# 9 - Fit for Life with 48 plus

We live in an era of disappearing jobs > shriveling incomes > lower savings > tighter budgets > fewer luxuries > higher stress levels > rising medical concerns > sliding wellness budgets > preventive healthcare ... our only option now is to prevent common ailments before they overcome us. So let us embrace good health with the discipline it deserves, and Stay Fit for Life with 48 plus. If only companies would give employees incentives for taking care of their health, we would all be a happier, healthier nation.

# 8 - Where Mind Goes, Energy Flows

Where the mind goes, energy flows. The seven main energy centers in the human body are indicative of various bodily functions, such as reproductive, digestive, liver/ kidney/ pancreas, heart, thyroid, pituitary, and brain. When we place our focus on any one point, we refresh that part of our body sooner by directing fresh oxygen, which in turn expels stale and sedentary gases, thereby purifying the system faster.

# 7 - Meat Eating and Flexibility

By staying on a vegetarian diet for 3-4 weeks, we may notice that our body feels more flexible than before. If and when we revert to eating meat again, our body feels less flexible, apparently due to added resistance in meat fiber. Curiously enough, meat eating not only reduces flexibility, it has also been known to increase aggression. The darker the meat, the greater the aggression, and so on.

# 6 - How to Extend Life Span

When we consider the human lifespan as being entitled to 500 million breaths, barring any unnatural interventions, deep breathing can extend our lifespan simply by elongating every breath until we have used up our full entitlement. When we learn to breathe slow, deep, and deliberate, we also enjoy a greater sense of tranquility.

# 5 - Enhancing Lung Capacity

Studies have shown that, of all the air we breathe in, only 5% gets used. Enhancing lung capacity through deep breathing allows more oxygen to enter the bloodstream. So by observing the 1:2 inhale:exhale ratio, we naturally also eject more carbon dioxide, thereby de-toxing the system more effectively.

# 4 - Re-charging Body Batteries

Most of the 72,000 nerves in the human body end in the soles of our feet and palms of our hands. So during posture practice, by using our palms as lightning conductors and grounding ourselves with our soles to make the most of the energy around us, we help nurture a positive charge within.

# 3 - Five Main Principles of Yoga

The five main principles of yoga are - use of gravity (to minimize the use of props); deep breathing (to eliminate harmful toxins from the blood); stretching of tendons/ connective tissue (to help release essential fluids); organ massage (to improve blood circulation); and concentration (to help channel the restless mind).