SPLENDOR OF YOGA --PART -- 17

YOGA POWERS

FITNESS FRENZY

YOGA IS THE GLOBAL MANTRA FOR THAT FABULOUS, LEAN, TONED AND SCULPTED BODY

LET’S JUST ADMIT IT; there’s something about a show-stopping celebrity that makes one long to be in his or her shoes……..at least once in a lifetime. Perfection personified, a beautiful, million-dollar body graced by an even more enticing face -- who wouldn’t want to be oh-so-gorgeously endowed? Whether it’s going gaga over their impossibly sculpted bodies or dreaming of toning up those loose ends to make heads turn, the operating word this season is YOGA.

Far from confines of trusted gymnasiums, youngsters have now started embracing YOGA as a complete package, a dual therapy of sorts that promises both fitness and happiness.

This also means that the therapies aka Power Plates and Pilates have made way for yoga and its bliss.

Its common knowledge that once you go to the gym, flexibility goes for a toss. You will always need yoga to regain that flexibility. To add to it, people who are constantly on the move or lead extremely fast-paced lives may not be able to accommodate the workout that a gym offers. By the time you’re done with it you have no energy to move on to the next thing on hand. WITH YOGA, IT’S THE ABSOLUTE REVERSE. You feel refreshed internally and externally and can immediately start jet-setting through life.

When it comes to women, yoga is definitely the discipline to opt for. Yoga can be practiced at anytime and anywhere, even during hectic schedules. In comparison to a regular workout in the gym, you will not feel fatigued.


FIND YOUR SPIRITUAL ENERGY

1) MEDITATE: Meditation is one of the best ways to help you understand your spiritual energy and tap into it. Meditation will also help you in your quest to find the right spiritual path. As you clear your mind, the answers to some of the most difficult questions can become clear. If you focus on spiritual energy within yourself, you will see the correct path.

2) PRAYER: Spiritual prayer is another way to tap into your spiritual energy. Prayer renews your faith and increases the strength of your spiritual energy tenfold. Take the path that will help you the most in your life. While the answer may not always be what you feel it should be, you will accept it.

3) NO NEGATIVE THOUGHTS: It’s easy to get depressed. Often our minds are overtaken by negative thoughts which can easily deplete our spiritual energy. It’s easy to feel yourself pulled off of your spiritual path. Shrug off negative thoughts and surround yourself with positive friends and influences.

SPLENDOR OF YOGA -- PART -- 16

LAUGHTING IS ALSO ANOTHER GIFT OF NATURE’S EXERCISE DICTIONARY………LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE

Researchers have found that laughter improves our mood, reduces anxiety, eases stress and adds years to our life.

The best things in life may not be free, but there is one thing which can do wonders, and it cost nothing – laughter. The adage “laughter is the best medicine” holds very much true even today.

Researchers have found that laughter improves our mood, reduces anxiety, eases stress, and is associated with creativity and emotional stability. Laughter helps lower blood pressure, adds years to our life and also helps one distress. SO WHY NOT LAUGH and through ALL OUR WORRIES AWAY.

A new study from the University of Maryland Medical Centre has shown that laughter, along with a healthy sense of humor is good for our heart.

Even though scientists yet to know why laughing protects the heart, but they have noted that mental stress is associated with impairment of the endothelium, the protective barrier lining our blood vessels. This can cause a series of inflammatory reactions that lead to fat and cholesterol build-up in the coronary arteries and ultimately to a heart attack. But scientists know that during laughter, hormones are released in the body which relax the mind and body. There is decrease in hormones which produce stress hormones adrenaline and steroids. There is also release of hormones dopamine and serotonin, which provides us with a feeling of well-being.

There are several laughter clubs in the world, even though it may be mechanical laughter, they help people distress and relax. Once there is decrease in stress hormones, there is reduction in diseases like heart problems, blood pressure and diabetes.

READ BOOKS..........BE FIT AND FINE.

When you start reading a book, you will sit properly, which is nothing but a Meditative posture. Then while reading your breathing will be regulated, which is good for the body and the mind. Finally, by concentrating on the book, you will reach a state of meditation. Some consider books more valuable than any thing. So, when you feel pressure, stressed frustrated or uneasy.....Start reading a book. Even the book has already been read by you, read again.

SPLENDOR OF YOGA -- MORE INFORMATION --THINK IT OVER

ENERGY CAN BE GIVEN TO ANOTHER
Modern day psycologists have proved that more than 80 per cent of diseases are psycosomatic. They originate from the mind and then come to the body. The root is the mind, not the body. In the body there are energy centres that get locked when the disease takes the root. If you can get the right technique to remove the blockage, the disease disappears.
But some of us may not be able to get the right technique and find time to meditate or may not be able to make enough energy to put in to meditation. For those kinds of people, somebody else who is a meditator, who is a master of meditation can meditate and pass the energy to the energy centres of the person who is suffering.
Here comes the question: How can energy be given?....There are few people who are ready to believe that energy can be created by meditation; but they are not ready to believe that energy can be given by somebody else.
Einstein says, "Whatever exists is energy." After Einstein's theory, many scientists have turned towards spirituality. Einstein, through his formula E=mc2, says that there is know borderline between matter and energy. The solid energy is matter;subtle matter is energy.
Matter and energy are one and the same in two different levels. Classical physicists declared that there are two states in an atom; one is static and the other is moving. Later, the understanding is changed to the same particle being static at one time and moving at another. Today, the understanding is the particle is static and moving at the same time. There is no space
or time gap. Therefore, whatever you call matter is nothing but energy; whatever you call energy is nothing but matter.
Whatever exists is energy. So, if matter can be given to somebody else, why not energy? If one give his glass to you, why can't he give energy also? Only thing one should know while giving is the right time and the right method of giving it. If a person knows the right technique of channelling and giving energy, it can be given and can be taken also.
The science of giving energy to the person who is in need of it is what spiritual healing is all about. It is a balance of the energy flow in the person's system so that his system heals itself.
Spiritual healing is channellng and radiating univesal cosmic energy. it is an easy and effortless meditation for the healer initiated by an enlightened master while energy is channelled into the person receiving the healing.
RELIEVE YOURSELF FROM ANXIETY,STRESS AND DEPRESSION.
BREATHING EXERCISES
Take a moment to close your eyes and focus only on breathing. Inhale slowly through your nose. Feel your diaphragm move up into your ribcage and extend your belly outward as you inhale. Each breath should take six seconds to cmplete. Spend three seconds slowly inhaling through your nose and the other three seconds slowly exhaling through your mouth.
LISTEN TO MUSIC
Sit back and relax with your favorite tunes. If you are feeling nostalgic, put on something that will transport you toanother place in time. Escape and think of nothing but the music. Try to play songs with a positive or uplifting message.
MEDITATE ON GRATITUDE
Take a few minutes to think about all the things you are greatful for. It could be as simple as feeling grateful for the food in your fridge or the way your puppy loves you. Take the time to appriciate as all the gifts you have in life and how lucky you are to have them. When you acknowledge the good in your life, more good will attract itself to you.