I do yoga so that I can stay flexible enough to kick my own arse if necessary.
~Betsy Cañas Garmon
From helping with asthma to lowering blood pressure, the physical benefits of yoga are incredibly varied and abundant.
Entries Tagged as 'Self development'
An Amazing 31 Physical Benefits of Yoga
April 26th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Common ailments, Health, Self development, Yoga
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Top 10 Reasons to Laugh Until it Hurts
December 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Common ailments, Happiness, Health, Self development
“The art of medicine consists of keeping the patient amused while nature heals the disease.”
~Voltaire
After that quote I don’t think I need to say much. Laughing feels good and releases tension, your body likes it, bacteria and viruses don’t (because with laughter your little white blood cells become absolutely ruthless), it’s a nice ice-breaker and quite simply makes the day better.
Top 10 reasons to laugh (and laugh now)
- Lower blood pressure. Initially upon laughing, blood pressure increases, but then falls below normal levels and as breathing deepens but then falls below normal levels and as breathing deepens blood becomes more oxygen and nutrient rich.(1,2)
- Strengthen immune system. Laughter increases the number of natural killer cells that like to eat viruses for breakfast, as well as certain cancer cells. Antibodies are also increased (immunoglobulin A), which is especially helpful for respiratory infections. (2,3)
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12 Handy Tricks to Overcome Procrastination
October 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Happiness, Self development, Simplicity
Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.
~John Andrew Holmes
Procrastination, like so many things, is a habit. A habit most people seemingly love to or can’t help indulging in. Hm… reminds me of chocolate… But this is great news! It’s not hard to break a habit.
Procrastination actually causes more discomfort than doing the actual task. While procrastinating, we anticipate an unpleasant/boring/difficult task, and the mind has already created and is living through a difficult situation. It’s non-productive to virtually torture yourself this way, as doing the actual task will cause less pain.
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5 Simple Ways to a Clear Email Box
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Self development, Simplicity
Email is notoriously overused, especially at the office. Something that would take 5 minutes over the phone, may only take you 2 minutes to email, but leaves the responder with the arduous task of interpreting and answering what is often a very open-ended question. But even more often, we email when it would be much faster to call someone or walk over to their desk. Check out this interesting concept of 5 sentence emails.
Simplify your email, simplify your day, stress less:
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7 Steps to Squash Negative Thinking
August 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Happiness, Self development
A man is but the product of his thoughts: what he thinks, he becomes.
~ Mahatma Ghandi
Whatever you focus on you create. Whatever you think about, you give power to because you make it your reality. It is your choice what to think about. No, it’s not that easy, especially as most of us are in the habit of noticing and remarking upon the bad things that happen during the day. But you can change that – just ask the following:
Do you want to change your thought patterns?
Do you have some patience to practice changing these patterns?
If you answered “yes” to the first, it’s likely you have patience to change.
If you answered “no” to the first, here are some reminders on why you need to say “yes”:
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