NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Controversy Over Yoga’s Soul

Posted by Dorothy under Philosophyno responses

I recently came across an article in The New York Times which highlighted the ongoing controversy as to whether yoga belonged to the Hindu religion. Such a similar issue about “yoga being a part of Hindusim” sparked the threat to ban Muslims in Malaysia from practicing yoga. The Muslim religious groups fear that Muslim yoga practitioners will deviate from their religion and into Hinduism as a result of yoga. I personally agree that yoga has some links to Hinduism but these days, yoga in the gyms are purely for exercise purposes. Everyone is free to choose where they want to go or which teacher they prefer. Some yoga teachers may include mantras in their class but others prefer to keep it for their personal practice. After a few months of debate between Muslim yoga practitioners ( who are still true to their Muslim religion ) and the religious groups, the issue died down and yoga practitioners in Malaysia were left to practice in peace.

With this, I hope that everyone can see yoga as an exercise or a spiritual practice but certainly not a religious following. There should be no restrictions from any religious groups to stop their followers from adopting yoga into their lifestyle because yoga was meant to be a way of life, not a religious practice.

Here goes the article from The New York Times Online :

Yoga is practiced by about 15 million people in the United States, for reasons almost as numerous — from the physical benefits mapped in brain scans to the less tangible rewards that New Age journals call spiritual centering. Religion, for the most part, has nothing to do with it.

But a group of Indian-Americans has ignited a surprisingly fierce debate in the gentle world of yoga by mounting a campaign to acquaint Westerners with the faith that it says underlies every single yoga style followed in gyms, ashrams and spas: Hinduism.

The campaign, labeled “Take Back Yoga,” does not ask yoga devotees to become Hindu, or instructors to teach more about Hinduism. The small but increasingly influential group behind it, the Hindu American Foundation, suggests only that people become more aware of yoga’s debt to the faith’s ancient traditions………to read more, please click here.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Dealing With Modern Day Stress

Posted by Dorothy under Wellnessno responses

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Finally, the most important thing is to ask yourself whether you like your job and is it worth it for you to put yourself in a fast forward life until the day you retire or take your time to go through every stage and ensure that you live life to the fullest and keep yourself healthy? Remember, everyone needs money to survive but it is not always the case that “more” means “better”. You have to always keep in check as to what you NEED and not WANT. For instance, the bigger your house is, the more you have to earn to pay for its maintenance. So please re- evaluate your working life before it is too late.

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OCTOBER 30, 2010

Plea For Books To Educate Villagers In Kampung Lobong – Lobong, Sabah, Malaysia

Posted by Dorothy under Community Interestsno responses

To all my dearest readers,

I am posting this on behalf of a friend who is on a project to set up a library for the less fortunates in a small village in Sabah,Malaysia.

Dear friends,

The time has come for me to make a plea on behalf of the children and villagers of Kampung Lobong-Lobong. Remember my first ever note on FB? I have a wish to empower these able people and I found that many friends and acquaintances also share my wish. So the first step we are taking is to create the village’s own resource centre and library! Hence today, I would like to ask you to send us books to help us furnish it. The centre will be housed in an existing building within the village.

On the weekend of the 18th-19th December a few friends and I are going to fix shelves in the building shown below & convert it into a resource centre cum library for the villagers to use freely.. so please feel free to send books, magazines (if possible nature related), dictionaries, pictionaries etc. that you think can benefit this community. For those who are able to join us that very weekend, you are also welcomed

A bit on demographics of the village…

There are roughly about 90 households in the Lobong-Lobong village. Each household has an average of 3 to 5 children whose ages spans between 3 to 25 years… there is a primary school in Kuang village which is about 25mins walk away, whilst in order to attend secondary school these youngsters will either attend boarding schools near  Ranau i.e. SMK Lohan or SMK Narinang but they will usually come home to the village in the weekends to help tend the farms and fields.

We have good feedbacks from the locals wanting to learn and pick up languages, mainly English, so we hope in the near future we can also organize short English classes for all age groups. I have plans to invite friends and contacts to contribute their time in training these villagers in skills that would help them improve their livelihood… if you have skills and knowledge to share please also get in touch

A dear friend had agreed to be the collection centre for this project so please send your donated books to:

“Lobong-Lobong Community Drive: Resource Centre & Library”

c/o : DR. Izety Shezlinda Noran

Room no. 40, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Clinic,

Hospital Queen Elizabeth I,

Karung Berkunci No 2029

88586 Kota Kinabalu

Sabah

Please comment below for further enquiries, please also spread the word to friends whom you think would be able to contribute, thank you in advance!

p/s: it would also be nice for you to write a note stating your name(s) & where/who the book donation is from etc. Perhaps also some encouraging words to the readers

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