I view yoga as a tool which reduces disharmony in the mind and body by enhancing one's spiritual awareness and advocates simple techniques to reach one's maximum potential.
Breath right reduce stress
Regular practice of 'pranayam' (control of bio-energy) or yogic breathing exercises is necessary. This is the most vital process of life activity through which blood (thereby the body) is purified and oxygenated through the lungs.
Breathing in a ventilated area between 6:30am and 8:30 am when your skin can bask in the sun and fresh air, offers maximum benefits. In addition, daily practice of the same makes one aware of unnecessary tension in our facial muscles.
Try Asanas, delay wrinkles
These are firm but relaxed yogic postures, to improve flexibility and vitality and bring the body into a state of well-being. Asanas should be done for duration of approximately 3 to 4 minutes to reap better results.
Classical yoga asanas such as Surya Namaskar help regulate hormones and their impact on the skin. Once our internal purification process begins, it is bound to reflect on the external organ - skin. These practices delay formation of wrinkles and dark circles too!
Perform mudras, purify blood
An ancient science by itself, mudras activate certain pressure points that influence various areas of the body.
One may perform this mudra any time of the day by joining the little finger tip with the tip of the thumb, keeping the rest of the three fingers straight. You can also perform this in a cross-legged/ standing pose. Do not press the tip of the little finger near the nail as it will result in the drying of skin.
The benefits of performing mudras include:
a) Purification of the blood and therefore a marked improvement in the health of your skin.
b) It balances the water element in the body.
c) It relieves dehydration, stomach infection, and kidney malfunction.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Accepting People & Their Ideas
I have been pondering about this topic ever since I was kid.Earlier I used to think it's just me who envy others, may be I am too bad or thats how god has made me and many more craps like this, I am sure many of us felt the same way.
Recently I came across some articles and especially after going through AOL(http://us.artofliving.org/) where realized how really mind works and the importance of keeping it checked and how to do so. I tried thinking little differently. Try experimenting this on yourself;
Have you ever noticed this when you are low or feeling really miserable and if at that time your close friend comes with real wonderful news about himself,you FORCED yourself to speak good and FAKE out your happiness with his news, though internally you might be envious and feeling miserable.
Now if you reverse this situation and say you are very happy for some of your achievements,and if you receive the same news now your happiness will be doubled. you will feel good not just outwardly but internally as well.
Infact some of these things happens with us every day, just imagine how many of us are genuinely appreciative of our co-workers effort, sometime even though we know a colleague of ours might have already solved certain issues, instead of asking his help or appreciating his effort we try to solve the same issue and thinking I can do better. A part of the problem lies with the culture in which we are living, where innovators are rewarded but taking other helps are thought to be followers, and the other reason could be we feel threatened of our existence and losing social standing.
These things are not just limited to individuals but percolate down to corporate levels, history is littered with how personal bias and envy killed some of the most promising development within the company, what happened within Xerox further substantiate my thought ,back in 1970's Xerox research center at Paulo Alto came up with the concept of copy, paste, integrated GUI, and many more things we take for granted in to-days PC's but was a distant dream then. Infact they came up with a prototype model of morden day PC as well, one that can fit within a desk-top( A big thing at that time)but the company, though invested on initial experiments but never commercialized it and among some of the factors were it was killed by internal competation and envy. How sad, the fruits are now enjoyed by MSFT, IBM and others, and till to-day we know Xerox as just copier.
Recently a study conducted in University of Chicago revealed some of the simple self affirming exercise, in which attendees were asked to list some of their accomplishment and also were asked to describe value that they cherish. This helped them erase their sense of being threatened. After this exercise they felt more comfortable accepting co-workers great idea. May be this is one way to start accepting people, knowing your qualities and taking effort to improve yourself.
Recently I came across some articles and especially after going through AOL(http://us.artofliving.org/) where realized how really mind works and the importance of keeping it checked and how to do so. I tried thinking little differently. Try experimenting this on yourself;
Have you ever noticed this when you are low or feeling really miserable and if at that time your close friend comes with real wonderful news about himself,you FORCED yourself to speak good and FAKE out your happiness with his news, though internally you might be envious and feeling miserable.
Now if you reverse this situation and say you are very happy for some of your achievements,and if you receive the same news now your happiness will be doubled. you will feel good not just outwardly but internally as well.
Infact some of these things happens with us every day, just imagine how many of us are genuinely appreciative of our co-workers effort, sometime even though we know a colleague of ours might have already solved certain issues, instead of asking his help or appreciating his effort we try to solve the same issue and thinking I can do better. A part of the problem lies with the culture in which we are living, where innovators are rewarded but taking other helps are thought to be followers, and the other reason could be we feel threatened of our existence and losing social standing.
These things are not just limited to individuals but percolate down to corporate levels, history is littered with how personal bias and envy killed some of the most promising development within the company, what happened within Xerox further substantiate my thought ,back in 1970's Xerox research center at Paulo Alto came up with the concept of copy, paste, integrated GUI, and many more things we take for granted in to-days PC's but was a distant dream then. Infact they came up with a prototype model of morden day PC as well, one that can fit within a desk-top( A big thing at that time)but the company, though invested on initial experiments but never commercialized it and among some of the factors were it was killed by internal competation and envy. How sad, the fruits are now enjoyed by MSFT, IBM and others, and till to-day we know Xerox as just copier.
Recently a study conducted in University of Chicago revealed some of the simple self affirming exercise, in which attendees were asked to list some of their accomplishment and also were asked to describe value that they cherish. This helped them erase their sense of being threatened. After this exercise they felt more comfortable accepting co-workers great idea. May be this is one way to start accepting people, knowing your qualities and taking effort to improve yourself.
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