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03-20-07, 12:33 PM | |
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Here's a link for a 15% off coupon for barnes and noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/thiswe....asp?pid=14876 I'll see if I can find any better ones-I swear, most weeks they email me ones for 20 or 25% off, but this weeks coupons are just for specific books, not general store coupons. Sherry |
03-20-07, 05:03 PM | |
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Oh - I can't pass this question up. This is an area of interest for me -I did a paper for my MEd on using yoga to promote stress reduction in teachers.
To add to what Michelle has said about forward bends activating the parasympathetic nervous system: In yoga terminology one would say that forward bends decrease the Prana (masculine, energizing, upward flowing energy) and increase the Apana (feminine, calming, downward flowing energy) which may be the same thing as the sympathetic vs. parasympathetic. If one is approching it from a western scientific mind, I think there are two crucial things that happen in forward bends that cause the parasympathetic to be activated. First, all vulnerable parts of the body are protected. When humans stood up on to two legs there was a trade off in that unlike other mammals, our "soft spots" (internal organs, throast, genitals) were well exposed to any predators. We compensated for this vulnerability in other ways, but there is still a primitive part of our brain that finds comfort in the closing and protection of these vulnerable bits. Second, and more importantly, for most people the breath naturally slows down in forward bends without any concious effort to do so - and the exhale becomes longer than the inhale which is a known key for activating the parasympathetic nervous system.
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forward bends, geri halliwell, insomnia, relaxation, sleep, yoga, yoga for sleep |
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