(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-43082761-1', 'yogaeleven.blogspot.com'); ga('send', 'pageview'); Tomorrow, 7th August, I'll be teaching a class different than usual! It will be a foundation class, to explore all muscles and joints of the body, understand how they work, physically touch them to initiate a new relationship with your body... on the deepening of that relationship we'll work on all next classes! It won't be focused on poses or vinyasa, we'll really take our time to feel the body, to gently massage it, we'll try to create a new channel to communicate with it! We'll start with some breathing,

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The benefits of yoga for your joints are various. To begin we improve the range of movement of the joints (this is part of the flexibility that yoga will gift you, we'll talk more on it) and the new extended range of movement permits to the synovial fluid (see previous post) to access a bigger surface of the joint thus increasing its lubricating effect and bringing more nutrients and oxygen as well as removing more carbon dioxide and waste material from the areas around the cartilage. This is very easy to comprehend... if the range of movement of the joint expands, the area

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Let's try to understand more the concept of yoga as union... I would say that to have a union you need some parts that together form a whole, isn't it? The union of the parts makes the whole, ok? Let's imagine 2 wheels, 2 brakes, 1 handlebar, 1 frame, 1 saddle, 1 chain, 1 crank, 2 pedals and something else... all this stuff can be very nice to see, maybe all new and shining... maybe you can use some of them to prevent a pile of paper sheets from flying away in the wind and maybe those paper sheets are

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Ok guys, you are on a yoga blog... probably the first necessary thing is to say is what is yoga! It comes from the Sanskrit verb Yuj meaning 'to unite', 'to join', this is the classic explanation for a series of techniques and methods aiming to unite the individual self to the universal self. Stop now, don't fill your head with hypothesis on the meaning, there is much more to say on this and many ways to deepen these introductive words...  in addition somebody could question that once this union is reached the whole point of yoga will be to

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I had to start this blog now otherwise i would have postponed it more and more and more and maybe eternally... i suppose you know how this kind of attitude goes on!!! I am Alex, i'm italian, i'm a yoga teacher... already 3 labels on me, more to come! This blog is about yoga or, in a simple street language, it's about feeling good with your body, with your mind, with yourself. When i say feeling good i mean feeling GOOD... that's "slightly" different from the "goodness" you get lying on your couch watching your TV after eating a big

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