Yoga for Concentration Eases Hyperactivity

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“Concentration is taking your mind off many things and putting it on one thing at a time.” – Ananda Sangha

Imagine what you could do if you could concentrate better. You could use your time more efficiently. You could more easily finish tasks and projects. Perhaps you could even lose that all-familiar feeling of being overwhelmed.

Today, many of us are easily distracted, and there is so much to distract us. We live in a fast paced world, so jam-packed with over-stimulation, activity, information and multi-tasking, that our bodies are now permanently stuck in a state of hyperactivity and our brains seem to have forgotten how to concentrate. As a result, we have more stress and anxiety than ever before.'

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10 Best Yoga Poses For Men

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'We know you love yoga—for your girlfriend. Her weekly practice makes her bendy in bed, more chill overall and therefore more sexy even when she's lounging around. Well, we've got news for you. Yoga isn't a ladies-only thing like going to the bathroom in packs or opening store credit cards only to get 5 percent off the purchase. In fact, taking one yoga class per week or doing a couple of pre-workout poses can increase endurance, build strength, prevent injuries, and may even stave off heart disease.

How? "Men often suffer from tightness particularly in the hips, hamstrings, and shoulders that can lead to injury or weakness," says Baron Baptiste, creator of Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga and former assistant coach with the Philadelphia Eagles.'


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10 Yoga Poses for Defeating Diabetes

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Research suggests that people with diabetes can reap some benefits from regular yoga practice. 

'Type 2 diabetes is quickly becoming one of the most common, and debilitating, diseases in the United States. As more and more people develop diabetes, they've started turning to complementary and alternative therapies, such as yoga, to treat the disorder, but not all those therapies work. A study published in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine last year analyzed all the available research looking at yoga's influence on diabetes and complications of diabetes (for instance, kidney problems and high blood pressure) and found that, although not enough evidence exists to support the idea that yoga leads to long-term improvements, the authors did find that regular yoga practice led to short-term improvements in fasting glucose and cholesterol levels.'




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Free Online Yoga Instruction at DoYogaWithMe.com

Editor’s Note:  'Yoga is without doubt one of the most transformational and life enhancing practices that one can do to find peace of mind and health in this crazy world.  Unfortunately, however, Yoga classes have become prohibitively expensive for many in some areas, and are hard to find in other areas.  Today, Waking Times is proud to feature an introductory article written by Paul Cooper of DoYogaWithMe.com, a fantastic website that offers high quality Yoga instructional videos online for free, where anyone with access to the internet can receive excellent Yoga instruction.  While it is best to work with a seasoned instruction who personally address the specific needs of the student, the ability to practice Yoga for free online is a unique and special gift.'

Paul Cooper
Waking Times

'Yoga continues to grow in popularity around the world (except in India, of course, where it originated). As someone who’s old enough to remember the aerobics craze in the 80s, I’m guessing that yoga is trending so strongly because it nurtures the mind as well as the body. As work becomes more and more stressful, a form of exercise that is also meditative and calming is more appealing than ever.'

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Man’s amazing transformation is just the inspiration you need

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5 Anti-Aging Yoga Moves

'5 Anti-Aging Yoga Moves Fox News: Nature's Medicine Cabinet with the Medicine Hunter December 2011 The Medicine Hunter shows us some simple yoga moves from his book,“The Five Tibetans” which help improve your cardiovascular and respiratory health, digestion, strength and energy levels... 

NOTE FROM CHRIS: This introduction to The Five Tibetans shows you these dynamic methods but DOES NOT provide a full and complete description. 

To learn about The Five Tibetans, and to learn them properly, get hold of a copy of the book---that way you can practice them correctly. Reading carefully through the book will ensure correct practice. Most of the videos and descriptions of The Five Tibetans available either online or on DVD contain errors. This is the most authentic and correct representation of the methods. For more information on Chris’ popular yoga classic, visit The Five Tibetans.'

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Yoga Proven to be a Viable Solution for Back Pain

'Along with knee pain and even obesity, back pain is one of the most widely experienced health complications rendering individuals with feelings of disability today. While chronic back pain is often thought of as a negative side-effect of getting older, the “naturally occurring” symptom is actually completely preventable. While these methods are often utilized for different reasons, two techniques have proven to be fabulous in treating back pain for years — yoga and stretching.'

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Namaste Yoga 71 - Restorative Yoga

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Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) with friend

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The Health Benefits of Yoga

 



'When some people think of yoga, they imagine having to stretch like a
gymnast. That makes them worry that they're too old, unfit, or "tight"
to do yoga. The truth is you're never too old to improve flexibility.




The series of yoga poses called asanas work by safely stretching your muscles. This releases the lactic acid that builds up with muscle use and causes stiffness, tension, pain, and fatigue.
In addition, yoga increases the range of motion in joints. It may also
increase lubrication in the joints. The outcome is a sense of ease and
fluidity throughout your body.




Yoga stretches not only your muscles but all of the soft tissues
of your body. That includes ligaments, tendons, and the fascia sheath
that surrounds your muscles. And no matter your level of yoga, you most
likely will see benefits in a very short period of time. In one study,
participants had up to 35% improvement in flexibility after only eight
weeks of yoga. The greatest gains were in shoulder and trunk
flexibility.'





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