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If a friend or family member is feeling a little down, once in a while, thats acceptable, but you should try to make this person aware of the opportunities that exist within lifes tougher situations. Many people do not see opportunities, or see themselves correctly, and you might help this person see the good in life.

However, if your friend or family member is constantly negative, you will have your work cut out for you. People who are constantly negative tend to drag groups of people down, with them. How often have you seen one negative person do this to a family, a department, an organization, or a small business?

Worse yet, a chronically negative person may not even realize that he or she is always the bearer of bad news or the carrier of a cloud of doom. No matter how hard you try, this person must be able to see reality and want to change.

Otherwise, you are wasting your knowledge, time, and energy. All the self-help books, Yoga classes, and therapy in the world have limited abilities, if the subject is unwilling...more

Yogic Truths

...state of purity and consciousness. As soon as the aspirant learns to control the mental activities of the mind, and succeeds in ending all attachment to material objects, he is able to enter samadhi i.e. a state of deep concentration that results in a blissful, ecstatic union with ultimate reality.

This then, is the ultimate goal of every true yogi!

Its intellectual content largely based on the philosophy of Sam...more

Yoga, Something for Everyone

... of yoga was transmitted orally and if it was written down, it was written on palm leaves that were easily damaged or destroyed. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, yoga begins to make its way to the West. Slowly the yoga masters began to attract attention and taught those who wanted to learn. It wasn't until 1947 when Indra Devi opened a yoga studio in Hollywood that yoga finally began to slowly become more mainstream. Since then, the popularity of yoga has become greater. There are now many different schools or styles of Hatha yoga and they all focus of the many different ways to practice yoga.

There are several types of yoga. Ashtanga yoga is athletic and moves very fast. This type is not recommended for beginners. Bikram or Hot yoga is athletic as well, but is practiced in a room with a temperature of 100 degrees. Iye...more

Yoga and Neck Problems: What's the Risk?

... chin locks, neck rolls, and fingers clasped behind the neck.

You will find it is important not to do any exercises or postures that hurt, even a little bit. Pain is your body's way of telling you, "not to do that and stop now. The Yoga exercises, that will help you the most, are those where you will feel a smooth and gentle stretch. If you don't feel a gentle stretch, I suspect those Yoga poses are not doing you much good.

If any Yoga exercises hurt at all, stop doing them immediately. I have yet to see a student, patient, or client, benefit from doing any Yoga pose that caused pain. To continue further on this point...more

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