INVARIABLY the first question I am asked about Yoga is, ‘Do you stand on your head every morning?’ To the uninitiated this standing on the head represents the sum total of Yoga, and it is thereupon dismissed as a foible of cranks and crackpots. Not one person in a hundred asks me why I stand on my head.
In fact it does not cross the mind of the average person that it could possibly have any therapeutic value or indeed any value at all except to establish one as an eccentric. But if radiant good health is the lot of those who practise this Headstand, then ‘long live eccentricity’ say I.
But the Headstand or Sirshasana has …

Having an asthma attack can be one of the most frightening things that a person can experience. It’s difficult enough when you have a problem breathing let alone whenever your body seems to be rejecting the air that you are trying to put into it.
As a result of the asthma attacks that we experience, many of us spend thousands of dollars per year on medications and healthcare in an attempt to be able to get rid of the problem. Although health care is at times necessary for dangerous problems such as this, it may also be able to be avoided naturally if you simply learn how to breathe properly.
There are several different methods of breathing …