Yoga Meditation 4221 Holistic Yoga Parasympathetic Nervous system

What we learnt

*  How can the breath stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system?

If we practice breathing focusing on lengthening exhalations this stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system and reduces the heart rate. Breathing through the left nostril stimulates the right cerebral hemisphere. The parasympathetic nervous system is stimulated decreasing body heat, heart rate and blood pressure.

Yoga Meditation 4221 Holistic Yoga - Parasympathetic nervous system

O... dear. How easy it is to get distracted. Perfectly good intentions mind, but somehow the days have passed so quickly and without any yoga study done at all. Dreadful.

I'm making a mental note to myself right this moment, I HAVE to get it together, sides I don't really want to embarrass myself pfft ... we have a ton of homework and more demo's to do... ooopppsss..!

Get moving ...! and get into it. Hmmmm tomorrow?

A side note. The garden is producing the best greens, and paw paws. The paw paws or you might be more familiar with the term papayas. So, amazingly sweet, could have eaten the skin and all. All organic and planted in a no dig garden. Will post some pics at some point.

What we learnt

*  The parasympathetic nervous system counteracts many stress-related symptoms and the negative by-products of our modern, fast-paced, high-output lives. It also normalizes your blood pressure and lowers your heart rate.

Yoga Meditation 4221 Holistic Yoga-Work shop 2

Busy, busy, busy. It's all on again and it's a great day for it. Warm, but not hot - with a gentle breeze blowing, just enough to keep us cool.

Not looking forward to the demo we have to give today. Always think you're going to have time to study, but .... life is like that, always throwing spanners in the works. Seems there is never enough time in the day. We need more hours or, I need to be more organised.

Protien drink for breakky. It's actually quiet easy to eat healthy, keep it simple, nutritious and wholesome. The green smoothies always go down well. Will post some recipes here sometime.

All the demos went alright, could tell everyone was nervous, but we all made it through without too much bother. Of course I had to be the only one that went completely blank for a very long 2 seconds (smiles) but was alright after that.

Geez... 1 week done and only 51 weeks left to go... How many days is that???

What we learnt:

*  The parasympathetic is the part of your nervous system that slows you down—it's responsible for telling your muscles to relax, improving your digestion and assimilation, boosting immunity, and helping you sleep better.