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Feb200904

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Yoga Exercises

Yoga exercises have become a great way to treat various health conditions related to a stressful life style. To begin with the basics, lots of people get to practice yoga out of the sheer desire to grow their spiritual side and get distracted from the very material grip of our reality.

Yet, there are others for whom yoga exercises become a way to alleviate ailments or body disorders; this is the case of people who suffer from sleep problems and don’t manage to get a good night rest. How can yoga exercises help for the matter? The very essence of yoga is relaxation, if you come to develop mind control and relax, the ability to fall asleep becomes a skill.

Among the yoga exercises that help induce a good night rest we should mention neck stretches, shoulder movements, complete muscle relaxation techniques and breath control.

The health benefits of yoga are widely advertised and they usually represent the main attraction and trigger that makes people take up yoga classes in the first place. Some think they’ll get slimmer, others that they’ll grow muscular mass, and there are even some people who expect to increase their sexual performance by the practice of yoga exercises.

Nevertheless, this kind of perception of yoga exercises is very far from the origins of this art of body and spirit harmonious growth. Yoga is more about inner than outer training although the latter is fully reflected and influenced by the former.

Thus, according to the original meaning of yoga exercises, a person who manages to discover the richness inside of himself/herself while eliminating negative emotions will enjoy a better life, an incredible health and the peace and harmony of superior spirits.


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Jan200918

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We all get Constipation and indigestion at some stage, don’t we? – Part one of five

We all get Constipation and indigestion at some stage,

abdominal lift

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THOSE who are masters of the science of Yoga refer to constipation as ‘the mother of all diseases’, and so many of the most important Yoga asanas aim at improving elimination and the digestive processes and, consequently, the health of the entire organism.

Among these exercises the ABDOMINAL LIFT is considered one of the most essential; not only for its physical values, but also for the way it influences our spiritual development by ridding the body, and therefore the mind, of impurities. Not only does the constant practice of it bring relief from chronic constipation and indigestion but it also strengthens flabby abdominal muscles and so improves the figure.

Before attempting the ABDOMINAL LIFT it is advisable for beginners to spend the first two or three days limbering up the muscles with the following contracting and relaxing movements known as UDDIYANJ,

1.    Stand with the feet about twelve inches apart, in hale slowly and deeply and exhale with a good deal of force.
2.    Without inhaling again, pull in the abdominal muscles with a strong upward movement until a hollow forms under the ribs.
Hold for two seconds.
3.    Relax the muscles, pull in again and relax again. Repeat these two or three times in quick successive movements, still without inhaling, and then relax.

Do not overdo these movements at first, and remember that the accent is on the pulling in movement rather than on the letting go.
Yoga exercises must be done while the stomach, bladder, and if possible the bowels are empty. First thing in the morning or last thing at night is convenient for most people but the time of day does not matter too much so long as the stomach is empty.
Allow at least four hours after a heavy meal, two hours after a light meal, and half an hour after a cup of tea or glass of fruit juice. Do not eat directly after exercising but wait at least half an hour. Be sure that nothing you wear fits tightly, or restricts your movement in any way.


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