How to start a website on Yoga?

Is it easy to start a website on Yoga?
I came to writing this article specially focus on people interested in starting a website on yoga. Yoga is a practice in which our body and mind get relaxed and maintain our equilibrium by keeping us calm. You like Yoga. You know the importance of Yoga. You want to share this great tool to everybody. You are seeking a method to publish your thoughts on yoga in a website. Then This article is for you.

First of all you have to collect relevant yoga content websites from internet. Just search on google or yahoo is not a suitable way to get a list of good Yoga websites. So you need to check each and every website which Google/yahoo listed in their search result page. Then after, develop contents for your yoga website. Arrange your articles in a convenient way. You can make categories like "beginners guide to Yoga", "Different Poses of Yoga", "Advanced yoga poses" etc. Then whenever you publish your knowledge as a yoga article you can put that content on related categories. Hence your visitors can easily browse through your yoga website.

Designing for your yoga website

If you want a good design for your yoga related website, but not know how to design one, just search for yoga templates. In internet there is lot of free yoga website templates already available. Choose one and customise the design for your website. You can also collect various poses' pictures from internet.

How to Publish Your Yoga site?

After content creation and designing, you can publish your website. Free hosting services are not an unusual thing in this modern world. Pick anyone of the free providers and publish your site. But you must keep an important thing while you are publishing a website.

Do not copy Yoga site content from anywhere.

never copy content from other websites. just copy-paste creation downgrade your pagerank in search engine directories like google, yahoo etc. In the first step I taught you to get an idea about yoga by reading yoga websites. It never mean copy contents from such yoga sites. You have to derive or integrate the content in your own way.

How to keep balance in yogasana?

By Kavita Maharaj
[Red Door Yoga]

A concept common to most eastern philosophies, of which yoga is no exception, is the concept of the balanced existence of male and female energy in the universe.

Most of us are familiar with this concept within Taoism, which is represented by the Taijitu or Yin-Yang symbol: a circle containing a balanced swirl of black with a white dot and white with a black dot. Not as many however are familiar with the concept as it appears in yoga, where the concept is represented by a sun and moon together (see illustration).

In yoga, male energy (the sun), is referred to as Shiva, and is the form of the universe. Male energy is the domain of the right side of the body. Whereas female energy (the moon), is referred to as Shakti, and is the force of the universe. The female energy is the domain of the left side of the body.

During yoga practice, the goal is to observe and understand the dance between Shiva and Shakti. In this dance Shiva and Shakti flow in balance with each other bringing balance to the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the yogi.

In yoga, the concept of male and female energy continues on into the categorization of poses as well.

Female poses draw energy into the body and often physically close the body into itself, such as in a forward bend. Male poses on the other hand, expend energy and often physically open the body, such as in a backward bend.

Poses also need to be balanced by male or female breaths.

The exhale of a breath is considered the male aspect of breathing while the inhale of the breath is considered the female aspect.

When practising a male pose, a female breath (inhale) should be used to move into the pose.

If the pose is held for more than one breath, the inhale is then used to deepen a male pose.

When practicing a female pose, a male breath (exhale) should be used to move into the pose.

Likewise, if the pose is held for more than one breath, the exhale is then used to deepen a female pose.

Male and female poses should ideally be practiced in balance with each other.

Interestingly, the pose Savasana, or corpse pose, which is practiced at the end of a physical yoga class is actually neither male nor female, but rather a balanced combination.

After your physical practice, during which Shiva and Shakti have danced in a balanced way, they come to rest together in Savasana.

Thus, while in Savasana, one should focus on a breath balanced through both an inhalation and an exhalation to maintain the flow of both male and female energy.

Yoga and Google Trends

Google Trends is an amazing tool to discover the searching trends in internet. It gives an outline of the keywords people used most often. I just check yoga searching trends from that site. Result it showed is very interesting. As we know, Yoga is originated in India. Same country is still is in eager to learn yoga. Google trends shows that Indian is first in the search for yoga. Second country is Singapore. Canad, USA and Ireland comes next with approximately equal in weight. See the result:

1.	India
2.	Singapore
3.	Canada
4.	United States
5.	Ireland
6.	Australia
7.	Chile
8.	Switzerland
9.	United Kingdom
10.	Sweden

While searching google trends with the keyword "Yoga", It also showed city wise Searching behaviour also. San Francisco City is top in yoga search. Delhi city in India comes 5th place. See the yoga trends:

1.	San Francisco, CA, USA
2.	Pleasanton, CA, USA
3.	New York, NY, USA
4.	Vancouver, Canada
5.	Delhi, India
6.	Boston, MA, USA
7.	Denver, CO, USA
8.	Chennai, India
9.	Seattle, WA, USA
10.	San Diego, CA, USA

Anyway, all the trend reslts on yoga in Google Trends Shows the increase in interest of Yoga worldwide. SEE Yoga search trends

A guide to Beginners in YOGA.

According to a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission report, there were more than 3,700 yoga-related injuries costing a total of almost $11 million in medical care in 2004. The most common yoga injuries involve repetitive strain, overstretching the neck, shoulders, spine, legs and knees.

So before you pull out that yoga mat, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has this advice.

• Speak to a physician before participating in yoga if you have any preexisting injuries or conditions.

• Work with a qualified yoga instructor. Inquire about experience and credentials.

• Warm up well before doing yoga. Because cold muscles, tendons and ligaments are vulnerable.

• Wear clothing that allows for proper yoga movement.

• Start slowly while you learn the basics, such as proper breathing, before you see how far you can stretch.

• Ask questions if you are unsure of a yoga pose.

• Know your limits in Yoga. Do not go beyond your experience or comfort level in Yoga.