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BASIC RULES OF
YOGA
Practice yoga VERY REGULARLY.
The best time to practice yoga exercises is in the morning after clearing bowels
and bladder. Never do yoga on a full stomach. It will harm you.
NEVER stretch yourself beyond your body's natural limit at any given time. The
limit will stretch and extend as you practice regularly.
Women should not practice yoga during menses or pregnancy unless guided by an
experienced yoga teacher.
Always breathe through the nose, never through the mouth. Try to hold your
breath while the body is moving. Inhale or exhale when the body is still.
Keep a regular routine of sleep, work, recreation, and diet seven days a week.
Remember no animal other than Homo sapiens has a five-day-a-week
schedule. Wake up at the same time, eat at regular hours, and go to bed at the
same time all seven days a week.
Eat natural raw food or freshly cooked food made from scratch. Avoid reheated,
processed, or microwaved food. Once cooked or processed, food loses its
vitality very quickly. It then has less nutritive value and more waste that the
body cannot use but must process and get rid of. This is more work for the body
for little nutrition – not worth it!
Eat to live; do not live to eat. Don't eat until hungry; eat slowly; chew food
until a lot of saliva (which contains crucial enzymes that digest food) gets
mixed with it before gulping it. Most importantly, stop eating when the stomach
tells to stop. Overeating (even vegetarian food) is bad. Eat adequate amounts
of fresh fruit, nuts, dried fruits, and vegetables. Be moderate in dairy
products and stop meat completely.
For best results, practice don'ts and dos of the yoga way of life to the best of
your ability. The better you get at them, the better benefits you get out of
your practice. The don'ts: (a) harmlessness, kindness, non-violence, (b)
non-lying, truthfulness, honesty, integrity, (c) non-stealing, (d)
non-indulgence in sensual pleasures beyond need level, and (e)
non-possessiveness, non-hoarding, simplicity. The dos: (a) purity, external as
well as internal cleanliness, (b) contentment, not trying to catch up with the
Joneses, (c) austerity, practice, discipline (d) self-study, contemplation,
study of scriptures of your own faith, and (e) acceptance of destiny, surrender
to the higher will, not to get carried away in success or failure.
Stick this sheet on the refrigerator and read it often.
Some useful
links:
http://www.holistic-online.com/Yoga/hol_yoga_home.htm
www.yogaforbeginners.com
http://www.sivananda.org/teachings/asana/exercise.html
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