Lord Ganesh Picture

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY.  HERE IS WISHING ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE .

Amongst Hindu and Vedic prayers, one of the most important is the Lord Ganesh Mantra.  This is because Lord Ganesh(a) is considered the remover of obstacles, and prayers to this aspect of the One God, is a request for His help in making all good projects one undertakes successful.  Given that many of us are going to undertake new projects and make new resolutions as we prepare to ring in the new year, I felt this would be a great time to make available to you this timeless mantra of Lord Ganesha, to ensure that you are successful with all your projects and plans.

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My Yoga Online has added a new video by Yoga expert Shiva Rea: Creative Core Abs. Shiva Rea shows you unique, graceful ways to build a strong core in this 37 minute yoga program. A strong core improves posture and makes you look and feel great! Enjoy yourself as you perform this fun, easy-to-follow program.

Click to watch Shiva’s online yoga video: Creative Core Abs

About Shiva Rea: Shiva Rea, M.A., began exploring yoga at the age of 14. Since then, the practice of yoga has transformed her life and become the essence of who she is. A

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The last yoga pose we added to our free Online Hatha Yoga Poses book, Crane Pose, required considerable balance and strength to do, and today’s addition is similar in that it requires a great deal of balance as well, but unlike Crane pose, this one needs flexibility more than strength.  It is the scary looking White Tantra Yoga Lotus Pose , and as I mentioned, since we are now adding some more advanced postures to our collection, please follow the safety guidelines from the following 2 articles carefully when practicing these postures.

Beginner’s Guide to Yoga Practice

Guidelines for Kundalini Yoga Practice

Kundalini Yoga, is also known as White Tantra Yoga, and as I have previously pointed out, sexual energy is the most condensed form of physical energy and, if correctly channeled, it can play an important role in one’s personal and spiritual evolution.  There are many tantric exercises which help you harness your sexual potency, and for a complete set of such exercises, you can refer to the Tantric Yoga Exercises for Sexual Health article.  For those interested in the refinement and transmutation of sexual energy for higher purposes, the pose today will be of particular interest.  This is because Kundalini Yoga Lotus Pose, is designed specifically for this purpose.

There are other benefits of Lotus Pose, in addition to the channeling of sexual energy, and those are listed below in the practice section as well.  Since this position requires quite a bit of flexibility to do, it should not be attempted before doing sufficient warm-ups and stretches.  In particular the hamstrings and groin should be stretched and warmed up prior to trying Lotus Pose.

Lotus Pose will focus on opening and balancing your Sex Chakra (Swadhisthan Chakra), and as with all Tantric exercises, your mind can help magnify the benefits of the exercise.  For this reason you should concentrate your awareness upon the Sex Chakra while doing this pose and can visualize energy rising up the spine from this region while you practice the position.  The following three articles will be useful in helping you understand more about the Sex Chakra and how to add a chakra meditation component to this exercise.

Kundalini Seven Chakra Overview

How to Analyze and Heal Your Chakras

Top 3 Chakra Meditation Techniques

In addition to being added to the Free Online Hatha Yoga Book, Lotus Pose will of course become part of the Online Kundalini Yoga Exercises e-book.  Also, be on the lookout for more Free Tantra Yoga Classes which are going to use Lotus Pose in the very near future.

White Tantra Yoga Position – Lotus Pose

Illustration of Lotus Pose

White Tantra Yoga Position – Lotus Pose:

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A little holiday overindulgence + a little seasonal cold calls for nothing too ambitious on the mat. A supine spinal twist is just perfect to gently unwind the spine and flush out the organs. This week before the new year is always a good time for a little restorative yoga before stepping up your game again in 2010.