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health in the modern age |
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| It seems that lately there is a trend in which yoga is lumped together with all of the other health and fitness fads that are constantly sweeping through the media. But as any of us who have explored it with any depth know, the study and practice of yoga encompass so much more than just a shortcut to health and fitness. Yoga is a way of life that leads toward a state of balance, acceptance, harmony and above all, unity of the spirit, mind and body. |
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Inside Yogi Times
Los Angeles Edition
March 2005 | issue 30
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editor's word
cover story
health in the
modern age
health
Healthy yogi
Alternative Hormone Replacement Therapy
yogi lifestyle
Special Feature
Renewal Through Meditation
[PDF] Yogi's OM
Homegrown Comfort
[PDF] Yogi Yummies
Vegetable
Tostada Salad
yoga
Deepening the Practice
Yoga, the Art of Healing
community
Community Feel
Bernadette Gessner
for the mind
Indian Philosophy Corner
Healing Through Puja
for the soul
Special Guest Interview
Dr. Zhi Gang Sha |
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In California, we have access to a vast variety of alternative and holistic medicine modalities, nutritious organic foods, sunshine most of the year and a host of fitness options and guidance. With all of this, you’d think we could all start auditioning for the cast of Baywatch. But what does it really mean to be healthy? We get so many mixed messages about what health should look and feel like. The health and fitness industries bombard us with a steady barrage of the latest non-fat food replacements, low-carb alternatives, dietary supplements, exercise gadgets, emaciated fitness models and weight-loss shortcuts. In addition to that, there is now a pill for every symptom imaginable and a drug to put every illness out of our minds. Where does real health fit into all of these messages?
Each generation has its own definition of what it means to be healthy. For many of our parents and grandparents, being healthy simply meant not being sick. But in today’s world, and with the benefit of what yoga has to teach us, it is clear that there is a great deal more to being healthy. Having below ten percent body fat doesn’t mean that we have a healthy self-image or self-esteem. Eating organic food or running five miles a day doesn’t mean that we have healthy minds and relationships. In the final analysis, there are as many different definitions of health as there are people. Each person is endowed with the ability to and responsibility to be healthy. The process of discovering that path to health was the inspiration for this issue of Yogi Times. I trust that the wisdom and knowledge in these pages will inspire you to explore your own path to health with a new and invigorated energy.
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