There are plentiful benefits yoga can provide tone; but who shall be that one will decide his own dedication to yoga. Practicing yoga regularly and in a correct manner can only assure you the availing of benefits for it. Definitely, after spending a whole long and tired day at work, no one can be expected to be playful and sprightly like a kid. There are many factors catching up your abilities by the end of the day – tiresome, stress, age, etc. But, for those who think of having this fixed up, yoga is knocking at your doors to give you the feel- good factor. Yoga is food for the relaxation of body and mind. Postured yoga can give you a stretch in your external organs, while the internal ones can seek a massage through breathing and meditation. And not just the physical abilities of the organs,  [...] 

Poison is a potential healer, and medicines can be potential poisons – it all depends on proper and careful administration. One of the most significant causes of mortality and morbidity is adverse reactions through medicines. There are debates ongoing about the benefits and disadvantages of drugs. But the therapeutic ratio (TR) is what decides this. A low TR will bring you diseases and adverse reactions from medicines; while a high TR causes the medicines to work quickly towards the benefits. WHO’s definition for Adverse Drug Reaction says: “Any response to a drug that is noxious and unintended and occurs at doses used in man for the prophylaxis, diagnosis or therapy of disease, or for modification of physiological function”. How much danger a drug can pose will always depend on the  [...] 

When it comes to searching for effective brain fitness program online, you will find not one but hundreds f results. You won’t even view all of them. How do you decide what kind of a program will be fine for you? Well, that is a big question, since it is the case of the most delicate organ of the body and you won’t at all like to play with it. For example, you wish to choose a brain fitness program for improved auditory skills. What all you need to check to ensure that kind of a program is beneficial for you, is described in the article further. The brain fitness program must speed up and sharpen the processing of auditory system of the brain, i.e. via which the brain listens. This includes improving the quantity and quality of the material the brain receives through sound signals and interprets  [...] 

American teens seem to be greatly suffering from the growing problems of Bulimia and Anorexia, warn health experts. They say that since other ill health conditions have more prevalence in the eyes and minds of people, as compared to eating disorders, the severity of the latter ones is masked. The Archives of General Psychiatry have a recently online published study, which reports that over 3 % of teenagers are known to experience one or the other eating disorder in their life, at least for one time. Anorexia Nervosa is speculated in about 0.3 % of them, and around 1 % teens are affected with Bulimia Nervosa. But, by far, the most common eating disorder, with over 1.5 % of teenagers and adolescents engulfed (between ages 13 and 18), is none other than binge- eating. The thing which is bothering  [...] 

One issue of constant discussion since always has been the difference between Pilates and yoga. The objective of such a discussion is most of the times to arrive at a confirmed conclusion that which one is better, Pilates or yoga. The debate of Pilates vs yoga is mostly carried out among people who look out for the best physical fitness regime. The very first point of the debate comes to be the difference of ages when these two kinds of physical fitness regimes had been invaded. Yoga is ages old, while Pilates is the newer way to reach your fitness goals. Yet, the popularity that the latter seems to be gaining is enormous. However, the fact that both of them provide wonderful benefits in terms of health and fitness, finds the debate between Pilates vs yoga an immature discussion. Well, let’s  [...] 

Discontinuing practices of yoga may bring lack of flexibility and relaxation in people, says a new study. To sustain and improve regular yoga practices is a good idea. Some people have certain myths regarding yoga, which creates a false impression about it in the mind of non- doers of yoga. Due to these myths people refrain from doing yoga on a regular basis, which later makes them face numerous health problems in life. The study has answered these myths, and we will be listing some of them. Myth 1 Yoga can be performed only by young, extremely flexible and thin people. TruthThe ones pictured in magazines and commercials are not the ‘only’ ones who are legalized to do yoga. They are just there to raise the ad ratings. Yoga can be done at any age and in any size of body. In fact, the secret  [...] 

The headlines of news often speak of celebrities caught up in various substance abuses. But is it true in real that only the stars have these illicit habits and not the others? Well, they are stars, so every act of them is bound to shine brightly. Perhaps, the news people are not paying much attention at the general public in these aspects. No; the truth is that substance abuse and addictions are not the problems of celebrities alone. Let us look at the fact sheet which explains this statement. There haven’t been many credible measures to count the increasing numbers of substance abuse among the non- celebrated. Here come some facts about them. Every year, one of every 4 Americans suffer through an alcohol addiction, blended along with drug abuse, at the same time. Those aged 12 and over  [...] 

The weekday evenings, or weekend afternoons are for chilling out with close ones in the cool bars and restos of the town. Or may be one chooses to stay in the soothing and caring atmosphere of the home, watching a blockbuster with friends or family. But, spending more than an hour or two in a room set at a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit is definitely not the leisure plan. Can you believe most people spend their leisure time doing hot yoga it this manner? Yes, it’s true. Hot yoga classes have began in most of the major cities of most countries, worldwide. Here participants are made to stretch their bodies while shedding sweat in a room that is highly- heated. The motivation behind these hot yoga sessions is none other than the claims that these high temperatures are beneficial for encouraging  [...] 

Began on Feb 21, the Feed Your Body and Soul Week (FYBSW) had a luncheon and guest speaker Abby Rike, a former “The Biggest Lose” contestant inaugurating the agenda. The program has even more events coming up this week. TCU would be holding the FYBSW, as every spring, and the National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is associated to it closely. These facts are in accordance with the recent updates on the official website of the Counseling, Testing and Mental Health Center. A representative of the counseling center, Eric Wood, defined the intention and idea behind this whole FYBSW, which is to prevent the body from gaining a negative image, which ultimately leads to destructive behavior. Eating disorders is one of such undesired behaviors. Wood said that the basic reason behind the commencement  [...] 

Arthritis is a disease of the bone and joints wherein the joints become weak and there are more chances of breakage and fractures. This disease occurs mostly in older people. But the young too aren’t much away from it, and all thanks to the lifestyle they are leading. Yoga is known to heal arthritis greatly. Arthritis is seen to generally affect the joints of the limbs, such as hands, feet, neck, etc. The joints in these regions are the basic places of invasion by arthritis. Let us study some of the main poses of yoga for arthritis. For the neck You need to bend your head forward, resting the chin on the chest, and then take it back to the beginning position. Now bend the head towards the right and restore. Bend backwards and restore. Bend leftward and restore. Now finally rotate the head  [...]