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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Four Benefits Of Yoga

Yoga is one of the best ways to keep yourself looking and feeling great. There are a number of Manhattan yoga centers available for you to take part in a yoga class. You can find personalized and attentive service, and even one on one sessions if you prefer. Manhattan yoga centers offer locations throughout the entire city, from Times Square to the SoHo District. No matter where you are in the city, yoga is just right around the corner!

People choose to participate in yoga for a variety of reasons. It is quick and fun to do, and can take as little as 5 to 10 minutes each day! While it is hard to sum up all of the benefits of yoga, here are the top 4 reasons Manhattan residents love to take yoga!

Yoga has a calming effect and help relieve stress. Yoga uses a special breathing technique that times breaths to flow smoothly. Smooth breathing leads to intense relaxation and improved stamina. As you continue to practice yoga breathing techniques, your mind and body will become more relaxed, offering less stress and an overall calmness. This alone is a reason for Manhattan residents to practice it!

You've probably heard someone mention yoga Manhattan is good for your health. It's not just talk. Studies have shown that yoga can offer a great deal of improvement to your health. Benefits of yoga include relief from lower back pain, lowering your blood pressure, regulating asthma, and even a great way to maintain a healthy weight. Those who practice yoga are also shown to have more energy.

Yoga can be a challenge, but it is also very rewarding and one of the best ways to exercise the body, without causing it added stress. Yoga Manhattan routines can improve your posture, tone your muscles, and help you shed excess weight, all with a few minutes of devotion each day. The weight is lost naturally which means a better looking body. You can also greatly improve your flexibility doing yoga! Yoga postures require using all parts of the body and stretching them, offering this great flexibility.

Another excellent benefit of yoga is what it can do for the mind. Yoga has many spiritual benefits, but that's not all. Practicing yoga can offer mental clarity and stability, and can help you to think clearer. Yoga has shown to improve serotonin levels in the brain, resulting in a decrease in depression.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Shocking Facts about Tobacco


World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed around the world every year on May 31. It is meant to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption across the globe. The day is further intended to draw global attention to the widespread prevalence of tobacco use and to negative health effects. The member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) created World No Tobacco Day in 1987.

Tobacco use is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced. Here are some of the shocking facts about Tobacco:

    * There are more than 1,000,000,000 (one billion) smokers in the world i.e. about 15% of World population.
    * Approximately 10,000,000 (10 million) cigarettes are purchased a minute which accounts to 15,000,000,000 (15 billion) cigarettes a day, which is 5,000,000,000,000 (5 trillion) cigarettes are produced and used every year.
    * Globally, use of tobacco products is increasing, although it is decreasing in high-income countries.
    * Almost half of the world's children breathe air polluted by tobacco smoke.
    * The epidemic is shifting to the developing world.
    * More than 80% of the world's smokers live in low- and middle-income countries.
    * Tobacco use kills 5,400,000 (5.4 million) people a year - an average of one person every six seconds - and accounts for one in 10 adult deaths worldwide.
    * Tobacco kills up to half of all users.
    * It is a risk factor for six of the eight leading causes of deaths in the world.
    * 100,000,000 (100 million) deaths were caused by tobacco in the 20th century. If current trends continue, there will be up to 1,000,000,000 (one billion) deaths in the 21st century.
    * Unchecked, tobacco-related deaths will increase to more than 8,000,000 (eight million) a year by 2030, and 80% of those deaths will occur in the developing world.

World Health Organization (WHO) Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2009.