ARTHRITIS
There are two types of common arthritis, one OSTEOARTHRITIS and another RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
· THE WEIGHT FACTOR:
The overweight increases more stress and pressure on your joints. This increases Stress on the cartilage, which interferes with the bone, thus increasing the incidence of inflammation, swelling and pains.
If you take care of increased weight and try to reduce the weight, it will reduce the stress and pain you feel in your spinal column ,knees ,hips ,ankles and feet.
PRACTICE THE FOLLOWING ASANA……
1] BHUJANGASANA
2] DHANURASANA
3] PRANAYAMA
· STRETCH GENTLY FOR STRENGTH AND MOBILITY
YOGA teaches movements with proper joint alignment which helps brings deformed joints back to normal position as appropriate muscle are lengthened and strengthened.
1. Apply a muscle ointment at night before going to bed, you will feel much better if muscle isn’t stiff when you wake up in the morning.
2. Heat and Eucalypia mint also work for both OSTEOARTHRITIS and RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
3. Warm towels should be applied on the pain area or you can soak your hand or feet in warm water.
4. Wearing Copper bracelet can reduce pain in hand.
5. Take care, of your diet and drink carrot juice to reduce pain.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
WADA PAV
· INGREDIENTS
½ cup - chana dal½ cup - bread crumbs2 to 3 - medium potatoes1 - medium onion½ cup - methi leaves5 to 6 flakes - garlic3 to 4 - green chillies1 tsp - chopped ginger1 tsp - lemon juice1 tbsp - oilhing and haldi for seasoningmustardsugar to tastesalt to taste
· PROCEEDURE
Soak chana dal for 5-6 hours.
Grind it coarse. Also grind chillies, garlic and ginger coarse.
Heat oil and add mustard.
When it splutters, add a pinch of hing and haldi, add ground masala, and fry a little.
Add onion, fry for a couple of minutes.
Add chopped methi leaves, fry for 1-2 minutes.
Add chopped potatoes, salt, sugar, lemon juice, mix well and keep aside.
Mix ground chana dal with batata bhaji.
Prepare balls, coat them with bread crumbs and fry in oil until golden.
It can be eaten with green chutney.
· INGREDIENTS
½ cup - chana dal½ cup - bread crumbs2 to 3 - medium potatoes1 - medium onion½ cup - methi leaves5 to 6 flakes - garlic3 to 4 - green chillies1 tsp - chopped ginger1 tsp - lemon juice1 tbsp - oilhing and haldi for seasoningmustardsugar to tastesalt to taste
· PROCEEDURE
Soak chana dal for 5-6 hours.
Grind it coarse. Also grind chillies, garlic and ginger coarse.
Heat oil and add mustard.
When it splutters, add a pinch of hing and haldi, add ground masala, and fry a little.
Add onion, fry for a couple of minutes.
Add chopped methi leaves, fry for 1-2 minutes.
Add chopped potatoes, salt, sugar, lemon juice, mix well and keep aside.
Mix ground chana dal with batata bhaji.
Prepare balls, coat them with bread crumbs and fry in oil until golden.
It can be eaten with green chutney.
NUTRITIOUS INDIAN DISHES
NUTRITIOUS INDIAN DISHES
UTTAPPA
INGREDIENTS:
· FOR UTTAPPA BATTER:
Take four cup of rice, 1 cup of urad dal and ½ teaspoon methi seeds, salt to taste.
· VEGETABLES FOR STUFFING:
Cabbage, Carrot, Fresh Corn seeds, Simpla Mirch, Onion, Potato, Tomato, Green Chilies, and Coriander Leaves.
PROCEEDURE:
Soak rice, methi seeds and urad dal for 4 to 5 hours and then grind them well. Mix the batter and keep for 6 to 7 hours for fermentation. If you don’t have time then you can also us ready fresh dosa mix available in the market. Now grate cabbage, carrot, simla mirch, potato, tomato, onion, crush corn seeds, cut green chilies and coriander leaves. Mix grated vegetables, crushed corn seeds, green chillies and coriander leaves, salt to uttappa batter. Spread it on the fry pan and cover it with the lid for 2-3 minutes on slow flame. When upper side of uttapa becomes dry, put little oil on the sides. Turn it to other side and cook for a while, and your nutritious uttappa is ready. Serve hot with sambhar or chutney.
UTTAPPA
INGREDIENTS:
· FOR UTTAPPA BATTER:
Take four cup of rice, 1 cup of urad dal and ½ teaspoon methi seeds, salt to taste.
· VEGETABLES FOR STUFFING:
Cabbage, Carrot, Fresh Corn seeds, Simpla Mirch, Onion, Potato, Tomato, Green Chilies, and Coriander Leaves.
PROCEEDURE:
Soak rice, methi seeds and urad dal for 4 to 5 hours and then grind them well. Mix the batter and keep for 6 to 7 hours for fermentation. If you don’t have time then you can also us ready fresh dosa mix available in the market. Now grate cabbage, carrot, simla mirch, potato, tomato, onion, crush corn seeds, cut green chilies and coriander leaves. Mix grated vegetables, crushed corn seeds, green chillies and coriander leaves, salt to uttappa batter. Spread it on the fry pan and cover it with the lid for 2-3 minutes on slow flame. When upper side of uttapa becomes dry, put little oil on the sides. Turn it to other side and cook for a while, and your nutritious uttappa is ready. Serve hot with sambhar or chutney.
Monday, March 26, 2007
JYOTISH YOGA
MODERN LIFESTYLE SUFFERS FROM “STRESS”. IF ONE IS NOT PROPERLY INTEGRATED AND BALANCED ON PHYSICAL AND MENTAL LEVEL, ONE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COPE UP WITH STRESS. THE RESULT IS RESTLESSNESS AND CONFLICT IN THE MIND AND DISHARMONY IN ALL THE FUNCTIONS. THE ANXIETY AND WORRIES CAN EASILY DISTURB THE MIND WHICH LEADS TO VARIOUS PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS.
27 CONSTELLATIONSAND STARS IN SPACE INFLUENCE THE HUMAN BODY CONSTITUTED BY THE FIVE GREAT ELEMENTS, AS WELL AS THE MIND AND THE SOUL[THE INNER SELF] THROUGH COSMIC RAYS.THIS INFLUENCE IS FELT OR EXPERIENCED DIFFERENTLY AT DIFFERENT TIMES BY AN INDIVIDUAL ACCORDING TO HIS BODY CONSTITUTION. HAPPINESS OR PLEASURE FROM FAVOURABLE INFLUENCES, SORROW OR UNHAPPINESS FROM ADVERSE INFLUENCES. IN HIS MATURE STATE, THE INDIVIDUAL HAS GONE BEYOND THESE FEELINGS OF HAPPINESS AND SORROW AND THEN NOTHING IN HIS ENVIRONMENT CAN AFFECT HIM. IT CAN BE SAID THAT HE IS ENVELOPED BY A “PROTECTIVE AUREOLA” WHICH RENDERS HIM IMMUNE TO SUCH EXTERNAL INFLUENCES.
FROM JYOTISH WE CAN BE AWARE OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S ‘CHANDRA KUNDLI, LAGNA KUNDLI AND SURYA KUNDLI’ & CAN GET AN IDEA ABOUT DISEASES TO BE TAKEN CARE OF ,& ITS PREVENTION LIES IN PRACTISING ‘YOGA’…..IT IS SAID THAT
”PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE”. THEN WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR????START PRACTISING TODAY FOR A HEALTHY FUTURE!!!!!
A LOT OF PROBLEMS WERE NOT NECESSARILY DUE TO MAJOR DISEASES BUT SUE TO INDIVIDUALS FAILURE ON THEIR PART TO ACCOMMODATE TO OR COPE WITH THE PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL STRESSES OF EVERYDAY LIFE,AS IT IS COMMON TODAY.
A SOUND MIND IN A SOUND BODY WAS THE KEY TO HEALTHY EXISTENCE AND YOGA WAS ALL ABOUT ATTAINING BOTH.
YOGA IS AN AGE OLD SCIENCE AND A WAY OF LIFE AND IS FULL OF TENSION REDUCTING REMEDIAL MEASURES WHICH ARE FREE FROM ADVERSITIES AND HENCE ONE OF THE SAFEST MEDICINES AVAILABLE TODAY FOR A VARIETY OF AILMENTS.IT IS NO LONGER RELATED TO SORT OF MYSTICISM OR LOOKED UPON AS A TRADITIONAL SCEINECE BUT HAS A STRONG SCIENTIFIC FOOTING AND THUS ACCEPTED BY THE MEDICAL AUTHORITIES, THE WORLD OVER.
“YOGA” HAS A UNIQUE ROLE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE.IT HAS THE POWER TO PREVENT PROBLEMS IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS BY TEACHING THEM TO COPE WITH STRESS AND STRAINS OF DAILY LIVING.IT ALSO HAS A VITAL ROLE IN TREATING CERTAIN DISORDERS VIZ. ASTHAMA, HYPERTENSION, INDIGESTION, AND INSOMNIA.
A LOT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS, VIZ: BACKACHE, NECK PAIN, MUSCLE STRAINS, ETC RESULT FROM
NO MAJOR STRUCTURAL DERANGEMENT OF DISEASES BUT ARE ORDINARY INSUFFICIENCIES OF FLEXIBILITY AND TONE OF PARASPINAL,ABDOMINAL AND OTHER GIRDLE MUSCLES.THESE COULD VERY EASILY BE PREVENTED AS WELL AS ACTIVELY AND EFFECTIVELY TREATED WITH SIMPLE YOGIC PRACTICES.
YOGA IS NOT EXERCISE BUT AN ART OF RELAXATION.EXERCISE PROGRAMMES OR WORKOUTS ARE STRENUOUS, STIFF, JERKY AND FAST MOVEMENTS OF LIMBS GIVING RISE TO FATIGUE AND EXHAUSTION, WHEREAS “YOGA” IS A RELAXATION PROCESS WITHOUT DISTURBING THE NORMAL BREATHING PROCESS,AND ANY DEVIATION FROM THE NORMAL IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
THE YOGIC MOVEMENTS ARE DELIBERATE AND VERY SLOW, WITH ENOUGH TIME TO RECOGNIZE HIS /HER OWN LIMITS ON STRECHING HIS/ HER MUSCULAR CAPACITIES WITHOUT DISCOMFORT.
MODERN LIFESTYLE SUFFERS FROM “STRESS”. IF ONE IS NOT PROPERLY INTEGRATED AND BALANCED ON PHYSICAL AND MENTAL LEVEL, ONE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COPE UP WITH STRESS. THE RESULT IS RESTLESSNESS AND CONFLICT IN THE MIND AND DISHARMONY IN ALL THE FUNCTIONS. THE ANXIETY AND WORRIES CAN EASILY DISTURB THE MIND WHICH LEADS TO VARIOUS PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS.
27 CONSTELLATIONSAND STARS IN SPACE INFLUENCE THE HUMAN BODY CONSTITUTED BY THE FIVE GREAT ELEMENTS, AS WELL AS THE MIND AND THE SOUL[THE INNER SELF] THROUGH COSMIC RAYS.THIS INFLUENCE IS FELT OR EXPERIENCED DIFFERENTLY AT DIFFERENT TIMES BY AN INDIVIDUAL ACCORDING TO HIS BODY CONSTITUTION. HAPPINESS OR PLEASURE FROM FAVOURABLE INFLUENCES, SORROW OR UNHAPPINESS FROM ADVERSE INFLUENCES. IN HIS MATURE STATE, THE INDIVIDUAL HAS GONE BEYOND THESE FEELINGS OF HAPPINESS AND SORROW AND THEN NOTHING IN HIS ENVIRONMENT CAN AFFECT HIM. IT CAN BE SAID THAT HE IS ENVELOPED BY A “PROTECTIVE AUREOLA” WHICH RENDERS HIM IMMUNE TO SUCH EXTERNAL INFLUENCES.
FROM JYOTISH WE CAN BE AWARE OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S ‘CHANDRA KUNDLI, LAGNA KUNDLI AND SURYA KUNDLI’ & CAN GET AN IDEA ABOUT DISEASES TO BE TAKEN CARE OF ,& ITS PREVENTION LIES IN PRACTISING ‘YOGA’…..IT IS SAID THAT
”PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE”. THEN WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR????START PRACTISING TODAY FOR A HEALTHY FUTURE!!!!!
A LOT OF PROBLEMS WERE NOT NECESSARILY DUE TO MAJOR DISEASES BUT SUE TO INDIVIDUALS FAILURE ON THEIR PART TO ACCOMMODATE TO OR COPE WITH THE PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL STRESSES OF EVERYDAY LIFE,AS IT IS COMMON TODAY.
A SOUND MIND IN A SOUND BODY WAS THE KEY TO HEALTHY EXISTENCE AND YOGA WAS ALL ABOUT ATTAINING BOTH.
YOGA IS AN AGE OLD SCIENCE AND A WAY OF LIFE AND IS FULL OF TENSION REDUCTING REMEDIAL MEASURES WHICH ARE FREE FROM ADVERSITIES AND HENCE ONE OF THE SAFEST MEDICINES AVAILABLE TODAY FOR A VARIETY OF AILMENTS.IT IS NO LONGER RELATED TO SORT OF MYSTICISM OR LOOKED UPON AS A TRADITIONAL SCEINECE BUT HAS A STRONG SCIENTIFIC FOOTING AND THUS ACCEPTED BY THE MEDICAL AUTHORITIES, THE WORLD OVER.
“YOGA” HAS A UNIQUE ROLE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE.IT HAS THE POWER TO PREVENT PROBLEMS IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS BY TEACHING THEM TO COPE WITH STRESS AND STRAINS OF DAILY LIVING.IT ALSO HAS A VITAL ROLE IN TREATING CERTAIN DISORDERS VIZ. ASTHAMA, HYPERTENSION, INDIGESTION, AND INSOMNIA.
A LOT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS, VIZ: BACKACHE, NECK PAIN, MUSCLE STRAINS, ETC RESULT FROM
NO MAJOR STRUCTURAL DERANGEMENT OF DISEASES BUT ARE ORDINARY INSUFFICIENCIES OF FLEXIBILITY AND TONE OF PARASPINAL,ABDOMINAL AND OTHER GIRDLE MUSCLES.THESE COULD VERY EASILY BE PREVENTED AS WELL AS ACTIVELY AND EFFECTIVELY TREATED WITH SIMPLE YOGIC PRACTICES.
YOGA IS NOT EXERCISE BUT AN ART OF RELAXATION.EXERCISE PROGRAMMES OR WORKOUTS ARE STRENUOUS, STIFF, JERKY AND FAST MOVEMENTS OF LIMBS GIVING RISE TO FATIGUE AND EXHAUSTION, WHEREAS “YOGA” IS A RELAXATION PROCESS WITHOUT DISTURBING THE NORMAL BREATHING PROCESS,AND ANY DEVIATION FROM THE NORMAL IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
THE YOGIC MOVEMENTS ARE DELIBERATE AND VERY SLOW, WITH ENOUGH TIME TO RECOGNIZE HIS /HER OWN LIMITS ON STRECHING HIS/ HER MUSCULAR CAPACITIES WITHOUT DISCOMFORT.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
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