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	<title>Bent Yoga Blog</title>
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	<description>A blog for anything Yoga</description>
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		<title>Why practice yoga?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you often thought about practicing yoga? Or wondered what the real benefit’s are? Or perhaps you have listened to a friend talking about how great they feel after practicing yoga. I thought it was about time that I blog about some of the benefits of yoga &#38; why people do yoga, also to share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bentyoga.com/blog/?p=30</link>
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		<title>Yoga and the Breath</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The breath is without a doubt one of the most important essential ingredients of how we stay alive. Our breath tells us so much about our state of mind &#38; our state of being. In yoga, the breath is directly related to Prana (life force)
The breath is quite often taken for granted, most often the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bentyoga.com/blog/?p=27</link>
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		<title>Prana Vayu’s (Follow up to Prana)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prana is divided into different forms each with its own function and area of the body, these are called Vayus or winds, there are 5 in total.
Below are the 5 Vayu’s and how they apply to the body.
Udana vayu:  Udana vayu relates to the area of the throat. It allows for communication, singing, and making [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bentyoga.com/blog/?p=25</link>
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		<title>Prana (life force)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prana basically means life force or vitality, that, that gives us life or that which enters the body. Prana and the breath is not the same thing. However, prana is facilitated by the inhale and the exhale. Prana has a number of functions. Prana is divided into different forms each with it’s own function and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bentyoga.com/blog/?p=23</link>
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		<title>Yoga for Hypertension (high blood pressure)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blood pressure refers to the pressure of blood in the arteries, it is very important to have the correct amount of blood pressure in the arteries, if your blood pressure becomes to high it is knowen as Hypertension. Hypertension (high blood pressure) can lead to diseases like Stroke, Heart attack, Coronary Artery Disease or Kidney [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bentyoga.com/blog/?p=18</link>
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		<title>Being a Yoga teacher:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being a Yoga teacher to me means different things on many levels. I am very grateful to be able to share the special gift of Yoga with others. Teaching Yoga means making a positive impact on the daily life of my students.
If I am able to be part of one person having a better day, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bentyoga.com/blog/?p=10</link>
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		<title>Life&#8217;s Obstacles (Antarayah) Yoga Sutra&#8217;s 1.30-1.32</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hear are some brief thoughts I had on Antarayah (Obstacles)
There will always be Obstacles (Antarayah) in life. There is no Obstacle that we cannot get through or around, however, effort maybe required. Obstacles test our level of commitment, love, passion and patience. Without Obstacles we would never appreciate learn or be grateful. It is how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bentyoga.com/blog/?p=3</link>
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