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Creating distance between you and your problems

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 Urbanatural

By P Vaidyanathan When we are faced with problems, our normal human tendency is to get seriously focussed and involved with the problem. We tend to continuously keep thinking about the problem and we cannot seem to get our mind away from the problem even for a short time. This, in turn, often triggers a whole lot of negative emotions in us, like anger, fear, grief, sorrow, irritation, frustration, helplessness, angst, and depression. And with these thoughts and emotions, we try to solve our problems, with varying effects. If someone is…

Eye Care: Vision Fitness Exercises for Specific Eye Parts

July 14, 2018 Urbanatural

Eye Anatomy – Vision-Fitness Exercise Cornea – Blinking every three seconds Iris muscles/Pupil – Using full-spectrum lighting; exposing Lens/Ciliary muscle – closed eyes to sunlight and blinking Retina/Fovea Eye – Breathing; zooming (near/far focusing) Muscles Overall – Non-staring; moving the eyes frequently Eye/mind relaxation – Eye-muscle stretching Overall eye fitness – Palming the eyes, Visualizing the parts of the eye while exercising Palming: Place palms over your eyes, making sure that no pressure is involved, so that all light is shut out from them. Then make a conscious effort to…

International Yoga Day 2018: Tips to stay healthy and top yoga for daily life

June 20, 2018 Urbanatural

International Yoga day is celebrated on June 21 every year. Started in 2015, this year it will be the 4th edition of the International Yoga Day. The Yoga day was first proposed by prime minister Narendra Modi on September 27, 2014 during his speech at UNGA. PM Modi had stated yoga as a valuable gift with lots of health benefits. Yoga is being promoted by many celebrities like Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Malaika Arora and Bipasha Basu, among others. Since 2015, the International Yoga Day is celebrated every year across the globe in…

Researchers have shown how yoga and meditation can have positive effects on stress resilience

May 18, 2018 Urbanatural

They also observed increases in the magnitude of the cortisol awakening response (CAR) which is part of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPA). Stress affects us all and it isn’t something we can entirely avoid. Researchers have shown how yoga and meditation can have positive effects on stress resilience. A research article investigates the effects of yoga and meditation on brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), the activity on the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) effects and inflammatory markers. By studying the participants of an intensive 3-month yoga and meditation retreat, the…

Meditate frequently and get to the root of all your discomfort in life

April 17, 2018 Urbanatural

By – Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj Most of us speak with words and listen to them, but what are words? They are sounds that convey ideas, right? For example, when someone says elephant, our mind might immediately conjure up an image of the animal that we have come to know as an elephant. However, to someone who does not speak English, the word will fail to bring any image to his/her mind. Hence while either speaking or listening, it is of no use to get lost in words themselves; instead, we…

World Health Day 2018: how creativity can help you deal with depression, stress and anxiety

April 7, 2018April 6, 2018 Urbanatural

Start these creative hobbies to improve your physical, mental and emotional health World Health Day is celebrated on April 7. This World Health Day 2018, let’s throw some light on stress, anxiety and depression affecting an individual’s physical, mental and emotional health. It begins a fight with ourselves each day while keeping up the pace to survive with growing expectations, technologies and cerebrally focused culture. Too much stress or anxiety caused by negative thoughts and emotions which surrounds us may often lead to depression. The best way to combat it is expressing it in different ways.…

Surgery, anaesthesia can affect memory: Study

March 6, 2018 Urbanatural

Memory became abnormal in 77 of 670 participants with initially normal memory comprising 18% of those who had had surgery. Memory became abnormal in 77 of 670 participants with initially normal memory comprising 18% of those who had had surgery. (Photo: Pixabay) Turns out, surgery and anaesthesia can slightly affect memory of patients. According to a new study, patients may score slightly lower on certain memory tests after having surgery and anaesthesia. In the study of 312 participants who had surgery and 652 participants who had not (with an average…

Creating positive attitude is key to success

March 3, 2018 Urbanatural

Success in examination depends on how students are writing examinations without stress. Success in examination depends on how students are writing examinations without stress. Success is not a matter of luck, but can be achieved through hard work. Success in examination depends on how students are writing examinations without stress. Success is not a matter of luck, but can be achieved through hard work. Parents and teachers need to create stress free ecosystem among the students. But as 10th and 12th Board examinations are either started or nearing, parents and…

DISCOVER THE HEALING POWER OF SLEEP

February 28, 2018 Urbanatural

Sleep Well, Heal Well Staying up late at night, fiddling with your phone, while scrolling through pages of your newsfeed? Does that sound like your daily night-time ritual? Are you a night owl who loves partying up till the wee hours of the night? You aren’t just robbing your body of rest. In fact, you’re hindering its ability to heal, repair and rejuvenate? Yes, sleep means much more to your body than just rest. Sleep isn’t like Parking your Car in the Garage for the Night For years, scientists and…

Yogasanas

February 1, 2018 Urbanatural

Yogasanas help exercise external as well as internal body parts. This helps with proper body functioning, thereby ensuring good physical health, as well as mental peace and calm.The various postures help correct our physiological and physical imbalances and help us tone our musculo-skeletal system. If practiced properly and regularly, yoga has an extremely rejuvenative and therapeutic effect on our body. If you are a beginner, you should always perform the yogasanas under the supervision of an expert trainer, who would advice you on which asanas are good for you keeping…