Hi all,
I just read about a recent study that compared the weights of people
between the age of 45 and 55 who practice yoga regularly and those who
don't.  The study showed during those 10 mid0life years when people
usually gain weight, the ones who did yoga lost an average of 5 pounds
and the one who didn't gained an average of 15! According to the study,
it's not so much the act of yoga that causes people to lose/maintain
their weight, it's more the state of mind that yoga puts people in.
Yoga makes people mindful of their bodies and being good to themselves
which prevents them from eating an unhealthy diet and gaining weight. I
found that rather interesting. Any thoughts?
http://health.dailynewscentral.com/..eight_gain.html

-Jason

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Jason,

Welcome to alt.yoga.

Generally commercial spam is not appreciated here on alt.yoga no matter
how deftly couched as "on topic" commentary :-(

For the most part, we have our hands filled with ever recurring fits of
existential angst, religious/atheist trolls and the odd newcomer who
wanders in here and actually wants/needs to know something about yoga.

Although I'm certain your book assures you that this is a great way
to market; it's really not. Not here anyway. You see yogis already
know everything, don't drink and we are all completely healthy :-)

What I would really like to know is whether you are most interested in
promoting the winery or the health website or is it perhaps both? Buy
alas, based on what I have read of your posts on Google, I doubt I will
ever receive and answer.

Namaste

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What I said was w/tongue planted firmly in cheek :-)

Fat does not equal "unhealthy" in yogic terms but for most of us
physically it it does. Besides buddha is not "usually" depicted as fat.
Depends which culture/country/school you talking about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddharupa

Namaste

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Howdy Jared!

Oops!

Guess I should have added that as a direct response to the initial post!

I was responding primarily to the subject title.  

Now that you mention it, I guess that's primarily the CHINESE Buddha
statuettes, eh?

--
Namaste

Dave ©¿©
"Ego sum quis ego sum quod ut est quicumque ego sum"

http://www.howdydave.com


"omjaroo" <omjaroo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> What I said was w/tongue planted firmly in cheek :-)
>
> Fat does not equal "unhealthy" in yogic terms but for most of us
> physically it it does. Besides buddha is not "usually" depicted as fat.
> Depends which culture/country/school you talking about.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddharupa
>
> Namaste
>

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That's really interesting.  I wasn't aware that the image of Buddha
changed that much from culture to culture.  It makes sense though.
Namaste

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On 2005-08-10 20:59:47 -0700, "jpark@oakspringwinery.com"
<jpark@oakspringwinery.com> said:

> That's really interesting.  I wasn't aware that the image of Buddha
> changed that much from culture to culture.  It makes sense though.
> Namaste

The laughing fat "buddha" statues in China are statues of a Chinese
Monk (whose name escapes me).  The traditional statues of Shakyamuni
the original monk who founded Buddhism are found through out Asia.

Other Buddhas that show up with slightly different statues are Amitabha
Buddha, Kwan Yin and numerous others.  Some were monks who achieved
Buddhahood, others are bodhisattvas who exist on another plane.

The translations of the names do change but the various cultures do not
change the image of the Buddha much.  Shakyamuni statures look fairly
similar though there are some stylistic differences.
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~Stu

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