Classical Hatha Yoga Posture

Online Hatha Yoga Asana

It is time to add some more hatha yoga asanas to our ongoing online hatha yoga poses e-book, and today we will add a classical and important posture to this resource.  This pose is called Locust Pose or Shalabh Asana and it is very good for your lower back as well as toning your digestive organs.  It is a slightly more difficult posture, so I will give you some nice variations below to help you practice and master this fundamental yoga pose.

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Yoga Practice Challenge for the Month

Improving Your Yoga Practice

Last month we started the Learn Yoga | Yoga Asana Challenge of the Month series to help you improve your yoga practice and benefit from various yoga poses.  Our August pose was the terrific Nauk Asana (Boat Pose) which is one of the best asanas for developing your abdominal muscles and strengthening your core.  September’s pose you will find is no slouch either, as this excellent Kundalini Yoga exercise is great for developing your lower body strength and improving your level of fitness and health.  It is the famous Frog Pose.

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Yoga for Lower Back and Spine

Lower Back Stretches

Veteran yogis know that as soon as we start to mention lower back exercises or spinal workouts, we are entering the domain of kundalini shakti.  This is because kundalini energy resides as pure potential at the base of the spine, and exercises which target this lower back region, inevitably tend to stimulate this latent energy, often causing her to stir and awaken.  Kundalini Yoga Spinal Twists is no different.

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Workout for Thighs

How to Tone Thighs and Butt

One of the best yoga exercises for strengthening your legs is Frog Pose for Toned Legs, but not far behind is another superb and simple exercise for firming and toning your thighs and buttocks, and today I would like to detail this excellent exercise for you.  It is simply called Yoga Deep Knee Bends or Deep Squats Yoga Exercise, and for those familiar with my free yoga videos, you will have already encountered it in the popular Rapid Weight Loss Yoga Exercises Set.

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Learn Yoga Challenge

Yoga Asana for August

The way to learn yoga is not by watching yoga TV shows or by reading yoga blogs, no matter how great they are , but by actually practicing yoga asanas (poses) and exercises.  So here is a new idea that bubbled up to my mind after reading my good friend Ashish’s comments on my facebook page regarding Nauk Asana, and it was to have a yoga asana of the month, that we all work on together to see if we can learn it, master it and benefit from it.  Thanks for the inspiration brother .  But before I jump into the details of this new experiment though, I wanted to make a few quick announcements regarding the Mastery of Meditation and Yoga Blog.

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Yoga to Tone Abs

How to Get Firm Abs

Today I want to illustrate and detail for you one of the best yoga exercise to help you tone your stomach muscles and get great firm abs.   In fact, this particular exercise might just be the single best exercise from the world of health and fitness to work on your abs.  It is such a potent pose that in Kundalini Yoga it is considered a Kriya in and of itself and called Maha Shakti Kriya (Great Strength/Power/Energy Set), and this is also a key Hatha Yoga pose, and there it is called Nauk Asana or Boat Pose.

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Power Yoga

Advanced Yoga Pose

For the power yoga fans who have been enjoying the high powered sets such as Core Abdominal Power Yoga Exercises and the Yoga for Full Body Fitness, here is an advanced yoga pose that is sure to challenge and test you as well.  Of course, if you are a beginner yogi looking to learn yoga or if you are looking for more gentle yoga sets, you will find plenty of those on Mastery of Meditation and Yoga as well, such as the Yoga Poses for Beginners Set and the Kundalini Yoga Best Beginner’s Yoga Set, to name a few.

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Yoga for Fitness

Full Body Yoga Workout

Yoga, as I have mentioned previously, is not just for stretching and flexibility, but is perfectly capable of giving you a complete full body workout.  Thus, if you are looking for fitness, strength and muscle tone, along with the added benefits of mental and emotional balance, yoga is an excellent solution for you.

In this article today, I will combine for you several key exercises and sets, which when put together give you a complete fitness routine.  This workout will target your upper body, stomach and abs, as well as help you tone and strengthen your lower body.  On the way to doing this, it will even give your important heart muscle a bit of a workout.

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Simple Yoga

Simple Yoga for Body Muscle Training

Yoga is much more than just physical exercises and body postures as I have pointed out in the article Introduction to Yoga.  Furthermore, this physical aspect of yoga (hatha yoga), is not just for flexibility and stretching either.  Yoga is more than adequate for helping you train and strengthen almost every muscle in your body, and build a system which is fully fit and healthy.  This is especially true with Kundalini Yoga, and I am going to show you how even simple yoga sequences can give you great physical results.

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Yogic Relaxation Technique

Relaxation Exercise for Stress Relief 

You may have noticed the emphasis I place on doing a period of relaxation after any set of yoga exercises or difficult Kundalini Yoga techniques.  The importance of this relaxation phase should not be underestimated.  During this time, the body and mind get a chance to assimilate the energy and changes that are produced by the yoga exercises, and this opportunity is essential for making the most of the work you have just put in.  There are quite a few relaxation techniques available, but without a doubt the very best relaxation exercise is Yoga Corpse Pose.

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