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Is Yoga an Art, a Science, or a Religion?
On John Friend's website, you will find the following sentence describing the Anusara Yoga Teacher Traning manual: "The most clear and comprehensive book on the art and science of teaching yoga available."
Let us take a look at the meaning of the word science. Many people who argue that yoga is not a science use the word science in a rather reductionist and limited way.
In other words, they subscribe to "scientism," the reductionist idea that science is only related to any of the branches of natural or physical sciences and does not in any way apply to "a particular branch of systematic knowledge," such as yoga, for example. As we shall see, the dictionary does not define the word science in such a narrow way.
Here is the dictionary definition of the word science: /ˈsaɪəns/
1. a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
2. systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.
3. any of the branches of natural or physical science.
4. systematized knowledge in general.
5. knowledge, as of facts or principles; knowledge gained by systematic study.
6. a particular branch of knowledge.
7. skill, esp. reflecting a precise application of facts or principles; proficiency.
The communal and personal practice of yoga for the past 5-7000 years certainly applies to most of these definitions.
Definition number 2): yoga is definitely a "systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation."
Indeed, this is what distinguishes yoga from being a mere religion, a
dogma, a belief system, because over thousands of years, yogis observed animals, themselves, and the natural world in order to gain knowledge about the body, the senses, the breath, the way certain movements effected their health and wellbeing.
In other words, hatha yogis are scientists. The sages of old said: if you practice this kind of exercise, you will be slimmer, you will be stronger, more flexible, and best of all, you will be able to sit for a long time without discomfort during meditation.
Moreover, the yogis observed and documented: If you eat this herb (brahmi), your concentration will improve, if you eat this herb (ashvaganda), you will gain strength and stamina.
They gained all this knowledge not through belief and superstition but through systematic observation of their physical bodies and the environment. Hence yogis were definitely scientists.
It was indeed through the scientific efforts of trial and error that they discovered that some foods were good for contemplation (brahmi) and others were not so good (garlic!)
Definition number 3): yoga is a "branch of natural or physical science" for basically the very same reasons as I outlined above.
Definition number 4): Yoga is part of "systematic knowledge in general."
One of the things that struck me when I first started practicing yoga and meditation was how systematic it was. The same goes for Ayurveda. I studied Ayurveda at California College of Ayurveda with an engineer friend, and one of his main observations was how systematic, rational and logical ayurveda was!
When I started yoga in India, nobody told me to simply believe this or that. Instead I was presented with a body of very rational, systematic forms of knowledge. In addition, I was told: try this out in this and that way, and if you do, you will experience this and that. And indeed I did. And millions of others have had the same experience.
So yoga is very systematic, very scientific. No religious or New Age mumbo jumbo, only good Old Age wisdom and rationality.
Are you not convinced already? Do I need to continue? Well, let us just conclude by saying that yoga is also 5) "knowledge, as of facts or principles; knowledge gained by systematic study. 6. a particular branch of knowledge. 7. skill, esp. reflecting a precise application of facts or principles; proficiency."
Anybody serious about their yoga practice knows quite well that yoga is all of those things.
Well, that's easy. Just take a look at 92 year old Iyengar in one of his spectacular and artfully executed poses and you will realize that all yogis worthy of their yogi pants are artists.
Or take a look at John Friend or Sean Corn. Great artists of body and mind.
And if you practice meditation, you will quickly realize it is both a science and an art. Yogic meditation is a science because it was developed through repeated experimentation and observation, and an art because in order to do it deeply and blissfully, you must apply your own imagination and creativity.
Or just take a look at a Buddha statue. No greater art than that image, that pose of deep sensuous silence.
Well, that one is also easy. Just pick up a copy of Yoga Journal or take a class at any of your city's many yoga studios and you will quickly learn that yoga is a great fitness program unlike any ever designed before or after.
Yoga is not a religion. Yoga is a spiritual path. The fact is, you can hail from any religion and still practice yoga. No problem. Why? As I demonstrated initially, yoga is more a science and an art than a religion. Yoga is an empirical path of body-mind-spirit transformation. That simple.
I know that some people only practicing hatha yoga believe that the rest of yoga—the philosophy, the chakras, the meditation, the ayurvedic stuff—is all about religion. But that is not correct.
Many writers on yoga say that yoga comes from the Vedas. But is this correct? Yes and no.
We can divide the Vedas into two portions: the karmakáńda [ritualistic portions of the Vedas] and the jiṋánakáńda [philosophical portions].
The karmakanda teachings are the oldest portions of the Vedas and contain rituals and prayers to appease the Gods, requests for a good harvest, etc. These rituals are the yajinas, or sacrifices—including animal sacrifices—of the Vedic priests found in the four Vedas of ancient times.
The jinanakanda portion, or the philosophical writings of the Vedas, are those deeply yogic scriptures found in the Upanishads, the Gita, and the Brahmanas. These Vedic scriptures are more recent (700 BCE or so) and are a result of a blend between Yogic and Tantric practice and Vedic philosophy.
Hence, while the philosophy of yoga is expressed in these more recent or so-called Fifth Vedas, the practical knowledge, the science of yoga, belongs to the oral teachings of the yogis and the tantrics that originated thousands of years earlier.
The yogis applied the same rigorous trial and error experimentation to the practice and science of meditation as they did while developing the hatha yoga asanas.
Let me explain: Hatha yoga pranayama when practiced without a mantra has many health benefits. A friend of mine recently cured a severe case of psoriasis (flaking, itching and inflammation of the skin) by practicing pranayama. No Western medical doctor, the so-called real scientists, had been able to help him. For him, this kind of pranayama became a body-mind exercise as it balanced his prana and manipura chakra and thus his digestive system and purified his blood.
The limitation with this type of pranayama, though, as with all hatha yoga, is that it does not bring you so easily into the deeper state of spiritual awakening and bliss, at least not in a systematic, meditative way. To do that, you need to practice raja yoga pranayama.
When you practice raja yoga pranayama with a mantra, your practice is more psycho-spiritual, because you ideate on becoming one with Spirit, you ideate on your breath while using a mantra and thus you go beyond the chatter of the mind. And slowly, with each deep breath, you start to experience the vast inner NOW of silence and being. You become the breath of Spirit itself as the kundalini, the inner breath of the spine, breathes you to a state of higher consciousness.
That is the practice of yoga as a spiritual path. At least that is one of the many ways in which yogis developed meditation techniques to let us embrace the inner union with Spirit, which is the goal of yoga. Indeed, one of the most popular definitions of yoga in India, the tantric definition, is "spiritual union."
So, my friends, yoga is indeed all of the above: a science, an art, a fitness routine and a spiritual path. Or what do you think?
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34 Responses to "Is Yoga an Art, a Science, or a Religion?"
Yoga is the science of religion.
Yes, I would agree. In other words, that part of religion that is not dogmatic but transformative.
For me, yoga is: how we learn and know the way the Universe works and how we work, the way we make and create art and beauty through asana (physical postures, seat) and our unique expression of creativity in the world, the way to keep the physical vessel we've been blessed to live in fit to hold, receive and transmit Shakti (creative power of Consciousness, life force) and a way to yoke, connect, bind, recognize we already are the very thing we seek, our very essence, Spirit…. Science, art, fitness and Spirit. Awe-spicious!
Beautifully said, Bj Galvan. I agree!
All I know is watching you practice is like watching an artist at work!
how can anyone say that that THEY have THE "most clear and comprehensive book" on yoga teaching? is that marketing flash or just plain ego? both, I'd say.
Yes, marketing and ego goes hand-in-hand, for sure… but one can also sell to provoke, to entertain, to enlighten in a conscious way, then let go, surrender….and see it all as divine play…… any writing is a form of marketing and sharing of ego… what is important is your attitude toward your claims… are you attached, or do you surrender the outcome to the greater good/spirit/god….
Linda-Sama, for the purpose of this article, the important part of John Friend's message was this: "the art and science of teaching yoga." That yoga is an art and a science. Whether his manual is the most "clear and comprehensive" is another issue beyond the scope of this article.
Ramesh…I suppose we need to define "science". But…someone else can do that. Often in these science and religion discussions we jump to the meat of either and their meaning. As in the tiresome Quantum mechanics and Buddhism discussions on how they are "allegedly" saying the same thing or will end in the same destination. If we "observe the world" as a scientist we are only concerned with the physicality of the outer-ness.
Padma, if you read my article carefully, you will see that I define science very broadly….that meditation the Buddhist way or the Yogic way is a science as it is a practice, and empirical transmutation through an internal experiment. In other words, science in this broad way does not have to be physical, it also relates to the mind. Meditation is often termed an intuitional science by yogis….
Scientists are trained to impartially measure the physical world and the interdependent relationships of physical phenomena. That sounds good at the beginning of a spiritual path but the problem with science is that is where it begins and ends. Empirical data will never grasp enlightenment….so in a spiritual life…why bother with science as described in today's terms? Why are we so interested in covering authentic paths to liberation with the cataract of scientific intellectualization? If we are not describing a spiritual path with science then why do we need to justify a spiritual path with science? I am a scientist by training and do science in my work. Science is a tool. Not an ultimate path with heart or bodhicitta. If seeing the physicality of the world is allegedly science thn everything is science…no big deal.
I agree that this is the way that science is seen in the West, but not in the east, and not if you go back a few hundred years even in the west. Before the enlightenment created scientism and made science a flatland, one-dimesional science, it was seen as part of a whole in both east and west. In other words, empiricism of this holistic way of seeing applies to yoga, to chinese medicine, to meditation. if meditation is an experiment, the data is collected by the yogis, shared with the community of yogi peers. When a new yogi comes along he is given the data, he performs the experiment on himself and will then know/learn if the data corresponds to the experience/experiment. The laboratory is then inside instead of outside. You, the yogi, become the laboratory.
The point is, yoga, meditation is not a belief, it is a practice, and practice is broad science…..
In the yogic scriptures, brahmavidya is called vijiṋána or spiritual science, while the other branches of science from which people obtain mundane knowledge are termed avidyá in Sanskrit. In other words, the yogis of old had terms for yogic knowledge that correspond to the dictionary terms of science I used above.
The main point is to distinguish the yogic endeavor with religious rituals and beliefs, that yoga is a practical path that does not require us to believe in a certain religious dogma related to Hinduism….
In the yogic scriptures, brahmavidya is called vijin-ana or spiritual science, while the other branches of science from which people obtain mundane knowledge are termed avidya in Sanskrit. In other words, the yogis of old had terms for yogic knowledge that correspond to the dictionary terms of science I used above.
Good to see this being addressed in a systematic way. Yogaers are not always scientific, but then, neither are scientists. Removing bias and exploring the universe, making hypotheses, performing experiments, analyzing and sharing the results, perhaps not science if science is a being not a process and tool, but certainly not gym-yoga. The article makes this distinction, but as gym-yoga is by far what most think of when they hear yoga, this distinction, for the discussion, needs to be sharp.
As I understand it, there are three divisions of kāṇḍa: karma, jñāna and upāsana, the last detailing process of worship (from preparing the offering to devotion itself), and do not extend beyond the Vedic corpus proper (4 vedas, brahmanas and upanisads), so wouldn't include the Gita.
Thanks, Dan. very well said. I agree. Regarding the Gita: The Fifth Veda is generally thought to include the literature of the Mahabharata of which the Gita is a part. The Gita is also sometimes referred to as the Gitaupanishad and thus part of the Upanishads, so in this way it is included in the Fifth Vedas.
Good post Ramesh. Yoga survived for several thousands of years and faced rigid and fanatical ideas and still survies is because it is basically scientific in its own way and represents the truth. There is a saying in sanskrit SATYAMEV JAYATE which translates as TRUTH ALONE TRIUMPHS.
Thanks, Shiva. Very well said!!
Thank you for sharing this!Love it!
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Excellent analysis.
The reductionist view of science, the "we can only look at the physical" approach of naturalism, suffers from false premises and philosophical bias. Scientism is internally contradictory and unsustainable. (Nonetheless, there are many who insist on such a truncated and bias-laden view of science. (See posts above.)
In a nutshell, all science is based on observation that arrives through our consciousness. We have no way of knowing anything other than through conscious observation. Those who cling to the reductionistic views of scientism overlook this fact.
As consciousness is not understood (or misunderstood) all science is based on a false foundation. The means of conducting science is not "calibrated." If one is using a tool one would calibrate that tool so that all observations are consistent but that cannot be done in the absence of an understanding of consciousness.
When one investigates further one also finds consciousness is not a physical thing — thus the whole edifice of "physical" science crumbles. It does not hold up under close examination.
On the other hand, in the Yoga Sutras we find a more complete science as it deals with the nature of consciousness and its relationship to the physical or manifest universe. Thus, one might make the argument that Yoga, as put forth by Patanjali is a valid science while modern day materialism does not hold up.
thank you so much for your feedback and wonderful comment.
Yes, reductionist science is biased in that it reduces everything down to its own material and sensory level. It is good at what it does on that level, but very limited, and hopelessly inept in understanding anything beyond.
While Patanjali and the whole yogic and tantric enterprise has been, as you say, about understanding the nature of consciousness, not just intellectually, but experientially. That is, yoga, in its fullest expression, is about using the body so that mind may move into the highest realm of being, namely consciousness and witness realty from that point of view. The body and the mind then becomes vehicles of transformation into oneness of being.
And that, says Patanjali, is not a belief system, it's a practice, a science, a path, a way of life and being.
FROM FACEBOOK Baba Rampuri commented on your link.
Baba wrote: "Thank you, Ramesh. OM NAMO NARAYAN !! Modern Yoga since the end of the 19th century, attempts to be scientific, and has had numerous successes. It has been recognized by many professional health and insurance organizations, and there have been many scientific studies confirming Modern Yoga theories.
So I fully agree with Ramesh that Modern Yoga is both a science and an art. Although, today, we tend to think of Science as Truth, God, or Religion, Science is an historical methodology maturing with the European Enlightenment, and in the secular-religious divide that followed, assumed the authority once vested in the Church. Reducing Science, if I may, there is an idea, a premise, the truth of which is determined with a rational argument which is confirmed empirically, by observation, and then… it is then presented to the Academy for its approval, and then it is science. It is up to the Academy to determine the appropriateness of the rational thinking. Today, I might add the element of finance, as for most scientists, someone must pay the bill.
Traditional Yoga, Tantra, Ayurveda, and related areas are NOT based on Science. In a tradition, truth and authority are not based on modern rational thinking and its categories, but on a guru-shishya relationship that connects in to a tradition through a lineage. Teaching and studying are not done in that relationship as in the Modern West, but through apprenticeship over many years. Traditional India does not see the world as evolving but quite the opposite, it is seen as devolving. Traditional India has it that things started out perfect, everything was in balance, everyone was enlightened, it was the golden age, the Satya Yuga.
The disciple doesn't "further develop" the teachings of the guru, but is very lucky and rare, indeed, to even equal the guru's teachings. As the ages roll on, man loses contact with his traditions and relies more and more on his own discursive thinking and rational thought as the authority for knowledge. Everything was "revealed," not figured out with rational thinking, And what has been revealed has been passed down so that others may have those revelations, and a Speech has been passed down, which gives the traditional yogi the literacy of "reading the world." Plants reveal the secrets in their stems like a printed pamphlet to those who can read the world. It's not necessary to dig up every plant and set up test groups of people to discover the effects of every plant.
Do you think that's how the ancients compiled their enormous materia medicas? How do we know that brahmi is good for the brain if not for the resemblance between its leaves and the brain's twin hemispheres? Or that walnut, which resembles the brain, is used for its nourishment or illness such as headaches, but the shell is used to treat skull injuries? This is not science, my friends. Science is wonderful, it's creative, it's given us alot of what we need in our modern lives. It works. But it is not magic. The two do not mix, it's either one or the other, mixing only renders both sides very weak."
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Michelle Synnestvedt commented on your link.
Michelle wrote: "Aye, there's the rub. You can't have both. Magic or science… And yet how could one make the choice without exposure to Magic? There must be some deep inner calling, a calling that most don't hear or desire or maybe just forgot about altogether. There seem to be VERY FEW who would even question which road to take or even know there is a choice."
Baba Rampuriji,
Traditional yoga, tantra and ayurveda as I have been taught, also from a guru and in an apprenticeship fashion, is not only science. That is not waht I have been claiming. I have been saying that these disciplines, these practices, these spiritual sciences are all of the above. There are aspects of Tantra and Yoga that are scientific in the broad sense of the word, but there are also aspects, the spiritual dimension of these practices that go beyond western science. I agree with that and that is what my original article emphasized. Spirituality, unlike some aspects of religion, embraces and transcends material science, just kike the spirit includes but transcends the body.
Ayurveda is often translated as the science of life, the knowledge of life, is it not. Ayurveda is not based on hokus pokus but on carefully studied and learned ways to read the body and mind and administer medicines according to the imbalance of the doshas. Ayurveda is not simply based on magical belief and prayer, it is based on physical, mental and spiritual observation. It is a holistic science as opposed to the material science of scientism.
Brahmi, which I use regularly, gave away its medical properties of strengthening the nerves and concentration by way of experience. That is how herbal medicine has been learned and practiced over thousands of years. Some was revealed knowledge as you say, some came to them via trial and error.
Einstein was also revealed his knowledge of relativity. he said it came to him in a flash. The table of elements came to Madelbroth in a dream….that is also revealed knowledge, from the deeper consciousness of man, from Consciousness, from Brahman to the human mind when we are in an expanded state of mind. That is revealed knowledge. It happens all the time, to yogis and scientists, to artists, to people in trance and samadhi.
Science as in spiritual practice does not leave out the magical, the spiritual. The practice, the discipline, the asanas, the meditation, the pranayama, etc. simply makes us instruments of consciousness in a systematic, and yes, scientific way, but it moves beyond the material and into the magical space of spirit, of consciousness. That is what spiritual practice is all about, the systematic transformation of body and mind into spirit. So, I do not see much of a dichotomy here–science and magic, practice and surrender, body and spirit, heart and mind, certainly do mix very well. That's the alchemy of spiritual practice.
Baba Rampuriji,
yes, I agree, context is important in order to establish meaning. The word scientism, which is not in the dictionary, refers to the tendency to conflate everything to the material or sensory level, that anything real is mater…ial or sensory and can be explained on that level. So, if you have a samadhi experience, it is explained in terms of brain function, not in terms of a mind/spirit experience. broad science on the other hand, would look at all the various levels of effects a samadhi experience would have–psychologically, sensory, magically, spiritually, culturally, symbolically. In other words, the experience of Oneness would be interpreted on all levels of being, not just limited to the sensory level.
let's not make this into a contest between cloning sheep and practicing meditation on the banks of the Ganges. I am not talking about that kind of science…. both you and Rampuri have reduced my article to just one level of understanding, the magical. Sounds familiar? The scientists do the same–reduce everything to their level, to the material.
Life is broader than just magic or just science, life is all of that and more. I included art in my article. I included spirituality. Both very magical aspects of life, both beyond but not antithetical to science.
And about devolution, Rampuriji, yes there is devolution, we are devolving all the time from the One, from Brahman, that is how evolution from the One starts, through devolution by the aid of Prakrti, by Shakti, but we are also evolving, there is both devolution and evolution. And that is Tantra speaking….from One to the many, from the many back to the One. All of this comes form Indic tradition, not from the West. I learned it in India. There are different strands of knowledge in India as you know. Yours is one, mine is another. Advaita is one, Tantra another. Slightly different perspectives. Advaita says all but Brhaman is an illjusion, Tantra says, this world is not an illusion, it is shakti, just another aspect of Brahman, just relative truth in the womb of the Absolute–Shiva and Shakti=Brahman. That's my perspective. And that's Indian. Very Indian.
Baba Rampuri commented on your link.
Baba wrote: "Jorge Luis Borges would tell a story about a "certain Chinese encyclopedia" in which the categories of animals were enumerated, in the same way that we enumerate the categories of animals such as mammals, fish, reptiles, insects, etc., but in this "Chinese" encyclopedia the categories were listed as (and I am paraphrasing) 1. animals that belong to the Emperor; 2. animals that look like flies at a distance; 3. animals painted with a fine camel hair brush; 4. animals that just broke the water jar; 5. fantastic animals. Foucault commented that if you can make that your knowledge of animals, the way you categorize the animal kingdom, then all the rest of your knowledge becomes non-knowledge. To be crude, it's like trying to boot DOS software on a MAC. I congratulate you on your very Indian perspective. My perspective is not Indian at all. I can't help myself, I was born in the West in a Western family with my mother speaking English to me, I was fully indoctrinated in Western Discourse throughout my childhood until I was 18, through education and media, when I went to India and never returned. Even after becoming literate in Hindi and competent in Sanskrit grammar as well as living in an ancient tradition (Dasnami Naga Sannyasi) learning & practicing the tradition of yoga for perhaps 10 years or more, I discovered that there was a lot that I did not really understand because I was attempting to limit the possibilities and potential of this tradition I found myself inside of to the paradigm of the Western discourse which formed and shaped my perception of the world and how I organized that. You can take the boy out of the West but you can't take the West out of the boy. In order to survive a tradition of the "Other," I had to act like an archeologist, discovering the artifacts in my own thinking revealing a labyrinthine paradigm of Western discourse. The coloring on my spectacles. I have found that the more I am aware of what informs my thinking, the more I can make adjustments for that, in how I organize what I perceive. It serves to broaden a perspective. Perhaps what is most significant was my urgency to comprehend my extraordinary world, that forced me to hold a mirror to my thinking, making our Western discourse the object, not the subject of inquiry. Circular logic becomes tedious. A Christian might say, "The Bible is the word of God," and you might ask, "How do you know that?" "Dummy," comes the reply, "it SAYS so right there in the Bible!" How does one define "science" or "religion," without employing this same circular logic? We must use a vocabulary based on it's context and use, it makes it difficult when we inject our personal meanings upon words. And if we use obscure words such as "scientism," which is not included in my Oxford English Dictionary, then they must be given a context. I would hope that our translation of sacred texts from Sanskrit or Vedic to English would adhere to a more rigorous discipline than that of applying a-contextual dictionary definitions of a word to one's own context. … I'll continue this"
Traditional Yoga, Tantra and Ayurveda, as I have been taught, also from a guru and in an apprenticeship fashion, is not simply sciences. That is not what I have been claiming. I have been saying that these disciplines, these practices, these spiritual sciences are all of the above. There are aspects of Tantra and Yoga that are scientific in the broad sense of the word, but there are also aspects, the spiritual dimension of these practices, that go beyond Western science. I agree with you, and that is what my original article emphasized. Spirituality, unlike some aspects of religion, embraces and transcends material science, just like the spirit includes but transcends the body.
Ayurveda is often translated as the science of life, the knowledge of life, is it not? Ayurveda is not based on mumbo jumbo but on carefully studied and learned ways to read the body and mind and administer medicines according to the imbalance of the doshas. Ayurveda is not simply based on magical belief and prayer, it is based on physical, mental and spiritual observation. It is a holistic science as opposed to the material science of scientism.
Brahmi, which I use regularly, gave away its medical properties of strengthening the nerves and concentration by way of experience. That is how herbal medicine has been learned and practiced over thousands of years. Some was revealed knowledge as you say, some came to them via trial and error.
Einstein was also revealed his knowledge of relativity. he said it came to him in a flash. The periodic table of elements came to Dimitri Madeleev in a dream….that is also revealed knowledge, from the deeper consciousness of man, from Consciousness, from Brahman to the human mind when we are in an expanded state of mind. That is revealed knowledge. It happens all the time, to yogis and scientists, to artists, to people in trance and samadhi.
Science as in spiritual practice does not leave out the magical, the spiritual. The practice, the discipline, the asanas, the meditation, the pranayama, etc. simply makes us instruments of consciousness in a systematic, and yes, scientific way, but it moves beyond the material and into the magical space of spirit, of consciousness. That is what spiritual practice is all about, the systematic transformation of body and mind into spirit. So, I do not see much of a dichotomy here–science and magic, practice and surrender, body and spirit, heart and mind, certainly do mix very well. That's the alchemy of spiritual practice.
lovely! i appreciate the dictionary definitions. I mean you cannot argue with Webster! 😉 as a yoga teacher, i find art and creativity flowing when i plan my class flows (which of course can change the moment i walk into class, so the creativity has got to be flexible and readily accessible!) i guess that is my "art" in a way.
thanks for the thoughts, facts, and perspective.
Thanks, yogicalrebear, for sustaining the art of the yogic flow!
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The main concern associated with obesity in children was once low self-esteem, and perhaps even social discrimination, through teasing and ridicule. But with rates of childhood obesity skyrocketing, it has now progressed from being a condition associated with a negative psychological stigma, to a condition so common and dangerous to our health that it is now identified as a disease in itself.
It is proven that an obese child has a 70% chance of becoming an obese adolescent who then has a 70% chance of remaining obese into adulthood. It is also well known that obesity is a precursor to many cardiovascular risk factors such as high cholesterol, inactivity and high blood pressure. Obesity is also linked to type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, depression and various forms of cancer.
You can blame genetics and you can blame the food industry, but while these factors definitely do contribute to the obesity problem, are they really the main culprits responsible for this epidemic? Genetics have always been passed from one generation to the next in the same manner, and the fast-paced lifestyle which leads us to consume vending machine options, low quality cafeteria foods and our favorite fast-food alternatives has been relatively constant in the past 10 to 15 years. So what is the major reason that childhood obesity has tripled in the past two decades, increased by almost 5% in the past five years alone, now stands at roughly 20% of the child population and is almost considered a norm in classrooms instead of an uncommon characteristic?
The answer lies in the simple equation that equalizes obesity to the concept of expending fewer calories in a day than you consume. If the latter part of this equation remains relatively constant, it is safe to reason that the problem is more closely related to an insufficient daily caloric expenditure. In simple terms, the major factor contributing to today's obesity rates in children (and adults) is simply the fact that we are less active than ever before.
In schools, physical activity classes have been partially or completely cut to save money and to satisfy federal wishes to focus on mathematics and English literacy.
vOnly 10% of kids walk to school on a regular basis and only half are enrolled in some type of physical activity class. In the U.S., Illinois is the only state that actually requires daily physical education classes for all class levels. By the time students are in high school, a phys. ed. class may only be required in one of the four years. In 1991, 42% of high school students enrolled in daily physical education classes. This number has now dropped to roughly 25%.
Studies have shown that less than 40% of children participate in any type of organized activity session outside of school hours, and 23% participate in absolutely no physical activity at all.
One-quarter of all high school students watch four or more hours of television a day, and increased television watching has been linked to a more sedentary lifestyle and an increased prevalence of obesity.
It has been proven that a child watching 21 hours of television a week, which is now quite normal, can decrease their chance of becoming obese by one-third by simply reducing their television watching by the same amount.
Consider the hours a child spends watching television. Add the time they spend on the internet or playing video games, the time a child sits on a bus or a in car on their way to school and, of course, the eight-hour school day. Are we really surprised that children are becoming obese?
When our way of life leads us to be completely inactive without making diet modifications to accommodate this lessened caloric expenditure, obesity unfortunately becomes an inevitable event.
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Mr. Rozell: Barney, where were you on December 7, 1941 at 7:55 in the morning?
Barney Ross: I was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. (Holds up picture) That's where she was, right there and that is what she looks like there. (Referring to the picture) I had gotten up early that morning and was getting ready to go to church services. We were all alone out there at this buoy, tied up. I was waiting for a motor launch to pick me up and take me to a larger ship, where they had a chaplain. Destroyers did not have chaplains because they were too small.
I was talking to a shipmate of mine waiting for the motor launch, and all at once I saw a plane go over our ship. I did not know what it was, but the fellow with me said, "That's a Jap plane!" She went down and dropped a torpedo. Then I saw the USS Utah turn over.
MR: (Gesturing to map of Pearl Harbor) That is the Utah right there. This was Barney's ship, the Blue. The USS Arizona, which we were just talking about, is over in this vicinity with the West Virginia. The USS West Virginia was another ship that was hit critically.
BR: I did not really know what to do. The searchlight was my battle station, but there was no need to be on a search light at 7:55 in the morning. Not only that but two-thirds of the crew was allowed to go to the shore because they had weekend passes. The only ones aboard were those who had the duty. I started to help bring the awnings down. When we were in Pearl like that, in order to get out of the sun, we always had awnings over the back end of the ship, the stern of the ship.
As I was doing that, the gunner's mate came up and started breaking the locks on the ammunition. Everything was locked up for fear that someone might go in there with a cigarette or something. He said, "Ross, follow me". He took me down into the number three magazine. He said, "I want you to take powder and shells, and send it up to the gun". He showed me how to operate the hoist, and that's what I did. I'd get a shell, they weighed about eighty pounds I think, but when I was 19 or 20 that was nothing, I could pick one of those up easy. So, that's what I did. I'd take a shell and then I'd take a bag of powder, I'd put it in the hoist and then I would send it up to the gun.
In the mean time we were getting under way. All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves, all the top officers were ashore. We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a torpedo, but we didn't. We got outside of the exit of the harbor and we started dropping depth charges. There were Japanese submarines out there, and we got credit for 2 of them and credited for knocking down 4 planes on our way out. We were doing this with the USS Phoenix and the St. Louis and 4 or 5 other destroyers, our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We formed up and started out.
We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad that we didn't, because they had attacked us there with 6 carriers, 3 battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers. The planes alone would have taken care of us, so I was grateful that we never found them. We were out there searching for 36 hours... When we came back into Pearl it was pitch dark, and we could see the fires from the Arizona and the other ships still burning in the harbor.
MR: Didn't we have a black out at the time at Pearl Harbor?
BR: Yes, we did. Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships.
MR: The Arizona and the Utah?
BR: Yes. The Arizona, the West Virginia, the California, the Tennessee, the Maryland, those ships that were hit. They didn't get all the fires out. There were planes on Ford Island that were still burning.
MR: So the Japanese made two passes and of course, they took everybody by surprise. The Americans fought back, but you were telling me on the phone that one thing that Japanese didn't get were the carriers, because they were out to sea.
BR: Right. We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.
MR: How many did we have?
BR: I think we had 3 at the time, the Enterprise, the Yorktown, and the Lexington. Anyway, that was a big plus for us. Not only that, but they neglected to get our oil supplies and they neglected to get our submarines. And the battleships they did get were beginning to become obsolete anyway, they were cumbersome. It took carriers with airplanes to really do a good job.
About three weeks later, we got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had no battleships with us, but we did have two or three cruisers and probably eight or ten destroyers. We hit the Marshal and Gilbert Islands at about 4:00 in the morning. It was the planes that did all the damage. We let the planes off at about 4:00 in the morning as well and they went in and did the island. I imagine the Japanese were a little surprised that we hit back so quickly, because they figured they had us crippled. About three weeks after that, we got orders to go to Wake Island. We did the same thing there. We went with the Enterprise, the same task force, and both cruisers and destroyers. These trips took about two months. They took about a month going and a month coming back. If you get on a destroyer for a month, you know you have been someplace (laughs).
MR: How many men were on your ship?
BR: All destroyers at that time had about 200 men. A destroyer was rough riding and with the rough weather, the sea can be an enemy too. By the time we hit these islands and by the time we got back, each trip took two months. I did get some breaks after a while. When we came back from Wake, they sent me to school for five weeks. That was a break. I went to school in San Diego and when I came back into Pearl on a transport, the Blue was going out. That was the trip when she got hit, in the battle of Sable Island, off Guadalcanal. She was hit with a Japanese torpedo. That was a break for Barney.
MR: So that was in 1942?
BR: That was in 1942, right.
Former U.S. Marine: ( from across room) August 9.
MR: August 9.
BR: Yes August 9. I was in a receiving ship in Pearl Harbor waiting for the Blue to come back, but she was not going to be coming back. So I was put on the USS Dixie, a repair tender. We went and followed the fleet and made repairs, whatever repairs they needed. This ship had everything, including electrical shops so we could rewind motors. It had carpenter shops, it had foundries and it had other shops. It was a big ship. That is what a tender did, took care of ships that had been hit or needed repairs. I was on her until I got to Guadalcanal. I had been out there long enough. I had not seen my family for four years. A lot of guys were going back to the states, so I went back to the chaplain and I said, "Look, I haven't seen my family for four years, and there are a lot of people going back that got on this ship after I did." So he said, "I'll check your record."
MR: How old were you then, Barney?
BR: I was twenty…twenty-two years old.
MR: So how old were you at Pearl?
BR: I was twenty years old at Pearl Harbor. I was in the Navy about a year and 4 months before the war.
MR: I have a question, and I think some of the students might be wondering the same thing too. You said that you had a lucky break when the Blue was hit?
BR: Well, it was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured.
MR: Did the ship actually sink?
BR: What happened was she took a torpedo in the stern. She wouldn't run, so the USS Henley, which is one of the other destroyers, tried to tow her, this is in Iron Bottom Sound off Guadalcanal. While the Henley was trying to tow her, they got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves. We took five-inch shells and sunk her.
MR: Why did you sink your own ship?
BR: Well, so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact, so we sunk it.
Later on, after I went back to the states, I went to San Francisco to get my leave. They were going to give me 30 days leave. They took ten days away from that for traveling. So, I came back from San Francisco to Whitehall, by train. When my twenty days were up I went back to San Francisco. When I went up to get my orders, and the guy said to me, "USS Chicago, Philadelphia Navy Yard." Here I just came from the east coast (laughs). This here is a picture of the Chicago (holds up illustration). She's a heavy cruiser with eight-inch guns, and she had 20's and 40's on her. After she was commissioned we went down through the Panama Canal and back. At this time (1945) Iwo Jima and Okinawa were over. Our job was to bombard the coast of Japan and support the anticipated U.S. air strike. While we were doing that they, they dropped both atomic bombs. After the atomic bombs were dropped the war ended and then we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war...
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1-1.5 lb pork tenderloin
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5 carrots
5 parsnips
2 rutabagas
5 turnips, roots only
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The Heinkel He 111's sleek lines mask the plane's capability and versatility as a medium bomber. This aircraft, sometimes called the "Flying Spade", was classified as a passenger/mail plane to circumvent limits imposed on German rearmament by the Treaty of Versailles. The Heinkel He 111, a rugged and dependable bomber, saw combat in support of Franco's Nationalist Forces during the Spanish Civil War and later during World War II. Produced in large numbers, the He 111 operated extensively around the world for more than two decades. Heinkel designed the aircraft in the early 1930's and production of the He 111 began in November 1936. Almost from its introduction, the He 111 was engaged in combat. Early model He 111's served in Spain with the infamous "Condor Legion". From September 1939 to May 1944, He 111's remained in continuous action in the skies of Europe. During the course of the war He 111's fought over Poland, Norway, France, the Balkans, Iraq, the Soviet Union, North Africa, the North Sea, as well as the Arctic and Mediterranean Oceans. Derna was famous as fighting took place there following the capture of Tobruk, 2 brigades of the 6th Australian Division under Major General Iven Mackay persued the Italians westwards and then encountered an Italian rear guard at Derna. The arrival of German forces and more specifically the Luftwaffe though swung the push back towards the Axis forces and it was not only the might of the Stuka and Bf109 that helped achieve this but also the transportation and bombing capability of the Heinkel He111. Here seen in the desert colours of StG3.
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Brit Floyd's Guitarist Damian Darlington Talks with Grateful Mike [AUDIO]
Were you at the Brit Floyd show at the Cheyenne Ice & Events Center?
If you were, then you saw Damian Darlington shredding on the guitar on 'Comfortably Numb.' Grateful Mike had a chance to talk with Darlington about his career playing Pink Floyd, the international band and coming back next year.
Darlington said this was the tribute band's third time playing at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and they're already booked for next year in Morrison, Colorado on June 11, 2015.
One of the highlights of Damian's career was playing at David Gilmour's 50th birthday party alongside keyboardist Rick Wright of Pink Floyd.
We asked who gets to sing 'The Great Gig in the Sky' each night? Damian told us, just like in Pink Floyd, the vocalists trade off singing the improvised vocals each show so that each of them has a chance to show off what they can do.
He says it takes 2 semi's to haul the Brit Floyd show across the country and we asked him last week if there would be a pig or no pig at the Cheyenne Ice & Events Center. 'No pig tonight,' was the answer.
Looking forward to next year at Red Rocks.
Here's Grateful Mike's interview with Damian Darlington from June 13, 2013.


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Gulfstream News & Notes
Gulfstream News & Notes
Point of Entry, Abaco Breeze for Weekend Stakes
Trainer Shug McGaughey had a busy and productive morning Sunday, journeying to Payson Park Training Center in Indiantown, FL to supervise the half-mile workout of Point of Entry before returning to Gulfstream Park to monitor Abaco's half-mile breeze.
Point of Entry, a three-time Grade 1 stakes winner last year, pleased his Hall of Fame trainer with his final serious preparation for a start in next Saturday's $300,000 Kitten's Joy Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (G1).
"He shaded 48 (seconds). He went very well," McGaughey said.
Point of Entry is expected to make his much anticipated 2013 debut against 2011 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Derby (G1) victor Unbridled Command in the 1 1/8-mile handicap.
"I'm looking forward to it," McGaughey said. "This is no win-at-all-risk type of situation. It's only the first of February. Our main objective is the Breeders' Cup (Turf) next fall. How I get him there, we'll see, but so far, so good."
Point of Entry was riding a five-race winning streak, which included triumphs in the Man o' War, Sword Dancer and Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, when he was tripped up in the 2012 Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) at Santa Anita. The son of Dynaformer was hopelessly trapped in traffic before springing free too late to miss catching Little Mike by a half-length.
"It's always disappointing, but he did run good. He just didn't win," McGaughey said. "It's hard, but you can't cry over spilled milk. We just have to regroup and have as good a year this year."
Upon returning to Gulfstream, McGaughey watched Abaco turn in the fastest of five works clocked at the half-mile distance on turf. Abaco was timed in 47.42 seconds while working in company with Scampering (47.82).
"She went nice,' McGaughey said.
The 5-year-old daughter of Giant's Causeway didn't break her maiden until her ninth lifetime start, but she has been undefeated in three subsequent starts since breaking into the win column at Saratoga last July. An impressive late-closing winner at Gulfstream on Dec. 9, Abaco is scheduled to make her stakes debut in Saturday's $150,000 Suwannee River (G3).
"I've been lucky to be able to use her conditions. She's come around, and this is another step for her," McGaughey said. "It's her first time in a stakes, and I'm sure it will be a very competitive field.
Leading Astray, a graded-stakes winner trained by Chris Block, breezed a half mile in 48.85 seconds at Gulfstream Sunday morning in preparation for the Suwannee River. Romacaca breezed an easy half-mile over the main track in 50.05 seconds.
Bourbon Courage Gets Final Donn Tune-Up
Bourbon Lane Stables and Wayne Lynn's 4-year-old Bourbon Courage worked a half-mile in 48 1/5 Sunday morning at Gulfstream Park with leading rider Javier Castellano aboard. Castellano will ride the 4-year-old in Saturday's $500,000 Donn Handicap (G1).
"Javier said he went good and felt great," said trainer Kellyn Gorder. "We just have to keep him happy for the rest of the week." Gorder was due to fly back to Kentucky Sunday afternoon for a few days before returning next weekend, noting that assistant Evan Downing would be looking after the colt in the meantime.
Asked about possible pace scenario, Gorder said, "He doesn't need a speed duel or anything like that up front, but it would help him for there to be a legitimate pace to close in to."
A Kentucky-bred son of Lion Heart, Bourbon Courage will be making his first start since a game third-place finish in the Clark Handicap (G1) at Churchill Downs on Nov. 23, beaten a length for it all by Shackleford and a head for second by Take Charge Indy, the latter among his rivals in the Donn.


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Public's help sought to solve 3 killings, 2 woundings in Fort Pierce area over 4 days
ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Three shooting deaths and two gunshot injuries — in four incidents — in the Fort Pierce area since early Friday are keeping deputies and police occupied and asking for public help.
Fort Pierce police say they don't see any connections between their two cases — a double homicide on Sunday and a gunfire injury on Monday — while St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office officials aren't commenting on whether they see any links in their cases.
The incidents come as Fort Pierce police continue coping with periodic gunfire, particularly on the streets, and with gangs, officials say.
Police Chief R. Sean Baldwin contends that a comparatively small number of people are committing the offenses and he said in the next few months, an ongoing investigation should "result in the arrests of individuals responsible for a lot of the violence," he said Tuesday.
At the same time, "We have extra people on the streets" as his agency and the Sheriff's Office work together on the problem, Baldwin said.
In the latest incidents, since Friday, there has been one arrest: Demetrious Hogan, 22, of Fort Pierce, is charged with attempted homicide in the drive-by shooting of a woman in the leg Friday night north of Fort Pierce, in the Juanita Avenue area. Deputies arrested Hogan after chasing a car that crashed a mile from the drive-by shooting, which deputies witnessed.
A witness told of seeing a man hanging out of a car and shooting at a house, according to sheriff's reports. After his arrest, deputies quoted Hogan as saying he blacked out during the incident and doesn't remember anything, according to a sheriff's report.
The series of shooting crimes started early Friday when a man identified as Thomas Alexander was found fatally shot south of Fort Pierce, in the area of Glenview Drive and South Seventh Street — within a few blocks of where sheriff's Sgt. Gary Morales was fatally shot during a traffic stop Feb. 28.
About 4 p.m. Sunday in the 2900 block of Avenue E in Fort Pierce, an unknown assailant or assailants fired on an Acura sedan occupied by Jensen Beach motorists Jason C. Osteen, 36, and Charles William Brookfield, 54. Brookfield was declared dead on arrival at a hospital. Osteen died Sunday night at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute.
Then gunfire on Monday afternoon left an unidentified man hospitalized. Police got a report of gunfire in the 3300 block of Okeechobee Road in Fort Pierce at 4:30 p.m. Monday and found blood at the scene, a police spokesman said. The victim turned up at the hospital after someone drove him there.
From what police have found so far, "There is no indication at all that (one) is connected to the other" shooting in Fort Pierce on Sunday, said Fort Pierce Police Detective Dave Cuti. And there is no known motive.
Friday, 12:30 a.m.: Thomas Alexander found fatally shot south of Fort Pierce, in the area of Glenview Drive and South Seventh Street. Alexander's age and address haven't been released and there have been no arrests.
Friday, 7:30 p.m.: Drive-by shooting of a woman in the leg in the 2900 block of Kingsley Drive, north of Fort Pierce. Deputies charged Demetrious Hogan, 22, of Fort Pierce, with attempted homicide.
Sunday, 4 p.m.: Two Jensen Beach motorists fatally shot in their car in the 2900 block of Avenue E, Fort Pierce. No arrests.
Monday, 4:30 p.m.: Unidentified man injured by gunfire in 3300 block of Okeechobee Road, Fort Pierce. The injured man was hospitalized. No arrests.
Source: St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office and Fort Pierce Police Department reports
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