Durango
Durango dooräng´gō or Victoria de Durango , city (1990 pop. 348,036), capital of Durango state, N central Mexico, along the highway linking Mexico City with El Paso, Tex. Minerals are the chief product, but the city is also an agricultural, commercial, and tourist center. Founded as a mining town in 1563, Durango served as capital of the region of Nueva Viscaya. In the 19th cent. the city suffered frequent scorpion plagues. Nearby is the Cerro del Mercado (640 ft/195 m high), a hill of solid iron ore. Durango's cathedral is a massive example of early 18th-century architecture.
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Yoga Adapts for Changing Times
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/19/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...sedentary. So different yogas are appropriate for different kinds of people." Yoga has been gaining steam...Chi); Boga (boxing and yoga); and Smoga (yoga for smokers). Some of these hyphenated yogas test the patience of even...
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YOGA THERAPY
Newspaper article from: Pacific Sun; 4/21/2006; ; 700+ words
; We know yoga makes you feel good, but can it actually...enthusiasts have touted the health benefits of yoga. Not only is it a low-impact form of...overall sense of well-being. Now that yoga is at an all-time high in popularity...
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Yoga Journal Releases 2008 'Yoga in America' Market Study.
PR Newswire; 2/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...FRANCISCO, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest "Yoga in America" study, just released by Yoga Journal (yogajournal.com) shows that Americans spend $5.7 billion a year on yoga classes and products, including equipment...
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Yoga: A boom 30 years in the making.(The Seattle Times)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 5/2/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...trip. When Marie Svoboda began teaching yoga in Seattle in 1969, hippies represented...believed to be the first person to put yoga under the "Y" in the Seattle Yellow Pages...progress marches on. Look around; it's yoga, yoga, yoga all the time. Of all the...
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Yoga: PHILOSOPHY & FITNESS.(Family Times)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 2/27/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...to half his recommended dose. "Without yoga, I'd be in bad shape," says Mr. Kar...but I have excellent flexibility. The yoga really helps." Mr. Kar, who has been studying at Vienna Woods Yoga Studio for about five years, is among...
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FITNESS: Yoga adapts for changing times
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/19/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...sedentary. So different yogas are appropriate for different kinds of people." Yoga has been gaining steam...Chi); Boga (boxing and yoga); and Smoga (yoga for smokers). Some of these hyphenated yogas test the patience of even...
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Yoga; Key Q&A.
Newspaper article from: NWHRC Health Center - Yoga; 12/19/2001; 700+ words
; 1. Is yoga a religion? No. However, it can be part of a religious/spiritual practice. 2. Is yoga a replacement for conventional treatment...current medication or treatment program. Yoga can help relieve the symptoms of various...
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Yoga for everyone Classes stretch appeal to kids, veterans, runners.(Health Fitness)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 9/14/2009; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Jamie Sotonoff jsotonoff@dailyherald.com Yoga has been around for 5,000 years, but these days...marketed u for specific niche groups. ThereAEs now Yoga for Veterans. Runners Yoga. Stroke Recovery Yoga. Kids Yoga and Seniors Yoga...
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YOGA AFTER 2,000 YEARS, IT'S STILL HOT
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/23/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...thousands of years, Hindus have practiced yoga, a form of exercise that stresses controlled...balance and flexibility. Recently, yoga has gone mainstream as health conscious...their overworked bodies. From "power yoga" to Hatha yoga, the practice crosses...
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Yoga evolving with the times
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 2/20/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...new moms and their babies. "Yoga is evolving to meet cultural needs," said Yoga Alliance president Hansa Knox...heavy, sedentary. So different yogas are appropriate for different kinds of people." Yoga has been gaining steam in this...
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Yoga
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Yoga Definition Yoga is an ancient system of breathing practices, physical exercises and postures...down by a scholar named Patanjali in the second century B.C. The word yoga comes from a Sanskrit word, yukti , and means "union" or "yoke...
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Hatha Yoga
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Hatha yoga Definition Hatha yoga is the most widely practiced form of yoga in America. It is the branch of yoga that concentrates on physical health and mental well-being. Hatha yoga uses bodily postures ( asanas ), breathing techniques ( pranayama...
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yoga
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
yoga [Skt.,=union], general term for spiritual disciplines in...various kinds of austerities and meditation. The basic text of the Yoga philosophical school, the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali (2d cent. BC), is a systematization...
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Bhakti Yoga
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Bhakti yoga Definition Bhakti yoga is one of six major branches of yoga, representing the path of self-transcending love or complete devotion to God or the divine. A practitioner of bhakti yoga regards God as present in every person or sentient...
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Rāja-yoga
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Rāja-yoga (Skt., ‘royal’) or aṣ...x307;ga- (Skt., ‘eight-limbed’) yoga. Classical yoga as developed in Patañjali's Yoga Sūtra and...
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