Aether Yoga

  Studies Show Houseplants Improve Your Mental Health & Wellness Plants are extremely important. It's not new news to say plants are imperative to our survival. Think about it: food, building materials, medical efforts, oh and the most important of all, taking carbon dioxide and transforming it into clean oxygen. It's no surprise then, recent studies highlight that plants in our homes have a direct impact on our mental health & wellness. There are a number of reasons why household plants might improve our mental health, and the general consensus is they’re better to look at and smell. A recent study  further supports this notion in its report that there is a direct c orrelation between the amount of care required to keep a houseplant from dying and the positive psychological effect it had in the caretaker. According to the research, those who share extended periods of time with plants tend to have healthier relationships with other people and consequently experience hig

What medicine cannot do, nature can. Mother nature knows where to hide medicine.  One way or another, Mother Nature provides many different ways to improve our health and cure our problems. Human beings have relied on plants to treat their illnesses and ailments throughout history. Forty percent of all prescription medication comes from plant extracts or synthetic plant compounds. If you count other types of natural sources such as fungi and molds, nearly three-quarters of all drugs today come from Nature. Worldwide, there are 80,000 types of plants used medicinally, although some are illegal. Nearly 20 percent of them are threatened with extinction due to habitat loss. When it comes to our well-being,  mother nature  often  knows  best.   

Energetic Anatomy: The Chakras The practices of yoga are designed to deal with our bodies on more than just a physical level. To the yogi, the physical body is a manifestation, a reflection, of the astral or energy body. This body of energy has its own anatomy, based on seven major energy vortices called chakras. The word chakra means wheel or disk. The chakras line up along a central energy channel, or Nadi, which runs from the base of the spine through the top of the head. It is called Sushumna. The Sushumna is the energy body's primary pathway for the life force (kundalini). The chakras are nodes of connection along this pathway where other energy channels intersect. The goal of classical yoga is to awaken the kundalini energy that lies dormant at the base of the spine and make it to the highest energy vortex at the crown of the head. The Tantric approach is to stir one's awareness of that divine energy which is already awake. The yogi who can achieve and

Mudra and Mantra Mudra is an ancient Sanskrit term meaning "gesture." We use mudras in yoga to cultivate a greater sense of awareness of certain energetic fields within the subtle body. In other words, we can use them to help us meditate and open up our seven main chakras. The word mantra is derived from two Sanskrit words—manas (mind) and tra (tool). Mantra literally means “a tool for the mind,” and was designed to help practitioners access a higher power and their true natures. Mantra is a  sound vibration through which we mindfully focus our thoughts, our feelings, and our highest intention.