outline: Yoga and its health benefits Introduction: Attention-getter: 1. I am sure‚ all of you have heard about yoga but anyone knows when we celebrate International yoga day?? Well you might don’t know as just recently United nation has declared that June 21st will be celebrated as an international yoga day. June 21st‚ last Sunday was celebrated as a first international yoga day across the world. As noted in The Guardian on 21st June 2015‚ 35‚000 people participated in yoga event at New Delhi
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Celebrity Yoga: Is this just a fad? Yoga has become a very popular exercise among people all across the world. Celebrities are also adopting this practice in order to strengthen their bodies. Celebrities and yoga has been a winning combination for quite some time in America‚ and more and more people are beginning to at least try yoga because their favorite celebrities are trying it. Celebrities that do yoga are making the practice more popular. Yoga industry in the United States has grown considerably
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Aroma Yoga History/Background/Origin: What is yoga? “The word Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word “Yuj” meaning to yoke‚ join or unite” (Body Poetry Fitness Studio [BPFS]‚ n.d.‚ para. 1). Yoga aims to achieve a balanced life‚ by incorporating mind‚ body and spirit through techniques and practices. Yoga is not a religion‚ but a philosophy that can be incorporated within any belief system. “Some of the most well-known modern schools of yoga include: Iyengar‚ Astanga‚ Ananda‚ Anusara‚ Bikram‚ Kripalu
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Yoga Benefits Good evening ladies and gentlemen‚ Who here is yogi? Why not? It has great health benefits. Let me introduce the health benefits of yoga! But first‚ what is yoga? The word “yoga” in Sanskrit means “union” or ”to join together”. Yoga is a combination of physical (poses and breathing) and mental (focus) practice. Yoga origins are still not known but said somewhere between India and Nepal Because of language. Yoga has many great health benefits. 1. Blood circulation: many
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Philosophy of Raja Yoga For many in the West‚ yoga is simply just a part of your workout plan‚ a means of strengthening the body‚ curing body ailments‚ and improving flexibility. As we review the philosophy of yoga we’ll find that it is "much more than a system of physical exercise for health‚ Yoga is . . . an ancient path to spiritual growth." (Raphael) The word yoga is related to the English word yoke. A yoke is a wooden plank custom fitted on cattle to help them pull the load. The same way the
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Review: Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn Breathing UnderwaterBreathing Underwater by Alex Flinn is written as a series of journal entries. The journal is written by Nick as an assignment from the judge who also sends him to anger management after the girlfriend he beat up finally presses charges. The book was published in 2001‚ before the recent increase in dating violence novels‚ and it tells a story often overlooked‚ that of the abuser instead of the abused. It ’s a delicate subject. And
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How Yoga Works When I began seriously letting my practicing of yoga permeate my life I began my journey with teacher training and extensions‚ a part of that “How Yoga Works” was a reading suggestion. This turns out to be the perfect book for me to have started my journey with. What we have in this book is a fictional story about a yoga teacher and her student. Without giving too many details away‚ this story is a vehicle for illustrating the applications of yoga sutras to life and the
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Yoga → Sanskrit word “yuj” : to yoke‚ unite‚ join Refers to union of the individual self with the universal self. Union of the mind‚ body‚ spirit. → Philosophical or mystical system found in India; some dates the beginning of yoga back to Shamanism from 25‚000 BCE‚ pre-dating written history. → 4 main yoga systems: Jnana Yoga: Path of wisdom. Explores the human mind through self-study and pursuit of knowledge‚ and to inquire into one’s own nature. (EX: Who am I?) Bhakti Yoga: Path of devotion
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Rescue Breathing and CPR-Adults Rescue breathing is the act of breathing for a person who is not breathing‚ yet has a pulse. You should never perform rescue breathing on a stranger unless you have a resuscitation mask‚ so that you will not catch any contagious disease the victim is carrying. If the victim is not breathing yet has a pulse‚ initiate rescue breathing. Use a head tilt and a chin lift to keep the victim’s airway open. Pinch the victim’s nose shut gently‚ using your thumb and index finger
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Change in respiratory rate during exercise Aim: To record and investigate how the breathing rate varies for the duration of light and heavy exercise. Introduction: When an individual exercises‚ the muscles being used needs extra energy from oxygen. The lungs pump oxygen to the heart‚ and then the heart pumps the oxygenated blood through the blood to the particular muscle that is working. The human body has a series of organs working together‚ which is named the respiration system. The organs involved
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