http://www.indiantoday.com/rss/Yoga.xmlIndia, Bharat, News, Cricket, Politics, Finance, Stock Market, Stock Exchanges, Indian Today, bollywood news, hindi movie, indian movie,indian entertainment, NRI, Immigration, Interview, Travel, Recipe, Yogahttp://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fyoga.about.com%2fb%2f2010%2f08%2f03%2fhello-parivrtta-ardha-chandrasana-my-old-friend.htmhttp://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fyoga.about.com%2fb%2f2010%2f08%2f03%2fhello-parivrtta-ardha-chandrasana-my-old-friend.htm<p><a href="http://yoga.about.com/od/yogaposes/a/revolvedardchan.htm" target="new"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/yoga/1/0/Y/4/revolvedacblog.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" align="right" /></a>Or should I say my old nemesis? When a pose like <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/od/yogaposes/a/revolvedardchan.htm">revolved half moon pose</a> rears its head in three yoga classes in a row, it's time to take notice. I don't have too many tips for this pose, since I struggle with it every time, but a block under the hand does help a bit. Aside from my physical discomfort, the real challenge here is to stay present in the pose without giving in to the dark thoughts about the teacher who put me here and to resist the temptation to come out just a tiny bit early.</p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/08/03/hello-parivrtta-ardha-chandrasana-my-old-friend.htm">Hello Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana, My Old Friend</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/">About.com Yoga</a> on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 at 22:32:47.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/08/03/hello-parivrtta-ardha-chandrasana-my-old-friend.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/08/03/hello-parivrtta-ardha-chandrasana-my-old-friend.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://yoga.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/08/03/hello-parivrtta-ardha-chandrasana-my-old-friend.htm&zItl=Hello Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana, My Old Friend">Email this</a></p>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:32:47 GMThttp://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fyoga.about.com%2fb%2f2010%2f08%2f01%2fwarrior-iii-virabhadrasana-iii-is-the-yoga-pose-of-the-week-2.htmhttp://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fyoga.about.com%2fb%2f2010%2f08%2f01%2fwarrior-iii-virabhadrasana-iii-is-the-yoga-pose-of-the-week-2.htm<p><a href="http://yoga.about.com/od/yogaposes/a/warrior3.htm" target="new"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/yoga/1/0/y/3/warrior3blog.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" align="right" /></a></p> <p>Seems a lot of my teachers have�<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/od/yogaposes/a/warrior3.htm">warrior III</a> on the brain- it has popped up in almost every class I've taken lately, usually as part of a <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/od/yogaposes/tp/Standing-Balances-Sequence.htm">standing balances sequence</a>. Though I'm generally not a big fan of mirrors in yoga classes, they do come in handy with this pose, as it is very difficult to sense whether your body is parallel to the floor and your hips level. If there isn't a mirror around, placing your hands on your hips helps with the later problem, which in turn helps with the former problem.</p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/08/01/warrior-iii-virabhadrasana-iii-is-the-yoga-pose-of-the-week-2.htm">Warrior III - Virabhadrasana III Is the Yoga Pose of the Week</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/">About.com Yoga</a> on Sunday, August 1st, 2010 at 23:08:03.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/08/01/warrior-iii-virabhadrasana-iii-is-the-yoga-pose-of-the-week-2.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/08/01/warrior-iii-virabhadrasana-iii-is-the-yoga-pose-of-the-week-2.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://yoga.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/08/01/warrior-iii-virabhadrasana-iii-is-the-yoga-pose-of-the-week-2.htm&zItl=Warrior III - Virabhadrasana III Is the Yoga Pose of the Week">Email this</a></p>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:08:03 GMThttp://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fyoga.about.com%2fb%2f2010%2f07%2f29%2fask-aunt-yoga-setting-an-intention.htmhttp://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fyoga.about.com%2fb%2f2010%2f07%2f29%2fask-aunt-yoga-setting-an-intention.htm<p>Dear Aunt Yoga,</p> <p>My teacher used to use an "intention" for each class, such as grace, self-love, forgiveness, compassion, etc. She would work the intention into the entire class. It really helped me to have something positive to focus on while doing the poses. Is this a common practice? Is there a list of recommended intentions?</p> <p>Read <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/od/askauntyoga/f/Ask-Aunt-Yoga-Advice-Column-Setting-An-Intention.htm">Aunt Yoga's response</a>.</p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/07/29/ask-aunt-yoga-setting-an-intention.htm">Ask Aunt Yoga: Setting an Intention</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/">About.com Yoga</a> on Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 23:58:57.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/07/29/ask-aunt-yoga-setting-an-intention.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/07/29/ask-aunt-yoga-setting-an-intention.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://yoga.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/07/29/ask-aunt-yoga-setting-an-intention.htm&zItl=Ask Aunt Yoga: Setting an Intention">Email this</a></p>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:58:57 GMThttp://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fyoga.about.com%2fb%2f2010%2f07%2f28%2fmuch-yoga-in-the-news.htmhttp://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fyoga.about.com%2fb%2f2010%2f07%2f28%2fmuch-yoga-in-the-news.htm<p>Last week's <em>New York Times</em> feature on John Friend and <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/od/typesofyoga/a/anusara.htm">Anusara</a> yoga (see <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/magazine/25Yoga-t.html">The Yoga Mogul</a>) has generated quite a lot of chatter on the internet this week, including rebuttals from top Anusara teachers Christina Sell (via <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://christinasell.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-two-cents-on-yoga-mogul-and-his.html">her blog</a>) and Elena Brower (via <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://www.yogadork.com/2010/07/27/john-friend-responds-to-yoga-mogul-status/#comments">YogaDork</a>) and, finally, John Friend himself (via <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://www.anusara.com/index.php?option=com_wpmu&p=107&blog_id=2&Itemid=250">his blog</a> and <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/07/waylon-lewis-interviews-john-friend-founder-of-anusara-yoga-re-controversial-popular-ny-times-feature-article/">Elephant Journal</a>). The unfolding story continues to make fascinating reading, and, as Friend notes, it's all bound to raise the profile of Anusara.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the above-mentioned <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://www.yogadork.com/">YogaDork</a> is the subject of yet another <em>New York Times</em> article, examining her popular blog covering all the timely yoga/pop-culture news that's fit to print. Keep your eye on YogaDork for more coverage of the <em>Yoga Mogul</em> backlash, and on The Gray Lady, as her love affair with yoga continues.</p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/07/28/much-yoga-in-the-news.htm">Much Yoga In the News</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/">About.com Yoga</a> on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 23:33:06.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/07/28/much-yoga-in-the-news.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/07/28/much-yoga-in-the-news.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://yoga.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/07/28/much-yoga-in-the-news.htm&zItl=Much Yoga In the News">Email this</a></p>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:33:06 GMThttp://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fyoga.about.com%2fb%2f2010%2f07%2f27%2freview-the-no-om-zone-by-kimberly-fowler.htmhttp://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fyoga.about.com%2fb%2f2010%2f07%2f27%2freview-the-no-om-zone-by-kimberly-fowler.htm<p>Check out my review of yoga teacher Kimberly Fowler's new book,�<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/od/yogabooks/fr/The-No-Om-Zone-By-Kimberly-Fowler.htm">The No Om Zone: A No-Chanting, No-Granola, No-Sanskrit Practical Guide to Yoga</a>. Fowler is a well-known Los Angeles-based yoga teacher. She is the founder of the Yoga and Spinning (YAS) Fitness Centers in LA and has made several yoga workout DVDs, including <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/od/yogavideos/fr/yas.htm">Yoga for Athletes</a>. Her mission, as the book's subtitle makes plain, is to make yoga accessible to those who are uncomfortable with yoga's reputation as a touchy-feely and/or overtly spiritual pursuit.</p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/07/27/review-the-no-om-zone-by-kimberly-fowler.htm">Review: The No Om Zone by Kimberly Fowler</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/">About.com Yoga</a> on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 23:09:15.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/07/27/review-the-no-om-zone-by-kimberly-fowler.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/07/27/review-the-no-om-zone-by-kimberly-fowler.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://yoga.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://yoga.about.com/b/2010/07/27/review-the-no-om-zone-by-kimberly-fowler.htm&zItl=Review: The No Om Zone by Kimberly Fowler">Email this</a></p>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:09:15 GMThttp://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.healthandyoga.com%2frss%2fredir.aspx%3fredirect%3d1147http://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.healthandyoga.com%2frss%2fredir.aspx%3fredirect%3d1147This article explains the power of OM chanting and Mantras and why religious blocks and skepticism should not come in the way.Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:27:08 GMThttp://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.healthandyoga.com%2frss%2fredir.aspx%3fredirect%3d1143http://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.healthandyoga.com%2frss%2fredir.aspx%3fredirect%3d1143We strive for mental peace all the time. The more we strive for it, the more it seems elusive. Due to our living ways,Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:38:58 GMThttp://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.healthandyoga.com%2frss%2fredir.aspx%3fredirect%3d1141http://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.healthandyoga.com%2frss%2fredir.aspx%3fredirect%3d1141In Ayurveda, disease is treated by understanding Individual body types. What is medicine for one, may be poison for another. To put it in modern lingo, Ayurveda offers customized solutions to health disorders.Fri, 07 May 2010 00:02:33 GMThttp://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.healthandyoga.com%2frss%2fredir.aspx%3fredirect%3d1139http://www.indiantoday.com/news.aspx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.healthandyoga.com%2frss%2fredir.aspx%3fredirect%3d1139Understand the dynamics of Asthma, the medical perspective as well as the yoga approach in its management therapy.Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:07:30 GMT