News for 'Yoga Sivananda'

Valentine's Day: Learn to love, the Yoga way

Valentine's Day: Learn to love, the Yoga way

Rediff.com14 Feb 2013

Five different methods that can help you connect with your loved one.

PIX: 5 yoga poses for sexy and toned arms

PIX: 5 yoga poses for sexy and toned arms

Rediff.com29 Jun 2011

Shameem Akthar, yoga acharya trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, shows you five simple yoga poses that can get you toned muscles.

Marathon prep: 6 great yoga tips to stay strong

Marathon prep: 6 great yoga tips to stay strong

Rediff.com8 Jan 2010

Shameem Akthar, yoga acharya trained with the international Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, gives you yogic tips and instructs on yogic practices that will help you with your marathon preparation.

Want to QUIT SMOKING? Try yoga

Want to QUIT SMOKING? Try yoga

Rediff.com21 Jun 2012

Shameem Akthar takes you through five yoga practices that will help quit smoking.

Six yoga poses to BOOST immunity

Six yoga poses to BOOST immunity

Rediff.com31 Oct 2011

Shameem Akthar, yogacharya trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, shows you five yogic practices to protect you from infections.

Yoga for runners: Improve your performance

Yoga for runners: Improve your performance

Rediff.com20 Oct 2011

Shameem Akthar, yogacharya trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, shows five advanced poses to help runners keep to the track.

Five yoga poses for a healthy heart

Five yoga poses for a healthy heart

Rediff.com29 Nov 2011

Shameem Akthar, yogacharya trained with the Sivananda Vedanta Yoga Center, takes you through five poses that strengthen your blood circulation and heart.

Must-do yoga stretches for your workout

Must-do yoga stretches for your workout

Rediff.com31 May 2012

The importance of stretching out before and after a workout.

How to tone your back with yoga

How to tone your back with yoga

Rediff.com10 Aug 2012

Here are a few yoga poses that take care of your back

TOP 5: Yoga poses to lower your cholesterol!

TOP 5: Yoga poses to lower your cholesterol!

Rediff.com24 Feb 2012

Shameem Akthar, yogacharya trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, Kerala, shows you five simple ways to tackle cholesterol.

How to tone your butt with yoga

How to tone your butt with yoga

Rediff.com23 Sep 2011

Shameem Akthar, who follows the Sivananda yoga school, shows you five simple ways to tone your hips.

TOP 5: Yoga poses for strong sexy arms

TOP 5: Yoga poses for strong sexy arms

Rediff.com1 Jan 2013

Shameem Akthar, yogaacharya trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, takes you through five exciting arm-upper body toning poses.

Chronic shoulder pain? These yoga poses will help

Chronic shoulder pain? These yoga poses will help

Rediff.com20 Oct 2012

Easy-to-practise yoga poses to help you fight chronic shoulder pain.

Beat the heat with yoga. 5 mudras to cool down

Beat the heat with yoga. 5 mudras to cool down

Rediff.com23 May 2014

Yogacharya Shameem Akthar shows you five mudras that will keep you cool this summer.

In a first, yoga practice goes inside UN General Assembly

In a first, yoga practice goes inside UN General Assembly

Rediff.com21 Jun 2019

The General Assembly hall, where world leaders come together every year for the high-level UN session, was packed with UN diplomats, officials, yoga gurus and practitioners, children and people from various backgrounds as India's Permanent Mission to the UN organised the commemoration of the 5th International Day of Yoga Thursday.

Should yoga therapy go the Western way?

Should yoga therapy go the Western way?

Rediff.com7 Feb 2019

Why must Indians adjust their time-tested system because of what the West needs, asks Sanjeev Nayyar.

Is yoga a 'Hindu' practice?

Is yoga a 'Hindu' practice?

Rediff.com19 Jun 2015

In an age of patents and intellectual property rights, it would be improper to deny that yoga comes from the Hindu tradition, says Sankrant Sanu.

B K S Iyengar: The tapasvi's amazing yoga

B K S Iyengar: The tapasvi's amazing yoga

Rediff.com20 Aug 2014

'His personal turmoils on the yoga journey, instead of deterring him, propelled him on with even greater passion towards yoga and make what he has offered to the world rather special. In fact, not many teachers have done what he has done to yoga practice -- emboldened it, brought it out of its timid closet where it was and (is often even today) confined.'

5 yoga poses to rid you of depression

5 yoga poses to rid you of depression

Rediff.com15 Sep 2014

Five sure-fire healing practices from yoga that will rid you of the curse of depression by Shameem Akthar, yogacharya trained with Sivananda Yoga.

5 yoga poses to control your metabolism

5 yoga poses to control your metabolism

Rediff.com16 Dec 2014

These yoga practices will help you manage your metabolism in peak condition.

What is the right way to do pranayama?

What is the right way to do pranayama?

Rediff.com18 Sep 2015

Shameem Akthar, yogacharya trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, takes you through a quiz to help you learn about the marvellous aspects of this limb of yoga.

Quiz: Health benefits of everyday herbs

Quiz: Health benefits of everyday herbs

Rediff.com10 Jul 2015

Shameem Akthar, yogacharya trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, takes you through five questions that explain how and why certain herbs have become effective household remedies.

Zzzzz! 5 remedies to sleep better

Zzzzz! 5 remedies to sleep better

Rediff.com30 Jun 2014

Shameem Akthar, yogacharya trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, lists five quick-fix alternative therapies to help you deal with insomnia.

How to get good sleep in 2013

How to get good sleep in 2013

Rediff.com6 Jan 2013

Shameem Akthar, yogacharya, trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, Kerala on how you can beat insomnia.

Kitchen clinic: Home remedies for everyday ailments

Kitchen clinic: Home remedies for everyday ailments

Rediff.com17 Jan 2014

Shameem Akhtar, yogacharya trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, sheds light on the benefits of five easily available kitchen ingredients.

Top 10 benefits of meditation

Top 10 benefits of meditation

Rediff.com29 May 2013

Meditation can be more helpful to you than you know. Read on for its benefits.

How your body clock affects your health

How your body clock affects your health

Rediff.com30 Jul 2014

Reset your daily life pattern and lead a more controlled and fulfilling life.

Is a raw food diet good for your health?

Is a raw food diet good for your health?

Rediff.com12 Feb 2014

Or is it just a fad?

5 cool tips to beat the summer heat

5 cool tips to beat the summer heat

Rediff.com12 May 2012

Shameem Akthar gives you five tips on food and health to help you keep cool this summer.

Ten ways to get fit WITHOUT going to the GYM

Ten ways to get fit WITHOUT going to the GYM

Rediff.com30 Mar 2012

Shameem Akthar, yogacharya trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, gives you ten cues to a better health.

The dangers of a high protein diet

The dangers of a high protein diet

Rediff.com18 Dec 2013

Shameem Akthar, yogacharya trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, presents the other side to this much-hyped diet, and advises caution.

Top ten health questions you SHOULD ask yourself!

Top ten health questions you SHOULD ask yourself!

Rediff.com29 Dec 2011

Shameem Akthar, yogacharya trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center poses top ten health questions that you may want to ask yourself, as the new year looms interestingly ahead, so you may face it with robust health.

Top ten healthy ways to survive festival binging

Top ten healthy ways to survive festival binging

Rediff.com16 Dec 2011

Shameem Akthar, yogacharya trained with the Sivananda Vedanta Yoga Centre tells you how you can get past this festive season without binging.

Quiz: How healthy are your nails?

Quiz: How healthy are your nails?

Rediff.com19 Oct 2015

Did you know that the colour of your nails is actually a sign of an impending health issue?

Quiz: How much sun is good for your health?

Quiz: How much sun is good for your health?

Rediff.com14 Jan 2016

Did you know that sunlight has important effects on your body?

How not to get puffy eyes!

How not to get puffy eyes!

Rediff.com21 May 2015

Shameem Akthar, yogacharya trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, takes you through five questions that will give you the right answers about puffy eyes and how to avoid getting them.

Are your clothes making you sick?

Are your clothes making you sick?

Rediff.com14 May 2015

Take this simple quiz and find out how the clothes you wear can lead to skin rashes, acidity, urinary tract infection, etc!

The Love Hormone: How much do you know?

The Love Hormone: How much do you know?

Rediff.com4 Jun 2015

5 fascinating facts about the love hormone: Take this quiz and find out

Quiz: Are you eating these brain boosting foods?

Quiz: Are you eating these brain boosting foods?

Rediff.com28 Jan 2016

Your brain needs as much food as your muscles.

Health Quiz: Are you eating pretty?

Health Quiz: Are you eating pretty?

Rediff.com13 Apr 2015

Here's a fun way to find out how healthy is your skin