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Artiphoria.AI Lymphatic system (aka the ''immune system') - organs, tissues, and vessels work as a team to transport lymph (excreted ...

A Yogi's Guide to Prana, Vitality, and Life-Force Artiphoria.ai AI generated image To sustain life, a body must produce sufficient ...

Henry Gray was an innovator and disruptor in the medical field with his surgically precise incisions and methodically meticulous explorations ...

Elliot's Yellowstone Adventure Overview Yellow is my Walking Routes Pink is my Hitching Routes When I first arrived in Cody, ...

Have you ever been at the gym doing crunches and planks with your buddies and had no idea what you ...

There are 3 bones in the human shoulder, or glenohumeral joint; the humerus, the clavicle, and the scapula. These bones ...

The Benefits of Nasal Breathing Ventilation and The Sympathetic Nervous System Breathing is a fundamental act of life. In humans, ...

Introducing the most Massive and Strong (in most ways) Bone in the Human Body There are 62 bones in the ...

The Mula Bandha and the Perineal Muscles Sanskrit for "MULA" - मूल In Sanskrit, Mula means "root", foundation, origin, source, ...

Cold Weather and Lower Temperatures Affect the Human Body The Human Body is made to deal with the Cold Cold ...

The Anatomy of the Sciatic Nerve Also known as the ischiadic nerve or ischiatic nerve, the Sciatic Nerve is the ...

5 of Yoga's Heart Benefits Yoga's Heart benefits are rather robust, ranging from increased circulatory function to decreased heart rate, ...

What are Bones? Bones are not inanimate rock like structures in the human body; bones are organs that produce red ...

Why is Nose Breathing Important? Nose breathing is the most essential part of yoga. It is also poorly understood in ...

Vegetable Protein Sources Vegetable protein isn't hard to find. In fact, it's probably already in your house, disguised. I am ...

Yoga's Primary Benefits Honestly, yoga's primary benefits are still unknown. Our science isn't good enough yet. Not really. Science is ...

A Unique Approach to Meditation Meditation is one of my favorite things. Yoga, sitting cross-legged while doing various mental exercises, ...

I still practice Ashtanga. Just not every day. I practiced every day while I was in India up until 3 ...

The "Victorious" Breath That changes in respiration that occur during a yoga practice might be the greatest benefit of yoga ...

Krishna Pattabhi Jois is the founder of the Ashtanga style of yoga and one of the most influential yoga teachers ...

I am a huge fan of the Ashtanga practice. The intensity, the discipline, the mindlessness, and the routine of the sequential ...

Part 4: Micro Organisms of the Gut Please see the other parts of the article; once they are completed the links ...

Part 3: Micro-organisms in the Mouth Please see the other parts of the article; once they are completed the links will ...

The Usefulness of Man's Hand The hand is one of the most intricate and useful mechanisms of the entire human body; ...

Part 2: Micro-organisms on the Skin Please see the other parts of the article; once they are completed the links ...

Part 1: Anatomy of the Human MicroBiome Please see the other sections of the article; once they are completed the links ...

(Part 1 of 2: Muscular Skeletal System) If you have practiced yoga lately, chances are that you sat on the ...

Everything is chemical. It is the basis of all matter in the universe. It is easy to think of some ...

Over the past few months, I have been working diligently toward lotus pose. This has led me to some very ...

I love being able to learn yoga from multiple sources, multiple teachers with subjective and unique viewpoints. I think this ...

Saraswathi is a Hindu goddess, part of the trinity with Lakshmi and Parvati; she is a representation of knowledge, music, ...

Lakshmi is the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity, love, fortune, and is considered the embodiment of beauty. She is the ...

Vishnu is my favorite god, I think he is the best representation of the type of god that sustains the ...

The Mahabharata is one of the two major epic stories written in Sanskrit in ancient India, the other being the ...

Hanuman is a Varana, or a shapeshifting monkey-humanoid from the ancient Hindu epics the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Puranas, and ...

Shiva is the god destroyer, his matted hair and ash smeared face sit silent in meditation or flow eternally in ...

Shaucha is the 1st Niyama of Yoga; or the restraints of behavior. This concept that is central to the Indian ...

Santosha, the second Niyama of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras is sometimes spelled Santosa, is a portmanteau in Sanskrit, derived from Saṃ-prefix ...

Brahmacharya means to follow Brahman. To seek supreme reality, self, and god. In this aspect, Brahmacharya is inherently Hindu. It ...

The Founder of Jainism Mahavira or Varhamana was the 24th and last Tirthankara (person who has conquered Samsara) of Jainism, ...

Comparing two religions in their similarities, differences, and the in-between "Can you do a simple comparison of Hindu versus Buddhism ...

Aparigraha | non-desire Aparigraha is the concept of non-greed, or non-possessiveness from Jainism and the Raja/Ashtanga yoga traditions. This means ...

Asteya is a Sanskrit word; it means non-stealing, non-coveting, and not entering into debt. Asteya is a yama, meaning it is ...

Samadhi is the 8th and final limb of yoga. Samadhi is a state of concentrated meditation that transcends the intellect, ...

Dharana is a single pointed concentration of the mind, focus on a single thing supported by the retention of the ...

Ashtanga yoga is more than exercise or meditation. It is a lifestyle, a way to live that allows for the ...