Best Gifts For Yoga Lovers

Whether it's a meditation cushion, or a simple cushion to protect the knees: there are a lot of meditation cushions available.
A meditation cushion really is a must have for any yogi or meditation practitioner. Find one that fits her style. The best ones have natural organic buckwheat stuffing.

In the Western World, yoga has become a system of physical exercise for better health. Many cities and towns offer Yoga classes for people to take part in. The classes can be for beginners, intermediate or more advanced. 

Yoga has a long history as more than just an exercise in the world, though. It's origin dates back to ancient India. There are some seals that were found at sites of the Indus Valley civilizations that appear to have figures of people in different Yoga positions. These date back to about 3,000 years BC. Showing that at least some form of a discipline in Yoga, whether it was called that then or not, had begun. 

True Yoga is a form of physical, mental and spiritual practices that are a part of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. There is a goal to these disciplines and depending on which tradition you follow that goal may differ slightly. To put it in a novice term, a connection to one's inner self through meditation is trying to be achieved or a connection to a spiritual level that we are not aware of during full consciousness. 

Yoga sutras concentrate on controlling the mind while Hatha yoga deals with the health of the body  and its purity. 

Most people think of the traditional practices of Yoga that may or may not include meditation. The Bhagavad Gita gives us some prominent types of Yoga:

• Yoga of action is Karma 
• Yoga of devotion is Bhatki 
• Yoga of knowledge is Jnana

You may wonder where yoga exercise is mentioned... Well, it's not. It's called 'Hatha Yoga'. 

For your faithful yogi, or someone who wants to start, here are some great yoga gifts. From apparel, yoga equipment, books and other gear to unique interior design ideas and OM Jewelry to a gift basket. If you don't find a great gift on this page, please tell me what you think ought to be included but isn't.

Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews are Yoga instructors known for their simplicity and emphasis on concepts and principles that lead one to appreciate the human body. You'll be better at yoga if you learn about yoga anatomy.

Yoga Anatomy brings out the most interesting and related elements of anatomy and applies it directly to the practice of yoga while keeping it simple and understandable.

Take your yoga practice and understanding of anatomy to a new level. You'll certainly learn a lot and enhance your experience of Yoga.

Learn: 

• How the body is put together.
• Discern where movement happens and doesn't happen.
• What connective tissue is and what role it plays in your yoga practice.
• What scar tissue is and what to do when injury arises.
• What scar tissue is and what to do when injury arises.
• What a muscle is (not necessarily what you think it is).
• How a muscle functions in movement.

... and lots more.

While the only requirement in yoga wear is that it's comfortable, an aum-shirt does set the tone. As you can see, tank-tops are all the rage right now. If only that didn't mean shaving...