The Yoga Institute Goa

Goa is one of the most beautiful places for yoga teachers as well as people who wish to hide from the chaos of the outer world.  India is the birthplace of yoga so what better place to learn or train to be a yoga teacher. Goa is known to be one of the best places to learn yoga in India. Goa is an ideal destination for rejuvenating retreat where yoga can come along with a holiday. From a beginner to the most advanced yogi, there are so many serene, beautiful and life-changing yoga retreats in Goa. Moreover, those people wishing to make a complete career change, there are ample of wonderful places for yoga teacher training in Goa. Several renowned teachers from across the world come here to take workshops. Benefits of Yoga There have been people practising yoga for a few years now and have experienced how many benefits yoga can have and how relaxing it is to take out time for a yoga retreat. This is because yoga is far more than the poses ‘asanas’ and being flexible. It works...

Do you want to strengthen your core and tone your thigh muscles without having to take supplements or chemicals. Yoga asanas can help you achieve that body.  First let’s take care of the myth: Having abs and toned muscles means one is strong and flexible. No, to be strong one should start by strengthening core and then move to other parts of the body.  Now let’s address “Thigh Gap”. Now everybody seems to think achieving Thigh Gap is the ultimate proof of flexibility. But No! Thigh gap is of no significance if you have achieved it without focusing on strengthening your muscles.  In the digital age, everyday new trends come and go and again come. It’s important to understand our body needs the right care. These trends may not help the body in the right way.  Yoga asanas, if practiced for hours, can do wonders for your body. On an average every asana can be practiced for 5 minutes a day. Here is the list of asanas for strong core: Naukasana or the Boat...

Now is the time of cold winters. With it accompanies the wedding season. In this season, heavy food intake increases, people tend to skip workouts, also they face different body pains. A lot of different issues come up during this time of the year. In this post, we will see how can Yoga help in dealing with this season.  First I would like to explain a bit about obesity. Every body requires a certain amount of mass of function properly. Less and more mass- both cause damage to the body. I would like to explain this by takin the example of a tyre. Tyre needs a certain amount of air to run properly. If it is overfilled with air, it might burst. If it is under-filled, it can puncture. Similar is the case of our body.  Bigger question is how do we get obese? We often eat food without giving our body time to digest it and eject the waste. What happens this way is our body starts depositing excess fat. This fat starts to cause all problems.  To lose weight, we don’t ...

We all have days in which we are occupied with some not so good thoughts; some kind of activity affects our mind and we are bothered by it. We keep thinking about them. These moments do not have a major significance in our lives in the future but at the moment we are full of them.  These thoughts make us do things which hurt us as well as others. We tend to get angry, we tend to say things or do things which spoil our relationship with them. To shield from all this, we should try Yogic ways to help us calm down during that time.  To overcome in these situations, our mind should focus on adopting positive habits in life. We should spend more time in nature, which gives us peace of mind. We should also do Pranayama. Patanjali Yoga Sutra explains that when we try and keep our mind into positive activities, when we see only positive things in an act or person and are only affected by their virtues- our mind is more relaxed, calm and positive. It explains 4 ways to upli...