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Officially classed as one of the most definitive wardrobe pieces of our time, the humble, stretchy yoga leggings are featured in the exhibition theme: 'Is Fashion Modern?’ at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The exhibition explores the strong impact that certain items of clothing have had throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, and MOMA credits luxury athletic-wear label, Lululemon, whose Boogie yoga pants have racked up a cult-following since the brand’s founding in 1998. The pants join other sartorial items including Levi’s 501 jeans, a pearl necklace and a sari.
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If you speak badly of others, you are cursing them. If your speak kindly of them, you are blessing them. - Jeffrey Armstrong
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It is not healthy to be thinking all the time. Thinking is intended for acquiring knowledge or applying it. It is not essential living. - Ernest Wood
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Researchers have found that using a sauna regularly can cut the risk of high blood pressure by almost half. Finnish scientists identified a 24 per cent reduction in risk among middle-aged men who took a sauna two or three times per week, while for those going four to seven times a week dropped to 46 per cent. Experts believe the way that blood vessels expand when the body is hotter may explain the results.
While saunas are not as commonly available in the USA, many hotels and health clubs offer sauanas. Based on this study and others, it may be a good choice to take advantage of those.
While saunas are not as commonly available in the USA, many hotels and health clubs offer sauanas. Based on this study and others, it may be a good choice to take advantage of those.
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What is often referred to as the “Dark Age” in Europe ran from the 5th century (CE) to the 15th century. With the destruction of the Western Roman Empire, the Catholic Church quickly filled the vacuum by becoming a major political power force in Europe.
In order to consolidate it’s power and authority, the suppression and persecution of any viewpoints which challenged, in any way, Chrsitian doctrine and dogma. The prime target of Christian suspicion fell upon physicians, scientists and health care workers.
This period is called the “dark age” because medicine, science and health in Western Europe declined seriously impacting public health. Muslims who came into contact with Christians - such as poet, author and diplomat Usama of Shaizar who did so during the Crusades – were shocked and appalled by the primitive understanding of medicine and it’s relationship to public health.
At the time, Muslim science and medicine were among the most advanced in the world. For example, Muslims knew the importance of public cleanliness so they adopt public baths and stressed the importance of washing before meals.
Christians in Western Europe, however, bathing was discouraged by the Church. When a community established public bath houses which were common in ancient Rome, the church objected to people being naked together. Under pressure from the Church regular bathing declined and was often “spiritualized”. For example, St Fintan of Clonenagh was said to take a bath only once a year, just before Easter. The monks of Westminster Abbey bathed four times a year: at Christmas, Easter, the end of June, and the end of September. Queen Elizabeth I reportedly was said to have bathed twice a year, whether she needed to or not.
The black death of the 14th century which caused the death of more than 20 million Western Europeans may also have added more resistance with some religious leaders declaring that bathing opened the pores of the skin permitting evil spirits, such as the plague, to enter the body.
Today, Christian resistance to public health can be seen in the way some Church leaders resist and oppose yoga.
In order to consolidate it’s power and authority, the suppression and persecution of any viewpoints which challenged, in any way, Chrsitian doctrine and dogma. The prime target of Christian suspicion fell upon physicians, scientists and health care workers.
This period is called the “dark age” because medicine, science and health in Western Europe declined seriously impacting public health. Muslims who came into contact with Christians - such as poet, author and diplomat Usama of Shaizar who did so during the Crusades – were shocked and appalled by the primitive understanding of medicine and it’s relationship to public health.
At the time, Muslim science and medicine were among the most advanced in the world. For example, Muslims knew the importance of public cleanliness so they adopt public baths and stressed the importance of washing before meals.
Christians in Western Europe, however, bathing was discouraged by the Church. When a community established public bath houses which were common in ancient Rome, the church objected to people being naked together. Under pressure from the Church regular bathing declined and was often “spiritualized”. For example, St Fintan of Clonenagh was said to take a bath only once a year, just before Easter. The monks of Westminster Abbey bathed four times a year: at Christmas, Easter, the end of June, and the end of September. Queen Elizabeth I reportedly was said to have bathed twice a year, whether she needed to or not.
The black death of the 14th century which caused the death of more than 20 million Western Europeans may also have added more resistance with some religious leaders declaring that bathing opened the pores of the skin permitting evil spirits, such as the plague, to enter the body.
Today, Christian resistance to public health can be seen in the way some Church leaders resist and oppose yoga.
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Regular practice of control of mind is the best means of escape from envy, jealousy, resentment, discontent, delusion, self-deception, pride, anger and fear. - Ernest Wood
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Researchers at the University of Illinois claim that too much exercise can kill you, and white men who work out for at least seven-and-a-half hours a week are twice as likely to suffer from heart disease than those who do a moderate amount. The study compared 25-year exercise patterns and found very active white men are 86 per cent more likely to experience a build up of plaque in the arteries by middle age.
While this information doesn't apply to the vast majority who don't work out enough, it does to those "gym rats" and athletic "warriors" who don't know when to stop. As in all things, moderation is the key.
While this information doesn't apply to the vast majority who don't work out enough, it does to those "gym rats" and athletic "warriors" who don't know when to stop. As in all things, moderation is the key.
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It becomes necessary to realize that the body is not conscious, but we are conscious of the body, also that the mind is not conscious but we are conscious of the mind. - Ernest Wood
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Western medicine is not holistic as it’s focus is primarily upon the body completely ignoring the mental, emotional and spiritual components. In fact, the Vedic philosopher and teacher, Jeffrey Armstrong, refers to the modern Western physician as a “body geek”. The separation of the body from the mind and spirit began gradually and then surged with the ascendancy of Christianity.
Fueled by both ignorance and arrogance, Christian clergy and their theologians began dismissing reason, logic, scientific inquiry elevating faith. The sixth century Pope Gregory warned that faith would be weakened and destroyed if reason prevailed: “Faith has no merit where human reason supplies the truth,” he stated.
To strengthen their view of faith over reason, the church taught:
Quickly, scientists and physicians distanced themselves from any metaphysical matters dealing with mind and spirit, focusing exclusively on the physical body. Armstrong writes: “Since independent scientific thinking was persecuted and often punishable by death at the hands of religion…. scientists divorced themselves from he spiritual questions of life that could challenge the ruling religious elite. But in India, no such persecution of scientific thinking every occurred.”
Fueled by both ignorance and arrogance, Christian clergy and their theologians began dismissing reason, logic, scientific inquiry elevating faith. The sixth century Pope Gregory warned that faith would be weakened and destroyed if reason prevailed: “Faith has no merit where human reason supplies the truth,” he stated.
To strengthen their view of faith over reason, the church taught:
- Illness was caused by human sin, a harsh and distorted form of Christian Karma whereby God sent diseases to punish;
- Mental illness was caused by Satan and his army of demons and it was the church which had the “cure” - exorcism.
- Physical illness was to be treated by prayers of faith offered by the clergy.
Quickly, scientists and physicians distanced themselves from any metaphysical matters dealing with mind and spirit, focusing exclusively on the physical body. Armstrong writes: “Since independent scientific thinking was persecuted and often punishable by death at the hands of religion…. scientists divorced themselves from he spiritual questions of life that could challenge the ruling religious elite. But in India, no such persecution of scientific thinking every occurred.”