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Triclinic crystals, such as turquoise and rhodonite are connected with the final major chakra, the crown chakra. Their yellow energy rays are complete in nature. They bring harmony with a higher consciousness.

To begin an autumn leaves meditation, take a walk outside and collect some leaves that have fallen. It's best to find leaves of different textures, sizes, and colors. For this meditation, begin by focusing on the colors of the leaves. How does each color make you feel? Run your fingers over each...

Fall meditations are about discovering beauty, being playful, and giving thanks for the blessings in life. To begin any of the following meditations, find a quiet place to sit, while keeping the back erect. After closing your eyes, start taking deep, meditative breaths. Each of these meditations...

No matter what school of yoga you choose to study, the practice requires students to learn mindful breathing. Some types of yoga, like Kundalini yoga, focus almost exclusively on the breathing exercises, or pranayama, that lie at the core of the practice. Yoga breathing techniques teach...

Regular practice of yoga helps decrease blood pressure and stabilize your pulse rate. Twisting poses in particular are thought to help increase blood flow around your internal organs. By aiding in blood flow, yoga improves the transportation of oxygen around your system, helping to prevent...

Studies have shown that yoga lowers the blood sugar levels of diabetics. This is mostly through the benefit of weight loss that an exercise regime such as daily yoga can cause. Yoga has also been shown to lower cortisol and adrenaline levels. Interestingly, lowering your cortisol levels...

Stand in Mountain Pose (Tadasana) with feet together or hip width apart. Inhale your arms overhead and clasp the hands together, interlacing the last three fingers and thumbs while pointing your index fingers skyward. Exhale to one side, looking up slightly into your elbow and tucking the chin...

Because your core, or torso, must be engaged to maintain balance and spinal alignment, any asana involving these two principles will strengthen the abdominal region when done correctly. Assume the same arm position as in dolphin pose, but place your head on the ground with the back of the skull...

Begin sitting on your heels. Lean forward and place your forearms on the floor with your elbows about a foot apart. Clasp your hands, forming a tripod between your elbows and hands. Curl your toes under and lift the sit bones in the air until the legs are straight. As you exhale, bring your head...

From the Downward Dog posture or from lying face down on the floor, come into a high push up position, arms straight, hands directly beneath the shoulders, and spine aligned from tailbone to head. Bend the elbows, being careful to keep them pressed firmly against the sides of the body. Lower...

Jnana yoga is the path of knowledge or wisdom. Devotees of this path must understand the difference between the body and the soul follow four strict paths to salvation

Raja yoga is known as the path of meditation. There are eight clearly defined aspects that one must follow in order to achieve liberation. These include self restraint and religious study

This is spiritual form of yoga that uses astrology, numerology and other sciences to better examine the nature of the universe from the point of view of the individual.

Ashtanga is a vigorous yoga that is intense and face paced. There is constant movement from one pose to the next. Power Yoga is based on Ashtanga.

Moksha Yoga is performed in a heated room. The participant goes though a series of poses to help strengthen and detoxify the body. It is said to have many health benefits such as improved digestion and reduction of muscle pain.

The key to meditation is proper breathing and tantric yogis believe that breathing through the left nostril, (known as moon breath,) allows for greater creativity and intuitiveness, while breathing through the right nostril, (referred to as sun breath) increases physical energy. It is also...

Kundalini is a very powerful energy that often remains asleep in one's body. Through meditation, it's possible to awaken this energy. Known as the Serpent Power, when awakened, kundalini passes through the chakras, (energy points,) in the body. Hindus believe that each chakra possesses a special...

These are Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Aquarius

Taurus With Capricorn - The Taurus man has a warm sensitive side which melts the often cold Capricorns heart.

Both the zodiacs have strong physical attraction between each other. The Taurus man has to remember not to step on Scorpio's tail or the relationship might turn deadly.