November 2008


A study conducted by the University of California reveals that vegetable juice provides exceptional health benefits. Although this ‘discovery’ is not news to many natural health dieticians and enthusiasts, it is still important that it is backed up with scientific data.

Vegetable JuiceThe researchers studied 3 groups of men and women who were in good health. Each group had meetings with a dietician who recommended ways to incorporate a larger amount of vegetables into their diet.
Additionally, they were requested to drink a minimum of eight ounces of 100% vegetable juice every day.

Those who did drink the vegetable juice, as a result, fulfilled their daily requirement of 5 servings of fresh fruit or vegetables that is needed for good health. Only 25% of the study group who did not consume the vegetable juice fulfilled their requirement.

The study was actually aimed at establishing eating habits as it is known that over 70% of Americans do not consume even the most minimal recommendation of fresh vegetables. This is important as a lack of fresh vegetable intake leads to a variety of conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and even cancer.

After a few weeks into the study, the people consuming the vegetable juice said they enjoyed drinking it.

The study author, Professor Carl Keen, from the department of nutrition and medicine at California University, said “We found that drinking vegetable juice seemed to address some of the key barriers to vegetable consumption such as convenience, portability and taste, so individuals were more likely to meet their daily recommendations.”

The results of the study are being shown at annual conference of the American Dietetic Association.

Source: healthypages.co.uk

Tantric massage is a special type of massage based on Tantra practice that helps healing body and soul. The whole concept of this kind of massage is about sensual energy and dealing with it on a new deeper level.

Tantric massage is a way of releasing your sensual potential and improving your feelings. allows discovering your inner sexuality and the way it influences your feelings, emotions and health.

Tantric massage

The techniques of tantric massage help to increase and prolong sensual pleasure from sexual intercourse and this way to boost the energy of your body and soul. Tantric massage is a means of erotic treatment that boosts men power, relieves stress and restores the energy balance in our body.

Usually tantric massage is performed by skilled professionals who know how to bring intimacy and calmness into this process. As a rule Tantric massage is accompanied by relaxing music, scented candles and is performed using special aroma oils that help the body to relax and breathe correctly.

Erotic tantric massage is a wonderful method of dealing with premature ejaculation, chakra balancing, building trust and confidence within a couple and should be conducted strictly by qualified masseurs.

Source: wrptsa.org

by Jonathan Bartlett, Philadelphia Yoga Examiner

I am a yoga evangelist. I believe yoga is for everyone—no exceptions. I also teach yoga. It’s one of my favorite topics of conversation, one I know that causes my family and friends to roll their eyes and sigh when I bring it up during social gatherings. I have talked to a lot of people about yoga, and have received a lot of input, particularly from those who don’t do yoga, yet. Objections to and misconceptions about yoga are many and myriad, but most fit into the following categories.

1. “I Can’t Do Yoga”

When I tell folks who don’t know me that I teach yoga, often I get a blank stare, they look up and down this thin, aging male frame of mine, squint their eyes into mine, and then access that portion of their brains wherein resides a phrase they’ve repeated every time anyone has brought up the word ‘yoga’…

’I can’t do yoga.’

After that, it’s either, ‘my body is too inflexible,’ and then such words such as ‘pretzel’ or ‘contort’ float by, and if they are still looking into my eyes they will see them involuntarily glaze over as I access that portion of my brain that holds my rebuttal.

‘You don’t have to be flexible to do yoga. That’s the point.’

The truth is everybody is too inflexible to do yoga. Everybody’s body has a point beyond which their body won’t flex, and that feeling of muscle resistance and strain in the poses is the same for everybody, yoga athlete and yoga novas alike. Flexibility is a work in progress for everyone, no matter what their body type.

What yoga offers, particularly those who muscles have not been stretched regularly, is more freedom in movement, to do what they want off the yoga mat: on the street, in the office, at home, everywhere your body moves.

Yoga Position

2. “Yoga is a religion and requires me to change my beliefs”

It’s true that some yoga folks have embraced the spirituality associated with yoga. It’s there. There’s no denying yoga’s connection with the Vedic view of being in this world, offered some thousands of years ago and is today expressed in Hinduism as well as a host of other beliefs, by the way, including Buddhism, Jainism, and even, yup, Judaism and Christianity, some scholars say, but that discussion is for others, or for you, if that’s your bent, and that’s the point:

Yoga does not require belief of any kind. You decide what you want from yoga. Yoga does not decide for you.

To my mind and many others, yoga only asks for your attention to your body as you perform and breathe through the asanas, in class or on your mat at home. Some studios accentuate yoga’s connection with its spiritual origin, either as an expression of the owner’s relationship with yoga, or as evidence of the authenticity of the yoga instruction. These come in the form of Hindu style music, statues of Hindu gods and goddesses, exotic jewelry, notices of exotic events at the facility. It can be overwhelming, insistent, even intimidating. You are always free to ignore these, if you can, and focus on the class instruction. If you can’t, there are yoga classes out there which offer only the poses and the breathing and the mind/body connection during instruction. Classes at the YMCA, at chain fitness centers and other locations are available nationwide. If you are a Christian, there’s even Christian-focused yoga out there.

To my mind, it’s all yoga.

3. “Yoga is a woman thing”

I see more and more guys with yoga mats, but the myth still persists and to those males who hold that belief, I say

‘Dudes, give it a shot!’

Mindlessly/mindfully stretching your muscles and being in tune with your body rocks! It builds confidence in movement and action, and bubbles up to enhance your performance off the mat: at work, in the office, and at play, on the basketball court or in the privacy of your own home.

4. “I need a work-out”

My sister’s favorite objection/misconception.

Like I said, and will say again, yoga comes in many flavors. If that’s what you are thinking then check out one of hundreds videos on YouTube…

There’s a lot of yoga out there, folks!

Pick the style that suits you and your needs.
It’s all good.

Tantric sex is not just regular sex. The average “in-out-have a nice day” kind of sex is seen by those who practice Tantric sex as simply wasting energy on something that could be much more than that. Therefore, one could say that Tantric sex means taking sex to a new dimension and using it to improve the link between body and spirit and to extend the rejuvenating power of orgasm to the whole body. After all, why shouldn’t we profit from something that is in our power to do, especially since it does not take much to acquire this skill?

The Benefits of Tantric Sex

One of the goals of Tantric sex is to stimulate the endocrine glands to produce more hGH, serotonin, DHEA and testosterone. These hormones help improve sexual health, promote the flow of blood through the body, take out the trash (toxins, that is) and strengthen the nervous and immune systems in order to increase the overall health. A person who’s into Tantric sex feels healthy and rejuvenated without the use of substances or devices. Sex is quite enough to bring about these changes in a person. However, one must know how to engage in sex and what to do in bed in order to achieve this healthy state.

Practitioners of Tantric sex claim that it has a rejuvenating effect on men and women, improving sexual health and altering the body’s chemistry by means of brain waves. Frequent and powerful orgasms are a sure way of changing somebody’s mood and of relieving anxiety and depression. All the maladies plaguing the modern mind (such as stress, depression and lack of confidence) can be cured by having sex more often and by experiencing better and more orgasms. And along with these problems of the mind, one could easily get rid of other problems.

Tantric sex or any other ideas to take your sexual relationship to better dimension, and make the lovemaking process more and more joyful and exiting, is not a developing only process. And that’s the biggest mistake couples make, they want to develop their own unique sex techniques and positions while they could only learn it from sex guides on the internet.

One of the goals of Tantric sex is to stimulate the endocrine glands to produce more hGH, serotonin, DHEA and testosterone. These hormones help improve sexual health, promote the flow of blood through the body, take out the trash (toxins, that is) and strengthen the nervous and immune systems in order to increase the overall health. A person who’s into Tantric sex feels healthy and rejuvenated without the use of substances or devices. Sex is quite enough to bring about these changes in a person. However, one must know how to engage in sex and what to do in bed in order to achieve this healthy state.

The tantric sex guide which is new online but have too much to offer, and updated with new material all the time.

Men, on the other hand, can have a lot of fun with Tantric sex, especially since it also focuses on improving erection and ejaculation, the two pillars of sex for men. Sexual satisfaction also results in a huge boost to self confidence, which is very likely to trigger a reinforcing psychological pattern of successful performance and increased confidence. A man who can give himself and his partner a couple of strong orgasms on a regular basis is a happy and healthy man. Not to mention that his partner is also bound to enjoy a positive view on life and a general feeling of healthy living.

Source: www.articledashboard.com

There are many ways to stimulate and strengthen the chakras, they include the use of crystals, yoga, and meditation. In this article, i will address some basic methods that are great for people who are new to the Chakras.

Chakras

One great exercise for balancing all seven of the chakras is to chant the bija mantras. Bija mantras are known as “seed” syllables. Each sound is related to a different chakra. Chanting all seven, will harmonize and bring balance to the entire chakra system.

Also, it is a great way to practice deep breathing. The bija mantras all rhyme with “Mom” except for “OM” (rhymes like home), and “All” (rhymes with call).

They are:

Lam
Vam
Ram
Yam
Ham
Om
All

It is important to chant these in the order listed.

1.) Take a deep breath and begin chanting the bija mantras, one after the other, until you finish with “All”.
2.) Take another deep breath and start chanting again from the beginning.
3.) Repeat this process at least ten times.

Here is a visual exercise

1.) Begin by bringing your attention to your Root Chakra and imagine yourself in a field of red flowers.
2.) Breathe deeply about 10-12 times and focus your attention on the red color of the flowers.
3.) Now bring your attention to the Sacral Chakra and visualize the flowers turning orange.
4.) Breath deeply on focus on the orange color of the flowers.

Repeat this for each chakra color; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.

If you have done this correctly, all seven of your chakras should be balanced.

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