Healthy Living
Being healthy is lot easier using natural means.The article I have chosen to publish here is based on the Power of YOGA. Enjoy the article:
What exactly is alternative therapy and how does it boost your health and well-being?
Terry Dunn
My first yoga retreat
I never wanted it to stop. It was a wonderful feeling of joy, lovecompassion and connection to everyone who was there with me. This wasdespite the fact that I had only met these people just three days ago. Butat that moment, it felt like I had known them all my life.
This was my first yoga retreat. Four days of total immersion in thepractice, philosophy and life of hatha yoga. We practiced yoga twice a day.Spent several hours in sitting and walking meditation and learned about thephilosophy of yoga through talks and discussions.
We helped prepare and ate the most delicious home-made vegetarian food. Iwas on an energy high. I had so much stamina. It was the best short break Ihad ever had.
So why did it effect me so profoundly?
Our subtle energy body
Yoga works on our bodies and minds at many levels, and in a way thattraditional medicine fails. In fact, many of the alternative therapies andpractices, that have become so popular, work on our mind and body inpowerful ways.
You may not realize it, but your body has a network of unseen energychannels. They follow the pathways of our nervous system and provide aconstant supply of subtle energy that keeps us alive.
This complex mesh of energy channels, or 'meridians' as the Chinese callthem, focus around 7 energy centers or 'chakras' that are vertically alignedfrom our crown to our abdomen. Yoga, and many alternative therapies andpractices, increase, balance and harmonize this energy network.
Lao Tsu, the revered Chinese sage and chi kung master, said,
"When human beings are born, they are tender and soft. At death they arestiff and hard. All things, the grass as well as the trees, are tender andsupple when alive".
It's this hidden energy system that keeps us alive, vibrant and healthy.
Shiatsu, acupressure and acupuncture
The study of our energy bodies can be seen in shiatsu, acupressure andacupuncture. These are just three of the many practices that originate fromthe East.
Shiatsu is a system of full body massage taken lying down on a futon. Butit's more than just massage. Many part of your body are pressed and massagedwhere the subtle energy lines meet. The effect is both invigorating andrelaxing at the same time. My first massage was so good I fell asleep.
Acupuncture is a curative system that is accepted by the western medicalestablishment because it works. Needles are inserted so they connect withthe energy channels in your body. By placing these needles at the rightpoints your energy and health is both rebalanced and restored.
The ancient art of yoga
Yoga, stretching and pilates is about exercising your muscles and ligaments,but it's more than this. The gentle stretching of muscles releases trappedenergy and energizes the muscles and ligaments the pose is working on.
Yoga involves stretching into a pose and holding the position whilebreathing in or out deeply and completely. There is a dynamic to thisapparent stillness. You may be holding the position, but your deep breathingis moving energy and refreshes the parts of your body other exercise cannotreach.
So, the slow and steady movements free trapped energy, energize muscles and ligaments and refresh your whole body. At the same time you are developingstrength and stamina while holding these poses.
Mind and body health
Traditional medicine and therapies work with symptoms, known illnesses anddiseases. Holistic and alternative practices and therapies view illness as awarning that your system is out of balance. Many of these practices work onyou at different levels, especially your subtle energy body.
It's all about re-balancing your mind and body so that it works properlyonce again. It's a 'whole'-istic view rather than a piecemeal view.
Maybe that's why modern medicine seems unable to cure some illnesses andhealth problems.
We have so much to learn.
Terry Dunn writes regular articles on how to use alternative therapies toimprove your health. To read more articles visit his website, http://www.holistichealthtalk.com/
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