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Yoga is a path to health, relaxation and inner happiness. Through yoga, you cleanse your body and mind systematically, removing the build-up of tension (samskaras). Inner happiness results from this, as well as healing and ongoing health, giving you a healthy body and a positive mind. Moreover, you'll experience inner peace, inexhaustible energy and mental clarity. You'll embrace love, joy and kindness. To relax with yoga, here is what to do.
Steps
- Find the right technique. Yoga provides a variety of techniques. It has techniques for the body and the mind. It is important that you practice each yoga exercise so that it works well for you. If something hurts you, omit it. If it works well for you, keep doing it. You can vary all yoga exercises creatively––you must ask yourself constantly: “What do I need now? What’s good for me? What triggers my tension the most?”http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/9/9e/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-1-preview-Version-2.jpg/550px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-1-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/9/9e/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-1-preview-Version-2.jpg/240px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-1-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://d5kh2btv85w9n.cloudfront.net/9/93/Relax With Yoga Step 1 Version 2.360p.mp4Relax With Yoga Step 1 Version 3.jpg
- Lie on your back.http://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/9/99/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-2-preview-Version-2.jpg/550px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-2-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/9/99/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-2-preview-Version-2.jpg/240px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-2-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://d5kh2btv85w9n.cloudfront.net/c/c4/Relax With Yoga Step 2 Version 2.360p.mp4Relax With Yoga Step 2 Version 3.jpg
- Stretch your right leg. For one minute, lift your stretched right leg, with the toes pointing to your head. Keep your head resting on the ground. Meditate on the right leg.
- Next, stretch the left leg and lift it as far as possible, keeping the toes pointed to the head. Meditate for one minute on the left leg.
- Keep your arms lying relaxed at the sides during this step.
- Lift up both legs in the supine position. Keep the toes pointing to your head.http://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/2/2c/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-3-preview-Version-2.jpg/550px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-3-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/2/2c/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-3-preview-Version-2.jpg/240px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-3-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://d5kh2btv85w9n.cloudfront.net/1/18/Relax With Yoga Step 3 Version 2.360p.mp4Relax With Yoga Step 3 Version 3.jpg
- Raise your head towards your feet. Send a light beam from the toes to the head and think the mantra "Light".
- Inhale from the stomach. Meditate for one minute in this posture.
- Go into the candle pose. Straighten both of your legs to the sky and support yourself with your hands, from the back. Breathe one minute, relaxing into the body.http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/e/e8/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-4-preview-Version-2.jpg/550px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-4-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/e/e8/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-4-preview-Version-2.jpg/240px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-4-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://d5kh2btv85w9n.cloudfront.net/6/6b/Relax With Yoga Step 4 Version 2.360p.mp4Relax With Yoga Step 4 Version 3.jpg
- Roll out from the candle pose. Again, take up the supine position, and stretch your legs. Put your hands on your belly and move gently your feet. Stop your mind and focus for a minute just on your belly.http://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/b/b9/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-5-preview-Version-2.jpg/550px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-5-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/b/b9/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-5-preview-Version-2.jpg/240px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-5-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://d5kh2btv85w9n.cloudfront.net/2/21/Relax With Yoga Step 5 Version 2.360p.mp4Relax With Yoga Step 5 Version 3.jpg
- Turn over onto your stomach. Lift your upper body, as far as possible, with your back muscles and hold for a minute. Your head should be positioned in the back, your hands placed laterally from your body on the floor. Breathe, relaxing into the cobra pose. Send a beam of light from the head down the back and think "Light".http://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/1/17/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-6-preview-Version-2.jpg/550px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-6-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/1/17/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-6-preview-Version-2.jpg/240px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-6-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://d5kh2btv85w9n.cloudfront.net/2/23/Relax With Yoga Step 6 Version 2.360p.mp4Relax With Yoga Step 6 Version 3.jpg
- Tilt your head and lift the right leg, stretching it as far as possible in the air. Meditate for one minute on the stretched leg. Lift the left leg for a minute and concentrate on it, relaxing.http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/5/5b/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-7-preview-Version-2.jpg/550px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-7-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/5/5b/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-7-preview-Version-2.jpg/240px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-7-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://d5kh2btv85w9n.cloudfront.net/d/d1/Relax With Yoga Step 7 Version 2.360p.mp4Relax With Yoga Step 7 Version 3.jpg
- Raise your upper body and head into the cobra pose. Place your hands laterally from your body on the floor. In addition, lift both legs and bring your feet together as closely as possible to the head. Inhale from the stomach in a relaxed way and hold the position for a minute. Send a beam of light from the feet to the head and think the mantra "Light".http://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/e/e8/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-8-preview-Version-2.jpg/550px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-8-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/e/e8/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-8-preview-Version-2.jpg/240px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-8-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://d5kh2btv85w9n.cloudfront.net/7/7f/Relax With Yoga Step 8 Version 2.360p.mp4Relax With Yoga Step 8 Version 3.jpg
- Lay your head in the prone position on your hands. Turn the pelvis several times, as you breath, relaxing it to the left and right. Focus on the spine and twist as much as possible (and gently).http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/5/50/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-9-preview-Version-2.jpg/550px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-9-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/5/50/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-9-preview-Version-2.jpg/240px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-9-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://d5kh2btv85w9n.cloudfront.net/d/da/Relax With Yoga Step 9 Version 2.360p.mp4Relax With Yoga Step 9 Version 3.jpg
- Straighten your back, place your head upright, and relax the belly. Lay your hands in your lap.http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/7/7b/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-10-preview-Version-2.jpg/550px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-10-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/7/7b/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-10-preview-Version-2.jpg/240px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-10-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://d5kh2btv85w9n.cloudfront.net/a/a4/Relax With Yoga Step 10 Version 2.360p.mp4Relax With Yoga Step 10 Version 3.jpg
- Circulate light through your head, your whole body, your legs, feet, arms and hands. At the same time think the mantra "light, light, light".
- Visualize a small star (dot of light). As the star circulates the earth, think "Earth". Then ,let the star circulate in the sky, around your body and through your body. Think the mantra "Star, Star, Star."
- Rub circles on your stomach with one hand––and the star comes to rest.
- Lie or sit down in a comfortable position.http://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/b/b3/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-11-preview-Version-2.jpg/550px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-11-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/b/b3/Relax-With-Yoga-Step-11-preview-Version-2.jpg/240px-Relax-With-Yoga-Step-11-preview-Version-2.jpghttp://d5kh2btv85w9n.cloudfront.net/c/c2/Relax With Yoga Step 11 Version 2.360p.mp4Relax With Yoga Step 11 Version 2.jpg
- Gently move your feet. Stop all thoughts for minute. Then, relax completely.
- Let your day be suffused with a positive glow. Take things as they are. Concentrate on your goals. Work for a world of love, peace and happiness.
- Move a hand, send all people light and think, "I send light to (name). May all people be happy. May the world be happy."
Video
Yoga Relax - 10 Minutes Gentle Yoga Class
Tips
- A small tale: A woman once wrote that she was very happy that she had learned yoga. In recent years, she had experienced both professionally and personally a lot of stress in her life. As a result, she'd lost her sense of positivity and her sense of satisfaction in life had diminished. Through yoga, she managed to reduce her internal stress and found happiness again, no longer feeling stressed. She was very grateful because yoga had given her the ability to clearly tell the difference between what mattered and what was merely petty. This freed her up to focus more on the essential things in life. She no longer "sweated the small stuff", thereby conserving her energy. For every day she practiced yoga, she felt positive and lived in a permanent state of fulfillment. However, she found also that when she ceased to practice yoga and positive thinking for a few days, her good energy quickly disappears. This made her even more determined to follow the path of yoga with greater consistently, every day.And apart from the benefits of feeling happier and more energetic, she also found her psychic energy became stronger and that even though she was more attuned to negative energy, she was much better able to repel it. She had found a way to cope with difficulties of every kind. To this day, she simply asks herself, "How would the Dalai Lama act now?" And then she is able to quickly come up with the proper way to cope with difficult situations.This tale shows how negative energies don't go away when you practice yoga. You still need to face what is inevitable. But daily yoga will relax you and restore the energy needed to fend off other people's negative energy. It will also help you make sound decisions about avoiding negative energy sources. For example, you can minimize or avoid contact with particularly negative people and you can use positive thinking or mantras to ward off the negativity when you do make contact. After negative experiences with others, you can rebuild your positive energy through spiritual exercises (such as yoga, reading, and meditation).
- Eat healthily. People who consume less calories but nutritionally higher quality food, and who exercise more, have a better chance of living longer without ill health. It's also important to give your spiritual self a central space in your life.
- One very useful and clever strategy to cope with negative energy through the day is to take frequent short breaks. At work, it is important to avoid stress and work in your personal space. When you're working in a relaxed manner, you save a lot of energy and it's easier to remain positive. And consider reducing your working hours. Consider why you work so much––do you really need to? For the person who lives wisely, you can avoid a lot of suffering.
Warnings
- Avoid rushing! Yoga with meditation is about taking it slowly and quietly. The various yoga postures activate your chakras (inner energy channels) and load you with good energy. Meditation during the yoga exercises brings your mind to rest.
- Seek to meditate on each yoga posture 1 to 3 minutes.
- Feel how each yoga posture forms a specific energy field (aura field) around the body. Through the creation of certain energy fields, you clean our body and mind of tensions.
- Don't over think what is happening. It is helpful if you can feel the spiritual energy. But it is not necessary. It is enough to concentrate in a relaxed way on your body and the postures.
- Take breaks as needed between the yoga exercises. This will keep you refreshed.
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