Written by yogi on November 20, 2006 – 7:31 pm
With Hot Yoga gaining popularity in Malaysia, here’s a brief background of where it came from.
Hot Yoga (or Bikram Yoga) is a series of 26 postures beginning with one warming up breathing exercise, progressing through 24 asanas and finishing with one toxin eliminating breathing posture.
It was developed by Bikram Choudhury some 30 years ago. [...]
Written by yogi on November 7, 2006 – 2:25 pm
An article published in The Sun (a free newspaper in Malaysia) on 6 November was titled Yoga Way to Health and discussed the benefits of yoga to women who were undergoing breast cancer treatment.
A study was conducted by the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center where researchers found that doing yoga is good for [...]
Written by yogi on November 6, 2006 – 12:58 pm
Kapalabhati is translated as “Skull Shining†and it effects are to clear the mind.
If you ever get to try Phyllis’ classes in Yoga Zone, you will realize that Kapalabhati is one of her favorite ways to start her classes.
The forced exhalation rids the lower lungs of stale air and clears space for fresh oxygen [...]