Y-01 Swing
Stand with the legs about the width of your shoulders, and the arms spread horizontal to the ground, palms facing down. Continue reading “Y-01 Swing”
Y-17 Sitting On The Ankles
Sitting with both legs bent at the knee in front of your and with the feet drawn in toward the pelvis, put your soles together. Remain in this position feeling where the greatest tension of your legs is and try to relax your legs part by part, i.e., ankle, calf, knee, thigh, hip, etc. Continue reading “Y-17 Sitting On The Ankles”
Y-35 The Nataraj Posture
This pose is named after the Dancing Lord Shiva whose dance is the creation and destruction of physical form.
With one hand holding one leg behind your back, stretch the other upward, gazing at your ginger tips.
In addition to balance, this exercise gives a good stretch to the muscles of leg and back.
Y-52 Full Bridge
This is simply an extension of the half-bridge. From the half-bridge bring your hands over your head and place them palms down next to your ears with your fingers pointing toward your shoulders. Now push up and place the top of your head on the floor. Continue reading “Y-52 Full Bridge”
HS11 Creative Expression – We All Need To Express Ourselves And Externalize The Beauty Within
As mentioned in the chapter of the philosophy and self-therapy, our health is a function of our connection with the Universal Source of all life energy. This may seem difficult for some to understand. This energy is much subtler than our senses are able to perceive. Scientific instruments can in our days record this energy by means of Kirlian photography, showing the aura of light energy which is otherwise invisible, except when a being is photographed in an electromagnetic field. Continue reading “HS11 Creative Expression – We All Need To Express Ourselves And Externalize The Beauty Within”
HS27 Concussion
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HS01 THE BASIS OF SELF THERAPY
HS16 HOW TO USE THESE SUGGESTIONS
HS17 DESCRIPTION OF YOGA EXERCISES
In the case of a concussion or shock to the head, one must remain in bed until the symptoms pass. Of course one must be under the care of a doctor and follow his instructions explicitly. Following are some techniques which may help one to recover more quickly. One should however check with his doctor before employing them. Continue reading “HS27 Concussion”
HS43 Effective Solutions for High blood pressure
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HS01 THE BASIS OF SELF THERAPY
HS16 HOW TO USE THESE SUGGESTIONS
HS17 DESCRIPTION OF YOGA EXERCISES
High blood pressure seems to be an ever increasing problem in our high pressure society. Everyday I meet more and more people who are affected by this problem. Here we will examine some of the natural ways in which one can control his blood pressure and in general the «pressures» he feels in his life. Continue reading “HS43 Effective Solutions for High blood pressure”
HS59 Smoking
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HS01 THE BASIS OF SELF THERAPY
HS16 HOW TO USE THESE SUGGESTIONS
HS17 DESCRIPTION OF YOGA EXERCISES
SMOKING
It is hard to understand why someone would want to fill his lungs with smoke, when this would obviously be a very unpleasant experience at first. That first puff must have been for all persons a shocking negative experience. Why did they continue after that first experience of gagging on this poisonous substances clogging their lungs? Perhaps for some it was a matter of being socially accepted by others in their peer group. Perhaps others were trying to emulate their parents or other adults. Still others may have been trying to express their freedom by doing some thing they were not supposed to do. Some may have started because they saw others enjoying that experience. Still others may have been affected by the totally immoral cigarette advertisements which show supposedly important successful or physically attractive or socially admired people smoking a particular brand. How can business men and others accept living on money which is made at the expense of others’ health, vitality, mental harmony and even their lives? Continue reading “HS59 Smoking”
Y-02 Sun Salutation
SUN SALUTATION BREATHING is a series of exercises in which we use the movements of the arms to open up the chest cavity. We stand with the body as straight and relaxed as possible. Our palms are placed together in front of our chest. Then as we inhale, we interlock the fingers and turn the palms away from the body as if to push something away. The inhalation takes place slowly until the full extension of the arms, which remained joined at the fingers. Continue reading “Y-02 Sun Salutation”
Y-18 Camel – Better with the guidance of a teacher
Sit on your knees in the Japanese style. Let your head fall back and reach your arms behind you, resting your hands on your ankles or on the floor. Continue reading “Y-18 Camel – Better with the guidance of a teacher”