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The term yoga comes from a Sanskrit word which means yoke or union. Traditionally yoga is a method joining the individual lf with the Divine, Universal Spirit or Cosmic Consciousness. Physical and mental exercis are designed to help achieve this goal, also called lf-transcendence or enlightenment. On the physical level, yoga postures , called asanas, are designed to tone, strengthen, and align the body. The postures are performed to make the spine supple and healthy and to promote blood flow to all the organs, glands, and tissues, keeping all the body systems healthy. On the mental level, yoga us breathing techniques(pranayama) and meditation (dyana) to quiet, clarify, and discipline the mind. However experts are quick to point out the yoga is not a religion, but a way of living with health and peace of mind as its aims.
Yoga in America
Douglas Dupler
1.Yoga originated in ancient India and is one of the longest surviving philosophical systems in the world. Some scholars have estimated that yoga is as old as 5,000 years; artifacts detailing yoga postures have been found in India from over 3,000 B.C. Yogis claim that it is a highly developed science of healthy living that has been tested and perfected for all the years. Yoga was first brought to America in the late 1800s when Swami Vivekananda. an Indian teacher and yogi, prented a lecture on .meditation in Chicago. Yoga slowly began gaining followers, and flourished during the 1960s when there was a surge of interest in Eastern philosophy. There has since been a vast exchange of yoga knowledge in America, with many students going to India to study and many Indian experts coming here to teach, resulting in the establishment of a wide variety of schools. Today, yoga is thriving, and it has become easy to find teachers and practitioners throughout America. A recent Roper poll, commissioned by Yoga Journal, found that 11 million Americans do yoga at least occasionally and six million perform it regularly. Yoga stretches are ud by physical therapists and professional sports teams, and the benefits of yoga are being touted by movie stars and Fortune 500 executives. Ma
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ny prestigious schools of medicine have studied and introduced yoga techniques as proven therapies for illness and stress. Some medical schools, like UCLA, even offer yoga class as part of their physician training program.
课题简介怎么写2.颠沛的拼音There are veral different schools of hatha yoga in America; the two most prevalent ones are Iyengar and Ashtanga yoga. Iyengar yoga was founded by B.K.S. Iyengar, who is widely considered as one of the great living innovators of yoga. Iyengar yoga puts strict emphasis on form and alignment, and us traditional hatha yoga techniques in new manners and quences. Iyengar yoga can be good for physical therapy becau it allows the u of props like straps and blocks to make it easier for some people to get into the yoga postures. Ashtanga yoga can be a more vigorous routine, using a flowing and dance-like quence of hatha postures to generate body heat, which purifies the body through sweating and deep breathing.
3.Yoga routines can take anywhere from 20 minutes to two or more hours, with one hour being a good time investment to perform a quence of postures and a meditation. Some
yoga routines, depending on the teacher and school, can be as strenuous as the most difficult workout, and some routines merely stretch and align the body while the breath and heart rate are kept slow and steady. Yoga achieves its best results when it is practiced as a daily discipline, and yoga can be a life-long exerci routine, offering deeper and more challenging positions as a practitioner becomes more adept. The basic positions can increa a person's strength, flexibility and n of well being almost immediately, but it can take years to perfect and deepen them, which is an appealing and stimulating aspect of yoga for many. 微笑的作文
4.Yoga is usually best learned from a yoga teacher or physical therapist, but yoga is simple enough that one can learn the basics from good books on the subject, which are plentiful. Yoga class are generally inexpensive, averaging around 10 dollars per class, and students can learn basic postures in just a few class. Many YMCAs, colleges, and community health organizations offer beginning yoga class as well, often for nominal fees. If yoga is part of a physical therapy program,' it can be .reimburd by insurance.
5.Yoga can also provide the same benefits as any well-designed exerci program, increasing general health and stamina, reducing stress, and improving tho conditions brought about by dentary lifestyles. Yoga has the added advantage of being a low- impact activity that us only gravity as resistance, which makes it an excellent physical therapy routine: certain yoga postures can be safely ud to strengthen and balance all parts of the body.
6.Meditation has been much studied and approved for its benefits in reducing stress- related conditions. The landmark book, The Relaxation Respon, by Harvard cardiologist Herbert Benson, showed that meditation and breathing techniques for relaxation could have the opposite effect of stress, reducing blood pressure and other indicators, Since then, much rearch has reiterated the benefits of meditation for stress reduction and general health. Currently, the American Medical Association recommends meditation techniques as a first step before medication for borderline hypertension cas.
鹿目圆香7.车定位Modern psychological Studies have shown that even slight facial expressions can caus
e changes in the involuntary nervous system; yoga utilizes the mind/body connection, that is, yoga practice contains the central ideas that physical posture and alignment can influence a person's mood and lf-esteem, and also that the mind can be ud to shape and heal the body. Yoga practitioners claim that the strengthening of mind/body awareness can bring eventual improvements in all facets of a person's life. 鹩哥鸟
