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How To: Do a surya namaskara with proper breathing

Surya namaskara is a very common sequence in any yoga class. Surya namaskara is better known as a sun salutation. This instructional yoga-how to video demonstrates a sun salutation sequence that you can practice at home. Watch as it also shows you the proper breathing sequence to do during the sun salutation.

How To: Safely perform a yoga-style headstand

Salama Sirsasana is an advanced yoga move that strengthens the arms, legs, spine and lungs, tones the abdominals, and relieves depression. To prepare for headstand, you may use the following poses to strengthen your upper body. Upper pushup position, Lower pushup position, and downward facing dog. If you cannot perform headstand, trying building strength and letting your legs rest before raising them. This video will show you how to perform a yoga-style headstand in a safe and effective manner.

How To: Extinguish hot flashes with yoga and meditation

Learn how you can alleviate the symptoms of menopause through meditation with this how to video. Kurt Johnsen, host of Yoga For Life, shares how using this technique can alleviate hot flashes and improve your overall well-being. Watch this video and you can have a more comfortable menopause.

How To: Cite scholarly journal articles in MLA format

This video shows viewers how to properly cite scholarly journal articles in the MLA format. In your works cited page, the citation should begin by placing the author's last name first, followed by his first name. If there are multiple authors, all subsequent authors should have their first name first followed by their last name. Placing a period after this, the next item is the title of the article, placed in quotation marks and followed by a period. The name of the scholarly journal is place...

How To: Use quotes in an essay

In this tutorial, we learn how to use quotes in an essay. When using a colon, you will set up the quote, then present it as proof of what you have just said. Note that the phrase before the quote could stand on its own as a sentence. For partial quotes, remember when summarizing to embed the author's words in your own sentence. If you take away the quotation marks the sentence should flow like you wrote it. When using commas with quotes, you can introduce the quote with an introductory phrase...

How To: Get around site blockers at school to view MySpace

You want to use the websites you want to use, regardless of any school blocks or other hindrances, so how? This video tells us by using the IP addresses of your favorite sites. To find this IP address, at your home, or an other unblocked location, in your start menu, you must access Programs, then Accessories, then Command Prompt. When the window pops up, then type in "Ping http://www.myspace.com" without the quotations, for instance. Write down, then, the string of numbers that appears, whic...

How To: Become more flexible with exercise

In this how to video, you will learn how to become more flexible. This refers to the range of motion you can attain around a joint. This can be useful for keeping your body fit and becoming a better lover. You will also be less prone to injury. You will also get slimmer. The best time to do this is after a workout. Hold each movement for ten to fifteen seconds. Although you may feel a pull in the muscle, do not stretch to the point of pain. Yoga and Pilates is another away to increase flexibi...

How To: Do a sitting toe touch for your abs

In this video, we learn how to do a toe touch. First, grab a yoga mat and place it on a hard surface. Sit down and rock back pulling your legs in the air. Now, raise your arms creasing your elbows slightly. lower and pull your legs in the air, making your arms touch your toes as close as possible. If you can just touch the ankles that is fine. You can also place your arms on the floor if raising them in the air is too much work for you. If you want, you can lay flat on the floor and raise you...

How To: Create pretty bohemian braids for summer

Ponytails are often hairstyles associated with summer because they're super easy to do, take care of, and wipe all the pesky hairs off your face so you can focus on more important things like swimming and sipping your margarita and looking cute doing it in front of the cabana boy without all your locks humiliatingly dunking into your drink.

How To: Do stomach flattening exercises at home

This fitness video shows how to do stomach-flattening exercises at home. Our host, Kathy, Kaehler, informs us that the best exercise is a yoga-based exercise called the plank, because it focuses on your core. Your core is where your abs are. This exercise is best done on soft surfaces. Start out at 15 seconds, and build up to a minute or more. To do the plank, rest on your knees and 1 forearm, with your side facing the ground. Make sure your body is straight. If you want to make the exercise ...

How To: Relax using the mom's yogic breathing exercise

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to do a mom's yoga breathing exercise. Begin by sitting down on your knees and spread your fingers wide apart. Take a deep inhale, as you exhale open your mouth wide and stick out your tongue. When you exhale, roll your eyes up and look up to the ceiling. Continue inhaling and exhaling for this exercise. This video will benefit those viewers who are interested in health and fitness, and would like to learn a yoga exercise that will help improve the bl...

How To: Perform an effective hip stretch

In this video, Dina Prioste shows us how to do an effective hip stretch with yoga. First, sit in front of a pillow and tie a yoga strap around your waist and feet. From here, tighten the strap as much as you can to bring the heels in so you are held into this position. Now, lie down comfortably onto your pillows and remain in this position for several minutes while deep breathing. Close your eyes and try to clear your mind as much as you can. The more you let go, the more your hips and chest ...

How To: Meditate for beginners

In this tutorial, we learn how to meditate for beginners. If you find it uncomfortable to sit on the floor, start out by doing yoga which will get you used to sitting in meditation. You don't have to sit on the floor, you can sit on the floor or anywhere the spine is straight. Sitting straight helps you connect with your body. You can also use the hand mudra which will help you create a pressure point and calm the nervous system down. Another tool is chanting or music which will change the ch...

How To: Kick start a new fitness routine with Kung Fu

In this video, we learn how to kick start a new fitness routine with Kung Fu. This exercise is a workout that you will not get bored of. You are always doing something new with Kung Fu and it burns a ton of calories. These workouts are rigorous and combine strength training, endurance training, and really work out your body. The classes start out with yoga, then they start getting your heart rate up by working out hard. If you can't get to a class, you can do this at home by doing loose kicks...

How To: Do a Turkish get up exercise with a kettlebell

Dina teaches us how to do the Turkish get up exercise with a kettlebell in this tutorial. You want to start off on the ground dong stretches to get your body prepared for this. After you are ready, you will grab the kettlebell and start to do various exercises that work all the different parts of your body. You will need to make sure you maintain control of your muscles while you are doing this, so you have the best results when you are finished and you don't pull a muscle. Do different arm a...

How To: Get bigger buttocks through simple exercise

BeforeAndAfterTV teaches you how to get bigger buttocks through simple exercises. You can do these exercises pretty much anywhere. All you will need is a yoga mat. Here is how to get started: lie with your back against the mat, put your hands against your sides, head back and lift your hips, the feet being on the ground. You will have to lift your hips as high as you can and hold it up for about 3 seconds. For an advanced exercise you can have one leg up in the air and lift the hip. For the s...

How To: Grow naturally taller through exercise

Almost everyone wants to be a little bit taller. By following the simple stretches and exercises outlined in this video we learn that it's possible to gain that inch or two simply through straightening your spine and posture, and through overall muscle health. Listing a dozen mostly yoga related positions, ranging from the Cobra position to the Yawn stretch to the Downhill, along with supplying health diagrams for each and every one, this video shows you how to get the most out of your body's...

How To: Do Dhyan and Pran yoga

Expert Prem Bhatia will show you in this video series how to combine yoga and dhyana meditation. You will learn traditions of yogic meditation from an authentic Indian teacher. These videos cover hand and foot movements, stretching, kriyas, yogic postures fit for meditative purposes, making warmth from friction, and more.

How To: Perform breath of fire

The breath of fire is used in Kundalini Yoga both in meditation and in physical exercises. It is a quick powerful breath through the nose. This video is a demonstration of how to learn to perform breath of fire properly.

How To: Give a Thai yoga massage

Thai yoga massage is an ancient form of healing that uses roots of yoga poses and stretching to heal the body. Learn how to give a Thai yoga massage with tips from a yoga instructor in this free massage therapy video series.