77 Surprising Health Benefits of Yoga | Nursing Schools : LPN RN BSN MSN :... By Meredith Walker Over the past several years, yoga has experienced an upsurge in popularity in the western world among medical professionals and celebrities alike. While many associate yoga with new age mysticism or the latest fad at the gym, yoga is actually an ancient practice that connects the mind, body, and spirit through body poses, controlled breathing, and meditation. The practice of yoga has many health benefits associated with it, so read below to discover 77 benefits of incorporating yoga in to your or your patient’s fitness program. Health Benefits Within From lowering blood pressure to increasing pain tolerance, the following health benefits can all be discovered within the body. Blood pressure. Health Benefits Without Just as many health benefits occur within the body, there are many benefits that can actually be experienced from without the body. Aging. Emotional Health Benefits Mood. Body Chemistry Cholesterol. Exercise Health Benefits Low risk of injury. Disease Prevention
Defense Mechanisms - Personality Disorders Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. Defense Mechanisms We go through many, many changes as we move from infancy through childhood to adulthood. The one that came to mind for me the other day as I was holding a friend's new born baby in my arms and thinking about the psychological distance between his infant mind and my own, was a consciousness of all the personality defenses and coping strategies we learn while growing up; how important these things are for keeping us safe from the more predatory elements of our world, but also the openness we can lose as these defenses get built. Personality defenses (coping techniques, defense mechanisms) are important things in that they strongly influence the ease with which people are able to form and maintain healthy relationships and reject unhealthy relationships. Mapping the world and the self Becoming defensive is all about learning to identify and avoid painful and dangerous situations. More Primitive Defenses In-Between Defenses Mature Defenses
Online Meditation Timer | Your Meditation Timer Personality Disorders Personality disorders are relatively stable patterns of thinking, perceiving, reacting, and relating that differ from expected norms and that begin early in life. These patterns cause the person significant distress and/or impair the person's ability to function socially. Everyone has characteristic patterns of perceiving and relating to other people and stressful events. About 13% of people have a personality disorder. Most people with a personality disorder are distressed about their life and have problems with relationships at work or in social situations. Personality disorders involve mainly problems with People with a personality disorder are usually unaware of their role in creating their problems. Classification Personality disorders used to be divided into 10 types that were grouped into three clusters. Schizotypal personality disorder: People with schizotypal personality disorder are socially withdrawn and emotionally detached. Borderline personality disorder: Diagnosis Treatment
Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskar) :: Poster For Step By Step Instructions Yoga Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) Step by Step Link to this page Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) means a salute to the sun. It is a continuous series of 8 related Yoga postures, some done twice, in what totals 13 poses. Namaskar (Salute) Start in a standing position, facing the sun. Link to this page The Mad Philosopher & 61-Point Relaxation The following relaxation exercise comes from Stephen LaBerge and Howard Rheingold’s Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming (1990), which they adapted from Swami Rama’s Exercise Without Movement (1984). It’s one of my favourite meditations—one that I can do in bed, waiting in line at the bank, or while riding in a taxi. Anywhere I can be still, really. I need more practice, though, because I rarely succeed in ending on the number 61. I believe I like this meditation because it is methodical, with clearly laid out steps to take. Please try it. 1. 2.
Deep Relaxation Meditation - Fragrant Heart This guided meditation helps you to relax. As you move your awareness through your body you are guided step by step to be aware of your breath, to focus on muscle groups and to deepen into relaxation. This guided meditation is suitable for anyone who may be feeling anxious, or tense, or experiencing a lot of stress in their lives. Read the Preparation and Posture Guide before you begin. Click the play button next to the meditation to listen. Did you enjoy listening to this guided meditation? Purchase a downloadable MP3 of this meditation in our MP3 Store Alternatively, please consider leaving a donation for Elisabeth. Share this link with: Share This
Six Steps to Meditation This meditation lasts 15 to 20 minutes. It is a meditation of SIX steps. Each step will take roughly two and half to about three minutes. I will first explain to you all the steps and then you can start. The FIRST is the step of rhythmic breathing. The SECOND is the step of detached observation. Then we come to the THIRD step. Then we come to the FOURTH step. The FIFTH is meditation on your immortality. And now we come to the FINAL, the last, the SIXTH step. And now if you are ready, we shall begin with the meditation. The FIRST step, the step of rhythmic breathing. Now we come to the SECOND step; it is the step of detached observation. We move to the THIRD step. We now come to the FOURTH step: It is the step of realizing the oneness with all that is; all human beings, all creatures, all birds, all animals, fish and foul, insects, even mosquitoes, all trees and shrubs and plants. And now we come to the FIFTH step. By GOD’S grace, our period of silence is over.