Hatha Yoga: The Body's Path to Balance, Focus, and Strength
Ulrica Norberg
Language: English
Pages: 128
ISBN: 1602392188
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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responsibilities and increases their stamina for other things. You feel more alive and stronger. But even so the stress might remain, manifesting itself as bad digestion, bad skin, headaches, and difficulty relaxing. Inner calm and happiness might remain elusive. When the breath is stronger and we achieve increased focus on breath, our body awareness also increases. The feeling of the right body position in different asanas gives increased balance, and our posture in the movement is improved,
conscious breathing and focus. Balancing poses can be difficult in the beginning, but you can quickly improve. It is important to keep a strong gaze and point of concentration and to focus on inhaling and exhaling. Sitting positions and twists (page 94-102) These asanas contribute to abdomen and spinal column strength and flexibility. Here we work to move the energy from the chest, and the focus lies on the back and the hips. Many of these positions also increase the movement and strength
increases flexibility in the back of the thighs and along the spine—it is an intense back stretch. Primarily the movement stimulates the kidneys, the liver, and the pancreas when you activate the abdomen and breathe with the diaphragm. The pose acts to calm and counteract stress, and relieves menstrual discomfort, headache, and menopause symptoms. Avoid this pose if you suffer from diarrhea or a slipped disc. If you suffer from severe asthma or back problems you should only practice this
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comprehensive presentation of classic Hatha Yoga with its various elements. It is not easy to fully explain physical yoga’s roots and to show the yogic way the respect it deserves all in one book. We were thus forced to limit ourselves; so we decided to give preference to the asanas—what they consist of and how to position the body—since it is this dimension we often come in contact with first in yoga. The other aspects we’ve highlighted on a smaller scale. By no means do I mean to imply that