Health and Mind - 2

Around two years ago or so, there appeared an article in the ' Science and Technology' section of The Hindu newspaper. The article reported the findings of a research carried out by Stanford University, CA. It said that there are stem cells in the marrow of one's bones, which decide on what the food one has taken shall be converted into; whether it shall be bones, or, muscles, or blood, or if nothing else, fat cells. It added that by doing the stretching exercises, one increased the possibilities of food getting converted into bone cells, muscle cells, blood cells, or the like and not fat cells.

Now that is exactly what Yoga is generally about: stretching. Doing stretching exercises in moderate everyday helps one to get rid of fat. One doctor advised me that after completing going for a walk 45 minutes a day, or carrying out similar exercise every day, one shall do some stretching exercises to get the full benefit of exercise. By moderate, I mean one shall not try to stretch beyond one's capacity, or ability, or, do the stretching exercises too long that one gets fatigue.