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...If you yourself or someone you know has had, or suffers from panic attacks, then you can associate with the fact that these very attacks rob you of your independance and leave you totally unable cope with the simple everyday tasks that we all take for granted. Whilst gripped in one of these attacks, the fear of something happening is often so powerful that it overrides your very will causing you to stay barricaded in your home, left to become a recluse unable to venture out and interact with other folk.

Prescribed medication is the obvious choice that people will make to help, wrongly hoping they will help them cope. Unfortunately their faith in these medicines is grossly misplaced, as many of them can actually lead the taker into a higher state of anxiety! For example, taking sleeping tablets to help you sleep can actually create said heightened anxiety state leaving you una...more

The Yoga Posture That Nearly Kills Me - But May Save Me

...The full yoga backward bend, also known as The Wheel, revitalizes and energizes the the body. The chest is opened so the lung capacity is expanded and the heart centre is invigorated so deep inhalation can occur.

This dynamic yoga posture builds energy and strength in the wrists, arms, legs, buttocks, spine, and the body as a whole. The front of the body is also stretched.

The circulation flows freely to ...more

Yoga in Practice: Projecting Happiness

...We are all human, living life with its many ups and downs, but how can we keep our spirits up in difficult times? There are many types of Yoga, and not all are physical styles, like the many popular Hatha Yoga sub-styles. To name one that is not Hatha, and classified as one of the nine main Indian Yoga styles, there is Bhakti Yoga - the union of love, devotion, and worship.

The principle of Bhakti Yoga is universal to all people of all religions. A person who sings, prays, worships, and helps another person is practicing this form of Yoga - whether they have heard of Bhakti Yoga or not. It does not matter what religion you are because singing, praying, worshiping, forgiving, and helping are morally right.

To quote one of the most enlightened men of the 20th century, The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. - Mahatma Gandhi

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The Truth About Christian Yoga

.... Intolerance often leads to hate crimes, pogroms, witch hunts, wars, and holocausts.

Christianity is a living philosophy, based upon love, peace, tolerance, forgiveness, equality, and inclusion. The principles run parallel to Yogic philosophy. If you do not believe it, please take a look at Matthew 22:36-40. Below are those five verses, according to the King James Version of the Holy Bible.

36: Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37: Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38: This is the first and great commandment.

39: And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40: On these two command...more