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...Yoga is an ancient indian exercise form that involves the use of certain body postures and breathing exercises for body, mind and spiritual health. Yoga is done by sitting, standing or lying down on a mat. Yoga mats should be very comfortable, as the postures should be done in a very relaxed manner. Good yoga mats even enhance the postures.

The main features of a good yoga mat are: durability, strength, softness, and ability to stay firm without crumpling. It should also grip the floor effectively and not allow the user to slide across the floor on the mat. Yoga mats are very easy to maintain. They just need once-in-a-while washing w...more

Yoga For Nurses With Back Pain

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Nurses with Back Pain has always been as issue and as yet still needs to be addressed. Related to the study of back pain factors here are some ways to reduce nurses back pain when they are doing activities in hospital as the following:- Using lifting assistance devices.

A variety of devices is available to help lift and move patients from bed to seat, such as a Gait belt: This is a special belt that fit snugly around the patients waist and has hand straps for the nurse or caregiver to grasp while assisting during transfers or walking. Sometimes, as research has shown, when there are staff shortages nurses are left to fend for themselves and the equipment isn't there. So they are 'compelled' to manage at their own risk.

Research also showed that nurses with back pain often neglect themselves, they are tired when they finish work and are less motivated to something, easier to take a pill!!

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Yoga: Ancient Wisdom for Today's Health

...pirit, yoga is similar to those western religions: which emphasize ritual practices as the path to spiritual understanding.

Hatha yoga practices Yoga applies a broad holistic approach that teaches people a different way of being in the world. Hatha yoga teaches this approach by way of a series of asanas, or positions. Asanas should be "steady but comfortable, firm but relaxed, according to the teachings of classical yoga. A first step is to learn rhythmical yoga breathing (pranayama) and to maintain this rhythmical breathing throughout a posture.

For this reason - that is maintaining good breath - one of the first postures that is taught is savasana, or "the corpse" pose. Savasana is a supine asana. Lying on the back, one lets the arms and legs fall naturally at about a 45-degree angle from the body. Starting with the toes and moving upward through the body, one concentrates on each body part, feeling the rhythm of the blood moving through that part. The effect is to produce alert relaxation and regular deep breathing.

Asanas include standing exercises, sitting exercises, exercises which start from a position lying on one's back, exercises which start from a position lying on one's stomach and twisting exercises. Each position is held for a few moments. Early on in the practice of yoga, there may be a tendency to become so relaxed that one falls asleep. The proper state, however, is one of relaxed alertness. While doing the exercise, one should check that breath remains rhythmical throughout - and also that muscles which are not the current focus of the stre...more

Yoga Effectiveness on Demand - Mayoralty Debates

... crisis at the helm of the city?

Become more effective in your world. You can be more productive at work with yoga. Simple breathing exercises are the first step for developing better focus on the tasks in front of us. We develop a clear way of thinking and are less distracted by issues outside of our task.<...more