What Does Yoga Do

wednesday, march 20. this man, whom we meton the stairs of the trichy temple, offered to be our guide. he's used to tourists. he recites his speech by heart,with expressive faces. sacred thread yoga, he's a temple employee. i ask what his job is. "my job is to draw water fromthe cauvery river below the temple. the water's usedin the ritual bathing of the gods, done daily by 18 priests." he says he's had other professions. he traveled across the country,all the way to burma. he worked as interpreter,accountant and typist. "this is the cycle of life:one day here, another day there. today i work carrying holy water.that's the way it is." is he a brahman? is he a priest,or what we'd consider a priest? he wears the sacred thread over his leftshoulder, the sign of the twice-born, the hindus of the upper castes. this thread is magic circle, protective barrier and divine link,all rolled into one. there are dozens like himin every temple. the temples ...

hi i’m doctor heather moore owner of totalperformance physical therapy, today we’re going to go through 3 exercises you can bedoing if you’ve been diagnosed with heel spurs or think you have a heel spur, if youhave not been properly diagnosed and you’re experiencing pain in your heel and you thinkit might be a heel spur you want to consult with your health care practitioner to makesure you have the correct diagnosis even though rubber soul yoga, pain may be in the heel it can be coming froma number of different areas so you want to make sure that you’re treating the accuratefeet so the first thing you want to do with the heel spur is you want to make sure thatyou stretch out any muscles that are coming in to that heel so you’re going to startwith a cuff stretch, straw, lunge okay keeping that foot flat, knee straight everything isstraight forward and you’re just going to lean as far as you can until you feel a nicestretch in the back of that, if you don’t feel a stretch...

hi i'm lily and i'm micaela and we met each other through yoga yoga is the bringing together ofeverything in your life mind body spirit it's loving yourself it'strusting yourself roots yoga, it's getting to know the true self that'swithin you and bring it out from within through poses throughlifestyle through meditation that's what yoga is in order to start yoga you need first of all a body which you know everybody has water is important a mat is alsohelpful although you don't really need one and that's basically it you alsoneed the drive and the dedication and the motivation within yourself to learn something new that couldpotentially change your life nobody knows for sure who startedyoga a lot remnants can be found in cave paintings from 5000 years ago that showthe postures of yoga those fossils that were found showed thebone structure and everything that yoga impacts on your body it showed those as evidence of yoga in thattime people should do ...

so, you have tight hips. this could bethe result of a lot of running or hiking or cycling that you've been doing or maybe you just had a long day at theoffice where you've been sitting i'm jean, and i'm going to show you stretch to help with that melina is going to place her knew onto asurface that's roughly about a foot or two high root down yoga, and then you're going to step forward with the opposite leg. leaning forward is when you get your nice hip flexor stretch but the mistake most people make is that this hip rotates backwards. youwant to make sure you correct that so your hips are level and square. you'll feel a nice stretch along the front of the hip and into the thigh. you're going to hold the stretch for about 20 to 30 seconds, repeat five times on each side it's really important to make surethat your muscles are nice and warm so the best time to do this stretch will be after a run. again, never overstretching and always relaxing into...

hello, my name is samantha raphael on behalfof expert village. in this clip i'll be demonstrating tree pose. to begin, stand up tall at thefront of your mat in mountain pose, which just means you're standing up as tall as youcan, all the muscles in your legs are engaged, your chest is lifts, your shoulders are droppeddown, take your hands to prayer position, heart center, and then begin to put a littlemore weight into your left foot. start to rodney yee yoga, lift your right leg, hinging at the knee.now, if you feel really wobbly already at this point, take your hand against the wall,your left hand. when you're ready, take your right foot into your right hand, or i shouldsay, your right lower leg and place your right foot onto your left inner thigh. continueto stand up as tall as you can, and then place either one hand, if you're against the wall,or both hands to heart center. keep rolling that right hip open as you ground into theleft foot. try not to grip so much with...

hi everyone, it's linda raynier. so we're right in the midst of the fall season. and what i find is during this time of year, there's a lot more self-reflection that takes place. because the sky is greyer and the weather is colder, we end up spending a lot more time indoors. that means, spending a lot more time by ourselves, with ourselves, and having to face our own inner thoughts and emotions. and what better way to spend that time by yourself than to really get connected and centred with yourself? with who you truly are. if you’re someone that really wants to eventually go after your dreams and do what it is that you feel is right for you, you really need to get connected to who you are. you may think on the outside you know what that person is or who that person is, but you don’t really know everything until you start to gaze inwards and really dig deep. so if you're someone who has a regular schedule, you're probably getting up in the morning, rushing out t...

(denise austin)hi, i'm denise austin, and one of the best things to do whilewatching television, instead of lounging on the couch, getdown on the floor and do a back extension. it's one of thebest ways to strengthen your spine and keep your backhealthy. here's how to do it: revolution yoga, get down on your hands andknees, either on the mat or carpet, now, strengthen yourspine by stretching that leg behind you. pull up and inyour abs and make sure your shoulders are in line with yourwrists. while you're balancing, stretch the opposite arm, noticeit's my right arm with my left leg. and think about keepingyour back straight, elongate the spine and then switch.your challenge is to hold this for 10 seconds, that's it, tightenup those abs, hold it up there, squeeze through the buttocks,lengthen through the spine, making yourself taller. and release.it's a great exercise to do while watching television.so turn idle time into toning time and keep your backhealthy. ...