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• Yoga Gurus: Who was Sivananda Saraswati...

• Did you know? If you feel stressed, try...

• Yogapedia: Todays pose of the day...

• Today's Gift: Yoga Tracker...

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YOGA GURUSSivananda Saraswati (September 8, 1887 -July 14, 1963)

Last Known Age: 75 years oldCountry of Origin: Pattamadai, IndiaSwami Sivananda (1887-1963) was an allopathic doctor, healer, and spiritual leader. His focus on yoga as a tool for health and well-being characterized his teaching and his legacy leaves behind a globally recognized and practiced style of yoga.

He was one of India's most famous yoga teachers. He worked as a successful doctor and as a yogi and wise man over the course of his life. His work was always about helping other people: "I found great joy in any kind of work that helped heal people and ease their suffering." For him, service was a way to show his love. After becoming a doctor in India, he moved to Malaysia, where a lot of Indian workers were living in bad conditions. He spent most of his time as the head of a local hospital helping the poor, who needed his help the most. Not only did he give them free medical care, but he was also known to send them home with enough pocket money to make up for lost wages.

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POSITIVE NEWS OF THE DAY

A 92-year-old man in Mumbai took action to change his housing society so that it uses renewable energy and collects rainwater. This saved the people who live there thousands of dollars.

When Navin Chandra moved into the Sealine Housing Society in the year 2000, he was "appalled" to see how much money people paid for water to be delivered by big tanker trucks.

Chandra didn't understand why he had to order truck water, which was expensive and "not even clean," since Mumbai is right in the path of the powerful monsoon rains.

He persuaded every member of the housing society to put money into a rainwater collection system, solar panels, a windmill, and a composting pit. He did this so that the ordinary apartment building could become a center for green civic engagement.

DID YOU KNOW?

Feeling stressed? Hug the person you care about. One study done by psychiatrists at the University of North Carolina found that when couples hugged, their levels of oxytocin went up. Oxytocin is a hormone that makes people feel happier and less stressed.

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TODAY'S GIFT

Every now and then we will be giving away free digital goods to our community. In order for you to see our digital gifts, make sure that you place our emails into your primary folder. Our goal is to give away something awesome at least once a week!

Today you get our Yoga Tracker Poster. If you want to build a habit of doing yoga daily then try using this yoga habit tracker. To download please click on the image below or the button below called “Download”.

YOGAPEDIADiver's Pose

Benefits 

Engages the whole of the body powerfully to hold the posture

Stretches the hamstrings

Strengthens the back and core muscles

Works the feet and ankles

Improves balance and proprioception

Instruction 

Diver’s pose is a standing balancing yoga posture, which although relatively simple, does provide a challenge to the core stability and therefore has many benefits. In it the practitioner balances on the balls of their feet with heels and toes together. They hinge forward at the hips, keeping long spine as the torso comes parallel to the ground. The arms extend back by the body and remain energized. It requires strength in the abdomen and the back of the body to hold the posture.

As the posture is not a traditional yoga posture it does not have a commonly used Sanskrit name, but it is sometimes also referred to as drinking bird pose.

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