Develop Your Ability to be Healthy!

Hello all,

It's been a while I was away from writing and updating my blog. But the work-flow was so much that I couldn't really pen down the write up for it. However, I cannot remain away from writing for long. I need to pen down what I feel. Kind of catharsis, you know...

Recently, I received a mail that said, "Many people are living healthily while on tablets. Stop telling people you can live healthily without taking tablets. This may misguide them and make them miserable in turn. In today's world, we cannot live without consuming tablets every day and this approach is necessary while dealing with our daily life."

Well, with all the due respect to the opinion, I need to clarify. I have always said (You can check any of the blog-posts earlier) that the one who is on tablets (Allopathic), especially the one with high blood pressure, high sugar levels, high cholesterol levels, and related medication, should carry on with the regime unabated till your homeopathic physician tells you to stop or taper. In almost all cases, we never stop the earlier medication altogether. We often ask the patient to taper off his medication if we find on examination (or with investigations) that he or she is able to cope with the situation without them.

That is one point. The next point is whether we can live without medication. With all trust in natural cures, I can say that yes we can. Here I do not mean just allopathic medication. I also mean Ayurvedic and homeopathic medication. I always trust that medication is for aiding the sick. It can never take the front seat of your life to ride you through the roads of life. And if you are dependent upon the medications, there is something grossly wrong. If such gross mistake does not exist in your health-plane, you can always restore back your ability to live healthily without depending upon medicines.

Shortly, the aim is to nurture the body's natural ability to get rid of wrong and embrace the right. Our body has the innate ability to get rid of the suffering. We should just boost this ability. Through right eating, right exercise, right thinking, and right handling of stress, this is possible. And if you blame less time for undertaking the healthier way of life, it's your ill-fate!

Don't you want to give your body a chance to prove itself? Don't you want to get rid of gulping tablets continuously and still feel ill at ease? Certainly not! That's the reason every prescription should contain the auxiliary regimen that the patient should follow in order to live healthily. The doctor should make sure that his patient is following the auxiliary regimen as well while taking his prescribed medicines.

Nowhere it can be justified not to live healthily because we cannot follow the right lifestyle. We can never justify our bad deeds, can we? 

Welcome to Your Mortality!

by Nina

“New scientific studies allow us to predict who will die in their lifetime.” —Caitlin Doughty

A while back I wrote a post Meeting Death at the Front Door, in which I said I believed that truthfulness (the niyama satya—see The Second Branch of Yoga) will help you face your death and die the way you want to, and will enable you to help your loved ones as they die. Facing death is not usually a fun topic to write about, but considering what I had learned from helping both my parents die, I had decided it was important for me to address the topic.

Notice I said that facing death is not “usually” a fun topic to write about. That’s because yesterday I was delighted to discover that there is a young woman out there, Caitlin Doughty, a mortician by trade, who is not only on a similar mission to encourage people to face death honestly but who is actually using humor to spread the word. I became intrigued by her work when I heard her being interviewed on Fresh Air yesterday about her book Smoke Gets in Your Eyes And Other Lessons from the Crematory.

Although she wasn’t exactly cracking jokes during her interview (which I only heard part of), I liked her right away for her straightforwardness: 

“Death is going to happen to you — whether you want it to or not — and you're never going to be completely comfortable with it. But it's an important process, and please consider facing it.”

But Terry Gross mentioned Doughty’s videos and how humorous they were, so I went to her website to check them out. The first one I watched was her welcome video. Wow, she uses such a great mixture of wit, humor, and directness to get her message across—I had no idea that death kills so many people in the US alone. Welcome to Your Mortality! (I'd link to the video on youtube but can't get to it for some reason.) So, in general, I recommend her work, and in her other videos she has a lot of “death answers” for “death questions” that you might also have.

But what does all this have to do with yoga? Well, first of all, we’ve been writing about the klesahs lately, the five afflictions that cause human suffering (see Attachment (Raga) to Our Ideas About Ourselves and Attachment to My Face). One of the klesahs is abhinivesah, which B.K.S. defines in Light on the Yoga Sutras both as “clinging to life” and “fear of death.” So I think the work of someone like Doughty, who is helping to dispel some of the fear around death by answering common “death questions” and encouraging people to face their own mortality, helps us cultivate satya (truthfulness) in the face of abhinivesah (fear of death/clinging to life). 

But really I decided to write about Doughty because of something surprising she said during her Fresh Air interview. After being asked by Terry Gross whether her job as a mortician—and being around so much death—was stressful, she admitted that it was:

"Not only are you dealing with the dead bodies, you're dealing with the incredible sorrow of the families and the fact that they can get very mad at you. ... They're angry that somebody has died and they're looking for somebody to take it out on."

But then she went on to say something like (and I’m quoting from memory now):

"I do take good care of myself. I have a therapist, I do yoga…."

Yes, Doughty is not only practicing satya (truthfulness) to combat abhinivesah (fear of death), but she also does yoga, which I take to mean asana, to support herself in her work. And, of course, we here at YFHA all know how an asana practice—the combination of exercise and time spent focusing on mindful movement, with hopefully, some relaxing practices added into the mix—can help people deal with difficulty and stress and to support them in the important work they have committed to.

You know, I never expected that I would become such a dedicated yoga practitioner. Yoga practice was not even something I chose intentionally—it was just the most convenient exercise class for me at the time. But after I kind of fell into yoga, I slowly began to realize how much it was helping me. And I eventually began to understand that it was exactly this combination of a yogic attitude toward life and an asana practice to fortify my body and my nervous system to help me maintain that attitude that I found so compelling. So here I am, still practicing—and writing about it—after all these years.

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Trust Your Low Back Pain Relief To A Geneva Chiropractic Office

By Kurt Saniel

Low back pain is a widespread phenomenon with 31 million people in the US affected currently. Globally, it is an often disabling pain that prevents the victims from working or enjoying life. It is the second highest reason people give for seeking professional care. The majority of those will benefit by turning to Geneva Chiropractic.

This condition costs America $50 billion annually. The back is susceptible to pain because it is a complex structure. The spinal vertebrae surround and protect the spinal cord.

Car crashes, sports injuries and straining to lift something heavy can all result in lower back pain. Physical conditions such as kidney stones might be the cause. These must be ruled out prior to starting manual adjustments.

At one time people would consider bed rest as the optimal care. Now that is known to be a solution that may only exacerbate the condition. One type of care that has been effective is spinal manipulation. For that care you will turn to a chiropractor.

You will discuss your condition and intensity of pain the first time you meet with the chiropractor. Your spine will be examined. Range of motion and other simple tests will be done during this evaluation.

By the end of this thorough assessment, you are going to be advised whether spinal adjustments are the appropriate way to alleviate pain in your case. If it is, a series of appointments will be scheduled. This care is medicine-free and non-invasive.

Soon your acute pain will be reduced to a manageable level. Research studies have confirmed that chiropractic adjustments bring about a resolution to acute chronic pain. As your care proceeds, your pain will be brought under control.

Following that, carefully spaced appointments for adjustments will maintain your good health. You can avoid future pain by following your chiropractor's professional advice. A routine of gentle exercises, a diet rich in healthy foods and trading in your high heels for comfortable shoes are a few of the tips to avoid repeat injuries to your lower back.

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How A Reputable Remote Energy Healer Can Improve Your Health

By Elaine Guthrie

If you are suffering from chronic illnesses, you may have to consult a remote healer. This specialist can treat you from a distance if you are in the right frame of mind. One of the best ways to prepare for the treatment is to meditate. Meditation activates the meridians that transfer energy from various sources, and balance your physical and mental fields. A remote energy healer believes that this equilibrium is important for good health.

Diagnosis in this medical field involves pinpointing the body organs that are not functioning properly. If the liver has some health complications, your metabolism might be affected. On the other hand, your heart might have excess energy. A healthy heart beats 72 times per minute. In case the heart beats at a higher rate, your blood will circulate faster, and your veins will be under extreme pressure. Since every part depends on several organs to perform well, any malfunction can cause a myriad of problems in the entire system.

While the physical body relies on food for sustenance, the mental body depends on vibrations that pulsate at different frequencies. These vibrations prompt the body, spirit, mind and emotions to resonate at a particular frequency. If your body is in perfect harmony with the mind and spirit, you will enjoy good health for years.

Distance healing is based on the premise that human health depends on the equilibrium between the physical and mental aspects, and any inconsistencies in this equilibrium leads to health complications. Although it is not easy to maintain this equilibrium, the diagnosis is quite simple. The experts are able to identify the problems within a short time.

The treatment process is always initiated by conveying signals through frequencies that transcend the geographical boundaries. People who suffer from headaches, traumatic stress and high blood pressure have found the perfect solution to their problems. The duration of the treatment depends on the magnitude of the problem, and the concentration span of the patient. Most patients require rigorous training sessions in order to stay focused throughout the treatment process.

Fibromyalgia has become very common among the people who encounter emotional trauma. Emotional distress is also likely to affect your physical health as well. Although the victims of emotional trauma do not have any visible injuries, they suffer from severe headaches, poor concentration and memory loss.

Ensure that you relax in a familiar environment and avoid the distractions that can jeopardize the outcome of your treatment. Since most people are treated at home, the lack of recognized healing centers has hampered the popularity of this amazing technique. Luckily, most people have learned about the benefits of meditation, and the experts are able to treat their patients easily.

Remote healing is one of the most underrated methods of treatment. One of the reasons why these physicians do not get enough recognition is the lack of publicity. Distant healing will get remarkable acclaim among Cancer and Diabetes patients, and its ability to guarantee long-term health, at a low cost, will allow the experts to get the credit they deserve.

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You can visit www.aurahealingbyphone.com for more helpful information about The Benefits Of Consulting An Experienced Remote Energy Healer.

Your Thoughts and Prayers Please for Someone Who Has Helped me Heal

Many of you know how much I've healed during my work with Leonard, my Exposure Therapist for my OCD struggles, and now he needs thoughts and prayers for his own healing. I went for my session yesterday, and another therapist came into the waiting room to tell me that Leonard had tried to call all his clients, but that he must not have gotten to me, and that he was in the hospital. He gave everyone a good scare, but it sounds like he's going to be ok and out of the hospital soon, but he has healing ahead of him, and I'm not sure when he'll be back to seeing clients.

I am so grateful for the compassion and skill of this therapist, and saddened that he is going through this hard time. I also feel for his other clients, especially ones who have just started, or who are in OCD crisis. The rapport between therapist and client is an amazing tool for motivation and growth and courage in facing what we fear. Leonard once told me he felt honored that his clients trusted him with their personal thoughts and fears.

Life by its nature is full of the unexpected, pain and suffering, but also contains joy, love and meaning. In the past, my OCD would go into overdrive trying to figure out the suffering, with compulsive analysis, but I am learning that some questions have no answers, and I am able to live in spite of this. I never thought I'd find someone to help me face my OCD, and it feels like a miracle that I did, and I hope for miracles in Leonard's life too.

Edited to add: I saw Leonard for therapy on Tuesday. He is doing much better, and his tests came out negative, so that was a relief! Thanks again for all the thoughts and prayers.