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Yoga before Bed

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Upside down pose helps your body wind down.

Upside down pose helps your body wind down.

Yoga has solutions to all kinds of problems. It is the natural therapy that helps you to heal your health problems very easily without any medication. All you need is stamina, will power and determination to pursue yoga regularly and yes you can see the wonderful results in few days only. Yoga is not only the health healer but also the soul feeder. It helps you to keep calm and content.

A yoga routine can guide you for various activities starting from morning till you go to bed. There is also a specific ‘yoga routine’ that will help you to have a sound and proper sleep.

Here are some exercises, known as ‘Yoga before Bed.’ These exercises are advised by experts for proper sleep and good health. We recommend some of the very effective poses that you can easily practice on your bed.

Upside down pose – Get seated facing towards your bed board. Then lie back comfortably and put your legs up on your bed board. Then gently leave your arms on side with open palms and breathe tenderly feeling the stretch in your back and legs. You can try other way also. It relaxes your mind and body. This exercise is recommended for 2 minutes at one go.

Seated Twists- Sit calmly on your bed and then twist around towards the back. Hold this position for some seconds and then repeat it to other side. This is a very helpful exercise for your waist, back and neck.

Forward Bend- Sit straight on your bed extending your legs. Then gently stretch out your arms in front. This exercise is good for hips as well as your back.

After you have successfully completed these poses, then it’s time for short meditation that will release all your stress and helps you to get tension free sleep. For short meditation just sit up slightly in lean position with folded legs and rest your hands on thighs and concentrate on your breathing for few minutes.

Now you are ready for a good night’s sleep.

If you’re in the New York City area, check out the yoga classes and instructors  on HeyKiki and find the perfect yoga practice for you. If you’re looking for someone in the NYC area to practice with, we have yoga practice  buddies on HeyKiki just waiting to connect with you!
If you’d like to learn a sport or activity other than yoga, we have other sports and  activities instructors and classes in your area on HeyKiki too.

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Cooking: How to Cheat Effectively

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Using bagged salads in your meals

Using bagged salads in your meals

Cooking is a beautiful art, and some say it is the greatest gift to mankind. Good food acts like a magnet, it is the simplest and the greatest thing one can enjoy. Healthy and tasty food is must for life and so are good and intelligent chefs and cooks. As without them nobody will be able to enjoy the really spice and sweetness of life.

But cooking is not as easy as it appears. The cook has to be really careful and intelligent. The cook always has to know his or her audience and then prepare dishes according to them. At times they need to be very quick and tricky to make good and delicious extraordinary food out of normal and simple ingredients.

Here are some of the cheat codes that will help you to save your money as well as quick scrumptious food for your near and dear ones:

Use Canned Food: No doubts we all long for fresh food, but canned food offers you variety and availability. A well stocked canned food kitchen gives you an opportunity to make tasty and variety of food that too with no time. Here you can make a big cheat over fresh food.

Add Bagged Salads: Always try to purchase salads from the farmer’s market and restore them in your refrigerator. These bagged salads could be used two or three times and also it will be healthier, nutritious and money saving. This exercise will help you to skip fancy super market salads that are costly and also less healthy.

Use saved herbs, chili and garlic: With the season of fresh herbs, chilies and garlic, it is advisable to grind them and store them. You can use these grinded spices in future, it will help you save money and also it is safe than supermarket spices.

Prepare Paste: You can always grind the spices and make their paste before hand and store them. This will help you in quick cooking and cheat over hard work of grinding spices for every cooking.

We really hope that these simple tips will help you in great cooking.

Interested in learning how to cook? Got some skills to share? Check out the cooking classes and instructors on HeyKiki and find the perfect class for you, in your neighborhood. If you’re interested in cultivating your taste in good company, log in and connect. You can even create your own profile.

If cooking isn’t your thing, but you’re interested in building community, the opportunities are endless. Whether it’s tennis or punk rope, cinematography or palmistry, you can find the perfect practice buddy today.

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Tutoring: Important Life Lessons

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Making learning easy for the student

Making learning easy for the student

Tutoring is not simply about learning and understanding your course work and lessons; it much more than that. It is another way to learn life lessons through others experiences. Tutoring is out of class teaching about the subjects and experiences that prepares you for the real world. It gives you strength and wisdom. So, if you keenly go through your tutoring experiences you will be surprised that you have learnt many life lessons from simple coaching sessions.

Here are few important life lessons that you will be learning from your tutor and tutoring classes:

Never Give Up- Tutoring always teaches you a golden lesson “Never Give Up” this is applicable in each and every situation of your life. No matter how hard your course work is your tutor never let you give up. They motivate you to work hard and understand the lesson. This rule is very much true for real life. No matter how hard the situation is never ever loose hope, work hard for it, you will definitely get the results.

Be Persistent- In case you are not able to understand a lesson, your tutor puts in all their efforts to solve your problem and clear your doubts. This teaches you to be persistent towards anything you desire. Work hard and continuously you will get successful results.

Be Patient- Even if you are asking something repeatedly, your tutor maintains patience and answers you nicely. So, follow this rule, always be patient in your life, do not hurry, good things come with patience.

Speak Up your problem- During tutoring lessons, if you are facing any problem you are supposed to speak up your doubts and clear them. Same goes with your life, if you have any problem communicate it with others and look for a solution.

We really hope that you will learn and apply these important simple lessons in your life. These short and sweet lessons will definitely make your life simpler and easier.

If you’re interested in either becoming a tutor or finding one, we can help! If you’re in the New York City area, check out the classes and tutors on HeyKiki and find the perfect tutoring for you. If you’re looking for someone in the NYC area to learn with, we have study buddies on HeyKiki just waiting to connect with you!

If you’d like to learn another sport or activity other than tutoring, we have other instructors and classes in your area on HeyKiki too.

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How to make friends at Yoga Class

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Practicing along with your newfound friend!

Practicing along with your newfound friend!

Friendship is one of the sweetest relationships between humans. A friend plays many roles in our lives. He or she can be a helper, a role model, a listener, an adviser and much more that could not be defined in words but can be felt by the people who are sharing it. A friend is not just a companion in hard times but also a partner in our stupidities and funny times. We can make friends every where we go. Even if you go to a simple yoga class you can make good friends. Rather than sitting aloof and boring yourself, just extend a friendly hand to your co-learners. This will make your yoga class more interesting and also you will get to know new people and will learn more about life from their experiences.

Here are few simple tips that will help you to make new friends at your yoga class:

Be Regular- First of all make it a point to consistently attend your yoga class. Attending yoga class regularly will help you to remember and recognize your co-learners and in-turn they will also start recognizing you.

Use Friendly Gestures- If anybody looks at you during or after the sessions, offer a friendly gesture a smile or a hand wave to the person. This will also encourage the other person to take a step ahead.

Always Say Hello to Your Neighbor- Make it a point to greet your neighbor before or after the session. Practicing this regularly will help you to start a conversation with new people.

Offer Help- In case anybody is facing any problem during the session you can offer help to your co-learner. This will help you to gain a friend.

Practice With other students- Rather than practicing alone, make a plan to practice with your fellow students. This extra session spent together will help you and the other person to start a good friendship.

Offer a Lift – If any of your classmates is traveling from same area as you, offer them a ride, or plan to travel together. This friendly gesture would help you to spend more time with the person.

We really hope that you can make good use of yoga classes to maintain your health and also make lovely friends to enjoy your life.

If you’re in the New York City area, check out the yoga classes and instructors  on HeyKiki and find the perfect yoga practice for you. If you’re looking for someone in the NYC area to practice with, we have yoga practice buddies on HeyKiki just waiting to connect with you!

If you’d like to learn a sport or activity other than yoga, we have other sports and activities instructors and classes in your area on HeyKiki too.

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Benefits of Learning Piano in Adulthood

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Enjoying Piano in adulthood

Enjoying Piano in adulthood

Piano is an ageless magical instrument. You can learn it anywhere, anytime and at any age. It is the love and dedication towards the music that inspires one to learn piano. Usually, it is believed to be a good piano player you should start learning as early as possible. But there is no hard and fast rule to it. There is no age limit to learn anything it is the passion that drives a person and same goes with learning piano. No doubt there are ample benefits of learning since your childhood, but if you have the passion then even adulthood is no barrier to it.

Here are some benefits of learning piano in adulthood:

Easy Learning- Adults are better learners than kids. They can grasp things more easily and quickly. So, they can easily learn piano in lesser time as compared to kids. The adults can easily understand the tunes and notes whereas kids are little slow.

Breaks Monotony – Learning piano in adulthood gives you break from your monotonous routine. You learn something new and fresh in your life. This infuses new life in you and also it is a personal up-gradation.

Boost Confidence- Learning piano and then playing it in a gathering or family function will surprise your family and friends. It will help you to prove yourself and also boost your confidence.

Relaxes You- Playing piano is a stress releaser. It lightens and clears your mind. It helps you to forget your day to day tensions and enjoy music.
We wish you happy piano playing.

If you’d like to get more into piano, we can help! If you’re in the New York City area, check out the piano classes and instructors on HeyKiki and find the perfect piano training for you. If you’re looking for someone in the NYC area to train with, we have piano buddies on HeyKiki just waiting to connect with you!

If you’d like to learn another sport or activity other than piano, we have other instructors and classes in your area on HeyKiki too

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Best Veggies for Dancers

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Vegetable basket

Being a dancer is not an easy task; you have to be vibrant so that you can perform well with full strength. Dance and costumes are not the only ingredients for good dancing! Your health also plays a big role. If you are not healthy you might not be able to perform well and give your hundred percent to your passion.

So, to keep you dancers healthy and full of energy we are suggesting some ‘must have’ veggies for dancers.

Carrots:
This magical vegetable is filled with vitamin A and C that are very beneficial for hair, skin and eyes. Having carrots regularly protects the cardiovascular system. A dancer cannot even think of skipping this vegetable from the palette.

Tomatoes:
Tomatoes are stuffed with Vitamin A and K. Also having tomatoes keeps the blood pressure in control even in stressful times. This vegetable-type fruit is quiet beneficial especially for dancers.

Spinach:
This green vegetable is pack of vitamins and nutrients. They are very important for bones also. A dancer needs to add this vegetable in their meals.

Eggplant:
This nutritious vegetable is full of antioxidants, fiber and potassium. Having this vegetable in meals is quiet helpful to prevent stroke and dementia. Hence, it is very important for dancer.

Bell Peppers:
Bell Peppers are vegetables which keep your heart healthy; they contain folic acid that reduces the risk for lung, colon and bladder diseases. This vegetable is quiet suitable for dancers.

We really hope you will add these vegetables to your diet, so that you excel at every performance.

If you’re in the New York City area, check out the dance classes and tutors on HeyKiki. We can assist in finding the perfect choreography tutoring for you.

If you’d like to learn another sport or activity other than dance, we have other instructors and classes in your area on HeyKiki too.

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Challenging Dance Moves You Can Learn

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Dancing has different shades, it can be as simple as just moving your body with the music or it could be really difficult with different turns and twists of your body. After experiencing easy dance moves everybody likes to shift towards some difficult ones. So we bring you some challenging dance moves from the different dance forms.

Here are some really difficult moves. Just try them out:

Beautiful Grand Jete by the performer

Beautiful Grand Jete by the performer

Grand Jete: This is one of the difficult ballet moves. It is a very difficult and challenging jump; here you have to split beautifully and very gracefully above the ground level. Spectators should feel that the performer is flying in the air. For this the performer must be very flexible and also have the ability to stretch continuously.

Performing Head Spin!

Performing Head Spin!

Head Spin: This step belongs to break dance. As per this step you spin your head without any support. It is one of the most challenging and dangerous moves. It is a game of balancing the whole of your body on your head. The performer should have learned the art of balancing.

Butterfly spins

Butterfly spins

Butterfly spins: It is one of the difficult steps from salsa form. Here both the partners have to switch and turn instantly making the movement look like butterfly. Though it appears to be easy it is not at all that simple. The male dancer has to be the stronger of the two so that he can direct the lady through twists and turns.

Performing barrel turn

Performing barrel turn

Barrel Turn: This difficult step has its roots in Jazz dance form. This step is very difficult as the dancer have to lean back with all his or her strength and then stretch arms while making a twist.

These are some of the challenging dance moves. Be very careful while trying them. We wish the learners all the very best!

If you’re in the New York City area, check out the dance classes and tutors on HeyKiki. We can assist in finding the perfect choreography tutoring for you.

If you’d like to learn another sport or activity other than dance, we have other instructors and classes in your area on HeyKiki too.

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Piano and Music Therapy

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Piano music therapy

Piano music therapy

Music therapy is a known clinical procedure to cure and improve health of the patients. The procedure is carried on by a certified music therapist where he or she uses music to help their clients to recover from their problems and also improve their existing health. This therapy uses all the facets of music including emotional, mental, social spiritual and physical that helps to recover from various problems such as behavioral disorders, social skills, emotional issues and other affective developments. This therapy is a combination of both art and science, the art comes from music and science comes from the effects of music – such as music theory and comparative musicology. The best part is this therapy has no side effects and is always beneficial in one way or another.

Piano is considered to be one of the most effective musical instruments used by the therapist. Not only playing piano is a source of joy even listening also adds to joyfulness. This instrument is known as ‘soul soother’. The Piano music therapy has proved to be very soothing for patients suffering from emotional and spiritual disorders. Also piano music therapy is best for releasing day to day stress. People who have to face ample stressful situation opt for piano music therapy. Piano music therapy also serves as a pain killer in acute painful situations.

Now a day’s piano musical therapy is very helpful for curing young and old people across U.S.

If you’d like to get more into piano, we can help! If you’re in the New York City area, check out the piano classes and instructors on HeyKiki and find the perfect piano training for you. If you’re looking for someone in the NYC area to train with, we have piano buddies on HeyKiki just waiting to connect with you!

If you’d like to learn another sport or activity other than piano, we have other instructors and classes in your area on HeyKiki too.

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Yoga’s Religious Roots: Where to Start

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Hindu lord Shiva in yoga pose

Hindu lord Shiva in yoga pose

In today’s world yoga is the best remedy for a healthy soul and body. It has proved to be a magical exercise for the human race that has a solution to all problems. Yoga is a stress buster when you are emotionally tired; it is a healer when you have some physical problem. This complete and perfect form of exercise have not emerged suddenly – it has its roots from many religions.

Yoga is a Sanskrit word that has its origin from ancient India. Yoga basically means to ‘to unite’ in relation to the physical, spiritual and mental wellness. Yoga has its strong roots from Hinduism; it belongs to one out of six orthodox schools in Hindu philosophy. Yoga was advocated by religions that splurged out from Hinduism, including Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism. Through this was born Yoga sutras. The ones who had knowledge of the yoga sutras and who practiced it were referred as Yogi or yogini.

According to the old belief yoga is a way to achieve ‘moksha’ meaning completing the purpose of your life and blend in God’s spirit. With the turn of the first century, Hath yoga was the popular of all the forms. This form mainly focus more on health and the cleanliness of the body. Step by step yoga was making its advancements.

By the end of 19th century, yoga was introduced to the rest of the world by Swami Vivekananda. Slowly western people understood the importance of yoga and by the 1980’s yoga became very famous. Yoga is evolving and is helping to give a peaceful and happy life to millions of people around the world.

If you’re in the New York City area, check out the yoga classes and instructors on HeyKiki and find the perfect yoga practice for you. If you’re looking for someone in the NYC area to practice with, we have yoga practice buddies on HeyKiki just waiting to connect with you!

If you’d like to learn a sport or activity other than yoga, we have other sports and activities instructors and classes in your area on HeyKiki too.

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Tutoring: Setting Goals and Following Through

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Tutoring and setting goals for a kid.

Tutoring and setting goals for a kid.

Tutoring is not an easy job; a tutor is also responsible for a student’s success and progress. For each student, a tutor should be very careful and have to work according to his or speed of learning and retaining the subject matter taught. Some students might be very quick and they grasp the lessons easily whereas some might be slow learners and tutors have to teach them slowly and also concentrate more on their revision sessions.

So, the tutor needs to study each and every student and then accordingly set goals for them. Only setting goals is not enough there should be a proper follow up also that will help the kid and also the tutor to achieve the goals set.

Here are few tips that will help tutor and student both to set-up their goals and also make a successful follow through:

Know the student: The first and foremost is that the tutor should know the kid thoroughly that is whether a student is a quick learner or passive learner. After learning about the kid, the tutor should set weekly, monthly and then three monthly goals for the student. The tutor should also involve kid in deciding goals so that the kid also shares the responsibility in completing it.

Work for the goals: The next step is the tutor and the kid should work diligently to achieve the goals. They should begin with short term ones and then strive for the next level.

Check on every step: They should evaluate their performance everyday. They should keep a check whether they have completed a day’s work or not. In case they are lagging behind they can easily speed up.

Revise: Once they have completed their set target syllabus, they should also revise it properly. This will help them to achieve purpose of their set goals.

We really hope that you will integrate these simple tips in your teaching sessions that will help you set goals for your students and follow them successfully.

If you’re interested in either becoming a tutor or finding one, we can help! If you’re in the New York City area, check out the classes and tutors on HeyKiki and find the perfect tutoring for you.If you’re looking for someone in the NYC area to learn with, we have study buddies on HeyKiki just waiting to connect with you!

If you’d like to learn another sport or activity other than tutoring, we have other instructors and classes in your area on HeyKiki too.

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