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Know about Limbs of yoga

Yogic philosophy is taught together with the practice. According to Patanjali, there are eight limbs, or steps to yoga. These limbs relate to Aashtanga Vinyasa practice.  These limbs are elaborated as under: 1. Yama:  This limb consists of set of ethics which ensures that the yogi interacts in harmonious way with the surrounding community. The ethical precepts are not to harm others, to be truthful, not to steal, and abstain from greed. Major elements of this limb are Ahimsa, SatyaAsteya (non-stealing), Brahmacharya and Aparigraha (non-possessiveness). Yama basically means control of senses. It is considered as a code of conduct for interpersonal relationships. 2. Niyama: This limb is associated with personal observances. Niyama actually denotes to binding rules. It is well observed in human society that people follow some rules in the form of do’s and don’ts. Major components of this limb are swachha (purity), Santosha (contentment), tapas (Austerity), svadhyaya (S...

Alleviate exam phobia

Student life is full of thrills and challenges. Majority of students are concerned about their performance in their academic sessions to shape their bright future. In doing so, they undergo physical strain and several psychological issues like stress, anxiety, nervousness. Many of them cannot cope up with stress and they develop severe mental ailment such as exam phobia. It is a known fact that students of higher secondary and senior secondary are afraid of final examinations as they have to give their best and if they do not have thorough preparation, they get scared. Psychologists specified that the phobia is irrational fear or anxiety disorder, which results evasion and fright. Exam phobia is kind of mental ailment in which students experience huge tension and anxiety. In general term, Examination phobia denotes to the unnecessary worry about forthcoming exams. Many factors like lifestyle issues, negative thinking, self-depreciation, poor studying styles, fear of being evaluated...

Rugby: A thrilling sport

Rugby is well known sport in many countries of the world. In each rugby game, there are two teams, each consisting of fifteen players. The team is split into two groups known as forwards and backs. There are 8 forwards such as Hooker, Prop, Second Row, Flanker and Number Eight and 7 backs like Scrum Half, Fly Half, Inside Centre, Outside Centre, Wingers and a Full Back. Each team can carry, pass or kick the ball to the end zone to score as many points as possible. One referee is there to control the match with the assistance of two touch judges. There are no time outs, except at the referee's discretion where he can allow one minute for an injured player to decide whether or not to continue to play. The team who score the greater number of points is the winner of the match. Each team is only permitted seven replacements per game. Six of the replacements are at the team’s decision and a seventh for injury.  Once a player is replaced, he can not re-join the game. The game...

Snowboarding: an awesome sport

Snowboarding is wonderful winter sport that involves descending a slope that is concealed with snow while standing on a board attached to a player’s feet, using a special boot set onto a mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was encouraged by different recreational activities like skateboarding, sledding, surfing, and skiing. It was developed in the United States and became a Winter Olympic Sport. The Olympic events in snowboarding include parallel slalom, parallel giant slalom half-pipe, snowboard cross and slope style. Beginner’s guidelines for snowboarding : The snowboard is not as simple to control when the board is flat. Snowboarders who use the heel side or toe side on the snow must control their knees bent. This will help going over bumps. It is suggested to use their heels and toes to turn the board. There are chances of falling if players try to shift their entire body weight. Snowboarders need to keep their centre of gravity over the middle of the...

Importance of hybrid organizations in cutthroat competitive business

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Hybrid organizations are ubiquitously established at global stage. A hybrid organization is illustrated as a market-oriented and has broad-spectrum operation. In the arena of Institutional Economics, the phrase “hybrid organization” is used in reference to hybrids that operate between market and hierarchy. Such organizations unify features of non-profit organizations, for example volunteering, mission orientation and creating social and economic value. Fast paced globalization led to the hybridization process and the advent of hybrid organizations. Hybrid organizations mainly tackle environmental and social issues while retailing the product and services to gain advantage such as fair trade matters, social entrepreneurship in banking services. Essentially, hybrid organization hold functional and central structures and have similar administration policies. Subsequently, the hybrid organization is considered as a unification of government and a private company. It is visu...

Cope up with Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer’s disease hugely impacts on cognitive function of the brain. Females are more prone to this impairment as compared to males. Alzheimer's disease is a type of dementia that is a condition of chronic progressive deterioration of intelligence, memory, and communicative function. Dementia indicates several behavioural deformities often linked with old age. The cause of Alzheimer disease is still not found by psychologists. But it is commonly believed that advancing age and family history are risk factors. Additionally, some ill health conditions like obesity, hypertension and Down syndrome trigger Alzheimer’s disease. The progression of symptoms in this mental illness varies from person to person. These symptoms are roughly segregated into mild, moderate and severe. The progressive symptoms can be ascribed to the sequence and gradual loss of neuronal functions and destruction of cell in different regions of brain. When patient has mild form of Alzheimer disease, ...

Increasing rate of juvenile crime

Juvenile crimes are rising at alarming rate in present complex global environment. Large number of adolescents and youths are involved in delinquent activities like theft, shop lifting, vandalism, and drug trafficking and alcohol abuse. Juvenile delinquency is the action of committing a wrongdoing at a very young age. Teens of broken families jump into criminal world and become violent. Another leading cause of juvenile crime is lack of finances. Teens walk into wrong path to enhance their financial status. Lacks of social and moral training to teens also lead them to juvenile crime. Several individual factors and characteristics has been related with juvenile felony. These individual factors include age, gender, complications during pregnancy and delivery, impulsivity, violence, and substance use. Children's and adolescents' interactions with family and peers greatly impact the development of antisocial behaviour. Family interactions are vital factor during early ...