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Athma — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:27:25 GMT

Well-being benefits of yoga stretching

1. Self-Control (yama)-The practice of of non-violence, Truthfulness, chastity, and the avoidance of greed.

2. Observance (niyama)-To create awareness of the above principle.

3. Postures (asana)-Sitting in certain postures of which there are 840,000; 84 are major. They condition the body and prepare it for meditation.

4. Breath Control (pranayama)-It is said that a Yogi guages his life not by the number of breaths he takes. In pranayama the breath is controlled and the respiration is forced into bio-dynamic rhythims which are believed to be of great spiritual [mental] value.

5. Restraint (pratyahara)-Sense withdrawl; this involves disciplining the sense organs (hearing, sight, smell, and etc..)so to take no note of their perceptions and thereby curtail temptations of these organs ,.i.e., food, sex, intoxicants, etc....

6. Steading the Mind (dharana)- Cultivating the ability to focus on one object for a length of Time, so as to develop profound skills of concentration.

7. Meditation (dhyana)-When the object of the concentration is engulfed by the entire Mind.

8. Deep Meditation (sanadhi)-The whole personality is dissolved temporarily, Superconsciousness.

Knowledge of Self, Knowing who you really are consciously and unconsiously.

Please view the link below for yoga pose pictures gallery and practice at home with your family, friends and kids. You feel better.

(http://www.yogadestin.com/Yoga%20Pilates%20Picture%20destin.htm)

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