Relax your mind and body in Shavasana yoga position
Today there are dozens of yoga styles in the Western world and all have one position in common – corpse position (in Sanskrit called Shavasana or Savasana).
This asada, or yoga position, is performed last and lasts longer, at least five minutes.
There is one yoga style consisting only of Shavasana – Yoga nidra.
During this position we lay on our backs and do not move in order to allow our body to rest and relax before we continue with our daily chores.
Apart from completely relaxing physically, mentally and emotionally, we become more aware of our energy.
Thalassotherapy – treatment with seawater, climate and sea elements
Many peoples around the world knew about the healing power of the sea.
As long as 4,000 years ago the ancient Egyptians used the sea for treatment and maintaining health.
Such treatment, called thalassotherapy, has remained popular to this day due to its valuable health benefits.
It is so useful that French government, impressed by its results, partially finances the use thalassotherapy treatment centers.
That brings savings in health care system, since according to the statistics the people are less likely to use public health services up to 6 months after their stay in such centers.
Recently thalassotherapy is becoming more popular as an efficient way of treating and preventing various health problems.
9 natural remedies for sunburn
Beautiful sunny summer day is drawing near the end, but one little thing affects your mood negatively - you have got sunburn!
Excessive exposure to ultraviolet radiation can accelerate the aging of the skin, but the burns are the first consequence of a careless exposure to the sun.
If you suffer from burns that hurt, sting and itch, reach for these natural remedies that alleviate pain and promote healing.
Shatavari - the most important female medicine
Shatavari (Latin name Asparagus racemosus) is a climbing plant, up to two meters in height, which grows on sandy and rocky forested areas of higher altitudes.
Due to its medicinal properties it has been harvested for thousands of years across Sri Lanka, India and the Himalayas.
In Ayurvedic texts this valuable plant is recommended for the treatment of gastric, intestinal and nervous diseases, and numerous women's ailments.
In various languages this plant bears different names, but the most famously it is called shatavari, which in the ancient Sanskrit means medicine for hundreds of diseases.
It is often poetically described as a plant with a hundred husbands, thus referring to the rejuvenating effects on the female reproductive organs.
Although its beneficial effects on all women's problems are well-known and documented, shatavari actually helps with a wide range of diseases and may be useful to men too.
Miraculous berry - Sea buckthorn
Sea buckthorn (Latin name Hippophae rhamnoides) berries have a millennia long tradition of use.
Articles about the healing properties of sea buckthorn have been found in the books of the ancient Greeks.
Theophrastus (372-287 BC) mentions the medicinal properties of these berries in his text Historia Planarum.
References to the medicinal use of these berries were found in the Tibetan medical books.
In Tibet, sea buckthorn oil is called the oil of life.
In Russia and China it has been added into pharmacopoeia as both food and medicine.
Wonders hidden in red raspberries
Due to their divine taste nobody needs convincing to indulge themselves with these fruits.
But, the taste is not the only benefit of this dark red fruit.
Raspberries are much more than a tasty summer snack.
This fruit is rich in nutrients which can prevent diseases, and give strength and endurance to the body.
Raspberries are rich in hydroxybenzoic acid, antocianins, resveratrol and flavonoids such as quercetin and kaempferol.
Most of those phytonutrients preserve cell health, protect cells against damages and regulate inflammatory enzymes.
Natural treatment of gastritis
Do you suffer from constant stomach problems, acute or chronic gastritis?
Do you want to cure this disease naturally? Nature, as always, offers the best solution.
Gastritis is an inflammation of the stomach lining, which can be caused by excessive accumulation of bile, certain medications, autoimmune diseases, unhealthy diet, excessive alcohol consumption and other factors.
The most common causes is stress and the bacteria Helicobacter pylori.