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HEART OF YOGA

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HOW YOGA MAY HELP YOU?????? Yoga increases flexibility and reduces stress, but the practice can do more than help you twist your body into pretzel shapes and find inner peace. These hidden benefits will help you in the kitchen, office and bedroom -- and will give you five new reasons to show off your yoga skills (plus recommended poses for each one!). 1. Boost Immunity A  recent Norwegian study  found that yoga practice results in changes in gene expression that boost immunity at a cellular level. And it doesn't take long: The researchers believe the changes occurred while participants were still on the mat, and they were significantly greater than a control group who went on a nature hike while listening to soothing music. Yoga also helps to boost immunity by simply increasing overall health, says  Mitchel Bleier , a yoga teacher of 18 years and owner of Yogapata in Connecticut. "As you breathe better, move better and circulate better, all the other organs fun...

Breath of Yoga

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                      Once a young man wanted to know the meaning of life. He searched high and low; he took courses and workshops; but still he could not quite grasp it.          One day, he went to hear a Master speak. At the end of the lecture, the young man raised his hand and asked:  "Could you please explain the meaning of life?" The audience chuckled at the eternal question and started to get up to leave. The Master replied:  "That's a very good question. I have the answer right here in my bag."  He took out a small mirror, captured a ray of light with it, and directed the light to the young man's face. "Can you all see how I am catching the light and directing it to his face?" he asked.  "Yes." "The meaning of life,"  the Master explained,  "is to gather Light and to take it where it's needed the most. Your purpose is to capture some Light and take it to s...