Word: yoga
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...those who have herpes can do little but try to control the negative emotions and stress that often trigger attacks. Many herpes patients use yoga, Transcendental Meditation, biofeedback, hypnosis, talk therapy or simply "imaging," an attempt to conjure up happy images and serene thoughts. One Boston woman reports success by envisioning a golden globe sending off rays that heal herpes. Another woman says that smiling constantly when she felt a cold sore coming on kept the blisters from appearing. Says Dr. Hamilton: "The placebo effect is so strong that 60% of patients treated with any technique are going...
...Manhattan apartment is even sparer than he is. Almost all the interior walls have been knocked down, and the only furniture is a bed. When guests drop by, they may sit on nine big pillows. Tune meditates in the morning and evening and spends half an hour more doing yoga exercises. Before each rehearsal of "Nine, "he led the company in a session of yoga breathing. "When we ended," he says, "we were...
...audience in hysterics by sustaining her bizarre accent and ridiculous movements during her entire time on stage. The fairy godmother grants the beggar's wish, disappears, and reappears a few minutes later. This time she comes all the way down the ladder, on to the stage and assumes a yoga position on the table. The three actors combine precise execution of lines and movements to allow the ridiculous plot to reach its quick end. While the lines are funny and fluffy, the play subtly satirizes poverty and the dissatisfaction of people despite their material gains...
...bicoastal trio stubbornly cling to their surplus pounds. They skip yoga ("Imagine you're a pink cloud," urges the teacher). They miss pool exercises, which involve strenuous efforts to drown plastic balls by pushing them "down ... aaand down .. . aaand harder, again!" During Shintaido, an unlikely hybrid of martial arts and modern dance that starts with an excruciating series of froglike hops, the trio sit in the lobby complaining. They are wondering about flights to Las Vegas when Karma Kientzler finds them...
Between the calorie counting and aerobic breathing, the yoga and the yogurt, the rolfing and the rope jumping, exercised Americans will admire their improved chassis in 300 million sq. ft. of new mirrors. The reflections of these new Adams and Eves glowing radiantly through the steam rising from the hot tubs are provocative indeed. They portend even more than they posture...