Yoga is frequently likened to a tree. Akin to a tree, it is a living, vibrant system, comprised of many branches and limbs. Akin to a tree, it sprouts new growths as it develops and evolves over time. Each of these branches and limbs has its individual name, as well as its own subsystems with their unique names. It is for this reason that yoga can sometimes seem confusing. Anyone interested in yoga soon comes to realize the myriad diversity of these systems of yoga - hatha yoga, power yoga, kundalini yoga, tantric yoga, and Iyengar yoga are just a few of the more frequently encountered terms. Read the rest of this entry »
Understanding DNA has been an important scientific breakthrough because it is the map to the mind and body. This code identifies and predicts which familial traits and illnesses have been handed down to you. The pauses can be partially determined by our heredity. Our ancestors may have suffered from the illnesses we currently have and passed down their genetic code to us. Our DNA controls how we will emotionally and physically deal with these illnesses. But DNA offers limited information. Genetic testing is mostly valuable for the young, not for the old. By the time we are old, we have already developed into our medical destiny. Read the rest of this entry »
Our body parts will not pause at the same time. For example, a cardiologist treats a patient with coronary artery disease because her heart has become older than the rest of her organs. When a doctor works on a hip or diagnoses osteoporosis these bones have become old. For a patient with these problems, his heart can be 50 years old, his bones 60 years old, yet his chronological, or real, age and the rest of the body is only 40 years old. Read the rest of this entry »
As we age, our bodies deteriorate. We used to think that this weakening was due to the illnesses we were experiencing, but now the scientific community believes that it is just a factor of age. Yet the outcome is the same: any illness that is caused by aged, weakened organs or systems subtracts from our overall well-being and eventually leads to death. Read the rest of this entry »
Yoga is a lived experience. It is dynamic. It continues to grow and evolve, just as each of us continues to grow and evolve. As more and more people discover for themselves the diverse benefits of yoga, they are adapting yoga to suit specific interests and needs. This is especially true in the West, which has always prized individual creative energy. Yoga is exploding in new directions today as practitioners and devotees continue to find new ways to integrate yoga into their lives. Yoga is being adapted for use by handicapped and disabled persons, by individuals coping with HIV, by senior citizens seeking gentle exercise, and by athletes training for peak performance. Read the rest of this entry »
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