Archive for the 'Health Alternative' Category

Do you spend a lot of time feeling anxious? If your friends and colleagues see you as being overly timid, you could be missing out on a lot of opportunities. One of your friends may be trying to introduce you to someone interesting, but you keep turning down the chance because the thought of a blind date terrifies you. Or your boss may want you to represent the company at an international conference, but hesitates to ask because he knows you’ll probably be too frightened to take the opportunity. (more…)

By Ron Huxley Huxley
LMFT
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Stress can seriously affect your health and your relationships. It is essential to find ways to decrease and prevent stressful incidents and even more importantly, decrease your negative reactions to stress. Here are some of the things that can be done for five minutes a day everyday until you have mastered stress. Most of life is basically a routine to follow like brushing your teeth or eating breakfast. You can do a few of them in a longer span of time than five minutes, but as they say– every minute counts. (more…)

I want to give you the simple steps that will allow you to lose weight faster and easier than ever before, and keep it off once and for all. Space does not permit me to go into the “whys” regarding each step. (more…)

By: Robert Eid

Well done, you have just decided to start your training. Lifting weights and using the cardio machines is a new experience to you so you decide to start on Monday. (more…)

Pilates is a system of over 500 controlled exercises that engage the mind and condition the total body by using a popular exercise regimen that uses special stretches and machines. (more…)

Pilates exercises are a favorite fitness choice for many people including movie stars like Danny Glover and Gweneth Paltrow, professional dancers, and even some professional baseball players. Why this fascination with Pilates? What can it do that other forms of exercise can’t? (more…)

Yoga traditionally conjures up images of long hair, loin cloths and incense burning in a darkened room with strange music playing! It had an almost cultish persona. (more…)

Those of you that have either completed a one-on-one program, purchased an on-line program or have read anything else that I have written in the past have most likely determined by now and realize it is quite evident… (more…)

A few years back, I had major surgery that involved cutting through the abdominal wall. As a result, I lost all my abdominal muscles. (more…)

When you talk about joining a gym, the first thing that comes to mind is, “What kind of yoga or Pilates classes do they have there?” (more…)

The Nei Jing, or Inner Classic, the oldest Chinese medical text and source of all Chinese medical theory states: “Prolonged sitting damages the flesh” and “Prolonged lying damages the qi.” (more…)

Creating an exercise routine that works both the mind and the body is missing from many gyms through out America. We seem to intensely focus on workouts that laser focus specific muscle groups or problem areas. (more…)

Going to gym is a fad. The whole world is catching up with it. By 2020, at least a fourth of the population in the western world will be obese. So what can we do? (more…)

I suppose it was only a matter of time before the mass marketing about diet and fitness and weight loss caught up with Yoga. (more…)

Today, millions of older Americans are experiencing a higher quality of life by taking an active and positive approach to their personal wellness. (more…)

According to a hymn in Shvetashvataropanishad, when the traits of Yoga enters into the body which is composed of five elements - earth, water, fire, air and space, one does not receive disease, aging or death who receives the fire of Yoga(II.12). (more…)

People practice yoga for a variety of reasons. Many yoga practitioners are interested in the health benefits that come from regularly performing the routines. Others want a state of harmony between inner and outer self. Still others practice yoga primarily to relax. (more…)

Many have heard of yoga and Pilates. But, not everyone realizes that there are several differences between these two types of exercising regimens. In fact, yoga is hardly classified as just an exercise program. (more…)

Aside from the dojo precepts, kata is traditionally Karate-do’s primary tool for personal development. It is the textbook of Karate-do that is to be learned, understood, and applied. It is the tool by which Karate-do demonstrates fighting principles, but also creates unity in one’s body, mind, and soul. (more…)

“The ultimate aim of karate lies not in
victory or defeat, but in the perfection of
the character of its participants.”
- Gichin Funakoshi, founder of Shotokan Karate (more…)

As any martial arts practitioner will tell you, there are multiple benefits in martial arts training. Of course, the most obvious benefit is a knowledge of self defense which is one of the major reasons why the martial arts were developed in the first place. (more…)

Learning Tai Chi

Tai Chi combines movement, meditation and breathing, to enhance the flow of vital energy in the body, to increase both physical and mental well-being. (more…)

Taoist Philosophy

To understand the purpose of the form it is important to understand its basis and roots.
The origins of Tai Chi go back over 5,000 years and are based in Taoist philosophy developed and refined by the great Taoist thinkers such as, Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu. (more…)

Raja Yoga involves exact meditation techniques which lead to experiences of the truth and finally achieve liberation, described in Hindu thought as moksha. (or liberation from the cycle of birth and death). (more…)

We all know the signs of stress getting to us. The muscles become tense and even cramped. We are frowning and our continence changes (people can easily see you are stressed and anxious). (more…)