Tuesday Yoga Giveaway: 8 Limbs Yoga Shirts
Question: Aside from asana, what other branches of yoga do you practice?
There’s more than the physical side to yoga; asana is one of 8 branches that make up the tree of yoga. The whole practice includes:
- YAMAS — Moral disciplines /Outer Practices towards others the 5 restraining practices of the Yamas are Aparigraha (non-greed), Asteya (non-stealing), Ahimsa (non-violence) Brahmacharya (strength of will and sexual virtue), Satya (truth)
- NIYAMAS — Moral disciplines /Inner Practice towards self the 5 inner practices of the Niyamas are Samtosha (contentment), Tapas (heat, perseverance), Saucha (cleanliness), Svadhyaya (self-study), Ishvara Pranidhana (surrender)
- ASANA — physical postures
- PRANAYAMA — breath control
- PRATYAHARA — withdrawal of the senses
- DHARANA — concentration on one point
- DHYANA — meditation, sitting in stillness
- SAMADHI — super-consciousness, enlightenment
So we were stoked to see a clothing line that recognizes this. 8 Limbs Yoga Shirts
Denise Richards: Living It Up on Her down Time
Denise Richards, a single mother to three young girls, spoke of the delicate balance between work and parenting—she should have also added her ageless beauty tips to the mix for women viewers to delve into. Though she did not share her beauty secret, she did give insight as to how to keep your cool, as a parent, when the pressure is turned up.
You have to take the pressure off yourself. If you try to make everything perfectly balanced, that can create guilt. When Im working, things give at home and when Im at home, things give at work, Denise shared with Women’s Wear Daily.
Life is not all about work for Denise. On
Screening For Diabetes Using Blood From Periodontal Disease
Oral blood samples drawn from deep pockets of periodontal inflammation can be used to measure hemoglobin A1c, an important gauge of a patient’s diabetes status, an NYU nursing-dental research team has found. Hemoglobin A1c blood glucose measures from oral blood compare well to those from finger-stick blood, the researchers say. The findings are from a study funded by an NYU CTSI (Clinical and Translational Science Institute) grant awarded to the research team last year. Hemoglobin A1c is widely used to test for diabetes. According to guidelines established by the American Diabetes Association, an A1c reading of 6.5 or more indicates a value in the diabetes range. Read full post…
Medicare puzzle: Big rise in artificial feet costs
WASHINGTON What’s wrong with this picture? Medicare’s bill for artificial feet rose nearly 60 percent in recent years, although foot and leg amputations due to diabetes continued a dramatic decline.
Medicare paid $94 million for artificial feet in 2010, according to research conducted for The Associated Press. That was nearly $35 million more than in 2005, even though in 2010, Medicare covered about 1,900 fewer such prostheses.
Artificial feet represent a tiny slice of the $550 billion program that covers health care for 49 million older and disabled people.
Getting caffeine fix as easy as taking deep breath
The product, called AeroShot, went on the market late last month in Massachusetts and New York, and is also available in France. A single unit costs $2.99 at convenience, mom-and-pop and online stores.
Biomedical engineering professor David Edwards said AeroShot is safe and does not contain common additives, like taurine, used to amplify the caffeine effect in common energy drinks. Each grey-and-yellow plastic canister contains 100 milligrams of caffeine powder, about the amount in a large cup of coffee, plus B vitamins.
But Democratic US Senator Charles Schumer of New York wants the US Food and Drug Administration to review AeroShot, saying he fears it will be used as a club drug so that young people can drink until they drop.