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06-Feb-2011
Live Long and Prosper
Overcoming Your Heredity
Many current studies confirm that you do not have to suffer from the same illnesses as your parents and grandparents. The most common diseases people die from are cancer, heart disease, diabetes and respiratory conditions. Records from the Seventh Day Adventists reveal that individuals who avoid alcohol, cigarettes and meat live longer despite their family histories. On the other hand, the Journal of Genealogy notes that obesity, poor nutritional habits, smoking, lack of exercise and excessive alcohol consumption send people down a path toward premature death despite “good” genes or long-lived parents or grandparents.
Generally speaking you can “overcome” certain genetic predispositions by eating well, moving well and thinking well. You don't have to be perfect— if you exercise, enjoy a healthy diet and cultivate a positive attitude (including meditation and yoga), chances are you'll overcome many of your genetic tendencies. It pays to live a healthy lifestyle, no matter what your DNA says. You just might help the next generation live longer too!
Recommended Read: The Roadmap to 100: The Breakthrough Science of Living a Long and Healthy Life
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D All You Can D
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Ever notice that when people who live in equatorial climates dress up nicely, they usually wear white?
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The Wind and the Waters
Falling for Negative Ions
There is one luxury even the most severe ascetic yogi won’t pass up. A waterfall isn’t just beautiful.
29-Jun-2010
Doing What Mat-ters
Purification at All Levels - A Dedicated Email
Sauca --one of five “niyams,” or yogic rules, pertains to purification of your body temple. . .
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18-Apr-2010
Let Your Lotus Blossom
Seeing the Third Eye
Many of the esoteric traditions refer to “the third eye” as the seat of all knowledge.
08-Apr-2010
Lead with the Heart
Aligning Anahat
In every yoga pose, when there is a bend at the hips, the instruction is to “lead with the heart.”
25-Mar-2010
Boredom Cure
Work as Worship
Time is elastic. It contorts itself to perceptions. Sometimes it flies by; sometimes it will never get to 5 o’clock.
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15-Jul-2010
Be a Superhero
Reveal Your Secret Identity
These days, it’s really hard to keep secrets. Whether it’s the UN, the CIA, or a big bank, someone is letting it slip.
01-Jul-2010
Seva Me
How Giving Comes Around
From the time you were a child, you've been told that volunteering is good for you. And it’s true . . .
17-Jun-2010
Compassion in Action
Kindness, the Key to the Kingdom
Gandhi said it. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said it. The Dalai Lama says it today. Though they use different words . . .
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