Yoga: Avoid Beginner’s Mistakes
Posted: May 3, 2012 at 7:13 am
Yoga: Avoid Beginners Mistakes
While Attaining a Well of Happiness
Yoga has become a popular option for alternative health management. Research has shown the practice can significantly reduce mental and physical stress, improve mood, and slow the aging process.
But some yogis believe many of the estimated 20 million U.S. students are missing the best part of the discipline the inner happiness attainable through a healthy mind-body connection. They also worry about injuries that result when beginners tackle poses and exercises without proper guidance.
There are several disciplines of yoga, and with its rich history, the beginner can easily get lost or worse injured, says Mary Jo Ricketson, an experienced yoga practitioner and healthcare specialist, and author of Moving Meditation (www.thegoodwithin.com). A registered nurse, she also holds a masters degree in education from Northwestern University.
What I detail in my book is a comprehensive approach for both mind and body. This reciprocal relationship maximizes health benefits, and has exponentially positive consequences beyond the individual.
People have been practicing yoga for thousands of years, she says. In the West, the practice has integrated with our culture leading to variations including extreme yoga. Ricketson warns this sort of exercise can alienate beginners, who may not be ready to jump in the deep end first. Without the proper training and guidance, she adds, beginners risk injuring their neck, lower back, knees and shoulders.
The most important step is getting started, Ricketson says. Here are seven things beginners and anyone practicing yoga should know to maximize their benefits:
1.Cardiovascular (aerobic) training: As with meditation, focused breathing is a cornerstone of mind-body training. Aerobic means with oxygen and aerobic movement increases the flow of oxygen-rich blood throughout the body, including the brain. Cardiovascular training is the single most important aspect of the physical training because it keeps the heart open and strong.
2.Core and strength training: This includes the students abdomen and buttocks, and the lower back region, which extends to the base of the skull. Here is where strength, stability and balance originate.
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Yoga: Avoid Beginner’s Mistakes
Coaching styles forced to change
Posted: May 2, 2012 at 4:18 am
Perception of abuse is the driving force
Chris Brinckerhoff, assistant superintendent of the Middletown Recreation and Parks Department, oversees more than 1,000 kids involved in sports and camps throughout the year.TOM BUSHEY/Times Herald-Record
Published: 2:00 AM - 04/30/12
Chris Brinckerhoff used to think nothing of sleeping in the same hotel room as teen girls while helping coach the Diamond Dolls travel softball team. Parents preferred the cost-friendly arrangement knowing their children were in good hands.
A decade later, Brinckerhoff wouldn't consider such a scenario.
She suspects the 24-hour news cycle created by the Internet and social networks have spotlighted the existence of sexual predators. That focus has made coaches, concerned over being perceived as a pedophile by parents, other adults or children, careful in their dealings with kids.
Coaches talk about sticking to fist bumps and high-fives. Most coaches wouldn't even consider the once-acceptable congratulatory smack on the butt. The climate makes coaches leery of how an innocent hug could be perceived by witnesses. Their means of affection essentially have been reduced to hand-to-hand contact the handshake, the fist bump, the high-five.
Brinckerhoff, the assistant superintendent of the Middletown Recreation and Parks Department, helps oversee more than 1,000 kids involved in sports camps and various other activities throughout the year. She holds up a multiple-sheet directive from the state outlining procedures the department must follow to help prevent and deal with issues involving children.
Brinckerhoff and fellow employees in the department must attend an orientation that encompasses dealing with kids victimized physically, emotionally or sexually what to look for, and what to do when problems arise. She said she fields about one child-related issue per year, but has never had a coach/child complaint sexual in nature.
Background checks commonly are used as a deterrent. But they generally only weed out folks convicted of crimes. They can't fix a whole other set of issues between children and even the best-intended counselors, many of whom are teens and young adults. Alluding to the pre-teen crowd, generally 10- to 12-year-old girls, Brinckerhoff said, "Kids make up stuff.'' It can be the interpretation of actual contact between the counselor and child say an accidental bump during a game or something fabricated by the child. Brinckerhoff said her office occasionally deals with cases of kids letting their imaginations run wild. She discusses such accusations with the counselor and child, as well as the child's parents.
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WRIGHT TURNS DOWN NEW DEAL | Sporting Life – Cricket News | Live ball-by-ball scorecards, County Cricket, IPL
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John Wright has opted to announce his resignation as New Zealand coach after failing to see eye-to-eye with director of coaching John Buchanan.
Wright's current contract is due to expire after the tour to the West Indies - with New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White having offered the former opener a new deal.
However Wright claims differences of opinion with Buchanan were a key factor in his decision to turn down the extension.
"I think he's probably in a better position to do that," Wright said. "We're probably not that different, we just see things a little differently.
"As I explained earlier, the planning systems that John wants to implement are probably suited to another head coach. I think it's just a difference of style. We see things very differently. I wish him and everyone else success.
"I never really envisaged going through to the 2015 Cricket World Cup, so the change has to be made at some stage.
"During the review process with the current cricket director, we both agreed the planning systems that he (Buchanan) wants to implement don't complement the style and the way I coach, so that was another factor.
"It's part of sport. I've enjoyed the opportunity to coach the New Zealand cricket team."
During his tenure, Wright led New Zealand to the semi-finals of the ICC World Cup as well as a first Test success in Australia for 26 years.
And White hailed the impact Wright has had on the side.
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Beau Henderson: Helping Others Find Their RichLife
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GAINESVILLE, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
For anyone grappling with the current state of their finances or nervously stalking their 401Ks and portfolios, Beau Hendersons approach to financial planning comes as a breath of fresh air.
It is my goal to help people move toward the definition of a fulfilled life or a rich life. I want you to have $2 million in the bank, too, dont get me wrong, he laughs, but too many times I think people are putting a cookie cutter on what they think should make you happy.
As CEO and founder of RichLife Advisors, a full-service financial planning and coaching agency, Henderson offers more than 13 years of successful financial experience on retirement income planning alongside a refreshing, authentic approach to securing not just financial wealth, but spiritual, physical, and emotional health, too.
Henderson has doubled his business twice in three years and secured more than 3,000 clients in the last 10 and while hes always experienced great success, it wasnt until he encountered two very different clients that his philosophy began to change.
One client was extremely wealthy but devastatingly unhappy and the other was a man making ends meet on a middle-class income living a happy, fulfilled life.
Thats when the flip switched for Henderson, he says. He not only wanted the true rich life for his clients, he also wanted it for himself.
Since adopting his new two-fold approach, Henderson has launched RichLife Advisors and has attracted clients and top executives from Atlanta to California.
The agency offers multiple programs to help their clients realize their financial and life goals including a weekly radio show on Saturdays called The RichLife Show and a best-selling book, The RichLife: Ten Investments for True Wealth both available at http://www.richlifeadvisors.com.
Between his authentic approach, fresh philosophy, and experience with thousands of clients, Henderson is finding success on a whole other level for his clients, his employees and himself.
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Another assistant coaching change
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A Louisville Courier-Journal report says Kareem Richardson will be named a Louisville assistant today. Richardson will replace Richard Pitino, whos now at Florida International.
Richardson leaves Xavier after one year with the program. He missed 10 games because of a collapsed left lung that required four surgeries.
His departures creates a second staff opening following Rasheen Davis move to Manhattan College. Its been quite a state of flux in the last week with these two announcements, plus the Mark Lyons news, but all three originated for different reasons/opportunities.
Louisvilles news conference is at 3 p.m. today.In the meantime, heres a look back at the story I wrote on Richardson when he returned from the lung crisis.
As Xavier mens basketball assistant coach Kareem Richardson readied himself for the Nov. 15 game against IPFW, he couldnt shake the odd feeling in his upper body.
He chalked it up to heartburn but found the malaise worsening during the Musketeers win.
It was my scout and I was trying to stand up and give instructions and match-ups for guys, and I was getting really short of breath and light-headed, Richardson said.
Team doctors urged him to visit the hospital afterward. Richardson did only to learn he had a collapsed left lung, setting in motion a chain of events that included four surgeries and 12 days in the hospital.
Richardson emerged from the health crisis sore, tired and 20 pounds lighter, but the 37-year-old Evansville graduate said he gained a new perspective during the 10 games he missed. He returned to Cintas Center following the Muskies Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii with a greater appreciation of work-life balance.
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Another assistant coaching change
Wayne Smith turns down offer of coaching role with Stuart Lancaster and England
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The third one is having put the last eight years of my life into coaching the All Blacks and trying to win the World Cup, I'm going to have to search inside myself to see whether I could coach a team against them, Smith said.
Its not just going to any team, it's going to a team that over time will potentially challenge the All Blacks, so I've got to be clear in my mind that I could be a part of that.
Smiths decision to turn down England leaves Lancaster still searching for a permanent backs coach ahead of next months tour of South Africa.
The Rugby Football Union today confirmed that Mike Catt will join England's coaching staff for next month's tour as interim backs coach, having signed a two-month deal. Jon Callard and Simon Hardy will also join the coaching team for the three-Test tour.
Catt will join Stuart Lancaster's backroom team next week after completing his duties with London Irish after their final Aviva Premiership match against Gloucester on Saturday.
Lancaster said: Mike has played at the top level and is highly respected. He has done a great job at whilst coaching at London Irish and we are looking forward to working with him on this South Africa tour. He is experienced in playing in South Africa and this will be invaluable as we prepare for this challenging and exciting tour.
While Mike, Graham Rowntree and myself will lead on the coaching for the tour we will also have Jon Callard and Simon Hardy as part of the coaching team. Jon and Simon know the players well from their roles with the Saxons.
They will assist in the preparation and support to the midweek teams and they will provide excellent specialist support in their individual areas with Jon supporting our kickers and Simon our hookers throughout the whole squad.
Catt said he was hugely excited about the prospect of joining Lancasters coaching team.
I was very impressed with England during the Six Nations, not just the way they played but the culture that is developing, and hopefully I can complement what Stuart and Graham are doing. There are some talented young players coming through and the chance to work with them for the Barbarians game and the tour is really exciting.
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