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...With America tipping the scales on obesity, and weight-related health problems, it is more important than ever for all of us to stay fit. Many of us have already gone past the ideal weight category. We need to find our way back to a healthy, fit form. Yoga cannot entirely replace the benefits of regular aerobic activity, such as walking, but yoga can provide the basis for a healthier lifestyle.

What Hollywood and the "get skinny quick" master minds of modern marketing would have you believe is that rapid weight loss is healthy. The reality of the world we live in is that gradual weight loss of one pound, or two, per week is healthy. Gradual weight loss has the best chance of ...more

The Essence of Yoga

... consciousness of the act of meditation disappears, and only the consciousness of being/existing and the object of concentration exist (in the mind).

• Samadhi - Blissful absorption of one's individual consciousness in the essence of God.

As you probably noticed, modern yoga as it is typically practiced today is heavily influenced by steps three and four - asana and pranayama. These practices purify the mind and body and assist in the meditative effects of steps five through eight.

The yoga, as explained above is called hatha yoga. There are other forms of yoga as well, such as karma yoga and bhakti yoga, which are pathways to enlightenment through action and devotion alone.

Yoga - A Healthier lifestyle More Easily

...the various areas find by fighting with one another.

There comes a desire to live a healthier life because that is the natural state that we should all be living in and it is a state that makes you feel good. It opens up the mind to see more opportunities and to achieve higher levels of success.

Yoga is such a powerful source that once embraced the changes can be unstoppable and that is a good thing to look forward to.<...more

Universal Principles of Yoga: Forgiveness

...ectronics, consumerism, and materialism when we are surrounded by it, but we can make wiser choices about our free time.

Yoga offers adults and children insight. This allows all of us to better ourselves and put past mistakes behind. We all make mistakes because we are human.

Forgiveness allows us to leave hate behind and spend our energy on more constructive pursuits, such as enjoying time with our friends or family.

This is just one more reason why the universal principles of Yoga pose no threat to any religion. Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jews, and Moslems are taught the same, or similar, moral codes. We have to forgive each other and learn to live in peace.

Copyright 2006 Paul Jerard / Aura Publications<...more