tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53407062606954926362024-03-20T15:00:24.555-07:00Yoga HomeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-47139377975588626802010-12-22T17:38:00.001-08:002010-12-22T17:46:20.171-08:00Yawning<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3oq_6777gZ-rgwu-5mJjM1U8l990sBmv0-KbXansnl1Alxdwlm7Su0X6zhumRylO2HXrVmfmctOLJ6GWN6i7j9S8YlX3pesD38jakmguhLDOZwir93yspihP4FsygT1Q0qWWTMVXmGb5/s1600/Yoga-banner.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 73px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553686638871008978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3oq_6777gZ-rgwu-5mJjM1U8l990sBmv0-KbXansnl1Alxdwlm7Su0X6zhumRylO2HXrVmfmctOLJ6GWN6i7j9S8YlX3pesD38jakmguhLDOZwir93yspihP4FsygT1Q0qWWTMVXmGb5/s320/Yoga-banner.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">All of us yawn, but not many of us know why, the only thing we can relate to is tireness.<br />Do you ever notice, some yoga student will start to yawn when they come to their mat, when they start to sit down and relax or when they are in meditation or pranayama.<br />In fact this is a signal from the body. Recently I read this article from Yoga Journal, which explain this very well, hope you will find it is helpful to you.<br /><br /></span>".....<br />Many people in the modern world, including many who practice yoga, live stressful lives and walk around most of the time in a state of sympathetic dominance. By that I mean that the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), associated with the "fight or flight" response, is more activated that the parasympathetic nervous system, the branch of the ANS associated with rest and relaxation.<br /><br />Since stress hormones are stimulating, these people may not notice how tired they really are until they get into a situation in which they start to relax. Yogic breathing—such as gentle Ujjayi Pranayama (Victorious Breath)—or practices that lengthen the exhalation relative to the inhalation can pretty quickly lead to parasympathetic dominance, and that's probably why the yawning occurs. And, although we don't know why, yawning also seems to be contagious—once one student starts, it may spread like wildfire. As with students who fall asleep in Savasana (Corpse Pose), yawning may signal a sleep deficit that your students would be wise to address before health problems result " - by Dr. Timothy McCallUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-21593915043257141622010-10-17T23:26:00.001-07:002010-10-17T23:28:24.675-07:00Sri Sri Yoga in Bukit Mertajam (English Class)<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqvhKaWm1lxT7tb-WxtMqVq9sIZeXMkxORWmBg9TE_GCuS5hES3DWKpKRgAJhB1Jf1LGqUcaVFzLg0yfl4MP9H48-WYb-5YQXL-izhlKhpNAK-33Lh07lNbdGqJomRprQqSX0e1iyWV9i/s1600/SSY_BM-Nov.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529268999110127090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqvhKaWm1lxT7tb-WxtMqVq9sIZeXMkxORWmBg9TE_GCuS5hES3DWKpKRgAJhB1Jf1LGqUcaVFzLg0yfl4MP9H48-WYb-5YQXL-izhlKhpNAK-33Lh07lNbdGqJomRprQqSX0e1iyWV9i/s400/SSY_BM-Nov.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em> please click on the pic to enlarge</em></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlAQzclLAHQEVmQyflmo6WB_LkM917_QehqO7eBl2lvh0LKtYQ9HbDs9gB8Lqwhu_1aL8aE1AD4RBVVpW7bgYmnkNNxUi5T_ngEODubXPpGwS01mZqZJsN3HdHkMmTycGTGkGSejIYbY7/s1600/SSY_BM-Nov.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-22966955375025474652010-07-31T19:55:00.000-07:002010-07-31T20:16:11.349-07:00Happening Event in Town!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The most Happening Event in Penang. Could be your once in a life time experience, why don't give yourself an opportunity. Feel free to contact me if you are interested.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">check out <a href="http://www.artofliving.org.my/guruji-talks.php">here</a> for more details</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><em>click on the pic to view in larger size</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQNPdM9PF5wt8Up4BbYRqgNTaVcheBHWQZTJgzCYlnsJkawl42WGkggVwRskyrayUUAljhTPh4sllJvgPg0Hzr4Javp0hr7fnG-DoWiHC0xcSoVRLbjdcjVfvbscGf1pSCAsZiDQpQtfy/s1600/Guruji-Eng+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQNPdM9PF5wt8Up4BbYRqgNTaVcheBHWQZTJgzCYlnsJkawl42WGkggVwRskyrayUUAljhTPh4sllJvgPg0Hzr4Javp0hr7fnG-DoWiHC0xcSoVRLbjdcjVfvbscGf1pSCAsZiDQpQtfy/s400/Guruji-Eng+001.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsaWNFR4eZkZ5tEy7lTqINFGF1xEtFsZydjo_B4WGhhCw2hQ4aSquP-ersXPpmQB8_kg-47XKJn5jAtN_m59g3OWLIVQc15Ohz-jwuwzV5t_ZhanPNc78TGWDH4pSohOxLe1ncsujWS61/s1600/guriji+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsaWNFR4eZkZ5tEy7lTqINFGF1xEtFsZydjo_B4WGhhCw2hQ4aSquP-ersXPpmQB8_kg-47XKJn5jAtN_m59g3OWLIVQc15Ohz-jwuwzV5t_ZhanPNc78TGWDH4pSohOxLe1ncsujWS61/s400/guriji+001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-62769611747036914032010-07-03T21:26:00.000-07:002010-07-03T21:32:06.358-07:00Sri Sri Yoga in Penang<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>For best view, please click on the picture and zoom in</em></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIe3N1zrAblWXAI2ZpfGosETRXlk43LI2E7TvntCC2DDFsUs_LXLEhY7H_2XVMoA7MLZ8-TyuhUUmzVazXD41oS8YHM5IuN_9z9EBOCT6SNpU3ohGp0LcrskoJ3-m4ffGC2tvxY9SCQ38/s1600/flyer-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIe3N1zrAblWXAI2ZpfGosETRXlk43LI2E7TvntCC2DDFsUs_LXLEhY7H_2XVMoA7MLZ8-TyuhUUmzVazXD41oS8YHM5IuN_9z9EBOCT6SNpU3ohGp0LcrskoJ3-m4ffGC2tvxY9SCQ38/s400/flyer-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>For best view, please click on the picture and zoom in</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirDfYYo4cJfgFdHDpb6A5Og_7n7Mc2jTWi0W0hA1fsz7mnCf6_sTgvAuYBfhC9UaPu2KoaM0OFkN90E_NmUcft51KYJpCP81WPeqPVyXX6kxQZl75TGese09yj4ome0_ENApkLLnpz44_/s1600/flyer-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirDfYYo4cJfgFdHDpb6A5Og_7n7Mc2jTWi0W0hA1fsz7mnCf6_sTgvAuYBfhC9UaPu2KoaM0OFkN90E_NmUcft51KYJpCP81WPeqPVyXX6kxQZl75TGese09yj4ome0_ENApkLLnpz44_/s400/flyer-3.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What to know more about Sri Sri Yoga? Check out the official International website <a href="http://www.srisriyoga.org/default.aspx">Here</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-75859811449142910542010-05-06T06:17:00.000-07:002010-05-06T06:17:06.557-07:00Buddha Day Exhibition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXtdfDfGD5GCAKKkQJozBI3zfXHEnqwksJ2ZWsnFCWTgB5xKM1_uH4VZMA6l0UOoSAjBhwiMzS0zaw_-NACqqesaFV_eWijuz1_ivdowLRrOju9khzMyoF7KU_QxuJd9uD4rHcKQDiKoNv/s1600/exhibitiona.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXtdfDfGD5GCAKKkQJozBI3zfXHEnqwksJ2ZWsnFCWTgB5xKM1_uH4VZMA6l0UOoSAjBhwiMzS0zaw_-NACqqesaFV_eWijuz1_ivdowLRrOju9khzMyoF7KU_QxuJd9uD4rHcKQDiKoNv/s400/exhibitiona.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-54416876532094929582010-04-14T22:05:00.000-07:002010-04-28T18:11:04.043-07:00Announcement<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wdVf-hU8W8IG6ssnFSsmkNiElNg4DW73D2pu6Aha4XnLCUR-DdHMWbcfOTzT3UVFWT8lXCfJm3KHNcuMWAtgpbgvcel1TSeTJwiFClDAwwVln8fk-JtDRjiRXq9bX-V_9IofU5oiEWxN/s1600/lotus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wdVf-hU8W8IG6ssnFSsmkNiElNg4DW73D2pu6Aha4XnLCUR-DdHMWbcfOTzT3UVFWT8lXCfJm3KHNcuMWAtgpbgvcel1TSeTJwiFClDAwwVln8fk-JtDRjiRXq9bX-V_9IofU5oiEWxN/s320/lotus.jpg" wt="true" /></a></div>Dear Yogi,<br />
Please be informed that we will stop our Yoga class at YogaHome@LakePlaza by 30 April 2010 until we find another good place to hold the class. Would like to take this opportunity to THANK YOU all the support you provided to YogaHome.<br />
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If you have any further enquiry, feel free to contact us.<br />
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namaste~<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Recently, people around me are doing this program where General Motors had designed for their employees. I did come across this program 2 years back but I was not paying attention on it, because it stated reduce 5kgs in 7 days. I thought this is CRAZY.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So the first group of people completed their program 2 weeks ago and the result is amazing. They managed to reduce their weight between 4.5kgs to 3kgs. Which is very encouraging. The 2nd group started the same program 4 days ago, positive results reported 2kg - 2.5kgs lost on the 3rd day. Especially Chinese New Year(CNY) is just around the corner, everyone sure would like to reduce some weights.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This program is designed for a target weight loss of 10-17 lbs per week. It will also improve your attitudes and emotions because of its cleansing systematic effects. <br />
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For those who are interested, you may get more details from </span><a href="http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/~jajoo/gmdiet.html"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. Good luck!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-90876600687514291972009-09-25T22:05:00.000-07:002010-01-27T21:17:46.315-08:00Yoga Mat TowelFor everyone who practice yoga, you would love to have one Yoga mat towel. Not only does it prevent slipping on your yoga mat, it stabilizes your practice, it puts a hygienic layer between you and the yoga mat purposes (I mind lying down on other people’s dried sweat), easy to care for, is quick drying, is perfect for the traveling fitness enthusiast and most important it gives you the feeling of comfortable. I have been using one from x-brand for 3 years now, it has became my best companion during my every yoga practice.<br />
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I know many yogis admire this mat towel but was “scared away” by the price. Yes, good things don’t come free, or even cheap for that matter. This is not the normal towel, it is a super-absorbent towel (ultra fine micro-fiber fabric with special knitted technology makes this towel more skin-smooth for yogis) and with rubber beads on one. I found a source to get this yoga mat towel at a cheaper price. Why it is cheaper? Because it is NO BRAND. I sell it at RM100 each (exclude the shipping cost). If you happened to be in Penang, we may arrange a time for you to collect it from Yoga Home Studio. You may contact us at email address: <a href="mailto:yogahome2007@gmail.com">yogahome2007@gmail.com</a><br />
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Check out the photos and feel free to contact me if you would like to own one.<br />
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The rubber beads on one side helps to keep the towel and mat together<br />
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</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-31198123970239603772009-09-11T00:17:00.000-07:002010-01-31T22:02:11.060-08:00About<span style="color: white;">Yoga Home is an urban sanctuary dedicated to the development of healthy bodies, clear minds and open hearts through the experience of Yoga. In Yoga Home, we provide a warm and supportive environment for you to unfold to the highest potential of your body, mind and soul. Besides Yoga, we also share with you the information of how to live healthier, stress management and the concept of LOHAS. Our mission is to spread the seed of LOHAS. All of us are valuable, bright expressions of Spirit. We all deserve to be happy and healthy. Make your life EASEFUL, PEACEFUL and USEFUL</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: 130%;">瑜珈之家是一個都市叢林庇護所。每个人都想要給生命中多一些空間,在瑜珈之家,我们提供一個開放包容式的環境,一個溫暖和支持你的空間。 通过瑜珈练习可進而改造身體健康、幫助思想沉澱、提昇心靈。<br />
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除了瑜珈练习, 我們還會與你分享健康訊息,如何減壓以及情緒管理. 我們的宗旨是提倡樂活, 散播樂活的種子.<br />
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我們相信每一個人都是有獨一無二的存在價值, 我們每一個人都是珍貴的, 我們值得擁有更多健康與更多快樂,體驗更舒適、更平和、更有價值的人生。</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">~Namaste</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-62829794559762901222009-07-16T05:40:00.000-07:002010-01-31T22:02:33.968-08:00How the Gallbladder Works<span style="color: white;">Bile is what our bodies use to digest food and remove toxins and fats from our system. The liver makes bile, and the gallbladder stores it. When we eat, the gallbladder is stimulated to release bile so that we can digest food properly.<br />
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When our bodies are inundated with toxins and saturated fats, our liver can become overloaded. We cannot make enough bile quickly enough to rush to the blood stream and flush these toxins away. Our gallbladder can become seriously inflamed, which causes pain and even fever, vomiting, and nausea.<br />
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When cholesterol in our bodies meets bile, it can result in gallstones. Make no mistake - this can be life threatening. So it's crucial to maintain the health of the liver and the gallbladder.<br />
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<strong>Liver Detox</strong><br />
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1/2 cup warm water<br />
2 tbsp organic lemon juice<br />
1 tbsp organic molasses<br />
1tsp organic olive oil<br />
1 pinch cayenne pepper<br />
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Drink this mixture first thing in the morning for 10 days continously.<br />
It would be beneficial to our detox if we ate more fresh fruits and vegetables and less meat.<br />
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<strong>Gallbladder Detox</strong><br />
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<em>Day 1 – Day 5</em><br />
Morning, Noon, Evening and before go to bed drinks 250 ml of Green Apple juice or 2 Green Apple. Maintain your diet simple (less salt, less oil, less meat and less sugar). The purpose of drinking/eating the Green Apple is to soften the gallstones and make it easier to be removed. Drink 3 liters of water everyday<br />
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<em>Day 6</em><br />
• Fasting in morning and stop taking the Green Apple. Not to drink too much of water as it will make your stomach not comfortable.<br />
• 6pm – mix 250ml of water with Epson Salt (10gram) , drink it.<br />
• 8pm – again mix 250ml of water with Epson Salt (10gram) , drink it.<br />
• 10pm – mix 125ml fresh lemon juice with 125ml Olive oil, drink it.<br />
• After taking the lemon juice+olive oil, keep your stomach warm by hugging the hot pillow, lie down and turn to the right. This will help to increase the cord of the gallbladder, make it easier to pass out the gallstone.<br />
• Lemon juice helps to soften the cord and olive oil help to produce more bile, flush the gallstones from gallbladder out from body.<br />
</span><span style="color: white;"><em>Day 7</em>Go to toilet in the morning, you will see gallstones start to pass out from your body. Gallstones floating, they are green and shape in stone.<br />
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<em>Notes:</em><br />
• After pass out the gallstones, you will have good appetite but not to eat too much/full as it is harmful to your gastric.<br />
• Epsom salt is very powerful and cheap, do not take too much. You may also reduce the amount into half (if applicable).<br />
• Even you have the operation to remove the gallstones perviously, you may also try this remedy.<br />
• This is only applicable to gallstone at gallbadder (not kidney or others).<br />
• If you found your pass motion only water but no gallstones, does the water in green? If yes, that is the gallstones as it has been soften into water (remember the Green Apple helps to soften the gallstone).</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-82701177506476242772008-05-21T22:24:00.000-07:002010-01-31T22:04:29.799-08:00Yoga Breathing?<span style="color: white;">Yoga breathing, or Pranayama, is the science of breath control. It consists of series of exercises especially intended to meet the body's needs and keep it in vibrant health. Pranayama comes from the following words:</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">* Prana - "life force" or "life energy"</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">* Yama - "discipline" or "control"</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">* Ayama - "expansion", "non-restraint", or "extension"</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Thus, Pranayama means "breathing techniques" or "breath control". Ideally, this practice of opening up the inner life force is not merely to take healthy deep breaths. It is intended for yoga practitioners to help and prepare them in their Meditation process.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">In our respiration process, we breathe in or inhale oxygen into our body, going through our body systems in a form of energy to charge our different body parts. Then we exhale carbon dioxide and take away all toxic wastes from our body. Through the practice of Pranayama, the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide is attained. Absorbing prana through breath control links our body, mind, and spirit.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">But life is full of stress. Because of the daily work, family, or financial pressures, we tend to ignore our breathing. Thus, it tends to be fast and shallow. The use of only a fraction of your lungs results to lack of oxygen and may lead to different complications. Heart diseases, sleep disorders, and fatigue are some of the effects of oxygen starvation. Therefore, the negative energy of being restless and troublesome leads to lesser prana inside the body. By practicing deep and systematic breathing through Pranayama, we reenergize our body.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-weight: bold;">Benefits of Pranayama</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Breathing is a normal part of our life, though we fail to pay attention to it. It is an autonomic function of the body that we perform even without concentrating on it. Why then do we have to learn yoga breathing? Here are some reasons why Pranayama is important:</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="color: white;">Pranayama teaches us the proper way to breathe. We became used to breathing from our chest, using only a fraction of the lungs, not knowing that this unhealthy and unnatural way of inhaling may lead to several complications. With yoga breathing, we increase the capacity of our lungs, bringing more oxygen supply to the body to function well. We learn how to breathe slowly and deeply - the right way.</span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="color: white;">Pranayama reduces the toxins and body wastes from within our body. It prevents one from acquiring diseases.</span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="color: white;">Pranayama helps in one's digestion. With the proper way of breathing, one's metabolism and health condition will start to improve.</span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="color: white;">Pranayama develops our concentration and focus. It fights away stress and relaxes the body. Controlling one's breathing also results to serenity and peace of mind.</span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="color: white;">Pranayama offers a better self-control. Through concentration, one can better handle temper and reactions. Mind can function clearly, avoiding arguments and wrong decisions. Moreover, self-control also involves control over one's physical body.</span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="color: white;">Pranayama leads to spiritual journey through a relaxed body and mind.</span></li>
</ul><span style="color: white;">However, Pranayama should not be forced and done without proper preparation, or it may lead to nervous breakdowns. It is part of a process in yoga. Breath control is a spiritual practice of cleansing the mind and body which should be done appropriately and with proper guidance and preparation.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-12252506145334203122007-06-02T20:09:00.000-07:002010-01-31T22:07:00.364-08:00Yoga Diet<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: white; line-height: 115%;">Yoga Diet - The Three Gunas</span></b></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;">The Yoga Diet is one the Five Principles of Yoga. You will soon notice that eating properly will aid your health and make you feel fit and cleaner. The Yoga Diet is a perfect complement to Yoga Exercise. Despite the fact that the Yoga Diet is not a diet in the common sense of the word, you will probably lose considerable weight by just eating only healthy foods. Even if you do not want to become a vegetarian, following these basic Yoga Diet rules as it will make you feel so much better.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;">In the unmanifested universe, energy has three qualities, known as</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 0px;"></span><span style="color: white;">1. Gunas, that exist together in equilibrium<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>2. Sattva (purity);<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>Rajas (activity, passion, the process of change)<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>3. Tamas (darkness, inertia).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;">Once energy takes form, one quality of the three predominates. Thus on an apple tree, some fruits are ripe (sattvic), some are ripening (rajastic) and some are overripe (tamastic). But no matter what quality prevails, an element of each of the other two will always be present as well - parts of the apple will be in all the different stages. The Three Gunas encompass all existence, all actions.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: white; line-height: 115%;">Sattvic Food</span></b></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 0px;"></span><span style="color: white;">* the purest diet<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* the most suitable one for any serious student of Yoga.<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* nourishes the body and maintains it in a peaceful state.<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* calms and purifies the mind, enabling it to function at its maximum potential.<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* leads to true health; a peaceful mind in control of a fit body, with a balanced flow of energy between them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;">Sattvic foods include:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 0px;"></span><span style="color: white;">* cereals<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* wholemeal bread<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* fresh fruit and vegetables<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* pure fruit juices<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* milk<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* butter and cheese<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* legumes<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* nuts<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* seeds<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* sprouted seeds<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* honey and herb teas</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: white; line-height: 115%;">Rajastic Food</span></b></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 0px;"></span><span style="color: white;">* very hot, bitter, sour, dry or salty food<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* destroys the mind-body equilibrium, feeding the body at the expense of the mind<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* too much Rajastic food will over-stimulate the body and excite the passions, making the mind restless and uncontrollable<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* eating in a hurry is also considered rajastic</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;">Rajastic foods include:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 0px;"></span><span style="color: white;">* hot substances, such as sharp spices or strong herbs<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* stimulants such as coffee and teas<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* fish<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* eggs<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* salt and chocolate</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: white; line-height: 115%;">Tamastic Food</span></b></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 0px;"></span><span style="color: white;">* A Tamastic Diet benefits neither the mind nor the body.<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* Prana, or energy is withdrawn, powers of reasoning become clouded and a sense of inertia sets in.<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* The body's resistance to disease is destroyed and the mind filled with dark emotions, such as anger and greed.<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* Overeating is also considered tamastic.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;">Tamastic food includes:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 0px;"></span><span style="color: white;">* meat<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* alcohol<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* tobacco<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* onions<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* garlic<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* fermented foods such as vinegar<br />
<span style="font-size: 0px;"></span>* stale overripe substances</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: white;">Warning: The Yoga Diet is not rocket science. It is just about including more healthy food options in your diet. However, if you feel unsure on how to proceed or you have a medical condition which prevents you from radically changing your Diet, please consult a physician first before changing any of your food patterns.</span></i></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;"><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">瑜伽的特殊食物观:食物</span></b><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; line-height: 115%;">的三种属性</span></b><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">悦性、变性、惰性食物</span></b><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; line-height: 115%;">)</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></b></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">饮食在瑜伽体系中占有决定性的地位,因为食品的种类会直接影响人的身体和精神状况,了解食物的属性再食用,可以让您的心灵更澄净,身体更健康。 </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">依照食物对身心灵的影响,瑜伽将食物分为悦性食物、变性食物和惰性食物。平常应该多吃悦性食物。</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: "新細明體", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">悦性、变性和惰性食物</span></b></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">“悦性、变性和惰性食物”的理论是从何而来的呢?瑜伽理论这样说:“瑜伽视宇宙为一体</span>,<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">万事万物都是宇宙本体的显示,所有万物的内在都存在着宇宙运行的势能。”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">所谓宇宙运行势能有三种:悦性力量、变性力量和惰性力量。悦性力量赋予万物富有生机,变性力量赋予万物不定善变,惰性力量赋予万物慵懒怠惰与死亡,此</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">三种力量对宇宙本体束缚而造成精细粗钝不同的万物。因此所有事物中,这三种力量以不同的比例存在着。所以瑜伽里根据食物中所含的悦性力量、变性力量和惰性</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">力量的多寡及人类食用后对身、心、灵的影响,将食物分为悦性食物、变性食物、惰性食物。</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">因此在瑜伽的概念下,教练建议我们在选择食物时:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";"> 1、多吃悦性食物,少吃变性食物,不吃惰性食物。</span><br />
<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";"> 2、多吃含叶绿素的蔬果。</span><br />
<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";"> 3、尽可能的选择意识发展比较低的物种为食物。</span><br />
<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";"> 4、要宰杀已有意识或意识尚未发展的动物之前,先考虑一下不杀取这些动物时,自己的生命是否也能健康的生活。</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">食物的分类并非一成不变</span>,<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">悦性食物、变性食物、惰性食物的分类并非一成不变的,会随着气候、个人身体状况而变的,比如气候寒冷的地方,变性食物就会变为悦性食物,惰性食物就会变为变性食物。 </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: "新細明體", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">悦性食物</span></b></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;"><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">瑜伽观念</span></b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">:富有悦性力量的食物称之为悦性食物,食用后极易消化,在体内不易堆积尿酸及毒素,消化后在身上产生的能量使身体变得健康轻松和精力充沛,身心变得愉悦、自律、快乐,同时产生博爱、希望和怜悯的胸怀,让心灵处于平和与稳定。</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;"><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">食物种类</span></b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">:悦性食物包括所有谷类,如米、麦、面、玉米、麦包卷、麦包、糕、不含蛋小西点、大麦、燕麦、水果、大多数的蔬菜、牛奶、乳类制品、豆类、坚果、大豆制品,如豆腐、豆浆、温和的香料。</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: "新細明體", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">变性食物</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></b></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;"><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">瑜伽观念</span></b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">:富有变性力量的食物称为变性食物,食用后会使人心变得好动,若食用过多,会使人变得过分积极、烦躁不安、甚至产生憎恨、嫉妒、沮丧、恨怒、恐惧等情绪而失去镇静平和。</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;"><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">食物种类</span></b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">:变性食物包括有咖啡、浓茶、泡菜、海带、白萝卜、酱油、强烈脓肿的调味品、可可、可口可乐、汽水。</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: "新細明體", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">惰性食物</span></b></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white;"><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">瑜伽观念</span></b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif";">:富有惰性力量的食物称之为惰性食物,食用后在身上产生的能量,使人嗜睡、昏沉、不安,身体易生倦怠,生病,身心变得粗鲁,产生慵懒和不可遏止的欲望,缺乏生命力和开创力。</span></span></div><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: "新細明體", "serif"; line-height: 115%;">食物种类</span></b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: "新細明體", "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: white;">:惰性食物包括所有的肉类、鱼、蛋、洋葱、菇类、芥末、蒜、麻醉性饮料、酒、烟、麻醉品。陈腐的食物、放置过久的食物也会变为惰性食物。</span><br />
</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-30187010488038508192007-03-30T19:55:00.000-07:002010-01-28T01:49:17.411-08:00Chakra<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSu3p2dXiQItkQfPr7_Dx3SOoI1arRD6AdndsGbUDP1OawL5aYTtJg05nwM9hOqWyRBzRXmuoZ9IFV_122Q-Lhtq1lZqf26H7-IXpjvpRU6nzxW2JC9fCRvvQ8RgH8Xru6XdB5qNZCFT1/s1600-h/chakra-logo.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319180486900605554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSu3p2dXiQItkQfPr7_Dx3SOoI1arRD6AdndsGbUDP1OawL5aYTtJg05nwM9hOqWyRBzRXmuoZ9IFV_122Q-Lhtq1lZqf26H7-IXpjvpRU6nzxW2JC9fCRvvQ8RgH8Xru6XdB5qNZCFT1/s400/chakra-logo.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 59px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 396px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 100%;">please click on the table to view in larger mode</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Nowadays, Yoga is a happening thing to do, it is the hottest topic in town. If you don't know or do not practice Yoga, you are "out-dated". Do all these people really practice or experience the real Yoga?</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">I have student come to my class and after the class, student told me that he/she does not enjoy the class because he/she does not sweat in the class. Come on, what does sweat need to do with Yoga? If you want to sweat, why don't you go jogging, hiking, cycling and etc ....</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">One does not need to know what is Yoga before he/she join a Yoga class, but you need to bring your heart along with you attend a Yoga class, you need to experience it with your heart, you need to feel it. Yoga practice is an experiential learning, different people will have different experience because each of us is unique in this Universal.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">So next time, don't ask why you do not sweat in Yoga class but rather ask what have you felt during the class. </span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">~namaste</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-72146067283298583692007-02-04T17:55:00.000-08:002010-01-31T22:05:43.197-08:00Sukshma Vyayama<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana;">I had attended a five days workshop for Sukshma Vyayama led by Swamiji Yogananda from AOL Bangalore Ashram. It is a series of very simple and easy steps, yet the effect is great. Below is an article I search via google, it gave me a good insight on what is Sukshma Vyayama.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana;">Sukshma Vyayama is an ancient component of yoga not known to most of the schools of yoga </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">today in the world. This was developed, designed and propagated originally by his His Holiness Maharishi Karthikeyaji Maharaj of the <place st="on">Himalaya</place>. He had great kindness and compassion for humanity and taught Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari, who in turn propagated it to the modern world, including the Nehru family. Dhirendra Brahmachari also produced books and established institutions in <city st="on"><place st="on">Delhi</place></city> and travelled throughout the country to teach a large number of people. Shri Surya Raghava Dikshitulu of Secunderabad learnt from Shri Dhirendrandra Brahmachari in the 1950s and I had the great fortune of learning from Yogasana Acharya Shri Surya Raghava Dikshitulu from in 1964 onwards. </span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">Yogic Sukshma Vyayamaawas developed by Maharishi Kartikeya Ji Maharaj on the basis of some of the most essential but normally not understood, mysterious aspects of Hatha Yoga relating to the Mudras and Bandhas. Though the Hatha Yoga literature is filled with references to the profound importance attached to the Bandhas and Mudras, many of the modern yoga schools both in <country-region st="on"><place st="on">India</place></country-region> and abroad have comfortably ignored this aspect perhaps due to their own ignorance of this subject. It is also true that the Bandhas and Mudras are very complex can be practiced by advanced yogis in the original form as prescribed in the yogic texts namely HathayogaPradeepika, Siva Samhita and so on.</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">The science of yoga itself was restricted to the yogis who have renounced the world and who have given up all attachments and gone into the forest or the <place st="on">Himalaya</place>. Yoga was taught and practiced only for them, by them and amongst them. But in the recent times some of the smaller, simpler and easier components of the yoga system were brought out from the mystery and secrecy that shrouded them, for the benefit of the modern society by Shri Dhirendra Brahmachari and various other yoga experts. So, in conformity with the approach of bringing to the common people and normal society, some of the simplified and easier aspects of Hatha Yoga, this system of Sukshma Vyayamaa was developed, designed and propagated by His Holiness Maharishi Karthikeyaji Maharaj.</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">As mentioned earlier Yogic Sukshma Vyayamaa is a unique system of exercises not available anywhere in the world, in any other form either in the yogic domain or in the non-yogic, physical or cultural domain. It is so sensitive, so powerful, so scientific so deep and yet so simple that even a child after crossing the age of ten can easily practice it and derive benefit. The benefits claimed are very great and there are also experiences collaborated by lakhs of disciples of Shri Dhirendra Brahmachari, my own teacher Sri Dikshtulu and my many of my students. The benefits of Yogic Sukshma Vyayamaa are so great that even without practicing the rest of the aspects of Hatha Yoga such as Asanas it is possible to derive extremely tangible benefits in a very quick manner.</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">The other beautiful and more important aspect of Yogic Sukshma Vyayamaa is, that it is the only system of exercises in the world where each and every part of the body including Each organ, each joint and each muscle is taken into consideration, and a particular exercise or set of excercises associated with a specific type of breathing in a specific type of position with a specific point of mental concentration is prescribed.</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">So, starting with the top that is the head, we cover:</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">various parts of the brain, the eyes, nose, ears, and neck, the shoulders, arms and arm joints, finger joints and even fingertips the upper chest , middle chest and abdomen and trunk in different aspects the thighs and buttocks, even organs like rectum/anus and the bladder (for which excercises are very rarely prescribed) the knees, ankles, foot, foot muscle and joints, toes and finally the big toe. </span></span></div><span style="color: white;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">So, literally "from top to toe" is the coverage in the above mentioned sequence which is something very unique in the entire world, in the past, present and possibly the future too.</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">So the Yogic Sukshma Vyayamaa as is implied by the name, is meant for the subtle body or Sukshma Sarira. It is not meant for the gross body or Sthula Sarira. There is a separate set of exercises for the gross body - Sthula Vyayamaa which succeeds Sukshma Vyayamaa but it is just about half a dozen exercises of gross nature similiar to other gross exercises such as swimming and running or various physical and cultural excercises. Yogic Sukshma Vyayamaa, however, is on a different footing. It is meant for the subtle body of the human being, as per Indian traditional philosophy. As per the yogic philosophical tradition there are five bodies for every individual - the physical and the subtle: the annamaya sarira, pranamaya sareera, manomaya sareera, vigyanamaya sareera and anandamaya sareera. So, Sukshma Vyayamaa deals with the second level, that is the subtle body or the pranamaya sareera.</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">The main features or components of Sukshma Vyayamaa are (1) breathing (2) concentration point (3) actual exercise - which involves motion most of the times though not always. Breathing of different types: very light or very fast or very deep, sometimes through the mouth although mostly through the nose. This is a brief about Sukshma Vyayamaa.</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">The benefits once again are immense and are direct and immediate. Within a month of regular practice,</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">preferably twice a day, morning and evening, or once a day in the morning,</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">before bath if warm water, or after bath if cold water,</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">before any kind of food,</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">with a tight underwear and shorts,</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">on a mattress,</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">either open air or indoors,</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">without any cold or heat or rain,</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">will lead to development of extraordinary levels of capabilities and faculties of various aspects of the personalities both mental and physical.</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: white;">For those who have maladies and problems of different kind, Sukshma Vyayamaa alone is capable of curing and preventing without taking the help of asanas or other aspects of pranayama or kriyas. Though we do not prohibit the other aspects, Sukshma Vyayamaa is solely capable of handling all problems, both curing and preventing, and increasing the strength and vigour of different organs and systems in the body.</span></span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px;"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;">Sukshma Vyayama, though it looks very simplistic, is also going to awaken the Kundalini if performed correctly for a long period of time on a regular basis. The other aspects of classical Hatha Yoga which have been incorporated into package of Sukshma Vyayama, by his Holiness Maharishi Kartikeyaji are the Sambhavi Mudra, Shanmukhi Mudra and also Tratak. The eye exercises are from Tratak, and the ear exercise is Shanmukhi Mudra which was used in the classical yoga to get into the trance state of deep meditation though in Sukshma Vyayama it is only used for calming and quietening the mind for a common man. </span></span></div><span style="color: white;"><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">So, to conclude, the mudras and bandhas are utilized along with the modern motion of exercises, movement of the muscles and bones to the extent of each and every joint of the body, each and every bone and the muscle and organ, being given an exercise to improve its' vigour, to improve its' capabilities, faculties and the performance of the individual as a whole.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-77213263445509368342007-01-14T16:59:00.000-08:002010-01-31T22:10:44.276-08:00LOHAS 樂活<span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Received this from a friend and I would like to share it with you ...</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: large;"></span></span></span></b></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="head"><b><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">樂活族釋義</span></span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> 樂活族又稱樂活生活、洛哈思主義、樂活,是一個西方傳來的新興生活型態族群</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">, </span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">由音譯</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">lohas</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">而來</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">, lohas</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">是英語</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">lifestyles of health and sustainability</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">的縮寫,意為以健康及自給自足的型態過生活。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun;"> 他們關心生病的地球,也擔心自己生病,他們吃健康的食品與有機野菜,穿天然材質棉麻衣物,利用二手家用品,騎自行車或步行,練瑜伽健身,聽心靈音樂,注重個人成長,通過消費和衣食住行的生活實踐,希望自己有活力。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> 樂活族的愛健康、地球的可持續性的生活方式席卷歐美日,滲透全球。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">樂活族</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">”</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">這群人是樂觀、包容的,他們通過消費、透過生活,支持環保、做好事,自我感覺好;他們身心健康,每個人也變得越來越靚麗、有活力。這個過程就是:</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">dogood</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">、</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">feelgood</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">、</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">lookgood</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">(做好事,心情好,有活力)。在周圍,漸漸地已然出現一些手工雜貨店,其店強調的是</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">非大量製造</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">”</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">、</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">多樣性</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">”</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">和</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">環保</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">”</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">,據一位小店主說,</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">我們不是單純在賣產品,而是在經營人與人之間日常生活的情感。</span></span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">”</span></span><b><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-weight: bold;">樂活族遵循的準則</span></span></b></span></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"><br />
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</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">、堅持自然溫和的輕慢運動。</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">2</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">、不抽煙,也盡量不吸二手煙。</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">3</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">、電器不使用時關閉電源以節約能源。</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">4</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">、盡量選擇有機食品和健康食品食用,避免高鹽,高油,高糖。</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">5</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">、減少製造垃圾,實行垃圾分類和回收。</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">6</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">、親近自然,選擇</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">有機</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">”</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">旅行。</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">7</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">、注重自我,終身學習,關懷他人,分享樂活。</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">8</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">、積極參加公益活動,如社區義工,支教等。</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">9</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">、支持社會慈善事業,進行舊物捐贈和捐款。</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">10</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">、節約用水,將馬桶和水龍頭的流量關小,一水多用。</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">11</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">、向家人,朋友推薦與環境友善的產品。</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">12</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">、減少一次性筷子和紙張的使用,珍惜森林資源。</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><b><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">如何把自己打造成一個樂活族</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><b><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> 衣</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"> 1.減少衣服幹洗的次數。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"> 2.貼身的衣物如內褲、內衣、每天洗臉的毛巾,試著選購有機衣料。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"> 3.將不需要的衣物送至回收機構。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><b><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> 食</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"><br />
</span></span></b><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"> 1.購買當季蔬菜水果,可避免過多的農藥和化肥,購買本地食物,降低運送燃料和多餘包裝。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"> 2.出外就餐自帶筷子、杯子、碗。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"> 3.保持飲食均衡、多樣。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><b><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> 住</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"> 1.換較小、通風采光好的房子。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"> 2.用自然提煉或可生物分解的清潔劑。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"> 3.水槽下放水桶,回收廢水做家務清潔。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"> 4.盡量開窗,減少使用冷氣。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><b><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> 行</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"> 1.盡量搭乘公共交通工具,還可以增加運動量。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"> 2.健走是一項很好的運動,最重要又不花錢。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"> 3.定期保養愛車,達到車子最佳性能又不浪費油。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"> 4.如果想買車,考慮環保車。</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><b><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: white; font-family: SimSun; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">樂活族的生活態度</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">▲</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-weight: bold;">快樂生活與金錢無關</span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">21</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">世紀的人該選擇一種什麼樣的活法?成為越來越多人所思考與追尋的話題。</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> 生活質量取決於經濟條件,這恐怕已成為人們的固有觀念。然而</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">樂活族</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">”</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">卻認為:生活質量不僅取決於經濟基礎,而更主要的是取決於生活的觀念。</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> 不可否認,經濟狀況是決定生活質量的前提條件,但它並非是決定生活質量的關鍵因素。在現實生活中不乏這樣的例子:有錢但生活質量並不高。問題的焦點就是生活觀念落後。對於某些人,錢不僅沒為他創造幸福,還變成禍根。同樣,有些人收入也並不很高,但生活質量卻不錯,一家人吃得好穿得好,還不時外出旅遊,生活很時尚。問題的關鍵是他們能夠文明科學地消費,充分享受現代化給生活帶來的樂趣。其實,這也正是</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">樂活</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">”</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">的精髓。</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> 當有些人還在追求名牌轎車、山珍海味帶來的虛榮和奢華時,</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">樂活族</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">”</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">們在嘲笑那些人的落伍。因為,搭乘大眾運輸工具、吃綠色有機食品、穿棉麻天然織物、使用二手貨品才是當前流行的生活方式。不是用擁有物質的多少,而是以一種健康的生活態度使自己快樂。這令我們看到了一種區別於其他人群的外在表現形式,其實他們最本質的特點在於他們獨特的價值觀:把生態與身心健康放在名利之上。</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;"> 應該說,</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">樂活</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">”</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">是</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">20</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">世紀末許多富裕階層經曆追求逸樂、過度消費的空虛之後,所產生的集體反思。令人高興的是,很多人開始追尋與實踐一種新的生產方式與生活方式,這種新的</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">活法</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">”</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">能夠保證人類健康、快樂而可持續地發展。於是看到走時尚路線的</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">樂活</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">”</span></span><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun;">讓許多人找到了真正優良品質生活的真諦</span></span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-32240978140080551852006-12-23T22:08:00.000-08:002010-01-31T22:09:18.171-08:00Benefits of Yoga<div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: white;">Top 10 reasons to try "Yoga for Life" <em>from the Yoga Alliance</em></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 100%;">1. YOGA FOR ? <span style="font-weight: bold;">STRESS RELIEF</span>: Yoga reduces the physical effects of stress on the body. By encouraging relaxation, yoga helps to lower the levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Related benefits include lowering blood pressure and heart rate, improving digestion and boosting the immune system as well as easing symptoms of conditions such as anxiety, depression, fatigue, asthma and insomnia.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 100%;">2. YOGA FOR ? <span style="font-weight: bold;">PAIN RELIEF:</span> Yoga can ease pain. Studies have demonstrated that practicing yoga asanas (postures), meditation or a combination of the two, reduced pain for people with conditions such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, auto-immune diseases and hypertension as well as arthritis, back and neck pain and other chronic conditions. Some practitioners report that even emotional pain can be eased through the practice of yoga. </span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 100%;">3. YOGA FOR ? <span style="font-weight: bold;">BETTER BREATHING:</span> Yoga teaches people to take slower, deeper breaths. This helps to improve lung function, trigger the body’s relaxation response and increase the amount of oxygen available to the body.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 100%;">4. YOGA FOR ? <span style="font-weight: bold;">FLEXIBILITY:</span> Yoga helps to improve flexibility and mobility, increasing range of movement and reducing aches and pains. Many people can’t touch their toes during their first yoga class. Gradually they begin to use the correct muscles. Over time, the ligaments, tendons and muscles lengthen, increasing elasticity, making more poses possible. Yoga also helps to improve body alignment resulting in better posture and helping to relieve back, neck, joint and muscle problems.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 100%;">5. YOGA FOR ? <span style="font-weight: bold;">INCREASED STRENGTH:</span> Yoga asanas (postures) use every muscle in the body, helping to increase strength literally from head to toe. And, while these postures strengthen the body, they also provide an additional benefit of helping to relieve muscular tension.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 100%;">6. YOGA FOR ? <span style="font-weight: bold;">WEIGHT MANAGEMENT:</span> Yoga (even less vigorous styles) can aid weight control efforts by reducing the cortisol levels as well as by burning excess calories and reducing stress. Yoga also encourages healthy eating habits and provides a heightened sense of well being and self esteem.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 100%;">7. YOGA FOR ? <span style="font-weight: bold;">IMPROVED CIRCULATION:</span> Yoga helps to improve circulation and, as a result of various poses, more efficiently moves oxygenated blood to the body’s cells.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 100%;">8. YOGA FOR ? <span style="font-weight: bold;">CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONING:</span> Even gentle yoga practice can provide cardio-vascular benefits by lowering resting heart rate, increasing endurance and improving oxygen uptake during exercise.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 100%;">9. YOGA FOR? <span style="font-weight: bold;">FOCUS ON THE PRESENT:</span> Yoga helps us to focus on the present, to become more aware and to help create mind body health. It opens the way to improved concentration, coordination, reaction time and memory.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 100%;">10. YOGA FOR? I<span style="font-weight: bold;">NNER PEACE:</span> The meditative aspects of yoga help manyto reach a deeper, more spiritual and more satisfying place in their lives. Many who begin to practice for other reasons have reported this to be akeyreason that yoga has become an essential part of their daily lives.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-1825107157035582382006-12-05T16:50:00.000-08:002010-01-31T22:11:32.105-08:00What is Yoga?<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 100%;">Yoga is an ancient tradition that subscribes to no religion.<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>It began in <country-region st="on"><place st="on">India</place></country-region> more than 5,000 years ago and was used as a tool to help yogis reach nirvana.<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>Today, the ultimate goal of yoga is still to reach nirvana; however, in this modern age of high technology and "bigger is better", we have found yoga to be an empowerment tool on a regular basis.<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>Its positive effects can be seen and felt every day through deeper relationships, more focused career paths, and a simpler, more honest way of communicating with ourselves and others.</span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 100%;">Yoga combines spiritual traditions, physical movements, and a philosophy of life that leads to enlightenment.<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>Yoga deepens our spirituality, and matures our attitudes and intentions toward life by integrating body, mind, and spirit.</span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 100%;">The word "Yoga" comes from the Sanskrit "yuj", meaning "union" or "yoke".<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>Therefore, the practice of yoga seeks to create unity between the mind, body, and spirit of a person.<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>We'll become less fragmented inwardly and become more comfortable in our own skin, developing greater self-confidence, inner strength, and a profound peace that overflows from our yoga mat to the everyday details of our life.</span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 100%;">Whether you want to lose weight and get fit, reduce stress and cope with life better, or explore your own spiritual path, yoga offers a way to cultivate personal awareness with more than physical relaxation.<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>It is a pathway to a greater understanding of the question "Who am I?"</span></div><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 100%;">Comfortable clothing and a quiet place to practice are ideal. Yoga can be practiced anywhere at any time of the day or night. A morning practice is beneficial to prepare you for a new day filled with energy and focus. On the other hand, a practice in the evening helps to bring closure of the day. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 100%;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">1.<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>Hatha Yoga (Yoga of Body and Mind Purification)<br />
2.<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>Jhana Yoga (Yoga of Enquiry, Knowledge)<br />
3.<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>Karma Yoga (Yoga of Action)<br />
4.<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>Bhakti Yoga (Yoga of Devotion)<br />
5.<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>Mantra Yoga (Yoga of Recitation)<br />
6.<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>Kundalini Yoga (Yoga of Energy)<br />
7.<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>Raja Yoga (Yoga of Meditation)</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 100%;">Nowadays we have even more branches of Yoga and majority of them are derived from Hatha Yoga.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
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<span style="color: white;">1.<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>Vinyasa</span><span style="font-size: 0px;"><br />
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<span style="color: white;">3.<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span>Yin Yoga<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 0px;">5. </span>Hot Yoga (Bikram)<span style="font-size: 0px;"> </span></span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5340706260695492636.post-66657454248822708852006-01-13T01:52:00.000-08:002010-01-31T22:16:02.610-08:00Yoga Home Etiquette<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The tranquil environment of Yoga Home, was created as a means to relaxation and communication with one’s self beyond the distractions of daily life. Allow the surroundings to inspire your outlook on health, inner healing and wellness. Clear your mind and rejuvenate your spirit. Yoga Home is a space for you. Please be mindful and respectful of others. The following etiquette will help in keeping the space a beautiful environment for everyone to experience and enjoy. </span><br />
<ul><li><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please turn off cell phones the moment you enter the studio. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Class begins promptly. Please arrive 15min early to sign-in and change.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Come on an empty stomach, refrain from eating 2-3 hours prior to class and drink plenty of water throughout the day.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Proper attire are mandatory. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Due to hygienic concern, please bring your personal yoga mat. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please be quiet in the yoga room. Refrain from loud volume conversation outside of class as others may be in meditation.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep in mind that wearing perfume, using scented oil, having a strong body odor or even smoking a cigarette before class, may be not only disruptive but also harmful as people may have allergies. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have any health concerns consult your doctor. Inform the teacher before class of any concerns or injuries.</span></li>
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