Benefits of Becoming a Yogi

A Yogi is a person who practises the disciplines of yoga. In India, traditionally, a yogi or yogin was a person who aimed to achieve a state called Samadhi, or enlightenment. Today it is widely believed that this practice brings flexibility and increased good health.

Kinds of Yoga and its Benefit to our Health

Yoga has various principles with specific and unique purposes. Hatha Yoga is the discipline of breathing and body control. It involves various breathing exercises and it is especially beneficial for people who have respiratory illness. This allows the breathing muscles to use the least amount of energy to move air in and out of the lungs. Over time this helps to lessen shortness of breath.

Bhakti Yoga, the discipline of devotion involves deep meditation. Meditation enables physical and mental relaxation, reduces stress and builds one's immune response. This discipline is of considerable help in increasing the body's resistance to illness. A practitioner can achieve better concentration and an improved memory. As mind-body co-ordination greatly improves, that person can work more efficiently. Regular practice may also help to normalise weight and reduce high blood pressure.

Following the requirements of yoga may sound hard; in reality they are not. Discipline and practice are all that are required. There are many classes of many types available in most parts of the world today. But if you would prefer to practice in the privacy of your own home, rather than in a crowded classroom, you can have your own private instructor at a time, convenient to you by listening, watching and following a home training program right in your living room. Follow these training sessions and in time, you will find your flexibility, muscle strength and mental capacity improving. Take control of your health with this ancient and proven oriental art.

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Combining Exercise and Yoga to Help Manage the Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis

Combining a regular yoga practice along with traditional exercise can be helpful for those with Multiple sclerosis (MS). MS is a chronic and progressive illness that affects brain and spinal cord, resulting in sensations such as numbness, loss of muscle control, vision, balance, and/or thinking ability. MS is an autoimmune disease (diseases in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks normal tissues). With MS, the immune system attacks the central nervous system and damages the nerves of the brain and spinal cord.

The central nervous system consists of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves that act as the body's messenger system. The nerves are covered by a fatty substance called myelin. Myelin insulates the nerves and aids in the transmission of nerve impulses, or messages, between the brain and other parts of the body. These nerve impulses control muscle movements, such as walking and talking. The term Multiple Sclerosis is derived from the buildup of scar tissue (sclerosis) and because of the fact that myelin can be lost in multiple areas. These damaged areas are also known as plaques or lesions. The scar tissue or plaques form when the myelin that covers the nerves is destroyed, (demyelination). Without the myelin covering, electrical signals transmitted throughout the brain and spinal cord are disrupted or halted. The brain then becomes unable to send and receive messages. When this breakdown of communication occurs the symptoms of MS appear. The type and severity of symptoms, and the course of MS varies widely, partly due to the location of the scar tissue and the extent of demyelination.

Regular, moderate physical exercise is good for the body, mind, and spirit. For those with MS, exercise is an important tool to help maintain function, mobility, and help manage symptoms such as depression, fatigue, and anger. Regular exercise can improve a loss of fitness caused by a sedentary lifestyle and be therapeutic for such MS-related problems as spasticity and poor balance. Exercise also builds a reserve of muscle strength and cardiovascular function. Then, if an attack or exacerbation of MS calls for a time-out from physical activity, the reserve is available. When the symptoms subside and the person is able to go back to a more normal life, there is a better foundation on which to rebuild. Addressing the symptoms of MS with regular exercise may help to slow the progression of the disease as one maintains or even gains more mobility.

An exercise program should consist of aerobic or cardiovascular exercise, strength training exercise, and stretching exercises. Regular aerobic exercise helps make the heart stronger and helps to increase lung capacity. Strength training exercises help to increase muscular strength. Stretching exercises help maintain joint range of motion. However, all benefits of exercise are short-term; that is, they fade away if exercise is discontinued. On the other hand, all exercise provides benefits. If you find you can't do what you used to do, don't give up. You can always modify or turn to something more feasible. Physical therapists and exercise physiologists can provide expert help. Exercise can help ease the symptoms of MS, but it's important to take certain precautions if you want your exercise program to be successful.

Some of the factors which can interfere with exercising when you have MS include fatigue, overheating and balance concerns.

Fatigue. A common symptom for those with MS is fatigue. You may find that you have more "off" days than "on" days. Also some medications can cause fatigue as a side effect. Fatigue can also be related to respiratory problems. MS can sometimes affect breathing, and when it does, even simple activities can be tiring. Lastly, sleep problems, problems falling asleep, staying asleep, or getting the right kind of sleep prevent people from feeling refreshed when they wake up.

Tips for handling fatigue

Plan ahead. Get adequate sleep the night before engaging in exercise. Take a 15-minute nap a few hours preceding any demanding exercise.

Schedule physical activity for the time of the day when energy is highest. Alternate more demanding exercise with activity requiring less.

Always talk with exercise instructors about MS before starting a new class. This will allow the instructor to support you if you need to stop and rest.

Apply the "2 minute" rule: When feeling too sluggish for working out, commit to moderate exercise for just 2 minutes. The activity may generate the energy to continue. If fatigue persists, stop and rest.

Avoid exhaustion. When it looks as if energy might start to fade, a 15-minute time-out may be all that's required to recharge. Lie or sit with eyes closed and breathe slowly and deeply. Do nothing, except possibly listen to soothing music or repeat a comforting word, sound, or phrase such as "I am calm."

Overheating. Many people with MS experience a temporary worsening of their symptoms when they get too hot, such as getting overheated from exercise. This can occur with even a very slight elevation in core body temperature (one-quarter to one-half of a degree) because an elevated temperature further impairs the ability of a demyelinated nerve to conduct electrical impulses. It is important to remember that heat generally produces only a temporary worsening of symptoms and does not cause more actual tissue damage and the symptoms are generally rapidly reversed when the source of increased temperature is removed.

Tips for keeping cool

- Exercise in an air-conditioned room.

- Drink lots of cold fluids during exercise. Carry cold drinks in insulated containers that attach comfortably to a belt, waist-pack, backpack, or shoulder strap.

- Become aware of your body. If you notice any symptoms that you didn't have before you began exercising, then slow down or stop exercising until you cool down.

- Wear lightweight shoes. When the feet are cool, the rest of the body tends to be cool too.

- Wear vests, hats, or kerchiefs that hold "blue ice" gel packs or materials that can be chilled for long-lasting coolness.

- Dress in layers, in order to add or remove clothing as body temperature changes.

- Lower your body temperature immediately before and/or after exercise with a cool soak in a bathtub or shower. When no showers, tubs, pools, or gel packs are handy, try running cold water over your wrists for three to five minutes or apply cold paper towels to the neck and forehead.

-Refresh with "spritzes" of water from a plastic spray bottle--the type used for misting houseplants.

Balance concerns. If you are experiencing a loss of balance regular exercise can help. Talk to your instructor before the class to let them know you are dealing with MS and that your balance is affected. Try holding onto a chair or rail along the wall when exercising. If there are no chairs or rails, stand within arms reach of one of the walls, so you can use it to steady yourself if needed.

Combining exercise and yoga. While regular aerobic and strength training exercises are important for those with MS, yoga techniques can help to manage the symptoms that may prevent you from exercising.

Yoga teaches deep diaphragmatic breathing exercises. These breathing techniques help to increase lung capacity and teach you to take in a full breath. Learning to breathe diaphragmatically is a much more efficient and relaxing way for the body to take in and process oxygen. As your respiratory system becomes stronger you will become less fatigued less often. You can start by teaching yourself to do deep diaphragmatic breathing while sitting or lying down. Then once this becomes easier try using this style of breathing when participating in aerobic exercise.

Many yoga postures are excellent for improving balance. Here again start with some simple postures such a warrior one, warrior two, or tree pose. As your balance improves through the practice of stationary postures, you will find you have better balance during everyday activities including exercise.

Lastly yoga helps to develop a connection between mind and body. This is where yoga is very different from traditional western-based exercise programs. Yoga teaches the student to not only become aware of how the body is feeling in relation to movement, but also encourages the participant to honor the body's needs. As one through the practice of yoga becomes more aware of the movements and intensity of exercise that is best for their individual situation, they become less likely to overdo it. When we learn to exercise at a level that is appropriate for our individual body, then we avoid over fatiguing, muscle soreness, and other symptoms that often cause us to give our exercise program up.

So listen to your body, try various classes to see which one feels best, and keep exercising!

Lori Newell is an ACSM certified personal trainer and certified yoga teacher with a Master's degree in Health Promotion. She has been teaching fitness and yoga programs for over 20 years and specializes in programs for those with chronic illness. Lori is the author of The Book of Exercise and Yoga for Those with Multiple Sclerosis. It is available through Living Well Yoga and Fitness, [livingwellyogaandfitness.com] Mention your favorite MS organization when placing your order and a portion of your purchase will be donated to them.

A Black Belt is a White Belt Who Never Gave Up

Occasionally a student won't want to come to class. If this occurs more than once or twice, please notify an instructor so that we can re-motivate, educate, and reaffirm the goals of Black Belt Excellence. It is important to remember that almost everyone who earns Black Belt at some point during his or her training considers quitting. It is normal to have peaks and valleys in our training, especially since Martial Arts are a year round activity whereas most other activities are seasonal. We sometimes hear that it is challenging for parents to get their children to class. As long as the student still has fun while they are here, then there is not too much to be concerned about. We find that children often have trouble switching gears from one activity to the next, but as long as Tae Kwon Do is enjoyable for them, then a little difficulty getting them to class now and then is not a big issue. However, if a student complains excessively about coming to class, or says they don't enjoy it anymore, then you should tell their instructor immediately so that we can find out what needs to be done to re-motivate that student. We find that students may lose motivation simply because they have other activities (playing with friend or a favorite TV show) at the same time as class. Sometimes students just lose sight of their goals and need to reaffirm them. During periods of low motivation it is helpful to know that no one who has earned a Black Belt has regretted it, and that " a Black Belt is a white belt who never gave up!"

"Perseverance: The ability to carry out a positive resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed"

Master Wayne's Martial Arts School, The Family Martial Arts Center located in Mt. Dora, Florida is the largest in the area. The programs themselves range from Little Ninjas ( for 3,4 and 5 year olds) to a comprehensive childrens program ( geared for 6 to 10 year olds). Master Wayne has also introduced a Black Belt Club for advanced Tae Kwon Do studies as well as a Tai Chi program for the spirital development of his students.His center also involves family members with parent /student night and mommy and me classes. His center is listed in the top 15% of all matrial arts schools in the country and will continue to serve his students with up to date and cutting edge ideas and concepts.

Teaching Yoga and Building Self-Confidence

Many Yoga teachers seem to glow with self-confidence. Most Yoga instructors willingly accept invitations to participate as guest speakers at local health fairs, conventions, or health expos. Where does all this confidence come from? Is it an inherent quality or an outgrowth from teaching Yoga to others?

Generally speaking, most of us start with confidence as children. We say everything and anything, but we learn to keep quiet at the right time. Some of us feel bad about our outbursts as children, and we become conditioned to remain in silence. Others only interject their ideas, when they are 100% certain they have the right answer.

Granted, there are some adults who chatter all day long. They talk too much, or they offend people in the process. Their entire life may become a cycle of chatter and making excuses for what they have said in the past. Sometimes, whole families spend their lives apologizing for the constant babbling of one family member.

Coming into complete consciousness with the words we say requires mindfulness; and as mentioned above, it can be a life-long struggle for some of us. Therefore, mindful speaking is a practiced skill. We learn when and how to speak. Self-confidence follows skill and leads to a path of favorable possibilities.

With that said, teaching or practicing Yoga enhances many positive life skills. Self-confidence is not an accident. With the best possible teacher, Guru, or Swami, a student will grow and prosper. Within the heart and mind of each student, a noble teacher wants to instill a set of circumstances that accomplishes the intended purpose of self-awareness within the student.

Much like the gratification of raising children and watching them prosper, every Guru or Swami should feel the same way toward his or her students. For students, this can be accomplished with the careful guidance of a competent Yoga teacher or through intensive training. Yet, what holds most people back?

The fear of failure is what holds humanity behind. If fear is justified, then we must follow logical thought and instincts. There are many of us who have been programmed to fear accomplishments and success. The reason being: Constant success would be an unfamiliar set of circumstances. We would rather be familiar with failure than succeed.

In most cases, we hold our self-confidence in "check." We wish and pray for something good to happen, but we do not take action. Wishing and praying are good for us, but they must be followed by action.

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Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500, has written many books on the subject of Yoga. He is a co-owner and the Director of yoga-teacher-training.org/index.html Yoga Teacher Training at: Aura Wellness Center, in Attleboro, MA. He has been a certified Master Yoga Teacher since 1995. To receive Free Yoga videos, Podcasts, e-Books, reports, and articles about Yoga, please visit: yoga-teacher-training.org/index.html yoga-teacher-training.org/index.html

Aquaexercise for All

Experts in fitness aren't surprised about the health benefits of water exercise and many individuals have found it just the ticket to get in shape. Classes offered vary from traditional water aerobics to bench stepping, yoga, tai chi, deep water running and kickboxing. Your body is buoyant in water, so you don't hit the bottom of the pool as hard as you do with land exercises. Therefore, impact on joints and muscles is reduced. If you have injuries, keep your joints slightly bent instead of straight. This helps to distribute the water pressure throughout the limb, rather than directly on the joint.

Just being in the water causes you to exercise. The continual water pressure that pushes against you while you move makes you push out harder to continue movement. Water exercise is natural resistance training as there is continual resistance to each move you make, creating stronger muscles. Water activities like aqua aerobics, bench stepping, deep water running and kick boxing all are great cardiovascular conditioning workouts. They also naturally increase muscular strength, endurance and flexibility. Finally, they are good calorie burners if done at a high enough intensity.

Yoga, Pilate's and Tai Chi have hit the water too. Aqua Yoga is a harmonious workout, combining the gentle qualities of yoga poses with the relaxing ebb and flow of the water. The water actually can help support the body, easing wear and tear on the joints and increasing balance so performing the poses is a bit easier than on land. Aqua Pilates othen combines the use of tubes to stengthen the core muscles with some cardio so you get the best of both worlds. Finally, Aqua Tai Chi can be described as a meditation of movement involving gentle and fluid exercises that use the water to overcome some of the clumsiness, stiffness and heaviness experienced on land. The fluidic environment helps to free the mind and emotions so the individual is more in tune with the inherent fluidity inside their bodies.

As you can see, water exercise is a booming workout form with new ideas coming out all the time. There are also many products you can buy such as buoyancy and back support belts, shoes to give you better traction on the pool bottom, hand paddles for upper body resistance exercise and weighted belts to increase your workload. So take the plunge and try poolside instead of the gym for your next workout.

Dr. Lanny Schaffer is an Exercise Physiologist and the President of The International Fitness Academy. For more cutting edge research and ideas in group fitness and general exercise go to Aerobic-Exercise-Coach.com [aerobic-exercise-coach.com].

The Man Who Revolutionizes Psychoanalytical Therapy - Interview With Luca Bosurgi

Luca Bosurgi, a defining voice in the emerging field of mind-spirit therapy, transforms psychoanalysis to spiritual evolution. He has developed an original mind coaching technique: The CognitiveOS Hypnosis. For the first time he has agreed to talk about the power of the CognitiveOS Hypnosis and why it's the next step in psychoanalytical therapy. - Nadine Aurel

Luca, you and Nadine Aurel are the founders of the Cognitive OS Hypnosis Institute and the initiators of the Hunab-Ku People philosophy. Your friends call you "powerful master" and your clients rave about the miracles you perform. Luca, what is all this about?

The medicine to conquer our own miracles is in each and every one of us. We all have the tools to gain power, love, success and spiritual advancement using our own resources. I am not a master, I am a teacher who helps to prepare and trigger conditions where miracles can happen - and then miracles happen.

The CognitiveOS Institute is a recently formed institution established by Nadine and I to host my 20 years clinical experience and the Hunab-Ku philosophy. Nadine is a young Medicine Woman and has deeply contributed to the development of the Hunab-Ku concept.

What is a mind coach?

In order to understand mind coaching, we first need to agree on a few philosophical concepts:

? The purpose of our life on earth is to develop our spiritual awareness: this is primarily done by acquiring new knowledge through our life's experiences.

? In order to gather experiences and transform them into spiritual evolution, we have a sophisticated, robotic system, our tool of life, which are our body and mind. They are powerful pieces of equipment that allow our spirit to live and operate on earth.

? Good control and management of this equipment provides us with balance and efficient lives.

? Bad control of this equipment results in depression, addictions, lack of self-esteem, eating disorders, pain and confusion among many other problems. The first step is to help my clients gain control over their mind and body by eliminating past psychological traumas and unhealthy conditional behaviors. I then train their minds to live a more effective life by developing their personal powers to enhance their professional, artistic, social and healing skills. This translates into balance, success, love and spiritual advancement: It changes lives. This is what I do and this is why I am successful.

You founded a new school in mind therapies, the CognitiveOS Hypnosis. How does CognitiveOS Hypnosis compare to the traditional psychotherapy?

CognitiveOS Hypnosis is a way to teach the meaning of life. It explains the value of and how to perform our life journey more efficiently by learning how to manage our body and mind. CognitiveOS Hypnosis is the next step in psychotherapy. It is a mind-spirit therapy that grants permanent and effective results much faster than any classical psychoanalysis. Within a few months I am able to coach my clients to take full control over their mind, clearing past psychological traumas, fear and pain. Most of the teaching is done with guided meditation in hypnosis.

Hypnosis is generally used to quit smoking and for pain management; to many it's a scary word. What are hypnotism and CognitiveOS Hypnosis in fact?

The word hypnosis is often associated with a process where the hypnotist uses mysterious powers to take control of a person's mind. This appears to render the patient helpless similar to a marionette. However, that is far from the truth; hypnosis is one of the most powerful and safe mind teaching techniques. During a hypnotherapy session the patient is mentally awake, in full control, and afterwards will remember each moment of the therapy.

Milton Erickson, the MD psychiatrist, father of the clinical hypnosis, was the first to give a medical connotation to hypnotism introducing the concept of a valid alternative to traditional psychotherapy. Unfortunately, he was ahead of his time and his voice remains limited. Traditional hypnosis is a symptom driven therapy and only used to clear specific conditions.

CognitiveOS Hypnosis, instead, is a method of teaching that uses tailor-made, guided meditations within a natural theta trance stage of the mind. CognitiveOS Hypnosis can be divided into two main elements:

Meditation: a natural sensorial language effortlessly absorbed by the mind. CognitiveOS Hypnosis uses this ancient language to teach clients how to take control over body and mind. This is accomplished by clearing past issues and psychological traumas while developing personal powers.

Theta-trance: a natural stage of the mind positioned between awake and asleep. A 'magic mind's place' that happens naturally when we fall asleep or we wake up. We often experience it before getting up in the morning; our mind is awake but our body is still asleep. Our thoughts are similar to dreams but perfectly managed; crisp, brave and incredibly creative. While in this state, everything is still possible as in dreams, but it doesn't last long because as soon as our body awakens the magic is gone. Hypnosis is the way to artificially open and maintain that 'magic mind's place' for the period of a session.

Is CognitiveOS Hypnosis the only way to do that?

It is the fastest way. The alternative is training, but it takes many years; consider the difficult and demanding process of the eastern meditation schools.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, during one of his teachings, talked about an experiment organized by his team together with a team of hypnotherapists. He personally witnessed untrained minds able to produce similar EEG theta waves under hypnosis like highly trained monks during deep meditation. He found it fascinating that hypnosis could produce the same level of meditation in untrained minds in just a few seconds which his monks achieved after livelong training.

What does CognitiveOS mean?

The Cognitive Operating System is the interface connecting our spirit to our life's tool, a super structure that we use 24/7 to manage our mind, body, and energies. Imagine a space shuttle, the CognitiveOS would be the interface that the astronaut uses to drive the ship.

In the western world we are rediscovering that each one of our cells has its own intelligence and energetic interaction with the rest of the body. Each cell makes mini decisions that affect the balance of the entire system. Therefore, it becomes obvious that the mind is only a part of the decision making process. CognitiveOS is the frame, the co-coordinator and the conductor of the global intelligence that regulates, motivates and develops our life.

Eastern ancient disciplines such as Kundalini Yoga have been designed to awaken, master and regulate the CognitiveOS. The CognitiveOS Hypnosis is the first psychotherapy school that operates at the CognitiveOS level.

The Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung warned that Kundalini Yoga could lead to dissociation in which the mind purposely attempts to separate from its bodily restrictions, which in certain unstable individuals might easily lead to a real psychosis... what you think about that?

Jung was the first psychiatrist that understood the importance of integrating spirituality in our life, therefore he deserves respect. However his theories were developed before the mind revolution that took the western world by storm during the second half of the last century. Prior to the mind revolution, the ability to have free thought and the power to make independent decisions was very limited. Roles imposed by culture, religions, and states were strictly regulating life. Modern life with its many choices, freedom of movement and new technology required people to think and make choices. The focus shifted from physical strength to using our intellect. This shift created, among many others, the women's movement, one of the most important developments of the last millennium.

To summarize, in my opinion, Jung's worries are unjustified. I value Kundalini Yoga as a powerful CognitiveOS training and I recommend it to all my clients.

Is this why you opened one of your practices in a Kundalini Yoga center?

Absolutely. Working with the correct energetic environment is important plus it enhances the effects of the CognitiveOS therapy. The Golden Bridge Yoga center in Los Angeles, where I recently opened my new practice, is a sanctuary of vital energy. The owner and lead teacher Gurmukh, her husband, their team and all the Goldenbridge Community constantly create an environment full of light. It is a joy to operate there.

What is the Hunab-Ku and who are the Hunab-ku people?

Hunab-Ku is a powerful Mayan symbol which signifies the God of the Gods, the purest representation of the Big Creator above every religion. We adopted the Hunab-Ku symbol after a dream, as sign of our total commitment to the army of God. An army with no flags or structure, just people working in the name of love.

We are using the Hunab-Ku to define the coming generations who will bring the Earth to the next level. People trained to master their CognitiveOS, "life's professionals", working to restore and upgrade our wonderful, however seriously wounded world.

You are also a Medicine Man known as Red Cougar, do you perform shamanic sessions?

No, I integrated my Medicine Man powers within the CognitiveOS therapies. It's one of the powerful tools that I use in my sessions. I have spent most of my life gathering teachings and techniques around the world and assembling the tools that make CognitiveOS Hypnosis. I remember how excited I was twenty years ago when I first discovered the tremendous healing power of hypnosis; it's from that point that everything started to make sense.

Does CognitiveOS Hypnosis work for everybody?

Every person can benefit from it, but at this stage I only work with a limited number of clients who demonstrate powerful minds as well as a desire to change.

If I understand correctly, hypnosis only positions the client's mind in a specific place, but the real therapy is the meditation that you create for them. Consequently, the success of your therapies comes from years of clinical and philosophical studies combined with your natural gifts. Will CognitiveOS Hypnosis become a main stream therapy?

My work defines the new way of healing by managing minds and spirits. It works because the conditions in our society are ready for it. People want to have control over their bodies and mind instead of the other way around.

Imagine that you are riding a horse that is out of control. You need that horse in order to travel your life's journey; how would you feel? Would you feel afraid, depressed, confused, angry, even hate for the horse? In order to keep you in the saddle and to keep the animal going you might come up with all types of harsh or kind strategies or follow foolish advice. Perhaps you would drug the horse or tire it with endless exercise. What a nightmare! Well, this is the battle most western people are enduring daily.

Imagine the opposite situation. You know and love your horse. Your horse is well trained and responds with joy to all your commands and requests. How would you feel? You would feel happy, safe, relaxed and empowered, knowing that your journey will be efficient, enjoyable and successful.

After a century of preparations we are now ready for the big change. The era of the Aquarius, characterized by the newly balanced male/female mind allows us to take advantage of all the efforts and achievements and learn from the mistakes made by past generations during the "revolution of the mind" and the "new age" movements. We are finally ready to move to the next level, to reassess our priorities, to identify ourselves with our spirit and to allow our spirit to take full control over body and mind. The CognitiveOS is a universal and natural concept that will spread fast and will be taught in schools.

What about mind altering substances like Prozac, alcohol, drugs?

We all have the tools to achieve a powerful life and to defeat addictions, depression, pain and confusion. We all are powerful spirits driving perfect and intelligent mind/body robotics. We need to face our issues and work hard to allow the change to take place by taking charge and learning how to control and trust our tools of life. Life is a gift of God and it is our duty and responsibility to capitalize on each and every moment.

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Practice Yoga For A Healthier, More Fulfilling And Longer Life

Yoga is an art that began in India but has gained popularity in many parts of the globe. It has been practiced there since the early twentieth century and has been exported to other continents as well. It refers to both a system of philosophy and an ancient system of physical and mental disciplines. It is a combination of three main activities; posture, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques. It is proven to treat various conditions including cardiovascular and carpal tunnel syndrome. This means that yoga can be used as an alternative medicine.

This art has been widely used to treat depression. The patient is taken through repetitive actions of breathing, meditation and physical posturing, until he achieves a break from stress. This technique eventually manages the symptoms of depression like irritability, weight-gain, loss of concentration and change in sleep patterns among many others.

It is a powerful stimulant of the Parasympathetic nervous system. This is the bodily system that induces relaxation. Once stimulated, the PNS reduces the heart rate and the volume of blood entering and exiting the heart, significantly reducing blood pressure. This makes yoga particularly beneficial to people with heart diseases, hypertension and diabetes.

Some mild yoga activities that focus on breathing and relaxation have been observed to considerably inhibit and minimize the spread of breast cancer. This is a discovery that has received wide attention and interest especially from the medical field. Further exploration into this could significantly reduce the cost of treatment of breast cancer in the future.

The art is also known to calm the nervous system, by establishing a balance between the body, mind and spirit. This balance cultivates a vibrant health and creates a state of mind characterized by profound wisdom, calm and peace. This state keeps the bodily energy meridians open, and life energy flowing.

One is advised to practice yoga under the watchful eye of an experienced teacher. If not practiced carefully, it could cause some injuries like rotator-cuff injuries, ganglion cysts, hyper-extension of the neck, carotid arteries tears, and bulging of inter-vertebral discs. When practiced well, it is very beneficial to the entire body.

This practice has gained a lot of popularity in all parts of the world. The art is practiced by people of all gender, race and age. It is gaining as much popularity as its counterparts judo, kung-fu and taekwodo. This popularity is due to the fact that it presents a powerful approach to the exploration of the mind and the hidden powers therein.

The benefits of yoga to the body, mind and soul cannot be overemphasized. This is a really inexpensive natural therapy, that could hold the breakthrough in treatment and management of conditions that have defied science like AIDS, vertebral paralysis and H1N1 among others. It is a therapeutic art that makes your body more flexible and helps it to relax even under stress. It aims at uniting the spirit, body and mind and helps one to feel more energetic, fitter, peaceful and happier.

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