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Nutrition
Sunrider
Sunrider Foods offer the finest nutrition available today. Eaten by yoga teachers and winning athletes all over the world (in 37 countries), Sunrider's roots are in ancient Chinese Nutritional Healing (not to be confused with Chinese medicine). Ancient formulas, many of them over 4000 years old, are used to manufacture these fine foods in a state-of-the-art facility, which has the highest cleanliness standards in California (licensed to manufacture pharmaceutical drugs). The foods are formulated without a cell wall (most products) for immediate assimilation with almost no digestive stress. Sunrider is a family owned and operated company, with over 2 million distributors worldwide. Having access to all other food supplements, and continually requested by other companies to represent their products. Aadil Palkhivala, Nicole's Purna Yoga teacher, has not yet found a product that compares to Sunrider, one which he could feed his family with faith in the total integrity of the ingredients and formulation. See Aadil's Personal Testimonial below.
Sunrider's Philosophy of Regeneration
The body has the innate capacity to heal itself, if it is supplied with the correct combination of whole foods, and provided that we each take responsibility for our health (through our thoughts, actions, food choices and lifestyle). In taking care of our health, we all require the following: organic food, clean air and pure water, exercise, rest and peace of mind and a loving environment.
According to the ancient Chinese, everything that grows in nature is an herb. There are primarily three categories of herbs: toxic, medicinal and food grade.
Sunrider's food grade herbs nourish the body deeply and include a wide spectrum of plants from roots and leaves to spices, bulbs, seeds, bark and flowers. Indian and Chinese cultures have incorporated these foods into their diets for centuries.
Introducing Sunrider
For over 5,000 years the Chinese have extensively studied the human body. Their aim has been to keep it young, healthy and alive as long as possible. Their motto was, "Live long and die young." They researched the plant kingdom and created food combinations that nourished every system in the body (immune, circulatory, endocrine, digestive, respiratory, nervous, and musculo-skeletal).
This information has been preserved and further researched by Dr. Tei Fu Chen, a master herbalist and pharmacist, and his wife, Dr. Oi Lin Chen, a medical doctor. They created Sunrider International, a family owned, multinational company that specializes in preserving ancient Chinese wisdom about health and making it accessible to our modern world.
The products are are beneficial for all humanity, including babies, pregnant women, nursing mothers, the elderly and athletes.
All the raw materials are grown in their country of origin, hand-picked, hand-cleaned, inspected for contamination, sprouted to enhance their nutritional value, and extracted, juiced or dehydrated to maintain their enzymatic activity and facilitate absorption. These are whole foods that have been prepared in easy to digest formulae that take less than 30 seconds to prepare and consume. Sunrider is the ultimate fast food.
The herbs are grown in the wild, on organic farms and traditional farms. Dr Chen says, "As a manufacturer of health foods, I am especially concerned about the environment. Because of pollution, many foods, even organic foods, may contain unacceptable levels of heavy metals. We monitor the heavy mental content of our herbs and often reject hundreds of pounds of herbs that do not meet our strict standards."
Sunrider's Basic Products
NUPLUS Available at PYC 
NuPlus is yin and nourishes the body at the cellular level. It helps build lean muscle tissue, reduces cravings for sugar and sweets, feeds the brain, and helps reduce inflammation in the body.
CALLI Available at PYC
Calli is yang. It nourishes the cleansing systems of the body, so that the body can remove toxins, pollutants, heavy metals and metabolic waste at the cellular level.
FORTUNE DELIGHT
Fortune Delight is yang. It nourishes the kidneys, and helps the body flush out metabolic waste from the muscles and joints. It helps dissolve excess fat, and flushes it out of the body. It also helps remove waste matter from the colon. It enhances oxygen in the blood, and is high in electrolytes and chlorophyll.
SUNECTAR (or SUNNYDEW) Available at PYC
Sunectar nourishes the pancreas, helping to regulate and stabilize blood sugar. It improves digestion and assimilation of foods, and helps promote the healing of ulcers and lesions in the digestive system. Sunectar is mildly antibacterial, antifungal, antiseptic and antiviral. It kills Candida.
QUINARY
Quinary nourishes the body's five major systems: immune, circulatory, endocrine, digestive, and respiratory. It contains over 47 specially combined herbs, strengthens the body's systems individually, as well as creates balance, harmony and effective "communication" among the systems.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE RINSE
Fruit and Vegetable Rinse is a completely non-toxic formula 
which kills bugs, bacteria, germs parasites and their eggs within 2-5 minutes. Use it to clean organic (organic fruit and vegetables are higher in parasites and must be cleansed) and non-organic food (fruit, vegetables, meats, etc.), counters, tabletops and cutting boards. It removes wax, pesticide, and insecticide residues and is completely harmless if ingested, so it need not be rinsed off. Can be used indoors or outdoors, as a safe pesticide! It is also safe for the environment since it neutralizes after one hour. It is highly concentrated, so use one capful per gallon of water for general use, two capfuls when used as an insecticide.
SUNBREEZE OIL Available at PYC
This unique healing oil is an extract of ancient essential herbal oils used for hundreds of years for martial arts injuries, bruises and other aches and pains. It is an extremely concentrated oil & balm, the uses of which are limited only by our imagination. It promotes deep and powerful circulation so that the body can do its own healing much faster. It is good for relieving muscle tension, arthritic pain and immobility, headaches, toothaches, sunburns and other burns, motion sickness, upset stomach and muscle cramps, it helps to reduce sinus congestion, it even helps reduce sore throats if you think you might be getting sick, and much more.
HERBAL TOOTHPASTE
Sunsmile toothpaste nourishes the gums, kills bacteria, and cleans the mouth. It contains micro-encapsulated enzymes which break down left-over food particles in the mouth (this is the leading cause of plaque build-up). It does not use soap (sodium laurel sulfate), abrasives or harmful chemicals like fluoride to kill germs. Fluoride is toxic and actually etches glass and often thins tooth enamel. It does not have saccharin, artificial colors or flavorings. The toothpaste has more herbs to nourish the gums than any other toothpaste on earth, and helps the gums to heal and regenerate. There are hundreds of stories about people's success in healing their gums and teeth with this toothpaste, ranging from reversing gum sensitivity, to reducing pockets in the gums, and spending less time in the dental chair getting cleanings.
Aadil's Personal Testimonial
"My wife, Mirra, and I have been eating Sunrider foods daily for over 21 years. Sunrider foods are a major part of Purna Yoga™ because these foods help to transform the body and draw the spirit more deeply into our physical life.
I attribute my health, and my ability to travel (over 200,000 miles annually) to regularly eating these extraordinary foods. When asked by students and other yoga teachers how I maintain my stamina, I answer, "Sunrider Products." It is not magic. I always carry my green drink.
As a young man I had an outstanding yoga practice and a strong belief that this was all I needed to stay healthy. However, I easily ate a pound of chocolate every day. I loved sugar. After starting to eat Sunrider's foods I no longer craved sugar and began to deeply heal my lower back, shoulder, and knee injuries from my youth. I am always looking for the best products and solutions for increasing health and wellbeing and have tried almost everything on the market. There is nothing like Sunrider anywhere."
Listen to Aadil Palkhivala's talk on detoxification recorded live on August 8, 2009. Aadil is a federally certified Naturopath and master yoga teacher and discusses the importance of cleansing, what to do and what to avoid, different types of detoxification, and how Sunrider foods will help you do it. He addresses the five systems of detoxification: the skin, the lymphatics, the kidneys, the colon, and the lungs.
To find out more about the products, including how to purchase them at a 20-40% discount, please contact nicole@paducahyogacenter.com
Introduction to Ayurveda
Definition
Ayurveda can be defined as a system, which uses the inherent principles of nature, to help maintain health in a person by keeping the individual's body, mind and spirit in perfect equilibrium with nature.
Meaning
Ayurveda is a Sanskrit term, made up of the words "ayus" and "veda." "Ayus" means life and "Veda" means knowledge or science. The term "ayurveda" thus means 'the knowledge of life' or 'the science of life'. According to the ancient Ayurvedic scholar Charaka, "ayu" comprises the mind, body, senses and the soul.
Origin
Widely regarded as the oldest form of healthcare in the world, Ayurveda is an intricate medical system that originated in India thousands of years ago. The fundamentals of Ayurveda can be found in Hindu scriptures called the Vedas — the ancient Indian books of wisdom. The Rig Veda, which was written over 6,000 years ago, contains a series of prescriptions that can help humans overcome various ailments.
Aim
The aim of this system is to prevent illness, heal the sick and preserve life. This can be summed up as follows:
To protect health and prolong life ("Swasthyas swasthya rakshanam")
To eliminate diseases and dysfunctions of the body ("Aturasya vikar prashamanamcha")
Basic Principles
Ayurveda is based on the premise that the universe is made up of five elements: air, fire, water, earth and ether. These elements are represented in humans by three "doshas", or energies: Vata, Pitta and Kapha. When any of the doshas accumulate in the body beyond the desirable limit, the body loses its balance. Every individual has a distinct balance, and our health and well-being depend on getting a right balance of the three doshas ("tridoshas"). Ayurveda suggests specific lifestyle and nutritional guidelines to help individuals reduce the excess dosha.
A healthy person, as defined in Sushrut Samhita, one of the primary works on Ayurveda, is
he whose doshas are in balance, appetite is good, all tissues of the body and all natural urges are functioning properly, and whose mind, body and spirit are cheerful..."
Tridosha or the Theory of Bio-energies
The three doshas, or bio-energies found in our body are:
• Vata pertains to air and ether elements.
This energy is generally seen as the force, which directs nerve impulses, circulation, respiration, and elimination.
• Kapha pertains to water and earth elements.
Kapha is responsible for growth and protection. The mucousal lining of the stomach, and the cerebral-spinal fluid that protects the brain and spinal column are examples of kapha.
• Pitta pertains to fire and water elements.
This dosha governs metabolism, e.g., the transformation of foods into nutrients. Pitta is also responsible for metabolism in the organ and tissue systems.
Dosha Type/Basic Nature
Take the Dosha Survey and determine: “What’s my dosha?” If more than one quality is applicable in each characteristic, choose the one that applies the most.
For fairly objective physical traits, your choice will usually be obvious. For mental traits and behavior, which are more subjective, you should answer according to how you have felt and acted most of your life, or at least in the past few years.
This survey gives you an inquiry into the proportion of each of the three principles – Vata, Pitta, and Kapha -- within your unique mind body constitution. Your score in this section reflects your basic nature. These characteristics tend to change slowly over your lifetime.
The principle that received the highest number of checks is the most predominant force in your overall mind body make-up. The principle that received the next highest number of checks is the secondary force in your constitution. The lowest scoring principle, while still an active force in your mind body physiology, is the least dominant in your particular constitution.
Courtesy of Chopra Center
5 Ways to Help You Minimize Cell Phone Radiation Emissions
Here are some sound solutions that can help minimize the EMR your phone emits:
• Use your cell phone on speakerphone.
While this is a great solution and I strongly recommend it, it's simply not practical much of the time. Especially if you are in a public place where rules of discretion and proper etiquette prevail. Another problem is that not all cell phones have speakerphones -- and even those that do may have poor sound quality. I do recommend that if you are choosing a new cell phone, make sure it comes with a speakerphone option.
• Always keep your phone as far away from your body as possible.
There's a dramatic drop-off in radiation exposure for every inch you keep your phone away from your body.
•Get yourself a Blue Tube Headset with an airtube.
This new design is considered the best headset on the market. Others may actually increase the amount of radiation emitted.
• Limit your cell phone use to the bare minimum.
Your cell phone is constantly searching for signals and emitting EMR while you're using it.
• Turn off your cell phone when not needed OR keep it a few feet away from your body.
Even when not in use, as long as your phone is turned on, it continually emits EMR as it connects to its base station.
Friends
Here are our beloved teachers websites, and fellow servers of the community.
• John Charping & Betty Larson
• Ramanand Patel
• Pandit Mukesh Desai (scroll to bottom of page link)
• Aadil Palkhivala
Big Bend Yoga Center: Check out this studio when traveling to St. Louis. http://bigbendyoga.com:
The Yoga Room: Heading South? Check out the Yoga Room in Nashville, TN. http://www.yogaroomnashville.com
to be continued...
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