Yoga for Shy people

Most people are unaware that the balancing poses in yoga are used therapeutically to help overcome extreme shyness and social phobia.

In fact, they are also recommended for other related issues such as stuttering, anxiety, neuroses and hyperactivity amongst children.

Those suffering from anger issues and stress can greatly benefit from these poses.

What is even better is that there is a scientific basis for all of this. The part of the brain called the cerebellum (also referred to as the `little brain') is involved in maintaining our physical balance. It was recently established that the cerebellum also has much to do with an individual's social balance -- it plays an active role in the expression of our social selves.

Sensory functions that we take for granted are the work of the cerebellum. Some of the functions are:

# Co-ordinating floods of sensory data and interpreting them accurately.
# The ability to pay attention and focus on a particular task at hand.
# A prominent say in cognitive ability (problem-solving skills).

Recent research also shows that chemical imbalances in the cerebellum could well be linked to social problems we face, such as an inability to maintain a meaningful conversation, or failure at sustaining relationships with others.

Importantly, since balancing poses also require you to work out both sides of your body equally, they harmonise the left and right hemispheres of our brain. These represent the logical and the creative sides of our personality respectively.

When these two sides are in harmony, we are able to see the holistic picture. This, in turn, defines and strengthens our psycho-socio profiles.

Points to note:

Balancing poses may be tough to practice at first. Take some support, from say a wall or strong furniture, to give yourself confidence. Slowly increase stamina so you are able to hold each pose for longer periods of time -- from 15 seconds to one minute, for more impact.

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Golden Silence

Arnav enters the classroom, 

sits down, doesn’t say anything. 

He looks at everyone, everyone looks at him. 

At first, there are a few giggles, 

but Arnav only shrugs, 

and eventually a deep silence falls 

and everyone begins noticing the smallest sounds, 

the planes zooming in 

the corner of the room, 

the nasal breathing of 

one of the students. 

Some are agitated. 

When is he going to say something? 

everyone squirms, checks  watches. 

A few students look out the window, 

trying to be above it all. 

This goes on for a good fifteen minutes, 

before Arnav breaks in with a whisper. 

‘What’s happening here?’ he asks. 

And slowly a discussion begins — 

as Arnav has wanted all along — 

about the effect of 

silence on human relations. 

Why are we embarrassed by silence? 

What comfort do we find in all the noise? 

SRK : i love you!

Only We Are Responsible For Raping Our Great Country

Do you have 10 minutes?  Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.

YOU say that our government is inefficient.

YOU say that our laws are too old.

YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.

YOU say that the phones don’t work, the railways are a joke, the airline is the worst in the world,

mails never reach their destination.

YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is in the absolute pits.

YOU say, say and say.

What do YOU do about it?

Take a person on his way to Singapore. 

YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best.

In Singapore YOU don’t throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores.

YOU are as proud of their Underground Links as they are.

In Singapore YOU don’t say anything, DO YOU? 

YOU wouldn’t dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai.

YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London

 YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, “Jaanta hai sale main kaun hoon. Take your two bucks and get lost.” 

YOU wouldn’t chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand. 

Why don’t YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo?

Why don’t YOU buy fake certificates in Boston? 

We are still talking of the same YOU. 

YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground.

 If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the

same here in India?

 

In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job.

Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do that here?

We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. 

We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us

whilst our contribution is totally negative.

We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin.

We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the

proper use of bathrooms.

We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but

we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity.

When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women,

dowry, girl child and others, we make loud drawing room Protestations and

continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? “It’s the whole system which

has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons’ rights to a dowry.”

 So who’s going to change the system?

What does a system consist of?

Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbors, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. 

But definitely not me and YOU. 

When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and

wait for a Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep

of his hand or we leave the country and run away.

Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory

and praise their system. 

When New York becomes insecure we run to England.

When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the

Gulf. 

When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home

by the Indian government. 

Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country.

 

“ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO

MAKE INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE

TODAY”

 

ELECTRONIC CITY IN BANGALORE AS PLANNED FOR 2015

SILICON VALLEY, CA