Tag: pranayama
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how to adapt a yoga class to the practitioners
Before I start teaching my class of yoga I tune in with the practitioners that joined the class. Have they practiced yoga before, what style, how often and how do they feel today? Are there injuries or any physical problems? During my hatha classes I often use a similar structure, based of the people who…
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Yog, yog:, yoga
Where does yoga come from? Sanskrit is kind of a language. It is the first language of human society, to communicate with symbols and sounds. Ho and hey. The used alphabet symbols such as : and then when they translated the symbols to sounds it became : = a. Parshana means philosophy or observations. Observe…
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5 major prana and 5 minor prana
Within the practice or Pranayama (life force expansion) there are different pranas. There are 5 major pranas – you hold on to them.✦ Prana – inhalation✦ Abana – exhalation✦ Samana – digestion✦ Udana – talking, activities, listening✦ Uyana – circulation and transportation There are 5 minor pranas – you let them go✦ Naya – hiccups✦…
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pranayama
Prana means breath or energy or life. Ayama means expansion or extend of life. Yama means etics or a kind of practice. Pranayama is life force expansion, breath expansion or breath ethics. Within pranayama there are some competent like inhale, exhale and holding. The Sanskrit words for these terms are:Puraka – inhaleRechaka – exhale Kumbhaka…