August contents

Thoughts

Interview with Dr Ali

What is Pain?
- Leon Chaitow

Behave equally towards All
- Sri Eknath Easwaran

Muscle Tone and the Back
- Dr M Ali

Multi faith Pilgrimage

Ask Ruth
- Ruth Gilmore PhD

Traditional Thai Massage
- Christine Townley

The Enlightened Athlete
- Anne-Marie Newland

The Ultimate 5-a-side Energy Team
- Donald Butler

Leon Chaitow: “Initially pain serves as a message of distress, danger or damage - a call to protect the area that hurts. It usually starts as an unpleasant sensation, an ‘alarm’ message which interpreted by the brain as ‘pain’. Something will have happened to stimulate or irritate tiny nerve structures called noviceptors (pain receptors) - whether chemical changes in the body, or inflammation, or a purely mechanical cause, such as pressure, stretching or tearing... “Pain can be described as acute or chronic... whereas chronic pain is longer-lasting, more deep-seated... The way we experience chronic pain is affected not merely by the physical processes that have caused it, but also by our intellectual and emotional reaction to it.” Sri Eknath Easwaran: “They are equally kind to relative, enemy and friend - to someone who supports them, someone who is indifferent, even someone hateful. Through the ability to give love and respect to all, they rise to great heights. One of the secrets of victorious living is found in the word samabuddhi, having an equal attitude towards all. To everyone, it is necessary to behave with respect: to those who help us, to those who hinder us, to those who talk nicely to us, to those who do not talk to us at all. This is the secret of perfect human relations.” Marie O’Leary: “When I am completely still during meditation, I can go beyond the pain. And the stillness comes from complete attention to the mantra...” Pamela Woods: “The modern scientific world has been trying to understand the way nature and the universe work so that they can develop laws and predictive methods and eventually learn to control nature. This began to be seen as a task without end. However, since the 1960s, there have been some exciting new additions to geometry describing nature.”

Ecology in light of Yogic Yamas & Niyamas
-Dr M M Bhamgara

The Column
- Sarah Mackintosh

Two Cultures and Sanskrit Wisdom
- Professor K S Arjundwadkar

Meditating when You are in Pain
- Marie O’Leary

Visualisation for Relaxation and Inner Peace
- Angela Paskin

Yoga in the ‘Real’ World
- Sandra Niven

Exercise for Healthy Back
- Deborah Fielding & Simon Fielding

Holiday Care for Pets
- PDSA

Gardens for the Soul
- Pamela Woods

Vegetarian Cuisine: Diet for osteoporosis
- Maryon Stewart

In the Yogi/ni’s Garden
- Janita