Fitness

Quit cigarettes, keep excess pounds at bay

You don’t need to hang on to a cigarette to keep your weight in check. Read on to see how you can look slim without lighting up.
It’s a common sight to see models and young girls smoking in order to remain slim. Unfortunately after a few years, they can’t quit smoking even if they want [...]


Yoga – Yoga Asanas – Yoga Exercises

Yoga stretches and tones the body, improving the functioning of muscles and joints. The spine becomes more flexible and the exercises also work on the internal organs, the glands and the nerves. Yoga has been practised in India for thousands of years and is the worlds most ancient system of personal development. The word ‘yoga‘ [...]


The Sun Salutation, Suryanamaskara, Yoga Asanas Exercises

Sun Salutation – This series of 12 yoga asanas is traditionally performed at dawn, as a greeting to the sun. It forms a gentle warming up exercise from which you can go on to other yoga asanas. Alternatively, you can practise the cycle several times a day, to stretch the muscles and bring flexibility to [...]


Anger is destructive, control it with yoga

The human body undergoes a lot of changes when you are angry. Blood flows in to the hands, driving you to grab any weapon or nearby object, your heartbeat increases and there is an adrenaline rush. This stage is called fight or flight response, which is triggered by the sympathetic nervous system, which is a [...]


Exercise – Dancing for Life and Fitness

Dance is a whole-body exercise that can be as vigorous or gentle as you wish and is as good for the mind as it is for the body. If you would like to begin dancing investigate some kinds of dance that you have never seen of tried. Try a course through the local recreation agency; [...]


Fitness Excerise and Workout for Woman

The point of exercising is to keep the body in good working order so that it will remain fit and last longer. Fitness exercise keeps the muscles firm and strong and makes the heart pump blood more efficiently round the body. The lungs expand fully, drawing in more oxygen. The arteries are enlarged and strengthened. [...]