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Friday 26 October 2012
Tuesday 16 October 2012
Change your world through a yoga holiday
Commonly, the older we get the more we harden our attitudes and mindsets. This creates a destructive blockage in us; it blocks openness and narrows our flexibility. An antidote to this is to venture beyond your comfort zone and gain new perspectives.
Taking a break from the everyday - your work, your friends, your daily tasks, your familiar surroundings - and engaging in a yoga practice that works deeply on all levels (emotional, spiritual, physical, psychological), gives you the ability to view the world from a whole new perspective.
There's no doubt about it. This combination enables you to see and appreciate different perspectives. You open up to new opportunities. You begin to explore brand new ideas, ways of being and gain the power to break bad habits.
Friday 3 August 2012
Friday 6 July 2012
Friday 22 June 2012
June & your Inner Journey
Do the grey skies and frequent rain clouds affect the way you feel? According to numerology, this month is a time for introspection, for creating time and space to go deep within and sort out the wheat from the chaff.
Asana & mantra can be a great vehicle for this. In Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, we learn that one of the major qualities of asana is sthira, meaning steadiness and alertness. Mantras, which are made up of manas (mind) and tra (purification), when we add our own intentions to them, can promote healing, insight, courage, power, creativity and spiritual connection.
Monday 4 June 2012
Saturday 21 April 2012
Saturday 14 April 2012
Yoga Retreats & Holidays to Inspire, Energise & Uplift
Are you ready to re-discover your sparkle?
Keen to boost your energy levels?
Open to meeting like-minded people?
Join us on a retreat or yoga holiday this year and give yourself the opportunity to blossom!
May Bank Holiday Yoga Cotswolds Weekend, 4-7 May 2012
Stanton is one of the prettiest and most idyllic villages in the Cotswolds. Little changed in 300 years, the old houses have steeply pitched gables, mullioned windows and glowing honey coloured limestone walls. It has an interesting Pagan past and is at the intersection of two ley lines.
We'll be exploring all aspects of yoga from asana to our attitudes. There will be two long asana classes each day, pranayama, meditations, mantras, yoga nidra and delicious & nutritious food. There will be free time to explore from 11.30am-1.30pm and from 2.30-4pm each day.
4 Night Marrakech Yoga, Sun, Souks in the Kasbah
Spring dates: 25 to 29 April & 16 to 20 May 2012
Autumn/winter dates: 18 to 22 October & 25 to 29 October 2012
Enjoy open air yoga in Africa’s most enchanting city. The yoga holiday takes place in the historic Kasbah area of the rose coloured Old Medina. We'll stay in a beautifully restored riad, close to all the main souks and sights.
Bank Holiday Yoga Retreat in the Cotswolds, 26 to 29 August 2012
A full programme of yoga activities from morning sadhana through to evening gong meditations. We explore all aspects of yoga and enjoy delicious and nutritious foods.
Kerala Yoga, Beach & Backwater Holiday, India. 12 to 24 November 2012
A yoga holiday like no other. An amazing combination of yoga under the endless blue skies, sunset meditations on the beach, backwater canoe trips, inspiring cultural performances & historic sights, local villages and temples. Kerala is named as one of the "ten paradises of the world" and this will be a journey of a lifetime.
For more info please go to www.tabithadeanyoga.co.uk
Monsanto - deadly & dirty
Bellaverde, Beneforté, Dulce Verde are brands that may see on broccoli and asparagus in UK supermarkets such as Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Tesco and are Monsanto owned brands. If you've ever dieted but have a sweet tooth, you'll have come across their toxic chemicals in AminoSweet, NutraSweet, Equal, NatraTaste, Canderel, Spoonful, Equal-Measure. There are loads more chemicals currently produced by this company that are used in global food production which may also have severe effects on our health and the environment. Monsanto have strong Government ties in the US, and have literally got away with murder.
Monsanto, which was created around 100 years ago, operated the development of the first nuclear weapons and created chemicals such as Agent Orange. They are now the world’s largest GMO creators and are guilty of mass crimes against humanity and the planet. Their intention is to dominate agriculture on a global scale and their actions are largely earth killing, market-monopolizing, climate-destabilising. Control of food supply leads to control of people.
The company's first product was the artificial sweetener saccharin, which it sold to The Coca-Cola Company. It then started to produce industrial chemicals like sulfuric acid and become one of the most financially sucessful chemical companies. It expanded to become a leading manufacturer of plastics, including polystyrene and synthetic fibres. Other major products have included the herbicides 2,4,5-T, DDT, and Agent Orange used primarily during the Vietnam War.
The US sprayed 80m litres of poisonous chemicals during Operation Ranchhand. There were many Agents used, including Pink, Green and White, but Agent Orange was used the most - 45m litres sprayed over a 10th of Vietnam. It was also used - mostly in secret - over parts of neighbouring Cambodia. Unfortunately millions of people have been affected. Agent Orange is laced with dioxins - extremely toxic to humans. Dioxins accumulate in the body to cause cancers. Anyone eating or drinking in contaminated areas then receives an even higher dose. Although spraying stopped in 1971, the ground in many areas of Vietnam remains contaminated by Agent Orange. A disproportionately large number of children in the areas affected are born with defects, both mental and physical. Many are highly susceptible to cancers and disease.
In the late 1990s, a Canadian study tested soil, pond water, fish and duck tissue, as well as human blood samples, and found dangerously high levels of dioxin travelling up the food chain to humans. Dioxin concentrations have been found to be 13 times higher than average in the soil of affected areas, and, in human fat tissue, 20 times as high.
The 'Monsanto Fund' is the charitable arm of the company and states that 'our philanthropic goal has been to bridge the gap between people’s needs and their available resources. We want to help people realize their dreams, and hopefully inspire them to enrol others in their vision.' Yet instead it pushes patented GM crops and herbicides into countries that don't want and can't afford them. Patenting means that farmers who buy GM seeds enter into a licensing agreement with Monsanto for the use of that particular gene. They are forbidden from saving seeds for the next season. They must buy new seed from the company each season. This denies farmers’ right to save seed. The implications of this are huge for poor farmers. Saved seed is the one resource that the poor farmers depend upon to carry them through the year.
Take a look at this article on the recent GM genocide in India. Click here for more info
What to do about Monsanto
http://organicconsumers.org/monsanto/index.cfm
Monsanto, which was created around 100 years ago, operated the development of the first nuclear weapons and created chemicals such as Agent Orange. They are now the world’s largest GMO creators and are guilty of mass crimes against humanity and the planet. Their intention is to dominate agriculture on a global scale and their actions are largely earth killing, market-monopolizing, climate-destabilising. Control of food supply leads to control of people.
The company's first product was the artificial sweetener saccharin, which it sold to The Coca-Cola Company. It then started to produce industrial chemicals like sulfuric acid and become one of the most financially sucessful chemical companies. It expanded to become a leading manufacturer of plastics, including polystyrene and synthetic fibres. Other major products have included the herbicides 2,4,5-T, DDT, and Agent Orange used primarily during the Vietnam War.
The US sprayed 80m litres of poisonous chemicals during Operation Ranchhand. There were many Agents used, including Pink, Green and White, but Agent Orange was used the most - 45m litres sprayed over a 10th of Vietnam. It was also used - mostly in secret - over parts of neighbouring Cambodia. Unfortunately millions of people have been affected. Agent Orange is laced with dioxins - extremely toxic to humans. Dioxins accumulate in the body to cause cancers. Anyone eating or drinking in contaminated areas then receives an even higher dose. Although spraying stopped in 1971, the ground in many areas of Vietnam remains contaminated by Agent Orange. A disproportionately large number of children in the areas affected are born with defects, both mental and physical. Many are highly susceptible to cancers and disease.
In the late 1990s, a Canadian study tested soil, pond water, fish and duck tissue, as well as human blood samples, and found dangerously high levels of dioxin travelling up the food chain to humans. Dioxin concentrations have been found to be 13 times higher than average in the soil of affected areas, and, in human fat tissue, 20 times as high.
The 'Monsanto Fund' is the charitable arm of the company and states that 'our philanthropic goal has been to bridge the gap between people’s needs and their available resources. We want to help people realize their dreams, and hopefully inspire them to enrol others in their vision.' Yet instead it pushes patented GM crops and herbicides into countries that don't want and can't afford them. Patenting means that farmers who buy GM seeds enter into a licensing agreement with Monsanto for the use of that particular gene. They are forbidden from saving seeds for the next season. They must buy new seed from the company each season. This denies farmers’ right to save seed. The implications of this are huge for poor farmers. Saved seed is the one resource that the poor farmers depend upon to carry them through the year.
Take a look at this article on the recent GM genocide in India. Click here for more info
What to do about Monsanto
http://organicconsumers.org/monsanto/index.cfm
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Monsanto - death by diet (aspartame)
Want to lose weight safely? Well don't use Monsanto's artificial sweetener aspartame (AminoSweet, NutraSweet, Equal, NatraTaste, Canderel, Spoonful, Equal-Measure). The approval of the artificial sweetener aspartame (E951) was the most contested in US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) history. The approval was not based on any scientific grounds but was granted due to political and financial pressure. The FDA finally approved aspartame in 1981, even though scientific research had clearly shown that aspartame caused brain tumours in lab animals, therefore poses a real cancer risk to humans as well.
How did this happen? According to the documentary 'The World According to Monsanto', the story starts in the White House, where Monsanto often got its way by exerting disproportionate influence over policymakers via the “revolving door”. One example is Michael Taylor, who worked for Monsanto as an attorney before being appointed as deputy commissioner of the FDA in 1991. While at the FDA, the authority that deals with all US food approvals, Taylor made crucial decisions that led to the approval of GE foods and crops. Then he returned to Monsanto, becoming the company’s vice president for public policy.
Aspartame (E951) is now being used in over 6000 products and millions of people worldwide use the sweetener on a daily basis. In addition to potentially causing cancer, aspartame also causes many other health problems including epilepsy, migraines, diabetes, obesity, brain disorders, ADHD, ADD, MS, etc.
Aspartame is used in any of the following products: Sugarfree, Light, Diet, Zero (Coke, Sprite & Fanta), Coke 007, Pepsi Max, Crystal Clear, Low-Calorie, Crystal Light, No Sugar Added, Smint, Stimorol Ice, Stimorol Fusion, Freedent, Mentos, Sportlife, etc.
Aspartame breaks down into three toxic components:
1. Methanol, a poisonous alcohol. In the body, methanol breaks down into formaldehyde, which is a poison.
2. Phenylalanine. This decreases the amount serotonin in your brain, which leads to mood swings (depressions) and an increased appetite! That is why aspartame is one of the main causes for the current obesity epidemic.
3. Aspartic acid. This is a neurological toxin comparable to MSG.
Sunday 12 February 2012
Get friendly with fenugreek
Bet you didn't know that fenugreek has been known as the finest herb for enhancing one aspect of feminine beauty, boobs. It contains diosgenin and has been found to promote the growth of new breast cells and increase the fullness of the breasts.
Other, perhaps more important benefits include: balancing blood sugar levels and aids against bronchitis, fevers, sore throats, wounds, swollen glands, skin irritations, ulcers. It's also regarded as an aphrodisiac.
Other, perhaps more important benefits include: balancing blood sugar levels and aids against bronchitis, fevers, sore throats, wounds, swollen glands, skin irritations, ulcers. It's also regarded as an aphrodisiac.
Wednesday 1 February 2012
A whole load of exciting events - book now!
Join us to Revive, Energise & Re-discover your Sparkle.
We unlock the magic and explore all aspects of yoga, a physical, mental & physical discipline in inspiring locations in the UK, India & Morocco.
27 February to 10 March & 14 to 26 November 2012 Magical Kerala Yoga, Beach & Backwater Holiday, India
6 to 9 April 2012 Easter Yoga Retreat in the Cotswolds
25 to 29 April & 16 to 20 May 2012 Marrakech Yoga in Old Medina
4 to 7 May 2012 Yoga Retreat at Beautiful Stanton Guildhouse
Thursday 26 January 2012
Spice up your life
A teaspoon a day, boosts your health in many ways.
Cinnamon's unique healing abilities come from three basic types of components in the essential oils found in its bark. These oils contain active components called cinnamaldehyde, cinnamyl acetate, and cinnamyl alcohol, plus a wide range of other volatile substances.
Anti-Clotting & Anti-Inflammatory Actions
The cinnaldehyde in cinnamon helps prevent unwanted clumping of blood platelets. (The way it accomplishes this health-protective act is by inhibiting the release of an inflammatory fatty acid called arachidonic acid from platelet membranes and reducing the formation of an inflammatory messaging molecule called thromboxane A2). Cinnamon's ability to lower the release of arachidonic acid from cell membranes also puts it in the category of an “anti-inflammatory” food that can be helpful in lessening inflammation.
Anti-Microbial Activity
Cinnamon’s essential oils also qualify it as an “anti-microbial” food, and cinnamon has been studied for its ability to help stop the growth of bacteria as well as fungi, including the commonly problematic yeast Candida. Cinnamon’s antimicrobial properties are so effective that recent research demonstrates this spice can be used as an alternative to traditional food preservatives.
Blood Sugar Control
Cinnamon may significantly help people with type 2 diabetes improve their ability to respond to insulin, thus normalizing their blood sugar levels. Compounds in cinnamon not only stimulate insulin receptors, but also inhibit an enzyme that inactivates them, thus significantly increasing cells’ ability to use glucose.
Calcium and Fibre Improve Colon Health and Protect Against Heart Disease
In addition to its unique essential oils, cinnamon is an excellent source of the trace mineral manganese and a very good source of dietary fibre, iron and calcium. The combination of calcium and fibre in cinnamon is important and can be helpful for the prevention of several different conditions. Both calcium and fibre can bind to bile salts and help remove them from the body. By removing bile, fibre helps to prevent the damage that certain bile salts can cause to colon cells, thereby reducing the risk of colon cancer. In addition, when bile is removed by fibre, the body must break down cholesterol in order to make new bile. This process can help to lower high cholesterol levels, which can be helpful in preventing atherosclerosis and heart disease. For sufferers of irritable bowel syndrome, the fibre in cinnamon may also provide relief from constipation or diarrhoea.
Cinnamon's unique healing abilities come from three basic types of components in the essential oils found in its bark. These oils contain active components called cinnamaldehyde, cinnamyl acetate, and cinnamyl alcohol, plus a wide range of other volatile substances.
Anti-Clotting & Anti-Inflammatory Actions
The cinnaldehyde in cinnamon helps prevent unwanted clumping of blood platelets. (The way it accomplishes this health-protective act is by inhibiting the release of an inflammatory fatty acid called arachidonic acid from platelet membranes and reducing the formation of an inflammatory messaging molecule called thromboxane A2). Cinnamon's ability to lower the release of arachidonic acid from cell membranes also puts it in the category of an “anti-inflammatory” food that can be helpful in lessening inflammation.
Anti-Microbial Activity
Cinnamon’s essential oils also qualify it as an “anti-microbial” food, and cinnamon has been studied for its ability to help stop the growth of bacteria as well as fungi, including the commonly problematic yeast Candida. Cinnamon’s antimicrobial properties are so effective that recent research demonstrates this spice can be used as an alternative to traditional food preservatives.
Blood Sugar Control
Cinnamon may significantly help people with type 2 diabetes improve their ability to respond to insulin, thus normalizing their blood sugar levels. Compounds in cinnamon not only stimulate insulin receptors, but also inhibit an enzyme that inactivates them, thus significantly increasing cells’ ability to use glucose.
Calcium and Fibre Improve Colon Health and Protect Against Heart Disease
In addition to its unique essential oils, cinnamon is an excellent source of the trace mineral manganese and a very good source of dietary fibre, iron and calcium. The combination of calcium and fibre in cinnamon is important and can be helpful for the prevention of several different conditions. Both calcium and fibre can bind to bile salts and help remove them from the body. By removing bile, fibre helps to prevent the damage that certain bile salts can cause to colon cells, thereby reducing the risk of colon cancer. In addition, when bile is removed by fibre, the body must break down cholesterol in order to make new bile. This process can help to lower high cholesterol levels, which can be helpful in preventing atherosclerosis and heart disease. For sufferers of irritable bowel syndrome, the fibre in cinnamon may also provide relief from constipation or diarrhoea.
Friday 20 January 2012
Kerala Yoga Journey of a Lifetime
BOOK NOW spaces available. 27 February to 10 March 2012.
I create totally unique yoga holidays and offer you a once in a lifetime opportunity to travel with me in a small group to the best secret locations in the region. You’ll experience inspiring cultural events, you’ll tour the backwaters at sunset by canoe, you’ll enjoy secluded beaches and experience a night at a holy ashram on a huge lake. In addition I will teach a twice daily deep yoga practice with asana, mantra, mudra, meditation, pranayama, relaxation.
The accommodation offered is in stunning locations off the beaten track, yet comfortable. You will wake up to 180 degree views over the Arabian Ocean, palm grove jungle and long sandy beaches. We will explore by boat, taxi and by foot and experience local traditions from toddy tapping dance to live classical music.
"It was the best holiday ever. I found the North India trip with Tabitha in 2010 transformational and inspiring....but this one surpassed all my expectations. Loved it all". Alistair Younger.
Dates: 27 February to 10 March 2012
& 12 to 24 November 2012
£995 twin-share,
£995 twin-share,
£1195 single occupancy, ex flights.
More info at www.tabithadeanyoga.co.uk
More info at www.tabithadeanyoga.co.uk
info@tabithadeanyoga.co.uk
T: 07702871996
T: 07702871996
Sunday 15 January 2012
On the shelf in the Meat Market?
Vegan/Vegetarianism. This is a choice that only benefits our bodies, our minds, our souls and our planet. It is an offering to the values of peace, non-violence, compassion and environmental preservation.
Approximately 750,000,000 animals and 650,000 tons of fish are slaughtered each year for food in Britain. In the US 10 billion animals (not including fish) are killed each year for food consumption. It's higher than the total number of people on the planet, yet more than a third of the world goes to bed hungry each night.
Thomas Edison “Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.”
Approximately 750,000,000 animals and 650,000 tons of fish are slaughtered each year for food in Britain. In the US 10 billion animals (not including fish) are killed each year for food consumption. It's higher than the total number of people on the planet, yet more than a third of the world goes to bed hungry each night.
Several reasons why vegetarianism can be a great life choice:
AHIMSA (non-violence). “The life of an animal in a factory farm is characterised by acute deprivation, stress and disease. Hundreds of millions of animals are forced to live in cages or crates barely larger than their own bodies. Unable to groom, stretch their legs, or even turn around, the victims of factory farms often exist in a relentless state of distress.” Humane Farming Association.
AHIMSA (non-violence). “The life of an animal in a factory farm is characterised by acute deprivation, stress and disease. Hundreds of millions of animals are forced to live in cages or crates barely larger than their own bodies. Unable to groom, stretch their legs, or even turn around, the victims of factory farms often exist in a relentless state of distress.” Humane Farming Association.
More than 300 million baby male chicks in factory farms are systematically, senselessly and needlessly killed every year by the egg industry, because – as males -- they are “useless” at laying eggs. And the chickens that stay alive are selectively bred and genetically altered to produce bigger thighs and breasts as these parts are most in demand. This breeding creates birds so heavy that their bones cannot support their weight and to prevent fighting or attempted escape their beaks and toes are cut off.
Many pigs live a life without ever seeing daylight, others are used as living breeding machines. Pigs are born and raised inside buildings that have automated water, feed and waste removal. Dust, dirt and toxic gases from the pigs' waste create an unsanitary environment that encourages the onset of a number of diseases and illnesses, including pneumonia, cholera, dysentery and trichinosis.
Piglets are often taken away from their mothers when they are less than 1 month old; their tails are cut off, some of their teeth are cut off, and the males have their testicles ripped out of their scrotums (castration), all without any pain relief. They spend their entire lives in overcrowded pens on a tiny slab of filthy concrete. more than 170,000 pigs die in transport each year, and more than 420,000 are crippled by the time they arrive at the slaughterhouse in the US alone.
Breeding sows spend their entire lives in tiny metal crates so they cannot turn around. Shortly after giving birth, they are once again forcibly impregnated. This cycle continues for years until their bodies finally gives up and they are sent to be killed.
Veal Calves : Calves are kept in small wooden crates which prevent movement and inhibit muscle growth so their flesh will be tender. They are fed a iron deficient diet to keep their flesh pale and appealing to the consumer. Veal calves spend whole his life confined, alone and deprived of light for a large portion of their four-month lives.
Beef : Most beef cattle spend the last few months of their lives at feedlots, crowded by the thousands into dusty, manure-laden holding pens. The air is thick with harmful bacteria and particulate matter, and the animals are at a constant risk for respiratory disease. Before they are hung up by their back legs and bleed to death, the cattle needs to be rendered unconscious. This 'stunning' is usually done by a mechanical blow to the head, but as the procedure is terribly imprecise, adequate stunning isn't always achieved. As a result, conscious animals are often hung upside down, kicking and struggling, while a slaughterhouse worker makes another attempt to render them unconscious. Eventually, the animals will be "stuck" in the throat with a knife, and blood will gush from their bodies whether or not they are unconscious.
"The pain a fish feels when she's hooked is like dentistry without Novocaine [anaesthesia]." Dr. Tom Hopkins, Professor of Marine Science, University of Alabama, USA.
Beef : Most beef cattle spend the last few months of their lives at feedlots, crowded by the thousands into dusty, manure-laden holding pens. The air is thick with harmful bacteria and particulate matter, and the animals are at a constant risk for respiratory disease. Before they are hung up by their back legs and bleed to death, the cattle needs to be rendered unconscious. This 'stunning' is usually done by a mechanical blow to the head, but as the procedure is terribly imprecise, adequate stunning isn't always achieved. As a result, conscious animals are often hung upside down, kicking and struggling, while a slaughterhouse worker makes another attempt to render them unconscious. Eventually, the animals will be "stuck" in the throat with a knife, and blood will gush from their bodies whether or not they are unconscious.
"The pain a fish feels when she's hooked is like dentistry without Novocaine [anaesthesia]." Dr. Tom Hopkins, Professor of Marine Science, University of Alabama, USA.
Food is a major source of the body's chemistry, and what we ingest affects our consciousness, emotions and overall well-being.
HEALTH. When an animal is about to be killed, its body is flooded with stress hormones which remain in the animals’ tissues. So, when we eat those tissues, we are ingesting those hormones.
Animal foods are higher in fat than most plant foods, particularly saturated fats. Plants do not contain cholesterol. There is also the danger of consuming high quantities of agricultural chemicals and livestock drugs. Being higher on the food chain, animal foods contain far higher concentrations of agricultural chemicals than plant foods, including pesticides, herbicides, etc. And there are over 20,000 different drugs, including steroids, antibiotics, growth hormones and other veterinary drugs that are given to livestock animals. The dangers in secondary consumption of antibiotics are well documented .
“In regions where meat is scarce, heart disease is almost unknown.” Time Magazine
LIFE. Each day 40,000 children starve to death and the number of people worldwide who will die as a result of malnutrition this year is around 20 million.
Animal foods are higher in fat than most plant foods, particularly saturated fats. Plants do not contain cholesterol. There is also the danger of consuming high quantities of agricultural chemicals and livestock drugs. Being higher on the food chain, animal foods contain far higher concentrations of agricultural chemicals than plant foods, including pesticides, herbicides, etc. And there are over 20,000 different drugs, including steroids, antibiotics, growth hormones and other veterinary drugs that are given to livestock animals. The dangers in secondary consumption of antibiotics are well documented .
“In regions where meat is scarce, heart disease is almost unknown.” Time Magazine
LIFE. Each day 40,000 children starve to death and the number of people worldwide who will die as a result of malnutrition this year is around 20 million.
Every day the US alone produces enough grain to provide every person on earth with more than enough food yet at least 80% is grown to feed livestock. It takes around16 pounds of grain to produce just 1 pound of animal flesh. If the US reduced its meat intake by just 10% 100 million people could be fed.
ENVIRONMENT. For each hamburger made from rainforest beef, 75 kg of carbon dioxide is released into the air. This is the equivalent of driving a car all day long for many days. It takes 78 calories of fossil fuel to produce 1 calorie of beef protein; 35 calories for 1 calorie of pork; 22 calories for 1 of poultry; but just 1 calorie of fossil fuel for 1 calorie of soybeans. It takes 3 to 15 times as much water to produce animal protein as it does plant protein so by eating plant foods instead of animal foods it helps conserve our non-renewable sources of energy as well as water.
ENVIRONMENT. For each hamburger made from rainforest beef, 75 kg of carbon dioxide is released into the air. This is the equivalent of driving a car all day long for many days. It takes 78 calories of fossil fuel to produce 1 calorie of beef protein; 35 calories for 1 calorie of pork; 22 calories for 1 of poultry; but just 1 calorie of fossil fuel for 1 calorie of soybeans. It takes 3 to 15 times as much water to produce animal protein as it does plant protein so by eating plant foods instead of animal foods it helps conserve our non-renewable sources of energy as well as water.
A United Nations report entitled Livestock's Long Shadow concludes that eating meat is "one of the ... most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global." Eating meat causes almost 40 percent more greenhouse-gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, and planes in the world combined. The report concludes that the meat industry "should be a major policy focus when dealing with problems of land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity."
Albert Schweitzer "The thinking man must oppose all cruel customs no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another, even the lowliest creature; to do so is to renounce our manhood and shoulder a guilt which nothing justifies."
Albert Einstein "Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."
Albert Schweitzer "The thinking man must oppose all cruel customs no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another, even the lowliest creature; to do so is to renounce our manhood and shoulder a guilt which nothing justifies."
Albert Einstein "Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."
Leo Tolstoy "If he be really and seriously seeking to live a good life, the first thing from which he will abstain will always be the use of animal food, because ...its use is simply immoral, as it involves the performance of an act which is contrary to the moral feeling - killing."
Charles Darwin "There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher animals in their mental faculties...The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery."
Leonardo da Vinci “The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.”
Thomas Edison “Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.”
Saturday 14 January 2012
Bouncing is Bad
At a Bikram class I went to last night there were a few postures where we were encouraged to bounce. Many people, including the teacher I had, think that bouncing into a stretch is a good technique to improve your flexibility. But bouncing can cause injury and can actually stiffen your muscles. It is also less effective then easing into the stretch and holding it. You want to feel your muscles stretching and perhaps some minor discomfort but no pain.
Friday 13 January 2012
Yoga & You
Yoga is sometimes trivialised, watered down, reduced to clichés and is often understood as a form of physical exercise. As a yogi (teacher and student) I have had the great fortune to experience yoga as a practical discipline or set of
tools, techniques, healing practices that enable us to delve deep beyond the everyday and become more aware of our true nature. This brings me a great sense of fulfilment, peace, happiness. This to me is the essence of yoga.
I run yoga retreats and holidays with people of all ages and experiences (www.tabithadeanyoga.co.uk) Together we explore and
embrace the wider meaning of yoga through asana, pranayama, meditation,
relaxation, mantra, mudra, silence and yogic philosophy including the concepts of yama and niyama,
commitments of attitude and behaviour.
The Sanskrit word "yoga" comes from yuj, (to join or unite) and my interpretation the purpose of 'union' or yoga is to establish a state of inner balance and harmony and to surrender to our highest nature (universal spirit/divinity).
It's not an easy task at all, but it is achievable and we can take baby steps towards it. The first step is bringing the body and mind together and asana is really useful for this. Combined with breath awareness we can, over time, release ourselves from being drawn into the past or future and experience the power of being alive in each moment. Until this re-integration takes place, we often identify with our
limitations of the body, mind, and senses. A basic, regular combination of asana, pranayama and meditation practice can therefore become a powerful and liberating leap away from our attachments to negative thoughts and feelings, insecurity, fear, and separation.
So the key to creating a more fulfilling, happy life is internal.
We all have the same power and responsibility within ourselves to generate and create happiness. Each one of us is responsible for stepping into own power to create the life of our dreams.
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So the key to creating a more fulfilling, happy life is internal.
We all have the same power and responsibility within ourselves to generate and create happiness. Each one of us is responsible for stepping into own power to create the life of our dreams.
Join our mailing list through www.tabithadeanyoga.co.uk
We are what we absorb
The elements of a healthy diet are fresh food, unprocessed food without additives, and a good balance of protein, carbohydrates and fats. It's obvious that eating the wrong foods has a negative impact on our minds and bodies....but the article below may throw up a few surprises.
7 Foods You Should Never Eat check this out, it's useful.
7 Foods You Should Never Eat check this out, it's useful.
Stillness
What a beautiful winter's day. Have you taken a moment, to get out of your head, to savour it? Creating these moments of stillness helps melt down our barriers of negativity.
Many of us have a constant voice, an ongoing stream of thoughts, often repetitive, often negative and often completely unrelated to what we are experiencing in the moment.
Next time you become aware of this see if you can just drop your thoughts and create space in your head. It may only last a short time but developing gaps between thoughts actually make you feel more aware, more present and more alive.
Many of us have a constant voice, an ongoing stream of thoughts, often repetitive, often negative and often completely unrelated to what we are experiencing in the moment.
Next time you become aware of this see if you can just drop your thoughts and create space in your head. It may only last a short time but developing gaps between thoughts actually make you feel more aware, more present and more alive.
Thursday 12 January 2012
2012. New Year. New You.
Wow, here we are in 2012. What an exciting time to be alive....lots of different traditions have predicted this year as a crucial year of change. I feel it's a real opportunity to move into the true meaning of YOGA, from a sense of dualism to a consciousness of union.
Lets be awake in these times of powerful changes and use ancient tools and modern practices to bring harmony to the world.
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