AS THIS YEAR DRAWS TO AN END, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE SPECIAL PEOPLE WHO TOUCHED MY LIFE WITH THEIR LOVE & CARE AND MADE MY LIFE MORE MEANINGFUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO MY LIFE. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU ABUNDUNT HAPPINESS IN THE COMING NEW YEAR 2009 & ALLWAYS.
BEST WHISHES FOR 2009.....THANKS.
WE NEED CHANGE
CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT. I INVITE YOU, THE READER OF THIS BLOG TO TELL ME WHAT DIRECTION CHANGE SHOULD TAKE TO MAKE THIS WORLD BETTER AND PROSPEROUS IN 2009.....SHARE YOUR IDEAS WITH THIS WORLD....IT WILL BE PUT IN THIS BLOG. MAIL TO ME AT:
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
SPLENDOR OF YOGA -- MORE INFORMATION
PHYSICAL EXERCISE.......YOGA AND MEDITATION.
Physical exercise is manual activity that develops or maintains physical fitness and overall health. It is often practiced to strengthen muscles and the cardiovascular system, and to hone athletic skills. Frequent and regular physical exercise boosts the immune system, and helps prevent diseases of affluence such as heart disease, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity.It is also improves mental health and helps prevent depression.
Types of exercise.
Exercises are generally grouped into three types depending on the overall effect they have on the human body: Flexibility exercises such as stretching improve the range of motion of muscles and joints.Aerobic exercises such as cycling, walking, running, hiking, and playing tennis focus on increasing cardiovascular endurance.Anaerobic exercises such as weight training, functional training or sprinting increase short-term muscle strength.Exercise benefitsPhysical exercise is important for maintaining physical fitness and can contribute positively to maintaining a healthy weight; building and maintaining healthy bone density, muscle strength, and joint mobility; promoting physiological well-being; reducing surgical risks; and strengthening the immune system.
Frequent and regular aerobic exercise has been shown to help prevent or treat serious and life-threatening chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, insomnia, and depression. Strength training appears to have continuous energy-burning effects that persist for about 24 hours after the training, though they do not offer the same cardiovascular benefits of aerobic exercises. Exercise can also increase energy and raise one's threshold for pain.
There is conflicting evidence as to whether vigorous exercise (more than 70% of VO2 Max) is more or less beneficial than moderate exercise (40 to 70% of VO2 Max). Some studies have shown that vigorous exercise executed by healthy individuals can effectively increase opioid peptides (aka endorphins, a naturally occurring opiate that in conjunction with other neurotransmitters is responsible for exercise induced euphoria and has been shown to be addictive), positively influence hormone production (i.e., increase testosterone and growth hormone).benefits that are not as fully realized with moderate exercise.
Exercise has been shown to improve cognitive functioning via improvement of hippocampus-dependent spatial learning, and enhancement of synaptic plasticity and neurogenesis.In addition, physical activity has been shown to be neuroprotective in many neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases.For instance, it reduces the risk of developing dementia.Physical activity is thought to have other beneficial effects related to cognition as it increases levels of nerve growth factors, which support the survival and growth of a number of neuronal cells.
Both aerobic and anaerobic exercise also work to increase the mechanical efficiency of the heart by increasing cardiac volume (aerobic exercise), or myocardial thickness (strength training).
Not everyone benefits equally from exercise. There is tremendous variation in individual response to training: where most people will see a moderate increase in endurance from aerobic exercise, some individuals will as much as double their oxygen uptake, while others will never get any benefit at all from the exercise.Similarly, only a minority of people will show significant muscle growth after prolonged weight training, while a larger fraction experience improvements in strength. This genetic variation in improvement from training is one of the key physiological differences between elite athletes and the larger population.
EXERCISE AND BRAIN FUNCTION.
In the long term, exercise is beneficial to the brain by: increasing the blood and oxygen flow to the brain increasing growth factors that help create new nerve cells increasing chemicals in the brain such as dopamine, glutamate, norepinephrine and serotonin that help cognition.
ALL THAT EXPLAINED ABOVE ARE THEIR IN YOGA AND MEDITATION AND WILL GET BENIFITED .
Physical exercise is manual activity that develops or maintains physical fitness and overall health. It is often practiced to strengthen muscles and the cardiovascular system, and to hone athletic skills. Frequent and regular physical exercise boosts the immune system, and helps prevent diseases of affluence such as heart disease, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity.It is also improves mental health and helps prevent depression.
Types of exercise.
Exercises are generally grouped into three types depending on the overall effect they have on the human body: Flexibility exercises such as stretching improve the range of motion of muscles and joints.Aerobic exercises such as cycling, walking, running, hiking, and playing tennis focus on increasing cardiovascular endurance.Anaerobic exercises such as weight training, functional training or sprinting increase short-term muscle strength.Exercise benefitsPhysical exercise is important for maintaining physical fitness and can contribute positively to maintaining a healthy weight; building and maintaining healthy bone density, muscle strength, and joint mobility; promoting physiological well-being; reducing surgical risks; and strengthening the immune system.
Frequent and regular aerobic exercise has been shown to help prevent or treat serious and life-threatening chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, insomnia, and depression. Strength training appears to have continuous energy-burning effects that persist for about 24 hours after the training, though they do not offer the same cardiovascular benefits of aerobic exercises. Exercise can also increase energy and raise one's threshold for pain.
There is conflicting evidence as to whether vigorous exercise (more than 70% of VO2 Max) is more or less beneficial than moderate exercise (40 to 70% of VO2 Max). Some studies have shown that vigorous exercise executed by healthy individuals can effectively increase opioid peptides (aka endorphins, a naturally occurring opiate that in conjunction with other neurotransmitters is responsible for exercise induced euphoria and has been shown to be addictive), positively influence hormone production (i.e., increase testosterone and growth hormone).benefits that are not as fully realized with moderate exercise.
Exercise has been shown to improve cognitive functioning via improvement of hippocampus-dependent spatial learning, and enhancement of synaptic plasticity and neurogenesis.In addition, physical activity has been shown to be neuroprotective in many neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases.For instance, it reduces the risk of developing dementia.Physical activity is thought to have other beneficial effects related to cognition as it increases levels of nerve growth factors, which support the survival and growth of a number of neuronal cells.
Both aerobic and anaerobic exercise also work to increase the mechanical efficiency of the heart by increasing cardiac volume (aerobic exercise), or myocardial thickness (strength training).
Not everyone benefits equally from exercise. There is tremendous variation in individual response to training: where most people will see a moderate increase in endurance from aerobic exercise, some individuals will as much as double their oxygen uptake, while others will never get any benefit at all from the exercise.Similarly, only a minority of people will show significant muscle growth after prolonged weight training, while a larger fraction experience improvements in strength. This genetic variation in improvement from training is one of the key physiological differences between elite athletes and the larger population.
EXERCISE AND BRAIN FUNCTION.
In the long term, exercise is beneficial to the brain by: increasing the blood and oxygen flow to the brain increasing growth factors that help create new nerve cells increasing chemicals in the brain such as dopamine, glutamate, norepinephrine and serotonin that help cognition.
ALL THAT EXPLAINED ABOVE ARE THEIR IN YOGA AND MEDITATION AND WILL GET BENIFITED .
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
SPLENDOR OF YOGA -- PART -- 15
SOME SIMPLE MEDITATION TECHNIQUES
PRACTICE "STOPPING"
When you stop, first physically and then through mindfulness of breathing, mentally you give yourself the possibility to catch up with yourself. In our hectic lifestyle at times, we can totally ignore how our body feels, how our mind and emotions are doing and be unaware of accumulated anxiety and stress. So, by stopping, you can begin to restore the important communication with your own self.
For example: When the phone rings, we let it ring three times and while it does so we consiously stop all other activity and come back to our physical body by breathing in and out. This way we use the telephone as means to cultivate peace, calmness and awareness. Similarly, using the computer at home or at work, we must take a short break every 45 minutes. Take a short break for five minutes and move away from the computer or just relax on your chair.Take couple of deep breaths in, relax and feel happy. Doing this will help you have more energy. This also gives you a better sense of how to continue your work.
(MY HONEST REQUEST TO ALL COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS AND SOFTWARE PROGRAMME MANUFACTURERS TO INCORPORATE A BELL RING SOUND IF AND WHEN A PERSON USES THE COMPUTER CONTINUEOUSLY FOR AN HOUR....A BELL RING TONE SHOULD ALERT THE USER TO REALX FOR 5 MINUTES. THIS WILL HELP MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD)
WALKING "MEDITATION"
This can be simple meditation. We walk very often, so we can easily use this as meditation. We need to slow down 50 -- 70 per cent and take gentle steps on the earth. We must allow our attention to go to the soles of our feet, allowing our energy to come down from heads to our belly and our feet. We may realise that while we are walking slowly, we are at the same time breathing in and out, and we may use this awareness to allow our minds to focus on this activity of walking slowly and being aware of our breathing.
DEEP "RELAXATION"
Lie down for 20 minutes. Take a break; sometimes the activities of the day deplete our energy. Take these 20 minutes for your own self to come back to your body, feeling any area where they may be tension, allowing your breathing in to expand your abdonimal area and letting go with breathing.
Enjoy some moments of silence, inner and outer. Slowly your body and then your mind will respond to this technique.
PRACTICE "STOPPING"
When you stop, first physically and then through mindfulness of breathing, mentally you give yourself the possibility to catch up with yourself. In our hectic lifestyle at times, we can totally ignore how our body feels, how our mind and emotions are doing and be unaware of accumulated anxiety and stress. So, by stopping, you can begin to restore the important communication with your own self.
For example: When the phone rings, we let it ring three times and while it does so we consiously stop all other activity and come back to our physical body by breathing in and out. This way we use the telephone as means to cultivate peace, calmness and awareness. Similarly, using the computer at home or at work, we must take a short break every 45 minutes. Take a short break for five minutes and move away from the computer or just relax on your chair.Take couple of deep breaths in, relax and feel happy. Doing this will help you have more energy. This also gives you a better sense of how to continue your work.
(MY HONEST REQUEST TO ALL COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS AND SOFTWARE PROGRAMME MANUFACTURERS TO INCORPORATE A BELL RING SOUND IF AND WHEN A PERSON USES THE COMPUTER CONTINUEOUSLY FOR AN HOUR....A BELL RING TONE SHOULD ALERT THE USER TO REALX FOR 5 MINUTES. THIS WILL HELP MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD)
WALKING "MEDITATION"
This can be simple meditation. We walk very often, so we can easily use this as meditation. We need to slow down 50 -- 70 per cent and take gentle steps on the earth. We must allow our attention to go to the soles of our feet, allowing our energy to come down from heads to our belly and our feet. We may realise that while we are walking slowly, we are at the same time breathing in and out, and we may use this awareness to allow our minds to focus on this activity of walking slowly and being aware of our breathing.
DEEP "RELAXATION"
Lie down for 20 minutes. Take a break; sometimes the activities of the day deplete our energy. Take these 20 minutes for your own self to come back to your body, feeling any area where they may be tension, allowing your breathing in to expand your abdonimal area and letting go with breathing.
Enjoy some moments of silence, inner and outer. Slowly your body and then your mind will respond to this technique.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
SPLENDOR OF YOGA -- PART -- 14
MEDITATION CAN CURE DEPRESSION.
MEDITATION HELPS Control long-term depression as well as prescription drugs....according to a new research. British researchers in a study, published in the JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY revealed that a psychological therapy, which included a range of MEDITATION EXERCISES are as effective in combating long-term depression as medication. In fact, the quality of life is much better....the study said that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) was as effective as maintenance anti-depressents in preventing a relapse and more effective in enhancing the patients quality of life. The study also showed that therapy was cost-effective as prescription drugs in helping people with a history of depression stay well in the longer-term.
CONNECT MIND WITH BODY TO BE HAPPY.
"Happiness is here and now, I have dropped my worries, nowhere to go and nothing to do, I don't need to hurry. Happiness is here and now, I have dropped my worries, nowhere to go and nothing to do,I don't need to hurry".....This is a practice song which enables us to live like free individuals and helps in embodying peace within...said Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Zen
master.
Despite materialistic acquisitions, many feel lonely, waiting for someone or something beyond our inner-self to bring us happiness. Sometimes we have all the comforts, but our spirit is empty and we feel incomplete. At the same time there are others who have limited comforts yet they seem to be content with life. We might think somany other things can cure loneliness, but seldom we realise that there are just another way of covering up the emptiness within us.
So, how can a person fill this emptiness within?..... Just hold this feeling of isolation tenderly, without judgement or shame and practice "mindfulness". Mindfulness meditative techniques in daily life have benefited many around the world. Mindfulness is a way to return to yourself and recognize solitude. It's a way to come back to your breathing and aware of the wonderful elements within and around you. mindfulness teaches you to be aware that your loved ones are still with you and it makes you sensitive towards the wonders of nature surrounding you. And with acceptance, this loneliness becomes your friend. Rather than running away from loneliness, we must begin tomake peace and reconciliation within ourselves, which can help us
connect with others in a healthy way and inturn it allows us to connect our body with mind.
MEDITATION HELPS Control long-term depression as well as prescription drugs....according to a new research. British researchers in a study, published in the JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY revealed that a psychological therapy, which included a range of MEDITATION EXERCISES are as effective in combating long-term depression as medication. In fact, the quality of life is much better....the study said that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) was as effective as maintenance anti-depressents in preventing a relapse and more effective in enhancing the patients quality of life. The study also showed that therapy was cost-effective as prescription drugs in helping people with a history of depression stay well in the longer-term.
CONNECT MIND WITH BODY TO BE HAPPY.
"Happiness is here and now, I have dropped my worries, nowhere to go and nothing to do, I don't need to hurry. Happiness is here and now, I have dropped my worries, nowhere to go and nothing to do,I don't need to hurry".....This is a practice song which enables us to live like free individuals and helps in embodying peace within...said Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Zen
master.
Despite materialistic acquisitions, many feel lonely, waiting for someone or something beyond our inner-self to bring us happiness. Sometimes we have all the comforts, but our spirit is empty and we feel incomplete. At the same time there are others who have limited comforts yet they seem to be content with life. We might think somany other things can cure loneliness, but seldom we realise that there are just another way of covering up the emptiness within us.
So, how can a person fill this emptiness within?..... Just hold this feeling of isolation tenderly, without judgement or shame and practice "mindfulness". Mindfulness meditative techniques in daily life have benefited many around the world. Mindfulness is a way to return to yourself and recognize solitude. It's a way to come back to your breathing and aware of the wonderful elements within and around you. mindfulness teaches you to be aware that your loved ones are still with you and it makes you sensitive towards the wonders of nature surrounding you. And with acceptance, this loneliness becomes your friend. Rather than running away from loneliness, we must begin tomake peace and reconciliation within ourselves, which can help us
connect with others in a healthy way and inturn it allows us to connect our body with mind.
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