Jennifer Lopez participates in the Nautica Malibu triathlon – SELF Magazine

SELF Magazine September cover girl Jennifer Lopez participates in the Nautica Malibu triathlon at Zuma Beach. Read Jennifer’s training blog at: www.self.com

Jennifer Lopez’s triathlon training – SELF magazine

SELF magazine editor-in-chief Lucy Danziger trains with September cover girl Jennifer Lopez. Jennifer Lopez is training for her first triathlon. In this triathlon training workout, Jennifer Lopez and Lucy Danziger go for a bike ride and run two miles. Read Jennifer’s blog at: www.self.com

Preparing The Self For A Triathlon Race

Swim, run, bike…and brag for the rest of your life!

And for one aspiring to become a competitor in a triathlon, he must not only do all that on the spot, he must do it over and over again months before he starts the race. And that is what we call "preparation".

The first junction in preparing for a triathlon race is to muster all the courage, will and power that you have to be able to understand the risks of joining. Once you're convinced that you can get over the so-called risks then the next best thing you want to do is to pick up the race.

Remember that it is you that will make the choices based on the qualities you know you have. The race you will be choosing must never go beyond your capacities so you can create achievable goals.

Most people in the field have the same strategy that everybody thinks is right. Swim as fast as one can, then bike to hell until the transition stage and pick up the remainder of his will to run the longest miles he has ever run in his lifetime. Those who know better can tell better the difference between making your own techniques and not by living in the paths of those who were proven to be unsuccessful.

You can follow common training processes and develop until you can actually formulate your own. Train and test your mettle. Train until your confidence tells you that you will achieve the achievable. Train but never exhaust yourself.

Be careful not to overstrain yourself though or to get agitated right before the race. This is inevitable but anyone can atleast minimize the doom these might inflict. Never loose sight of your faith in yourself during the competition because you bargain to believe more on pessimistic thoughts. There is never coexistence between faith and fear. Be sure that you choose the side that will cause you to win. One wrong decision will cause your self-belief to flicker. In a game of endurance, faith and will power will tell it all.

Preparation of the self includes prayers, visualizations, and of course the ritual of setting up gears and all other necessary equipments.

Crack dumb jokes if you need to or go with the flow of the tension. Daydream with the starting stages of the race and enjoy the scenery. While going your way through hell on the second junction, try to concentrate on the competition. On the last leg, chant over and over again that "it's already too late to quit".

 

Jennifer Lopez on healthy eating as a triathlete and a mom – SELF magazine

SELF magazine’s editor-in-chief, Lucy Danziger, a seasoned triathlete, and Jennifer Lopez, who’s training for her first triathlon, share eating tips for training, competing and feeding their kids. Read Jennifer’s blog at www.self.com

Dahn Yoga Helps Improve the Health of Self and Others

Courses in yoga, the union of body and mind, continue to increase in popularity in the United States. Many different yoga systems are available, although they usually share the features of stretching, posture, breathing, relaxation and meditation.

While most Americans think of yoga as coming the Indian cultural or Hindu traditions, there is a yoga with more-than-5,000-year-old roots in Korea, In its modernized holistic fitness training version, 30 years old, it is called Dahn Yoga and can be learned and practiced at the 120 Dahn Yoga & Health Centers in 15 metropolitan areas of the U.S. Sister Dahn organizations operate in Canada, South Korea, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, Russia and Brazil. Worldwide, there are 600 centers, with around 1,000,000 people using Dahn Yoga and related Brain Education methods daily. The originator of Dahn Yoga is Ilchi Lee.

Dahn Yoga is an integrated body-mind-brain system of exercises for improving the body’s health, the mind’s capability, and the spirit’s connection. From practicing Dahn Yoga, the results tend to be individual health. But it is natural for Dahn Yoga practitioners to share what they have learned, directly or indirectly, with others – family, friends, workplace, and community.

Here is a prime example of the dual set of benefits – self and others – that Dahn Yoga often produces: Linda is in her early 50s, a school teacher in the Midwest. She started to exercise at a Dahn Yoga Center in the Midwest, originally becoming a member to make her middle-aged body more flexible. But soon she found out that Dahn gave her many more benefits.

As Linda put it, "In the first year of practicing Dahn Yoga regularly, m life changed completely. Yes, I achieved my original goal – my body became more flexible. But in addition my overall health condition improved a great deal. Specifically, my headaches disappeared and my lower back stopped aching. My body posture became straighter and my shoulders more relaxed. I was feeling happier too. When I did not feel pain, I was still able to concentrate better on the tasks I was doing. My concentration improved tremendously. Projects at home and work were completed faster and easier."

With work often being the most stressful place in people’s lives, the positive effects of Dahn Yoga are usually observable there. This happened to Linda, who stated, "Being a schoolteacher exposes me to a lot of stressful situations. But after practicing Dahn Yoga, I became better able to handle even high stress levels around me. I have learned to choose my emotions and am no longer overtaken by them. My reactions have changed. I am quieter and calmer. The relaxation techniques taught at Dahn Yoga have helped me to become a better teacher, co-worker, friend and family member."

As if these individual benefits from doing Dahn Yoga were not enough, people like Linda often report that they feel compelled to share their new health and well being with others. For Linda as a school teacher, this meant to teach selected Dahn Yoga exercises to her students. As she explained, "I began teaching my students (6th and 7th graders) to have good posture and relax their bodies. Before class or tests, we would do a few minutes of exercises and their concentration is improved. Since doing these Dahn Yoga exercises, my students’ performance went up remarkably. I have taught my students to use more of their brain potential, which is more possible after they relax their bodies by doing Dahn Yoga techniques. Their confidence levels have increased as they were able to perform successfully after doing the Dahn Yoga exercises, many of them for the first time in their lives."

Seeing in the workplace the positive results generated by everyone practicing Dahn Yoga can in turn elevate the self-confident and self-esteem of the instructor. According to Linda, "My confidence level was raised from sharing Dahn Yoga exercises with students and colleagues. I started much more to believe in myself. Speaking in public was always a challenge for me. Since practicing Dahn Yoga, my speaking anxiety has disappeared. I now actually enjoy public speaking because by sharing my experience I can help others. I have more to offer my students now that I have been doing Dahn Yoga. I have become a much better teacher."

Another aspect of life that emerges for many Dahn Yoga practitioners is that they want to give more to the community. In Linda’s case, this led her to a unique volunteering experience. As she expresses it, "I am teaching Dahn Yoga exercises to developmentally disabled adults, as part of an outreach program organized by the nonprofit Dahn Foundation. This is a very rewarding personal experience. It feels good to share Dahn Yoga methods in order to add to people’s health and happiness. I have found something that I will continue to do when I retire – teach Dahn Yoga and spread health, happiness and peace to other people. Thanks to Dahn Yoga training, I have truly found my life purpose."

Jennifer Lopez trains for her triathlon with an 8-mile bike ride — SELF magazine

SELF Magazine editor-in-chief Lucy Danziger trains with September cover girl Jennifer Lopez. Jennifer Lopez is training for her first triathlon. In this triathlon training workout, Jennifer Lopez and Lucy Danziger go for an 8-mile bike ride. Read Jennifer’s blog at: www.self.com

Jennifer Lopez trains for her triathlon with an open water swim – SELF magazine

SELF Magazine editor-in-chief Lucy Danziger trains with September cover girl Jennifer Lopez. Jennifer Lopez is training for her first triathlon. In this triathlon training workout, Jennifer Lopez and Lucy Danziger go for an open water swim. Read Jennifer’s blog at: www.self.com

Wings to Freedom: Himalayan Yoga Neuroscience & Astrophysics

Purchase the full length film here: hamsayogashop.com Wings to Freedom Mystic Revelations from Babaji and the Himalayan Yogis There never has been, nor will be, a time when man’s own nature shall cease to demand his foremost attention. The evolution of human consciousness is the most comprehensive enterprise ever undertaken by mankind, besides which the greatest of human achievements pale into insignificance. In the quiet spaces of our lives we often wonder Where did we come from? Where do …