Modern Yoga has taken on a new connotation devoid of any spiritualist with the asanas or postures of hatha yoga included in fitness regimen. This has essentially led to many self designed types of yoga and is a lucrative business. Yoga essentially means enlightenment and is central to Hinduism and offshoots of Hinduism. Modern Yoga practice has inherited a few elements from this ancient tradition. Breathing exercise (pranayama) and meditation is the most popular of these. Yoga has a unique ability to relax a person and this is adopted by persons who do not look for enlightenment but for its utility to health of mind and body

The goals of Yoga are expressed differently by different traditions. The goals of modernism are relaxation and distressing of a person. With this in mind we have a number of tailored programs Yoga for beginners, Yoga for Women , Yoga for Children , Yoga for heart, etc. are the advertisements you would see to entice people to join a yoga fitness center. The common form of Yoga is the practice of concentration. The focus of meditation is different from school to school. Heart (anahata), or third eye (aina) are major points of focus, meditation on peace or Deities is another form. Hatha yoga was invented as purification so that meditation can be done with ease.

Physical purification, Moral Discipline, and meditation are the basics of yoga. There is a far wider reality which often gets forgotten in modern fitness practices. It is sorry to see that instead of holism practiced another view of yoga is propagated. Blinding the horse to see only in one direction is what the market forces have done to Yoga. Enlightenment is left far behind in our globalization and commercialization. Hatha yoga is only viewed for its health benefits and not for its enlightenment.

Health Benefits

â?¢ It is believed to calm the nervous system.

â?¢ It helps to balance the body, mind, and spirit

â?¢ It follows the same principles as life energy and helps prevents specific diseases.

â?¢ It is used to reduce blood pressure and stress

â?¢ It improves sleep, coordination, flexibility, concentration and digestion.

â?¢ Alternative remedies suggest it as a therapy for cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, asthma and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

â?¢ It is helps in treatment of spinal problems and chronic back pain.

Yoga as a healing alternative is now the most popular form and very few look towards yoga as a means toward enlightenment.

Do you ever wonder why you have certain strong dislikes, or why you might have strange aversions to things that other people find totally normal? Do you find yourself having powerful reactions to things that make no sense at all? Perhaps you could benefit from past life regression?

In some philosophies, it would be said that you are reacting naturally to experiences you have had, even if you have had them in a different lifetime! To further understand this phenomenon, past regression therapy can be a tool that is extremely enlightening.

There are many people all over the world who believe that the life you are living now is not your first one nor will it be your last one. Everyone has had at least one past life. There are two schools of thought with reincarnation… one is that we reincarnate until our souls are ready to move on to another level of enlightenment, or that reincarnation is a random occurrence.

However, most schools of thought on the subject belief that sometimes, traces, and memories can be retained from one life to the next and this is where past regression therapy comes into play.

Typically, past regression therapy is supervised by a trained hypnotist. The client is relaxed into a mental state that lets them access their subconscious mind. The hypnotist then asks questions that may lead the client into a past lifetime that has bearing on their current one.

In this format, many people can recall facts and histories that they have never lived through. In some cases, they can recall things that they have done and things that have happened to them.

Think about the fact that psychotherapy has to do with the things that you have done and experienced and how they affect you to this day. When you are looking at past regression therapy, you are essentially doing the same thing, only with things that have not happened in this lifetime!

Traumatic or troubling events from a past life may have left their marks in the mind. Some people just experience echoes of the past when they experience something that triggers them.

There are many who believe that they are reborn with the same group of souls repeatedly. These souls form your family or friends life after life. Having a very strong affinity for someone or being repelled by someone very strongly for no reason may be traced to relationships in past lifetimes.

What can you get from looking at past regression therapy? In the first place, it is always interesting and useful to know about the things that make us the people that we are. The more we know about ourselves, the better we get at navigating the world. Similarly, it has also been known to help people who have unexplained phobias or recurring issues in their lives, and it can help them put those issues to bed once and for all!

If past regression therapy piques your interest, there are many hypnotists who can help you explore. You can take a look at many online resources that can help you learn more about it. Take the time to understand reincarnation and what may make it important to you.

Our history all over the world is riddled with stories of clairvoyants. You will see examples of their acceptance, rejection, and sometimes even execution in so many different places. The reason that these things were rejected in the past was mainly a massive show of ignorance. There is no reason to fear those who have been given the gift, and they can simply see beyond what a normal person can see. A clairvoyant can see past, present and future, though no matter what type of valuable information these people can provide, they have still experienced intense jealous and fear directed at them.

Those who have these abilities, known as a clairvoyant, also have the ability to move past their own five senses and see the things that others only dream of seeing. This is a sort of second sight, or the capability to witness events before they actually occur. The things they see are not within the confines of our world, and because of that people who have the ability can also look into the past, an ability known as retro-cognition.

Clairvoyance has long been included in human history. It is not uncommon these days for psychics to give readings to individuals to help them solve some of life’s problems or to determine the right career path, or to find their one true love. Fortunately, there is no longer the inclination to be fearful or jealous of individuals with clairvoyant powers. Everyone has the ability at birth to become clairvoyant, but they must be willing to develop the powers they possess.

So are you ready to start? The first thing that you will need to do is clear your mind. Clearing your mind simply involves meditating and getting rid of those negative energies which blind you to the truth of the world.

With regular meditation you’ll be able to reach those powers that are buried deep inside you and make sue of them. Ridding yourself of the negative energies and allowing positive in will help you greatly in your quest for enlightenment and clairvoyant abilities. When you are able to cast off the stress that ties you down, you will find that you are capable of just about anything.

Meditation is something which needs to occur on a daily basis, and you need to make sure that you are doing it for enough time. Generally half an hour is enough time and you also need to ensure that you’re meditating in a very quiet place. You need to make sure that you aren’t going to be interrupted in any way, and you may even choose to do it outside in nature so that the nature around you can take away the negative energies and bring you more in tune with the natural vibrations which occur in the world every day.

Take deep breaths when meditating to realease any negative energies. This will help you to become more aware of natural vibrations happening in the world. This is a skill which allows those with clairvoyant powers to see and feel events which have not yet happened.

Another thing that you can do to enhance your experience is to try and see through the eyes of a child. Children have not been taught to deny things that seem illogical and therefore their minds are more open. Try to cast off the doubts that have been ingrained in you, and believe in the unbelievable.

To have a greater command of this more powerful energy that you have unlocked, you could buy yourself a deck of tarot cards. This will help you to concentrate and develop your powers even further while learning to control them.

There is also the option to provide free clairvoyant readings. This will help you to see the auras which surround all individuals and will help you to better understand their lives. When your senses develop you may even be able to see into their pasts.

One area of clairvoyance that is rarely talked about is the ability to speak with the dead. In order to develop this area a person has to be able to let go of any fear of interacting with or seeing spirits. It might feel odd or even scary to speak with the dead, but there will be no risk of injury or harm coming to you. If you are able to communicate with those that have passed your clairvoyant powers have developed fully to the point of seeing and hearing those things that are closed to people without these senses.

As you begin to travel along this path you will begin to see that everyone has the ability to be clairvoyant. It just takes some effort to develop the skills. As you begin to dig deep into your internal system you will begin to change not only your life, but that of others as your clairvoyant powers develop.

As a person who has tried a few different meditation practices I do have an opinion about meditation. There are even scientific studies that show the benefits of meditation such as stress reduction.

Taking that into account, I would venture to say that there may be other aspects of the health benefits of meditation that have not been studied well yet. Let us put the science aside for a minute and move into the realm of subjective experience.

My personal experience tells me that not all meditation practices are equal. I will not discuss the names of different practices that I have tried in this article.

People try meditation for different reasons. Some have heard of the health benefits. Others are seeking a new spiritual dimension to their lives. Therefore they enter various practices of meditation from different angles and experiences.

Now, this of course means the ‘end goal’ of meditation is different too. This leads to the next natural question – what is the purpose of meditation? Is it simply stress relief or does it have something to do with enlightenment and greater wisdom? Who can answer this question?

As human beings we do not understand what enlightenment is except perhaps in some abstract sense. Without truly understanding what it is, how do we make a decision about whether we want it or not? A bit of a dilemma?

Therefore it makes sense to learn about meditation and what its real purpose is. Once you do that, you will be able to make a choice about what you want out of meditation and then decide which meditation practice is best for you.

Visit FalunDafa.org to learn more about meditation today.

On a completey seperate topic, let us discuss gum disease for a moment.  Many people have it, even though they do not realize that they do.  As a result many people might benefit from a tool like the HydroFloss.

Not everyone needs the same solution however. Some suffer strictly from bad breath without any periodontal problems. This person might benefit from the therabreath product line. 

But I digress.  To learn more about meditation: FalunDafa.org is the site to visit…..

Author:  David S.