Sunday Inspiration Week 10

“The Stretch Gazette” is a special collection of weekly posts which feature popular and original Yoga articles, quotes, pictures and other inspirational material. Every Sunday, The Twisted Monkey will bring you some words of wisdom, yoga tips and facts, and highlight a specific Yoga Pose for the week. You can subscribe to “The Stretch Gazette” and receive email notifications of new posts by entering your email in the box found on the sidebar. Namaste.

Words of Wisdom

‎”It is necessary to be connected with the creative force. The connection is always there, but it is missing on the conscious level. Meditation makes that connection.  It is felt with divine realization of the creative force.”

“Meditation does not need a long time to see result.  Just begin to mediate and begin to be happy.  With practice, the intensity of the result increases. The degree of happiness also increases.  It is felt immediately from the start of practice.”

Types of Yoga

Mantra Yoga:  This practice involves meditation and the use of certain sounds called mantras. These mantras were discovered in deep meditation by highly advanced sages and teachers. They are traditionally transmitted to students, and are used as objects of concentration. Mantras help students with self-purification, concentration, and mediation.

Position of the Week

The Bridge

Bridge

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Sunday Inspiration Week 9

“The Stretch Gazette” is a special collection of weekly posts which feature popular and original Yoga articles, quotes, pictures and other inspirational material. Every Sunday, The Twisted Monkey will bring you some words of wisdom, yoga tips and facts, and highlight a specific Yoga Pose for the week. You can subscribe to “The Stretch Gazette” and receive email notifications of new posts by entering your email in the box found on the sidebar. Namaste.

Words of Wisdom

‎”He whose mind is untroubled in the midst of sorrows and is free from eager desire amid pleasures, he from whom passion, fear, and rage have passed away, he is called a sage of settled intelligence.” ~The Bhagavad Gita II:56

Types of Yoga

Jnana Yoga:  the path of knowledge and wisdom. This yoga involves intense mental discipline….learning to discriminate between the real and the unreal, between the transient and the everlasting, between the finite and the infinite.  Jnana yoga is meant only for the fortunate few who are aware of the higher and subtler realities of life.

Position of the Week

The Inclined Plane

Inclinedplane

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Sunday Inspiration Week 8

“The Stretch Gazette” is a special collection of weekly posts which feature popular and original Yoga articles, quotes, pictures and other inspirational material. Every Sunday, The Twisted Monkey will bring you some words of wisdom, yoga tips and facts, and highlight a specific Yoga Pose for the week. You can subscribe to “The Stretch Gazette” and receive email notifications of new posts by entering your email in the box found on the sidebar. Namaste.

Words of Wisdom

‎”Be at least as interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside. If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.” ~ Eckhart Tolle

Types of Yoga

Bhakti Yoga:  yoga of devotion. This path is the way of love and devotion….the path of self-surrender, of devoting and dedicating all human resources to attaining the ultimate reality.

Position of the Week

The Plough

Plough

 

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Sunday Inspiration Week 7

“The Stretch Gazette” is a special collection of weekly posts which feature popular and original Yoga articles, quotes, pictures and other inspirational material. Every Sunday, The Twisted Monkey will bring you some words of wisdom, yoga tips and facts, and highlight a specific Yoga Pose for the week. You can subscribe to “The Stretch Gazette” and receive email notifications of new posts by entering your email in the box found on the sidebar. Namaste.

Words of Wisdom

The Paradoxical Commandments:

1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.
3. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
4. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
5. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.
6. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway.
7. People favor underdogs but follow top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
8. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.
9. People really need help but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway.
10. Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.

Types of Yoga

Karma Yoga:  yoga of action. Teaches us to do our duties in life skillfully and selflessly, dedicating the results of our actions to humanity. Practicing Karma Yoga helps us to live unselfishly and successfully without being burdened or distressed.

Position of the Week

Shoulder Stand

ShoulderStand

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Sunday Inspiration Week 6

“The Stretch Gazette” is a special collection of weekly posts which feature popular and original Yoga articles, quotes, pictures and other inspirational material. Every Sunday, The Twisted Monkey will bring you some words of wisdom, yoga tips and facts, and highlight a specific Yoga Pose for the week. You can subscribe to “The Stretch Gazette” and receive email notifications of new posts by entering your email in the box found on the sidebar. Namaste.

Words of Wisdom

“Aggression, hate, malice and greed

are feelings to which we pay no heed.

These negative emotions must be subdued

for our eternal life to be pursued.”

Types of Yoga

Hatha Yoga:  primarily deals with body and breathing exercises that help the student become aware of his or her internal states. Hatha yoga helps make the body a healthy and strong resource.

 

Position of the Week

The Locust

LOCUST

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Sunday Inspiration Week 5

The Stretch Gazette is a special collection of weekly posts which feature popular and original Yoga articles, quotes, pictures and other inspirational material. Every Sunday, The Twisted Monkey will bring you some words of wisdom, yoga tips and facts, and highlight a specific Yoga Pose for the week. You can subscribe to The Stretch Gazette and receive email notifications of new posts by entering your email in the box found on the sidebar. Namaste.

Words of Wisdom

“There is no reason for you to suffer, just draw your attention inward and enjoy the feeling of bliss. Be happy with yourself.”

Yoga & Meditation

When practiced individually, both yoga and meditation reduce pain, stress and anxiety and promote relaxation. Practiced together, you will experience endless physical, mental and spiritual blessings.

Position of the Week

The Bow

TheBow

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Sunday Inspiration Week 4

The Stretch Gazette is a special collection of weekly posts which feature popular and original Yoga articles, quotes, pictures and other inspirational material. Every Sunday The Twisted Monkey will bring you some words of wisdom, yoga tips and facts, and highlight a specific Yoga Pose for the week. You can subscribe to The Stretch Gazette and receive email notifications of new posts by entering your email in the box found on the sidebar. Namaste.

Words of Wisdom

“Yoga is the scientific technique for divine realization.” ~Bill Henry

The Eight Limbs of Yoga

 1. The 5 Yamas (“restraints”) ~ set of ethical rules

2. The 5 Niyamas (not to be restrained) ~ qualities to observe & cultivate

3. Asana ~ postures which promote physical health & stamina

4. Pranayama ~ control of breath & vital energy

5. Pratyahara ~withdrawal of senses from material world to still the mind

6. Dharana ~ concentration, mental focus

7. Dhyana ~ meditation, longer concetration

8. Samadhi ~ superconsciousness, union with the Divine

Position of the Week

Cobra

Cobra

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Sunday Inspiration Week 3

The Stretch Gazette is a special collection of weekly posts which feature popular and original Yoga articles, quotes, pictures and other inspirational material. Every Sunday The Twisted Monkey will bring you some words of wisdom, yoga tips and facts, and highlight a specific Yoga Pose for the week. You can subscribe to The Stretch Gazette and receive email notifications of new posts by entering your email in the box found on the sidebar. Namaste.

Words of Wisdom

“Spend part of your day, even one hour

and turn your thoughts to a higher power.

Read from another’s religious book

and upon them with love you’ll begin to look.”

Position of the Week

Knee Stretch

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Sunday Inspiration Week 2

The Stretch Gazette is a special collection of weekly posts which feature popular and original Yoga articles, quotes, pictures and other inspirational material. Every Sunday The Twisted Monkey will bring you some words of wisdom, yoga tips and facts, and highlight a specific Yoga Pose for the week. You can subscribe to The Stretch Gazette and receive email notifications of new posts by entering your email in the box found on the sidebar. Namaste.

Words of Wisdom

“One becomes firmly established in practice only after attending to it for a long time, without interruption and with an attitude of devotion.”  ~Yoga Sutra I.14

Position of the Week

Head-Knee Pose

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Sunday Inspiration Week 1

The Stretch Gazette is a special collection of weekly posts which feature popular and original Yoga articles, quotes, pictures and other inspirational material. Every Sunday The Twisted Monkey will bring you some words of wisdom, yoga tips and facts, and highlight a specific Yoga Pose for the week. You can subscribe to The Stretch Gazette and receive email notifications of new posts by entering your email in the box found on the sidebar. Namaste.

Words of Wisdom

“You are only as young as your spine is flexible.”  ~Bill Henry, Sr.

Benefits of Yoga

1. Stimulates Circulation

2. Limbers the Joints

3. Tones the Muscles

4. Massages Internal Organs

5. Calms and Controls the Mind

Position of the Week

Forward Bend

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