Friday, October 5, 2012

Yoga and Arthritis


Yoga and Arthritis

Yoga postures and breathing techniques are one of the best forms of movement and breathing therapies to help reduce pain, especially for those suffering from arthritis. When people are in pain, their tendency is to reduce or stop certain movement, or shorten their breath while engaged in painful motion. Such responses to arthritic pain can typically lead to even further reduced mobility. 


People with arthritis and back pain need to work slowly, concentrate on proper alignment, and increase range of movement and bone quality, while learning proper breathing. Yoga, as a healing modality, can help folks afflicted with these types of medical conditions. 

Our center has developed the Yoga Series for Arthritis which can arrest the vicious cycle “no motion/no breathe” and allow you to regain the freedom of motion without pain through exercises proven to help relieve arthritis symptoms while improving energy/stamina, increasing joint stability and decreasing pain. 

The program involves a personalized Yoga plan that includes the following 3 interventions: 

1. Range of motion/Stretching exercises: Range of motion techniques that engage each joint and push it as far as practical in all appropriate directions. Stretching techniques that lengthen the muscles by stretching to the edge of comfort and then pushing just a bit beyond that point. 

2. Strengthening exercises: Use of isometric techniques designed to engage underutilized muscles (those not used due to pain) in order to counteract the effects of atrophy. 

3. Endurance exercises: Involve a number of low-impact exercise options designed to overcome premature fatigue and exhaustion. 

Each session lasts 45 to 55 minutes. For maximum benefits, a minimum of 2 sessions per week is recommended. I also encourage you to form support groups that make on-going maintenance of exercise, stretching, walking and cycling techniques fun and a reason to socialize together. 

To inquire about this program, call us at 954-237-3500.
Luz Pellegrino 
Ayurvedic Instructor & Consultant 
JothiVita Ayurvedic Spa & Wellbeing Center 
www.jothivita.com

Saturday, September 22, 2012

MEDINA FIGHTERS SOURCE



Fighters Source is dedicated to helping amateur mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters accomplish their dreams of athletic achievement. The organization promotes amateur MMA as a sport requiring high level performance in a wide range of martial arts from striking to kicking to grappling and judo.

Fighters Source’s founders, Anthony Medina and Kevin Medina, jujitsu master fighters themselves, know the obstacles young men and women face in establishing themselves as fighters. They have created, along with their other brother Brandon Medina and very close friend Adam Meyers, an organization that provides young fighters with the experience, resources, discipline and opportunity to successfully compete against other top international amateur teams at the highest level.

The Event

Fighters Source has put together a team of 10 men and 1 woman to fight in Boras, Sweden on September 22, 2012. This world championship amateur event features Team USA versus Team Sweden. Team USA was recruited from all over Florida, a State with a very large number of very skilled amateur fighters, after a series of elimination matches. The team members listed below represents the winners of those elimination matches and they are some of the best amateur competitors in the country.
Team USA Roster: Corey Wingo, Delaney Owen, Jaron Millan, Jason Leon, Joshua Aaron Woods, Matthew Cowley, Michael Kuryla, Orlando Friol, Richard Wint, Thiago Domingues, Tyler J Phillips and Yvon Agenord.

In addition to the championship matches there will also be events in Sweden featuring Team Denmark against Team UK. The action can be followed on the Facebook pages: Fighters Source and Fighters Source Sweden. You may also find more details at www.fighterssource.com.

Monday, September 3, 2012

Successful Venezuelan actress Marìa Alejandra Molina


 

Successful Venezuelan actress Marìa Alejandra Molina


She has beautiful brown eyes and hair; she is elegant like a top model. The smile of this Venezuelan girl lightens the day of everyone. Maria Alejandra Molina was born in Caracas, Venezuela. She always loves to be on television, but she went to college and studied Mechanical Engineer. After that, she finally decided to become a model and she did important advertisement for Pantene, National Geographic and “Todo en Domingo”, a famous Venezuelan magazine.

 For personal reasons she traveled to Mexico City and there she received a phone call from TV Azteca, one of the biggest Mexican channels. They invited her to participate in a casting: “I couldn’t believe it was truth, I did many castings in Mexico City and when I almost gave up, they called me, I thought it was a joke”, said the actress.

 In TV Azteca her life change forever, now she is very famous and successful. Her first soap opera was “Bajo el Alma”, after that she performed Dr. Aura in a Spanish version of Grey’s Anatomy called “A Corazòn Abierto”. On that production she worked with important Mexican actors like: Sergio Basàñez and Iliana Fox. Also, Maria Alejandra worked with others famous actors as: Rodrigo Abed, Roberto Sosa and Juan Manuel Bernal.

 Now, she is working on Platinum, a talk show about first-run cinema. She is doing a great job and TV Azteca chose her to cover the Academy Awards 2012. “It was a wonderful experience for me. To have been in Kodak Theater and to broadcast this important event was for me ‘my dream come true’.” 

Maria Alejandra also has another plan. She will play “Fool for Love” written by Sam Shepard. She will perform the role of May.  Also, this beautiful actress has important advertisement for Mexican companies and she will be the image of a cosmetic line very soon.

She doesn’t know when she will come to Miami, but she told us, she would like to come, because this city offers many chances for Latin American actors. She finally gave an advice for those young actors who want to be a part of entertainment world: “this is not an easy career, you have to do many sacrifices. You have to be prepared, look for a good acting school and then go for it”.

For those who want to be in contact with Maria Alejandra Molina visit her facebook: facebook.com/MariaAMolinaB. Her twitter:@MariaAMolinaB or the web site http://www.tvazteca.com/platinum

This is a briefly translation from the original version wrote by Maria Eugenia Fanti Maru80_euge@hotmail.com