Hand Yoga Mudra - Part 1 - Healing migraine headache

Hand Yoga is a mystic position of the hands and fingers. You will surprise to know that your hands and fingers have enormous powers to heal and rejuvenate your body! A little hand yoga can help eliminating many problems including releasing tension and clam your nerves, preventing from vomit and increasing self-confidence!

In courtesy of myhandyoga.com, in this part we have included a video to show how to heal headache causing by migraine!



In near future, we will describe the other hand yoga mudra! Good luck!

Yoga Sleeping / Yoga Nidra

We all know the state of deep sleeping! During the deep sleep, there are absolutely no images in mind! We have images in mind during dreaming or while we are awaken!

However, Yoga Nidra is the conscious deep sleep! Nidra means deep sleep! Yoga Nidra is a sleep-like state! During yoga nidra you remain waking state of consciousness  and gently focus the mind while you are allowing your thoughts, emotions and sensations. During this state you go past the dreaming state and go to deep sleep but you are remained awake. Yoga nidra / sleep must not be mix with hypnotic sleep! Hypnotic state is called "Yoga Tandra"!

The Yoga Nidra may include relaxation and it is a guided techniques of visualization as well as psychology of yoga, sleep and dream!  The practice of this relaxation intendes to reduce stress, anxiety and tension. It is also helpful to remove or reduce headache, sweating, abdominal and chest pain. While it is a state for relaxation, yogis also use it to purify the Samskaras, the deep impressions that are driving force behind Karma.

Asana or Yoga Postures

Asana is widely known as yoga postures and/or yoga positions! It is a body position for practicing yoga. Asana or postures are intended to maintain well being of yogi (male) or yogini (female). It also improves the body flexibilities and vitality.

Asana largely refers to:
1.  A place where the yogin sits
and
2.  Style/manner of sitting

The principles of yoga suggest that you must be seated in a firm position while your body remains relaxed. However, the extension of yoga in modern world has diversified the yoga postures beyond this simple sitting manner.

In coming days, we will discuss with various asanas or yoga postures!

What is Yoga? What it means?

The word Yoga is derived from the word 'yuj' which has many meanings like 'to control', 'to yoke', 'to unite' etc! 'Yuj' is a Sanskrit word. Sanskrit is an ancient language of India, the birthplace of Yoga!

The translation of it also include 'joining', 'uniting', 'union', 'means', 'conjunction'. These translations, without much different, signify the uniting/controlling one's body, mind and his/her spirit! And a performer or person practicing yoga is called yogi/yogini!

Though Yoga is originated in India, now it is very popular throughout the world. However, it is mostly known as Hatha Yoga. The form of yoga excercises are called asanas which is also mostly known as 'postures' outside of India.