Word: yoga
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...term yoga comes from Sanskrit--it means, 'to yoke.' Raja yoga, which is what Bunker teaches every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC), is in literal and physical terms, a discipline of the body and the mind...
Ironically, the yoga classes are held in the MAC's wrestling room, where a sign blaring, "Harvard Wrestling--Earning the Right to Win Begins Here," expresses the dominant dogma of the MAC and of Harvard: Compete...
During Bunker's yoga classes in this same room, however, pressure is not the name of the game. In fact, the approximately 25 people enrolled in the 12 noon class are there specifically to avoid the cut-throat competition of the University. They simply want to relax...
...they think that's what it means to be alive." But putting the body under so much stress is inefficient, says Bunker. "What you're looking for is to find a way of breathing that is very relaxing." Once an individual gets used to the breathing techniques of yoga, Bunker says, the stress starts to dissipate...
They kept to a vegetarian diet that contained less than 10% fat and banned all oils. At twice-weekly meetings, a psychologist held group support sessions. Everyone was taught stress-management techniques, including yoga, and was told to spend an hour a day meditating, visualizing arteries unclogging, and doing relaxation and breathing drills. Smoking was prohibited and moderate exercise recommended...