Practice Of Yoga Asanas

1. The practice of Yoga Asanas helps to prevent disease and maintain a high standard of health, vigour and vitality. It cures many diseases.

From "Kundalini Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda

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Acarya:

Acarya (sometimes spelled Acharya in English): a preceptor, instructor; cf. guru

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Massage is the practice of applying pressure or vibration to the soft tissues of the body, including muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments, and joints. A form of therapy, massage can be applied to parts of the body or successively to the whole body, to heal injury, relieve psychological stress, manage pain, improve circulation and relieve tension. Where massage is used for its physical and psychological benefits, it may be termed "therape ...

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• Massage - Massage Basics
• Massage - Communication
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• Massage - Types of massage
• Massage - Breema
• Massage - Chair massage
• Massage - Chinese Tui Na massage 推拿
• Massage - Chinese Zhi Ya massage 指壓
• Massage - Deep muscle therapy
• Massage - Deep tissue massage
• Massage - Erotic massage
• Massage - Foot or sole massage
• Massage - Lomilomi — Traditional Hawaiian Massage
• Massage - MA-URI massage
• Massage - Myofascial release
• Massage - Myoskeletal alignment technique
• Massage - Neuromuscular therapy
• Massage - Scalp massage
• Massage - Shiatsu 指圧
• Massage - Stone massage
• Massage - Structural muscular balancing
• Massage - Swedish massage
• Massage - Tantramassage Tantric massage
• Massage - Thai traditional massage
• Massage - Trigger point therapy
• Massage - Massage therapist organizations
• Massage - The ABMP
• Massage - The AMTA
• Massage - The AMTWP
• Massage - The CMTA
• Massage - The CMTO
• Massage - The CSMTA
• Massage - The NCBTMB

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The Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is the most common and well-known dolphin species. It inhabits warm and temperate seas worldwide and may be found in all but the Arctic and the Antarctic Oceans. Bottlenose Dolphin - Physical description. Bottlenose Dolphins are grey, varying from dark grey at the top near the dorsal fin to very light grey and almost white at the underside. This makes them hard to see both from above and below when swimming. The elongated upper and lower jaws ...

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• Bottlenose Dolphin - Physical description
• Bottlenose Dolphin - Behavior and life
• Bottlenose Dolphin - Diet
• Bottlenose Dolphin - Senses and communication
• Bottlenose Dolphin - Tool use and culture
• Bottlenose Dolphin - Sexuality and reproduction
• Bottlenose Dolphin - Natural predators
• Bottlenose Dolphin - Taxonomy
• Bottlenose Dolphin - Conservation
• Bottlenose Dolphin - Bottlenose Dolphins and humans
• Bottlenose Dolphin - Bottlenose Dolphins in fiction

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In animals, the brain, or encephalon (Greek for "in the head"), acts as the control center of the central nervous system. In most animals, the brain is located in the head close to the primary sensory apparatus and the mouth. While all vertebrate nervous systems have a brain, invertebrate nervous systems may have either a centralized brain or collections of individual ganglia. The brain is an extremely complex organ; for example, the human brain is a collection of 100 billion neurons, each linked with up to 25,000 others [1]. T ...

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• Brain - Mind and brain
• Brain - History
• Brain - Modern neuroscience
• Brain - Comparative anatomy
• Brain - Invertebrates
• Brain - Vertebrates
• Brain - Neurobiology
• Brain - Histology
• Brain - Function
• Brain - Brain pathology
• Brain - The study of the brain
• Brain - Fields of study
• Brain - Methods of observation
• Brain - Other matters
• Brain - Brain as food

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A bronchus (plural bronchi, adjective bronchial) is a caliber of airway in the respiratory tract that conducts air into the lungs. No gas exchange takes place in this part of the lungs. Bronchus - Anatomy. The trachea (windpipe) divides into two main bronchi, the left and the right, at the level of the sternal angle. The right main bronchus is wider, shorter, and more vertical than the left main bronchus. The main bronchi subdivide into two and three secondary bronchi that each serve t ...

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• Bronchus - Role in disease

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Cirrhosis is a chronic disease of the liver in which liver tissue is replaced by connective tissue, resulting in the loss of liver function. Cirrhosis is caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, chronic viral hepatitis or other causes. Cirrhosis is sometimes referred to by its obsolete eponym Laennec's cirrhosis after René Laënnec. Cirrhosis is irreversible but treatment of the caus ...

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• Cirrhosis - Complications
• Cirrhosis - Causes
• Cirrhosis - Diagnosis
• Cirrhosis - Pathology
• Cirrhosis - Pathophysiology
• Cirrhosis - Treatment
• Cirrhosis - Epidemiology

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The term breast, also known by the Latin mamma in anatomy, refers to the upper ventral region of an animal's torso, particularly that of mammals, including human beings. In addition, the breasts are parts of a female mammal's body which contain the organs that secrete milk used to feed infants. This article focuses on human female breasts, but it should be noted that male humans also have breasts (although usually less prominant) and are born with the main milk ducts intact. While the mammary glands ...

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• Breast - Anatomy of the female breast
• Breast - Lymphatic drainage
• Breast - Function
• Breast - Size shape and composition
• Breast - Development
• Breast - Terminology
• Breast - Cultural status
• Breast - Disorders of the breasts
• Breast - Infections and inflammations
• Breast - Benign breast disease
• Breast - Malignant breast disease

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Bone, also called osseous tissue, (Latin: "os") is a type of hard endoskeletal connective tissue found in many vertebrate animals. Bones support body structures, protect internal organs, and (in conjunction with muscles) facilitate movement; are also involved with cell formation, calcium metabolism, and mineral storage. The bones of an animal are, collectively, known as the skeleton. Bone has a different composition than cartilage, and both are derived from mesoderm. In common parlance, cartilage can also be called "bone", cert ...

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• Bone - Functions
• Bone - Post-mortem functions
• Bone - Structure
• Bone - Cells
• Bone - Matrix
• Bone - Formation
• Bone - Bone pathologies
• Bone - Terminology

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Cancer is a class of diseases characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these cells to invade other tissues, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue (invasion) or by implantation into distant sites (metastasis). This unregulated growth is caused by damage to DNA, resulting in mutations to genes that control cell division. Several mutations may be required to transform a normal cell into a malignant cell. These mutations are often caused by chemicals or physical agents called carcinogens, the best known being tobacco smoke. Some mutations occur spontaneously, or ...

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• Cancer - Terminology
• Cancer - History
• Cancer - Classification and nomenclature
• Cancer - Adult cancers
• Cancer - Childhood cancers
• Cancer - Causes and pathophysiology
• Cancer - Origins of cancer
• Cancer - Molecular biology
• Cancer - Morphology
• Cancer - Heredity
• Cancer - Environment and diet
• Cancer - Epidemiology
• Cancer - Prevention
• Cancer - Diet and cancer
• Cancer - Other chemoprevention agents
• Cancer - Genetic testing
• Cancer - Diagnosing cancer
• Cancer - Signs and symptoms
• Cancer - Biopsy
• Cancer - Screening
• Cancer - Treatment of cancer
• Cancer - Surgery
• Cancer - Chemotherapy
• Cancer - Immunotherapy
• Cancer - Radiation therapy
• Cancer - Hormonal suppression
• Cancer - Symptom control
• Cancer - Treatment trials
• Cancer - Complementary and alternative medicine
• Cancer - Cancer vaccines
• Cancer - Coping with cancer
• Cancer - Social impact
• Cancer - Cancer research

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Cooper's ligaments are the connective tissue in the breast that holds them up. As any ligament, over time, they may lose strength and tension in the elderly—especially so in females. That makes the breast hang down with the years. Samuel Shem (author of the "House of God") called them "Cooper's Droopers" in this state of tension. Other related archivesHouse of God, Samuel Shem, breast, connective tissue

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The coronal suture (sutura coronalis) is a dense, fibrous connective tissue joint that separates the frontal and parietal bones of the skull. At birth, the bones of the skull do not meet. If certain bones of the skull grow too fast then "premature closure" of the sutures may occur. This can result in skull deformities. There are two possible deformities that can be caused by the premature closure of the coronal suture: a high, tower-like skull called "oxycephaly," or a t ...

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Costochondritis is an inflammation of the connective tissue between the breastbone and the ribs. It causes pain in the chest that can be reproduced by pressing on the affected area between the ribs. This pain can be quite exquisite, especially after rigorous exercise. While it can be extremely painful, it is considered to be a benign condition that generally resolves in 6-8 weeks. Treatment options are quite limited and usually only involve rest and pain relievers but in a very small number of cases cortison ...

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Vegetarian cuisine is cookery of food that meets vegetarian ethical principles and health standards. In terms of lacto-ovo vegetarianism, which is the most common type of vegetarian in the Western world, this generally means food which excludes ingredients under which an animal must have died, such as meat, meat broth, cheeses that use animal rennet (some vegetarians will eat all cheeses and others none, because of its milk content), gelatin (from animal skin and connective tissue), and for the strictest, even some sugars that are white ...

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Collagen is the main protein of connective tissue in animals and the most abundant protein in mammals, making up about 1/4 of the total. It is one of the long, fibrous structural proteins whose functions are quite different from those of globular proteins such as enzymes. It is tough and inextensible, with great tensile strength, and is the main component of cartilage, ligaments and tendons, and the main protein component of bone and teeth. Along with soft keratin, it is responsible for skin strength and elasticity, and its degradatio ...

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• Collagen - Composition and structure
• Collagen - Human Uses
• Collagen - Types of collagen
• Collagen - Staining

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In the wrist there is a sheath of tough connective tissue which envelopes and protects one nerve (median nerve) and tendons, which attach your muscles to the wrist and hand bones. The carpal tunnel is the space between this sheath (above) and the bones (below) making up the wrist and hand (carpal bones). The term 'carpal tunnel' is also used quite commonly to refer to 'carpal tunnel syndrome' which is a condition where the median nerve is pinched within the tunnel and causes pa ...

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• Carpal tunnel - Medical/Anatomical definition
• Carpal tunnel - Boundaries
• Carpal tunnel - Contents
• Carpal tunnel - Relevance

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Cellulitis is an inflammation of the connective tissue underlying the skin, that can be caused by a bacterial infection. Cellulitis can be caused by normal skin flora or by exogenous bacteria, and often occurs where the skin has previously been broken: cracks in the skin, cuts, burns, insect bites, surgical wounds, or sites of intravenous catheter insertion. The mainstay of therapy remains treatment with appropriate antibiotics. It is unrelated to "cellulite," a cosmetic condition featuring dimpling of the skin. Cellulit ...

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• Cellulitis - Symptoms
• Cellulitis - Causes
• Cellulitis - Risk factors
• Cellulitis - Diagnosis
• Cellulitis - Incubation
• Cellulitis - Duration
• Cellulitis - Treatment
• Cellulitis - Prevention
• Cellulitis - Forms of cellulitis

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A corpus cavernosum is one of a pair of a sponge-like regions of erectile tissue which contain most of the blood in the male penis during erection. There are corresponding structures and functions in the female clitoris. The term literally means "cave-like body" (plural: corpora cavernosa). Corpus cavernosum - Male anatomy. The corpus cavernosum and corpus spongiosum are three expandable erectile tissues along the length of the penis which fill with blood during erection. The two corpora cave ...

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• Corpus cavernosum - Female anatomy

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In the fetus, at an early period, the greater part of the skeleton is cartilaginous; as this cartilage is afterward replaced by bone, it is called temporary, in contradistinction to that which remains unossified during the whole of life, and is called permanent. It has been said that the cartilage in ears and noses continues to grow in size throughout adult life; however, this seems to be an urban myth which is not substantiated by research. ...

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Cartilage, Cartilage - Composition, Cartilage - Cells, Cartilage - Fibers, Cartilage - Matrix, Cartilage - Types of cartilage, Cartilage - Hyaline cartilage, Cartilage - Elastic cartilage, Cartilage - Fibrocartilage, Cartilage - Growth and development, Cartilage - Chondrification, Cartilage - Mineralisation, Cartilage - Appositional, Cartilage - Interstitial, Cartilage - Cartilage in fetal development, Cartilage - Diseases / Medicine, Cartilage - Fibrocartilage, Cartilage - Invertebrate cartilage

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Asbestosis is a chronic inflammatory medical condition affecting the parenchymal tissue of the lungs. It occurs after long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos, e.g. in mining. Sufferers have severe dyspnea (shortness of breath) and are at an increased risk regarding several different types of lung cancer. As clear explanations are not always stressed in non-technical literature, care should be taken to distinguish between several forms of relevant diseases. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), these may defined as; as ...

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• Asbestosis - Diagnosis
• Asbestosis - Pathogenesis
• Asbestosis - Treatment
• Asbestosis - Legal issues

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Hepatitis is a gastroenterological disease, featuring inflammation of the liver. The clinical signs and prognosis, as well as the therapy, depend on the cause. Hepatitis - Signs and symptoms. Hepatitis is characterised by fatigue, malaise, joint aches, abdominal pain, vomiting 2-3 times per day for the first 5 days, loss of appetite, dark urine, fever, hepatomegaly (enlarged liver) and jaundice (icterus). Some chronic forms of hepatitis show very few of these signs and only present when the longstanding inf ...

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• Hepatitis - Signs and symptoms
• Hepatitis - Types of hepatitis
• Hepatitis - Viral
• Hepatitis - Alcoholic hepatitis
• Hepatitis - Drug induced hepatitis
• Hepatitis - Other toxins that cause hepatitis
• Hepatitis - Metabolic disorders
• Hepatitis - Cholestatic
• Hepatitis - Autoimmune
• Hepatitis - Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency
• Hepatitis - Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

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Arthroscopy (also called arthroscopic surgery) is a minimally invasive surgical procedure in which a physical examination of the interior of a joint is performed using an arthroscope, a type of endoscope that is inserted into the joint through a small incision. The advantage over traditional knee endoscopies is that only small incisions need to be made, and the joint does not have to be opened up fully. This reduces the recovery time of the patient and may increase the rate of surgical success due to less trauma to the connective tissue. It is especially useful for professional athletes, who frequently ...

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