Brahmari breath

In yoga, breathing is everything. Here are a few pointers to bear in mind while starting out with yoga breathing.

Every Yoga teacher is proud of their students. The student who overcomes a disability, and the student who changes his or her life for the best, are stories which make all of us feel satisfied that we became Yoga teachers.

When teaching Pranayama (Yogic Breathing Techniques), to a student who is new to Yoga, you realize that beginners take their breathing for granted. It is natural to take breath and life for granted.

Is your intelligence quotient "carved in stone?" Some researchers might believe it, but we know if a person makes up his or her mind to learn, this same person will become more intelligent. The idea of enhanced intelligence comes with the desire to change, learn, and achieve.

If you are a westerner, when you first start yoga there are so many things to learn about this fascinating system of health and well being, that you can quiet easily feel overwhelmed and confused. You may have noticed that most of the poses are pronounced in Sanskrit and the underlying philosophy is Eastern.

The next thing to deal with is the nutrition. The right amount of all the vitamins and essential minerasl are required for having a healthy body and only healthy body can have a stress free mind because the mind involuntarily controls the production of growth hormone.

What's next; will we have to pay a toll to meditate? How can it be morally correct to gain a US patent on a 5,000 year old system founded in India? Who should have the right to claim Yoga?

Yogic exercises are very important for life. They include Yogasana, pranayam etc. Pranayam can cure several diseases but it is necessary to understand pranayam before practicing it. Pranayam is made with the combination of two words, Prana + Ayam. Prana means life energy and Ayam means scope. Therefore, pranayam means the activity that increases the scope of life energy.