Yoga   Yoga: For Health and Much More

Winter brings cold, dark days and reduced sunshine, and when combined with stress and problems, it can produce a depressed mood. This can show up as unexplained sadness, fatigue, grumpiness, general malaise and even full-blown Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Ilchi Lee, president of the University of Brain Education (South Korea), advises, “Don’t succumb to the impulse to hibernate during the winter months. Avoid the winter blues by staying active to circulate your energy, and building your vitality with a variety of Dahn Yoga’s Hold-for-Strength exercises.” These are effective postures for fending off winter depression, while keeping one’s body fit and stress-free.

In Hold-for-Strength, people keep a position from one minute to one hour, depending on the condition of their physical stamina and mental focus. This concentrates energy in the lower abdomen area, which in traditional Asian health theory represents the body’s physical power center.

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Inward Bound, a premier provider of all-inclusive luxury yoga retreat vacations in exotic locales around the world, announced a program of ten (10) retreats for the January-July 2008 period, of which six (6) will be yoga surfing retreats based at the eco-resort Harmony Hotel on Guiones Beach (“Playa Guiones”), located along the Pacific coastline community of Nosara Beach, Costa Rica.

Other 2008 retreats scheduled to date include a combined yoga and travel tour throughout Burma (Myanmar) and Bangkok; a 7-night fitness and cultural spa stay in Marrakech, Morocco; and two restorative yoga retreats based at Round Hill Hotel & Villas in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

For May 2008, Inward Bound features a magical 7-night retreat in Marrakech, Morocco. Along with the cultural and natural wonders, guests will also enjoy a combination of fitness and relaxation, including a daily massage, traditional hammam (Turkish bath) and belly dancing lessons, all while savoring the culinary delights that Morocco has become famous for.

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Sadhana Mandir is pleased to offer a three week Swami Rama Intensive and Yoga Meditation Retreat starting Saturday, April 5, 2008, and ending on Saturday, April 26, 2008. This Program will be of tremendous interest to those familiar with Swami Rama and who want to explore the teachings and practices in greater depth. Swami Rama is widely known to have presented the deeper teachings of Yoga in extremely clear and accessible ways, and with the perspective that the goal of Yoga is nothing less than the direct experience of one’s true Self (Atman, Purusha) in this very lifetime.

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