Body & Soul Boot Camp: Yoga for a Clear Mind

We’re all stressed out at some point during the day—it’s how we handle our stress that really matters. Yoga is a proven way to help with elevated stress levels and an overactive mind. It’s actually a moving meditation (for more on meditation, see Fostering Mindfulness, the Essence of Meditation). So this quick workout will give you zen with both channels.
Short workouts to release tension are an ideal way to cap off your day. Take these 15 minutes to only focus on your yoga practice and forget the To Do list at the back of your mind, then get ready to de-stress. Let the breath carry your movements and you’re already practicing mindfulness and on your way a calm mind in no-time. And try and take some time to meditate, because why not!
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Yoga: Mind Over Body

Yoga aims for the integrity of the body, mind, and spirit through a system of postures, breathing exercises, meditation. In reality, it consists of disciplines designed to bring closer to godliness. With the integration of the body, mind and spirit, you can attain a balance (physically and mentally) in your life as well as an inner peace to your body.

Yoga Routine For Maintaining An Active Mind

The practice of yoga originates in the mind, as it is an integral part of your yoga routine. Your mind is the one that identifies how your yoga routine will be. It really doesn’t matter your physical strength, how flexible you are, or you are under or over weight.
The truth is, when your mind is unable to concentrate fully on your yoga practicing, your yoga routine will suffer ultimately. The mind is insistently dominant, which is the chief problem. When you are trying to practice a complicated pose for the first time then your mind advises you that the yoga pose is too hard and it is difficult for you to practice.
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How to Calm an Overactive Mind with Yoga

There are days when I spend too much time commuting, too much time on my computer, and have far too many balls in the air.
My mind feels like it’s going a million miles a minute, flitting first from one thing, then to the next.

Sometimes this monkey mind is shadowed by anxiety or fear, lurking deep in the  belly and driving me out of my body and up into my head.
Sometimes it’s just because it’s a New Moon and there’s something going on astrologically – at least, it’s another handy label or tag for my experience…
Yep, the new moon is conjuncting my Gemini moon and I’m all floaty and ethereal and soaring away from the earth, more like a butterfly than a rocket though, flitting from one thing to the next, never stopping to rest.