...love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38: This is the first and great commandment.

39: And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40: On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

A point worth mentioning: Love, peace, tolerance, forgiveness, equality, and inclusion, should be a part of every religious leader's daily life. If you find yourself in the midst of intolerance and hate, you may want to consider going to a religious center, which is more in line with your moral values.

On the other hand, if you suddenly find your yoga class has turned into a cult following, and it is leading you away from God, you should also consider changing your surroundings.

In our hearts, we feel right and wrong. In our minds, we know right from wrong. Anyone who teaches hate and intolerance is a danger to the rest of the world.

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So Should I Do Yoga?

...What was once ridiculed as a bizarre fad in health has been widely accepted as a way of life for many people. This fad however has been in practice for over 5, 000 years and is known as yoga.

yoga is the most popular and fast growing exercise trend of all. Over the last few years this form has really taken off and more and more people are choosing it among all other forms of exercise. yoga is healthy and it is fun. Your entire body will get a total workout for the body, mind and soul when you practice yoga everyday.

For an overview of what yoga is, the ...more

yoga: Three Reasons You Should Not Do yoga Posture - Downward-Facing Dog

...ck pain and eases stiff neck. It expands the chest, increases circulation, especially to the brain, and rejuvenates the whole body.

Holding this pose for a minute or longer will stimulate and restore energy levels when you are tired. Regular practice of this yoga posture will gently stimulate the nervous system, improving memory and concentration.

The Downward-Facing Dog yoga posture is highly to be praised for so many benefits. However, there are some health conditions where this posture should not be practiced.

Three important reasons (out of many) not to do Downward-Facing Dog:

1) Do not practice this yoga posture if you have Carpal tunnel syndrome; ...more

There's Help for Asthma in yoga

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In addition to these poses, let me briefly mention the Bellows breath exercise (a yoga breathing exercise) as this helps tremendously. As the name may suggest, it involves purposely pumping the stomach in an inward motion and exhaling through the nose simultaneously in controlled movements. This removes spasms and tones up the respiratory system significantly.

At this point, it must be mentioned that yoga does call for a healthy diet in its use and as a physical and spiritual system; it does call for a mostly vegetarian diet.

Friends, for asthma problems, you may want to strongly consider this as giving up all processed foods and animal products such as meat, milk, eggs and the like from your diet is a must and a fact that has been in effect in several programs aimed at correcting respiratory health such as the "Breath Retaining Program For Asthmatics" developed by the Russian, Dr. Buteyko. Within weeks of adhering to this advice, many a chronic asthmatic has been able to give up the use of ventolin inhalers.

So the next time asthma sends you to the doctor, you may do well to ask for a new prescription for asthma treatment-yoga. I believe it wont hurt and possibly could help you immensely.<...more