Yoga For Beginners

Stan 27/04/2012 1

Good morning everyone,

Deano asked me to create a new category on the website called Wellbeing as he wants to start and share his knowledge on a range of things including yoga, tai chi and meditation.

I came across a fantastic yoga video this morning after I was sent an email from a John Kobik. He runs a great website called Chi For Yourself and we’ve recently hooked up. There’s a link to John’s website on our People We Like page.

The word yoga means “union” in Sanskrit. Think of the word union occurring between the mind, body and spirit. Lots of people think that yoga is just about stretching but while stretching is involved, yoga is really about creating balance in the body through developing flexibility and strength.

The following video is called Yoga for the New Beginner and it’s brilliant for any of you thinking about trying yoga for the first time.

I’d love to know your thought on yoga so please feel free to comment on this post.

Enjoy,

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Following the birth of his son in 2009, Stan felt unfit and sluggish. Since then he's been training using a range of exercise techniques and gained some valuable information over the years. He concentrated on using ideas and methods from the teachings of Paul Chek, Chuck Wolf, Dax Moy, Charles Poliquin, Martin Rooney and Phil Richards. His fitness training currently includes running, kettlebell training, the world famous TRX, Olympic bar training, different types of body weight exercises, medicine balls, interval training (Tabata training) and cross fit training. He has completed the Pier To Pier run, Total Warrior and the Newcastle Stampede in 2012. He also raised over £1000 for local charity Percy Hedley, by running 60 miles over the 12 Days of Christmas.

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Ella 17/05/2012 at 10:45 am - Reply

Yoga play an important role in our life. It refreshes our mind and body. I do yoga regularly.

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