Transcript Yoga for health What is yoga?

What is yoga?
● Yoga
started over 5,000 years ago in India and now
is very popular in Western countries.
● The aim of yoga is to bring balance into the body:
physically
mentally
and emotionally.
Benefits of yoga
1. Better sleep
2. Improves your posture
3. Stress relief
4. Weight loss
5. Muscle tone
6. Mental health
7. Cures back pain
8. Improves breath ailments
9. Boosts your immune system
10. And also reduces anxiety, depression,
tiredness and distress for some cancer patients
Yoga for cancer
Cancer patients who practice yoga as a therapy during
their treatment often refer to their yoga practice as a
life-saver. No matter how sick from treatments and no
matter how little energy, many find that the one thing
that would bring relief were a gentle set of therapeutic
yoga poses geared for cancer patients. Yoga for cancer
can help reduce anxiety, depression, tiredness and
distress.
On 18th of December 2014 we welcomed Mrs Vierka Škurková at
our school who gave us an interesting lecture about yoga and her
travelling experience around India where yoga comes from.
She gave a talk on very interesting
facts about eating habits in India:
 The main substances are rice, spices,
herbs, vegetable and fruit.
 In many parts of India, banana leaves are
used as plates (it is more ecological).
 A lot of Indians prefer to eat food with
their hands (connection with God).
 If they feel like eating sweets, they
prefer dried fruit or cane sugar.
 At the end of the meal, the Indians
chew some herbs: cardamon, fennel or
cloves. It helps the stomach to digest
and even protects teeth.
 Thali is a traditional Indian home made
food. It sa a platter with little bowls
consisting of a wide variety of different
dishes.
 Indian food is sometimes very spicy. When
you put the spicy food in your mouth and it
starts burning, the best advice is to try
some yoghurt.
 The Taj Mahal represents the finest
and the most sophisticated example of
Mughal architecture.
We would like to say „Thank you“ to Mrs Vierka Škurková
for her interesting lecture, it was very inspiring for us
and at the end of the lecture she shared a very nice idea
with the students:
NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS !!!
World Cancer Day
World Cancer Day is marked on February 4 each year to raise awareness of
cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection and treatment. There are
different symbols that are used to help promote the fight against different types
of cancers. For example, the pink ribbon is a symbol of breast cancer, while the
orange ribbon is a symbol of child cancer. At our school we decided to remember
this day by giving pink ribbons to pupils and teachers.
World Cancer Day
at our school
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