Yoga: training of body and soul

Not so long ago Fitness associated with active wellness programs, which included aerobics, weight training, training on simulators and so on. d. Today, one of the most popular fitness trends include yoga that appeals not only to the physical abilities of man as to his inner "I" ...

The source of knowledge - types of yoga

For the first time yoga mentioned in the "Rig Veda", the ancient Indian treatise created two and a half thousand years BC. As a kind of system that can be practiced in life, yoga was a part of Ayurveda - the global body of knowledge of the Indian sages, refers to the spiritual and the physical world of the individual. Postulates as outlining yoga aphorisms that eventually received a variety of interpretations. So there are different directions and types of yoga From fairly simple to sophisticated and esoteric.

The most famous hatha yoga - the teaching of physical harmony, which arose in the usual form in the 15th century. Later, there were areas such as ashtanga yoga, especially popular in the US today, and Iyengar yoga.

Yoga postures - stage cultivation

Any School of Yoga   It provides training asanas or postures, in which you can feel the unity of the physical and spiritual benefits. Actually, yoga - is, in fact, perform a series of asanas in a special order. All Yoga postures   It requires, above all, perfect technical accuracy. What matters any, even the smallest details, whether it is the position of the fingers or the direction of gaze.

Each asana must be held for some time. Beginners learn Yoga postures   for a few seconds, but as training the muscles, joints and internal organs are getting used to load and become more malleable. The residence time in the pose gradually increased and now more experienced trainees "freeze" in the asanas for a few minutes.

Moreover, these students feel how executables Yoga postures   liberating the body deformed sedentary or inactive lifestyle - it becomes easy, obedient, flexible.

Most importantly, as a result of a regular and long practice is changing and at deeper levels of the body. Of course, each School of Yoga   It has its own characteristics and nuances. But in any case it adjusted human energy system, becoming more balanced and harmonious. This balance has a direct impact on the emotional state and intellectual activity, and in the most positive sense.

Master classes

During a standard class (hour beginners and a half hours for trained) consumes about 300 calories. The same would have spent half an hour's jogging.

Each session begins with a cascade of asanas titled "Greeting to the sun". After that, a few minutes is given to prepare for the more difficult postures that are performed in sequence, with increasing complexity. At the beginning usually performed vertical Yoga postures . They are followed by twisted. Then - inverted, like headstand, a high degree of exposure. At the final stage executed mild calm asanas.

Kept   Yoga postures an average of 30 seconds to a minute each. Advanced students are fixed postures longer. But the effect of yoga depends not so much on the skill of execution, but on skills. Mastering basic techniques virtually no effect, but the more you do, the greater the result.

The road to recovery

Yoga teachers do not get tired of repeating classes do not bring quick results, it gives a long practice. But while yoga is really a man on the way recovery , Adjusting his body and muscle training. For example, problems with the spine Yoga helps to solve more effectively than the manual procedures that do not heal as much as relieve pain. Yoga can achieve that the spinal discs are taking the right position in a natural way, as if the spine restores itself and, consequently, pain disappear, along with the reason for their appearance.

Undeniable influence of yoga affects the bad habits. Going directly affect the physiology, providing her a certain mode of existence. Getting used to such a regime the body withdraws from some former consumer demands - a person stops taking alcohol, not eating high-protein foods, preferring it to the plant.

The purpose of training - Relaxation

Relax and yoga are inseparable: total relaxation at the end of every exercise is the main task of the training. During yoga frequency of the electrical activity of the brain is significantly reduced. There comes a relaxation - a condition in which the body is disconnected from external influences and self-corrects the problems. This makes it possible to break free from the influence of stress and daily stress, many describe their feelings at such times as the "rebirth."

Sports or philosophy?

Of course, modern yoga also aims to expand consciousness, as it was many years ago. Yet it is worth noting that the long-term meditation That was used for this purpose, the founders and pioneers of yoga, today lost its relevance. These days meditation   - Is first vsgo element of individual lessons, not the club. The fitness club you will be able to adjust their psychological state rather by physical stress - yoga, for all its specificity, more adapted to the sports training.

However, if you want to become a yoga for you it is not just a means of physical perfection, but a way of life, can enroll in classes, "philosophical" yoga. In this sphere, and also different directions Yoga schools   - Choose what is most attractive to you. Unlike fitness classes are required of students deeper immersion and understanding of what is happening, and success largely depends on the degree of mutual understanding mentor and his charges.

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