YOGA

Yoga exercises (yoga asanas or yoga posture)

The word asanas means pose or posture. it forms one of the eight limbs ofo yoga. most of the asanas (the Yoga pose) names are derived from name of animals here you will find the various asanas the corrcet posture to perform each yoga exercise, the technique of yoga postures and the advantages of performing these postures.

Baddha Padmasana
This is a variation of Padmasana. This Aasana is not meant for meditation. It is chiefly meant for health-improvement and for making the body strong. This Aasana is difficult to perform. Those who are unable to practise this Aasana should not be disappointed. They should patiently try to accomplish the final position.

Technique:
Sit in Padmasana with legs crossed. The heels should touch the lower part pf the abdomen. Swing the right armbehind the back of the shoulder and bring the hand near the left hip. Catch the left big toe. Similarly, swing the left arm and and hold the right big toe.
If you experience difficulty in holding the toes, bend slightly forward and make it convenient to hold the big toe.
After catching the toes, sit erect as before and breathe normally. Stay in this position for one or two minutes in the initial stage. Gradually increase the time till you can stay in the position for ten minutes.

Advantages:

• In this Aasana the weight of the body is borne by the knees and the ankel-joints, so the joints of the leg become strong.
• Both the heels of the legs get sufficient exercise.
• The continuous practice of the Aasana helps the person to gradually overcome the weakness of the heart, the lungs, the stomach, the liver and the spine. Moreover it reduces the pain in the knees and the ankle-joints.
• The Aasana helps to cure ailments like indigestion. fatulence, stomach-ache, etc.
• By practising this Aasana one can get all the advantages of the Padmasana.

Garbh Aasan
When this aasan is performed, the pose achieved resembles that of a human foetus in the womb. So this aasan is called Grabh Aasan.

Technique:
As in Kukkut Aasan, insert the hands between the thighs and the calves. Push the arms forward till the elbows can be easily bent. Then hold the lobe of the right ear with the right hand and of the left ear with the left hand. Stay in this position very cautiously to avoid tumbling.
The constant practice of this aasan will enable you to balance the body on the coccyx (the tail bone).
If aspirants experience difficulty in performing this aasan in Padmasan position, it should be practised without Padmasan. While performing this aasan, let the legs be stretched on the floor. This aasan should be formed 8 to 10 seconds in the beginning. Later the time of the rentention of the aasan can be increased to one minute depending on age and ability of the aspirants and benefits expected.

Advantages:

• This aasan helps to cure diseases like colic pain, flatuence, enteritis, chronic fever, constipation et-cetera.
• This aasan keeps the abdominal organs trim. It cures gas trouble and increases the digestive power.
• The abdominal organs, the breast and the joints of the arms and the legs get sufficient exercise through this aasan and their ailments disaapear.
• This aasan helps to preserve the semen and the mind begins to have communion with the Aatama(self).

Kukkut Aasan
Kukkut is a Sanskrit word which means a cock. This aasan or posture resembles that of a cock and hence the name is Kukkut Aasan.

Technique:
Sit in Padmasana with legs crossed. Insert the hands through the gap between the thighs and calves near the knees. Start with the fingers and gradually push the hands upto elbows. Inhale and raise the body off the floor. Then continue normal breathing. Legs should be raised off the floor upto the level of elbows. Hands can easily be inserted in the gap if the Padmasan position is slightly raised. Pot-bellied persons will find it difficult to insert the hands in the gap between the calves and the thighs. In the beginning remain in this position for ten seconds and gradually increase the time to a minute depending on age and ability to aspirant.

Advantages:

• All the benefits derived from Utthita Padmasan are derived from this aasan.
• This aasan is beneficial to those who have worms in their intestines.
• This aasan is very useful to woman as it cures uneasiness, pain in the hips and heaviness caused by menstruation.
• This aasan gives sufficient exercise to the arms.
• This aasan invigorates the body and delights the mind.

Parvatasana
Parvat means a mountain. This aasan is also known as Viyogasana, because it involves a special technique of Yoga. Only healthy persons should practise this aasana.

Technique:
Sit in Padmasana with legs crossed. Join the palms of the hands. Stretch the arms vertically up over the head.

Advantages:

• As both the arms are kept vertically up in this aasana, the Pran is sublimated.
• If Suryabheda Pranayama is practised for fifteen minutes before performing this Parvatasana, the lungs, the abdomen and the spine become strong and healthy.
• This aasana gives sufficient exercise to the muscles of the arms.

Utthita Padmasana (Lolasana)
This aasan is a variation of Padmasana. In this aasana the body is lifted up with both the hands on floor. This is the reason why it is named so. This aasana is more difficult than Padmasan because in this aasan the whole body is balanced on both the hands.

Technique:
Sit in Padmasana with legs crossed. Rest the palms on the floor beside the hips. Slowly raise the trunk without a jerk. The body should not quiver. Retain the breath in the lungs as long as the body is in raised position. Exhale when body is lowered down. While performing this aasan some beginners experience tremor in the hands because of some weakness. But this should not daunt them. They should practise the aasan with patience and perseverance.

Advantages:

• This aasan strengthens the joints and muscles of the arms.
• This aasan helps to cure intestinal weakness, constipation, indigestion, dysentery, drowsiness, impurities of tubular channels etc..
• This aasan works as an appetiser which is a good characterstics of of health.

YOGA

Mengontrol Rambut Berminyak

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Sebum adalah suatu zat minyak yang menjaga dan membantu rambut lebih lembut, luwes, dan fleksibel. Namun, makin banyak sebum di kepala, makin terlihat lepek dan berminyak juga rambutnya.

Tipe rambut berminyak ada dua; berminyak dari kulit kepala hingga seluruh batang rambut, dan kulit kepala yang berminyak, namun batang rambut kering.

Rambut berminyak biasanya sulit diatasi, mudah kusut, dan sulit menahan tatanan rambut. Jika dibiarkan, rambut berminyak bisa menyebabkan jerawat di kulit kepala, rambut rontok, ketombe, dan masalah-masalah kronis rambut lainnya.

Cara mengontrol rambut berminyak:
- Keramas secara rutin bisa mengurangi sekaligus menghilangkan minyak yang menumpuk di kulit kepala dan rambut. Jangan lupa gunakan shampo khusus rambut berminyak.
- Tekan-tekan dengan ujung jari secara perlahan dan lembut. Jangan menggosok atau memijat kulit kepala dengan kuku, selain bisa melukai kulit kepala, menggosok dengan kuku justru membuat kulit kepala memproduksi minyak lebih banyak.
- Usahakan untuk keramas menggunakan air dingin, jangan air panas. Air panas membuka pori-pori, sehingga membuat minyak lebih mudah keluar dan berproduksi.
- Carilah produk shampo yang didesain khusus untuk menghilangkan minyak di kulit kepala.
- Jangan menumpuk air yang dalam keadaan basah di atas kulit kepala. Hal ini bisa mengakibatkan minyak dari kulit kepala berpindah ke batang rambut. Biarkan rambut yang basah tetap terurai.
- Jangan sering-sering menyentuh, menyisir, menyikat, atau memainkan rambut. Karena jari-jari tangan dan sikat pada rambut bisa memicu kelenjar minyak untuk berproduksi, dan memindahkan minyak dari kulit kepala ke ujung-ujung batang rambut.
- Hindari shampo dengan pelembab. Shampo berpelembab (moisturizing shampoo) biasanya didesain untuk mencegah kekeringan di batang rambut, dan tak jarang memiliki minyak juga.
- Jangan mengaplikasikan kondisioner di kulit kepala, aplikasikan di tengah batang rambut hingga ke ujung saja.
- Untuk jenis rambut berminyak, usahakan jangan memiliki poni rambut, karena bisa memindahkan minyak dari kulit kepala ke kulit di daerah dahi. Akibatnya, jerawat atau masalah kulit lain.

Hal-hal tersebut bisa dilakukan untuk mengontrol rambut berminyak dan mengurangi kadar minyak di rambut. Namun jika sudah terlalu parah, kontrol dan temui hairdresser berpengalaman.

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Does Google PageRank Count Anymore?

By Titus Hoskins (c) 2009

Being a full-time SEM (Search Engine Marketer) I have been conditioned like Pavlov's dog (not a pretty picture) to jump every time Google twitches. Lately Google has been doing a lot of twitching.

Specifically, the rather startling news from Google Webmaster Trends Analyst Susan Moskwa that Google has ditched PageRank from Webmaster Tools.

"We've been telling people for a long time that they shouldn't focus on PageRank so much; many site owners seem to think it's the most important metric for them to track, which is simply not true," states Moskwa. "We removed it because we felt it was silly to tell people not to think about it, but then to show them the data, implying that they should look at it." (Source: WebProNews)
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Now, for SEO reasons or for ranking in Google's index, PageRank has long been eunuchified by Google. However, even missing a few dangling bits, history has shown us, eunuchs still wheel tremendous power. PageRank is no different.

Regardless of what Google wants to happen, PageRank is still extremely important to anyone marketing on the web, especially if you're selling SEO services or operating a web business. Try selling SEO services when that little green bar on your site is pointing to PR0 or worst yet, pointing to a solid gray bar.

Obtaining a high PR7 or PR8 simply means more business and revenues... regardless of how Google is or is not using PageRank. People know how to count and they learned long ago, a ten is a lot more than a big fat zero.

Placed against a PR1 site, a PR8 will win more respect in the eyes of potential clients and can produce enormous profíts for the site owner and we won't even mention the still widely practiced habit of selling links, which Google is desperately trying to stop. Total and full elimination of PageRank would be an honest start, but it will still be an uphill, if not an unwinnable battle, for Google to fully eliminate link selling.

Even with my modest sites, I have turned down a small fortune by not selling text links on any of my sites. When I had a PR6 site instead of a PR4 - those link requests were nearly doubled. So one can easily understand Google's position and the need to downplay PageRank, if they want to put even a small dent in all this link selling and buying, which is still running rampant on today's web.

PageRank is Google's creation, and unless they drop it fully from their system and the Google toolbar, then PageRank still Counts. Actually, in the whole scheme of marketing your website on the net, PageRank counts big time. And in more ways than one.
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There are several reasons why you shouldn't count PageRank out.

For years Google has been downplaying the importance of PageRank and states it's only one of about 200 ranking factors which determine how Google ranks its index for keywords. Obtaining top organic rankings for popular lucrative keywords in Google simply means money in the bank. Actually, even a movement of only one or two places on those first page SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) can make a major difference to any online marketer's bottom line.

Now while you can have a lower PR number and still rank above other higher PR pages for your chosen keywords, I have even had many times when my PR drops but my actual SERPs rankings in Google goes up, mainly due to building related relevant backlinks. So PageRank counts little towards your keyword rankings, but it can't be totally dismissed.
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Mainly because, even if PR is just one ranking factor, in close competitive keyword battles (I am presently fighting tooth and nail for some very choice keywords) just one ranking factor such as high PR can make the difference of whether or not you get to the top spot. Big dogs are still jumping and for those of us who know how to count, getting a number one spot in Google makes all the difference in the world.

Not only because Google controls roughly 80% of all search engine traffic, but more importantly Google has established unmatched credibility and brand recognition in the eyes of potential customers visiting your site. Web users trust Google. Web users look to Google for guidance and direction. Web users believe what Google is telling them. In the online world, rightly or wrongly, perception is everything.

As an online marketer, I am completely amazed each day at the marketing power Google now commands with web surfers and with the general population. Google is king of online search and no other search engine even comes close to Google.

PageRank is Google's ranking system, and in the eyes of those who notice these things, it still wields tremendous influence and power. By default, PageRank is Google's opinion of your site, and web users can count (at least to 10) and if Google believes people are still not counting when it comes to PageRank, then they are fully mistaken.

The Top 10 Ways To Use Twitter for Marketing

Twitter is a micro-blogging site that asks you a basic question, "What are you doing?" It allows anyone with an account to write up to 140 characters in a text field as a means to update, comment, promote or communicate to others who are "following" you. When people follow you, they see what you've recently contributed when they login. They see your "tweets", which are the messages you leave.

And of course you can follow others who tweet about the things that interest you. As an Internet marketer you may want to follow other Internet marketers, for example.

The Top 10 Ways To Use Twitter for Marketing:

1. Use it to promote new pieces of content you or your company create to drive traffic to your site. From online articles to blog posts or from videos to webinars, each time you add something to the Web that is of value, tweet about it and include a link. (Most people on Twitter use www.TinyURL.com to take a long URL and make it short.)


2. Use it for learning new marketing ideas, strategies and techniques. If you follow the right people, and you have to be picky about who you follow, you'll get pointed to a good amount of useful tutorials, videos, e-zines and other things that teach you about marketing.

3. Use it to get new customers. Use Twitter's search to find people who may be interested in your product or service. There are many ingenious ways to search for people on Twitter. For example, if you sell red widgets you could go to http://search.twitter.com and find people who have tweeted specifically looking for red widgets. To do this, type the following into the search box: red widgets?

• You'll notice a lot of the results will be of others selling red widgets. These ones will all obviously have links in them to direct people to the site they're selling red widgets on. To weed these people/tweets out, use the negative sign like this: -http red widgets?

• Since every link has 'http' in it, using the negative sign in front of it will cause your search results to not include any tweets with links in them.
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4. Use it to build your email list. Use Twitter's search to find people who may be interested in the monthly newsletter you send out to your house email list. Invite these people to join.

5. Utilize Twitter plugins or add-ons such as TweetMyBlog or The Twitter Updater, which both automatically make tweets of every new blog post you publish. Also check out TwitThis. When visitors to your website click on the TwitThis button or link, it takes the URL of the Web page and creates a shorter URL using TinyURL. Then visitors can send this shortened URL and a description of the web page to all of their followers on Twitter. Finally, look at TweetLater, a service that allows you to write lots of tweets at once and then schedule them to go out over time.

6. Use it to build buzz about an upcoming product or website launch.
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7. Use it to better brand yourself or your business. Remember, when someone wants to learn more about you or your company, they are increasingly using sites like Twitter for research. You could easily use Twitter to establish yourself as an authority in your field.

8. Use it to update followers on breaking news regarding your company. If your company is mentioned in a new article, tweet about it and include a link to the article. Or if you're at a conference or trade show, you could tweet what you're doing and invite people to visit you in person.

9. Use it for business networking, master-mind groups (see Napoleon Hill), and getting yourself seen by high-profile people in your industry.

10. Use it as an instant messaging system to keep you and your team on the same page during projects. This is especially useful for those who work with teams spread out in different cities or countries.

You should note that this top 10 list is not in order of importance or in any particular order. I suggest that you give Twitter a try if you haven't already. See if you can apply a few of these techniques and tactics to help you take advantage of Twitter as a marketing tool.

And one more important thing to remember is that there is no silver bullet in marketing. You should always be trying and implementing numerous tactics when marketing your business. Don't only rely on Twitter or any other one thing. Instead, use Twitter (or any other Web 2.0 site) as simply one more tool in your entire social media and marketing toolbox.

Perbedaan Pria dan Cowok

Tidak semua laki-laki dewasa menjadi 'Pria', ada juga yang masih begitu ke kanak''an setelah umurnya mencapai 40. Tenaaaang... Mungkin memang sebagian orang dilahirkan untuk jadi 'pria', tapi memang ada juga yang cukup menjadi 'cowok' saja. Dan yang tak kalah penting... kadang wanita juga tidak peduli koq ^_^ !

Inilah Perbedaan mendasar antara seorang PRIA dan COWOK :

P : Tahu jelas lima tahun lagi ia mau jadi apa
C : Tidak jelas lima menit lagi ia mau berbuat apa

P : Jago membuat wanita merasa tenang
C : Jago membuat cewek merasa senang

P : Bacaannya Jhon Grisham, mainannya golf, tontonannya CNN
C : Bacaannya Harry Potter, mainannya bilyar, tontonannya MTV

P : Sebelum umur 30 sudah banyak uang
C : Sebelum umur 30 sudah banyak dosa

P : Seimbang antara penghasilan dan pemasukan
C : Seimbang antara hutang dan pembayaran minimum

P : Mendukung emansipasi wanita, tapi tetap membayari bon makan wanita
C: Mendukung emansipasi wanita dengan membiarkan wanita bayar sendiri

P : Punya akuntan, penjahit dan dokter langganan
C : Punya salon, kafe dan bengkel langganan

P : Meminta Anda nimbrung ngobrol kalau mamanya menelepon
C : Pura-pura Anda tidak bersamanya jika mamanya menelepon

P : Putus dengan pasangannya sambil berjabatan tangan dan mengakui sulitnya menjembatani perbedaan antar mereka berdua, diiringi ucapan, "Kita tetap bisa berteman selamanya."
C : Putus dengan pasangannya sambil kabur dari rumah, merokok berbatang-batang, plus ucapan, "Jangan undang aku ke pernikahanmu nanti!"

P : Mencintai wanita 10 % pada pertemuan awal dan meningkat terus
C : Mencintai wanita 100 % pada pertemuan awal dan menurun terus

P : Berpikir dewasa seperti orang usia 40 tahun saat berusia 17 tahun
C : Berpikir kekanakan seperti orang usia 17 tahun saat berusia 40 tahun

P : Bisa menang hanya dengan otak dalam konflik
C : Cuma bisa ngamuk, adu mulut, n adu otot kalo konflik

P : Mikirnya "Aku masih kurang pengetahuan, harus belajar lebih banyak"
C : Mikirnya "Aku yang terhebat di muka bumi, siapapun aku hadapin !!!"

P : Otak no 1, digabungin otot kalo kepaksa
C : Otot no 1, ditambah otak, itupun kalo punya

Nah, sekarang udah mengerti perbedaan mendasar antara Pria dan Cowok... Jadi, yang manakah anda ?. Jawab dengan jujur ya !... hehehe :"p

Sup Kambing

Bahan:
5 ons daging kambing yang empuk dengan tulang
2 1/2 ons wortel, potong panjang 3cm belah menjadi 4 bagian
1/4 bagian dari 1 buah nanas, potong sesuai dengan potongan wortel
1 1/4 air
3 tangkai daun prei, potong 1cm
1 tangkai daun seledri

Bumbu:
5 siung bawang merah, ukuran sedang
5 siung bawang putih, ukuran sedang
15 biji merica
3 biji bunga cengkeh
2 ruas ibu jari kayu manis
2 sendok teh garam

Cara Memasak:
Rebus air sampai mendidih, masukkan daging kambing 1/2 jam. lalu masukkan potongan nanas. haluskan bawang merah, bawang putih, merica, dan garam. tumis bumbu yang dihaluskan bersama potongan daun prei. setelah bumbu harum, masukkan ke dalam rebusan daging kambing bersama kayu manis, buah cengkeh dan potongan wortel. terakhir masukkan seledri, biarkan 10 menit. angkat dan sajikan selagi hangat.

Learning From the Face

When berjuman with people, we can learn the science of face, because each face yag impact different to us. There is a reassuring, there is a soothing, there is a menggeikan, there yag disturbing, and some are scary. Scary? Why? Is it because of his nose? of course not! Because the nose is tiny, but reassuring. Some Menghujam sharp eyes, but soothing. There was a black skin, but with authority.

If today we managed to find a reassuring face of a person, then find out why he could have a face like that. of course we will respect for him. What a genuine smile, radiant face that looked like anyone who looked at her happy. Conversely, what if we looked at the opposite face? The grim faces, the structure he snapped, his eyes were cruel, cynical smile, and his attitude was not friendly. This too we need to learn.

Take advantage of the face was reassuring and soothing part of our face, and throw away the face is not reassuring. There is nothing wrong if we evaluate ourselves in the mirror. Ask, look like what was there at this face.

For a face to a smile that already exists, then stay longer increasing the quality of the smile, so much more sincere. Because enyum not just lift the end of the lip, but the main thing is the desire of others happy. Prophet Muhammad gave great attention to every person she met that person feel satisfied. no wonder when I look and act turned out to be attributes of the glory that he demonstrated. It was a big influence on attitudes and feelings of people who talk to.

Kemuramdurjaan, inconvenience and anxiety that arise because we do not think people who have before us as the most important. Hence, we often see is only half an eye, speaking only half attention. For example, when there was someone who came over, we said the it while reading the newspaper. whereas, if we had not put someone else, then the flow of words, how to look, how to behave, it will not have the power to touch and emit a strong power.