Common questions about Yoga What is Yoga and where is it from? Yoga is a specific religious/cultural activity indigenous to Bharatavarsha (ancient India). The Sanskrit noun Yoga (योग) is derived from the Sanskrit root Yuj (युज्) “to attach, join, harness, yoke”. The word yoga is cognate with English “yoke”. The word Yoga originates from the Vedas of India, which are a vast library of ancient scriptures said to be Apaurusheya (अपौरुषेय) – of divine origin. The Vedas are attached to the culture of Bharatavarsha and to Sanatana Dharma (eternal code of living and virtue ethics). This cultural an ..read more

And that is why you should #Squat every day. Sitting for prolonged periods is devastating to our health. The human body has been designed to contract and expand – all joints should be moved through their full ranges every day – #Yoga practice can help this immensely. If you don’t use the ranges of your joints, you will lose that range. Sadly, the large proportion of our population has lost the ability to deep/resting squat. Something we can do from our very first months on Earth, we lose over time by sitting on chairs. We rarely go past a 90 degree bend in the knees during normal activity ..read more

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At the Elite Sports Performance and Rehabilitation Show I met the wonderful team at Backrack. This tool immediately caught my eye due to it’s beautiful engineering and design… What I really like about this is that it has been designed in such a way that when you lay on it (supine), the rack suspends your spine in the channel against gravity – different to a foam roller or hard surface due to the fact that it suspends the vertebrae in the gaps while the spinal muscles are given pressure from the nodules, essentially allowing it to lengthen. This immediately helps to screen where the majority o ..read more

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The Handstand is one of the most important skills, and potentially the most important. To be able to hold a perfectly straight handstand, it is essential to be able to hold the spine and hips straight using subtle adjustment of stabilising muscles, whilst upside down with the arms above the head. Many people can’t even stand on their feet with neutral alignment, let alone on their hands. For this reason, handstands (and planks) are a brilliant way of training the #posture. To hold a straight and clean handstand you need to be able to: – equally distribute your weight onto both shoulders – kee ..read more

Consequently, it is yet another intriguing subject that’s now catching the eyes of students to the terrific extent. Whenever you escape on the lousy encounter, you could start off working on your coursework with a outstanding mood. For they gifted in science who even have a great deal of compassion for other individuals, psychology may be a fantastic way to make use of your abilities for making a change on the earth. The Battle In opposition to Coursework It’s possible you’ll opt for to debate tips on how to possess the most away from suggestions along with your private tutor. The people can s ..read more

If you are into bodyweight training, you would probably have noticed that there is a fair amount of discussion around toe pointing, across all moves. Considering many of the static holds in calisthenics are also performed in gymnastics, the toe pointing has surely been influenced by this. However, there are a large band of athletes (especially at the top level) who prefer flat feet over pointy toes. The question is, which is better and why? To look at this in more detail I have taken the Front Lever as an example to discuss. There are many variations of the front lever (and other moves ..read more

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So over the last few weeks we’ve had an absolutely awesome time working with the Fitness First gym in Brixton, London. The team were planning to open a new area in the gym with bars and equipment specialised for bodyweight workouts. After some initial consultation from us on the specifications and layout of the area, a brand new bar setup was installed with the help of the team at Wolverson Fitness! We went on to hold a workshop for all the personal trainers at the gym to show them around the new equipment and qualify them to teach calisthenics and bodyweight exercise. Last weekend we also tu ..read more