Backbends

 

Yoga injuries New York Times

 

Instructing Hatha Yoga

 

What colour is yoga?

 

Some Yoga Resource Links

 

IYA (UK)
Iyengar Yoga Association of the United Kingdom.
www.iyengaryoga.org.uk

Nutrition

 

RIMYI
The official website of Yogacharya B.K.S.Iyengar (Guruji) produced by The Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune, India
www.bksiyengar.com

Iyengar Yoga Resources
The comprehensive website for Iyengar yoga
www.iyengar-yoga.com

Yoga Cards
Yoga Video and Learning Tools by Mark Giubarelli

List of Yoga Asanas

Glossary of Sanskrit Words

John Schumacher is the founder and director of Unity Woods

iHanuman Digital Download Store

Discover-yoga-online.com

Yoga e-learning.

I made some interactive online exercises to help me learn the Sanskrit names of yoga asanas (poses).

 

Matching Exercise 1, Matching Exercise 2
Match the picture of the pose to the Sanskrit name.

Spelling Tests - sanskrit yoga asana names

Learning to spell the Sanskrit names of yoga asanas can be difficult.
These exercises can help you learn the spellings of the poses

 

 

Name the asana Ex.1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3, Exercise 4

In these exercises you get a picture and the translation of the sanskrit. You have to type the Sanskrit yoga asana name (you can use the diacriticals if you know them).

 

Yoga Asana Sanskrit Name Spelling Exercise 1

Here there is no picture to help you! You see the English translation of the Sanskrit asana name and you have to type the Sanskrit.

Iyengar Yoga Level 1 poses

I made this exercise to help me practise my knowledge of all the Iyengar Yoga Level 1 poses (30 poses)
- English type the sanskrit asana name


Sanskrit match
Do you know what the parts of the Sanskrit names mean? In this exercise you have to match the Sanskrit terms to their translations.


" When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to those around you, and health and harmony to the world."
B.K.S. Iyengar

 

 

 

B.K.S. Iyengar has been named by Time magazine as "one of the 100 most influential people in the world". Mr. Iyengar is widely regarded as the foremost living yoga teacher. His approach develops self-awareness through precision in movement and attention to the subtleties of body, breath, mind, and spirit.

 

I really like the CDs John Schumaker has made. I bought them some time ago and they have really helped my practice. Hve a look at this Yoga with John Schumacher CD set review. It is interesting to read that the writer feels Iyengar yoga demands maturity and concentration.

 

Is Yoga All the Exercise You Need?
A new report finds yoga to be on par with aerobic exercise as one of the best things you can do for mind, body, and spirit. Main point - Yoga is a valid exercise choice.
What is clear from this analysis is that yoga should no longer be seen as something even remotely 'fringey', or even as something that's only good for improving flexibility. Rather, this research makes it clear that yoga deserves a permanent place at the health and fitness table, alongside other forms of exercise that may be more familiar to most people.

 

articles on yoga poses

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