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5 Easy Steps to Help You Lose Weight
When loosing weight, most of us don't have the time to drastically change our lifestyles. We need a practical and convenient way to integrate effective habits into our daily lives. The following steps are easy and practical ways to get you on the...
Discover Yoga's Healing Power
There are several medical conditions that can be improved by practicing yoga. It can be used to lessen the negative effects of infertility, lung disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, insomnia, cancer, high blood pressure, and joint...
Do you have Eczema or Dermatitis?
Copyright 2005 Michael Brooks
Although many people believe that eczema and dermatitis are separate conditions, they are actually one and the same. The most common form of this skin condition is atopic eczema. Depending on what study you read,...
Pulling The Roots Of Disease
"Anybody who tells you that disease has only one cause, and that drugs and surgery are the solution, is DEAD WRONG." Dr. Ward Coleman, N.D. Unhealthy aging and diseases of the body systems (such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, immune...
Yoga - The Solution for Insomnia
At one time, or another, all of us have experienced insomnia for any type of reason. There are times when lack of sleep just can’t be helped, such as: the loss a loved one, going through a divorce, and losing your job.
These are some of...
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HOT, HOT, HOT ... Bikram Yoga
As people search for curative and restorative effects to combat
the impact of a chaotic world, Yoga has become very popular in
our culture. Yoga is for everyone and can be done by every body.
Yoga is the only exercise from which you gain energy instead of
burning it and it doesn't matter how well you do each of the
postures, only that you do it the right way. Traditional cardio
exercise works on 3-10% of the body, Yoga exercises 100% of the
body, from bone to the skin, from head to the toes, and to every
organ, gland, tissue and cell.
Bikram Yoga is practiced in a 105 degree heated room and
consists of 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises ... "So what
does the heat do," you wonder? 105 degrees enhances
Vasodilatation, and the capillaries surrounding the muscles
respond to heat by dilating and the greater volume of blood
brings more oxygen, helping in the removal of waste carbon
dioxide and lactic acid. When blood passes through warm muscles,
oxygen releases more easily from the hemoglobin, blood passing
through cold muscles releases much less oxygen.
Warmer muscle tissue temperatures produce a fluid-like stretch
that allows greater elasticity and range of motion. Cold muscles
don't absorb shock or
impact as well, so they tend to be injured
more easily.
Heat speeds up the breakdown of fatty acids and glucose, and
burns fat faster and more easily. The stress of intense exercise
drops a deluge of fatty acids into the bloodstream. If you
exercise with cold muscles they can't use the fatty acids as
efficiently and they end up in places they aren't wanted ...
such as in the lining of the arteries.
Muscles are not the only beneficiaries of heat, higher
temperatures improve the nervous system function, meaning
messages are carried more rapidly to and from the brain by the
spinal cord and other neural transmitters and receptors.
Day by day as Yoga gains popularity, people sweat, strain, laugh
and do more for their body, health, and well being than they
could ever have imagined with Bikram Hot Yoga.
©2005 Jolene Schwartz
About the author:
Jolene Schwartz is a grooming specialist for over 20 years; as a
master barber and licensed cosmetologist in her own men's salon.
She launched http://appearancesformen.com
e-com site; writing monthly columns about men's products,
lifestyle, and offering the finest in men's grooming products.
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