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Fox news phoenix did a piece on Kundalini yoga, “The Mother of All Yogas.” They actually did a decent job on it.
I recently explored this business of trans fat and it’s pretty scary. Now I look at the labels on products and am pretty horrified to find how many of them contain this chemically modified fat that is so foreign to the body that it simply ends up as unprocessed fat which clogs the circulatory system.
Here is a very informative site about exactly what hydrogenation of fat is: www.treelight.com. There is also great information there about good fats like coconut and palm kernel oils and why they’re actually good for you.
I came across this following article which is very informative:
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A healthy human diet should consist of a daily intake of water, carbohydrates, protein, fats and vitamins and minerals. Naturally all these have a daily recommended amount for the optimum functioning of our bodily processes. Just as in any other substance abuse, excess intake of fats will result in pathological conditions. Furthermore the result of excess fat intake varies according to the type of fats consumed. This means that there are different types of fats and also not all fats behave similarly in our body.
The major effect of excess trans fat consumption is heart disease. Studies have indicated that an increase of energy intake from the trans fat group increases heart disease risk by 100%! Trans fats develop coronary heart disease by both increasing LDL-cholesterol (bad cholesterol) and lowering HDL-cholesterol (good cholesterol).
Furthermore, excess trans fat intake also may reduce brain and eye functions by interfering with omega 3 fatty acid (another member of the fats group) metabolism that is important in brain and eye function. Trans fats have been linked to the abnormal development of babies in pregnant women who consume this. (more…)
This is from my friend and fellow yogi Sat Daya Singh. Interesting insights on keeping up with the practice under all kinds of travel conditions. Great food for thought. Although he doesn’t mention it directly, maintaining a strict practice or sadhana against all odds is the epitome of The Power of Intention.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
by Sat Daya Singh
A consistent sadhana is at the core of the Kundalini yoga experience. Change occurs when one follows a daily regimen of yoga and meditation. The consistency chips away subconscious and physical blocks. Keep the sadhana strong and the universe will take care of the rest.
My heart raced during Sat Kriya as my mind interpreted unknown sounds as prowling jaguars.
A daily practice is certainly feasible when one has a set schedule and location. Awaking before dawn to do yoga is practical if one has an apartment and a nine to five job. But what happens to the traveling yogi? What becomes of sadhana if one is at a 14,000 foot campsite in the midst of a howling storm?
(read more ~ Sadhana For The Adventurer)
This is an interesting poem from an Indiapost.com article entitled: Hafiz Expressed Divine Ecstasy in Poetry, about the Sufi mystical poet Shams al-Din Hafiz, mentioned by Rumi throughout his works -
Someone Should Start Laughing
I have a thousand brilliant lies
For the question:
How are you?
I have a thousand brilliant lies
For the question:
What is God?
If you think that the
Truth can be known
From words,
If you think that the Sun and the Ocean
Can pass through that tiny opening
Called the mouth,
O someone should start laughing!
Someone should start wildly
Laughing-Now!
(Read the Article about Shams here:)
Came across this in India Times Dec 28, 2007 edition. I think it’s a wonderful description of something that defies reason and description: The Mind.
Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self. That which arises in this body as ‘I’ is the mind. When the subtle mind emerges through the brain and the senses, the gross names and forms are cognized. When it remains in the Heart, names and forms disappear. If the mind remains in the Heart, the ‘I’ or the ego which is the source of all thoughts will go, and the Self, the Real, Eternal ‘I’ alone will shine. Where there is not the lightest trace of the ego, there is the Self. –Ramana Maharishi
This is a nice light article which gives an overview of kundalini yoga. I like to reprint articles about ky and other topics to give a greater perspective and different voice to the site… enjoy
The Essence Of Kundalini Yoga
By: Nicholas Martens (with permission from ezinearticles.com)
Kundalini refers to the dormant power in the human organism, which lies at the root of the spinal column and is the individual bodily representation of the great cosmic power. The Kundalini energy is generally described figuratively as a coiled serpent at the base of the spine. The coiled state of the kundalini represents the unmanifested spiritual power and consciousness of humans (more…)
From The New York Times, Online…
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AFTER taking just a handful of yoga classes, Lisa Lew didn’t know the plow from the plank and wasn’t overly impressed with the age-old discipline. Still, she decided to tag along with a co-worker for the first day of a promotion at Levitate Yoga, a Manhattan studio, where students had committed to 21 consecutive days of yoga.
Ms. Lew, a 36-year-old administrator for an investment bank, sweated and stretched through three weeks of poses — all for a promotional price of $120. She fought aches and soreness, got stronger, and afterward she felt reborn: she lost waistline inches, but also shed stress and her tendency to overreact. <more… read the full article>
It’s interesting for me, as someone immersed in the yoga community, to watch how the world is waking up to yoga… especially when mainstream business starts to try and cash in on the upswing of a new thing. Found this article while surfing… from two years ago. Yoga has grown in the mass consciousness exponentially since then. They’ve created a name for a new demographic: “Yoga Mama’s” - young mothers who are basically earth and health conscious and buy more expensive green products.
In Hot Pursuit Of Yoga Mama
She’s busy and choosy. But reach her, and you tap into her network of friends, tooTwo-year-old Casandra King’s bedroom is stocked with products that are very different from those her mother, Julia, had when she was that age. Instead of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ ) Baby Oil and Vaseline (UL ), the Edison (N.J.) toddler gets slathered daily with petroleum-free lotions from California Baby. Her mom pays three times the price of the mass brands. And Casandra’s dresser is filled with organic cotton shirts and pajamas from niche marketers such as Hanna Andersson and Mama’s Earth, which can cost 50% more than clothes from Sears (SHLD ), where Julia’s mother shopped for four kids 35 years ago.
Julia King, 38, is part of an emerging class of women whom marketers call Yoga Mamas. These middle- and upper-income mothers are more style- and brand-conscious than their parents. No matter their income, they spend like lottery winners on their babies and toddlers. In the process, they’re revolutionizing the baby-products market and forcing manufacturers and retailers of all sizes to adjust. Read More…
It’s nice to know who’s marketing to you and that they even have a name for you!
This is that totally wild sounding flavor of Gelato I mentioned yesterday. I’m
gonna give it a try sometime. Here’s the recipe. There was also a great article about Gelato places in LA and how a few of them went to Italy seeking the old masters who knew the recipes and methods of making real gelato, passed down through the ages.
Good Stuff. (more…)
Yoga sweeping the nation and the world as a way to center and find peace from the inside out as well as keep the body fit. More importantly it is providing many in high stress situations and those with post traumatic stress disorder with a way to unload the sub-conscious pain brought on my continual, repetitive stress. (more…)
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