WELCOME to
the FEBRUARY 2012 AGELESS YOGA
NEWSLETTER
Just a reminder that classes start again from next
Monday, January 30th.
In this issue there's an article about
Yoga and Fibromyalgia, along with another "Pose in Focus",
lots more Health News and other interesting websites and more, so
please read on .....
After 15 flights in 41 days my wife, Melissa and I have
just returned from our trip to Thailand and Burma. If you'd like to
take a look at some of the travel photos click on the link below. (Click on
SLIDESHOW to view all pics).
Starting from January 30th the new
timetable below will apply.
Mondays 10.00 am
Spicer Uniting Church Hall 44A Fourth Ave St Peters
(map)
Mondays 7.30 pm
St Monica's School Hall 92 North East Rd
Walkerville opp. ABC (map)
Tuesdays 10.00 am
St Theodore's Anglican Church Hall 44 Prescott
Tce Toorak Gardens (map)
Tuesdays 7.30 pm
Thorndon
Park Primary School Stradbroke Rd Athelstone (opp. Newton
Sports Ground) (map)
Wednesdays 7.30 pm
St Monica's School Hall 92 North East Rd
Walkerville opp. ABC (map)
Thursdays 10.00 am
St Theodore's Anglican Church Hall 44 Prescott
Tce Toorak Gardens (map)
Chronic muscle ache condition eased through yoga
A new study has found that people who suffer the
condition that causes pain all through the body could relieve their
symptoms by practicing yoga. The condition called FM (Fibromyalgia) is a
chaos which causes fatigue and extensive musculoskeletal pain, which is
believed to affect millions of adults worldwide.
The sufferers struggle with muscles aching and medication therapies are
only thirty percent effectual in easing the symptoms of the condition. The
research team from Oregon Health & Science University investigated if
sufferers of FM practicing yoga along with their normal treatment showed
more improvement compared to control group of sufferers.
The research team carried out a study trail on women because eighty
percent of FM sufferers are women. In study trail twenty-five female
participants take part in Yoga Awareness program while twenty eight
received standard treatment. Pain, fatigue, emotional distress and sleep
disturbance were addressed to be tackled by yoga.
Each session of yoga program include gentle stretching postures, breathing
techniques and mindfulness meditation. Then both the groups were evaluated
for FM symptoms along with physical tests. The results showed that women
who followed yoga program showed far greater improvement in their symptoms
and moods.
Though yoga has been practiced for millennia, merely newly researchers
have commenced to show effects of yoga on people suffering importunate
pain. The results of the pilot study offer promising preliminary support
for the beneficial effects of yoga in patients with FM, explained study
leader Dr James Carson.
He added that the findings proposed that yoga intercession escorted to an
advantageous move in how sufferers cope with pain including larger use of
adaptive pain handling policies like positive reassessment, reported the
study published in the journal Pain.
1. From table
position, step the right foot between the hands, bringing the right knee
directly over the right ankle in a low lunge. The left knee and foot
rests on the floor.
2.
Bring the left elbow to the right knee and place the palms together in a
prayer position.
3. Use the arms
to press the right shoulder up and back, twisting the upper back. Look
straight ahead or up towards the ceiling. The palms are at the centre of
the chest and the fingers are pointing up towards the throat.
4. Breathe and
hold for 4-8 breaths.
5. To release:
exhale the arms back down to the floor in a low lunge position.
6. Repeat on
other side.
Benefits:
Half prayer twist opens the chest and hips, stretches
the back muscles, and nourishes and realigns the spine.
Contraindications:
Recent or chronic injury to the hips, knees, back or
shoulders.
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1. Slice calamari open
flat. Score insides in a diamond pattern. Cut into 3cm pieces.
2. Combine sauces, lime juice, ginger and coriander in a glass or
ceramic bowl. Whisk with a fork. Add calamari. Toss to coat. Cover.
Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
3. Remove calamari from marinade. Pour marinade into a saucepan. Bring
to the boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium. Simmer for 3 minutes.
4. Preheat barbecue plate on medium-high heat. Spray barbecue plate with
oil. Cook half the calamari, scored-side down, for 1 minute. Turn. Cook
for a further 1 minute or until tender. Remove to a plate. Repeat with
remaining calamari. Cook mango cheeks, flesh-side down, for 2 minutes or
until lightly charred. Using a large metal spoon, remove mango flesh
from skin. Cut into cubes.
5. Divide rocket between 4 serving plates. Top with calamari and mango.
Drizzle with warm marinade. Serve with lime wedges.
