Partner yoga is a physical practice of strengthening trust, comfort and good communication. If you are looking to do something special with your partner, try partner yoga – something to remember! Partner yoga is a great way to share an experience with a good friend or loved one.
 
Essentially, every partner yoga class differs, but they are all vigorous, playful and fun. If you are confident with your partner, you will get close to and adjust him or her. You could have moments of supporting each other, or you may fall together. Your partner should focus on your safety and help you settle deeper into poses with less effort. The poses are not very complicated. However, working as a team could inevitably create some confusion, but it is all in good fun.
 
While choosing your yoga partner, make sure that there is trust and comfort between you. Best to choose someone you have a good connection with, are willing to get physically close to, and whom you can communicate clearly with. Your spouse, girlfriend or boyfriend is usually great, and someone you care about. If you are interested in partner yoga, go with a close friend and have a great time. Try not to pick a random person, and keep in mind that your partner will be in your personal space for the whole class.
 
Make sure you are ready to move around freely, stretch and dress comfortably. Bring your yoga mat, towel and a water bottle - anything you would bring to a regular yoga class.
If you need yoga equipment, most yoga studios provide you with everything you need. Apart from the yoga gear, you need a partner who is a good match for you, and has a positive personality.
 
Partner yoga is a great opportunity to:

• Bond with a significant person in your life
• Provide a space where you can be playful, smile and laugh at each other while you practice
• Give yourself permission to be clumsy, and see each other from a different perspective.
• Support each other in poses, helping build trust and confidence
• Have a teacher guiding you to mindfully touch and adjust each other in a way that's helpful, strong and kind
• Enjoy making each other feel good!

 
Biofeedback is a kind of feedback that a person can obtain from special equipment in real time, to make him or her aware of the bodily processes such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweating, and muscle tension, in order to develop the ability to consciuosly control the related physiological activities.
 
Biofeedback systems have been known in India for millennia. Ancient Hindu practices like yoga and pranayama (breathing techniques) are essentially biofeedback methods. Many yogis have been known to exercise control over their physiological processes.
 
Some yogis are able to do that without the use of equipment, but biofeedback training allows users, through outward visual or audio signals, to gain control over physical processes previously considered automatic. It helps survive in extreme or hazardous situations, and it also is beneficial in treating certain ailments, such as stress, migraine, tension headaches, high blood pressure, heart trouble, insomnia, muscular tics, and anxiety.
 
Some types of biofeedback instrumentation include:
 
Electromyogram (EMG) - the most common form of biofeedback measurement. An EMG uses electrodes or other types of sensors to measure muscle tension alerting you to muscle tension so  you can learn to recognize the feeling early on and try to control the tension right away. EMG is mainly used as a relaxation technique to help ease tension in those muscles involved in backaches, headaches, neck pain and grinding your teeth.
 
Galvanic skin response training - sensors measure the activity of your sweat glands and the amount of perspiration on your skin alerting you to anxiety. This information can be useful in treating emotional disorders such as phobias, anxiety and stuttering.
 
Electroencephalography (EEG) - monitors the activity of brain waves linked to different mental states, such as wakefulness, relaxation, calmness, light sleep and deep sleep. The user learns when he or she is producing the alpha waves also produced in meditation.
 
Biofeedback opens possibilities of self-healing, however it should not be taken beyond relaxation without a doctor, to avoid damaging the vital organs.