Word: yoga
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tried swimming, nightclubbing, yoga and photography and come back sad. He is just...
...inflated hopes for biofeedback may have been related to the growth of interest in Eastern mysticism. Glowingly described by fans as "electronic yoga," biofeedback seemed to offer inner exploration without drugs, religion or psychotherapy. The revelation that biofeedback machines could monitor the brain's alpha waves - associated with relaxation and meditation - led to the proliferation of "alpha" institutes and training centers, many of them now defunct. "Getting high on alpha" peaked in 1973, when some colleges offered credit for alpha experience...
...land: jumping from a fast-moving skateboard over a 4-ft. bar and landing back on the board, for example. A World Skateboard Pro-Am Championship at the Los Angeles Sports Arena last month attracted 37 teams of pros, including Top Star Denis Schufeldt, 24, a San Diego yoga teacher who claims to use "yoga and body control" to retain his title as the fastest downhill racer...
Paradoxically, TM is also criticized for being too practical and not meditative enough. Most Hindu gurus, for instance, teach one or another form of yoga, which combines practical exercises with meditation to achieve union with Brahma?the ultimate reality or Absolute. Yoga itself is the Sanskrit word for a yoking, or union. The various branches of Buddhist meditation?Zen and Tibetan, for example?usually require great discipline and concentration to try similarly to gain nirvana, that ineffable state of liberation and union with ultimate reality in which suffering is eliminated and compassion and wisdom are attained. "Transcendental Meditation does...
Explains Ginn: "I like to shoot because of the mental discipline involved. Shooting is very much like transcendental meditation or different styles and modes of Yoga. You must have complete control over your body and a very high degree of concentration. That's what I try to get across to beginners...