Half Moon Pose For Beginners

New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANSlife) As much as the sun is fiery and all about passion and high-octane energy, the moon on the opposite side is cooling, calming, and very creative in nature. Ardha Chandrasana as the name says particularly this posture brings serenity, and tranquility to the moon. It brings the shine and hue of light from within. Lunar energy helps you develop empathy, compassion, creativity, and connect with hearts. Talents are the sign of representation of moon subtleties and grace. The push and pulls of life stretch people to sit for late hours at work, till the sun rises. Long hours of sitting continuously lead to tight gluteus, quads, and hamstrings muscles. Ardha Chandrasana also known as Half Moon pose is a perfect posture for those. Because every asana is about geometry, our inner geometry corresponds to the geometry of the outside world, the Universe. This must also be flawless in terms of symmetry. So, when it comes to angles, make sure that you have deep relaxation in your body and mind and achieve the appropriate posture with the right alignment of your palms to shoulders and hands above, the leg that is down absolutely stable and deeply anchored for you to get anchored in your own self as well. The beauty of Ardha Chandrasana is the combination of being anchored and soaring in this posture. It's standing and a challenging posture. Like the moon goes through phases to reach the full moon. To achieve the perfect posture we also need to practice preparatory postures. Make sure your sensibilities, your senses, and your awareness are all conjured up together, and with absolute grace and softness of being you hold this posture and don't use aggression anywhere, because aggression doesn't allow you to balance, it will tip the balance. It may also cause injuries. So, one needs to warm up well before getting into the actual pose. You can do compound movements or any individual muscle group movements for warm-ups with gentle breath in and out, stretching every body part, especially your shoulders, back, lower back, gluteus, and hamstrings which are going to play in this posture. How to Do: Stand with Legs apart, Bend in Trikonasana, Breathe in slowly raise your leg up and try to balance on one foot and one arm. Try holding as much as comfortable. Repeat on another side. Focusing your attention on the upward movement of the hand and the alignment, being perpendicular to the ground is so important that leads to stability of the mind which we call "Sthirtha" in Yoga. The Benefits: Strengthening Core Muscles: Strengthening your core muscles translates into strengthening confidence. Improves Body Balance: Practicing it on both sides keeps you well co-ordinate and deeply anchored into your being and mentally stable. Ardha Chandrasana in particular also helps you to bring equanimity to the fore, calmness, and serenity, once again Chandra representing the moon is all about coolness being collected, getting integrated, and balanced. Strengthens Your Legs: When you strengthen your legs, it helps to maintain your energy throughout the day precisive with clarity. Good Body Stretch: Stretching on other hand expands spaces on your own being and helps you move your fluids and air-ether element better. When an air-ether element is stable your movement and mental state also become stable. Cellular Regeneration: When done together, all kinds of stretches and bends contract most of our toxins in organs. When we stretch fresh nutrients and oxygen-laden blood gets into our organs. So, rejuvenating our organs and cellular regeneration is very good. Holding postures for an extended time helps us improve concentration, focus, determination, and Sankalp. With Sankalp, we can achieve anything. All Yoga postures translate into a stable, strong, confident personality. People who master Ardha Chandrasana are disciplined, they are very focused, determined, and most important they are visionary people. (Dr. Mickey Mehta is a Global leading holistic health guru/corporate life) Read more►5 Healthy Ingredients for Fitness Enthusiasts

Want to maintain good health and keep diseases at bay? Cutting your waistline to less than half of your height could be key instead of just measuring body mass index (BMI), according to UK health experts. The high build-up of fat around the waist, called "central adiposity", is a major cause for increasing the risk of Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke. Measuring waist-to-height ratio instead of just BMI can be more useful as BMI does not take into account excess weight around the abdomen. They are also not accurate in people with a BMI over 35, pregnant women or children under two, BBC reported. For example, if you're 5ft 9 inches tall, then your waist measurement should be less than 87.5cm (34 inches) - or half your height, according to new draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The guidance stated that Asians and some ethnic groups are more prone to central adiposity. The recommendation suggests these people make use of lower BMI thresholds for obesity to help predict their specific health risks. "Explain to people that to measure their waist, they should find the bottom of their ribs and the top of their hips, wrap a tape measure around the waist midway between these points and breathe out naturally before taking the measurement," said NICE the guidelines. While some experts feel trying "new ways" to get people to think about their health is not harmful, others said that measuring the waistline doesn't work for people who are very short or older people over 60 who may have lost height with ageing. But Professor Rachel Batterham, consultant in obesity, diabetes and endocrinology, diagrees, the report said. "Waist-to-height ratio is a simple, easy-to-use measure that identifies people who are at increased health risk and would benefit from weight management support to improve their health," Batterham was quoted as saying. "Increased fat in the abdomen increases a person's risk of developing several life-limiting diseases including type 2 diabetes and heart disease," she added. The updated guidelines noted that doctors should also consider using waist-to-height ratio in children and young people aged over five to assess and predict health risks. Healthcare professionals and the public can comment on the proposed recommendations in the guidelines before they are published in May, the report said. (agency) Read More► Increased Blood Fat Levels More Harmful Than Thought Earlier: Study

While the situation forced even Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to cancel her visit there, it didn't deter a group of doctors and their supporting staff from discharging their duties.Three doctors and four supporting staff, including two nurses, swam nearly half-a-kilometre to reach the general hospital in Udaynarayanpur on Wednesday to operate upon a patient who was in a serious condition. Tarak Das, who operated upon the patient, said, "The patient was bleeding from the uterus and needed urgent operation. We had no other alternative but to swim to reach the hospital.""There were other problems as well. The current was high and we are not good swimmers, so naturally we had to be very cautious while moving through the water. Two girls got drowned in the water a couple of days ago. There was also the fear of snake bite as most of the areas were under water, increasing the possibility of poisonous snakes lurking around," said one of the doctors.According to hospital sources, 48-year-old Dipali Malik was admitted there on Monday evening when she was bleeding profusely. "His family members informed us that she was bleeding for the last one month. Initially, we thought it to be an internal wound and started treatment accordingly. But when her test reports came, we found that there was a huge tumour inside her uterus which was causing all the problems," said another doctor from the team.On Wednesday, the tumour wighing nearly 500 gm was surgically removed from the uterus after an hour-long surgery. Apart from the three doctors -- surgeons Tarak Das, Prabhas Das and anaesthetist Ashok Khara -- two nurses and other support staff were also present in the operation theatre, all of whom had to brave the current to shoulder the responsibility of saving a life."The procedure is called hysterectomy, where the uterus is removed through an operation. As a result of the operation, the patient cannot conceive. However, in this case, the patient had already reached the menopause cycle, so the question of conceiving didn't arise," Tarak Das said.When asked if the team received any accolades for its deed, Tarak Das said, "I have been working in government facilities for the last 20 years and I have never worked for any kind of award of accolade. I am happy that the patient is well and safe. We are taking care to ensure that she doesn't develop any infection. Once she goes back home safely, that will be our biggest award."--IANS<br>sbg/arm

Berlin, July 29 (IANS) Despite a recent slowdown in Germany's Covid-19 vaccination campaign, more than half of the country's population are now fully vaccinated, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said on Wednesday.German Minister of Health Jens Spahn spoke of "another milestone" via Twitter. "The more people who get vaccinated now, the safer we will be in autumn and winter," he wrote, Xinhua news agency reported.In the past calendar week, nearly 3.2 million vaccine doses were administered in Germany, approximately 22 percent fewer than a week earlier, the RKI said.Germany's seven-day incidence rate of new Covid-19 infections per 100,000 inhabitants has more than tripled since early July and reached 15.0 on Wednesday, up from 14.5 the previous day, according to the RKI.In order to counter the rising Covid-19 figures and the simultaneous slowing of the vaccination pace, the head of the German Chancellery, Helge Braun, has suggested that those who fail to get their coronavirus vaccine should enjoy fewer freedoms. He said that unvaccinated people may find themselves being denied entry to restaurants, bars, cinemas or sporting events "because the risk to everyone else is too high."To date, more than 3.76 million Covid-19 infections and 91,586 coronavirus-related deaths have been registered in Germany, the RKI said. --IANSint/pgh