Tuesday 7 June 2011

Natural Tonics- Sprouts




Natural Tonics

Most people living in the metros cities today, suffer from the problem of low energy states. We found that they are exhausted, tired, stressful and lacking the will to do any thing. The principal cause is the high stress levels. These days maintaining the relationships between the parent-children, husband-wife, and then dealing with people has become very complex than ever before. You have to go through a long mentally exhausting day, you get physically tiered.

You can not change the quality of the air you are breathing in, the noise pollution in which you are living, and the emotional climate that you are subjected to be. All these adverse factors further deplete your energy reserves. These are not under your control, but you can change your diet. Your diet can boost your energy level positively at a large extent.

Why do sprouted seeds, despite being “the perfect food to man”, remain enigma as far as their benefits are concerned? Sprouts are completely natural, they require no processing and are so easy for pocket their true value is not realized.

Seeds are life just waiting to be born. Sprouts are an explosion of the life. Sprouts are well known for their powerful nutritive and healing properties.

The power of sprouts is being documented in ancient Indian and Chinese texts. Use of sprouts in digestive disorders, muscular cramps, hair and skin problems is well known. Sprouts are also elaborated in the Chinese text for their anti-inflammatory, fever reducing, body toning and pain relieving effects.

Sprouts bear a largest amount of relative nutrients per unit of intake of any food known to man. They possess enough first quality proteins to be classified as ‘complete’. Many sprouted seeds such as those of alfalfa and sunflower, contain all the essential amino acids in their ‘free’ state, which simply means more nutrients reach to the cells with less food.

Sprouting raises the vitamin contains of the seed dramatically. The vitamin C value of wheat increases 600 per cent in the early sprouting period. Vitamin laetrile, found very useful in cancer therapy is found to be increase over 1000 per cent in the sprouted seeds.

Enzymes considered the key to longevity, are greatly activated in the sprouting process. The absence of enzymes produces that ‘tired, run down feeling’.

Start Your Day with Sprouts

With the name of sprouts most of us think for the mung bean sprouts. You can sprout any of the whole grain. All possess their own qualities and nutrients. One similarity is that they all are living food and full of the prana, the vital energy. You can sprout whole wheat, kabuli channa, black channa, moth, makti, whole masoor, jowar, bajri, soya beans, sunflower seeds, alfalfa seeds etc. Sprouts are the best alkalizing food you can eat. Alkaline foods are beneficial because stress, pollution, eating out, fast food, etc gives rise to acidosis, which precipitates the disease conditions and low energy levels.

Sprouts are ‘live food’ and they can transfer this live energy to you. They are rich sources of enzymes, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and fibre. During the sprouting of the grains, their proteins get digested to the amini acids, which can be better utilized by the body. Seeds are the sparks or the source of the life, as they contain all the genetic material required for growth of the full plant. They are life generating and are full of the vital energy.

Sprouts a boon to the mankind

Sprouts are the best living food. They are so alive that they are still growing when you eat them. Seeds for sprouting can be planted at any time of the year. It will grow up in any climate and require neither soil, nor sunshine. Sprouts are totally chemical free, leave no waste, are delicious when raw and are super low in calories. Sprouts are even known to turn the most cynical person around.

Wednesday 18 May 2011

Yoga Ashram an Introduction

The Ashram
An ashram is a home with a Guru present for direct personal tuition and spiritual counseling,while offering either a meeting space or accommodation for its visitors that are suitable for individual yoga practices and meditation practices any time of day or night. Without having to worry about food, logistics, room service and facility maintenance, an ashram is where Guru is ! True Guru can be anywhere and every where wherever God is - also in your heart right now !!
a) Its Aim
The Ashram is dedicated to propagate the ancient Indian Science and Art of Yoga, in a modern scientific way. This system of teaching is a combination of modern scientific inquiry and information with ancient wisdom.
b) The Structure
We teach Yoga by using step-by-step method giving our students a structure for a new yogic life-style.
We have implemented the concept of the Guru Kula to instruct our students. Guru Kula literally means the “womb of the Guru”. The student is nourished spiritually within the protective ambience of the Guru's presence, until he is strong enough to stand on his own two feet in the world.

Yoga is knowledge, but it is more in the doing, in the action. We encourage the students to let Yoga become a way of life, through a new attitude using Yoga philosophy and psychology and a change in personal hygiene and diet patterns. In this way, knowledge could set them free from the bad habits and the conditioning of their earlier lives.

Yoga, which means union, has been practiced in India as a way of life for centuries. In the ancient times, all sacred teachings were first passed orally from generation to generation. Only later in history, was it written down. The Yogic tradition is basically an oral tradition. This is best described in these words: “From the mouth of the Guru to the ear of the Chela (Student)”.

Life in the "Guru Kula" in India has always been disciplined, simple and natural with an austere dignity. The student, called a "Chela", was expected to possess many qualities, including discipline, sensual control, purity of body, mind and emotions, willingness to learn, humility, intelligence and respect for the teachings and the teacher. The Guru Kula was also the home of the Guru and the teachings were taught in an intimate, family relationship. In such a setting, the Guru could closely observe the student and understand his weaknesses and his strengths.