Yoga is an ancient discipline of Indian Philosophy. According toB.K.S. Iyengar(1996) the word Yoga originatesfrom the Sanskrit root "YUJ" which means " to unite or integrate". In other words, Yoga is the union of the body, mind, emotions and intellect and is focused on develop an maintain a balance between body, mind and spirit.
In order to succeed in having a balance between them, Yoga practitioners use exercise, postures, breath, relaxation and meditation. Furthermore, it is believed body is an essential intrument in practitioner's work and development. The practice of Yoga exercises includes perseverance to accomplish each posture and the use of both mind and body. For this reason, taking Yoga classes from an experienced instructor is the best way to practice Yoga.
Yoga is a complex discipline which has many definitions and branches. The Yoga practitiones of the University of Quintana Roo use the Iyengar System which is considered as a complete system that contains different styles of Yoga and concentrates on Asanas (postures), Pranayama (breathing techniques) and meditation.
In order to give you a better introduction of Yoga definition,we recorded the following video which is an interview based on what Yoga means with the Yoga Instructor of the University of Quintana Roo, Beatriz Zepeda.
There is a huge number of people who do not know about the great benefits that yoga practice could provide them. Unfortunately, they do not realize the different types of benefits because they themselves have been restricted to think that Yoga is only about meditation and relaxation. Neverthless, it has been proved yoga produces positive physical, mental and spiritual effects. On the other hand. It is a fact that students work better if they acquire a good mental and physical state because the body’s mental health is connected with the body’s physical health and they need to be in harmony. For this reason , we are going to show the benefits of practicing Yoga in this section .
We really recommend you to read the presentation below and play the following video in order to figure out how this indian discipline can improve your life. We hope it will be helpful for all those students who are interested in trying different alternatives that can improve their life style.
10 REASONS TO PRACTICE YOGA
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This presentation is based on the book :“Yoga for Dummies”, Georg Feuerstein y Larry Payne. Edit. IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., Foster City, USA.
BENEFITS OF YOGA
Second part of the Interview with the Yoga Istructor Beatriz Zepeda.
Yoga postures, named Asanas in Sanskrit (classical Indian Language), are body movements which strenghten one's back, muscles and tones. Asanas have been practiced for a long time due to its efectiveness in practitioner's life. There are many types of postures and can be divided in Seated and twist, Standing, Arm balances, Core, Backbends, Forward bends, Inversions and restorative.
Patanjali wrote in the Yoga Sutras "Sthira Sukha Asanam" which says the results of Asanas are stability and feeling of well-being. These results make the differencece between Asanas and exercise. If Asanas do not generate stability and feeling of well-being, they would be only exercise. Furthermore, is highly recomended to get the guidance from an experienced Yoga instructor when you decide to attend yoga classes because many postures should be performed step by spep and slowly and they can not be practiced merely from books.
Important information about Asanas or Postures will be explained in the following presentation. It is only a part of the original presentation of the Yoga instructor Beatriz Zepeda. Moreover, some pictures of Yoga practitioners from the University of Quintana Roo were added and the content was translated.
We'll show you a bit explanation about the basics of yoga. Like all the things in this life, there are some rules that we need to follow in order to get a good result of what we are doing. Because of the experience of the experts in this subject, we can say that yoga is a journey so you need to know the elemental basics of yoga in order to not to get hurt yourself and avoid ploblems during your Yoga classes.
Use these recomendations to get the most out of the yoga classes you attend. These are the most common recomendations and rules of the places in which people practice yoga.
In this section our objective is to give you information about the places where you can take yoga classes in Chetumal, Quintana Roo. For this reason we added a photograph album and an address list.
If you are an student of the University of Quintana Roo you could attend to Yoga classes at Satya Casa Mosaico with the experienced instructor Beatriz Zepeda.
Decide to change your life style and enjoy the Yoga benefits.
This Weblog is designed to make important contributions to students who want to improve their quality of academic achievement,basing on the discipline of Yoga.
Our objective is to let you know some of the benefits of yoga in schools to create an optimal learning environment . Moreover we hope may be someday yoga would be an important part of your daily life in school as education is.
