| Could Yoga help you to live a longer, healthier, and | | | | passage." |
| happier life? Of course, Yoga can do all of these | | | | So, who is to blame for the negligence toward health? |
| things. Yoga has a proven "track record," at a time | | | | Is it a lack of national healthcare? The Washington |
| when some countries could afford to be more | | | | Post also stated: "Chrisopher Murray, from the |
| pro-active about healthcare. | | | | University of Washington, said improved access to |
| The Washington Post recently ran a story about how | | | | health insurance could increase life expectancy. But, he |
| the United States has fallen to 42nd place in life | | | | predicted, the U.S. won't move up in the world rankings |
| expectancy. Many reasons are given to explain away | | | | as long as the health care debate is limited to |
| a country, which spends so much on medical care, | | | | insurance." |
| falling to 42nd place. | | | | It starts with a pro-active attitude and it comes from |
| Of course, obesity was named as a factor. According | | | | the top. Bring back physical education, all American |
| to the Washington Post, "The U.S. has the resources | | | | citizens need healthcare (National Health), and there |
| that allow people to get fat and lazy," said Paul Terry, | | | | should be more networking between conventional |
| an assistant professor of epidemiology at Emory | | | | health and Yoga. |
| University in Atlanta. "We have the luxury of choosing | | | | Although many Yoga teachers do receive referrals |
| a bad lifestyle, as opposed to having one imposed on | | | | from physicians, there are still many doctors in the US |
| us by hard times." | | | | who understand very little about the pro-active lifestyle |
| Yet, all this talk about fat has brought very little in the | | | | of a Yoga practitioner or any other alternative health |
| way of a concerted effort toward making Americans | | | | methods. |
| more health conscious. Why is only ten percent of the | | | | It is time to network and join forces. The health of our |
| country pro-actively exercising on a steady basis? | | | | children and grandchildren is at stake. Schools, hospitals, |
| Granted, another 35% catch the "exercise bug" for a | | | | physicians, and Yoga teachers, cannot wait another 10 |
| month or two per year, but that is it. The majority of | | | | years for the government to "wake up." It is time for |
| Americans have taken a pledge not to exercise for | | | | us to take voluntary action and educate the public |
| life. There are some geographic pockets of exercisers, | | | | about the health benefits of regular Hatha Yoga |
| but there are huge areas, where deep fried food is | | | | practice. |
| "king" and a heart bypass operation is a "rite of | | | | |