What mountain climbers need most is massive amounts of core strength and muscle endurance….so says my friends Brian and Jackie, who just finished successfully climbing to the summit of Mt. Ranier! I’m not going to argue with them! I’m impressed—congrats, you two!

All movement begins with the core and many injuries can be traced to a weak core area. WE KNOW THE SAYING—YOU’RE ONLY AS STRONG AS YOUR “WEAKEST LINK.” Well, this saying definitely applies to your body. Many people work certain favorite body parts when exercising. In and of itself, this is not a bad thing. But for your tr

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There’s some new research from Australia that reveals how to burn fat faster, and as a personal trainer, one of the most frequent questions I get asked is how to burn fat – so I thought it would be a good topic to discuss here.

You’re no doubt aware that there’s lots of “fat burning foods” that can potentially help with fat burning, but they’re not really going to help you burn fat fast. Don’t get me wrong – they are foods that should definitely be part of your healthy diet, but if you really want to learn how to burn fat fast, this will be worth your time.

Ideally, to burn fat fast you need to be exercising on a regular basis – like 3 or 4 times a week. If you’re doi

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This is the last part of the best yoga poses and exercises series.  It combines the first two parts for easy bookmarking, and now includes information on how best to sequence and enhance these excellent yoga poses for maximum benefit as well.

[This was part 1 of the Best Yoga Poses and Exercises Series]

Mastery of Meditation and Yoga now houses a wealth of yoga resources, including free hatha yoga poses, free kundalini yoga exercises, free yoga breathing exercises and great collections of free yoga exercise videos.  As a matter of fact, I often hear, “Anmol your site is overwhelming, it has too much information”, but really that is a good thing, is it not ?  My good friend Ben, who is the author of the great spiritual blog – Meditation, Energy Oneness and Consciousness (PeacefulProsperity.Com) recently did a Review of AnmolMehta.Com, and the one caution he made was the following…

The only cautionary critique I have of the site is also one of its strengths… There is an incredible amount of content there! It can be a bit overwhelming.  I recommend you visit the site in a focused state… have a plan and stick with it… just read the most recent blog post, or start one of the online classes… stay focused… and if you find your self enjoying it, you can gradually branch out from there…

I have, of course, tried very hard to organize this site to make it easy to navigate and easy to find what you are looking for, whether that be certain yoga poses, pranayama techniques on advise on how to meditate.  An article which helps you with how to navigate this website is AnmolMehta.Com Blows Past 2 Million Page Views – Best Free Yoga Website.  But, what I also find helpful, is from time to time putting together articles that brings together various parts of the content that is already there, and this is one such article.  In this article, I am going to provide you with the 10 best yoga poses, from all the yoga techniques and asanas that are published on the site.

What you will find with the yoga poses below, is that they can be practiced by both beginners, as well as advanced yogis.  Most of the poses that are difficult have modifications provided.  Also, I have selected a range of poses and exercises, which are not just great, but which together cover almost all aspects of the body and internal systems.  You can include these exercises freely into your daily yoga program, and I will also give you some suggestion on how to sequence them in part 2 of this series.  Also, it is important to follow the guidelines for yoga that I have put together in the following 2 articles: 10 Important Guidelines for Kundalini Yoga Practice and Essential Beginner’s Guide to Yoga Practice. 

Each yoga pose and exercise below has a link to the document with all the details about that technique, so you can read more about it by heading over to that article.  These poses and exercises are from across both great schools of yoga, hatha yoga as well as kundalini yoga, and you will find many of them used in the yoga sets and free online yoga classes that are offered here on the blog as well.  One final note, is that the 10 poses I have listed below are in no particular order.

In part 1 of this series, I will list 5 of the top 10 poses, in part 2 of this series I will complete the list and in the final part of this series I will tell you how to create the best sets and sequences using these poses.  So here are the top 5 yoga exercises…

10 Best Yoga Poses:

Yoga Exercise #1: Spinal Warm-up – Kundalini Yoga Grind:

The first exercise of the great Kundalini Yoga Spinal Warm-up Series is a must in any serious yoga practice.  It is called Kundalini Yoga Grind and it is a great way to work on your elimination system, digestive system and get the lower back ready for some serious yoga.  It is a perfect way to start any yoga set.  You will find a demonstration of this exercise in the yoga video below.

Best Kundalini Yoga Warm-up Exercises Video

Kundalni Yoga Grind Video Demonstration

Yoga Exercise #2 – Kundalini Yoga Rowing:

Again, the first exercise of the Best Beginner’s Kundalini Yoga Set is an excellent exercise for daily practice.  It is called Yoga Rowing and it frees up your hips, helps you develop flexibility in your hamstrings and also works on your abs and shoulder… whew, all that and it is really a simple movement as well.  Can’t go wrong with this one .  Again, this exercise is demonstrated in the yoga video below.

Best Beginner’s Kundalini Yoga Exercises Video

Yoga Rowing Exercise Video Demonstration

Yoga Pose #3 – Yoga Forward Bend – Paschimothan Asana

If you have not done your Forward Bending Yoga Pose for Healing, you have not done your yoga for the day yet, period.  As I mentioned in the article detailing this pose, if there was just one Hatha Yoga Pose to do, this would be it.  It stretches the entire back of your body and is known for triggering spontaneous healing and known to grant yogis with a long healthy life.

Yoga Pose #4 – Yoga Stretch Pose for Abs

If there was just one yoga position you could do for your abs, Yoga Stretch Pose Core Abdominal Power would be it.  This great pose, has some easy modifications for beginners, and also gives advanced yogis a real challenge when held for a prolonged period of time.  It is one of my favorite yoga poses and a must do everyday exercise.  Oh yes, I almost forgot, this exercise is also excellent for working on your Navel Chakra, to help you develop amazing energy and tremendous willpower.

Yoga Pose #5 – Bow Pose – Dhanur Asana

Here is the yoga pose which holds the power of eternal youth and longevity, the famous Yoga Bow Pose.  Done regularly it has been known to keep you looking young and give you the energy and vitality of youth.  The advanced yogi can develop rocking in this pose, which is even more beneficial to you.  You will find your digestive system, respiratory system, entire spine, legs, shoulders and overall flexibility improved by this great yoga exercise.

[This was part 2 of the Best Yoga Poses and Exercises Series]

Top 10 Poses for Yoga – Part 2

Best Hatha and Kundalini Yoga Poses

In part 1 of this series Best Yoga Exercises and Poses, I provided the first 5 yoga poses and exercises of the top 10 list.  Although, I will briefly summarize those 5 exercises for you here, I suggest reading that part as well, as it has a lot of yoga tips and guidelines to help you with your practice.  In this part of the series, I will present the next 5 top yoga positions and in the next and final part of this series, I will give you some suggestions on how to sequence these poses and exercises for a complete and effective yoga workout.  

Here briefly are the first 5 yoga e

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Protein is one of the most important fuels for the human body because it is necessary to build and repair muscle. You might not know this, but protein is actually built from a group of “mini-proteins” called amino acids. There are several different amino acids and they each serve a purpose of their own accord. Some are created by the human body, while others, such as l-carnitine, must be consumed or found via outside sources. Since we are concerned with losing weight, we’ll talk about how we can use l-carnitine to facilitate and improve weight loss.

The first thing that you need to know about this very important amino acid is that it is not manufactured by the human body. This

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