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What Is Functional Yoga?
What is Functional Yoga?
Original Piece by Avani | 2016
Functional Yoga is a term you’ll hear a lot around AmaSer, whether dropping in on public yoga classes or living on site for yoga teacher training. This is a somewhat new term in the field of yoga (considering the loooong history of the practice), though it is certainly not a new idea. The history of teaching anatomical alignment in the West served a purpose: to standardize the yoga poses in order to spread the study of yoga more effectively…and to more people much more quickly. Some of the cues for alignment work with a large population of bodies. And some do not (for example the dreaded: “shin parallel to the top of the mat” cue). This concept of standardizing is not uniquely Western. Iyengar Yoga as well as Yoga Works have sought to standardize these cues for decades.
There was a time that yoga was in such high demand that it was difficult for yoga studios...
Moringa: Green Goodness
Moringa: Green Goodness
Moringa is a small tree that is native to the foothills of the Himalayan mountains in India. A few of its common nicknames are: Drumstick Tree, Ben oil Tree and Horseradish Tree. Historically it was very common to find it growing in rural areas and used as a staple food source. A tree that is easy to grow and has so much to offer acted as an economical and nutritional addition to the daily diet.
Moringa is now cultivated in many places around the world. Universally it is thought of as the miracle tree. All parts of the tree can be consumed and all parts are believed to be highly nutritious.
The Leaves
The leaves are the most commonly consumed part of the tree. They can be ingested fresh, juiced, dried, turned into powder form or even cooked up in a veggie stir fry. Ayurveda Medicine site 300 diseases that can be treated using moringa leaves.
It is thought to boost energy and detoxify the body as well as containing large amounts of Vitamin C and A....
