Happiness with Yoga :)

Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind. – Alice Meynell

Yoga enables us to see how our mind affects our body, and our life. We learn to watch our thoughts and find the peaceful space within our inherent, authentic selves – Kreg Weiss Yoga

 

Yamas & Niyamas, disciplines of Yoga – Bairbre, 2011

Yamas & Niyamas 

How do they affect your life and your yoga practice?

8 Yoga Disciplines:

  • Yamas – codes of restraint, abstinences
  • Ahimsa – non violence, non harming, non injury
  • Satya – truthfulness, honesty
  • Asteya – non stealing, abstention from theft
  • Brahmacharya – Spiritual practice
  • Aparigraha – non possessiveness, non holding through senses, non greed, non grasping, non indulgence

Iyengar Yoga for Fertility

“Sometimes, even after a year of unprotected intercourse, a woman is unable to conceive.  The causes of this could include hormonal imbalance, tumours, cysts, ovulation or pelvic infections.”

“Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you” – Iyengar

Yoga Asana sequence to assist in treating Fertility:

  1. Tadasana
  2. Tadasana Urdhva Hastasana
  3. Tadasana Baddhanguliasana
  4. Utthita Trikonasana
  5. Utthita Parsvakonasana
  6. Ardhan Chandrasan
  7. Uttanasana
  8. Salamba Sirsasana
  9. Ustrasana
  10. Viparita Dandasana 1, 2 & 3
  11. Baddhakonasana
  12. Upavista Konasana
  13. Janu Sirsasana
  14. Paschimottanasana 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
  15. Supta Baddhakonasana
  16. Supta Padangusthasana 1 & 2
  17. Halasana
  18. Salamba Sarvangasana
  19. Setubandha Sarvangasana 1 & 2
  20. Viparita Karani

 

 

Meditation

Still your body with Yoga & Meditation. 

Use your breath to calm your body. 

Listen to your intuition. 

Try to hear the voice within you as well as the cacophony around you.

Yoga & Digestion

Yoga encourages peristalsis, which moves waste and toxins through the colon.  It may favour the proliferation of healthy bacteria and also develops the abdominal muscles – all of which contribute to a healthier gut.  Pranayama can help oxygenate the entire body, including the digestive tract.

Maya Dollarhide – Yoga Journal