HEALTH SUTRA : A Unique Lifestyle

Brainwashing : Know it before somebody screws with your Mind !

2009-06-23T21:22:00.000-07:00

Brainwashing

Intelligent Movies : Good Will Hunting(1997)

2009-06-02T04:10:00.000-07:00

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119217/

A janitor at MIT, Will Hunting has a gift for maths that can take him light-years beyond his blue-collar roots, but to achieve his dream he must turn his back on the neighborhood and his best friend. To complicate matters, two strangers enter the equation: a washed-up shrink who starts to coach Will through his transformation, and a med student who shows him that there can be a pretty face along with his life of the mind.

PREVIEW

Torrent Link

http://www.mininova.org/get/767458
http://isohunt.com/download/63374549/good+will+hunting.torrent

Intelligent Movies : Flash Of Genius(2008)

2009-05-23T08:30:00.000-07:00

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054588/

Based on the true story of college professor and part-time inventor Robert Kearns' long battle with the U.S. automobile industry, Flash of Genius tells the tale of one man whose fight to receive recognition for his ingenuity would come at a heavy price. But this determined engineer refused to be silenced, and he took on the corporate titans in a battle that nobody thought he could win.

Corporations have time, money, and power on their side. All Bob Kearns had was the truth.

PREVIEW

TORRENT LINK

http://www.mininova.org/get/2254917

Play With Your Brain

2009-05-17T08:03:00.000-07:00

COLOR CONFLICT

BRAIN DOMINANCE

VISUAL ATTENTION

BRAIN WASHING EXPERIMENT

OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

FOOL YOUR BRAIN WITH MIRRORS

BRAIN TEASER

RUBBER HAND ILLUSION

Think twice before blindly believing your brain, it could be wrong !!!

Learning Yoga From Videos

2009-04-16T05:09:00.000-07:00

TITLE.01...[ Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice - First Series with David Swenson
TITLE.02...[ Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice - 2nd and 3rd Series with David Swenson
TITLE.03...[ Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice - Advanced A and B Series with David Swenson
TITLE.04...[ Ashtanga Yoga: The Primary Series DVD by John Scott
TITLE.05...[ Astanga Yoga Primary Series Full Vinyasa with Lino Miele

Yoga tutorial by Baba Ramdev

Kundalini Yoga, A gaiam presentation

Yoga Unveiled - DivX

Yoga.Class.Flexibility.Fitness.Relaxation.DVDRip

David Deida - Function, Flow & Glow - The Art Of Sexual Yoga

Yoga Journal's Yoga Practice for Flexibility (1992) VHSRiP XviD

Yoga Journal's Yoga Practice for Energy (1996) VHSRiP XviD

Yoga for Athletes- Rodney Yee 


Note : It is advisable to practice yoga under the guidance of a
certified yoga trainer.

Mental Health Resources and eBooks

2009-03-25T13:26:00.000-07:00

http://www.mentalhealth.com/
Internet Mental Health is a free encyclopedia of mental health information created by a Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Phillip Long.

http://www.mentalhelp.net/
The Mental Help Net website exists to promote online mental health education and provides scientifically accurate and up-to-date coverage of mental health and illness topics.

http://www.jiacam.org/
Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (JIACAM) is a peer reviewed online journal. JIACAM follows the policy of Open Access to Scientific literature.

http://www.who.int/topics/mental_health/en/
WHO - Mental Health

http://icmr.nic.in/ijmr/2007/October/1004.pdf
Poverty, social stress mental health

http://www.nmha.org/
Mental Health America is celebrating 100 years of advocacy, public education, and support for Americans with mental health conditions.

http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
Mental Health Foundation, a UK charity for everyone's mental health.

http://www.cmha.ca/bins/index.asp
The Canadian Mental Health Association is a nation-wide,charitable organization that promotes the mental health of all and supports the resilience and recovery of people experiences mental illness.

http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/default.htm
WebMD - Better Information Better Health

MEDICAL BOOK- Current Diagnosis Treatment in Psychiatry (.CHM) (2000) torrent
Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Psychiatry reflects the current dynamic state of psychiatric knowledge. New discoveries from the basic biomedical and psychological sciences are having a major impact on psychiatric practice today. The task is to translate these new discoveries into a form useful to clinicians. This text is intended to be practical, succinct, and useful for all health care professionals who encounter and provide care for individuals with psychiatric symptoms and behavioral disturbance.

Free psychiatry ebooks @ http://www.freebookcentre.net/

ADDNet UK [English]

ADHD e Book Martin L. Kutscher [English]

Advances in Brain Imaging Review of Psychiatry [English]

Alzheimer Society of Canada Socit Alzheimer du Canada [English]

Anxiety Disorders Booklets Veritas Programming [English]

Anxiety Panic internet resource [English]

Behavioral and Social Sciences National Academies Press [English]

Bipolar Disorders Module Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation [English]

Clinical Psychopharmacology Seminar University of Iowa [English]

Community Mental Health The Role of Church and Temple Howard J. Clinebell, Jr. [English]

Culture and Psychotherapy American Psychiatric Press [English]

David Baldwin's Trauma Information Pages [English]

DepressionClinic.com [English]

Development and Neurobiology Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry [English]

Drugs, Brains and Behavior Timmons and Hamilton [English]

DSM IV Diagnostic Criteria of Mental Disorders American Psychiatric Association [English]

Emergency Psychiatry Service Handbook University of Iowa [English]

Information on Illnesses and Treatments National Alliance for the Mentally Ill [English]

Integrated Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders Review of Psychiatry [English]

Internet Mental Health [English]

Latino Psychiatric Patient Assessment and Treatment American Psychiatric Press [English]

Magersucht and Androgynie Patricia Bourcillier [Deutsch]

Mental Health InfoSource [English]

Mental Health Net [English]

Mental Health Sanctuary [English]

Mental Health A Report of the Surgeon General [English]

Mental Health Culture, Race, and Ethnicity A Report of the Surgeon General [English]

Mental Help Net [English]

Merck Manual, Sec. 15, Psychiatric Disorders [English]

National Institute of Mental Health Publications [English]

National Institute on Aging Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center [English]

National Mental Health Consumers' Self Help Clearinghouse [English]

Northern County Psychiatric Associates [English]

Peter R. Breggin and Psychiatric Drug Facts [English]

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Houghton College [English]

Psychiatrienetz [Deutsch]

Psychiatry eMedicine [English]

Psychiatry Family Practice Notebook [English]

Psychiatry University of Iowa [English]

Psychopharmacology The Fourth Generation of Progress American College of Neuropsychopharmacology [English]

PTSD in Children and Adolescents Review of Psychiatry [English]

Sleepnet.com [English]

Somatoform and Factitious Disorders Review of Psychiatry [English]

Study Guide to The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Geriatric Psychiatry F.M. Baker [English]

Trauma Response American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress [English]

Treatment of Recurrent Depression Review of Psychiatry [English]

Treatment of Suicidal Patients in Managed Care American Psychiatric Press [English]

Virtual Home of Dr. Bob [English]

Intelligent Movies : Pi(1998)

2009-03-22T00:54:00.000-07:00

A genius mathematician, Maximillian Cohen (Sean Gullette) is tormented by a severe migraine since he was a kid, and he uses many pills to reduce his painful headaches. He is a lonely man, and his only friend is his former professor Sol Robeson (Mark Margolis). Max has the following assumptions, which rules his life: (1) Mathematics is the language of nature; (2) Everything around us can be represented and understood from numbers; (3) If you graph the numbers in any systems, patterns emerge. Therefore there are patterns everywhere in nature. Based on these principles, Max is trying to figure out a system to predict the behavior of the stock market. Due to his research, Max is chased by a Wall Street company with obvious interest in the results of his studies, and by an orthodox Jew follower of the Torah, who believes that this long string of numbers is a code sent from God.

Tagline

Faith In Chaos

Awards

9 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Sean Gullette	...	Maximillian Cohen
Mark Margolis	...	Sol Robeson
Ben Shenkman	...	Lenny Meyer

Preview

Torrent Download Links

http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/3838542/Pi_(1998)_DVDrip.3838542.TPB.torrent

http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/3420326/Darren_Aronofsky_-_Pi_(1998).3420326.TPB.torrent

Intelligent Movies : Chaos Theory(2007)

2009-03-22T00:22:00.000-07:00

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460745/

At his daughter's wedding, time-management specialist Frank Allen corners the reluctant groom and tells him a long story: about the night his wife chose him, and then, about eight years later, when a missed ferry, a corporate groupie, a panicked expectant mother, and a medical test brought Frank's marriage to a crisis. In the midst of the crisis were Frank, his wife Susan, their daughter Emily, and Frank's best friend, the feckless Buddy. Things come to a head at a lake when Frank, armed with a shotgun, decides to cross something permanently from one of his time-management lists. Is there ever room for whim and chaos?

Tagline:

This man will bring order to the universe...or not.

Cast

Ryan Reynolds	...	Frank Allen
Emily Mortimer	...	Susan Allen
Stuart Townsend	...	Buddy Endrow

Preview

Torrent Download Links

http://www.mininova.org/get/1475325

http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/4222934/Chaos.Theory%5B2007%5DDvDrip.AC3-aXXo.4222934.TPB.torrent

Subtitles

http://www.subtitlesource.org/sub/24586/Chaos.Theory%5B2007%5DDvDrip.AC3-aXXo-English

Life as a COMPLEX SYSTEM (Part 2)

2009-03-08T10:33:00.000-07:00

To form a basis for this post lets first understand what is a complex system...

From Wikipedia,the free Encyclopedia
A complex system is a system composed of interconnected parts that as a whole exhibit one or more properties (behavior among the possible properties) not obvious from the properties of the individual parts. A system’s complexity may be of one of two forms: disorganized complexity and organized complexity.^[1] In essence, disorganized complexity is a matter of a very large number of parts, and organized complexity is a matter of the subject system (quite possibly with only a limited number of parts) exhibiting emergent properties. Examples of complex systems include ant colonies, human economies, climate, nervous systems, cells and living things, including human beings, as well as modern energy or telecommunication infrastructures. Indeed, many systems of interest to humans are complex systems.

Complex system science and Chaos Theory have always been fascinating realms of science since they challenge the usual human approach of reductionism.
We as human beings till now have been trying to simplify each and every aspect of life for better understanding but in this process we actually loose the actual essence of that aspect.
Each and every aspect is covered by a separate realm of science which again is divided and subdivided which ultimately results in a progressive narrow vision towards life systems around us.

http://www.csiro.au/resources/AboutComplexSystems.html

New computer modelling approaches are revealing the common features of systems as diverse as the weather, economies and ecosystems and improving our understanding of the unexpected emergent behaviour that these complex systems exhibit.

Genomes, ecosystems, stock markets, the weather and society are all examples of complex systems – large aggregations of many smaller interacting parts. These parts may be species, investors, air particles or individuals.

Complex or just complicated?

Two properties set a complex system apart from one that is merely complicated:

emergence
self-organisation.

Emergence is the appearance of behaviour that could not be anticipated from a knowledge of the parts of the system alone.

Cyclones, tornadoes or weather systems are emergent features of the motion of air particles on the spinning Earth. Financial recessions and booms are emergent features of national economies.

Complicated artefacts like motor cars or power plants also have emergent features in this sense so a further property is needed to distinguish complex systems.

This is self-organisation.This means that there is no external controller or planner engineering the appearance of these emergent features. They appear spontaneously.

It has recently been realised that there are general laws and rules governing these processes which apply equally to the weather, to society and to life itself.

A key feature of real systems that has proved to be essential in the appearance of rich emergent features is local interaction. In other words, elements of a system only interact with their neighbours.

These interactions can be represented by simple rules that describe how the state of any element in the system is dependent on the state of its neighbours. For example, transmission of a disease usually depends on contact between individuals. Simple models of epidemics that assume a 'well-mixed' population often fail to predict the rate of spread and resistance to eradication of many diseases.

Scientists are now developing computer models of complex systems based on local interaction rules. In the social domain, the resulting computer models are reshaping our understanding of social and economic processes including phenomena like societal resilience and collapse.

[contd...]

Life As A COMPLEX SYSTEM ! (Part One)

2009-03-01T01:44:00.000-08:00

Before starting this journey into the understanding of wholeness of things around us with me ,there are few things which you will have to keep aside....

The Theory Of Creation, the age old idea that this world and everthing around us has been created by Someone or the world has been thoughtfully designed .
The illusion that everything is preplanned or whatever is happening is part of a big plan.
And that we should not question the powers of the Supreme being and other such assumptions which were implanted in our mind until now.

Just for a second forget these things and now try to think about the life with a totally different view point.What came to your mind...a series of endless questions !

What are these questions ??
These questions are our guiding light towards the world of science....the world of rationality....the exciting world where nothing is impossible....where everything has a reason...the world which gives the purpose to our life as Homo sapiens.

Now with this background we should try to understand life at our own level...whatever might be our profession, we should try to understand things around us, question them and change them for better because we are the deciders of our own fate and there is no divine control over our lives.

In next part i will be posting some interesting articles and research studies which will let us understand this view point better and give us better control of things around us.

India on Road : The Motorcycle Diaries

2009-02-03T19:50:00.000-08:00

Motorcycle Diaries Part 2 - Watch a funny movie here

Motorcycle Diaries Part 1 (India on Road) - Free videos are just a click away

Role Of Video Games In Improving Cognitive Skills(Part 2)

2009-01-21T09:22:00.000-08:00

http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/Daphne/TCN_of_VGP.pdf

"As cognitive neuroscientists we are interested not only in the perceptual
consequences of a training regimen, but also the neural factors involved in learning. A
group of researchers in Britain sought to understand the neurochemical consequences of
video game play (Koepp et al. 1998). These researchers measured the amount of
dopamine released when subjects played an action video game (in this case maneuvering
a tank through a battlefield and destroying enemy tanks). Dopamine is one of many
chemicals in the brain called neurotransmitters that allow the modulation of information
passed from brain area to brain area. Dopamine is of particular interest because it is
thought to play a role in a wide range of human behavior including pleasure, addiction,
and learning. For instance, most drugs of addiction produce pleasure by increasing the
amount of dopamine in the brain. Using a form of brain imaging (Positron Emission
Tomography or PET) the researchers were able to determine whether playing a video
game increased the amount of dopamine released by the brain. A massive increase in the
amount of dopamine released in the brain was indeed observed during video game play,
in particular in areas thought to control reward and learning. The level of increase was
remarkable, being comparable to that observed when amphetamines are injected
intravenously."

"However, some caution must also be taken in interpreting these results.
While at first sight one may be tempted to conclude that video game play enhances not
only visuo-motor skills, but also intelligence, an alternative is that measures of
intelligence most commonly used, such as the WAIS-R test, are heavily dependent on
speed of processing. Many tests of intelligence place a premium on speed of processing,
and it has been shown that such intelligence tests strongly correlate with speed of
processing measures. Therefore, video game experience may increase the ability to make
speeded choices, without affecting other aspects of intelligence such as analytical skills
or creativity. Whether or not this should constitute an increase in “intelligence” is a
matter of some debate."

"Another group that has been shown to benefit from video game training are
laparoscopic surgeons. A recent report by Rosser and colleagues (Rosser Jr. et al.
January 2004) suggested that video game players may in fact be better laparoscopic
surgeons than non-gamers. Laparoscopic surgery is a minimally invasive form of surgery
in which a camera and operating instruments are introduced into the body via small
incisions. The surgeon then conducts the surgery by maneuvering the instruments based
on viewing the images from the internal camera. Visual attention, manual dexterity, and
hand-eye coordination are of even more importance than in normal open surgery. Rosser
and colleagues found that surgeons who played video games more than 3 hours per week
committed 37% fewer errors, were 27% faster at laparoscopic drills, and were 33% better
at suturing tasks than non-video game playing surgeons. Using a multiple comparison
analysis, the authors found that a surgeon’s video game experience is a better predictor of
surgical skill than number of years of practice or number of operations completed! The
authors suggest that video games could be used as an important “warm-up” for
laparoscopic surgeons or that the development of surgeon specific video games could
greatly enhance surgical aptitude."

Harmful Effects Of Excessive Indulgence

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118998785/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Craig A. Anderson & Brad J. Bushman

¹ Iowa State University
"Research on exposure to television and movie violence suggests that playing violent video games will increase aggressive behavior. A meta-analytic review of the video-game research literature reveals that violent video games increase aggressive behavior in children and young adults. Experimental and nonexperimental studies with males and females in laboratory and field settings support this conclusion. Analyses also reveal that exposure to violent video games increases physiological arousal and aggression-related thoughts and feelings. Playing violent video games also decreases prosocial behavior."

http://www.cyberfest.us/Education/Video_Games_in_Education-MIT_Study.pdf
"Provenzo, the most outspoken and oft-quoted of
video game critics, raises four main concerns
with video games. Video games:
a) can lead to violent, aggressive behavior,
b) employ destructive gender stereotyping,
c) promote unhealthy “rugged
individualist” attitudes, and
d) stifle creative play (Provenzo 1991;
1992)."

Role Of Video Games In Improving Cognitive Skills(part 1)

2009-01-10T09:12:00.000-08:00

Very often we hear about various studies stating the positive effect of video games over various cognitive skills .Whether this is just a part of the marketing strategy of the companies trying to sell their products or any of this is really true.
Today i thought of finding out various studies making such claims and how far these are effective.

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Video Games
C. Shawn Green and Daphne Bavelier
Link:http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/Daphne/TCN_of_VGP.pdf

"The Entertainment Software Association estimates that around 60% of
Americans, around 145 million people in all, currently play some type of
video game and despite the common view of video games being “for kids,” the
average age of a video game player is actually around 29 years old"

"While the majority of research (and media attention) has
focused on the potential for video game play to negatively affect temperament and social
behavior, or on the potential to harness video games to help children learn, a subset of
cognitive scientists have investigated the effect of video games on the more fundamental
question of how people see the world."

"Therefore our question is simply, given an environment in which
events happen faster, objects move more quickly, peripheral processing is placed at a
premium, and the number of items that need to be kept track of far exceeds the
circumstances experienced in normal life, is it possible to extend the normal processing
power of the human nervous system?"

"However,
there are several well-defined subsets of the population that could reap great benefit from
such research. Of these, two in particular have been studied most extensively, these
being: 1) populations that have experienced a deficit in perceptual processing and require
a “boost” to recover normal vision (such as stroke victims or the elderly) and 2)
populations that require “better than normal” perceptual capabilities (such as military
personnel)."

"In this
context, it is actually quite surprising that playing a video game could affect such
widespread aspects of vision and cognition as peripheral localization or the capacity of
visual attention, let alone general cognitive ability (Drew and Waters 1986)."

"Dorval and Pepin measured the ability to determine the three-dimensional
structure of an object presented in two-dimensions and how the same object would
appear if rotated in space (using the Space Relations Test of the Differential Aptitude
Tests). They asked if scores on this test could be improved by training on the video game
Zaxxon (Dorval and Pepin 1986).
In Zaxxon, the player controls a spaceship in
simulated three-dimensional space (Zaxxon was actually one of the few games at the time
that simulated three-dimensionality) and attempts to shoot enemies and to avoid
obstacles, while avoiding being shot by enemies. Subjects in the experimental group
underwent 8 sessions of Zaxxon play, while a matched control group received no video
game experience. Following training, the video game trained group showed significantly
higher spatial skill scores than the control group indicating that spatial visualization is
trainable with video game play. A study by Gagnon also reported comparable
enhancements in measures of spatial skills in video game trainees (Gagnon 1985)."
"Another common measurement of visuo-motor skill is the simple reaction time.
Orosy-Fildes and Allan (Orosy-Fildes and Allan 1989) performed a study in which 20
subjects were given a reaction time pretest (press a button when a light turns on). After
the pretest, half of the subjects underwent a 15-minute practice treatment on an Atari
2600 video game system. All of the subjects were then post-tested on the reaction time
test. Those that received the video game experience showed a reduction in reaction time
of approximately 50 milliseconds not observed in the control group that received no
game experience. Such a dramatic change after only 15 minutes of training is truly
remarkable."

"In a similar vein, McClurg and Chaille demonstrated that children trained on
video games demonstrated improved scores on The Mental Rotations test (McClurg and
Chaille 1987) and that younger children (5th graders) given video game experience
performed better than older children (9th graders) without this experience. Thus, this
seems to be a case wherein video game experience can trump the limits imposed by
nature."

"At a very simple level,
visual attention can be thought of as a “gate” to perception. There is far more visual
information available to us than we are capable of processing, and thus visual attention is
the mechanism through which some items are selected for further processing while others
are left unnoticed. For instance, although you are currently reading this book chapter,
there are other things you can “see.” Perhaps a desk, a coffee cup, a chair, etc? Although
they have physically been present the entire time, it is likely that while reading you don’t
really “notice” them. In this case the book chapter would be said to be the focus of visual
attention and thus the other peripheral items were less or unattended."

"Thus one could argue that what really matters for human vision is not necessarily what a
person can “see,” but to what they can attend."

(contd in next post)

All Encyclopedias You Will Ever Need !

2009-01-02T01:03:00.000-08:00

Adolescent Health, Vol. II: Background and the Effectiveness of Selected Prevention and Treatment

Encyclopedia of Toxicology - Vol 1

Encyclopedia of Toxicology - Vol 2

Encyclopedia of Toxicology - Vol 3

Encyclopedia of Toxicology - Vol 4

Encyclopedia Britannica Illustrated Science Library - 09 - Reptiles And Dinosaurs

Encyclopedia Britannica Illustrated Science Library - 04 - weather and climate

Encyclopedia Britannica Illustrated Science Library - 15 - Technology

Encyclopedia Britannica Illustrated Science Library - 06 - plants, algae and fungi

Encyclopedia Britannica Illustrated Science Library - 07 - Invertebrates

Encyclopedia Britannica Illustrated Science Library - 08 - Fish and Amphibians

Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics

Canadian Encyclopedia of Natural Cures

Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2008

Online Encyclopedias

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topics/A/1.aspx

http://encarta.msn.com/

http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Login?ed=wb (World Book Encyclopedia)

The Therapeutic Role of Yoga in Anxiety Reduction

2008-12-28T22:03:00.000-08:00

Source :http://www.iranpa.org/pdf/175.pdf

Role of Yoga in Anxiety

Publish at Scribd or explore others:

A Scientific Review Of Advantages Of Yoga

2008-12-28T07:16:00.000-08:00

Source : http://www.cdl.unc.edu/allaboutrecreation/documents/YOGA%207-2003%20web%20version.doc

A Review of Advantages of Yoga

Publish at Scribd or explore others:

Role Of Yoga In Personality Development

2008-12-28T06:13:00.000-08:00

Personality: Definition

personality (the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual) "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others"
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=personality

The yogic view of of personality( Bipin Joshi)
http://ezinearticles.com/?Yoga-and-Personality-Development&id=163126
"As per Yoga the human body consists of five sheaths or layers. They are:
Conscious physical sheath (Annayama Kosha)
Subconscious physical sheath (Pranamaya Kosha)
Mental sheath (Manomaya Kosha)
Intellectual Sheath (Vigyanmaya Kosha)
Blissful sheath (Anandamaya Kosha)
The Annamaya Kosha is related to our conscious physical deeps including
walking, talking, viewing and other such functions. These are the functions that
we perform using our physical body deliberately.
The Pranamaya Kosha deals with physical activities that we do in subconscious
state. Digestion, movement of the heart and lungs fall in this category. We
never do any deliberate efforts for these actions; still the body knows how to
perform them.
The Maniomaya Kosha deals with mind, emotions and thoughts. All our gross
thinking and emotions fall in this category.
Intellect is that faculty that decides what is good and what is bad. It is
the ability for rational thought or inference or discrimination. The Vigyanmaya
Kosha helps us to identify true from false. We can choose the correct path in
this "maya" filled world with the help of nourished Vigyanmaya Kosha.
Anandamaya Kosha or bliss is a pure state of happiness and joy which is
beyond any material pleasure. Samadhi or deep meditation gives such a joy.
The Anandamaya Kosha is the innermost sheath wrapped by other sheaths in
succession."
Physical And Psychosocial Outcomes Of Yoga
http://www.cdl.unc.edu/allaboutrecreation/documents/YOGA%207-2003%20web%20version.doc
"A significant body of research exists regarding the potential role yoga practice may play in the treatment of various diseases and ailments, including heart disease, asthma, epilepsy, and carpal tunnel syndrome, among others. Although the most signficant body of literature related to yoga practice documents the cardio-pulmonary benefits associated with participation, strong evidence also documents improvements in metabolic profiles and in upper extremity strength. A small but remarkable body of evidence documents improvements in cognitive function in children and adolescents who practice yoga. There is surprisingly little written in the research literature regarding the impact of yoga practice on flexibility and balance."

Also Check Out

Quiz :What's Your Yoga Personality?
http://quiz.ivillage.com/health/tests/yogastyle.htm

Yoga studios are popping up quicker than Starbucks these days. And while you're definitely down with getting yourself all limber and aligned, you have no idea what type of yoga you should try. If you're uncomfortable with the mystical sensuality of some teachings or gnash your teeth at the first sign of chanting, walking into the wrong kind of class might seriously damage your sense of well-being, not to mention turn you off yoga for life.

Intelligent Movies : Taare Zameen Par

2008-12-27T20:22:00.000-08:00

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Taare Zameen Par (Hindi: तारे ज़मीन पर, Urdu: تارے زمین پر, translation: Stars on Earth) is a 2007 award-winning film directed by Aamir Khan and produced by Aamir Khan Productions. The film was initially conceived of and developed by the husband and wife team, Amole Gupte (writer and creative director) and Deepa Bhatia (concept, research, and editing)^[2] and features music by the trio, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy with lyrics by Prasoon Joshi. CG animation is by Visual Computing Labs, Tata Elxsi Ltd., 2D animation is by Vaibhav Kumaresh’s Vaibhav studios,^[3]^[4]and title animation is by Dhimant Vyas.^[5]

Taare Zameen Par tells the story of eight year old Ishaan (Darsheel Safary) who suffers greatly until a teacher (Aamir Khan) identifies him as dyslexic. Both commercially and critically acclaimed,^[6] Taare Zameen Par won the 2008 Filmfare Best Movie Award as well as a number of other Filmfare and Star Screen Awards. It was declared tax free by the Government of Delhi.^[7] The Walt Disney Company has bought the home video rights for distribution of an international edition DVD for future release in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia.^[8] This is "the first time an international studio has bought the video rights of an Indian film."^[9]

Taare Zameen Par is India's official entry for the 81st Academy Awards Best Foreign Film category. ^[10]

Preview

Torrent Links

http://www.mininova.org/get/1626317

http://www.mininova.org/get/1699360

http://www.monova.org/usenext.php?torrent=Taare+Zameen+Par%5B2007%5DDvDrip%5BHindi%5D(with subtitle)

Subtitle Links

http://subscene.com/english/Taare-Zameen-Par/subtitle-119879.aspx

Life@Stanley Medical College,Chennai

2008-12-27T20:18:00.000-08:00

Sparizm 2002 Batch Graduation Day

Why Do Human Beings fight Among Each Other ?

2008-12-25T10:23:00.000-08:00

We will have to ask a few basic questions to ourselves which if answered correctly will make us understand what is actually going on and what should be done to stop all this.

What Is Religion ?

There are about 25 main religions being practiced across the world today . Each one of these religions is again divided into various sects. At some isolated places of earth like Africa and the Amazon forest there are many more religions practiced by the local tribes .Each religion gives a different set of theories of origin of this world .Each religion gives a different set of paths to touch the Divine God. Each religion gives the people a certain set of rules to act within .

But a simple logic a sane person should understand that no matter what anybody says there can be one and only one Ultimate Theory to explain the origin of this world and there can be one and only one GOD…if actually there is one !!!

What Is Language ?

“A language is a dynamic set of visual, auditory, or tactile symbols of communication and the elements used to manipulate them.”-Wikipedia .

Once I was watching a documentary on language and I would like to restate what I learnt from that documentary-“It has been proved by research that a language is a natural tendency of a human being “. That simply implies that if a experiment is conducted such that a group of children before having developed any sign of language is isolated , they are destined to find a way to communicate or in simple words will develop there own language.

So let it be Japanese,Chinese,Spanish or let it be Marathi,Tamil,Kannada,Malyalam,Hindi,English……Language is just a way of expressing your ideas and no language should be considered to be superior or to be inferior to the other…or there should not be a sense of pride or a sense of anguish to speak a particular language. If you know the language speak it out and if you don’t know the language try to learn it and then speak it out and share your ideas with the society. Why does anybody wants to fight for language !!!

Now after having witnessed the world war 1 and world war 2 and other everyday terrorist attacks I think its finally the time that we should sit and contemplate that something is potentially wrong with the human nature .We ourselves classify things and we ourselves divide things and then we actually become a part of those hypothetical divisions and start having inter-hypothetical-division fights . Well now-a-days I think the hypothetical divides of the religion are getting blunted gradually .I think I know what will be the new divides of humanity –Atheists,Agnostics,Scientlogists,Budhists, Scientifics and non-Scientifics, knowledgeable and less knowledgeable , IQ above 150 , IQ from 100-150 and IQ below 100

There are many other questions which Humanity should answer itself before carrying on with the business of being the Humanity.

BEST OF YOGA : PRANAYAMA

2008-12-18T22:07:00.000-08:00

Pranayama (Sanskrit: prāṇāyāma) is a Sanskrit word meaning "lengthening of the prana or breath". The word is composed of two Sanskrit words, Prāna, life force, or vital energy, particularly, the breath, and "āyāma", to lengthen or extend .(From Wikipedia)

Bhagavad Gita

Pranayama is mentioned in verse 4.29 of the Bhagavat Gita.

Quotes

Prana is a subtle invisible force. It is the life-force that pervades the body. It is the factor that connects the body and the mind, because it is connected on one side with the body and on the other side with the mind. It is the connecting link between the body and the mind. The body and the mind have no direct connection. They are connected through Prana only and this Prana is different from the breathing you have in your physical body.
– Swami Chidananda Saraswati

Shilpa Shetty - Pranayam Breathing (Shilpa's Yoga) - The funniest videos clips are here

Yoga works primarily with the energy in the body, through the science of pranayama, or energy-control. Prana means also ‘breath.’ Yoga teaches how, through breath-control, to still the mind and attain higher states of awareness. The higher teachings of yoga take one beyond techniques, and show the yogi, or yoga practitioner, how to direct his concentration in such a way as not only to harmonize human with divine consciousness, but to merge his consciousness in the Infinite.
– Paramahansa Yogananda

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Pranayama is the fourth 'limb' of the eight limbs of Raja Yoga mentioned in verse 2.29 in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.Patanjali discusses his specific approach to pranayama in verses 2.49 through 2.51, and devotes verses 2.52 and 2.53 to explaining the benefits of the practice.Patanjali refers to pranayama as the control of life force that comes as a result of practicing the various breathing techniques, rather than the numerous breathing exercises themselves.
Many yoga teachers advise that pranayama should be part of an overall practice that includes the other limbs of Patanjali's Raja Yoga teachings, especially Yama, Niyama, and Asana.

Types Of Pranayamas And Their Videos
Also see How to Do Pranayama On Wikihow
http://www.wikihow.com/Do-Pranayam

Bhastrika Pranayam
http://knowyoga.org/tiki-index.php?page=Bhastrika+Pranayam

Kapal Bhati Pranayam
http://knowyoga.org/tiki-index.php?page=Kapal+Bhati+Pranayam

Baharya Pranayam
http://knowyoga.org/tiki-index.php?page=Baharya+Pranayam

Anulom Vilom Pranayam
http://knowyoga.org/tiki-index.php?page=Anulom+Vilom+Pranayam

Bhramri Pranayam
http://knowyoga.org/tiki-index.php?page=Bhramri+Pranayam

Udgeeth Pranayam
http://knowyoga.org/tiki-index.php?page=Udgeeth+Pranayam

Ujjayi Pranayam
http://knowyoga.org/tiki-index.php?page=Ujjayi+Pranayam

Nauli Kriya
http://knowyoga.org/tiki-index.php?page=Nauli+Kriya

Medical claims(From Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranayama

Several researchers have reported that pranayama techniques are beneficial in treating a range of stress related disorders,improving autonomic functions,relieving symptoms of asthma, and reducing signs of oxidative stress. Practitioners report that the practice of pranayama develops a steady mind, strong will-power, and sound judgement, and also claim that sustained pranayama practice extends life and enhances perception.

Associated Research Papers

Autonomic responses to breath holding and its variations following pranayama.
Bhargava R, Gogate MG, Mascarenhas JF.
Department of Physiology, Goa Medical College, Bombolim.

Autonomic responses to breath holding were studied in twenty healthy young men. Breath was held at different phases of respiration and parameters recorded were Breath holding time, heart rate systolic and diastolic blood pressure and galvanic skin resistance (GSR). After taking initial recordings all the subjects practised Nadi-Shodhana Pranayama for a period of 4 weeks. At the end of 4 weeks same parameters were again recorded and the results compared. Baseline heart rate and blood pressure (systolic and diastolic) showed a rendency to decrease and both these autonomic parameters were significantly decreased at breaking point after pranayamic breathing. Although the GSR was recorded in all subjects the observations made were not conclusive. Thus pranayama breathing exercises appear to alter autonomic responses to breath holding probably by increasing vagal tone and decreasing sympathetic discharges.

Further Reading : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3215678

Role of Pranayama in Rehabilitation of COPD patients - a Randomized
Controlled Study
S K Katiyar, Shailesh Bihari
Dept. of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases Dr. Murari Lai Chest Hospital
G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur

The present study has demonstrated that in patients
with sign.ficant COPD if specially trained for Yogic
breathing called pranayama, show deceastruted
improvement of lung functjon parameters, health-related quality of life, and decreased dyspnea
improvement in the exercise tolerance, symptoms in daily activities
score, their usual activity and reduction on the impact of disease on their lives.

Further Reading : http://medind.nic.in/iac/t06/i2/iact06i2p98.pdf

Effect of Nadi Shodhan Pranayama on Forced Vital Capacity
Rachna Sirohi ,Dr. Pranav Pandya
Yoga Department
Dev Sanskriti University
Shantikunj, Haridwar.

The results conclusively prove that Nadi Shodhan Pranayama increases the vital lung capacity of the individuals. ‘t’ value is significant at 0.01 level of confidence
Further Reading : http://www.dsvv.org/publications/Nadi%20Shodhan%20Pranayama.pdf

Effect of two breathing exercises (Buteyko and pranayama) in asthma: a randomised controlled trial

S Cooper, J Oborne, S Newton, V Harrison, J Thompson Coon, S Lewis, A Tattersfield

Link :http://thorax.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/58/8/674

Effect of pranayama practices on fasting blood glucose and serum cholesterol.

Link :http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3770842

Intelligent Movies : AWAKENINGS (1990)

2008-11-30T13:39:00.000-08:00

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Awakenings is a 1990 drama film based on Oliver Sacks' memoir of the same name. It tells the true story of a doctor (Sacks, who is fictionalized as Malcolm Sayer) who, in 1969, discovers beneficial effects of the then-new drug L-Dopa. He applied it on catatonic patients who survived the 1917-1928 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica. Leonard Lowe (played by Robert De Niro) and the rest of the patients were awakened after decades of catatonic state and have to deal with a new life in a new time.

Directed by Penny Marshall, the film stars Robert DeNiro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller, and Max Von Sydow. The film has a cameo from Jazz legend Dexter Gordon (who died before the film's release) who appears as a patient, and a then-unknown Vin Diesel plays a hospital orderly.

The screenplay was written by Steven Zaillian, based on Sacks' book. The book was also used by Harold Pinter as the basis of his one-act play A Kind of Alaska, performed in 1982.

A documentary by the same name, featuring interviews with Dr. Sacks and his real-life patients was produced by British television company Yorkshire Television in 1974.

Preview

Download Link
http://www.mininova.org/get/1367618