IMPACTS OF REGULAR BIKRAM YOGA PRACTICE ON HEALTH‚ STRESS AND ANXIETY By DiAnne Garza Email: dianne.garza@gmail.com Final Version Submitted to Dr. Luz Romay in partial fulfillment of the requirements for class Organizational Research and Assessment‚ ORGD 6330 December 7‚ 2011 Executive Summary Bikram yoga was developed thirty years ago by Bikram Choudhury‚ a renowned Hatha Yoga Master. It is a specific yoga practice that is carried
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MARKETING OF YOGA: A STUDY OF ‘PATANJALI YOG ASHRAM’ IN BRINGING ABOUT THE PRANAYAM REVOLUTION ABSTRACT: The research paper is based on studying various marketing strategies put in place by ‘Pitanjali Yog Ashram’ led by ‘Swami Ramdev’ in bringing about the ‘Pranayam Revolution’. ‘Pitanjali Yog Ashram’ removed the veil of darkness; and the mystery of Pranayam is unfolding itself to the common masses not just in India but across the globe. No one can help admiring the simplicity of the techniques
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BELL 1 Danielle Bell English 150 Professor Browsher A River Sutra Essay 5 May 2009 A River Sutra Gaits Mehta’s A river Sutra is an accumulation of stories connected by the theme of love‚ the holy Narmada River and the narrators inability to comprehend various stories involving the human heart—which are provided by the quick encounters of different characters throughout the novel. By the end of the book the narrator comes to an increasingly better understanding about the spiritual
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The Platform Sutra August 29‚ 2012 The Platform Sutra When considering the Platform Sutra‚ the idea of the Middle Way in understanding the interplay between understanding and insight‚ meditation and wisdom‚ is key. “If there is a lamp there is light; if there is no lamp there is no light. The lamp is the substance of light; the light is the function of the lamp. Thus‚ although they have two names‚ in substance there are not two. Meditation and wisdom are also like this.” (Yampolsky‚ 1967
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Michelle Vernon The Creative Process Ms. Vance September 16‚ 2013 A River Sutra In what ways is our narrator’s life and experiment now the Creative Process? The narrator exemplifies the creative process in many ways throughout the book‚ including his management of the Narmada guesthouse. In his venture out of the urbanized life of a bureaucrat to a vanaprasthi manager a rest house near the Narmada River‚ our narrator encounters people that deepen his understanding of the world around him
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In Hindu meditation texts‚ Vairagya‚ translated as “non-attachment”‚ is weaved throughout scriptures and sutras with both substantial gravitas and significance. To define non-attachment is no facile task‚ for there exists numerous components of its practice. As a yogic practice‚ non-attachment applies over myriad manifestations of nature. However‚ to grasp the role non-attachment plays in yoga‚ one must examine its qualities and obstacles. Why must one practice non-attachment? Understanding these
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Helena Pham-Ly Dr. Orr Philosophy of Yoga 290 Yoga Path: Bhakti Yoga The yoga path I chose is Bhakti Yoga‚ which translates to the yoga of devotion‚ yoga of love‚ surrender‚ or religion. I also feel that religion is an expression of Bhakti Yoga on a more social level. Bhakti Yoga could be something very personal. It is also one’s natural state because one’s natural state is the state of love‚ a state where one’s heart is overflowing with love for God. I understand that God does not mean some
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expectations were to learn the basic poses of yoga. I came into this class thinking it would be an easy and relaxing class that would be a nice break from my stressful business and capstone classes. I thought we would be learning all of the poses I’ve heard so much about from friends who take yoga classes regularly. I expected to gain strength and learn how to become more flexible as the class went on. I was expecting to only do the poses and participate in yoga through the class and not have the opportunity
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Y OG A VA SISHTA SARA (THE ESSENCE OF YOGA VASISHTA) An English Translation from the Sanskrit Original Sri Ramanasramam Tiruvannamalai 606 603 2005 © Sri Ramanasramam Tiruvannamalai First Edition : Second Edition: Third Edition : Fourth Edition : 1973 1985 1994 2005 — 1000 copies — 1000 copies — 1000 copies — 1000 copies CC No. 1084 ISBN: 81-88018-45-7 Price: Rs. Published by V.S. Ramanan President Sri Ramanasramam Tiruvannamalai 606 603 Tamil Nadu INDIA
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ethical text of ancient India. As an episode in India’s great epic‚ the Mahabharata‚ The Bhagavad Gita now ranks as one of the three principal texts that define and capture the essence of Hinduism; the other two being the Upanishads and the Brahma Sutras. Though this work contains much theology‚ its kernel is ethical and its teaching is set in the context of an ethical problem. The teaching of The Bhagavad Gita is summed up in the maxim "your business is with the deed and not with the result." When
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