Yoga for Relaxation of the Body and Mind!

Yoga for Relaxation of the Body and Mind!

There are so many things to do nowadays that it leaves people exhausted in their day-to-day lives. Many of us have difficulties sleeping, suffer from back pain, feel tight in various parts of the body, and even suffer from anxiety.

While sweating through heavy workout sessions is given the topmost priority, most people are forgetful about their energy levels and fail to pacify their limitless thoughts. Integrating a simple yoga practice into our daily routine helps us with just that; bringing peace, stillness, and relaxation into our lives.

Yoga began as a spiritual practice but it has gradually become the combination of mental and physical exercises that helps to relax and battle off stress and enjoy the infinite health benefits it beholds. It focuses on breathing practice (Pranayama) and mindful movements (Asanas) to calm down the body and mind by triggering and activating the body’s parasympathetic nervous system. This practice helps to increase flexibility, stretch and strengthen muscles, release tension, and ease pain by focusing on thoughts and attention.

A small 2020 study in adult men suggested that yoga stretches lower cortisol levels and has a positive effect on parasympathetic nerve activity, which encourages relaxation.

Different yoga poses help relax the body and mind, reduce stress, and cultivate inner calm. Practicing yoga regularly builds strength, increases awareness, and creates harmony between the body and the mind. Above all, it involves relaxation techniques that help alleviate pain, manage stress, and reduce anxiety while improving physical and overall health.

Here are a few poses and their benefits to get you started!

1. Child’s Pose (Balasana)

This pose helps relax the neck, shoulders, and back muscles as well as calm the nervous system. It creates an inward focus and restores energy. Other than that, it activates the vagus nerve which is responsible for digestion, heart rate, and the immune system. For women, during period cramps, this is the best posture to relieve pain and uneasiness.

2. Head to Knee Forward Bend (Janushirsasana)

This forward bending pose stretches the hamstrings, back, and shoulders and relieves back pain. It is a stress management pose as it presses and stimulates abdominal organs to help relax the body.

3. Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana)

It is one of the best backbend poses that strengthen the back and upper body, neck, chest, abdomen, and groin. This pose is also best for gyno problems. It is also helpful for improving metabolism and digestion. Not only that, but it energizes and mobilizes the spine and promotes relaxation.

Conclusively, integrating yoga practice into our daily lives is worth giving a try as it carries endless mental, physical, and spiritual benefits which can only be experienced by actually starting it. Making yoga a lifestyle will, for sure, yield inner calm and peace in the long run. Thus, this practice is a boon for those who wish to relax their body and mind for healthy and happy living.

If you want to get started with Yoga, just give us a call at +977-9862909469 or contact us through our Book a Class page.

How can Yogipreneurs use Digital Marketing?

How can Yogipreneurs use Digital Marketing?

Digital marketing is a lot like practicing yoga. At the end of the day, it comes down to constant improvement and iteration.

If you stay in your comfort zone, your mind, body, and soul will never advance. Your physical and spiritual bodies must be stretched and challenged in order to change from their present state, so you must be constantly motivated to show up and take on new challenges.

Similarly, constant vigilance is required for your marketing plan. It’s essential to regularly experiment with different approaches and techniques and measure how your audience reacts to them.

You’ll become a better yogi and marketer only if you understand the necessity of variation and improvement both on the mat and on the web.

Anyhoo, here are a few tips on how yogipreneurs can use digital marketing to improve their digital presence.

1. Create a Social Media Business Page

Start spending time on Facebook, where your students are catching up. A business page gives you information about your audience, the possibility to advertise your lessons, and the chance to keep your students informed of any latest events.

2. Become (socially) visual

Create visual content for your website, blogs, and social media by creating a free Canva account and experimenting with all the graphic design tools, templates, and inspiration available to you.

3. Build a yoga website

You will be able to attract more students with even a simple one-page website that includes your teaching schedule.

4. Share moments

Get used to snapping moments throughout the day that can be shared on social media. Start building a bank of images to make the process of posting easier.

5. Display insight

The benefit of using digital technology is that everything can be monitored, traced, and supported by data. Enter the data to begin learning more about your audience and students.

6. Keep in touch

Make sure everything is connected. Links to all of your social media profiles should be available on your website. Also, don’t forget to cross-promote, such as by sending all of your Facebook admirers a link to your Instagram account.

What to expect from a 200-hour residential yoga teacher training course?

What to expect from a 200-hour residential yoga teacher training course?

If you’re thinking about becoming a yoga teacher, you will certainly come across a plethora of teacher training courses. A 200-hour residential yoga teacher training course might have caught your eye since it appeals the most with its Yoga Alliance-accredited certification in less than 4 weeks of training.

Here’s what you can expect from a 28-day teacher training course at Yogmandu.

1. Intensive

A 200 hours residential yoga teacher training course is as rigorous as it gets since it squeezes 200 hours of learning into just 4 weeks.

You can expect your day to begin at 6:30 am and end around the same time in the evening with more than 8 hours of training each day.

2. Limited Free Time

You’ll have more than 8 hours of training sessions on most days and that leaves you with little to no time for sightseeing and exploring. Of course, we have a day off every week and this might pretty much be your only chance to engage in tourist activities.

3. Tiredness

Tiredness and body aches are quite common during a yoga teacher training course. Considering a lengthy training session, that too, with more than 3 hours of asana practice daily, you are bound to feel exhausted.

Though at first, you might enjoy doing yoga, it becomes taxing after the first few days. The practice sessions might take a toll on your body, both physically and mentally, and when that happens, be sure to inform your instructor and they will change things up for you.

4. Exams

The Yoga Alliance requires its accredited schools to maintain a standard structure and this includes, taking exams. Most yoga schools include written and practical tests.

For practical tests, you might have to teach a full-length yoga class to a small group. As for your written tests, the question will likely be a mixture of multiple-choice and written answers.

4.1 Can you fail yoga teacher training?

Despite the fact that the yoga teacher training exams are only a way to assess the potential of new yoga instructors, there’s a slight chance of failing them.

Messing up on practical or written tests won’t be a hindrance but skipping classes and showing disinterest in the lessons might deter your certification process.

Here’s what a typical day looks like at Yogmandu Yoga!

TimeActivity
6:30 - 7:45Shatkarma, Mantra Chant, and/or Pranayama
7:45 - 8:00Tea Break
8:00 - 9:30Asana Practice
9:30 - 10:30Breakfast
10:30 - 13:00Lecture
13:00 - 14:00Lunch
14:00 - 15:00Self Study
15:00 - 16:45 Workshop
16:45 - 17:00Tea Break
17:00 - 18:30Asana / Meditation Practice
18:30 - 19:30Dinner
19:30 to 21:30Self Study

For more info, please mail us at info@yogmandu.com or call us at +977-9810263277 or +977-9862909469.

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