Dancercise is a combination of exercise and dancing to lose those excess pounds or just for fun. This program emphasizes increased agility and coordination through aerobics dance exercise.I tell my clients, ‘Movement creates energy and energy breathes life into your soul. I give you the tools to dig in and see what really drives you.
High blood pressure is also called hypertension. Because the symptoms may not show up for years, hypertension earned the name the "silent killer. High blood pressure is defined as the pressure of blood against the walls of the blood vessels and arteries. When the heart contracts it pushes blood through your arteries with varying force. There is a difference between high blood pressure...
Gone are the days when young children of schools would indulge more in outdoor games and activities. Every Sunday would be spent playing cricket outdoors in scorching heat of sun. Today we seldom see our young children even playing a board game indoors. They play chess and even cricket on the computer. Their hours are spent sitting in front of the idiot box or playing computer games. Our young...
Everyday we find an excuse for not exercising. But is any excuse a valid excuse, if it compromises your health and can lead to a debilitating sickness in the long run? So we challenged our editor to come up with a 101 reasons to exercise, to counter every conceivable excuse in the book for skipping your daily dose of exercise. Here are a hundred and one reasons why you must exercise, and how they...
Lie flat on the abdomen with face down. Keep both the hands by the side of the chest, while inhaling raise the chin, chest upto the navel. Bend the spine and arch back as much as possible and look upwards.Exhale and return to starting position.
Yogic practices help in maintaining good health by improving the resistence to diseases. It also harmonises and integrates the human personality at all levels and stages of life. Yogic practices ensure that blood remains free from toxins and alkaline matter. It also helps in purified blood being carried from organs like the lungs, liver, kidneys, digestive and other systems.
Essential for normal growth and development including bones and teeth, it protects body from disease, especially the respiratory tract. Necessary for good sight, healthy skin and body tissue repair in general
Fill the enema cane with lukewarm water and smear nozzle with oil or vaseline.Lie on the right, extending the right leg and folding the left leg at a right angle. Introduce nozzle in the rectum and raise the cane to a height of 3". The water enters the rectum.Retain water for 5-10 minutes.
Some guidelines have been provided hereunder,which if followed, can lead to drugless and a disease-free, healthy life. However, mental discipline and reconciliation are necessary to follow the said guidelines / habits. It is an admitted fact that no gain is possible without enduring pain and requisite efforts or sacrifice. Consult Naturopaths and change your life style.
The importance of exercise cannot be over emphasised - brisk walking, jogging or Yoga or hard games are vitally important for health. These activities are an easy way for most people to get regular exercises, as these do not require special facilities or equipments. However, one should consult a doctor before starting any exercise programme.
Since volumes are available condemning the evils of smoking, tobacco /zarda chewing, pan masala, drugs, alcohol, it is wise to be silent on these topics.However, the author cannot resist appending a few words on the subject. It is alarming that India has the third highest number of tobacco related deaths in the world with an estimated one in every five deaths in the country, occurring due to...
Majority of our countrymen are quite ignorant of benefits of good oral health. Oral and Dental diseases in India are on the upswing. The incidence of Dental Caries (Tooth Decay) had gone up from 40% to 60% during the sixties and it is around 80% to 85% today. It is very much on the increase, especially among children. The incidence of Periodontal Disease (Gum Disease) is around 90% to 95%...
Menstruation normally begins at the age of 11-13 years and stops around 45 years. Normally the cycles are regular - occurence in 28 days ( range 21-35 days) with the bleeding lasting for 3-5 days.Some common complaints associated with menstruation are - painful, irregular periods and excessive or scanty bleeding. A person may have one or more complaints simultaneously.
Each of the two kidneys has one million nephrons or filter units, filtering about 200 litres of fluid ( blood without red blood cells and protein) from the blood daily,99 per cent of which is reabsorbed into it, leaving two litres which is passed out as urine. Besides this, the kidneys have many other functions. They are a very precise and delicately engineered parts of the body , and having the...
The low back area is highly strained as it has to bear the weight of the whole upper body. Discs situated between the vertebrae are made of a jelly-like substance and are strong structures. Degenerative changes occur gradually an naturally as you get older. Everyone over the age of 50 has changes of natural wear and tear, changes in the spine and discs become thinner and less flexible. These...