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YOGA Sun Salutation

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Yoga Sun Salutation in 12 Easy Steps From  YOU: The Owner’s Manual , by RealAge experts Michael F. Roizen, MD, and Mehmet C. Oz, MD We see yoga as having two major advantages in terms of making your RealAge younger: One, it increases your flexibility. Your muscles aren’t static tissues. They move, they expand, they contract. The more flexible they are, the better range of motion you have and the less stress you’ll put on your joints doing normal activities. Two, yoga increases your strength. No, you’re not holding any weights in yoga, and yes, yoga looks more tranquil than a Pacific Ocean sunset. But some of these poses are as taxing as they are relaxing. They force your muscles to lift and hold your body weight, which counts as resistance training. Doing the Sun Salutation every day works most of your muscle groups in one flowing routine. 1. Stand with both feet touching. Bring your hands together, palm to palm, at the heart. Make sure your weight is evenly distributed. Exhale. 2. Rai...

Noisy Neighbors

If it is true that sudden loud noises increases hypertension, then tonight's a'la Olympic display of fireworks by our insensitive neighbors just gave me something to drink voluminous amounts tea about hopefully letting me use the bathroom 2 hours from now.  I'm not at all humoured by it. Whatever occasion you may be celebrating, I obviously have nothing to do with it.

Benefits of Facebook

? yet downside: http://www.albumoftheday.com/facebook/

Rockstar Video

An unabashed endorsement

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Wii Ware while not officially launched in the Philippines, is already available as a new feature from the Wii Shop Channel. It showcases new Wii games available for download directly to your Wii console's hard drive. Two of the titles I purchased for a total of 1500 Points to cover roughly 600 blocks in your Wii console are TV Show King (1000 pts.) and my very favorite family-oriented Family Table Tennis available for a very affordable 500 points or the equivalent of $5.00 ( P222.00 at the current exchange rate). TV Show King is a trivia game show of a wide range of subjects that involves animating the Miis you are using much to the game's overall appeal. The question categories range from Easy to Genius and it clearly is a must-buy if not a must-see for trivia buffs like me. Speaking of easy with a capital E, though clearly not a loser is Aksys Entertainment's Family Table Tennis. With its serene yet engaging Asian BG music, 4 cel-painted charming Anime characters, hi...

Namaste

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Pure Yoga : Benefits of Yoga Benefits of Yoga Circulation Oxygen is the source of life for every cell in the body. It heals our wounds, kills germs and bacteria, and ensures the strength and vitality of all living tissues. Blood is what carries oxygen throughout the body, and physical activities like yoga raise the heart rate and increase the circulation of oxygen-rich blood. What makes yoga particularly beneficial is that it also boosts blood circulation to often-neglected areas of the body like joints, connective tissues, and internal organs. Deep stretches, twists, backbends, and muscular contractions signal the body to send blood to those specific areas. Detoxification Toxins are all around us - in the air, in our food, and in the water - but fortunately, our bodies are designed to naturally eliminate these poisons through the skin, the breath, the blood, and the organs of elimination. So how does this relate to yoga? In almost every yoga class, you sweat, you breathe deeply, your ...

The Bin and the Bang

In as much as I would like to immediately start on my newfound strategy at life-b a t t l e, I wouldn't want to get ahead of myself here and would rather take a break from exercise and take a good look at the world we're living in today. I noticed there are more distractions in this world than my daily allowance permits me to have. Needless to say, I decided to treat myself to a movie as my post-birthday gift to a future Ninja (?). Had it the 20th. Upon entering the movie house which I haven't done since Horton Heard a Who , I couldn't help noticing how good a THX Theater looks like. Anyway, I feel perfectly fine sitting alone in a nice movie house watching a perfectly fine film that is Iron Man . Unless you're living under a rock, not 30 Rock , we have had terrible catastrophes in Myanmar and China that calls for some Quiet Time or Pause. For the people living there, it's just too much to take and my heart goes out to them. I'm no philantropist nor am I an...