Yoga For Beginners

Beginners Guide To The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – Lean On Me Glee Version

April 17, 2013 By Ntathu Allen 8 Comments

Bless you Gentle Reader and warm welcome to you if this is your first visit here. Thank you for your trust in me to deliver useful yoga and self-care tips and suggestions to you. I can imagine how full and busy your lives are, so I appreciate you taking the time to pause and read whats on offer.

As you may know the last few posts I have focused on a miniseries of Yoga For Beginners posts

Today’s post, A Beginners’ Guide To The Yoga Sutras is the last post in this series and covers the philosophical and spiritual teachings of yoga.

My daughters are keen Glee fans and as I was preparing for this post, my daughter Maleka was playing a selection of Glee songs and the song Lean On Me caught my attention. As I listened to the words, I felt the message of the song “lean on me, be a friend, share your time and energy with someone going through a hard time is an excellent example of someone living life in accordance with these great teachings.

Listen to the words and I’m sure you’ll feel the love, tenderness and care shown by the Glee Club. [Read more…] about Beginners Guide To The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – Lean On Me Glee Version

3 Yoga Sequences For Beginners, Part 2

April 5, 2013 By Ntathu Allen Leave a Comment

Blessings Gentle Readers and how are you today? I pray you feel well and taking time to rest, relax and rejuvenate during your day. Not easy I know, especially when you are juggling the various demands of work and caring for your family. Hopefully, you found inspiration and ideas to chill and restore balance in your free 7-Day Self-Care and relaxation eCourse Marvellous You

We are coming towards the end of our special miniseries of posts specifically for Yoga For Beginners. In my last post I shared three yoga videos featuring a Sivananda Yoga sequence, Ashtanga Yoga and Iygengar Yoga. Did you get a chance to practice any of these videos? I found the Ashtanga yoga sequence very good in energising and uplifting my energy. In today’s post we look at 3 more yoga videos, featuring yoga sequences you can practice at home from Bikram Yoga, Kundalini Yoga and Scarvelli Yoga. [Read more…] about 3 Yoga Sequences For Beginners, Part 2

3 Yoga Sequences For Beginners Part 1

March 20, 2013 By Ntathu Allen 1 Comment

Hello my darlings and how are you today? and special greetings to new readers. Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to join our caring yoga circle. I trust you are enjoying your 7-Day MarvellousYou course and find the mixture of self-care practices and yoga exercise helpful in helping you reduce stress and feel calmer and more settled during your day.

As a yoga beginner it can be quite confusing knowing where to start and what style of yoga suits you. Today’s post, 3 Yoga Sequences For Beginners follows on from our recent post and eases this confusion. So I offer you 3 yoga videos to watch – a Sivananda Yoga video, Iyengar Yoga and Astanga Yoga videos. Take your time to watch the videos –they are short introductions and will give you a flavour of the differences. Next week , we will look at Bikram Yoga, Kundalini Yoga and Scaravelli Yoga [Read more…] about 3 Yoga Sequences For Beginners Part 1

Yoga For Beginners – 6 Yoga Styles For You To Enjoy – Pt 2

March 6, 2013 By Ntathu Allen 1 Comment

Blessings and welcome Dear Reader to the 4^th post of 6 in a series of posts titled Yoga for Beginners. I pray you and your loved ones are well and enjoy radiant health. In the previous post we looked at some of the main factors to think about to help you choose the best style of yoga for you.

Building on from that information, in today’s post , we’ll look at six popular styles you could practice.

A Word Of Caution

At the end of the day, whatever class or style of yoga you choose to practice, remember, there are many paths on the road to health and harmony. Your needs (physical, emotional, spiritual) constantly evolve and change over time. What you practice today may not necessarily suit your needs at another time. The beauty of yoga is it teaches you to have an open, flexible mind and not to be attached to a particular teacher or style.

You are your best teacher. The more you practice, the easier it becomes for you to discern what you need at any moment in time. [Read more…] about Yoga For Beginners – 6 Yoga Styles For You To Enjoy – Pt 2

Yoga for Beginners – 6 Key Yoga Styles for You to Enjoy – Part 1

February 22, 2013 By Ntathu Allen 1 Comment

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Gentle Reader, blessings, hello and welcome to this week’s yoga blog and a special Big Hug to new readers. Thanks for signing up to join us and I am glad you are onboard.

Today’s post is the third in a series of six in the Yoga for Beginners miniseries I am writing specifically for new yogis. You can read the other blogs in this series, where we take a look at the origins of yoga and some of the health benefits of taking up yoga.

I haven’t carried out any “scientific research” yet of the top of my head, I’d say 80% of the yoga queries I receive and conversations I have with friends/students are about the different styles of yoga. There are so many styles of yoga out there, I often hear people say they get confused and stressed trying to work out what style of yoga suits their particular health and lifestyle needs. In fact, I had a call the other day and the gentleman said he googled Yoga Classes in London and was overwhelmed by the sheer variety and range of offer. From my perspective as a yoga teacher that is fantastic but from his view as a total beginner there was just too much info. [Read more…] about Yoga for Beginners – 6 Key Yoga Styles for You to Enjoy – Part 1

Yoga For Beginners – A Brief History Of Yoga

January 27, 2013 By Ntathu Allen 2 Comments

Hugs and Blessings gentle reader and welcome to another Yoga Inspires blog post. If this is your first visit here, thank you for taking the time to visit and I wish you an enjoyable read. Feel free to browse around other blogs which take your fancy.

Today’s post, the second in this six-part Yoga For Beginners mini-series, takes an introductory look at the history and roots of yoga as a way to wet your appetite to delve further into this subject.

What Are The Origins Of Yoga?

Like most of you, when I first heard about “”yoga” I knew it was something that had been around for years. I knew it had something to do with “stretching”, “relaxation”, “ inner peace and being happy and calm” As my understanding and practice grew, I began to take an interest in the more spiritual side of yoga and also became curious about the history and origins of this practice.

As I read around the subject, it became clear that yoga was definitely old. [Read more…] about Yoga For Beginners – A Brief History Of Yoga

Yoga For Beginners 4 Top Health Benefits Of Yoga

January 18, 2013 By Ntathu Allen 3 Comments

Blessings, hugs and sunshine greetings dear reader and welcome to today’s post. Thank you for taking the time to pause in your busy day and visit my site. I wish you a healthy, happy and harmonious day.

Today’s post is the first of six “Yoga For Beginners” posts where I’d like to take things back to basics and go over key principles, postures and teachings of yoga.

Over the next few weeks, in addition to inspirational poetry and prayer posts, I’d like to share with you what I know about the health benefits of yoga and look at some of the particular issues faced by complete beginners; for example what things to think about and be aware of when choosing a yoga class, the different styles and teachings of yoga, [Read more…] about Yoga For Beginners 4 Top Health Benefits Of Yoga

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