Mountain Views News          Saturday, May 9, 2015

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HEALTHY LIFESTYLES

Mountain Views-News Saturday, May 9, 2015 

 
THE JOY OF YOGA

“DO OTHERS FEEL BETTER

WHEN I’M AROUND?”


MAYBE THAT CUP OF JOE IS NOT 
SO BAD FOR YOU AFTER ALL!

What a thought 
provoking and 
action oriented 
question. Hmm. 
Well I think so, at 
least I hope so. Yes! 
I want the answer to be yes. But how? 

 People do not judge based on thoughts, but by 
our actions. We are basically how we behave. This 
is what others see, this is how they know us. So yes, 
it’s possible to be a giver with bad motives, but does 
it really matter when we are still taking the right 
actions? 

 It’s like the teacher giving us a practice. We may 
do the practice to please the teacher at first, but 
after a while we are still building the dedication 
it takes to do the practice. If the power lies in the 
practice, any less than worthy motives will fall 
away. Our commitment to seeking and cultivating 
our divine relationship will preside. 

 In yoga, we could come to the practice wanting-
-and end up giving. Even changing our whole 
perspective from taking to giving. In taking mode, 
there is no end to the little bit of emptiness when 
what we have isn’t enough. It is always on to the 
next thing. And then that familiar disappointment 
when we are not satisfied. However, in giving 
mode, we are filled up, (giving from our reserves, 
of course), becoming energized and usefully whole. 
The question goes from what can I get to what can I 
do? 

 It could be the little things, like not leaving a 
piece of trash behind or taking a job that no one 
esle wants. There are many ways to give without 
expectation of recognition. Life becomes rich and 
fruitful this way. Our impact on those around us 
may be less. Or more, but in a positive way. They 
are not depleted when we’re around, but inspired 
and held. People feel better when we’re in the room. 

A friend posed this question recently and I was so 
inspired by it. I want people to feel better, loved, 
helped, and supported when I’m around. This is 
why I continue with this beautiful practice. 

Namaste and Love, 

Keely Totten

A recent study by the 
National Institute 
of Health finds that 
coffee drinkers have 
a lower risk of death. 
Coffee drinkers were 
less likely to die from, 
stroke, heart disease, 
respiratory disease, 
diabetes, infections, 
and injuries. The 
results of the study were published in the May 
17, 2012 edition of the New England Journal of 
Medicine.

 Americans have a love affair with coffee. Coffee 
is by far one of the most consumed beverages in 
our country. This study did not establish a reason 
as to why coffee may lower the risk of death or did 
not look at the individual components of coffee. 
Coffee contains more than 1,000 compounds, 
many of which we do know are health-promoting 
antioxidants. Any of those 1,000 plus components 
might potentially affect health. This study looked 
at a large group of people and their coffee drinking 
habits. It then looked at death rates of these 
individuals. 

 In the study, both regular and decaf coffees 
were associated with a lower risk of dying, which 
suggest that other substances in coffee might be 
more important than caffeine. However, even 
decaf contains trace amounts of caffeine. The 
findings stop short of saying that coffee drinking 
directly lowers the risk of chronic disease.

 In other published research studies, one 
suggested that coffee drinkers have up to a 60 
percent lower risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia, 
and may help reduce the risk of Parkinson’s. And 
a joint study from the National Institutes of Health 
(NIH) and the AARP discovered that folks who 
drank four cups of coffee a day were 10 percent less 
likely to become depressed than people who didn’t 
drink coffee.

 Science aside, we can’t discount the pleasure 
benefit we derive from drinking a good cup of 
coffee. My advice would be that all things, even 
good things, in moderation. 

Dr. Tina is a traditional 
naturopath and nutritionist 
at Vibrant Living 
Wellness Center


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