Archive for January, 2009
Yoga for ADD/ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Attention Deficit Disorder aren’t just for kids. There may be some of you who are reading this who know you’ve got it and some who are wondering if maybe you would have been diagnosed as a child. People are researching the effects of a regular yoga practice on the symptoms [...]
Get a grip on Panic Attacks
Jeff was sure he was having a heart attack. His heart was pounding faster than it ever had before. His chest ached [...]
A Wonderful Collection of Yoga Jokes!
Q. What did the yogi say to the sandwich vendor at the ball game?
A. Make me one with everything!
After the man received his sandwich, he gave the vendor a $20 bill. The vendor just smiled. The
man, infuriated, demanded, “Where is my change.”
The vendor replied, “O, one with everything, change comes from within.”
Q. [...]
Bed time blues : When you can’t sleep !
It’s 3 a.m. You’re scheduled to give a big presentation at eleven, only eight hours away. You desperately need to sleep so you will be rested and alert when your big moment comes, but here you are staring wide eyed at the bedroom ceiling. Your mind is agitated and your body won’t relax. The harder [...]
Master Yoga Chart of 908 poses
Sri Dharma Mittra is a Yoga teacher, and a student of Sri Swami Kailashananda Maharaj. Best known for creating the “Master Yoga Chart of 908 Postures,” his “influence on the yoga world extends far beyond the nearly 50,000 copies of that poster that have been printed since Mittra completed the laborious project in 1983.” [1] He has been teaching since 1967, [...]
Yoga Helps People with Schizophrenia
People with schizophrenia often have difficulty functioning socially and at work, even when they receive medical treatment. A new study found that yoga, in conjunction with conventional medical treatment, may improve schizophrenia symptoms, social and occupational functioning, and quality of life.
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric illness marked by episodes of psychosis in which disordered thoughts, sometimes [...]
Meditation: The Art of Being Centered
By Bharat Cornell
Last spring while I was in New Jersey on a lecture tour, Thomas, my host, told how his meditation practice had helped him calm a potentially dangerous situation. Thomas is the superintendent of a small, rural school district, with three schools and 125 teachers. He had recently suspended the high school wrestling coach [...]
From drugs and darkness to light: a story
A Sahaja Yoga student narrates his story on how he quit drugs using Sahaja Yoga - E.S.,1/1/1999
More testimonials can be read at http://www.sahajayoga.org/Testimonials/
I am a forty-one year old artist who lives and works in Austria. My wife and I have a successful art work-shop in Vienna. We have a very strong, healthy son in his [...]
Sahaja Yoga
Sahaja Yoga is a method of meditation which brings a breakthrough in the evolution of human awareness. It was created by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi in 1970 and has since spread all around the world.In Shri Mataji’s own words: “Global unity of mankind can be achieved through this awakening that can occur within each human [...]
“I beat anxiety with yoga.”
One woman’s triumph over depression, a breast-cancer scare and infidelity
By Lesley Young - Best Health Magazine http://www.besthealthmag.ca
In the middle of a March afternoon, Geneviève Charette suddenly found herself struggling to breathe. The Montreal-based consultant was due to start a new contract the next day. Gasping for air, she waited for her husband to come home [...]