How You Can Help Yourself to Better Health and Happiness with Yoga

Do you frequently wish you could feel better?

Do you wish you had more energy? Are you tired of being tired?

Do you wonder if you will ever win the battle to control your weight? Alcohol? Cigarettes? Drugs? Prescription as well as recreational.

Would you like some simple, easy-to-follow plan of diet and nutrition?

Do you wonder if there is such a thing as vibrant health? An enjoyable exercise program? For someone your age?

Have you at times wondered if there were methods of tension-control that someone like yourself could learn?

Would you like to be free of backache, headache, neck ache, stiffness, muscle and joint pain? Do you long for a restful sleep?

Are you curious about meditation? Are you wondering if it is true that meditation can help you lower blood pressure and cholesterol, heal heart disease and cancer, improve your memory and intuition, expand your consciousness, and help you understand the meaning of life and the existence of God within? Do you need a Guru, or is meditation something you can learn on your own? Do you long for peace of mind?

Welcome to the Science of Yoga

My purpose of writing this blog is to share with you what I have learned about healing, improving, and maintaining health and well-being in over forty years as a student, teacher, and therapist of the Science of Yoga. Using these ideas will enable you to help yourself to better health and happier living. Here you will find workable health tools that will serve you regardless of your present condition or past training and experiences. Since these articles will be in a Question and Answer format, I will begin with a frequently asked question.

An Ideal, Easy-to-Follow Diet

Q. Some time ago I realized the importance of good nutrition for bettering my health and I began reading health books in an attempt to find the diet right for me. The more I read, the more confused I became. Even the experts don’t agree. Can you recommend some simple method for choosing my diet?

Have the better part of your diet consist of fresh, raw, fruits and vegetables with some lightly-steamed vegetables. These are the foods that put the least strain on your digestive system, leave the least toxins in your body, and have the greatest cleansing effect. Also, they are rich in minerals, vitamins, and enzymes. Additionally, they tend to have a more positive effect on your mind, causing neither agitation nor lethargy, as do some other foods. For all of these reasons, you would be better off choosing organic foods when available.

Using fruits and vegetables as the base, you would then add natural whole grains, and non-meat proteins, such as eggs, milk, cheese, nuts, seeds, beans, peas, and avocados. Meat is not recommended because, although it contains high quality protein, meat will leave many toxins in your body and may cause deposits to form in your arteries, joints, and muscles.

Q. You recommed a diet high in raw fruits and vegetables. If I eat more than just a small salad, I get excessive gas. Certain foods, like cabbage, I haven’t been able to eat in years. How can I possibly follow this diet?

Just do the best you can. If you have been used to eating mostly cooked vegetables, your stomach may have difficulty handling much raw vegetables. Try to increase the amount gradually. The food you eat must also be food that your body can handle. From among the most nutritious foods, select the best food for you. Then stick to that diet.

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