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The Significance of the Moon to Yoga		Close

If you are familiar with ashtanga yoga, you've probably been cautioned against practicing yoga at the time of a full or new moon.

This has little to do with the popular notion of higher incidences of accidents and birthings during full moons, but more to do with our internal energies at these times.

A full moon is the product of the sun and moon at opposite ends of each other, and the earth fixed between. This positioning causes both the sun and moon to gravitate to the earth, resulting in the pulling of tides in bodies of water. Alternately, a new moon occurs when both the sun and moon are in conjunction.

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Ananda Yoga

Ananda Yoga® is an introspective style of yoga that focuses your state of mind and energy (prana), rather than an aerobic routine. Correct alignment is highlighted, along with relaxation and self-study. 39 Energization Excercises are practiced in order to increase and control Prana, as well as Silent Afirmations to unify the and mind. The founder of Ananda Yoga, Swami Kriyananda, was a student of Paramhansa Yogananda; one of the first Yogis to settle in the West, and author of Autobiography of a Yogi.

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