YOGA FOR HEALTHY LIFE

YOGA is a science. Like all other sciences it is based on observation and experiment. This method of observation and experiment is regarded in the west as a distinctly modern innovation, but as a matter of fact it was adopted in India in very ancient times by the “RISHIS”, or seers of truth. Through the process of close observation and constant experimentation, they discovered the fine forces of nature, as also the laws that govern our physical, mental and spiritual well being. The truths thus gained through their own experiences and investigation, they wrote down in Upanishads, preached in public and expounded to their pupils.

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You feel that your life is out of balance, right? How about stress-caused fatigue, tension, anxiety and ill performance?

You strive to be perfect in all areas of your life, juggle multiple roles: spouse, mother, caregiver, friend and entrepreneur. You continue meeting household and family responsibilities, while at the same time running your business and trying to maintain personal interests. As demands increase to fulfill these roles, you often feel a sense of losing control and helplessness, making them prone to stress and burnout. Women are more likely to arrive to work, stressed before their business demands begin.

Lack of balance and demands of home and work are among the major sources of stress in professional women’s lives.

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Learning to relax is a vital skill because our instinctive responses to stress are often more harmful than the stress itself. When things are not going as planned and we begin to feel the anxiety building up we have a tendency to overreact to some of the most insignificant situations. Think about the times you have endured stress just by thinking about something that might happen. My Mother used to tell me that I was just borrowing trouble when I did this and now I can see how right she was. We are going to learn some techniques we can use that will help us deal with or even avoid stress altogether while helping us to enjoy some relaxation in our hectic lives.

Relaxation is that wonderful feeling you have when the pressures of life seem to be non-existent and you have a positive mental outlook about your surroundings, your work and the day ahead of you. Relaxation is really a wonderful feeling and we all should make concerted attempts to enjoy the peaceful feelings that relaxation invokes. Reducing stress, creating peace of mind and just easing all the tension throughout your body has so many positive affects on your life.

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Stress hits most of us at some point in our lives. In fact, many of us get stressed out over things we have no control over and sometimes this is part of the problem.

Stress will usually rear its ugly head in the work place. It is roughly estimated that close to 300 million dollars are spent every year in America for job stress related incidents.

Liked a coiled viper waiting to strike, stress can stealthily sneak up on us when we least expected it and attack us without warning. We suddenly find ourselves short tempered, our hands shake and we sweat before even opening the office door.

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You may hear people say things like, “I am so stressed!” or “I am stress out!” and sometimes it seems like the term is thrown about indiscriminately. The truth is that stress is a major problem in our society. As life has become faster and debts have become deeper, pressures have increased and people are becoming more stressed. However, literally millions of people, in the United States alone, suffer from stress.

To put it into perspective, it is estimated that $300 billion, or $7.500 per employee, is spent each year in the U.S. on compensation claims that are stress related as well as absenteeism, reduced productivity, medical expenses and employee turnover. In fact, direct medical expenses are approximately 50% higher for employees who report stress. Stress is a serious condition that can drag you down and attack you in any number of ways. It can wreck your job and it can wreck your life.

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Yoga is beyond an alternative form of therapy, a physical exercise routine or a breathing technique. It has more to offer than this. Yoga is also about preparing the mind, body and soul for meditation. In fact yoga and mediation goes hand in hand and was formulated in ancient India for meditation by the sages. Meditation is the state of mind to accomplish spirituality. Yoga helps a stressed out mind to relax and calm down in order to do the meditation practice.

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In our hectic day and age we all have some form of stress or stress factors. It seems every which way we turn that there are more and more demands on our time leaving us with no time for ourselves . Even children have lots of stress at school now with bullies and gangs and school shootings. It’s a wonder that we are still sane. But stress can be relieved and one of the best ways is with exercises.

One of the most common ones that work is aerobics. Scientific researchers have shown that it produces endorphins which are chemicals that are made in the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus during exercise ,excitement and orgasm. They are like opiates in the way that they produce a sense of happiness and well being. They also help reduce stress. When you do any form of exercise , you get your heart beating faster and this will release a good bunch of these nice endorphins and make you feel more relaxed. Walking around the block to joining an aerobics class would be great ways to help you relax and lower stress levels.

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If Gravity is one of the biggest stresses in your life, what is the other major stress?

It is an area you seldom consider, stress we believe is things around us; however stress is also within you. The biggest stress around you is gravity; the biggest stress within you is … the other main stress in your life…

You

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Any human being. Any line of work. Whether you are a businessman, an executive, a nurse, a doctor, an engineer, a computer scientist, a salesman, housewife, yogi or student, you are interested in having a fault free life.

A life without defects or mistakes or problems of any kind. A life of richness, internal and external where your meditationally increased energy will produce results!!

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