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September 2007
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Volume 7, Issue 9
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IN THIS
ISSUE:
1. Greetings
from the Editor
2. Article—Benefits Of Yoga: A Beginner's Guide
3.
Article—Why Raw?
4. Inspirational Quotes
5.Articles & Web Sites Worth A Look
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Dear Fitness Friends,
Is everyone ready for Fall? Although I'm not looking forward to
winter weather, I'm definitely looking forward to some nice cooler
temperatures that autumn will bring.
My daily walking program is in full swing. I go every evening
for a 30-minute walk, but many mornings I also get out for a 30-minute
walk.
With cooler wheather, the outside pool is history for me, so I
hope to move my water exercise inside with the addition of a water
exercise class. I
haven't
attended
one in years,
so this out to be interesting and fun.
What are you going to do differently this month for your health
and fitness?
To your health!
p.s. Don't forget to click on the article link in the "Articles & Web
Sites Worth a Look" called Five Fun Tips for Fall Fitness.
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"As I see it, every day you
do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself. "
~~Adelle Davis
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Benefits Of Yoga: A Beginner's
Guide
Oxygen is the source of life for every cell in the body. It heals our wounds, kills germs and bacteria, and ensures the strength and vitality of all living tissues. Blood is what carries oxygen throughout the body, and physical activities like yoga raise the heart rate and increase the circulation of oxygen-rich blood.
What makes yoga particularly beneficial is that it also boosts blood circulation to often-neglected areas of the body like joints, connective tissues, and internal organs. Deep stretches, twists, backbends, and muscular contractions signal the body to send blood to those specific areas.
Detoxification
Toxins are all around us—in the air, in our food, and in the water—but fortunately, our bodies are designed to naturally eliminate these poisons through the skin, the breath, the blood, and the organs of elimination. So how does this relate to yoga?
In almost every yoga class, you sweat, you breathe deeply, your heart rate rises (increased circulation), and you massage and stimulate the organs of elimination through twisting and bending postures. For detoxification, a regular yoga practice is extremely effective.
Strength and Flexibility
Many people think that in order to change their body they need to use the latest exercise machine or hire a personal trainer. While some people find results with those methods, more people find results through yoga because of its natural, holistic approach.
Yoga postures strengthen and lengthen the body’s connective tissues through physical postures that have been practiced for thousands of years. It doesn’t matter if you are flexible or stiff, weak or strong, yoga can transform your body and mind and improve your overall health.
Stress Relief
The stress and pressure of our daily lives can lead to serious illness and disease if left unchecked. A regular yoga practice calms the body and mind, boosts the immune system, and eliminates the toxins that stress creates—so many students see yoga as the perfect “cure” for a hard day at work.
Self Confidence & Self Esteem
Yoga makes you feel healthy, strong, and limber which will immediately boost your self-image and self-confidence. Learning yoga postures creates an enormous sense of pride that will improve the way you feel about yourself both inside the studio as well as out in your daily life.
Breath Control
The quality of our breath is directly related to our mental state. When we are upset, the breath tends to be fast and shallow. When we are at ease, the breath is usually slow and deep. We don’t have to think to breathe, but when we learn to consciously control the breath, it helps us to control the body and mind as well.
Often referred to as “moving meditation,” an advanced yoga practice is one where students are able to maintain deep, consistent breath throughout their entire practice, regardless of the physical posture they are performing. In this manner, yoga teaches us to control our state of mind, regardless of the daily stresses we encounter.
Weight Loss
Many students report that after practicing yoga regularly, they feel less hungry and make better choices when eating. As part of an overall healthy lifestyle, yoga is a great way to cleanse the body, increase metabolism, stimulate waste elimination, and reduce food cravings.
Is Yoga Aerobic?
Aerobic exercise occurs when an elevated heart rate is sustained for twenty minutes or more. Aerobic activities are particularly helpful for strengthening the heart, burning excess fat, and increasing the body’s metabolism.
Yoga can be a great aerobic workout, but it depends on the student and on the class they are taking. In order to sustain an elevated heart rate during practice, students should try their best to actively participate in all postures and take classes that they find challenging.
Overall Fitness
Many physical activities that are good for your health also create serious imbalances in the body. Runners are prone to knee and back problems, tennis players often develop arthritis in their wrists and elbows, and weight lifters connective tissues soon become tight and rigid.
Yoga is one of the few physical activities that promotes whole-body wellness—both physically and psychologically—without creating the imbalances that lead to injuries and complications later on in life.
Please send any questions or comments to: questions@yogabodynuturals.com
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"Our aspirations are our possibilities."
~~Robert Browning
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"Nothing is particularly hard
if you divide it into small jobs."
~~Henry Ford
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Why Raw?
Are you tired of being duped by the food and diet industry? Don’t let them take advantage of you anymore. It’s time to take responsibility for your own health. It is possible to lose enormous amounts of weight, have boundless energy, look and feel younger, and achieve health, peace, and balance in your life. You don’t need to starve yourself or spend countless hours at the gym either. You just need to get diet savvy and learn the truth about food.
The bottom line is that every piece of cooked food that crosses your lips taxes your body, causing you to accumulate toxins over time. This dangerous accumulation of cooked-food residue burdens your organs of elimination (bowels, kidneys, liver, lungs, and skin). Eventually, your body can’t keep up with these cooked-food toxins and starts storing them, hence a slew of scary maladies, such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. The most common outcome of eating cooked food is that in time we become unnaturally overweight.
Yes, we’ve survived on cooked food for millennia—it can keep you living, but not optimally. You’ve been a cooked-food eater all your life, so you’ll have to suspend your disbelief and look beyond your accustomed view to see the benefits of adopting the raw food lifestyle. If you want to thrive and enjoy a healthy, efficient, lean body, a raw food diet is essential. When you are young, your body is very forgiving. It can eliminate a lot of garbage for many years. And that’s just what cooked food is—garbage. Raw food is fully and easily digested, leaving no dangerous, disease-producing residue behind. Eating raw foods provides optimal health as your body is well hydrated with water and fully nourished with vitamins, minerals, and enzymes from your food.
Cooked food is recognized by the body as a foreign invader, a threat to your health. Your body reacts to cooked food much the same way it does to bacteria, viruses, and fungi—it drastically increases its white blood cell count. White blood cells defend your body against toxins. Since the body recognizes cooked food as a toxin, it attacks it and tries to eliminate it. Eventually, sickness results because the body can’t eliminate the toxins fast enough. This process does not happen when you eat raw food because the body does not recognize raw food as a threat. So, stop clogging up your body with cooked and processed foods: meat, fish, chicken, dairy, grains, processed sugar, artificial sweeteners, salt, vinegar, etc. Our bodies are not designed to digest these “foods.” Toxic residue is left behind, slowly aging you, stealing your health and your figure.
Your body is an amazing machine, however, and can be restored through the detoxifying power of raw foods. A low-fat, raw vegan diet is the only diet that does not tax the body. Raw foods digest and assimilate properly, keeping you clean and healthy because toxins do not build up. Your organs are clean and free to cleanse and heal the body. Raw foods are fresh, whole fruits, vegetables, tender leafy greens, nuts, and seeds. Those who eat raw end up well nourished. Raw foods offer all of the vitamins, minerals, and enzymes you need to thrive—you need nothing more, NO supplements, “super-foods,” vitamins, powders, potions, or “magic” elixirs.
So get diet savvy. Start eating raw, and say goodbye to saddle bag thighs and cellulite and hello to a slender tummy, sexy legs, and a sweet ass. Remember, cooked food leaves you feeling fat, lazy, sick, and depressed. You may choose to eat 75% raw, 100% raw, or somewhere in between—transition at your own pace. Aim for at least 75% raw to start, and work your way up from there. If you are eating around 75% of your food raw, you will see a significant change in your health, beauty, mood, and overall well being. From this point on, however, you need to stop eating out of bags, boxes, bottles, containers, and cans. The general rule is: if it crinkles, don’t eat it. “Foods” in plastic containers and crinkly wrappers are generally cooked and highly processed, far from whole, raw, and nutritious.
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"Know that the real danger
in life is doing nothing."
~~Anonymous
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