by carolann491
June 7, 2010
Yoga students’ who practice the ancient art of inhaling and exhaling while holding a pose are indulging in a discipline founded thousands of years ago. Students who aspire to perfect this technique benefit from optimal health for the body and the mind. Yoga goes far beyond just breathing and poses, however. First references were over 5,000 years ago when the songs and rituals of the Vedic priests, the Brahmans, were first documented in the ancient text, Rig Veda. The philosophy of yoga and the practice thereof is, in part, a self absorbed one, encouraging the practitioner to seek and find knowledge through continuous retrospect of the self. Yoga philosophy encourages the student to transform and transcend his egocentric shell. The [...]
by carolann491
June 7, 2010
Youth—everyone wants it. To age is never an easy process, but the clock stops for no one, so the person who learns to age gracefully will be happiest. But for the rest of us who want to fight it every step of the way there are a jillion products on the market that will attest to that very idea—wrinkle removing cream—yeah, right. The only way to help the wrinkles from forming on your old, aging face is to internalize the process. A healthy diet and way of life is the only thing that will keep an old person young. While we age we think back to the days of our youth when we were full of life, vigor, the mirror [...]
