How to Manage Coronavirus Anxiety
We have heard enough about Coronavirus, we probably have watched enough videos on how to cope up with it.
Below we have compiled list of options on one page, so that you can pick the one that works well for you.
Our advise is that whichever method you choose, please stick with it for 40 days & you would be able to measure its benefits.
Habits can be powerful & YOU can change them.
In his best-selling book, The Power of Habit, author Charles Duhigg explains a simple three-step process that all habits follow. This cycle, known as The Habit Loop, says that each habit consists of…
- The Trigger: the event that starts the habit.
- The Routine: the behavior that you perform, the habit itself.
- The Reward: the benefit that is associated with the behavior.
>> How to break habits (from The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg)
How does exercise help ease anxiety?
- Engaging in exercise diverts you from the very thing you are anxious about.
- Moving your body decreases muscle tension, lowering the body’s contribution to feeling anxious.
- Getting your heart rate up changes brain chemistry, increasing the availability of important anti-anxiety neurochemicals, including serotonin, gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and endocannabinoids.
- Exercise activates frontal regions of the brain responsible for executive function, which helps control the amygdala, our reacting system to real or imagined threats to our survival.
- Exercising regularly builds up resources that bolster resilience against stormy emotions…. [continue reading]
Yoga vs Gym
In Yoga, we do not just look at muscular strength alone. Organ health is also very important. The yogic system is evolved so that organ health is also taken care of. Even if you have a lot of muscle, if your liver is not working properly, what is the use? It is very important that the body is flexible and usable. There is also something called organ comfort. One aspect is that most of the vital organs of the body are in the chest and abdomen region. These organs are not rigid, they are not fixed with bolts and clamps. They are loose, hanging in nets. Only if you sit with your spine erect, your organs will be in the maximum possible comfort. Now, the modern idea of comfort is to lean backwards and slouch. If you sit in such a posture, your organs will never be comfortable. They will not function the way they need to.
Keeping the body erect is not because we do not like comfort, it is because we understand and experience comfort in a completely different way. You can train your muscles to be comfortable with your spine erect but you cannot train your organs to be comfortable while slouching. There is no way to do it. So, we choose to train the body, so that our skeletal system and muscular system are comfortable sitting this way…. [continue reading]
The mind does not like meditation
You cannot do meditation but you can become meditative. Meditation is a certain quality. It is not a certain act. If you cultivate your body, your mind, your energies and your emotions to a certain level of maturity, meditation will naturally happen. It is just like if you keep the soil fertile, if you give it the necessary manure and water and if the right kind of seed is there, it will grow and bloom into flowers and fruits.
Flowers and fruits will come out of a plant not because you want it, but simply because you created the necessary, conducive atmosphere. Similarly, if you create the necessary atmosphere within yourself, on all the four dimensions of who you are, then meditation will naturally flower within you. It is a certain fragrance that one can enjoy within himself… [continue reading]
Yoga
We invite you to watch this Video and learn Simple UPA Yoga Practices. These are guided practices, so you can keep about 1.5hrs aside and do them along with the video. Once you have watched this couple of times, you would be able to do all the practices under 40minutes.
Please note these are UPA yoga practices. It will be irresponsible on our part to teach Yoga Practices online or through weblink as Yoga is a powerful tool for self-transformation & it is important it is transmitted live under the guidance of trained teacher.
Please be aware of dangers of Improper Yoga:
Isha UPA Yoga Practices are completely SAFE practices to do online.
Upa Yoga activates the joints, muscles, and energy system. Sadhguru explains that certain energy nodes in the body need awakening through dispelling inertia. Maintaining proper energy flow in the body will promote healthy living and brings ease to the body system.
Meditation
Isha Kriya is a powerful 12-18 minute practice that is offered online as a free guided meditation. For those who would like a taste of what meditation has to offer, this would be a great start.
Learn Isha Kriya Guided Meditation by watching the video below:
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What to Eat? Making the Right Food Choices
As life evolves, the information and memory an organism carries get increasingly complex. In the yogic tradition, we always said you must eat what is furthest away from you, genetically. In that sense, plant life is furthest away from us. If you must eat non-vegetarian food, we advised the consumption of fish, because among the animals, it is furthest away from a human being, if you look at it from an evolutionary perspective. As the first animal life on the planet is thought to have evolved in water, the first avatara was matsya avatara or the fish… [ continue reading]
5 Tips For Healthy Eating
Sadhguru also gives us the yogic perspective on chewing your food.
“In yoga we say, ‘If you take a morsel of food, you must chew it twenty-four times.’ There is a lot of science behind this, but essentially, one thing is your food gets pre-digested in your mouth and will not cause dullness in your system. Another thing is, if you chew twenty-four times, the information of that food gets established in your system and every cell in your body will be able to start judging as to what is right and not right for you – not in terms of the tongue but about what is appropriate for the whole system. If you do this for some time, every cell in the body will have the education as to what it likes and does not like.” – Sadhguru
Sadhguru reminds us that food is about the body, and the best way to decide what to eat is to ask the body. He explains that rather than developing eating habits which only make us function repetitively, it is better to decide on our food consciously through our intelligence.
4 Remarkable Health Benefits of Turmeric
Those who suffer from cold related diseases and find their nostrils blocked every morning, will benefit a lot from the consumption of neem, pepper, honey and turmeric. Crush about 10 to 12 pepper corns roughly and soak them in a couple of spoons of honey overnight (about 8 to 12 hours). In the morning you consume this and just chew upon the pepper. Mixing some turmeric with the honey should also work. If you avoid all dairy products, your phlegm will go down naturally… [read full article]
The Meaning of Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
We worship the three-eyed One, who is fragrant and who nourishes all.
Like the fruit falls off from the bondage of the stem, may we be liberated from death, from mortality.. [download]
Reciting this mantra has usually been known to generate positive physical, mental and emotional advantages…[read more]
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Treat Yourself to a Copper Detox
The medical community has been showing a great deal of interest in the anti-bacterial properties of copper. In today’s article, Sadhguru gives us the yogic perspective on the importance of storing our water well, and how water stored in copper vessels can play a significant role in cleansing our system of various toxins… [read more]
Boost Immunity:
Sadhguru shares tips on how to boost our immunity. One can consume neem leaves or Indian Gooseberry (amla). If these items are not accessible, one can also consume neem powder, dry amla powder, turmeric powder, tulsi (holy basil), black pepper and honey.
