i need to lose five...: you need heat to bend metal...

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

you need heat to bend metal...

and you also need heat to change the internal structure of your body.

once metal is red and hot, you can bend it and just like metal, your body can change by being heated, which is the concept behind Bikram Yoga. it is a series of 26 postures conducted over 90 minutes, beginning with one warming up breathing exercise, progressing through 24 asanas or postures and finishing with one toxin eliminating breathing posture. this series of postures systematically and scientifically works through the entire body. each posture is completed twice, each leads on from the next, preparing the body. the room is mirrored to allow for greater body awareness and to refine and deepen our postures with easy self-correction.

i did a introductory class $29.00 for 30 days unlimited, pretty good, since a class usually costs from $10-20 individually. you can buy session passes which end up being cheaper if you like it. classes are held in a heated room. the warm room allows for greater flexibility, it minimises muscle strain, lactic acid build up and reduces the chance of injury, allows for greater cleansing of the body and helps build tremendous stamina and endurance. it is performed in a very hot room, about 105 degrees, and the sweat from you and everyone else makes it humid, and stinky. but look at all the benefits it offers.

why is Bikram Yoga performed in a heated room?
"If you think about it, it makes sense. Any exercise program focuses on warming up our bodies before vigorous activity. The temperature of the yoga room is similar to our body's own temperature. This accelerates improvement in many of the benefits of your yoga practice. Regular exercisers recognize that peak performance occurs when fully warmed up and your body generates heat from the inside radiating out and into your muscles. The benefits are many:

1. Your body burns fat more effectively, fat may be redistributed and burned as energy during the class. It is common to lose inches of shape in a very short time

2. The heat produces a fluid-like stretch allowing for greater range of movement in joints, muscles, ligaments and other supporting structures of the body

3. Capillaries dilate in the heat; more effectively oxygenating the tissues, muscles, glands and organs and helping in the removal of waste products

4. Your peripheral circulation improves due to enhanced perfusion of your extremities

5. Your metabolism speeds up the breakdown of glucose and fatty acids

6. You benefit from a strengthening of willpower, self control, concentration and determination in this challenging environment

7. Your cardiovascular system gets a thorough workout

8. Your muscles and connective tissue become more elastic and allow for greater flexibility with less chance of injury and improved resolution of injury

9. Sweating promotes detoxification and elimination through the skin - which is the body's largest eliminating organ

10. Just as when your body raises its temperature to fight infection,the raised temperature in the room will assist in improving T-cell function and the proper functioning of your immune system

11. Your nervous system function is greatly improved and messages are carried more efficiently to and from your brain

12. Metabolism improves in your digestive system and in the body's cells (that is food in the gut and nutrients in the cells)"

find more info at:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/06/60II/main700006.shtml
http://www.bikramyoga.com

before 1.5 hours of yoga today, i went stair climbing for 48 minutes, 450 calories, 130 floors, and 120 average heart rate

1/2 cup blueberries
1 banana
2 nectarines
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes
16 sesame tortilla chips
spinach salad with egg, bacon, & cheese with poppyseed dressing
120 ounces of water

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"Three Day Cleanse and Mucusless Diet" by Dr. John R. Christopher

Supreme cleanliness is the first step toward a healthy body. Any accumulation or retention of morbid matter or waste of any kind within us will retard our progress towards recovery. The natural eliminative channels are the lungs, the pores of the skin, the kidneys, and the bowels.

The retention of body waste has an insidious effect on our health than is generally suspected, and its elimination is one of the first steps toward perceptible progress.

To begin the three day cleansing program, the individual is required to undergo three days of detoxification therapy, then proceed with the mucusless diet:

First thing in the morning upon arising, drink 16 ounces or more of prune juice (unsweetened, if possible). The prune juice is not primarily to empty the bowels, which it will do, but rather to draw into the intestines from every part of the body such toxic matter or body waste as may be there, and eliminate it through the bowels.

After beginning with the sixteen ounces of prune juice, within one half hour take an eight ounce glass of undiluted apple juice. Swish each mouthful thoroughly (called chewing). Then, 30 minutes later drink a glass of plain water (preferably distilled), followed 30 minutes later with more apple juice.

The general procedure is: 16 oz. of prune juice first thing in the morning, then, 8 oz. of apple juice 30 minutes later, and 8 oz. of distilled water after that; repeating the juice and distilled water each 30 minutes throughout the day. One gallon of apple juice is consumed each day for an average size adult, or one ounce per pound of body weight. (This of course is an approximate and suggested dosage, as age, ability to hold liquids, etc., determine the capacity for each specific case.)

Breaking up the mucus during the juice cleanse generally causes constipation throughout the three days. Use more prune juice if needed.

Repeat this detoxification for 3 consecutive days. Thus, approximately three gallons of mucus and catarrh will have been eliminated and will have been replaced by three gallons of juice. This has resulted in speeding up the re-alkalinizing of the system.

During the three-day cleanse, take one or two tablespoons of olive oil three times a day, to aid in lubricating bile and liver ducts, etc.

On the fourth and subsequent days, we begin taking vegetable and fruit juices, along with raw fruits and vegetables. Then follow the mucusless diet as close as possible.
Do not be concerned if you feel weak during or after this detoxification. Our bodies are using the energies for internal housecleaning, soon an increase of energy will occur as a result of a cleaner healthier body.

Supplies that you Need:
54 ounces of Prune Juice
9 ounces of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
3 gallons of Apple Juice
3 gallons of Distilled Water

Natural Hair Bristle Brush or Loofah sponge (for dry brushing)

Garlic Oil for the Ears (soak cotton & sleep with in ears)
Epsom Salt for bath & Chickweed (for detox baths)
Vegetables (of the season) for Juicing, or buy Organic juices from the health food store.
Castor Oil, Shea butter or Olive oil for lubricating your skin after baths.

i need to lose five...

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

you need heat to bend metal...

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