Fitness and Joy

Finding Beauty While Dieting It is universal truth when it comes to dieting. No one really enjoys the process though we all eagerly await and anticipate the results. The problem is that far too many men and women around the world focus so much on dieting and perfecting their external beauty that they forget the beautiful people they are inside along the way. Our culture is becoming obsessive about the perfect body and the perfect body image. If there was one message that should make it out to everyone dieing it is this: dieting should be more about health than beauty. You should not need to conform to some preconceived notion of what is or should be beautiful. If we create a world where everyone looks alike it would be rather boring in the end. You need to focus on being happy with who you are in order to achieve the greatest dieting success you will have ever dared dream. Many of use eat out of emotional need or a simple need for comfort when we are depressed, hurting, uncertain, ...

S imple  Steps  for Fitness Success O n taking a forward step to get in shape and feel great. Mostly  people are guilty of wishing they could get a sculpted body from eating fast food ( junk food )  and watching TV /mobile  all day. But that is just not going to happen. Even though getting in shape sounds like a long, time-wasting process, the effort put towards being in shape has many positive effects. If you want to start your journey to having a better body to feel great, here are some tips: Exercise Daily Exercise daily for at least an hour. You do not have to kill yourself from running, jogging, etc., but you should have some sort of moderate physical activity in your everyday life. If you're looking to shed a few pounds fast, do a higher-level intensity workout. For example, go on a walk at a brisk pace for an hour. Or, you can jog and set certain intervals to sprint during that hour. Make sure you're not in severe pain during your workout. Just a warning,...

Benefits of Chair Yoga for Seniors Flexibility is considered to be a “by product” of Yoga practice, but in the case of Chair Yoga, it is often “down played” or taken for granted. Since most Chair Yoga enthusiasts are seniors, the true value of flexibility is mobility. When you consider that mobility for seniors can be the difference between dependence and independence, flexibility is now of extreme value. The following is an observation I have made after working with groups from assisted living complexes, adult day care centers, nursing homes, and seniors centers. The average mobile senior citizen is much more flexible in the hips, spine, wrists, and shoulders, than his or her dependent counterpart. Just crossing the legs can be difficult for the clients I work with in a nursing home. Students in Chair Yoga classes learn a variety of exercises that will “free up” many of the major joints. Many students also remark how pain, from a variety of ailments, is much more manageable, after pra...

Control Your Mind with yoga In current daily busy life most of the people have some mind stress problems. They not figure out how to resolve it. You also know that our mind functioning our full body. Since ancient times, the human philosophers have realized the importance of the mind in governing the human affairs. They knew that a person’s external circumstances were the result of his internal thoughts. They were aware that if the person thinks of riches, he would have riches, while if the thoughts are of poverty, success and failure would produce the corresponding effects in the person’s circumstances. Today, modern science has acknowledged the truth of these findings. Hence, it becomes crucial for a person to control his mind.   Yoga has specific techniques which deal with the science of mind control. We will study the nature of the mind as is recognized by yoga in this chapter. Shankaracharya  has defined the mind in four different ways as per its functions: Manas  fo...

The Effects of  Exercise On Body Temperature If you are having trouble sleeping, and you don’t already have a regular exercise program, you should start one if you want to sleep better. Exercise is beneficial to sleep in several ways. For example, exercise raises the body temperature rhythm and allows your body temperatures to ‘peak’ at a higher level. This, in turn, increases your energy level during the day, so you’ll feel more motivated and alive. And just as body temperature reach its maximum at a higher level through exercise, the body’s temperature will also drop further and more easily. This lets you sleep more deeply without interruption. A regular exercise routine prevents your body’s temperature rhythm from remaining relatively level throughout the day. With an appropriate body temperature rhythm, you will find that you can get a deep sleep even if you’ve had a stressful day or can’t perform your regular exercise on a certain day. Exercise also delays the drop in the body...

What could be better than reaching your big goals? Well, it turns out that meditation—something you could be doing daily, at no cost and with little effort—offers benefits that success can’t bring. Meditation benefits can seep into every area of your life and improve your overall well being in the long-term. Meditation as Mindfulness The studies on meditation generally focus on a broad type of meditation that could be called mindfulness. Mindfulness simply means keeping one’s thoughts focused on awareness of a single thing or moment. It could be your breath or it could be a single image, word, or emotion. It sounds simple, but when you try it, you realize how much your mind wants to jump around. That’s okay: When a ‘stray’ thought arises, the practitioner must be quick to recognize it, and then turn back to the focus of their attention. And it doesn’t just have to be the breath; any single thought, like a mantra, will do. Here are 15 ways meditation benefits can improve your life, whet...

A Little Exercise, makes you comfortable for a full day Sitting A new study finds that 30 to 40 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity may counteract sitting at a desk all day and help you reset after a holiday binge. Activities such as brisk walking may substantially offset the harmful effects of our modern-day lifestyle. It may seem harmless, but sitting for long periods of time can take years off your life. Yet a little physical activity can make a life-saving difference. Researchers have found a direct relationship between excessive sedentary time and an early death. With stay-at-home behaviors being compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and having the holiday season upon us, individuals run the risk of becoming more inactive as major feasting and relaxation take over. Also another research has found that a short amount of exercise each day can offset those harmful effects. In a meta-analysis of nine previous investigations involving more than 44,000 middle-aged and older ...

Does yoga work? Yoga may be a mind and body apply with a 4,000-year history in ancient Indian history. Numerous types of yoga mix physical postures, respiratory techniques, and meditation or relaxation. In more recent years, it's become in style as a type of physical exertion based mostly upon poses that promote improved management of the mind and body and enhance well-being. There square measure many differing types of yoga and plenty of disciplines at intervals the apply. This article explores the history, philosophy, and numerous branches of yoga. What is yoga? In the times, the South Asian art of yoga has swollen to all or any corners of the world. Whereas it's currently a preferred type of exercise and meditation, this has not continuously been the case. History Yoga features a long history of serving to folks accomplish mental and physical balance. There's no written account of the artificer of yoga. Male yoga practitioners square measure referred to as as yogis, and ...

6 tips  to e at h ealth y food   w hen y ou a re b usy Sure ly , you so are busy  at   w ork s , kids, new opportunities, those are often the first priority. Healthy eating becomes a secondary concern in your life. So you run down to the cafeteria, grab the easiest and quickest thing to eat, and run back to the office for a working lunch. Even when you get home, you probably are so tired you just call up the usual takeout. This may solve the food problem but eventually it takes its toll on your health, either through weight gain, lost energy, or both  and some health issues . This was a problem for Jency Field  while she was a junior at California University and starting her first company. Her intense schedule as an entrepreneur and student left no time to eat healthily. Field  was tired of eating fast food in her car, so she went on Craigslist and asked if there was anyone willing to cook for her for $8 a plate. She was surprised with the respons...