Friday, August 29, 2008
Yoga for Health: Are You Stressing Out? Take Yoga Class
...Stress is actually the number one killer of humans on the planet. Stress is a factor and cause of more physical and mental diseases than most of us can imagine. If you have any disease or ailment, stress will make it worse. If you are getting "stressed out," it may bring on an ailment or disease.
Just look at what stress does to your blood pressure and heart. Cancer patients recover better when they are dealing with less stress. There are many reasons to worry, and none of us is without worry or stress. Too much stress can also cause an abrupt withdrawal from society and result in a possible depression.
Stress overload can cause job burn out, chronic fatigue, and nervous breakdowns. All of these conditions can result in long-term effects that can "sap" a person's life energy, focus, and motivation.
Unfortunately, stress can also be caused by the ego, too much attachment to outcome, greed, jealousy, and hate. This is mentioned within the yoga sutras, by patanjali, which has remained a timeless guide to human insight. Sometimes, we create our own stress and are our own wo...more
yoga: Three Reasons You Should Not Do Wheel
...g this pose without successful completion gives great benefits. If you have limited strength but plenty of flexibility you can easily come up into this asana. If you have lots of strength but limited flexibility you will be able to come up into the Wheel using the force of your strength. If your strength and flexibility are limited the Wheel pose will be quite a challenge.
The Chakrasana has an overall tonic effect for the entire body. It tones the spine by stretching it fully. I...more
yoga Paths
...e focus of karma yoga is on service and treatment of others. The basic idea is that our experiences today are a direct result of our past actions. Therefore, everything that those who practice karma yoga do today is in an effort to create a better future for themselves and those around them. They do this by eliminating the motivations of pessimism and egotism. This means living for others instead of ourselves.
Jnana yoga
Those who practice jnana yoga are most concerned with the development of the mind. They are scholar...more
Nude yoga and Naked Aerobics
...s in hindrance of sperm growth thereby reducing the sperm shack and male hormones which in turn reduces fertility. It can also cause impotence in both genders. Not just accidental nudity, this is purposeful.
More advantages : No sweaty clothes to wash; Cheaper designer-competitiveness; no fighting for a place with Peter Alexander fashion designer (though I love designer clothes myself). In fact this is goal-orientated, if I may say so because you can concentrate more on building those muscles or firming those gluts.
Naked aerobics yoga is a good exercise and does exist. In fact, quite a few people really p...more
