Two websites, Beliefnet and Yoga in Daily Life, are healthy and spiritual sites living through their articles and stories about yaga practice.
Beliefnet is a comprehensive website covering a wide range of topics including health, faith, religion, politics, sustainable living, and family entertainment. Its section Pain Management Centre is where lessons on meditation are available. These meditation topics include 10 yoga poses for pain management such as back pain.
Meanwhile, Yoga In Daily Life is a site exclusive for yoga. Several programs are created including Mantra Yoga and Kriya Yoga. These two kinds of yoga are more centered on life guidance and spiritual euphoria. The varied system offered by Yoga in Daily Life is taught around the globe through yoga Centers, adult education centers, health institutions, fitness and sports clubs, and rehabilitation centers.
Recognized all over the world, many yoga therapeutic programs prove to be an excellent non-surgical treatment to several diseases and body pains. It helps reduce stress, alleviate pains in the lower back, shoulder, and neck, strengthen the muscles, and increase circulation of the blood. With regular yoga practice, one can also improve his posture and body mechanics.
Meditation is one of the principles of yoga in achieving mental stability and good health. There is a variety of poses in meditation, each suits different types of people and their needs. In a meditation, one enters a state of peace and tranquility. Sometimes, meditation is accompanied with music such as Mantra Yoga and Yoga Nidra. Though the former is more focused on chanting. Also, visualization in a yoga exercise can further make practitioners relax, thus proportionally relieving the stress. The visualized images usually define the over-all mood.
Above all, yaga teachings include protection of life and respect to individuality and independence of every life form for humans are stewards of the earth.
By looking at the different forms of yoga one will find that there will be a 'connection' for you at that time, something that you can relate to, maybe a path for you to follow. You may have a 'calling' to the spiritual side rather than the physical side of yoga.
There are those that seek yoga to eliminate some form of pain or suffering like back pain, or maybe neck pain or some other form of pain. Many use yoga to feel less stressful and a more content and peaceful life. Meditating will help address a more balanced and peaceful life. Aim to give yourself time to meditate on a daily basis as there are many benefits.
