YogaTailor Blog – Yoga Online

      We love when we get mentioned in magazines. We have been getting a few in the recent past and we are really stoked about this one from Shape Magazine . The June 2011 print magazine has YogaTailor featured in the GetFit News section as a “FAVE SITE” “Home Sweet Om“ No need [...]

Yoga is all about living in the present moment. As a matter of fact, most sports activities are enjoyable because you are living in the moment. When you are shooting that basketball or running that last mile or making that turn at 30mph on your bike  – you are living int he moment. Thats when [...]

There are people who love their yoga mats to be within a few inches of their neighbor’s and do not mind (and maybe even like) the nasal unpleasantness of having a ton of people in a 20×20 studio. And dont forget the ones that come in wearing the most obnoxious perfumes to yoga – “Take [...]

“When you hold a pose for long enough for it to feel a bit uncomfortable, you’re building muscle strength”, says a Yoga Journal blogger. She adds “You’re also building strength of mind by showing yourself that you’re stronger than you think you are” I don’t even know where to begin in pointing out how wrong [...]

Imagine this.  You’ve been at work all day, you had a healthy lunch, you resisted that donut box in the break room, you’re looking good, you’re feelin’ the groove.  Then the afternoon hunger pangs hit.  It’s way past lunch, and dinner is far away.  It’s that time of day where you really don’t want that [...]

STHIR SUKHAM ASANAM – PATANJALI SAYS IN THE YOGASUTRAS Recently, I’ve been coming across this phrase a lot. Roughtly translated in English: the poses should be steady and comfortable. How many actually follow this? Especially the “comfort” part.  If we did then most of the blogs, tweets and other things I read on yoga would [...]

- By Erin Bhaskar “finally achieved the posture i’ve been working hard at” “my goal is to get into the pretzel” “today I managed to get my head between my legs” in: insert complicated pose name. “I’ve reached level 3 at such and such yoga place/training/studio”. “ I did a 4-hr yoga workout”. “sweated up [...]

Ok. Now that you have found out your body type you are ready to do Yoga properly. If you are already subscribed to yogatailor or have experience doing Yoga this will make much more sense to you. According to Sri Sri Yoga (http://www.srisriyoga.org/) An understanding of our Doshas helps us in the following ways: 1. [...]

When you do Yoga for your body type you are harnessing the natural power of your body and the laws of nature to mind-body health drug-free, herb-free, all natural. At the same time if you are doing the wrong poses in the wrong way, then you might as well be eating a burger and fries [...]

“om” is arguably the most well-known word one finds in a non-religious, spiritual context. Although, traditionally associated with the Vedic Religion (popularly but wrongly known as ‘Hinduism’) it is used by non-hindus, new agers & many different people in different settings. It is said that the primordial sound is Om. Om is the root of [...]