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Yoga for Sports: A Stronger Mind-Body Connection

The clock is ticking. The scores are even. The tension is palpable as all eyes rest on your every movement, every expression. You can sense the hope, fear, excitement, and expectation in the very air around you. You know you have to drown out the noise – the pleas, cheers, boos, hoots, everything. Your focus must be singular and undivided, as what you do now will decide your future…

As a sports player, at some time, you will face this situation. The stakes may be different, and the challenge is unique each time. Nonetheless, the goal remains the same – to deliver a superlative performance in the face of all odds. To do this with a steadfast and calm mind would be the icing on the cake. It is a formidable challenge at any stage, and herein lies the role of yoga in sports.

Yoga has become an inseparable part of training for sports players. Whether you are an athlete, swimmer, tennis player or ballplayer, the role of yoga in sports is indispensable. If you are wondering why, come and explore the wide-ranging benefits that yoga has for sports.

Benefits of yoga for sportspersons

Depending on the sport, players are required to twist, turn, lunge, jump, run, stretch and bend quickly and suddenly. Sometimes, even awkwardly. This increases the chances of a wrong step. Enter yoga to the rescue!

Yoga teaches you to balance, be poised and be disciplined. It makes your body fit enough to perform these moves. It also trains your mind to be patient and steady. How can it do that? Read on.

• Yoga helps prevent strains and sprains:  Yoga asanas help relax taut muscles. It also stretches and strengthens various body parts, opening the hips, back and chest. The different bends and stretches reduce the chance of wear and tear, muscle pulls and sprains.
• Yoga reduces your recovery time:  Sleep and rest are not enough after a long and gruelling physical session. Yoga helps you relax your tired body and mind in an effective and peaceful manner. This is because asanas are performed systematically and gracefully. This helps remove the tension in your body and enhances the chances of a quick recovery.
• Yoga enhances your sense of balance:  Asanas like the  vrikshasana  or tree pose and virabhadrasana or warrior poses help develop balance in you. Poise and balance are required physically and mentally. Yoga also helps you maintain posture and stability, as is required in gymnastics, archery, and shooting.

Yoga strengthens your mental resolve and stops the negative mental chatter. You believe you can go beyond your body with the strength of your mind.

• Yoga helps you conquer your demons:  Sports is not a purely physiological exercise. There is a huge mental battle you must prepare for. Yoga helps you steel your nerves when you are tense.
• Yoga makes you intuitive and single-minded:  Sports presents many occasions where you need to think on your feet. All your earlier preparations and predictions may go haywire, and you may need to start from scratch. At such a time, you need a clear head to determine your next move. The discipline of yoga enables objective thinking.
• Yoga helps you control your breathing:  Many sports require you to exert yourself. Your stamina depends on how much oxygen goes in, a function of the breathing process. Pranayamas teach you to control your breath. A handy tool when you are swimming underwater or eyeing the finish line of the marathon.
• Yoga helps you get in shape:  It tones your body, making it lithe and flexible and, hence, easier to train. Yoga also helps in weight loss , which helps you move faster.
• Yoga unites your inner and outer self:  Yoga does more than just improve your speed and reflexes. The ultimate role of yoga in sports is, essentially, to unite the mind, body, and spirit. This, in turn, enhances your focus and precision.

Yoga and sports players: Who practices?

• Andy Murray
• Ana Ivanovic
• Saina Nehwal
• Kidambi Srikanth
• Shaquille O’Neal
• LeBron James

How yoga brightens the dark side of sports

Ask any sportsperson what his or her biggest nightmare is, and you will probably hear a unanimous chorus – INJURY! Nothing can be as difficult as sitting on the bench or lying in a hospital when championships are underway. This is another reason for yoga and sports to go hand in hand.

Yoga helps you sport a smile on the road back

Even a few months out of the sports scene is equivalent to years of a setback in the world of sports. Your body needs time to recover to prevent a recurrence or escalation. Many times, just resting may not be enough to get back to your original form and fitness.

With yoga, sports players are able to gradually tone and strengthen their body. Yoga also helps you deal with the mental pressure of missing out on some of the best playing years. It trains your mind to accept your situation and coaxes you to make a strong comeback.

There is no questioning the importance of yoga for enduring sports performances. However, do not look for overnight miracles. Anything worth acquiring takes time and patience. The benefits of yoga are similar; they manifest over time. You must be consistent and regular in your practice before seeking results.

The Sri Sri Yoga program can get you started on a range of yoga asanas to enhance physical and mental fitness. The program includes pranayamas and meditation, which will enable holistic development.

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Yoga in theory and practice: pedagogical strategies.

by Patton Burchett, College of William and Mary

Introduction

Each year I teach a course entitled Yoga and Tantra that traces the historical developments of traditions of Yoga and Hindu Tantra in South Asia while also looking at modern understandings and practices of Yoga and Tantra in the West. In the class, we examine contemporary debates surrounding modern-day conceptions of Yoga and Tantra, while also investigating the origins of these traditions and how they came to be thought of and practiced in the way they are today. In this article I want to focus specifically on a pedagogical strategy I have found useful in teaching students about the diverse historical tradition of yoga.

When approaching a subject as broad—and a word with as many different connotations—as yoga, it is rather difficult to find a single conceptual framework capable of uniting, and productively considering under its umbrella, the great variety of practices that have been called “yoga” (practices as radically different as the meditation-based yoga of the Upanishads and Patanjali, the subtle-body focused practices of tantric yoga, and the modern day postures of Bikram, Iyengar, and Pattabhis Jois). After some trial and error in how to think about these extremely different phenomena within one frame, I came upon two very productive theoretical frames: (1) asceticism, broadly construed, and (2) Michel Foucault’s “technologies of the self.” In order to teach students these concepts—which will allow them to understand all forms of yoga as a certain type of response to and expression of the human condition—while also stressing the unique features and perspectives of different historical forms of yoga, I give an essay assignment. While in other portions of my class, I use active learning techniques and conduct elaborate class debates, this particular assignment is more traditional. In certain respects it is quite conventional—hardly “cutting edge” pedagogy—but it works very well and accomplishes something very important; thus, it is well worth telling you about it.

A Conceptual Frame for Yoga across Time

In the first two weeks of my class, students trace the early history of yoga via its textual record by reading primary source selections from the Upanishads , the Mahābhārata (including the Bhagavad Gita ), and Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra . Once they have this background regarding what early Indian yoga is, we read and discuss the following theoretical pieces: Richard Valantasis’s “A Theory of the Social Function of Asceticism”; the introduction of Gavin Flood’s The Ascetic Self ; excerpts of Marcel Mauss’s “Techniques of the Body”; and excerpts of Michel Foucault’s “Technologies of the Self” and “On the Genealogy of Ethics.” Through these pieces, I present “asceticism” as physical and mental activities that form and transform the self, especially through performance, intentionality, and ritualized techniques of the body and mind. I encourage students to see asceticism operating at the concrete level of behavior: abstract, intangible concepts, values, and goals become purposeful behavioral patterns in and through asceticism. The performance of disciplined intention interiorizes and naturalizes certain types of behavior and emotion.

In class we discuss the core ideas in these theoretical pieces and how they might apply to yoga—whether ancient (which they’ve just gained some familiarity with) or modern (which they already have some level of familiarity with). The students are then given an essay assignment in which they’re asked to use the conceptual framework of Foucault’s “practices of the self”—as well as the theoretical frameworks offered by Valantasis and Flood regarding “asceticism”—to discuss how yoga and yoga practice are conceived in two of the following three primary sources: the Upanishads , the Bhagavad Gita , and the Yoga Sutra . The assignment asks them to consider these questions:

Specifically, what “operations” do these texts advocate one to perform upon oneself? (And specifically what aspect(s) of one’s ordinary “self” are targeted or acted upon?) What sort of transformation is sought and through what means? What is the end goal and what is the larger context of assumed ideas and worldviews within which that end goal makes sense? Do the two source texts you have chosen articulate different conceptions of the practice and goals of yoga? (If yes, then how so?)

Allow me to turn now to the logic for this assignment.

Applying Theory, Comparing Yogas

In his On Teaching Religion , Jonathon Z. Smith (2013) writes that he wants his students to know “that matters are always more complex than they first appear, and that this is liberating rather than paralyzing” (3). He makes a list of “rules” in the service of this end, two of which are directly applicable to the pedagogical strategy and assignment I am discussing. Smith states: “Nothing must stand alone. Comparison opens space for criticism.” He follows this by stating, “A student only knows something well if she can apply it to something else” (3). Comparison and application are at the heart of this assignment’s design.

I conceive the essay assignment I give my students as—to paraphrase John Bean—an opportunity both to do critical thinking and to produce a product communicating the results of that critical thinking. For many students, it is no easy task to translate abstract theoretical ideas to specific material. In this assignment, they come to see not only how “theory” can illuminate specific material “in practice,” but also they often find that the theoretical ideas do not fully make sense to them until they have used those ideas (a) to interpret the primary sources and (b) to serve as the basis for a comparison of those sources’ specific teachings on yoga. In other words, it is in the combination of application (of theoretical concepts to interpret and explain specific material) and analytic comparison (of the primary source teachings on yoga) that this assignment demands that it functions as an especially effective pedagogical tool.

From the Ancient to the Modern: New Applications

It seems to me that one mark of a good, pedagogically effective assignment, particularly one given early on in a course, is that it teaches ideas and skills that students will continue to draw upon and that can provide frameworks for processing and comparing new material in the course. This is certainly the aim of the essay assignment I have been describing. As we proceed in the course into different historical forms of yoga, from medieval to early modern South Asia, and then to the modern West, we continually return in class to the theoretical conceptualizations of “asceticism” and “technologies of the self” at the heart of the assignment I have been describing. Particularly when we get to the end of the course, to readings on and discussions of modern forms of postural yoga, students have found these frameworks invaluable for placing these contemporary styles of yoga—such as Bikram, Iyengar, and Pattabhis Jois’s Ashtanga Yoga—alongside traditional ancient and medieval South Asian forms of yoga and considering them all as techniques of body and mind which form and transform the self; i.e., mental and physical methods for constructing and performing a particular kind of self.

Students usually enter the course with very particular ideas of what yoga is. They also typically enter with very particular ideas about their selves; that is, notions about what “the self” is and, thus, who they are at their core. In the essay assignment that I give early on, and throughout the course, I give students theoretical frames for understanding the constructed nature of selfhood and ask them to apply these frames in comparing and contrasting different historical forms of yoga. In regularly returning to these frames and applying them to specific types of yoga in different time periods and social contexts, students learn—gradually and incrementally—to identify the assumptions embedded in different cultural and historical worldviews and to reflect on how these assumptions (about the nature and relationships of the human being, the natural world, and the Divine) lead to particular visions of and goals for “the self,” and thus to certain disciplined, deliberate patternings of behavior designed to realize those visions and goals. When, at the end of the course, we arrive at the yoga practices of contemporary American society, the students are in a position to successfully deconstruct the assumptions of our own culture and to see how contemporary forms of yoga work toward enacting historically specific notions of the self and the “good life.”

Bain, Ken. 2004. What the Best College Teachers Do. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Bean, John C., and Maryellen Weimer. 2011. Engaging Ideas: The Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom . 2nd edition. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Smith, Jonathon Z. 2013. On Teaching Religion . Edited by Christoper Lehrich. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Other References

Flood, Gavin. 2004. The Ascetic Self: Subjectivity, Memory and Tradition . New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Foucault, Michel. (1983) 1997. “On the Genealogy of Ethics: An Overview of Work in Progress.” In Ethics: Subjectivity and Truth: The Essential Works of Foucault 1954–1984 , ed. Paul Rabinow

———. (1982) 1988. “Technologies of the Self.” In Technologies of the Self: A Seminar with Michel Foucault , eds. Luther H. Martin, Huck Gutman and Patrick H. Hutton. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 16–49. Available online at http://foucault.info/doc/documents/foucault-technologiesofself-en-html

Mauss, Marcel. (1934) 1992. “Techniques of the Body.” Reprinted in (e.g.) Incorporations , edited by Jonathan Crary and Sanford Kwinter. New York: Zone, 455–477.

Valantasis, Richard. 1995. “A Theory of the Social Function of Asceticism.” In Asceticism , eds. Vincent L. Wimbush and Richard Valantasis. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

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Yoga in Physical Education

Yoga is also a sport in Physical Education. Nowadays, Yoga has become very popular throughout the world. The present age can be said the age of stress, tension and anxiety. So, most of the persons have not been living a happy and fruitful life. In western countries, Yoga has become a way of life. It has a vital significance in the life of human beings.

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The history of Yoga is indeed ancient. Nothing can be said firmly about the origin of Yoga. Only it can be noted that Yoga originated in India. The available evidence shows that the history of Yoga is related to Indus valley civilization. At that time, people used to do Yoga based on a secondary source. It can allude that Yoga originated approximately 3000 BC in India. Patanjali wrote the first book on Yoga in 147 BC. Yoga is derived from a Sanskrit word ‘”Yoj’ which means union or join.

• 1. According to Patanjali, yoga means to control the desires of a human being.
• 2. The system of yoga is built on the three main structures: exercise, breathing and meditation.
• 3. The practices of yoga are designed to put pressure on the glandular systems of the body, increase its efficiency and total health. The body is looked upon as the primary instrument that enables us to work, and so a yoga student treats it with great care and respect.
• 4. Breathing techniques are based on the concept that breath is the source of life in the body. The yoga student gently increases breath control to improve health.
• 5. The two systems of exercise and breathing prepare the body and mind for meditation, and the student finds a straightforward approach to a quiet mind that allows silence and healing from day-to-day stress.
• 6. Regular daily practice of all three parts of this structure of yoga produces a clear, bright mind and a healthy, capable body and mind.

The eight steps or elements of classical yoga are:

Asanas are the first and the most important stage of yoga. They are specific body postures practised to keep the body healthy. Asanas help in exercising every muscle, nerve and gland of the body and are thus highly useful in maintaining physical fitness. Mentioned below are the Sanskrit names (along with the English name) of the major asanas.

Some of the asanas are discussed below:

Padmasana means lotus posture. This asana gives the appearance of a lotus. It is the best asana for contemplation.

• Sit on the ground by spreading the legs forward.
• Place the right foot on the left thigh and the left foot on the right thigh.
• Place the hands on the knee joints as shown in the figure.
• Keep the body,back and head hand erect.
• Eyes should be closed.
• It helps in improving concentration and memory.
• It helps to preserve vital fluids in the body.
• It prevents abdominal disease and female disorders.
• It brings peace and longevity

On performing this asana sensation is felt in the body.We should do the movement in relaxed manner. Inhale slowly and exhale slowly. While drawing the abdominal region inwards and expanding the chest, focus the attention on breathing.

1. With knees, ankles and big toes touching the ground, take a kneeling position. 2. One should sit on the heels and place palms on the knees as shown in the figure. 3. Draw the abdominal region inside and expand the chest.

1. The blood pressure patients will benefit from this asana. 2. It also strengthens the spine.

Also known as sun salutation, the Surya Namaskar is one of the best exercises that one can perform.The benefits accruing from these exercises are unique and excellent. The Surya Namaskar is performed usually early in the morning facing the morning rising sun. It is done in 12 steps, each step having its own posture with its own breathing pattern.

• 1. Stand erect facing the sun with palms folded and both the thumbs touching the chest. Breathing: Inhale while raising the hands and exhale as hands are brought down.
• 2. Raise hands upward, with feet firmly on the ground and bend backwards and stretch arms Breathing: Inhale
• 3. Slowly bend forward,hands touching the earth,head touching the knees. Breathing:Exhale
• 4. Set both hands with palms down firmly on the ground, pull the left leg backward, raise the head looking the sun. Breathing: Inhale.
• 5. Bring right leg back close to left leg keeping hands and leg straight.Bend the body at the hip forming an arch. Breathing:Exhale.
• 6. Stretch yourself fully on the ground in the saashtanga Namaskar pose. Feet, knees,thighs, chest and forehead touch the ground with the hands stretched out. Now slowly turn the head to the sides first to left and then to right. Breathing inhale first and then exhale fully.
• 7. Slowly raise the head bend backward as much as possible, hands straight. Breathing Inhale.
• 8. Parvatasana – same as step 5. Breathing: exhale.
• 9. Same as step 4 with the difference that the right leg is brought forward Breathing: inhale
• 10. Same as step 3 – Breathing: exhale
• 11. Same as step 2 – breathing: inhale
• 12. Same as step 1- Breathing, exhale: inhale and exhale.

1. Surya Namaskar improves the physical body prana (breathing) mind, intellect and the bliss components of the entire human personality. It can be used as a personality development tool. 2. It also reduces the extra fat from your body. 3. It improves body posture. 4. It strengthens the body muscles.

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Yoga is an Art and Science of healthy living. It is a spiritual discipline based on an extremely subtle science, which focuses on bringing harmony between mind and body. The holistic approach of Yoga brings harmony to all walks of life. Yoga is also known for disease prevention, promotion of health and management of many lifestyle-related disorders. Through this Essay on Yoga, students will get to know the importance and benefits of performing yoga. By going through this essay , students will get different ideas on how to write an effective Essay on Yoga in English to score full marks in the writing section.

Meaning of Yoga

The word yoga literally means “to yoke” or “union”. More than just a practice of physical exercises, Yoga is the coming together of the individual self or consciousness, with the infinite universal consciousness or spirit. Yoga is a method of inquiry into the nature of the mind, which emphasises practice and direct experience. Yoga is an ancient art based on a harmonising system for development of the body, mind, and spirit. Yoga signifies the ‘integration of personality at the highest level. It includes various practices and techniques mentioned in the yogic literature and is collectively referred to as ‘Yoga’.

Importance of Yoga

Yoga encourages a positive and healthy lifestyle for the physical, mental and emotional health of children. Yoga helps in the development of strength, stamina, endurance and high energy at the physical level. It also empowers oneself with increased concentration, calm, peace and contentment at a mental level leading to inner and outer harmony. With the help of yoga, you can manage daily stress and its consequences.

Yoga brings stability to the body and the wavering mind. It increases the lubrication of joints, ligaments, and tendons of the body. Studies in the field of medicine suggest that Yoga is the only form of physical activity that provides complete conditioning to the body because it massages all the internal organs and glands. It reduces the risk of many diseases. Yoga can create a permanently positive difference in the lifestyle of anybody practising it on a regular basis.

Benefits of Yoga

Yoga is a perfect way to ensure overall health and physical fitness. The physical building blocks of yoga are posture (asana) and breath. Through meditation, and breathing exercises (called pranayama), you can banish all your stress and lead a healthy life. In fact, it is one of the best remedies known to humankind, for curing chronic ailments that are otherwise difficult to be cured by other medications. People suffering from backaches and arthritis are often suggested to do asanas that concentrate on the exercise of the muscles at strategic locations. Pranayamas are the best breathing exercises to increase the capacity of the lungs.

A series of poses held in time with breathing, helps every part of the body. Yoga increases strength, endurance, flexibility, and balance. It increases the ability to perform activities, provides more energy and gives a restful sleep. Performing yoga daily helps in building muscular strength. The different asanas make the body more flexible. Moreover, yoga prevents cartilage and joint breakdown, increases blood flow, and lowers blood sugar. The most important benefit of yoga are its application in relieving stress, fatigue, invigoration and vitality. Yoga works as an immunity booster and gives peace of mind.

The amazing thing about Yoga is that its positive effects on the health and mind are visible over time. Another speciality about Yoga is its wide choice of asanas. Depending upon your stamina and overall health, you can choose from mild pranayamas and asanas to high-intensity asanas. It is a medication without the actual use of medicines. Moreover, no visible side effects are associated with the practice of Yoga on a regular basis. All you need to know is the most appropriate asanas according to the ability and structure of your body. Also, you need to learn the right way of performing the asanas because any wrong attempt can cause sprains and injuries.

Yoga practice is safe and can bring many health benefits to practitioners. The beauty of Yoga is that it can be practised by anyone. It doesn’t matter how old you are or what shape you are in. Yoga increases an individual’s physical coordination and promotes better posture. It helps stimulate the circulatory system, the digestive process as well as the nervous and endocrine systems. Yoga is dynamite to make you feel younger, refreshed and energetic.

Yoga is the perfect example of holistic health because of its combination of mind and body. It has become more popular than ever, with celebrities, politicians, business people, and people from every walk of life currently practising. Yoga is a multidisciplinary tool extremely useful to purify the mind and body and gain control over our minds and emotions. It is the most popular means for self-transformation and physical well-being.

Frequently Asked Questions on Essay on Yoga

Why is yoga important.

Regular Yoga practice can help in body relaxation and flexibility. Relieves chronic stress and releases mental distress.

What are the benefits of Yoga?

Yoga makes the body flexible and improves breathing patterns. It can help build muscle strength and regulate blood flow. Practising yoga regularly thus helps keep diseases away and improves immunity

Mention a few easy Yoga poses.

Padmasana (sitting pose), tadasana (mountain pose), and balasana (Child’s pose) are three examples of yoga poses.

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Essay on Yoga for Students and Children

Yoga is an ancient art that connects the mind and body. It is an exercise that we perform by balancing the elements of our bodies. In addition, it helps us meditate and relax.

Moreover, yoga helps us keep control of our bodies as well as mind. It is a great channel for releasing our stress and anxiety . Yoga gained popularity gradually and is now spread in all regions of the world. It unites people in harmony and peace.

Origin of Yoga

Yoga essentially originated in the subcontinent of India. It has been around since ancient times and was performed by yogis. The term yoga has been derived from a Sanskrit word which translates to basically union and discipline.

In the earlier days, the followers of Hinduism , Buddhism, and Jainism practiced it. Slowly, it found its way in Western countries. Ever since people from all over the world perform yoga to relax their minds and keep their bodies fit.

Furthermore, after this popularity of yoga, India became known for yoga worldwide. People all over the world have started to realize the benefits of yoga. Several workshops are held and now there are even professional yogis who teach this ancient practice to people so they can learn about it.

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Benefits of Yoga

Yoga has numerous benefits if we look at it closely. You will get relief when you practice it regularly. As it keeps away the ailments from our mind and body. In addition, when we practice several asanas and postures, it strengthens our body and gives us a feeling of well-being and healthiness.

Furthermore, yoga helps in sharpening our mind and improving our intelligence . We can achieve a higher level of concentration through yoga and also learn how to steady our emotions. It connects us to nature like never before and enhances our social well-being.

In addition, you can develop self-discipline and self-awareness from yoga if practiced regularly. You will gain a sense of power once you do it consistently and help you lead a healthy life free from any problems. Anyone can practice yoga no matter what your age is or whichever religion you follow.

21st of June is celebrated as International Day of Yoga where people are made aware of the benefits of yoga. Yoga is a great gift to mankind which helps us keep better and maintain our health. You also develop a higher patience level when you practice yoga which also helps in keeping the negative thoughts away. You get great mental clarity and better understanding.

In short, yoga has several benefits. Everyone must practice it to keep their health maintained and also benefit from it. It is the secret to living a healthy and long life without the use of any artificial means like medicines or any other shortcuts of any kind.

FAQs on Yoga

Q.1 Write about the origin of Yoga.

A.1 If we look at the history, we see that Yoga originated in India. This ancient practice began when various yogis started performing yoga. Yoga translates to union and discipline and is derived from the Sanskrit language. The religious followers of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism used to practice it in the earlier days.

Q.2 What are the benefits of Yoga?

A.2 Yoga has not one but many benefits. It helps in keeping our mental and physical health intact. It helps us to connect to nature. Furthermore, your body becomes more flexible after consistent yoga practice and you also develop a great sense of self-discipline and self-awareness. In short, it improves our well-being and gives us better mental clarity.

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LEVEL 1 For students new to yoga. No special skills are necessary. This class introduces basic yoga postures, proper alignment, and breathing techniques and forms the foundation for future practice. Students may want to repeat this class before advancing to the next level.

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Beyond Yoga sale includes ruffle dress under $50: More dresses, skirts, jumpsuits

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Beyond Yoga is having a sale that includes a bunch of really cute dresses, skirts, jumpsuits and more. Don't miss you chance to snag one of these deals. beyondyoga.com

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Yogi fans: If you’re looking for clothing for Yoga, but also clothing you can wear on a normal day of running errands, enjoying the outdoors, or meeting up for coffee with family and friend, Beyond Yoga has said clothes.

What’s even greater is they’re having a sale on their popular yogi apparel. Beyond Yoga does exactly that. It goes beyond the leggings, tights, sports bras, tank tops and more. It creates apparel that not only helps make yoga comfortable, but also creates dresses, skirts, jumpsuits and more that are appropriate to wear out.

All of the sale products offer free shipping and returns.

Right now, they, have amazing products on sale. One product that jumps out to me is this featherweight out and about Black ruffle dress for $42.98 (originally $122). It also comes in Nocturnal Navy for $58.50 (originally $118).

Life’s busy and sometimes we have so many places to be. This breezy and effortless dress will give you that style you want with comfort in mind.

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Angels designate Luis Guillorme, Willie Calhoun for assignment

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Long eliminated from playoff consideration, the Los Angeles Angels on Friday designated two players for assignment: infielder Luis Guillorme and designated hitter Willie Calhoun .

To take their spots on the active roster, the Angels recalled infielders Niko Kavadas and Jack Lopez.

Kavadas, 25, was inserted into the starting lineup for Friday's home game against the Atlanta Braves . He batted cleanup as the designated hitter for his major league debut.

Kavadas was acquired from the Boston Red Sox at the trade deadline, along with three other minor leaguers, for right-handed reliever Luis Garcia .

In 94 combined games for Triple-A Worcester and Salt Lake, Kavadas was batting .264 with 19 home runs and 67 RBIs. He had 64 games at first base and 30 at DH.

Lopez, 31, played seven games with the Red Sox in 2021. He was batting .274 with 12 home runs and 57 RBIs at Salt Lake. He has split time at three infield positions and all three outfield positions.

Guillorme, 29, batted .218 with seven doubles and six RBIs in 59 combined games for the Angels and Braves this season. He was acquired by the Angels in a May trade for a player to be named later.

Calhoun, 29, batted .245 with five home runs and 20 RBIs in 68 games. He is a career .241 hitter with 42 home runs and 140 RBIs in 369 games over eight major league seasons with four different clubs, including six with the Texas Rangers ,

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The 32-year-old joined the big-league roster in late June after Starling Marte (knee) landed on the 10-day injured list, but Marte is back with the Mets for Sunday's series finale against Miami. Gamel played in 18 games and had a .217/.400/.261 slash line in 30 plate appearances.

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Will Padres’ Yu Darvish Be Back in 2024? New Report Puts Chances at No Worse Than '50-50'

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Padres starting pitcher Yu Darvish effectively vanished from the major leagues after the franchise placed him on the restricted list in July. Padres manager Mike Shildt relayed the reason behind Darvish’s absence as an undisclosed family matter .

There is not a confirmed date for Darvish’s return to San Diego’s rotation. Two people close to Darvish revealed their predictions regarding when the Japanese right-hander will come back to baseball to the New York Post . One person said there is a “50-50” chance that Darvish will be back this season while the second person said the odds of him returning this season are higher. 

Despite being away from the Padres franchise, Darvish has been reported to be working out.

His hiatus from baseball came shortly after Darvish was sent on rehab assignment to the Fort Wayne TinCaps for a left groin strain in the beginning of June. The 2020 All-MLB First-Team selection last pitched on May 29 for three innings in the Padres' loss against the Marlins. 

The 2023 season was one of the worst in Darvish’s career. He posted the second-highest ERA of his career (4.56) and the highest since 2021. However, Darvish was beginning to look like his old self, logging a 3.20 ERA in 11 starts this season. Throwing 53 strikeouts and only 15 walks across 56.1 innings, Darvish was expected to be a key contributor as the Padres seek a spot in the playoffs. 

On a more positive note, Darvish’s break will also allow him to recover from injuries he sustained earlier this season. 

San Diego’s rotation is highlighted by three pitchers — Michael King (3.19), Dylan Cease (3.41), and Matt Waldron (4.00) — who have ERAs among the top 20 National League pitchers. The trio also ranks in the top 11 for least amount of hits allowed. The author of the Padres’ second no-hitter in history , Dylan Cease, sits in third in the National League for allowing only 99 hits. 

If Darvish can make his way back to the mound for the Padres this season, the five-time All-Star will certainly boost an already dominating rotation. Since returning from the All-Star break, the Padres have nearly guaranteed their spot in the playoffs as one of the three National League Wild Card teams.

In their last 22 games, the Padres are 19-3 — a team-record streak that makes the Padres a virtual lock for a playoff spot .

Samantha Garcia is a student at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is majoring in Psychology and minoring in Professional Writing. She is also a sports writer for the Daily Bruin at UCLA.