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FREE KINDLE VERSION! LIMITED TIME ONLY!
To celebrate the third anniversary of my book, Yoga at Home: Gain Energy, Flexibility, and Serenity in 20-30 Minutes a Day, I am offering the Kindle version of the book for FREE - only on May 28 and May 29, 2014 of this week. Claim your free copy now on Amazon.com!Yours for learning and doing yoga in the privacy and comfort of your own home,
Laura Venecia Rodriguez, the Beginner's Yoga at Home Coach
Consider adding this book to your yoga library for access to yoga poses, breathing techniques, and meditations transcend the stresses of and work more effectively in the business world.
Yoga should benefit you both on and off your mat - not only to strengthen and energize your body, but also to help you better manage the stresses of your career and professional life. Several years ago, I bought Yoga Secrets for Business Success because it offered techniques to reduce stress and to operate more effectively in the business world.
In the introduction, author Darshan Singh Khalsa states, "To thrive and succeed in the business world, many self-management skills are necessary, including the ability to manage stress, relax quickly at will, energize when necessary, handle sleep deprivation, relieve headaches, overcome fear and depression, manage anger, sharpen concentration, expand intuition, experience tranquility, relieve grumpiness, persevere to completion, substitute good habits for bad, improve decision making, improve self-esteem and personal magnetism, and manifest your potential."
Yee-ha! Sounds great doesn't it? And, in the book, Khalsa teaches a wide variety of yoga exercises, breathing techniques, and meditations that I previously had not encountered and that are designed expressly to meet the objectives stated above. None of the poses appear beyond the reach of the yoga beginner or the average person. No pretzel like contortions are included! Any yoga beginner would benefit by adding the soothing techniques taught in this book to his or her yoga regime.
Moreover, Khalsa shares my philosophy about yoga for the beginner in his "guidelines on pacing yourself". He says, "In yoga each person progresses at their own pace, and gradually develops the physical flexibility to perform the exercises more perfectly. Every yoga exercise is conducted in a controlled and conscious way. It should not physically hurt to do yoga. Most yoga exercise sets take 20-30 minutes to complete (that is in the sub-title of my book!!!). Most yoga meditations take between 3 to 11 minutes to complete."
Furthermore Khalsa acknowledges, "Generally, the first time you practice an exercise set, it will be more difficult than in suceeding sessions. So enjoy the results and don't push yourself; let the body adjust, heal, and grow stronger gradually." Baby steps-baby steps-baby steps - that is my philosophy also!
Yours for enhancing your yoga practice with the practical, unique tips shared in Yoga Secrets for Business Success.
Laura Venecia Rodriguez, the Beginner's Yoga at Home Coach
Like the resilient weeping willow tree above (in my neighbors' yard) that bends in a storm, yoga enables you to bounce back from the turmoils of life.
A month or so ago, I read an article by a yoga practitioner who bemoaned the fact that despite her regular yoga practice, she was experiencing a dark night of the soul. And, yes, no matter how many benefits you gain from yoga, it does not shield you from experiencing life's downturns.
Nothing can.
HOWEVER, if you practice yoga regularly with focus, feeling, and attention to your breathing, it will increase the strength and resilience of your mind, body, and spirit. And, when the storms of life arrive, you can endure them and bounce back more easily, just like the weeping willow tree.
The Random House unbridged dictionary's definition of resilience is . "the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity. 2. ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyancy."
During the gusts of a fierce windstorm, a weeping willow tree may bend almost to the ground. Yet, it doesn't break. And, after the storm subsides, the weeping willow tree can stand upfright again. Likewise, if you experience a major life setback or loss, the accompanying heartache may make you may feel as if you are being knocked almost to the ground.
But, if you have been practicing yoga consistently for a while (at least a few months or so), you will build resilience in your mind, body, and spirit. And although, you won't be able to avoid the pain, the energy, serenity and flexibility that yoga instills in your mind, body, and spirit, will make you resilient. Like the weeping willow tree, you will be able to bounce back. Truly.
As the online Yoga Journal article, "Bouncing Back" noted, "...yoga often provides people with a powerful experience of inner tranquility. Knowing that such a state exists—and that they can get there—has given countless yoga students the support to move through difficult times." I could not agree more!
Yours for gaining another benfit of regular yoga practice - resilience.
Laura Venecia Rodriguez, the Beginner's Yoga at Home Coach