Six Branches of Yoga
yoga is an ancient tradition from the Eastern world, and these oldest practitioners tended to look at yoga as a tree with six branches. What all six have in common are the asanas (the physical positions and movements), Pranayama (the structured breathing or breath control), meditation and a strong moral code.
1. hatha yoga
In Indian, "ha" means sun and "tha" means moon. hatha yoga refers to these twin energy channels in the body. Its goal is to prepare the body for the more pure state of meditation to come in the 2nd branch. hatha yoga was brought to us by an Indian yogi attempting to purify the body to make it fit for higher meditation. Western yoga is almost completely the hatha yoga branch, and Westerners find mental and physical comfort in the first branch alone.
2. Raja yoga
Raja and hatha Yoga are highly interrelated. Raja means "royal" in Indian, and in the royal tradition, this branch of yoga has eight included branches as follows:
- niyama - self discipline - asana - positions - pranayama - breath control - pratyahara - sensory deprivation - dharana - meditation - samadhi - ecstasy
Raja yoga is often practiced by religious leaders and monastery dwellers. However, anyone can find benefits in the practice of raja yoga.
3. Karma yoga
The basic teaching of karma yoga is that what we do and how we behave today will influence our happiness and fulfilment in the future, or a future lifetime. Understanding this cosmic principle helps us to create our current environment with love and positivity in order to forestall negativity in our future. Practitioners of karma yoga lead a life of selfless devotion and service to those less fortunate.
4. Bhakti yoga
Bhakti is a sanskrit term meaning love of God and mankind. practice of bhakti involves controlling and channeling emotions and having tolerance for all who come into our lives.
5. Jnana yoga
Jnana yoga is the branch of the intellect. Practitioners pursue scholarly paths, usually those of yoga masters or other spiritual traditions. In our Western religious culture, the Jnana yoga practitioner may be likened to the Jesuit priest, the Kabala scholars or Benedictine monks.
6. Tantra Yoga
Tantra yoga prioritizes ritual as the best way to experience the divine. The sanskrit word tantra translates to weave or loom. Rituals in everyday life lead to a recognition of the divine in everyday life which leads, in turn, to a reverent attitude in everyday actions.
Tantra yoga is the most misunderstood of the six branches. The ancient book, "The Kama Sutra" is a well-known example of this misunderstanding of the real goal of tantra yoga. It is a book of sexual positions and techniques, and in Westernized yoga tradition, tantra yoga has become associated almost exclusively with these published sexual practices. Worldwide, however, most schools teaching this branch of yoga recommend celibacy.
When finally understood by Westerners, tantra's ritualizations of everyday events appeal to them. Western civilizations tend to make rituals of everyday events anyway - births, deaths, weddings, going to church, forming clubs, and all the many various ceremonies and celebrations commonly held are all tightly related to tantra yoga rituals.
One of the best things about the six branches of yoga is that you are not limited to just one, or to a series. You can pick and choose what you want to practice when. Follow your own path using yoga as your toolbox.
Michael Russell Your Independent guide to Yoga
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My Favorite Two Attractions At Disney Theme Parks
My two favorite rides at disney theme parks are "It's a Small world After All" and "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad". Both are popular attractions at Disneyland, Disney World, and the disney parks in Paris and Tokyo.
"It's a Small World After All" made its debut at the 1964 New York World's Fair in the UNICEF pavilion and was designed as a message of international harmony by walt Disney's team. It was transported to Disneyland in 1966, and located inside Fantasyland; it instantly became a highlight of the park.
In this ride, passengers get into boats outside the attraction and they are carried inside and moved along by a gentle current. They go through a series of rooms, each of which has dolls from different countries and cultures singing and moving to the catchy song. There is the Taj Mahal, Big Ben, and the Eifel Tower, among other global landmarks. I like trying to spot all the different countries and landmarks.
There are about 300 Audio-Animatronics figures from 100 different nations. They are simple and childlike with their repetitive movements and limited articulation. At the end of the ride, there are dolls from all the different nations singing "It's a Small world After All" together. To me, it is very appealing ending.
That song is the infectious kind that I can't get out of my mind. It was written by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman, who also wrote the songs for Mary Poppins. It is continually played in a soundtrack loop, about 4,800 times an operating day in disney parks around the world. Just about all of us can't help singing along.
It's a world of laughter, a world of tears,
It's a world of hopes and a world of fears;
There's so much that we share,
That it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all.
It's a small world after all,
It's a small world after all,
It's a small world after all,
It's a small, small world.
There is just one moon, and one golden sun,
And a smile means friendship to ev'ryone;
Though the mountains divide,
And the oceans are wide,
It's a small world after all.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, in Frontierland, is a relatively gentle roller-coaster geared towards adults and teens; it is more exciting to ride in the back of the train than the front. It was modeled after a runaway mining train in the Wild West, and opened in Disneyland in 1979 and in Disney World a year later. The track and queue design are different at each park, even though the theme is the same. There was a prolonged development phase for "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad" in which they considered several "histories" for the mountain. Themes of gold fever and revengeful native American spirits were finally chosen for the ride.
In disney World, the ride is about 3.5 minutes of hairpin turns and dark descents, and there are six trains which are nicknamed I.B. Hearty, I.M Brave, I.M. Fearless, U.B. Bold, U.R, Daring, and U.R. Courageous. I prefer this roller coaster to other ones because it is just exciting enough for me. You feel like you are falling, and go around corners quickly enough to be tossed from side to side.
There are 20 audio-animatronic figures including donkeys, chickens, possums, and the rainmaker in a now flooded mining town: Professor Cumulus Isobar. There is also antique mining equipment, falling rocks, an earthquake, and the smell of sulfur as you pass phosphorescent pools. In disney World, you careen through a dinosaur's ribs, under a waterfall, past spewing geysers, and over a volcanic pool.
The lines are long but move fairly quickly. It is best to go during parades, or use a FASTPASS, or go late in the day (many people say it's even better after dark). Plan for at least 30 minutes of queuing at non-peak times, and an hour at peak times.
It is easy to see why "It's a Small World After All" and "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad" are so popular. They both have appealing themes and lots of attention to detail. They are very different from each other but both are great examples of why disney theme parks are so much fun. I never get tired of them
Tracy Crowe has been to both Disneyland and Disney World, and loved both of them.
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DVD-ROM Replication
The rom in dvd-rom stands for read-only memory. It means that, while the manufacturers of the discs encode them with data, a consumer can only access, not change, the data stored within. The ability to ship computer programs and other data on discs that left the earlier floppy disks far behind has truly revolutionized the computer industry. Now, bulk replication of dvd-ROMs is possible, which helps in the quick and inexpensive transfer of large amounts of information.
A dvd-ROM can hold a minimum of 4.7GB, sufficient for a full-length movie. Its specification supports disks with capacities of from 4.7GB to 17GB and access rates of 600 KBps to 1.3 MBps. A special characteristic of the dvd-rom drives is that they are backward-compatible with CD-ROMs. This implies that dvd-rom players can play old CD-ROMs, CD-I disks, and video CDs, as well as new dvd-ROMs. New versions of dvd players can also read CD-R disks. dvd-ROMs use MPEG-2 to compress video data.
Replication, mastering included, involves pressing discs in production lines that spit out a new disc every few seconds. Replication equipment, costing millions of dollars, comprises a variety of machines that are used to create a glass master and metal stamping masters, stamp substrates in hydraulic molds, apply reflective layers, bond substrates together, print labels, and insert discs in packages. Most replication plants test some discs before mass duplication. Unlike dvd-rom mastering, dvd-video mastering may include one more step for CSS encryption, Macrovision, and regionalization.
One can develop dvd-ROMs with multimedia software tools like Macromedia Director, Quark mTropolis, and C++. dvd-ROMs that utilize dvd-Video's MPEG-2 video and multi-channel Dolby Digital or MPEG-2 audio need audio/video encoding.
Replicated dvd products might be supplied to the customer in bulk packets of 100, or finished and inserted into jewel cases with the paper parts. If you yourself do the insertion and source your own printing, the cost for dvd replication can be lower.
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