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Friday, 30 March 2007
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. - Yoga is demystified in Strike a Pose, a new book from Kids Can Press that shows how the ancient practice fits into the modern girl's life. This third book from the trendy lifestyle series "Planet G
irl" delivers yoga knowledge and know-how with a fresh, positive approach. By bringing together body, mind, and pranayama (or breath) in their yoga practice, girls will be on their way to becoming accomplished yoginis!One of the latest trends among teenagers is an awareness of healthy body image.
Learning how to appreciate one's body through yoga asanas (or poses) can help girls achieve a higher level of confidence. Strike a Pose (ages 10 and up) uses colorful anatomical illustrations and safe, easy-to-follow instructions. The stay-open ring binding allows for hands-free posing.
Giving an eclectic mix of asanas, Strike a Pose demonstrates everything from Cat Pose for flexibility, to Tree Pose for balance, to Downward Facing Dog for toning. Posing while staying focused on the unity of body, mind, and breath helps girls stay calm and relaxed in their fast-paced, demanding worlds.
Individual needs should be met in one's yoga practice. Strike a Pose gives girls options with which to customize workouts that suit their lifestyles. They'll discover which poses work best for improving performance in sports, curing headaches, or calming nerves before a test.
Meditation and Mantras and Myth, oh my! Yoga is more than just poses. Strike a Pose explores the theory behind yoga, the myth of where it originated, and the importance of listening to one's body. It also presents facts, common terms, and tips on enhancing a yoga workout.
Itching to add some personal flavor to a yoga practice? Strike a Pose shows simple steps to crafting a yoga mat bag and relaxation pillow. And since every "Planet Girl" girl deserves some R&R, Strike a Pose teaches friends how to give each other a luxurious at-home massage to help calm emotions and relax the mind. Just like Stuff to Hold Your Stuff and In*jean*uity, previous books in the series, Strike a Pose welcomes all girls to the creative and colorful world of Planet Girl, a world of their own making, doing, and being.
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www.pr-inside.com
Friday, 30 March 2007
Throughout April, Levitate Yoga is celebrating its third birthday with special classes, workshops and sales that benefit the community. The studio’s theme this month is A Fresh Start, focusing on cleansing through r
enewal and rejuvenation. In this spirit, Levitate is celebrating by making donations to improve the lives of children and implementing products and programs to improve the environment.Levitate Yoga's 3rd Birthday Celebration will be held on Sunday, April 15, 2006. The celebration kicks off at 12:30 pm with a Partner yoga class taught by one of New York City’s favorite instructors, Rebekah Morin, where students have the option of coming in pairs or meeting a partner in class. At 2:30, international instructors Paul Gruen and Shri Cart team up to lead a class in Kirtan (chanting). The celebration wraps up between at 3:30 and 4:30 pm with healthy refreshments. The class is open to all and a suggested donation of $25 will be given in full to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
This month’s fresh start workshop is the Spring DETOX through Yoga and Nutrition with veterans, Leigh Evans and Annie Kunjappy. Being held Saturday, April 28, 2006 from 3 to 6pm, this workshop will provide a deep cleansing of the mind and body. According to Chinese Medicine, spring is the time to attend to our livers. Some signs of liver imbalance include anger, depression, stress, neck and back tension, inflexible body, and menstrual problems. This workshop will explore ways to enhance the vitality of one’s liver through yoga postures, pranayama, acupressure points, lifestyle changes and nutrition.
Annie will also offer healthy ways to cleanse the body of the effects of winter accumulation through safe fasts appropriate for each individual body type and dietary history, and delicious ways to revitalize for spring with food that nourishes and attunes your body/mind to the season. There will be sample of recipes for spring juice tonics and meals that emphasize the balanced functioning of the liver and gall bladder.
Levitate Yoga, located in Midtown Manhattan, offers a light-hearted approach to the practice of yoga. Levitate Yoga offers pranayama, kirtan, and transformative vinyasa yoga classes. From beginners to advanced students, Levitate Yoga encourages all levels and experiences to join in challenging yet playful classes and workshops. The name “Levitate” represents the feeling of transcendence, euphoria, and heightened self-awareness that each student experiences in both body and mind at Levitate Yoga. Levitate Yoga is located at 780 Eighth Avenue, 3rd floor, between 47th and 48th streets.
For more information on Levitate Yoga, please visit www.levitateyoga.com or contact Gerra Murriel at 212.974.2288 or info@levitateyoga.com.
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www.prbuzz.com
Thursday, 29 March 2007
Dog up, warrior one and dead bug are three things that you seldom hear on a golf course.Birdie, tee-shot and sand trap might be more common, but the golfers at Nebraska have had to add some new terms to their golf vocabularies.
Following the recent trend of athletes dabbling in alternative athletics, such as NFL stars doing ballet and major league baseball players meditating, the Cornhuskers have been using yoga to improve their games for the past two seasons.
However, it hasn't been the oriental music and incense version of the ancient Hindu art of meditation, but more of a crash course whose main goal is helping the players to loosen up their bodies.
The team was split on whether it was beneficial getting up at 7 a.m. to do the exercises, but many members got over their initial speculations and found that it actually helped improve their games.
Flexibility and being loose are two things that golfers desperately need while walking sometimes up to 36 holes a day. The physical strains of slinging a 50-pound bag across your back while simultaneously walking up and down the hills of a 7,000-yard course twice in a day can put some strain on even the most physically fit athletes.
To help with the physical burden, as well as doing yoga, the team also engages in many different types of lifting and cardiovascular work that aims to help ease the minds and bodies of the players.
With a focus on putting the two aspects together, the Huskers have no doubts that a win is in the near future and hope to rely on the experienced minds and bodies of their four senior leaders to use the yoga training and the rest of their regiment to put them at the level they believe they are capable of competing.
Visit www.cstv.com for more information.
Wednesday, 28 March 2007
April is the cruelest month, and not just because Mother Earth taunts us with the promise of spring. With April 15, the deadline to settle up with Uncle Sam, it's no wonder this month has been designated Stress Awar
eness Month for the 15th consecutive year. But there's more to modern stress than just the tax man. With technology use at an all-time high, much of today's anxiety is a direct result of information overload."Between my cell phone, my Bluetooth, my Blackberry and my laptop, I feel tethered to technology," says Virginia, a real estate executive in her fifties. "I'm totally plugged in and accessible 24/7, but as a result, I've lost the connection with myself and my inner peace. Listening to mantra music helps me relax and reclaim my serenity."
Like the country's 40 million yoga enthusiasts, Virginia is finding that Om Namah Shivaya, Hare Krishna, Om Tara Tuttare, and other ancient mantras are anti-stress anthems making their way from the ubiquitous yoga studios onto the subways, freeways and internet super highways.
People listening on their iPods, in their Priuses, and from inner space radio stations are chanting along with singer Deva Premal and other yoga artists to Sanskrit chants used for thousands of years.
"We get e-mails from people sharing how this music calms them, often mentioning road rage and techno-stress," says Deva, a German-born, classically trained musician who learned to sing mantras in an ashram 14 years ago. "People are thirsty for spirit, and they find that our music provides more than just a performance, it's a spiritual experience. That's what ultimately soothes tension and calms the soul."
Fans of Deva's songs of divine love include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Cher and Edward James Olmos. Cher, in fact, cites Deva's Gayatri Mantra -- the oldest and most powerful of all mantras -- as her preferred CD for yoga, and showcased it onstage as part of her Farewell Tour. Deva Premal's version of the Gayatri Mantra has become the number one single in the yoga music category.
In addition to relieving stress, fans find that chanting or singing mantras helps still the mind, improves memory and focus, and creates a sense of well being. These benefits are evident whether the chanter understands the meaning of the ancient language or not. It is simply the vibrations of the sacred syllables that turn the body into a cosmic resonator, opening the heart and mind while unlocking the door to one's inner psychic world.
Taxes and technology will always be part of our reality. But it's nice to know stress relief is just a soulful song away.
Deva Premal offers tips on using mantra chanting to relieve stress at www.devapremalusa.com, where you can sample her yoga music and download text of mantras from many of the world's spiritual origins.
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www.marketwire.com
Tuesday, 27 March 2007
The ancient tradition of passing the knowledge and wisdom of yoga from a senior teacher to a student continues at Prana Yoga Teacher College. Founded in 1982 by Shakti Mhi, a world-renowned Yoga and Zen Teacher, sem
inar leader and author of the best selling yoga DVD "The Yoga Experience", the program is deeply rooted in classical hatha yoga. It is arguably the most effective and unique program of its kind available anywhere, utilizing the latest in audiovisual multi media learning and infused with Shakti’s legendary boundless energy and sharp wit. Described as being "profound, experiential and transformational", with covered topics ranging from ancient knowledge to quantum physics, the program is now sought after by students from around the globe. Much more than just learning the asanas (postures), Shakti’s focus is to teach the students to connect to the Source of the teaching within themselves. The Source that cannot be shown or explained, but only experienced.
Our Spring two month intensive (500hr - Diploma program) Yoga Teacher training facility is located in the heart of Vancouver, in the stunning area of Yaletown. This program is avaialable to all past graduates of our Level I, Yoga Alliance 200 program. Graduates from other schools which are Yoga Alliance registered can apply. We will be reviewing all applications to see if the program you have completed meets our standards.
The Prana Yoga College 300 hr program focuses on both the theoretical and experiential approach. The unique Prana Hatha style developed by shakti focuses on a a balanced flow of postures with mindful breath work, as well as creation and retention of Prana (the life energy). Some of the course subjects covered include: 1.) Advanced Anatomy and Physiology; 2.) Advanced Asanas/Postures; 3.) Teaching Methodology; 4.) Building Flows; 5.) Zen Meditation; 6.) History and Philosophy of Yoga; 7.) Introduction to Ayurveda; 8.) Hands on Teaching; 9.) Body Language Communication; 10.) Multi-sensory teaching; 11.) Kriya; 12.) Pranayama; 13.) Rehabilitative/Restorative Yoga; 13.) Nutrition; 14.) Holistic Business Management; 15.) Patanjali Sutra; and 16.) Yoga Nidra.
We offer Teacher training programs in Canada, Thailand and Mexico with a new European location coming soon. We are PCTIA (Private Career Training Institutions' Agency) registered and Accredited, and Yoga Alliance certified for the 200 hour Level I, and 500 Level II courses. For more information on our courses, go to: www.pranayoga.com.
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