Midnight marathon 2011

Race seems to be expensive with no freebees, but it was a charity run so we decided to run. I and Gangesh (a friend of mine) enrolled for Mid-night marathon about 3 weeks ago.

KTPO was crowded with various stalls of food and other items, people enjoying the run venue with family and friends.  Gangesh was telling that “yeh tau mela laga hai” and it was like a Mela like environment. “One Night Stand” Band was adding the charm to night of Moon eclipse. I took no photos myself, will tag photos of some friends.

With no practice on running front I was not sure of putting put a proper performance, so was thinking of making it a practice run for next Big run. And it was some food that made me extremely lazy in the race week, or last 2 days of stomach upset, I was sure of running only 4-10 kms.

I reached there around 11.30 in the night; prize distribution was going on, and no surprise that all the prizes went to bravos from Ethiopia. They really know how to do it right, Kudos to them.

I did only 4 km- 2km of sprint and 2 km of walk and then headed home. There was flyer on windshield of my car of “wags and wiggles” that made me laugh a lot, it is a pet saloon and spa.  Seems like less or too many humans are going to spas that spas are diversifying to pet segment as well. I liked the business Idea and will give 15% discount coupon to someone who has a pet.

Gangesh called up to tell that he finished the run in 2hrs and 23 mins, Bravo!

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Yoga: A science for world peace conference at Art Of Living Ashram

I was not very keen on visiting Ashram till few years ago. I never actually thought of going to some Ashram earlier but this time I decided to go and see what’s happening in spiritual world. Some sort of curiosity took me there. I was happy to get invitation for Yoga conference in art of living Ashram; probably some volunteer noticed my yoga website and sent me the invitation.

Art of living international center is a big Ashram very near to city with peace like village. Every volunteer was very courteous and friendly in his/her behavior. After asking few volunteers of direction I reached Yoga Conference in the Big Dome of Ashram.

“Who is who” of yoga and spiritual world were present in the stage.  BKS Iyenger, Swami Sivanand from Portugal, Swami Amruta Suryananda, Chairman of Yoga bharti, S-VYSA university chairman and few more biggies whose name I couldn’t hear properly.

Every one talked about Yoga and its potential in improving present society, they talked about need of teachers in order to spread Yoga in every corner of world. Some talked about pure soul, meditation, karma yoga, raj yoga,….. importance of packaging of yoga………. and so many things.

I had food in there, attended some sessions and then came back.

It was motivating to see so many learned people at one dais, and volunteers working selflessly in service of humanity.

A Sunday well-spent!



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Diabetes - Yoga in prevention and cure

According to WHO facts published, 346 million people are suffering from diabetes worldwide. Of these more than 80% are in low- and middle-income countries (India is also called diabetic capital of world). The causes are due to rapid increases in overweight, obesity and physical inactivity.   WHO facts also talks about Yoga and its role in diabetes control in short.

Type 2 diabetes is preventable and risk can be reduced by healthy diet and lifestyle (some sort of physical activity and stress control). However if someone is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, can still control it using same (healthy diet, some sort of physical activity and stress control) and Yoga.

Yoga asana with focus on various glands (Pancreas, adrenal, pineal, thyroid and other glands) are beneficial in diabetes control. In general Asanas with focus on abdomen, spine and neck area are beneficial for diabetic patients. Pranayama is also very beneficial for diabetes as it helps calming of mind.

Asanas beneficial for diabetic patients are:

1)                  Surya Namaskar

2)                  Janu Sirsasana

3)                  Pashchimottasana

4)                  Sarvangasana

5)                  Halasana

6)                  Dhanurasana

7)                  Bhujangasana

8)                  Matsyendrasana

9)                  Salamba sirsasana or Ardha Salamba sirsasana

10)               Anuloma Viloma and other pranayama

11)               And Meditation(dhyana)

Disclaimer: These are my notes solely for my study on Yoga Research. Kindly consult your doctor before using any of them.

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