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Yeoman Gear, A New Kickstarter Project Introduces Yoga Equipment Sized for Men
June 23rd, Troy, Michigan – For Immediate Release – The latest Yoga Study shows that 17% of yoga practitioners in the USA are men. So why is all of the yoga gear too small for them? A new company, Yeoman Gear, is looking for to change this by introducing:
- A longer, wider, thicker yoga mat
- A longer, wider, thicker yoga block
- A simple, masculine yoga strap
- A yoga mat cleaning spray
Before designing their products, Yeoman Gear conducted their own survey of male yogis and found that over 90% felt that yoga mats were too small. More than 95% of the men surveyed agreed that yoga blocks were also not large enough.
“That convinced me of the need for these items and solidified my decision to launch Yeoman Gear products.” says founder Tom Nardone. He has been practicing yoga for over 15 years and always thought the products weren’t made for him. It wasn’t just the pink and purple pastel tones, it was the size of the items.
“The combination of a small mat and a large yogi leads to a lot of readjustment during class. It can ruin your flow. I was jealous of the smaller people who didn’t have to shuffle around as often.” says Nardone. Yeoman Gear gives larger people more space to work with. The mats are described as one head’s length longer, one hand’s width wider, and twice as thick. The Yeoman Gear Block is more than twice the volume of a standard yoga block and allows less flexible people more stability.
Can larger yoga equipment fit in a crowded classroom? Yes. Yeoman Gear is just slightly larger, just like average men are slightly larger than average women. Early users of the mats say that their neighbors didn’t seem to notice the difference.
What about price? Fortunately, this larger yoga gear is really affordable. The Yeoman Gear Mat is just $39 when you pre-order via Kickstarter. You can add the block for $15 more. A deluxe package of Yeoman Gear which includes the mat, block, strap, and mat cleaner spray is only $69. Compared to premium yoga equipment, Yeoman Gear is a bargain, especially for men.
When asked if Yeoman Gear could be used by women, the company responded positively. The focus on a male customer is primarily a way to target people who practice yoga and are of larger stature. “Of course there is nothing inherently related to gender about our products, we are just marketing the product to men, who on average are taller and heavier than women.”
The name Yeoman is two things. First, a Yeoman was a person who worked hard and was loyal. Second, it is a play on words. The yo from yoga and man combine for Yeoman.
Visit the Yeoman Gear Kickstarter at http://www.YeomanGear.com/kickstarter
Contact: Tom Nardone, Founder – Yeoman Gear. 1-248-457-6877, YeomanGear@priveco.com
twitter: @priveco
Yoga Gear For Men
Kundalini yoga for beginners – expansion and elevation
Kundalini yoga for beginners – expansion and elevation
Breathing Techniques To Relax Your Body.
Breathing Techniques can help calm our bodies in stressful situations, allowing our minds and bodies to relax. During stressful situations we don’t think about what happens to our bodies and only focus on that stress or stressful situation or incident, but breathing techniques will help center and calm your mind so that it doesn’t become overwhelmed. When you practice breathing techniques, you can rejuvenate your circulatory and respiratory systems and counter any unhealthy effects of stress.Breathing exercises have actually been practiced for thousands of years and are prescribed to patients with numerous disorders like anxiety, depression, GAD, panic attacks and more. They can also help reduce anxiety, irritability fatigue and muscular tension. One popular technique is the box breathing technique, otherwise known as four-square breathing.
It’s a simple technique that can be done at any time and is really helpful whenever you’re feeling stressed. And the best thing is that it’s easy to learn. This technique emphasizes breathing control via counts of four, which actually helps your body make full use of the air that you breathe in. The breathing technique is also allows you to work on your chest and abdominal muscles a bit since it requires a strong core.This type of deep breathing is great for combating travel anxiety or even panic attacks and is great for managing anger.
Psychologists actually teach box breathing as a technique to use with mediation since it helps cultivate awareness and lets your thoughts, feelings and sensations around you all come into play to help you feel calmer and more at peace.When your body is stressed, it has this “fight or flight” response that can cause you to have physical reactions like a rapid hearth beat, trouble breathing, headaches, hold and cold feelings, etc. Breathing counteracts these symptoms and improves your blood flow and indigestion as it helps calm your body down.To practice box breathing, you first need to inhale your breath slowly for a count of four. After, hold your breath for an equal count of four before you release your breath out all the way via pursed lips, while still counting to four. Before you do anything or say anything, wait another four seconds. Then repeat the cycle a few more times or as long as you need to fully relax.
To correctly practice box breathing, you must breathe from your lower belly and not from your upper chest. To make sure that you are breathing correctly, it usually helps to put one of your hands on your abdomen or sides so that you can feel it rise as you breathe in.To help you during your box breathing session, download the square breathing app for Windows phones and it will guide you via step-by-step instructions when you are feeling the most stressed. It’ll help you combat stress and provide you with helpful insight on the technique. Download the app By Clicking Here
Breathing Techniques To Relax Your Body.
Walking Meditation
Walking meditation is one form of meditation that can be helpful in our daily life. Like many other forms of meditation that uses focus, in walking meditation we use the experience of walking as our focus. It is meditation in action.
In walking meditation we become mindful of our experience while walking, like its process, and the movement of our legs (left, right, left, right); we keep our focus on that experience. There are some differences between walking meditation and sitting meditation. Obviously one of them is we keep our eyes open during walking meditation, that difference alone implies other changes in the way we do the practice. In walking meditation, we do not withdraw our attention from the outside world, we have to be aware of the things outside ourselves, such as tripping over, other people we might walk into, and many other things that we will be more aware of than when we are doing sitting, especially if we sit inside. Other factors include the wind, the sun, the rain, the sound of nature and of humans and machines.
One of the biggest differences however, is that it’s done easier. For most people, being more intensely aware of their bodies while doing walking meditation is much easier than the sitting forms and practices of sitting meditation. When the body is in motion, it is easier to be aware of it compared to when you are sitting still, the experience can be intense and you can find intense enjoyment in the practice. There several different kinds of walking meditation, but the most common is walking meditation done outdoors. For the first try, you may want to find a park or open space where you will be able to walk for twenty minutes without encountering traffic.
How to do walking meditation
After you have decided or chosen a park where you can do your walking meditation, here are some steps of how to do walking meditation:
Standing
Simply begin the walking meditation by standing. Just stand on the spot, be aware of the weight being transferred from your body through the soles of your feet into the earth. Be aware of all the subtle movements that go on in order to keep us balanced and upright. Our ability to be able to stand upright should not be taken for granted. So be aware of the constant adjustments that you’re making in order to maintain your balance.
Walking
After being able to do the first step, you can begin to walk at a fairly slow but normal walking pace, and in a normal manner. Remember that we are not changing the way we walk; we’re simply going to be aware of it. Awareness of the body As you start your first steps of walking, keep attention to the soles of your feet, be aware of the alternating patterns of contact and release; be aware of all the different sensations in your feet, everything from the contact between the toes, the feeling of the inside of your shoes, the fabric of your socks, and let your feet be relaxed as you can. The bottom line of this step is to be aware of each and every little thing that you do with your body in the process of walking, including the focus of your eyes, relaxing your eyes and not allowing yourself to be caught up in anything that’s going to past you.
Feelings
We are not talking of emotional feelings, but just the feeling of tone that you’re having. Things that feels pleasant and unpleasant, inside and outside of your body. Do not cling to them or push them away, just notice them, and allow them to drift by. Thoughts and emotions just notice your emotional state, such as are you bored? Are you content? Are you irritated? Are you feeling very happy to be doing what you’re doing? Noticing these things with no particular judgment and simply noticing them.
Balancing Inner and Outer
If you can be aware of both the inner world and the outer world in equal balance, then the mind settles at a point of stillness, and calmness and clarity. Balance your experience between the inner and the outer.
Stopping
After every step has been experienced comes to a natural halt. You’re not freezing on the spot but you allow yourself to come to a stop and just experience yourself standing. Simply standing and experiencing you, and finally bringing the meditation to a close.
Walking Meditation
Tips for Choosing Functional Fitness Clothing
We present you some tips on how to find in a pleasant way the best gym clothing for you. Before you hit the gym hit some sporting brand shops to buy functional and comfortable fitness gear. You need clothing that supports your knees, bottom and torso. Also is important to keep yourself dry and to protect your skin.
1. Fabrics
Every fitness clothing brand offers tech-based fabrics that will help you to feel comfortable during your workout. Try to purchase the kind of fabrics that wicks away the moisture from your body and in this way you will stay cooler and dry. When you try new gym clothing make sure you give them a good stretch.
2. Compression
Compression clothes are over the Spandex-based fitness clothing. They use tightly fabrics to pump up your circulation and even reduce the muscle soreness from the nest day. They also make your body look toned. This type of fabrics are best for higher-intensity workouts.
3. Features
Some workout clothes feature patches, pockets and a ton of different features to make your workout proper safe. If you are a busy person, than a pair of pants with a built-in pocket is a total must, for example if you are a fitness instructor.
4. Different Classes
The clothing you pick for yoga, may not be the same with the clothing you pick for Pilates or for a hard workout. For a yoga class you need clothes that are non-restrictive so in this way your teacher will see your body form and posture. Try to avoid baggy gym t-shirts that will annoy you and will interrupt your Zen.
For a cardio hour equip yourself with a sports bra and a fit tank. You can also wear compression pants to help you with the circulation.
Good chosen fitness clothing will motivate you to get moving, show of your sexy side and will give you confidence boost.
Tips for Choosing Functional Fitness Clothing
Yoga Family Violet Alignment is a Yoga system, which Foteini Dimitriou founded, that has helped many people find their inner balance in physical, emotional and mental level.
WHY YOGA VIOLET ALIGNMENT
Yoga Violet through the method of alignment (asana) and mind focus can rejuvenate and transform our bodies (physical, emotional, mental) to a new consciousness.
But what does it mean?
Our bodies can accept the new vibration for the development of self-awareness. We train our bodies through practice to be flexible and attuned to health. We welcome a new realization to our lives; the soil is fertile for abundance, joy, compassion and love!
It offers the creation of a channel of light, love and dynamic will in order for our bodies to be full of well-being and health. Our everyday lives are stronger spiritually so we can accomplish our dreams and hopes. Through the Yoga Violet Alignment system, we learn to create, maintain and strengthen this channel in order for our everyday life and consciousness to be continually upgraded.
Folktale and poetry inspire and help us understand ourselves through teaching. Writing helps us to express other aspects of ourselves. We let our creative expression emerge, bloom like a flower showing us its whole beauty that lives inside us and which can teach and be taught.
A new circle opens and when having the right equipment we can move on with safety to the new circle of life by offering ourselves and the humanity all these that we are destined to do as souls.
We enjoy the best of ourselves. We become beacons of light!!!
WHY YOGA FAMILY
Because through joy, first we learn and then we teach!
An innovative method for happy kids… The educational games aims are:
- Visual perception through the senses
- Use of visual memory through pictures
- Data correlation
- Space meanings in correlation with children’s orientation
- Body structure
- Being able to express their curiosity for observation
- Entertainment
- Expansion of children’s creativity through activities and many more.
- Mind focus
- Better school performance
The children feel great!
Narration and writing of a folktale:
Traditional Greek folktales and Aesop’s fables have been alive since antiquity, unwritten because they are of significant importance and have psychotherapeutic properties.
Through folktales, each child gets the information they want to feel better, they are taught without didacticism and always know that when the weak try and think, they can be justified. They also learn that when problems aren’t told, they can’t be solved either. They also learn to stand fearlessly in front of an audience, raise their confidence, speak correctly with speech articulation and know how to face their audience. All these, besides being confident, offer them the potential to help whenever it is needed. When they say the folktales that they will learn to children who face problems, by always looking inside their eyes, they might help others and see the results of their effort the same moment that they do it.
Through this wonderful journey, we find our true self. Recognition, acceptance, love, reconciliation, joy are just some of the things that we will come upon. The journey continues by offering through our experiential progression and knowledge to the children, helping them evolve fast. We embrace and nurture their strong assets, by helping them emerge their talents and creativity.
In a safe environment, children are able to express themselves freely and communicate whatever bothers them. We create healthy relationships with trust and honesty. Through Yama and Niyama, children can build character and be trained happily.
Yoga Violet Family for happy families who bring the new model of abundance in every level!!! All together, we create a world of joy, love, and abundance!
For more information about Yoga Family Violet Alignment as well as meditations visit:
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Company: Yoga Family Violet Alignment
Contact: Foteini Dimitriou, Senior Yoga Teacher and Head of Yoga Family Violet Alignment
Website: http://www.yogaviolet.com
Address: Skalia Village, Zakinthos, Greece (Avouris Theater)
Telephone No.: +306972 841468
Email: info@yogaviolet.com
Yoga Family Violet Alignment invites Yoga Enthusiasts to participate in the Yoga Kids Teacher Training on the 17th-27th of August, 2016 at Zakinthos, Greece
Yoga Family Violet Alignment is inviting enrollees to join in the Yoga Kids Teacher training that will be held in August 17 to 27, 2016 at the Avouris Theater, Zakinthos Greece. The training will be conducted within a total of 90 hours to train Yoga teachers in a Greek island with accredited services from Yoga Alliance UK. Headed by Foteini Dimitriou as the resident Senior Yoga teacher, the said training will be accommodating students to enroll in the training. With the passion of changing the world by providing genuine trainings for yoga enthusiasts, the organization aims to achieve their training goals in order to help create more yoga teachers that can train kids and adults at the same time.
“We change ourselves, we change the world. Be a yoga kid’s teacher with international recognition. The licensed training provides many tools and techniques to the trainee. We become aligned with our inner child. Through joy and creation we offer the tools that we have obtained and the knowledge of our soul,” quoted by Yoga Family Violet Alignment. The specialty areas include the concept of upbringing developmental stages which actually begins at the age of 2 to 15 years. Also, it will discuss the issues involved in every stage that is necessary in teaching the kids.
On the other hand, the categories will address the developmental application specifics for all age groups. The relationships between yoga teachers will then be tackled after all fundamental concepts are discussed. Through proper practice, training, and techniques, yoga teachers are equipped with the best tools and tips in order to implement effective workshops for the kids. Child development yoga-based practices will be including asana, breathing techniques, yoga-based activities and games as well as asana-based movements. There will also be lesson plans, yoga games, folktales, and techniques for anxious kids and a lot more to expect from the 10-day training program for yoga teachers.
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For those who are interested to enroll in the training program, they may log onto http://yogaviolet.com/en/yoga-kids-teacher-training-yoga-alliance/ to sign up and get early registration for only 1550 Euros. The fee, by the way, includes bed accommodation and healthy meals from a fresh and organic farm. They may also email them at info@yogaviolet.com for other related concerns regarding the upcoming workshop for yoga teachers and enthusiasts.
Yoga Retreat In Spain
Do you ever wanted to relax and unwind in a completely new place? In some place completely lost and nearly forgotten by the modern world? Yoga and meditation should be performed in a place of complete peace of mind in order to benefit from his magic, and for the majority of serious yoga practices, finding a quiet place like this is almost impossible. For those living and working in a town or city, and even those who live in a suburban area, but you do not have the feeling of detachment from everyday life, a true oasis is not possible without escape from their daily reality. For those who like yoga, the search for such destinations is an exciting part in the practice of this kind of spiritual goods. That will be so necessary for the total separation of their daily lives and by a trip abroad is a great way to do just this. If you are looking for a place somewhere new and relaxing there is a beautiful retreat for yoga in Spain that simply must be visited. In its historic center is a villa style house of Roman origin and its fascinating history. Restored to a great haven of luxury, is absolutely everything what offers modern yoga practice I would like. From its fresh air and fresh food, exceptional weather, with 8 months of Sun per year and an average temperature of 23 ° C.
Yoga Retreat In Spain
Its 2016 calendar is filled with a variety of courses offering beginners to experts a unique and nice yoga holiday. For teachers or large groups that are also welcome research on the reservation of the entire complex and as there are 11 rooms with bathroom and ample space around the gardens, a business potential of yoga in the hills of Andalusia.
The real estate is divided into several areas inside and outside. The Shala overlooks the hills and offers a shaded area where you can practice yoga swings. A room of interior meditation, which is incredibly quiet and cool due to its location there is sub-terrane and the thick stone walls. Moving a little further away from the village is completely surrounded by nature. A river there is little deep slow movement where can be released for the day to exercise and or lunch. A garden of meditation with Palm trees is also a super area and a gallery full of guests from the past and present shows that shutdown what there is on offer.
Specially prepared food is made with a chef at the property (or bring your own) and a series of tasty vegetarian dishes that are different every day will keep your palate so happy as his body. And, finally, if you want a relaxing day host has a great Gallery of art that is happy to share and even offers lessons for those who are interested in playing with a brush and canvas.
Considered as a Rural Housing Officer and five-star reviews on TripAdvisor, this really is the best Spanish yoga retreat at the moment. For more information refer to your site or leave a comment on the author of the same.
Yoga Retreat In Spain
