard to choose the right one for you, especially if you aren’t well versed in the yogi language. For example, while Hot and Power Yoga focus on blasting calories, Yin and Taoist are more meditative, and Therapeutic is great for anyone suffering from a physical injury or trauma. In this informative slideshow, LivingHealthy expert and founder of Yoga Bloom, Cora Wen, breaks down 12 of the most popular types of yoga, explaining everything from what they’re about and what to expect in a class to what celebrities and personality types can be found bending, posing and chanting their way through classes. Namaste!
Find the Best Yoga Teacher for You
Don’t hit the mat without this instructor checklist.
As we all know, a school is only as good as its teachers. It’s a principle that applies especially to modern-day yoga, where there is such a wide range of skills and experience among instructors. Finding the right teacher can mean the difference between dropping out after one class and sustaining a long-term practice capable of changing your life.
Once you’ve narrowed down your options for the type of yoga you want to practice (see find the right yoga studio), it’s time to start shopping for teachers. Check out their professional bios; get some word-of-mouth references from students or colleagues. Then go sample a class and, if possible, chat with them afterwards.
From injury rehab to circus moves, there’s a fit for you.
Take any yoga class and chances are you’ll be asked to turn upside down. Most yogis swear by such inversions, claiming they offer a slew of benefits, from calming the nervous system to stimulating the brain. But is upending yourself safe?
These days, yoga is taught in a wide range of dedicated venues, from small, local studios to glitzy, spa-like franchises of large international corporations. It’s also offered as an “added value” at gyms, fitness clubs, wellness and community centers.
As a Yoga educator for over 25 years and a practitioner for more than 30, I have experienced the ins and outs of scores of studios, worldwide.
Comfort and Joy -Yoga Practice to Refresh
Celebrating with family and friends is one of the treasured gifts of winter. One way to enjoy it all, amid shorter days and greater demands on your time, is to incorporate more rejuvenating sequences into your regular routine. Cora Wen, a yoga teacher based in San Francisco, designed the sequence, which will leave you feeling energized and refreshed.
Wen, who studied with Judith Hanson Lasater, travels the world teaching the fine art of restoration (or restorative yoga), but her sequence here is unique. “In restorative sequencing, the body may feel relaxed and rested, but you usually don’t want to do a lot of activity after,” Wen explains. If you want to calm and rejuvenate yourself before heading out for more activity, hold each pose for only 1 to 3 minutes, rather than what Wen describes as the typical restorative hold of 8 to 15 minutes—which might be more appropriate before bedtime.
What’s Up with Yoga Inversions?
The Low-down on Headstands
From injury rehab to circus moves, there’s a fit for you.
These days, yoga is taught in a wide range of dedicated venues, from small, local studios to glitzy, spa-like franchises of large international corporations. It’s also offered as an “added value” at gyms, fitness clubs, wellness and community centers.
As a Therapeutic Yoga educator for over 20 years and a practitioner for more than 30, I have experienced the ins and outs of scores of studios, worldwide. Here’s how I recommend you select a studio. First, ask yourself what you want:Once you’ve narrowed down your options for the type of yoga you want to practice (see find the right yoga studio), it’s time to start shopping for teachers.
Harmonising Yin Yang
Yoga Journal Thailand 2011
To Squat or Not
In Asia, it is natural to squat. It’s comfortable, and a part of daily life. When Westerners move to Asia, that is often one of the biggest complaints - how difficult it is to squat for knees, ankles and shins.
Yet, most Asian may wonder why Malasana squat is a yoga pose?
I noticed that people in the West can’t squat as easily as Asians. In my travels teaching around the world for over 20 years, I have seen this. As a yoga teacher, student and practitioner, I have often wondered if the Asian population in general, is more suited to some yoga poses.
Workout Trend Alert: Hot Hot Hot
…At The Sweat Shoppe in North Hollywood, California, instructors lead classes in rooms heated to around 80 degrees. Trainer Tracy Anderson, a favorite of Gwyneth Paltrow, Molly Sims and Jennifer Lopez, warms her New York and Los Angeles studios to 86 degrees. Hot 8 Yoga in Beverly Hills and Santa Monica attracts their clients including Colin Farrell, Kate Hudson, Drew Barrymore and Russell Simmons, with a barre fusion class in temperatures well past 100 degrees.
If you are planning on heating up your workout, there are some health risks involved. According to yoga therapy expert Cora Wen, extreme heat puts dangerous stress on the body, and heat stroke can result in death. She explains that with all the sweaty bodies in hot classes, temperatures can top 100˚ F, at which point it’s nearly impossible to cool down.
2010 Winter Integral Yoga
The State of the Union (Yoga): Forecast 2010 & Beyond
Integral Yoga Magazine has always been dear to Sri Gurudev’s heart and it was through his inspiration and guidance that it took birth December 1969. Over many years it has faithfully carried Sri Gurudev’s Teachings around the globe.
40th Anniversary Edition The Birth of a Magazine and a Movement
Interview with Roy Eugene Davis – When East Met West in Woodstock
This is Yoga—Sri Swami Satchidananda
The Call of Yoga—Rama Jyoti Vernon
Is Yoga Hindu?—Graham Schweig, PhD
Service: The Future of Yoga—Seane Corn
Going Fast, Getting Nowhere—Swami Karunananda
The Fulfillment of Yoga—Nischala Devi
Bringing Back the Unity in Yoga—Mukunda Stiles
The Fullness of Yoga—Sonia Sumar
Climbing the Mountain: A Lost Tradition?—Cora Wen
Teaching to Learn—Kira Ryder
Building a Yoga Bridge—Tilak Pyle