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By admin, August 28, 2009 9:34 am

I knew from experience that adopting any of those responses was a sure way to accumulate karmic baggage, since feeling resentment and repressing it ensure that some level of trauma gets stuck in the energy body and becomes part of one’s self-description in the future. (For example: “I’m a person who has stupid accidents” or “Life is unfair.”)

So, what did I need to do to help my inner state? The first thing I did to calm my anxiety was to look at the contribution system for the accident. How much of it could I have controlled?

Luck and timing had definitely played into the accident—how many times have we narrowly missed or been missed by a car coming through a blind intersection? My friend could have slowed down at the intersection. The other driver hadn’t been paying attention. Nonetheless, he had had the right of way. So basically it was all about whether I was paying attention. Then I asked the question that always helps me turn the situation to my advantage. I asked, “What did I learn here?”

The obvious answer was “Duh, look before you cross an intersection.” But there was more: I had not been taking responsibility for my own safety. Because I was following someone else, I had unconsciously put the responsibility for traffic safety in her hands

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You’re in a yoga class, holding a forward bend. The teacher comes over and places her hands on your back, encouraging you to sink deeper. You hesitate for a moment, then you follow her instructions and feel a sharp twinge in the back of your leg. It turns out that you’ve torn a hamstring.

Now, here’s the tough question: Whose fault is it? Or, to put it in a milder way, who has responsibility in this situation? The way you answer this question is crucial. It’s also a pretty good predictor of your ability to move through tough situations, negotiate relationships, and initiate personal change.

In a situation like this—indeed, in all kinds of situations, from a car accident, to a fight with your boyfriend, to your failure to get a foundation grant—the natural tendency and desire is to immediately look for someone to blame. I call it the “blame frame,” and it has been our basic paradigm for centuries. The blame frame assumes that someone is wrong and that the one who is wrong should be -punished—in extreme cases, with a lawsuit or the curtailing of any future relationship.

The blame frame is inherently dualistic: If it’s not my fault, it’s yours. If it’s yours, it’s not mine. You’re the perpetrator; I’m the victim. Maybe I’ll accept a sincere apology, offered in a self-abasing tone and accompanied by an offer of compensation. Maybe, if you’re humble enough, I’ll even admit that I had something to do with the whole situation.

In the past 50 years, at least in the more forward-looking quarters of the Western world, this centuries-old and deeply dualistic paradigm has begun to be replaced by an idea that I’d describe as “empowering self-responsibility,” or “radical responsibility.” In its most basic form, radical responsibility comes out of the recognition that, if you are willing to accept responsibility for everything in your life, you can change a situation instead of being its victim. One contemporary model for radical responsibility comes from the Landmark Forum workshops, which encourage you to see yourself as the primary agent even in situations in which, by every law of reason and logic, the primary agency was outside you. When you take radical responsibility, you stop blaming others—your parents, careless drivers, the tax system, Republicans, your ex-wife, your nasty boss—and instead look at how you helped create the situation or, at least, how you might have done things differently. That is to say, you’re never a victim, because you always have a choice.

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As a close adherent of the “change the inside, and you’ll change the outside” view of life, I’ve always inclined toward the radical responsibility position. Partly, I’ll admit, this comes from having been steeped in the doctrine of karma, especially the idea of subtle-body karma, in which emotional “tape loops” (samskara) programmed into your system from childhood and other lifetimes are seen as causal factors, even in situations that are not of your conscious choosing. At the same time, some things clearly do just happen, and certain events actually are Their Fault. (The mechanic who failed to replace a bolt on the airplane before OK’ing it for takeoff, for example, did cause the accident.) Besides, most texts on karma point out that not everyone who gets caught in a collective disaster such as Hurricane Katrina has direct karmic responsibility for it. All of us are, to one degree or another, influenced by the collective karma of our society. And besides, there is such a thing as being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

My point is, just as the victim stance allows you to feel innocent but also makes you powerless, the radical responsibility position empowers you but also gives rise to an unrealistic and even hubristic sense of having control over circumstances that you don’t control at all. We violate the truth as much by assuming that we “chose” to get cancer as by assuming that cancerous tumors have no relationship to our diet, lifestyle, chemical exposures, or other choices we’ve made. In fact, as in most things in life, the truth is somewhere in the middle.

Between the blame frame and the radical responsibility position is something we might call the “contribution system.” With the contribution system model, you can see what you might have done differently, but you also take into account the other factors involved.

Take our earlier case of the hamstring injury. What part of the problem was the teacher’s responsibility? Well, she may have demanded too much from you because of her inexperience as a teacher or her inability to see the true capability of your body. On the other hand, if you look carefully at your own contribution, you may see that you were distracted, following her instructions without being fully present in your body or perhaps suffering from some form of show-offy yoga ego.

And there could also be hidden factors. Your hamstrings might have been overstretched from a previous class or weakened by an old accident; genetics may also have played a role. If you place all the blame on your instructor, you miss the chance to look at your own contributions, and you will be unlikely to learn anything useful from the injury or be able to avoid similar ones in the future. Worse, you’ll probably feel victimized, powerless, angry, or depressed. But if you take all the responsibility on yourself, you imply that you should be an expert on the body, even though you may just be learning to practice yoga. You may find that taking total responsibility causes you to beat yourself up about your bad judgment or to question your ability to do yoga.

So taking responsibility demands a certain sophistication and balance; it requires you to recognize that every situation has a contribution system, a web of shared, interconnected responsibility. It is not useful to take on more or less of the responsibility than is yours.

At the same time, even if 95 percent of the responsibility for a situation is not yours, the source of your power in that situation lies in identifying the 5 percent that is. That’s where you can bring change, where you can turn a mistake into a source of learning. It’s your ability to work with mistakes—your own and others’—that makes the greatest difference in being able to become a master not just of yoga but also of life. Being the change you want to see in the world starts with identifying your own part in the contribution system of any situation in which you feel conflict or tension. All good yogis—and most successful, creative people—are good at what they do precisely because they have learned the art of taking an injustice, a personal mistake, or an injury and using it as a fulcrum for growth.

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Begin on your back with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor. Separate your feet to hip distance and point your toes slightly in so that your feet are parallel. Draw your heels in toward your hips until they almost touch. Straighten your arms along your sides with the palms down. Take a deep inhale. As you exhale, press the palms into the floor and begin to lift the hips off the floor. Keep the shoulders down as you breathe into an appropriate position. You can take a shallow bend by lifting the hips only a foot or so off the floor, or a deeper bend by sending the hips as far to the sky as possible. Your palms can stay on the floor or you can roll onto your shoulders and interlace your fingers underneath your hips. As you breathe, lift your chest toward your chin and reach your knees away from your hips. Be sure to maintain the natural curve of the neck against the floor. Remain for five to ten breaths, then lower back to the floor and rest.

Over time, as the spine opens and relaxes, you may want to lift the hips higher to the sky. Whatever version of the pose you select, enjoy the blissful feeling of stretching and opening the chest.

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Your schedule’s already packed — so how are you supposed to fit in time for yoga? Here are a few tips:
Break it down. If you can’t do a half hour of yoga in one sitting, try doing it in chunks. How about 15 minutes after you get up and 15 minutes before bed? Or try three 10-minute workouts to break up a long study session.
Do what works for you. Some people have more success working out in the morning before the day’s activities sidetrack them; others find that an after-school workout is the perfect way to unwind. Experiment with working out at different times of the day and find the time that fits your schedule and energy level best.
Find a workout buddy. Doing your yoga routines with a friend is a great way to stay motivated. You’ll be less likely to miss your workout if you have an appointment with a friend. You and your buddy can compare tips on healthy eating and exercise habits, evaluate each other’s poses for form, and keep each other on track.
Consistency is key. If you want to reap the benefits that yoga provides, you’ll have to do it consistently. A once-a-month yoga workout may relieve some stress, but for benefits like increased flexibility and stamina, you should aim to practice yoga three or four times a week. It generally takes about 4 to 6 weeks of regular exercise at least 3 days a week for your body to begin to release the endorphins that make exercise such an uplifting experience.
Set some goals. The same routine every week may become monotonous, so set some goals to help you stay focused. Perhaps you’d like to incorporate power yoga into your routine so you get a better cardiovascular workout. Maybe you’ve always gone to yoga class and your goal is to start practicing on your own at home. Whatever you choose as your goal, make sure you reward yourself when you accomplish it!
The great thing about yoga is it can be as vigorous or as gentle as you want it to be. That makes it a good choice for anybody.

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By admin, August 26, 2009 9:05 am

Time: In general, people are using the morning, noon, dusk or before bed to practice yoga postures. In fact, fasting as long as the guarantee of the state, at any time of day can be practice. In other words, after dinner (3 hours) is not practicing yoga postures for. In true yoga monk appears 4 to 6 o’clock the morning is the best time to practice yoga, because this time around Wanlaijuji, the atmosphere is most pure, gastrointestinal activity largely ceased, the brain has not yet active, easy to enter yoga state of deep practice.
Location: practicing yoga is best in a clean, comfortable rooms, there is enough room for stretching the body to avoid the near any furniture. The room with fresh air circulation, and the freedom to breathe oxygen. Best to put on the green plants or flowers, can also play soft music to help relax.
Of course, you can also choose to practice in the open air of nature, such as the Garden, where environmental good, do not in the wind, cold or polluted air, exercise, and do not practice in the direct sun (except for Dawn, because then light, soft, healthy).
Clothing: Practice yoga postures should be wearing a soft, loose clothing to cotton, linen and texture are better, we must ensure that when you breathe and exercise the body is not bound. Must take off shoes, socks had better take off (cold weather foot to keep warm), watches, glasses, belts and other accessories should be lowered.
Props: Practicing yoga course to use a professional yoga mat for good, the local surface is too hard or uneven when the yoga mat can play a buffer role in helping you to maintain a balance. However, if you do not have a professional yoga mats, covered with carpet or folded blanket will do. Do not perfect floor or the bed is too soft to practice, taking care not to let the foot slipping. Beginners can also use some props to supplement some posture exercises that can be used props such as yoga bricks, Yu Jia Sheng, and even the walls, tables and chairs and so on. Using the appropriate posture can be a lot of props to help you step by step exercises, but also accurately convey the body posture for each one feeling.
Bath: Bath the first 20 minutes, do not practice yoga, because yoga practice will become extremely sensitive to bodily sensations, this time, if given to stimulate the suddenly hot suddenly cold, it will hurt the body, burn the body’s stored energy. Within 20 minutes after bathing we should not practice yoga, because the blood bath after the circulation of the muscles become soft, if the immediate practice yoga, not only easy for bodily injury, but will lead to high blood pressure, increasing the burden on the heart. Heart disease, hypertension, hyperthyroidism and other diseases in patients with particular attention to this point.
In addition, long after the sun bath do not practice yoga postures. Practice Yoga in about 1 hour prior to a hot bath of cold water, allowing your practice to achieve better results.
Food: As mentioned above, within 3 hours after a meal should not practice yoga postures. However, you can be about 1 hour before exercise, eating a small amount of liquid food or drink, such as milk, yogurt, honey, fruit juice and so on. Practice, you can drink a bit of water to help discharge toxins from the body (as a duck-line type of practice, you should even drink a lot.) Yoga Exercise 1 hour after the end of the best eating. Best to eat natural foods, and avoid eating some greasy, spicy foods or lead to excessive stomach acid. Eating enough is enough, eat too full can lead people to feel bored and lazy. In addition, reduced appetite, after practicing yoga, exhaust, increased defecation is a normal phenomenon.

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A few thousand years ago, in a long time ago India, the monks were in pursuit of the highest state into the Nature and Humanity, often secluded jungle home, sit-ins meditation. Simple life in the long run, the monks were from the observation of organisms realized a lot of yoga Mito laws of nature, from biological rules of survival, verify the person’s body, step by step to the sensing subtle changes within the body, so people understand how the and his body dialogue, so as to know to explore their own body, start at the maintenance and conditioning, as well as treatment of traumatic disease instinct. Thousands of years of study summarized down, and gradually derived a set of theoretical complete, accurate and practical self-cultivation exercise system that is yoga.
Archaeologists who excavated the Indus Valley a well-preserved pottery, painted above the figures of the yoga meditation when the shape of the pieces of pottery dating back at least five thousand years of history shows that the history of yoga can be traced back more to ancient times.
To put it simply point, yoga is a dynamic physical exercise and spiritual practice, but also used in everyday life philosophy. Of yoga practitioners goal is to achieve a good understanding of their own soul as well as regulation, can be familiar with and master the flesh senses, as Iyengar in the “glorious life” highlighted in the homogenous state to achieve harmony. The focal point is the mind senses to controlling the mind, namely, representatives of controlling the senses; through the senses, body and conscious breathing matched to achieve the control of the body. These techniques not only a useful exercise muscles and bones, but also to strengthen the nervous system, endocrine glands and major organs, functions, triggers the body’s potential energy to promote good health.
The body’s nervous system, endocrine glands and major organs of the state determines the extent of a person’s health. A regular yoga exercises help to eliminate the psychological tension, as well as physical health due to negligence or early physical decline caused by aging. Therefore, practicing yoga can maintain vitality, so that clear thinking.
Fast-paced modern life, intense competition, the pressure greater. Of course, the moderate pressure is also necessary, because the pressure can stimulate interest in, be inspired, energetic people. However, if this pressure exceeds the limits of what we can afford, the body will not be nervous, self-weakened immunity and tired, and sometimes also includes psychological frustration, muscle tension (which can lead to spinal pain), tired, such as shortness of breath and even unconsciousness.
Yoga includes stretching, strength, endurance and enhanced cardio-pulmonary function in practice, the promotion of good health, coordinated function of the whole body, learning how to make healthy operation also increases the body’s vitality. In addition, the foster spiritual harmony and emotional stability of the state also guide you to improve their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual state of the body coordinate balance and stay healthy.

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The word yoga is Sanskrit yug or yuj from India come is the same pronunciation, its meaning is “in line” “with” or “harmony.” Yoga is a by enhancing awareness, help people realize their full potential under the guidance of the philosophy of the movement system and its system. Yoga posture is an old and easy to master the use of methods to improve people’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual capacity to achieve a physical, mental and spiritual harmony and unity of the movement forms. Ancient Indians also believe that people can Heaven and Man, their yoga practice in a different way into our daily lives and humane: Pu-wen to head, Chanting from Mountains Afar around the ears, thinking I provincial body, Connaught in people’s minds, moral, selfless action, rational brain, religious responsibility, Wuyuwuqiu, meditation and cosmic nature and creation.
In recent years, a number of different parts of the world’s popular and largest hot yoga, is not only a popular or trendy fitness so simple. Yoga is a very ancient method of energy knowledge and practice, set philosophy, science and art in one. The basis of yoga philosophy built on ancient India for thousands of years, psychological, physical and spiritual precepts of Indian culture has become an important component. Yoga followers developed the ancient yoga system, because they believe the body through movement and control of breathing, can control the mind and emotions, and maintaining a healthy body ever。

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By admin, August 25, 2009 12:50 am

Coffee

 Care Keywords: Food aphrodisiac

 If you are as interested right, then gradually faded and distressed, may wish to try the aphrodisiac effect of coffee. Of course, coffee in improving the people’s attention, to eliminate tension, prevent Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, the effect can not be ignored. In addition, it can also improve the effectiveness of painkillers 40%. Response to caffeine vary, each person should find their own maximum limits for drinking coffee. But in general, drink three cups a day is appropriate.

 Consumption of good ideas

 Coffee, easy to make the human body calcium, but if added to milk or drink coffee partner, we can effectively prevent the loss of calcium. Coffee is harmful to the skin, so after drinking a cup of coffee should be drinking 1-2 glasses of water.

Chocolate

 Care Keywords: out of the emotional trough

 The long winter, depressed mood is always unpleasant? To pieces of chocolate bar, sombre mood will be much better. Because chocolate has a depressive state of mind to eliminate the miraculous: Chocolate contains carbohydrates and fat in human well-being of the brain to release hormones and endorphins, makes the spirit of joy, but chocolate contains a substance benzene (base) ethylamine, of its antidepressant efficacy has already been confirmed by scientists.

 A new dietary restraint therapy is popular in Western countries: Chocolate moderate diet. As long as you set an example for two weeks, both body weight or blood pressure have shown a drop. But the precondition is: chocolate contains cocoa content of at least 70%.

Major U.S. almond

 Care Keywords: stay in shape

 In the past,people often equate the fat content of the food with weight gain, while the U.S. just to prove that big almond errors. Studies have shown that increases in the daily diet is not only a major U.S. almonds will not lead to weight gain, on the contrary, it help women lose weight.

 The reason is as follows: first of all, eat almonds and other nuts, large U.S. lead people to create a noticeable feeling of fullness, a little to eat before meals can reduce the intake of other foods high fever; Secondly, the large almond contains dietary fiber can reduce the fat absorption rate, consumption of large almond and the intake of nutrition is not indicated on the label so much heat, it will not lead to weight gain.

 In addition, some studies also showed that weekly consumption of five or more times large U.S. almond women, body mass index (BMI) of all adults in the lowest.

 Consumption of good ideas:

 The United States is indeed a big almond easy to fill his stomach easy snacks. A large almonds (about 23), about 28 grams, contains 160 calories, while rich in flavonoid antioxidants, vitamin E and minerals is also an excellent source of magnesium. Women can use it as a healthy snack, especially for human consumption in the fasting.

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Oranges

 Care Keywords: strengthening the immune system

 In all fruit, oranges contain vitamin C is the highest in the fruit than the average by about 30%. If you want to winter cold and flu away from the entanglement, the most simple and effective way is to eat oranges, it is known to enhance the body’s immune system and the magic bullet against disease, its role inferior to cold medicine. In addition, its role in the maintenance of the skin can not be ignored.

 Consumption of good ideas

 An orange to the human body will be able to provide 75 mg of vitamin C, if you can guarantee a day to eat 1 - 2 oranges, it will be able to fully meet the body’s daily needs of vitamin C amount, without considering the intake of other foods from .

Broccoli

 Care Keywords: Young Heart

 Broccoli contains a plant dye, that is, flavonol, which has enhanced physical and anti-cancer effect. The University of Minnesota researchers 34000 women, conduct studies and confirmed that broccoli contains flavonols can well protect the heart, and reduce the incidence of myocardial infarction 15% ~ 20%, and susceptible to myocardial infarction in postmenopausal In women, is undoubtedly good news. However, other biological flavonols, such as tea leaves or apples contain bio-flavonoids alcohol, but not this particular disease prevention effects.

 Consumption of good ideas

 In addition to green cauliflower, walnuts are rich in unsaturated fatty acids can also be effective in preventing heart attack, your best to eat every day on the 12. In addition, the daily consumption of 200 grams of fruit and vegetables (about the equivalent of two apples and a vegetable) and women about their risk of suffering from myocardial infarction can be reduced by 60%.

Peanut butter

 Care Keywords: forever young

 Perhaps not everyone love to eat peanut butter, but because it is rich in vitamin E, so it is a powerful antioxidant can not be ignored, eat can help women to resist the invasion of years.

 In addition, the peanut butter is also known as the best energy-dense foods, 2 hours before the game in sports, athletes eat on one if there are 2 teaspoons peanut butter coated bread, which contains “good” single-type of non-saturated fatty acids to help he continued to maintain a sense of fullness to the body to provide slow release of carbohydrates, so to maintain good physical and status.

 Consumption of good ideas

 The effectiveness of peanut butter is not limited to, the latest medical research shows that peanut butter and other nuts (such as walnuts, hazelnuts) eat together, can enable women to significantly reduce the risk of diabetes (type 2) risks.

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