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Look back to your childhood...As we learn to deal with the physical and mental demands of life, we become less flexible ... physically and mentally. Life teaches us to tighten our joints and muscles, and also our minds. Yoga is an ancient art that helps to create balance in our life. Physical balance through stretching, mental balance through stress reduction, energy and spiritual balance through gaining awareness of your body and mind. For thousands of years, millions of people have used yoga to relieve stress and become healthy...physically, mentally and spiritually. Can you learn Yoga from a book?The concept of 'no pain, no gain' is not used in yoga. Yoga should be done at an easy pace, creating no stress physically or mentally. Yoga is a stress relief activity, not a stress creating activity. There are many forms of yoga you can use. Some simple, some more physical and some more mentally demanding. The easiest, and in my opinion the most beneficial, is the art of Mudra. Mudra is hand yoga. A simple form of yoga to relieve stress, but used to create health, vitality and longevity. Finger poses are seen throughout the east and west. Statues of Buddha, portrayals of Jesus and many other healers and prophets are shown using hand poses or ... Mudras. In the east they have been used and maintained, in the west largely forgotten. Mudras were a way of communicating physically to others. We use a finger to point out danger, showing a palm to say stop, or a handshake to say hello. These are all forms of Mudras. There are other mudras which help us communicate internally. To remove stress, promote health, become happy, calm and content. Best of all, Mudras can be done at home, work or play. Nobody can see you use them, you don't need to sit a particular way, they can be done with eyes open or closed, you can do them while talking, walking or whenever. They are a simple, easy and fast way to remove stress. You can use hand yoga to relieve stress anywhere and anytime. Mudras are simple and easy at removing stress and promoting health. Learning simple Mudra to relieve stress is easy and ... fast.
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