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Friday, 18 January 2008

Yoga

Salaam Friends!

How have you been up to? This time I’m writing on Yoga as I have drwan benefits from it and want to enrich your knowledge on this subject, too. Adri, I agree with you that it’s good to keep oneself up in shape and proper health care is the best way to it. By the way, Ana Paula, has anyone said that you are putting on weight? You look absolutely in shape, believe my words.

Friends, has anyone noticed that someone has joined us as a commentator and seems to be a quite active commentator….hummm…any guesses friends? Yes, you guessed it right! It’s Jo! Dear Jo it was really good to see your comments and I had a big smile on my face when I read your comment to me and fellow bloggers. I hope you are not too much worried about your spare tyre. And how about your project? I wish you GOOD LUCK! I’m just looking forward to reading your next post.

Amy, best wishes to you and your family. Baby Oslo is very cute.

Before I start I would like to thank Marianna, oh dear you need not to worry about the comment if it’s not get posted because I know you never give a miss to read our posts and we are always in your thoughts, so no worries at all, kisses to you. Rose, Thank you so much for your comment I’m really glad to see you and hope to see more comments from you, lots of wishes and kisses to you. And yes, Rose do read today’s post. I’m missing some more friends too. Where have you been Tomo, Manas, Wisarat, Adek? And how are you Benka? Just don’t worry if your comment doesn’t get posted for I know you don’t give a miss to our posts, so be happy :-> Dear Anita, I enjoy reading your posts very much and they are informative too. Anita, can you post the links again as they haven’t appeared in your post, I’m afraid. James, I hope you are well and I would like to say that I found your posts very interesting, I did send you comments but they could not get posted. Leila, I hope you had a great time in Copenhagen.

Friends, since there’s so much to tell about yoga, so you will read a couple of posts on it.

This time let’s begin with “What is Yoga?

The word yoga comes from Sanskrit language which means union or merger. Yoga focuses on harmony between mind and body, and its ultimate aim is to strike a balance between mind and body. To achieve this, yoga uses movement, breath, posture, relaxation and meditation in order to establish a healthy, lively and balanced approach to life. It is considered to be the oldest physical discipline in existence. In the earlier times, yoga postures and breathing were practiced to bring stability and relaxation so practitioners could prepare for the rigors of meditation, sitting and alert for longer period of time. In the modern context it helps maintain a fine balance between work and healthy mind.

It’s been more than a year I have been practicing yoga since and I have found it very helpful with respect to health, beauty and strength. I will write more about the types, limbs, benefits and tips on yoga. So watch this space!

With best wishes

Naheed

Comments

Hi, Naheed! It's been a long time since I left my last comment on your blog. I'm glad to see you again! I'm happy to hear that you are fine because I sometimes watched on TV news about Pakistan. And thank you for remembering me. I was really happy when I found my name in your blog :-). Naheed, it's really interesting your blog about Yoga. I have never taken a lesson so I'm looking forward to hearing more from you. Take care.

Hi dear Naheed , What a good subject to speak . Like you i was really lucky to take some Yoga trainig class last year . It really creats balance in your life .But i 'm sorry it 's a while that i can't involve myself with Yoga . What a pity . I saw your new Photo and you look younger in this photo . keep going dear Naheed and send my hello to your family . bye

i think is very important to know that you can be more halthy and even more happy when you do yoga i started to looking after a good place i can lern this

Hello, (once more, and I hope it will be once and once… more) Naheed! The colour of the shirt you wear in the picture is my type of the colour. It is interesting how the members of our family know to catch us unawares without making us angry and we still look good in those pictures. It may be so ‘cause they know us well. I drew a conclusion, from your writings, that you are a spontaneous type of the girl and that you like that kind of the behaviour, where nothing is planned in advance but happens genuinely as it is in that moment. The only thing connected to Yoga that I practise is breathing. Could you tell more about it? I walk long distances when there is no rain or snow. During these walks I think about everything and that is my kind of meditation, then I put all my thoughts together and I feel better. Benka from Niš

Hi Naheed! Your description of yoga is very interesting. Are there any basic (beginner's) exercises you could describe? Maybe I can give it a try!

Hi Naheed Im waiting for your yoga techniquies:). Your english is getting improved day by day. Takecare and bye

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