Improve Your Holidays Through Yoga
Even during holidays we are still attacked by outside stressful
factors which can ruin a very promising vacation. Holiday stress
is a rather antagonistic expression but it is real and it can
cause serious upset. There are countless reasons to get angry
during your holiday: poor services, bad weather, high prices,
noisy tourists, annoying insects and the list can go on an on.
Yoga offers several methods of reducing the effects of such
negative elements in the form of meditation, sakshin, pratyahara
and pranayama. Meditation is also a recommended practice when
holiday stress factors become active. Meditation helps you
prepare for any potential stressful situations and is invaluable
during and after these obstacles are gone. A detached state of
consciousness that allows you to get a better understanding of
the realities around you is referred to as sakshin. Pratyahara
is a state of peace obtained by reducing to a minimum all
outside intereferences. The mind gets calm and relaxed, focusing
towards the inside of your own body. By using pranayama you are
able to calm yourself in almost any difficult situation by
regulating your breathing and thus harmonizing the energies in
your body. Being prepared for any stress factors is vital for a
successful holiday. Anticipating a potential problem doesn