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This discipline combines meditation and movement in the water with stretching exercises or stretches and yoga postures.
The exercises are performed in warm water, about 35 °C in a large tub or in a shallow pool in which the water reaches at the height of the breast.
The movement to free the body in the water are done very slowly, continuously, smooth and circular, relaxing the mind and promote concentration, excluding those fast moving and energetic.
Harmonic flow
Ai Chi is descended from another method of traditional China, the Tai Chi Chuan martial art well known and practiced, which aims to restore balance to mind and body.
The rhythm of the dance, harmonizes the two forces, Yin and Yang, which according to Chinese culture, regulate the balance psychosomatic wellbeing of body, mind and soul.
This method helps to dissolve the physical and emotional stress, allowing the sensuality and self-recover.
When practicing Tai Chi, water should be paid special attention to breathing, which should be slow, deep and regular. Read the rest of this entry »
We all have moments when we feel stressed and pressured by known that we should be exercising. Maybe after a long day at work you are very tired, but you’ve promised yourself that you exercise that night, and really should not be that way. Change this bad habit can be simple if you take some steps to avoid the stress involved in the exercise. Here are three tips to remove the stress of exercise.
Find your time
This is important in determining exercise plans and if you find a useful time for exercise that will always be more of a fun task to do. The first thing you have to do is find out what time of day is best to use it as your time to exercise. In this decision work are involved as well as many other areas of your lives to which they have to spend time. So when planning the exercise is very important. Read the rest of this entry »
It is well known that exercise brings countless benefits for health, both physically and mentally, but it never hurts to emphasize how exercise can improve your quality of life. Her are some of the effects of exercise on the brain.
The benefits of exercise are well documented by the medical society. Most people who exercise to keep fit and improve systems, for now there are more reasons to join a training regime because they have come to light indicating that studies reported that exercise improvements to the state of the brain. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s a great combination, cardiovascular exercises you will burn calories and the first month of training your heart and lungs adapted to physical exertion, while toning your body with electrodes on the most problematic areas, arms, abdomen, hips, buttocks, shortening and the time you’ll see results.
Soon you will see your body toned and lean change, plus you’ll be ready to make any physical effort. This added benefit allows you to perform your job better, without pain, muscle tension or stress.
Beginners’ routine
Monday
Electrodes 40 minutes on problem areas: buttocks and abdomen.
Tuesday
Cardiovascular exercises: stationary bike 40 minutes. If necessary, at intervals. Read the rest of this entry »
Sometimes it is common for a bad position, especially when you work many hours at the computer, your neck end of the day stressed and sore, so you are told a healthy and natural way to provide relief before going to bed.
In a comfortable position, either standing or sitting, spend an arm across the chest and placing the hands on the neck, gently tilting the head toward the opposite shoulder and tour the area with the tips of the fingers between the bottom of skull and shoulder downward, do this about 5 times and changed arm. Read the rest of this entry »
A study in the United States revealed some myths and beliefs that people have about yoga and its practice as a physical activity beneficial to health.
The report prepared aimed to do away with these false beliefs that often cause people to not practice this discipline that brings many benefits to body and spirit. In addition, this report seeks to provide those abandoned the practice of this discipline the resume, since it has been shown to interrupt the practice of Yoga that can result in lack of flexibility and relaxation so necessary especially in those suffering from stress.
For that reason and therefore to maintain and to improve the regular practice of Yoga is good to know what’s true and false in many of the things said about this discipline as old. Read the rest of this entry »
We live under stress family, economic and social that lead to stress and other health problems both physical and psychological. These pressures end up affecting all our daily activities, from how to eat as food to share with our loved ones.
It is necessary to find ways to fend off these pressures and to live healthy, use physical activity to improve the health of the body resulting in benefits in this regard, however, it is often necessary to a step forward in search of mental tranquility.
Leaving aside the desire of each thing to eliminate stress and anxiety is a good way to start, and for this we have the mindfulness that can be understood as attention and mindfulness, as careful and thoughtful presence to what is happening at the current moment. Read the rest of this entry »
Learning to understand where movement comes from both cognitively and physically is a topic that we frequent here on 101. It’s important to understand why you are doing something and why it is good for your body so that you can reap the full benefits! Do you guys agree?
It’s simple to get out there and perform an exercise. Any old dummy can do a lat pull, lunge or squat. So why do we pay the big bucks to get personal trainers, fitness instructors and physiotherapists to help?
Because there is a HUGE difference between movement and intelligent movement.
Intelligent movement is movement which utilizes a strong mind-body connection to achieve the desired results. The concepts are simple.
ALL movement is initiated in our ‘powerhouse’ which is so termed because of its capability to produce the strength over the specified time period required to complete a task. This powerhouse is contained in our ‘body’. ‘ Body’ meaning our trunk or what some would refer to as our ‘core’. Our arms and legs merely serve the purpose to allow us freedom of movement and task accomplishment.
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Thought of the week: Exercise is essentially practice for how our body is supposed to function. It is not meant to be hard.
Stepping back a couple days to my post on Creating a new image of yourself…lets explore the idea of association thinking. Ok, this is no technical term, its just what I coined the phrase because it seems rightly fitting.
Association thinking: the relationships that form in your brain as a result of your feelings, attitudes and perceptions of any given situation.
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Managing stress in your life can help you to take hold of your long term health. The unfortunate truth is that in this day and age, it is almost impossible to eliminate stress from our lives completely. Instead, try these strategies to curb it starting with a 5 minute fix to changing your mind-set to achieve mental bliss.
IMMEDIATELY: tickle your fingers with a hand massage
Your hands hold a lot of tension whether you are punching away at the keyboard, manipulating people’s body parts or chopping away at onions. Take a break from what you are doing when you are starting to feel frazzled and take a couple moments to indulge in a hand massage.
- Rub some light moisturizer on your hands.
- Begin at the base of your right thumb using your left thumb to produce circular motions along the muscles.
- Stroke each finger down to the tip.