I have started following this schedule to able to do one hundred pushups in a single go. I am in the week 2 of the schedule and going good. I find it interesting as he states that we will be able to achieve the target in 6 weeks.

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today i have learnt four new asaanas... shashakasana, uttapdasana, Supta Vajrasana and nihalasana

• nilambaasana

• Shavasana

This is the most deceiving pose of all... watching it seems the simplest but in practice its the toughest... in this asan we have to do nothing...physically and mentally...the latter is the toughest... mentally means we have to think nothing...we have to be third person state...only witnessing but not indulging in the thoughts...

• Chakrasana

bodyparts: sides of the body

procedure:stand straight with heels close and toes apart...while inhaling raise your right hand slowly till it reaches the side of ur ear...then by exhaling bend to the left side...here at the end position the breathing should be normal...then while inhaling come back to mid position ie standing straight and while exhaling lower your hand...repeat with the other hand...

 

• Shashankasana type 1

This is one asana which i could not complete till now...there r four types of this.

bodyparts: Back

procedure:sit in vajrasan...raise your hands while inhaling slowly... now with steady exhalation bend forward and touch the forehead to the ground. At the end position breathing pattern is normal...now while inhaling come back to the normal position.

Caution: make sure that when u bend ur body should be straight ie u should bend from lower back...and also that ur buttocks should always touch ur heels...once u feel tht ur buttocks are raising up then that is ur final position and stop there...

• Shashankasana type 2

bodyparts: back

procedure: very similar to above one but instead of raising both the hands we will catch the ankle of the leg.

• Supta Vajrasana type 1

procedure: this is a complement of the above asana... as in shashankasana we bend forward in this we bend backward to complement the spine... in type 1 of this we do not bend as in the pic but only partly...sit in vajraasan...hold ur ankles by the side and while inhaling slowly bend backwards with the help of elbows..in type 1 u stop here...rest on the elbows and head is hanging bck freely...now inhaling come back to the normal position...

• Uttanapadasana type 1

bodyparts: abdomen, decreasing fat in abdomen

procedure: lie on your back with your hands by your side facing down...slowly while inhaling raise your left leg to 90 deg without bending your knee...move your feet up and down for threee times and then bring it down...same with the other leg.

Caution:there is no hard and fast rule tht u have to raise to 90 deg ...raise as far as u can but make sure tht u dont bend ur knee...

continuing with the asanas tht im practicing till now...

 
• Padmasana...is indeed a difficult asana, i must say coz this is one which im yet to complete...all the comditional exercise which im into is to achieve this successfully...first sit in with your legs stretched forwards. then lift ur right leg and place it on your left thigh then take your left leg and place it on ur right thigh...now u will be sitting with your both soles facing upwards resembling a Lotus flower...thus the name Padmasana.
  
• nishkantbhaavaasan...is a relaxing pose...strech your legs forward with some gap and rest your hands back and place the weight of the body on both hands with head hanging backwards freely...
  
• ArthaPadmasana...is wht it literally means...half the padmaasana...padmasan is a vry difficult one and requires lot of flexibilty in your legs to complete that...so untill u reach tht stage you can perform this aasan which is half lotus...ie you need to place one leg on the other leg's thigh and leave the other leg normally...

 

 

• Sukhasa...is nothing but normal squat...this is the easiest asana in my yoga practice till now. You can shift to this aasana whenever u feel uncomfortable in Vajrasana or Padmasana...

Didn't learn any new asanas today...but making my body really ready for the tasks coming in a few days...by neck is aching because of the conditional exercises tht im doing....just imagine wht would i be if attempted the asanas directly.... one sure thing tht I'm learning, is to respect my body and really try to understnd it... we really need to take extrme care of our bodies. Yesterdy i read an article in daily regd. cardiovascular exercises...it said tht though the cardio decreases the risk for heart ailments..we shoild takeup the exercises slow enough not to let our body take the toll...

Im summurising some of the asanas practising from couple of days...

• Vajrasana..is the basic technique for yoga...one needs to sit on their feetclosed inwards and making the semicircle with their feets and placing their buttocks in tht. It makes us sit straight and feel erect. It is said tht if we can sit like this for one hour...then our body will become supple.

Well i think i got the taste of wht it will be like in coming days...I have learnt 3 asanas today...

• Makarasana

body parts: breathing ailments. It really helps people suffereng from asthama.

procedure: lie down on your stomach with your legs apart and heels adjacent to each other i.e opposite to each other.hold your shoulders and make sure tht ur chest doesnot touch the ground.rest your head on the trough of the hands and with your eyes open breathe in and out.

 

 

Well, its been 15 Months since i have entered my professional life, working for an Indian MNC ofcourse...Many things have changed in this year's time and my life has taken twists and turns like a rollarcoster ride...
One thing that has really bothering me, not in a +ve sense, is of my fitness...my office is 30 kilometres from my house and im like travelling almost 60 kilometres daily. Apart from that i will sit in front of my screen for hours together which cumlinated with BACK PAIN.

To kill it in the nascent form i have joined YOGA. a 21 days(3 weeks) starting from today....

DAY 1
Today being the first day, we had this introduction to yoga and how imporant of the yogasanaas are to explain the importance...
I have learnt Vajraasan,Pdmaasan,Artha Padmaaasan...apart from this I have also learnt some formal warmup exercises.

I have rerceived this as a mail today...thought sharing in my blog...

BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS

1. No Breakfast
People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.

2. Overeating
It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.

3. Smoking
It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.

4. High Sugar consumption
Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.

5. Air Pollution
The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.

6. Sleep Deprivation
Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.

7. Head covered while sleeping
Sleeping with the head covered, increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.

8. Working your brain during illness
Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.

9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts
Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.

10. Talking Rarely Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain.

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The main causes of liver damage are:

1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are main cause.

2. Not urinating in the morning.

3. Too much eating.

4. Skipping breakfast.

5. Consuming too much medication.

6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring, and artificial sweetener.

7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is very fit.
8. Consuming raw (overly done) foods also add to the burden of liver. Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.

We should prevent this without necessarily spending more. We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to "schedule."

Because :

Evening at 9 - 11 PM: is the time for eliminating unnecessary/toxic chemicals (detoxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes). This time duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to music. If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on health.

Evening at 11pm - 1 am : is the detoxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 1 - 3 am : detoxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 3 - 5 am : detoxification in the lungs. Therefore there will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time. Since the detoxification process had reached the respiratory tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with toxin removal process.

Morning 5 - 7am :
detoxification in the colon, you should empty your bowel.

Morning 7 - 9 am :
absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30 am , for those who are sick. Breakfast before 7:30 am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9 - 10 am rather than no meal at all.
Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of removing unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to 4:00 am is the time when the bone marrow produces blood. Therefore, have a good sleep and don't sleep late.

DO TAKE CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH.................