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Maharishi died on Tuesday, did you hear? — J
Yes. I saw it mentioned on the internet. He was a great and benevolent influence. You learned meditation from his system of Transcendental meditation didn’t you? I started a formal meditation program while in college and it was a [...]
THE GANGLIA
From the base of our skull to the bottom of our spine lies a paired chain of nerve clumps or bulbs called ganglia. These bulbs-like structures or ganglia lie outside the spine and on either side of the vertebrae. These two chains of nerve bulbs (ganglia) that lie alongside the spine are called the [...]
“Belly in, chest up, shoulders back.” This, we are told, represents good posture and good looks. America wants to “tighten its gut” because the flat, hard stomach is considered one of the cornerstones of physical fitness. To have any sign of a belly protruding makes us fat and lazy, in need of doing sit-ups [...]
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Material on the Alexander technique and Feldenkrais make use of the kinesthetic sense. It is the internal body sense of tension, stiffness, ache, strain, and distortion. Most internally focused body techniques from Chi Kung to Chinese or Indian [...]
Lately I have been thinking that we have our traditional yoga classes backwards. We usually spend 40 or 45 minutes doing asanas, breathing exercises, stretching and limbering and then 10 or 15 minutes of relaxation. My practice is the other way around. I stretch and limber for 10 or 15 minutes and then relax for [...]