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Yoga And fitness:
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Yoga And Diabetes:
Adult-onset diabetes can usually be controlled through
dietary and other lifestyle changes. While Yoga cannot
“cure” diabetes, it can complement the lifestyle
changes necessary to keep diabetic symptoms in check,
and it can help you feel more in control of your
health and well-being.

If you need to lose weight, Yoga can help build your
concentration and willpower so that it’s easier to
stay on a weight-loss program. Yoga breathing
techniques are particularly helpful because they teach
you to focus on one thing — in this case, your smooth,
rhythmic breathing — to the exclusion of everything
else. In addition to strengthening your will, this
practice also reduces harmful stress reactions and
conserves energy so that more of it is available for
living your life the way you want to. Learning how to
cope with stress is important to anyone dealing with a
chronic physical condition.

Yoga exercises gently tone and shape the body, improve
posture and flexibility, and contribute to feelings of
well-being. Most Yoga exercises have a profound effect
on improving circulation, especially to the
extremities. Yoga exercises help keep the blood
vessels elastic, and Yoga exercise combined with
relaxation training has even been shown to reduce high
blood pressure in some cases. After you’ve practiced
for a while, you can add more vigorous exercises to
your Yoga routine to give you the added benefits of
some aerobic conditioning and increased muscle
strength. Yoga exercises gently press on the body’s
glands and organs, resulting in positive effects for
the digestive, endocrine, and reproductive systems.

By releasing muscle tension and teaching you how to
relax at will, Yoga relaxation training helps reduce
the harmful effects of physical and mental stress.
Daily practice of meditation shows you a quiet,
restful, stable part of yourself that supports
everything you do, and teaches you how to draw on
these inner resources for the strength and health that
can be your choice.


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Yoga & Headaches

Even if you suffer from headaches only infrequently,
they can dramatically disrupt your life. While some
headaches may subside within a short time, throbbing
migraines can cripple individuals for days, and
intensely painful "cluster headaches" may recur for
days or even weeks. "Tension headaches," while more
common and usually less severe, also reduce
productivity and can strain interpersonal
relationships.

Simple Yoga techniques can serve as an alternative or
supplement to other remedies for dealing with
headaches, as both prevention and treatment.

Tension headaches, also categorized as muscle
contraction, often can be alleviated through deep
breathing and relaxation, especially in a lying down
position in a quiet place. Gentle physical Yoga
exercises can be used to counteract mild headaches.
Inverted postures, or those where the head is lowered
briefly, increase oxygen to the brain and can reduce
headache-causing strain. Some simple exercise can even
be practiced at work (Standing or in a chair) to ease
tension that may be causing a headache. However, any
type of exercise can be detrimental when you’re
suffering form a severe headache, especially a
migraine.

A regular routine of Yoga exercises, breathing
techniques, and relaxation/meditation can help prevent
chronic headaches or reduce their severity. Exercises
that stretch your muscles can release the tension that
often causes headaches. Exercises that increase
overall circulation and promote strength and balance
are also helpful as they promote physical and mental
balance and can strengthen your immune system. Yoga
also helps to increase self-awareness, enabling you to
address physical symptoms before they become severe.

A balanced diet can also play a crucial role in
preventing or treating headaches. Some headaches
result from a missed meal or a lack of protein and can
be alleviated by eating a healthy protein snack. There
are also some foods which are suspected of causing
headaches, such as some nuts, aged cheeses, and
chocolate, and foods containing nitrates or monosodium
glutamate (MSG). Some medical experts also recommend
limiting caffeine intake or eliminating it altogether.
Review and experiment with your diet to see which
substances seem to make a difference.


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Yoga for a Healthy Heart

Researchers now know that including Yoga with other
lifestyle changes can prevent or correct heart
problems, including hypertension and atherosclerosis.
Yoga practice teaches you how to integrate Yoga
exercise, breathing, and meditation techniques into
your day so that you can make these important
lifestyle changes. Yoga practice can make a real
difference in the health of your heart by
strengthening your body, teaching you how to relax
mentally and physically, and showing you how to better
manage stress reactions.

Common stress reactions include muscle tension (most
commonly in the face, stomach, neck, shoulders, and
breath), rapid heartrate, constricted breathing, and
anxiety. The fastest and most effective way to reduce
reaction to stress is to change your breath, and an
immediate way to improve your breathing is to improve
your posture. In Yoga, you learn to strengthen your
back and stomach muscles so that you can sit and stand
straighter; this releases pressure on your heart and
lungs and allows you to breathe easier.

Yoga breathing exercises teach you how to breathe more
deeply and rhythmically; this has many effects, both
physiological and mental. Physiologically, you will
strengthen your respiratory muscles and develop a more
efficient exchange of gases. Breathing exercises cause
more oxygen to be pushed through the walls of the
lungs. Mentally, you will notice more concentration,
willpower, and steadiness.

Yoga exercise improves the health of the entire
circulatory system, beginning with the production of
blood, which takes place in the marrow of the long
bones in the thighs. Improving circulation in the legs
by means of daily Yoga stretching exercises helps to
rejuvenate the blood. Yoga exercises stretch the
body's major blood vessels, keeping them free-flowing
and elastic; Yoga oxygenates the blood and pushes
fresh nutrients to all peripheral vessels and
capillaries. Improved circulation means that your
brain will receive more oxygen, improving alertness,
memory, and mood; vital organs receive a steady supply
of the nutrients they need for optimal functioning.

Yoga relaxation training teaches you how to relax at
will, allowing your body to release muscle tension
almost as it occurs. Meditation training shows you how
to access your inner source of strength and personal
power, creating a support system that builds
confidence and self-esteem, fosters present-moment
awareness, and increases self-knowledge.

The choice to practice Yoga will protect your heart as
it contributes to greater general health and
well-being.

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What your doctor doesn’t know about nutrition may be
killing you!

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quality
View one of the few nutritional supplement lines
listed in the
Physicians Desk Reference at

http://www.unitoday.net/progress.

Become a preferred customer and receive wholesale prices

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