...Corey Smith PEA 142-04 9/4/15 Golf and Yoga Golf is no longer just a hobby. It is a sport that requires a properly functioning body along with a clear and peaceful mind. It was not that long ago that golfers came in all shapes and sizes and working out was in the back of their mind. Nowadays, each day a golfer does not spend in the gym or in the yoga studio, they are losing ground on their competitors. Amateurs are even finding that to have a more balanced and powerful swing, they must build the muscles that allow them to do so. Lifting heavy weights is not going to add distance and consistency however. A flexible and properly functioning body is built by adding yoga to a golfer's workout plan. Yoga builds the core muscles along with adding muscle endurance and a range of flexibility, which in turn leads to more consistent and powerful golf swings. Yoga also teaches you how to breathe and relax your body and mind, which on the golf course is an absolute must. According to Michael Brantl (2014), a TPI Level 3 Fitness Instructor, "yoga creates natural improvements in functional flexibility." Brantl goes on to explain to explain how yoga improves various parameters of fitness, and how this in turn, helps your golf game. Yoga improves and increases muscular strength, muscular endurance, functional flexibility/mobility, balance, stability, cardiovascular endurance, and body composition. All of these must be working at their best to create a powerful and balanced...
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...Yoga in Iloilo Yoga practice in Iloilo. At last I am writing about something very personal that I am very passionate about. It’s been a long time since I have written something from the heart so I hope you guys would bear with the scattered thoughts and clumsy words. Here it goes. Why do yoga Jane? What made you decide to practice yoga? Why not just go to the gym, exercise, jog or do aerobics? Well honestly I have tried all of that but none of them captured my interest for long. Sorry but if I am not really into what I’m doing I tend to ignore it and deliberately forget about it. And all of them had temporary effects on my body. Take note I only said body. I need something more than that. I need to do something that I am very passionate about and that does not only benefit my body but influences my mind, psych – my whole well-being. So what is yoga? In contrast to the pursuit of your desire as a means to happiness, the purpose of yoga is aimed at the monumental, life-changing discovery of who and what you truly are. This is how yoga works; this is how yoga makes me feel great. Yoga is helping me discover and experience the truth, my truth – which I am discovering, is goodness. That my basic nature is happiness. Yoga truly complements my beliefs. Have you noticed that it is so easy to lose touch with who we are, that core essence with which we were born between home, work and all of the demands and stresses in between? Because of all the activities we do it sometimes feels...
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...poses in a yoga studio. At the surface level, it is easy to examine the differences between the practice of Zen Buddhism/zazen meditation and modern day yoga. However, when examined more deeply both groups have comparable audiences, techniques, applications and ultimate objectives in each practice. Although seemingly different in geographical origin and purpose, the practice of silent seated meditation and yoga are notably similar. In this paper, I aim to elucidate the conceptual parallels of zazen meditation that originated in the East, compared to the popularized practice of contemporary Vinyasa...
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...Executive Summary/Proposal – Our motto and our mission is "Health for Life." Menon’s Yoga Centre, LLC intends to fulfill the mission through the opening of multiple Yoga centers. Initially our first centre will be used as model on which to base additional franchised studios. Yoga is growing trend in health and fitness industry and Menon’s Yoga centre will teach both traditional and unique styles of Yoga classes. This blend of styles draws more customers than typical studios attract. By capitalizing on this strength, we are in unique position to create nationally recognized style of teaching and recognized brand. The primary objective is to open a flagship centre that will draw clients from other local studios. Franchise additional studios under the Menon’s Yoga Centre brand, will establish our unique system of yoga training as branded system. The objective to open our first local studio, train teachers in our methodology create branded retail products then expand our unique yoga fitness system into recognizable market culture. The second step is to train teachers and staff. The Mission Statement Menon’s Yoga Centre, LLC, is dedicated to promoting healthier living and reduced stress through yoga and meditation classes and massage therapy. Classes are offered morning afternoon and evening seven days week to accommodate all of our clients' schedules. The Centre will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Massage therapy meditation classes and private classes will be offered...
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...spiritual paths of the Hindu when he said, “Yoga is the journey of the self to the self through the self”. That discovery comes in 4 separate and distinct forms. Common American perception is that the practice of yoga is primarily a physical practice separate and apart from religion. “The word yoga derives from the same root as does the English word yoke; meaning to unite and place under disciplined training”. Americans take this definition literally and only consider the physical aspect of yoga training. This approach leads to a gap in the most enlightening aspects of yoga; spiritual training. Like many of the world’s religions Hinduism has one distinct goal and that is to unite the human spirit with God. Hindu’s believe that there are 4 separate paths to reaching enlightenment and uniting your spirit with God via the spiritual and physical discipline that is yoga. Because of the variety and complexity of the human personality, Hinduism understands that we all approach our spirituality from different points in life. The focus of the four paths is on the strongest aspect of the personality with the ultimate goal of “rendering the surface self-transparent to its underlying divinity; cleansed of its gross impurities”. The four paths of yoga are Jnana Yoga (the path through knowledge), Bhakti Yoga (the path through love), KarmaYoga (the path through work), and Raja Yoga (the path of the psychophysical). Jnana Yoga is considered the yoga for the rational. It is said that Jnana...
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...organizational behavior introduced into the business world strongly relate to high-performance workplaces and the stress management techniques that have been implemented. Differences exist in the methods used by high-performance workplaces and organizations and the traditional organizational structure when it concerns how they manage and improve their operational effectiveness, stress, and organizational dynamics. A high-performance workplace or organization has a stronger approach to maintaining an effective workforce. The workforce remains effective by sustaining an appropriate balance between new technology and the workload for individual employees. The traditional organizational structure is content accomplishing tasks from a recognized and established method. The use of technology is an effective method of performance for employees, but accommodating this effective method is more stress. The methods used to manage stress in high-performance workplaces or organizations differ from the methods used in the traditional model. The traditional model provides less concentration on how it impacts their employees. “A high-performance organization…needs to understand how stress affects people's intellectual, emotional, and interpersonal functioning” (Lee, 2008, p. 1). The dynamics in...
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...Today I woke up late! Traffick was horrible got to work 30 min late and almost got fired for it! Im sure every one of you has woken up one day and everything began to go WRONG. Eveything is getting on your nerves and everyone annoys you. This term might be known as waking up on the wrong side of the bed. Your just grumpy and theres nothing anyone can do about it. Well situation like that can be a good opportunity to fine a new way of thinking. Just because your day started off wrong doesn’t mean It has to continue or even finish being bad. Personally I get stress from school or work. We all get stress, we get depress, we get sad and we get anxiety, but there is a way that you can cure 60% of weekly stresses by not spending money on medications, consolers or alcohol. It’s a supper convenient trick that doesn’t require you to leave your room nor house for it. Today I am going to be informing you about laughing yoga. I’m going to tell you what it is. The benefits of it. And how you can use it on our everyday life. In the mid-1990s laughter yoga was practiced in the early mornings, primarily by groups of older men in open parks. Later, a more formalized version was created and popularized as “laughter clubs” by physician MADAN KATARIA. Kataria`s first laughter yoga club began on march 13th 1995 in Mumbai, India, Beginning with five people in public local park. The concept has rapidly spread worldwide. as of 2011, there are more than 8000 laughter clubs in 65 countries...
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...Amy Heimbecher Social Responsibility Task 1 June 3, 2014 Social Responsibility Strategy Report Overview Radharani Yoga Sanctuary (RYS) is a brand-new, small business located in Portland, OR. Currently, the company has start up funding, is looking for a storefront and plans to open its doors within the next 6 months. RYS would like to offer the community yoga classes, meditation sessions, dance classes, community events, workshops, Yoga Teacher trainings, and socially responsible retail. Objectives The main business objective in opening the studio, is to maintain and run the studio based on yogic principles, while bringing in a profit. Living in harmony with self, community, and the planet is at the core of these principles. While the exchange of money for the ancient practice of yoga is relatively a new concept, in this modern day and age the majority of teachers need to make a living and require payment for their service. This correlates to the socially responsible business principle of “Triple Bottom Line”. Triple Bottom Line refers to focusing on three factors in business: people, planet, and profit. Leadership Considerations (People) Under the “People” category there are 2 main groups : Leadership and community. Leadership includes the individuals running the studio and community includes every person or organization that has a relationship with the studio. The owner of RYS is currently looking for a studio manager. Within the job profile, the owner...
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...thoughts.” These are some of the things that may come to mind when one thinks about Yoga and Meditation and all that their practices entail. However, there is much more to Yoga and Meditation than calm breathing, squishy mats, soothing music and downward dog. “Yoga is a combination of both physical and spiritual exercises, entails mastery over the body, mind and emotional self, and transcendence of desire (hafsite.org).” Yoga, when combined with certain religious practices, like Hinduism and Taoism, takes a person places where they are able to see beyond their problems and fills themselves with inner peace and tranquility. The Yoga’s of Hinduism and Taoism play a very important role in their respective religions and how they help the individual transform spiritually, mentally and physically, as well as, achieve their ultimate goals. The Yoga’s seen in Hinduism involves the typical exercise yoga, Raja yoga, one sees at gyms and fitness centers. Raja yoga involves “bodily postures and controlled breathing techniques combined with mantras and meditation (Notes).” There are three other types of yoga and meditation forms that are not as well-known as the Raja yoga. They are, Jnana yoga, “the way of wisdom (Notes).” This form of yoga uses rationality to overcome ignorance and to understand by studying and discussing texts (Notes). Many people in the world could benefit from implementing this form of yoga in their life. So many people jump on band wagons and are quick to disagree or judge...
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...Hindu Practices and Rituals Hindus prescribe to certain traditional practices in accomplishing the basic goals of their faith. The basic spiritual ideal is to be unworldly but some worldly goals are also respected. These values are kama (pleasure), artha (power and security), and dharma (religious and social duty). Hindus consider Moksha the highest goal. Moksha is liberation or complete freedom. Yoga is a technique, which Hindus use to accomplish these goals. Yoga is a method or path oriented to the work of a person’s place in society or the work required by his or her caste. These differing paths have created different forms of Yoga. One type of yoga is Jnana Yoga (wisdom yoga) acquired by studying Hindu doctrine and teachings from the enlightened. Karma Yoga (right action yoga) is based on the idea that all purposeful work is done selflessly as a path to perfection. Bhakti Yoga (love and devotion yoga) involves loving devotion to saints or gods. Also, Raja Yoga (meditation yoga) is practiced by inward thought, sitting quietly, and calming one’s thoughts (Molloy 2010). This method conducted regularly in short periods brings peace and lessens stress; practiced for longer durations, it can initiate new states of awareness. Hindus in their practice of worship seek awareness of God. This can involve pursuing a Deva’s blessing. Worship can either be done at home by creating a shrine with various icons of gods of their choosing or in a temple where there is usually one main...
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...heated Bikram yoga studio where many athletes and everyday people are going to cure and prevent aches and pains. Yoga, as a way to achieve higher self-awareness, was around as early as 200 B.C. in India and has been gradually growing in popularity in the western world over the past four decades. Traditional styles of yoga, including Hatha yoga, which consists of thousands of poses, have long been studied as an effective form of complimentary or alternative medicine (CAM). The biggest yoga boom has occurred over the past decade according to statistics from the International Association of Yoga Therapists. The Association estimates there were 20 million Americans practicing some form of yoga in 2002 compared to 6 million in 1994. Increased awareness of yoga as a healing method along with high-profile celebrity endorsements have contributed to the growing numbers of yoga users recently. Madonna and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are some famous yogis that have been students of Bikram Choudhury, who founded his own style of hot yoga in India. Dina Lancour, a Hatha yoga instructor from Agawam, Massachusetts, took a Bikram yoga class under Choudhury. “It reminded me of Indian sweat tents,” Lancour said. “It becomes very meditative and deep.” Proponents of Bikram yoga and medical specialists have noted the health benefits of hot yoga. Other yoga practitioners and teachers have expressed concerns about the safety of practicing yoga in a hot room and some ‘yoga purists’ question...
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...differences between the four paths of yoga? And relate the four paths to other philosophical or religious traditions? The four paths of yoga are jnana yoga, karma yoga, bhakti yoga, and raja yoga. Even though the four parts of yoga come from Hindu philosophies each has its own way that can make people live spiritually and comfortably by choosing a certain path that an individual is comfortable with. Everyday people will use techniques that were born with yoga and not even know they are using a basic form of yoga. Each type of yoga is different from one another in a lot of different ways. Jnana yoga is learning from others. Karma yoga believes doing work unselfishly will lead to good deeds happening for one. Bhakti yoga is expressing yourself. Raja yoga is the art of meditation. Jnana yoga or knowledge yoga is based on learning from teachers who have a lot of knowledge with jnana yoga. As such priests and intellectuals will prefer this type of yoga so they can learn and then teach it themselves. Reading the bible is also considered jnana yoga since you will gain knowledge by doing this. This type of yoga was refined by a school of philosophy that is still being done today the school of Vedanta. The Vedanta school uses the ideas of the Upanishads as its primary inspiration. Upanishads is defined as which come at the end of the Vedas. All other forms of yoga do not incorporate learning or teaching in they way they express themselves. Jnana yoga can relate to numerous religions that...
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...Summary Ashtanga yoga literally means "eight-limbed yoga," as outlined by the sage Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras. According to Patanjali, the path of internal purification for revealing the Universal Self consists of the following eight spiritual practices: Yama (moral codes), Niyama (self-purification and study), Asana (posture), Pranayama (breath control), Pratyahara (sense control), Dharana (concentration), Dhyana (meditation), and Samadhi (absorption into the Universal). The Ashtanga Way Yoga Center offers 8 eight-week sessions of classes per year to include online training. Courses offered include Ashtanga style Yoga plus workshops in related topics. The Yoga Center features well-trained, professional instructors, progressive teaching methods, a non-competitive and encouraging atmosphere, and a beautiful light-filled facility. The Ashtanga Way Yoga Center also will have a boutique that will sell workshop clothing and yoga training aides. founder of The Ashtanga Way Yoga Center, is one of Ashtanga Yoga's leading teachers. She conducts workshops and teacher trainings locally and nationally. She has been a yoga practitioner since 2001 and a meditator since 1998. 2.0 Situation Analysis The Ashtanga Way Yoga Center is entering its first year of business. The business model has been well received and marketing is especially important to maintain growth and market penetration. In addition to offering in yoga classes it interactive online sessions, the Ashtanga Way Yoga Center main...
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...Informative exploration essay on yoga can help provide better health Introduction Although yoga has only become popular in recent years it has a rich and long history that is not less than five thousand years old. Even then it still remains unknown when exactly the practice began. A review of various literature insinuates that in ancient times people’s desire for health, need for self understanding and long life gave birth to yoga, a mental and physical exercise which has ever since spread to many parts of the world. What Yoga is The word ‘yoga’ essentially means to yoke or join together’ and thus the exercise is meant to harmonize the functions of the mind and body and result to an individual’s general well being and wellness (Monro, 1997, 215-21). The yoga system is built and supported by meditation, simple postural exercises, relaxation and breathing practices. Yoga exercises are designed and developed to appropriately put pressure or strain on the body’s glandular systems consequently increasing their efficiency and an individual’s total health. The body on the other hand is perceived as the primary instrument that allows people to evolve and work and therefore the yoga student is required to treat it with immense respect and care. The breathing techniques are supported by the assertion that breath is unarguably the source and basis of life for the human body. Therefore breathing practices...
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...treatment of sickness or even serious diseases. Doing yoga has become a popular trend in society for people to stay both physically and mentally healthy as well as develop emotional strengths. One of the most important advantages of doing yoga is physical status. Doing yoga helps improve the circulation of blood in the body. A distinctive feature of yoga is its deep breathing causing a great compression of abdominal veins, which pushes the blood towards the chest and then into the heart. Yoga is also well-known with many inversion positions that stimulate blood to flow into the heart under the influence of gravity. In addition, yoga offers a good digestion. Deep breathing is a good way to clean toxics formed by wrong diets. Another benefit of doing yoga is mental health. Yogis are able to concentrate on their work due to possession of a strong body and mostly doing gentle poses with slow and relaxing music. Moreover, yoga helps produce clear thinking. Because people feel deeply every pose and every breath while doing yoga, they tend to be more thoughtful. Last but not least, yoga is helpful for people’s emotions. Yoga is considered to develop self-confidence since it is one of the most effective measures for people to keep fit and have a nice figure. The obvious benefit of doing yoga is that it reduces fear, anger and worry. Daily practice of relaxation together with meditation in yoga is very important, for it teaches a yogi how to quiet their mind and calm down whenever they feel...
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