#Yoga for Well-being

[thepanvelite]

Yoga promotes harmony and well-being; celebrate International Yoga Day!

[heal-well-blog]

Explore the benefits of starting a home yoga practice for mental clarity and physical flexibility. Learn how yoga can improve both your mind and body at home.

[divyyoga]

Yoga Day 2024: Stretch Your Way to Increase Heights with Yoga

Introduction: The Affiliation Between Yoga and Stature As the yoga community around the world plans to celebrate Yoga Day 2024, interest has risen around the potential benefits of yoga and its well-documented impacts on mental and physical prosperity. Among these is the captivating credibility that certain yoga sharpeners can contribute to extended height. This web diary jumps into the…

[thepersonalwords]

Teaching yoga itself is great karma yoga, because it reconnects people to the source.

Amit Ray, Yoga The Science of Well-Being

[vib-ri]

digital mascot design by Reiko Chiba

[randomgirlieblog]

[aahanna]

Happy International Yoga Day!

Today we celebrate the ancient practice of yoga, which has been a cornerstone of Indian culture for over 5,000 years. We honor the "Father of Modern Yoga," Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888-1989), who played a crucial role in popularizing yoga worldwide. We also honor the original "Father of Yoga," Patanjali, who authored the celebrated yoga sutras.

_History of Yoga:_

Yoga has its roots in the Indus Valley Civilization, with evidence of yoga practices dating back to 3000 BCE. The word "yoga" comes from the Sanskrit word "yuj" meaning "to unite." Over time, yoga evolved through various traditions, including Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga, and Bhakti Yoga.

Patanjali:

Patanjali was a Hindu author, mystic, and philosopher who authored the Yoga Sutras, a categorization of yogic thought arranged in four volumes. He is regarded as an avatar of Adi Sesha and is believed to have lived between the 2nd century BCE and the 5th century CE ¹.

Tirumalai Krishnamacharya:

Born in 1888, Krishnamacharya was a Indian yoga master, ayurvedic healer, and scholar. He studied yoga under his father and later under the revered yoga guru, Rama Mohan Brahmachari. Krishnamacharya went on to teach yoga to prominent students, including B.K.S. Iyengar, K. Pattabhi Jois, and Indra Devi, who spread yoga globally.

BENEFITS OF YOGA

Yoga offers numerous benefits, including:

- Improved flexibility and strength

- Reduced stress and anxiety

- Enhanced mental clarity and focus

- Improved overall well-being

Popular Yoga Asanas:

1. Downward-Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)

2. Warrior Pose (Virabhadrasana)

3. Triangle Pose (Trikonasana)

4. Seated Forward Fold (Paschimottanasana)

5. Tree Pose (Vrksasana)

[squash1]

the phrase “it was this” is actually something that can send a person into a catatonic state (it’s me, i’m the person)

[thepanvelite]

Yoga promotes harmony and well-being; celebrate International Yoga Day!

[raffaellopalandri]

Book of the Day – Wheels of Life

Today’s Book of the Day is Wheels of Life, written by Anodea Judith in 1999 and published by Llewellyn Publications. Anodea Judith, Ph.D. is the founder and director of Sacred Centers, and a renowned writer, therapist, and spiritual teacher. Wheels of Life, by Anodea Judith I chose this book because I cited it during a Yoga session a few days ago. The human body, a complex masterpiece of…

[interstellar-elf]

I'm pretty sure you could draw a straight line from the 1980's Satanic Panic to the creation of Project 2025, but I'm also convinced if Ronald Reagan was not president during the 80s, then the actual spread of the Satanic Panic would not have been as big as it eventually was.

[kagrenacs]

every time someone tells someone suffering from joint pain to 'just try yoga! Do natural supplements!' I kill again

[randomgirlieblog]

I feel so good everytime someone tells me this 💗

[horsemage]

tendons and ligaments so shit I had to get out of my warm cozy bed to stretch for like fifteen or twenty minutes on the frigid wood floor

[wallpapersmonster]

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[practicewithaza]

How Are You? No, Really.

My day job happens in a cubby inside an office on the second floor of CSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital—a space with no windows, no overhead lights, just a grow light working overtime to keep my five small plants alive... and to keep me sane.

As I return from the all-gender bathroom (a DEI initiative that may not last much longer), I pass the department head in the hallway.

"Hello, Aza, how are you?"

I know what she wants to hear. It’s the same thing everyone wants to hear when they ask that question.

"I’m great." "Doing well!" "Living the dream!" (That one always gets a chuckle.)

But I am not living the dream.

I am not doing well.

I am not even close to being okay.

And yet, the most honest answer I can muster as I step back into what I lovingly call my office—the dungeon is:

"I'm okay."

It’s not what she wanted to hear.

"Just okay!? That doesn’t sound too enthused."

I shrug and return to my desk.

But her response lingers. So I ask myself, honestly and authentically:

How am I, really?

I am lonely—because finding other trans folks to build community with around here feels impossible… and I’m someone who likes to be in bed by 8:30.

I am scared—because any day now, I fear that I could be rounded up, detained, erased, simply for existing in a world that sees me as a problem.

I am exhausted—because nearly every person who stops by my desk has some new anti-LGBTQ+ horror to share, as if I didn’t already wake up to it.

I am disenchanted—because I see the world on fire and yet, somehow, we are all expected to keep pretending things are normal.

I am done—because even the person who asked me how I am today is probably also not okay, and yet we are all trapped in this system, marching toward an end that none of us chose.

If “just okay” was too unenthusiastic for her, imagine if I had been honest.

I have learned the hard way who to be real with and who to placate.

And I know I’m not alone.

If you’ve ever mechanically answered that question—"I’m fine. I’m good. I’m okay."—I want to speak directly to you.

Because I am you.

And if you don’t have a space where you can say how you actually feel, I want to offer one.

Reply to this. Shoot me a message. Call me.

Know that I actually care. I actually want to hear the truth.

So, really…

How are you?

With an open heart, a compassionate ear, and a desire to connect, Aza Rose