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Injury Can Stall Your Workouts

Featured by Ab-Sutra Wellness and Fitness, posted in Injuries

It seems that lately a push is being promoted for individuals to get more exercise. This is fine, but what about those individuals who may be dealing with injuries of various types? This can indeed hamper one's workouts. Our bodies are so intelligent. They can tell us what we need and when we need it. We need … Continue reading Injury Can Stall Your Workouts

At Present (there is no Past or Future)

by Ab-Sutra Wellness and Fitness, posted in Spirituality

There is only the present. Smell it. Taste it. See it. Feel it. Hear it. Let it pass. It can only be grasped experientially. Human existence in the mundane world gives rise to perceptions of time as separate phases: past/present/future. As such, people can be influenced by past mistakes, future fears, past longings or future … Continue reading At Present (there is no Past or Future)

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HIP EXTENSION – an accessory exercise

by Ab-Sutra Wellness and Fitness, posted in Exercise, Injuries, Wellness

Hip extension is an important biomechanical function performed by the body.  Among many motions requiring hip extension, the most crucial to human activity is maintaining and upright posture. Nearly all to and fro movements of the body involve some degree of hip extension. This action is linked to many of the everyday requirement and athletic … Continue reading HIP EXTENSION – an accessory exercise

Prolonged Sitting and Standing: Complications

by Ab-Sutra Wellness and Fitness, posted in Uncategorized

The physical requirements for working in today’s society consists more and more of sitting or pretty much standing in one place. This lack of movement with respect to gravity, leads to minimization of venous blood flow from the legs to the heart. The static nature of most activities and occupations lends to the body’s susceptibility … Continue reading Prolonged Sitting and Standing: Complications

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Reality and Visible Light

by Ab-Sutra Wellness and Fitness, posted in Mind Body, Wellness

We use our senses to interpret the external world. Many actions that relate to how reality is perceived and conceptualized are due to interpretations. Sight brings pictures to the brain. The brain, in turn, makes the image into a useful rendition of something that is taken as real. Sight operates to detect the signals of … Continue reading Reality and Visible Light

Persisting in Separateness

by Ab-Sutra Wellness and Fitness, posted in Mind Body, Spirituality, Wellness

In this existence, this earth plane, it is through the five senses that seeming separated-ness is perceived. Separation, as an illusion, results from the highlighting of differences that manifest due to sense perceptions. Many differences are only points of view which exist along a continuum. However, it is these very differences that lead to arguments, … Continue reading Persisting in Separateness