mines. takes her slowly. with wonderful people once to make the game show special. treat for. more than a foot long line. welcome to in good shape with these topics. the ancient practice is so popular today. yoga and aging why as the phone still teaches yoga at $93.00 plus sleeping pills the danger of addiction is so great. and here's your host dr cotton like you taught. hello and welcome to in good shape

the 21st of june is a very special day because it's rolled back to. the idea behind the united nations world day was to raise awareness as health benefits. get found all over the world practicing this trade. and other opposes. the idea was proposed by indian prime minister narendra modi who himself has rolled out his yoga mosque in public. that's amazing that tell you what it's not for me because i'm the guy who works out doing sports real sprawls but i'm still curious let's have a look. farhad barry is the founder and director of more studio in berlin he wants to help people develop more. take lifestyle. she

accompany them enough with love consciousness and understanding. you are beautiful you can find yourself through movement. so are you curious about yoga too. and i've got an idea for you. i'm giving away one. i will never be able to do this. so how long does it take to learn this depends on how you do it i mean like you actually you can have like me because you are. ok but you can look how i am doing and then you can learn. to find your own way find your own post.

so this is what yoga is about i mean if i do some sports i go and get a trainer and learn the right move men tend to bend my body and so on so that this is not right because you look for doing it and like to do with the me and nothing to do with you. in this is so fascinating about if it's about me and about me. ok i mean as the president as a doctor i was reading a lot about you and about the effect it has on our body like the effects on muscle loss strengthen our bones our joints and our cardiovascular system even on our immune system so let's 1st take a look at some facts of your. yoga mats the role that all over the world these days outdoors in studios in groups or people on their own from the downward facing dog to head stance. whatever pose you

choose the main thing is the connection between mind and body. you know that's i think in yoga has ancient roots in india it's one of the old philosophical systems although not the kind where you just sit around thinking. it's a path it's traditionally meant to lead you to the truth i survived that. yoga was 1st developed in india over 2000 years ago the poses called us on us are intended to make meditation easier. to focus on breathing serves to unify mind and body and help you find inner peace. yoga is not a sport even if it sometimes looks impressively acrobatic to focus on the body helps relieve stress whether you're suspended midair on your knees or sitting in a lotus position a crucial. element is concentrating on your breathing. has come to you but in

yoga the point is never about reaching some extreme goal. it's about perceiving limits and getting in tune with yourself one combining movement with your breathing and listening to your body in every position asking yourself was that ok for me i think these are the elements that are typical of all forms of yoga. for people stressed by their everyday lives yoga brings calm where there is tension . that's why orthopedists and i are vader dr hedwig gupta uses yoga as a therapy in her practice. study show that yoga has healing powers. following a comprehensive examination it's time to hit the mush. the exercises help patients recover their inner balance and can relieve pain in the

process. and yes it is up yoga therapy has several aims to get in tune with yourself restore your body stability and get your muscles working again. or that we can use the awesomeness the physical exercises as well as the brazing therapy we improve the muscle function and ultimately counter the pain process is. so yoga does the mind body good and can serve as an effective complementary practice to physiotherapy. physiotherapy has an effect while you're doing the exercises but we carry yoga with us all day long it's been proven to make people calmer and more relaxed. but enhanced as our quality of life it's not just about one symptom in yoga it's always about the entire person and their life. little wonder then that yoga has become. so popular especially given its many different forms including easy

exercises for beginners. ok let's let's do it it's do some yoga so let's practice yeah right so what your letter would be a 3 day trip ok so power in your right leg to look your knee lift your left leg up your like right. in the heel in the middle of your hips. chest up so all of the left and all of your chest. and the relax. and breathing look at your belly and your face my. heart feels actually it feels a bit stable more unstable then you look to me ok and but but what's breathing so important i mean it's would be easier for me to just hold my breath

and rethink the living right ruling and change everything. and direct station is also important and you get. a little exhale relax. and the next in here is much more. lifting your chest. so you think what you do i think in that i do that. i think x.l. i do it. and then i feel so is it about getting more stable like training to the state into the stable position of course i mean the 5. concentrate. to stand on one leg of course i would train my brain and body and breezing to different kinds of yoga but what kind of yoga is this i was practicing with the classical how to heal the sun to small so we work with

a different part of the bring it to some more exercises because i already have 3 what is going to be a balanced poster so lucky left leg with your left hand when you hit the right if to right like take 2 fingers grip your big toe. relax your mind reading. your left leg out are you kidding me eric make as good as you can that's all i think you do less than me. think you do less than me yeah that's a big mistake why because you're carson. i don't know if you do the best you can and it's perfect ok so i don't have to compare myself to know you but your has not just about the posture it's not just about the breathing and they relax asian it's about nutrition too yes so so what kind of nutrition is this if i would like to become a yogi there of nothing like

a corn for something we're just connected to the for who live or who you are how was your body made and then we can work for the food or what is good for you. so of course with truth be food which was biological logical clean were too good to digest for your thumb and mostly also connected to your daily life so you're working with your body or mentally so we can deal with food a lot of mentally it's very loving myself running for just can do what i'd like to do and do and i think if i would put all of this together it's clear that you are makes you happy person perhaps and a healthier person and you can even live longer so let's take a look at a yoga teacher called the form and she's more than 90 years old and she still teaching. is probably the oldest yoga instructor in germany

she's 93 but for her that's no reason to stop stretching and bending. d'ivoire to show how this you all are the true beauty of yoga and lies in its infinite possibilities which offer something to everyone regardless of age. else that doesn't need props like swimming bowls and incense. she simply leads the way into the asana. it impresses so students become aware of their physical limits when they encounter their own inflexibility. is a little frustrating. but more than anything else they moloch strength and condition. she explains and shows us the assonance for an hour and a half she's amazing. she wanted to be a yoga teacher when she was in her teens she trying to be an instructor long before

the yoga hype got underway in the west. even now she starts every day with half an hour of yoga in bed then a spoonful of sunflower oil before leaving to give classes. elves are certain that it's her positive attitude to life that keeps a fit she doesn't understand all the attention she gets close she's happy that so many people enjoy her courses. because i'm in good shape i'll keep at it they all want me to come and i hope nothing gets in the way. while practicing yoga ninety's i hope i will be able to do this well we'll see. yoga was invented by man but here in the western world it's more seen like to be a stretching program for women but this opinion is changing.

is said to strengthen your body and your mind at the traditional indian practice is popular among women in the west but many men still wouldn't be caught dead on a yoga mat but there are exceptions high fiber which took up yoga 3 and a half years ago and is convinced of its benefits. above all yoga is a good counterbalance to the demands of my work and private life but it's also really good in terms of agility it almost matches insurance sports. for almost all sport. 20 percent of the people at this yoga festival in stuttgart a men which is a fair amount these days in centuries past the gender bias was very different women were banned from doing yoga it was a male preserve. the k.s.i. yang get changed all that probably the most famous yoga teacher in the world he

popularized yoga in the western world in the 20th century. nowadays yoga instructors are instagram stance people like dylan werner he's dynamic an acrobatic version of the practice is now catching on among men in the u.s. one of the best known yogis in germany is former soccer player team who heads up and the x. goalkeeper aims to spread the word about the benefits of yoga and that's why he decided to launch the stuttgart yoga festival. and even falsities the idea was to bring together various yoga studios in stuttgart the response has been great before the big hole was full from the outset we're going to have 2 lovely days just minutes ago. 600 yoga enthusiasts have come to the festival to practice yoga together and while men are still very much in the minority here they're clearly really getting into it trying out various poses and easing down the road in

a piece. i'm very relaxed i would like to do some yoga ok ok so the through another balance both are ok so lucky right knee locked in the lift your left well you of thing of together that group ok smiling you're very thoughtful get up and then grab a flick full of trust up mile. if you're comfortable maybe you go a little bit deeper with a group. and if you feel you're standing there a circle don't go for the ok ok i can do prayer circle stomach and. relax your face my opal in the valley. breathing. lonely come back it tell you what. in real life a rather empty and a like a performance of

a marathon and to make to get faster every week so and here i'm really disappointed that i'm only able to grip my leg here not to separate their like you do so what about this competition of the western world can just ignored a few of the mind structure we have so what you think you get a few gravity of what you had or you why because i'm like you and you can't be like me ok i can feel like you're healthy it's nothing like. competition and no just with the competition with myself you're on talk it's the monkey mind telling you you need more to do then you get more mostly not like this ok so if i like to start or if you can how should i start. a single it depends on what you would like to take out if you're interested and i would give you an overview about our classes and. depending to the time and

what you were able to bring into the process i would. recommend some classes for all 12 weeks to get the 1st impression and then of course that needs to be done regularly nobody can say how often is good for you but you can ask teacher you can ask yourself how do i feel i'm happy or not i think i should do more try it and wait would you feel a lot of yoga spin offs like beer your god even newt your girth that's what you think of this i would say for would like to drink a beer i go to a bar you know and if i like to be nude i go to the beach. i prefer life fully dressed to yoga dress. you know because. everything what is outside normally is not the way we look to the what's inside and to we have to

feel what we do but yoga self but this is not the core concept of yoga or if i drink beer by doing so if i'm not living in berlin and i want to find a good great yoga teacher what i have to look for our pay attention if you go to a place what people ask you are you healthy what you want to do and get your trust your 1st impression. more faith and then of course you need to practice to get your own experience. and you will find the right place and the right teacher well i think many of our viewers right now would like to start the practice of yoga but they say i cannot stop because i don't have the right equipment but we can help you we need all. 3 thought a great mass and affluent feet tower. a yoga belt

and a cd of yoga music from all around the world as well as the back to put it all in just write to us don't forget the key word yoga that deadline is july 11th. yoga helps you to each if you're in a balance and by that a good night's sleep. but on the less many people are taking sleeping pills and this is quite dangerous. nighttime a nightmare for analyser. she couldn't relax she kept waking up and barely slept at all it all began 12 years ago when she retired. i would toss and turn i couldn't turn off my thoughts and then i couldn't sleep at all. families about sought help from her doctor he prescribed a sleeping pill zolpidem from then on she took half a pill every evening as many do. and. millions of

people around the world regularly take sleeping pills but it is specialists who do your hot spot warns that you can become addicted to them after only a short period of use. sleeping pills and tranquilizers mainly contain benzodiazepines or related drugs such as substances and these are medications that can lead to dependency within a few weeks. took sleeping pills for years night after night but she had doubts she spoke to her doctor about it but he played down the matter. then i went to a different doctor and he said that at my age i could still keep taking them it was no big deal. which. the retiree remain skeptical she was

afraid of becoming drug dependent but she did not want to do without the pills completely which is why she reduced the dose by half with serious results. with time. us i could not offer 2 hours but then i became restless again and then often maybe 2 or 3 hours on fall asleep again. i'm elizabeth's sleep patterns were completely disturbed. to be able to get to sleep our body needs to be told to start winding down. usually it's the neurotransmitter gamma amino butorac acid or gaba for short that conducts the relevant signals from one nerve ending to another to the so-called gabaa receptor. they send the message on word through the nervous system telling the body to throttle back the more neurotransmitter that arrives at the gabba receptors the stronger the sleep signal transmitted throughout the body sleeping medications like

benzo days of pins also work by a gap a receptor. they strengthen the effect of the brain's own neurotransmitter to make you fall asleep more quickly but they do come with side affects. there are fewer deep sleep phases they're the ones which rest the body and there are fewer dreaming phases when we inscribe what we have experienced during the day into our long term memory or even. anyone who takes sleeping pills over a long period and then suddenly starts taking fewer of them or stops them altogether ends up with a problem of a different kind your body gets accustomed to receiving stronger sleep signals without them it's harder to drop off. i'm elizabeth started to realize that she needed to come off sleeping meds all together she read about

who to go hotspots detox pilot project in the newspaper. he drew up a program for her which involved switching to medication in the form of drops. the idea was to reduce their number gradually to allow the body to adapt. in the pilot study this method worked for 50 percent of patients it took under a month to wean annalisa bottle off the drugs. i was pretty exhausted and anxious i just couldn't get to sleep anymore and then suddenly i was able to sleep again and it was a relief. to despite i am greedy. people with a bigger dependency problem may require a spell in hospital to detox but not many people are prepared to take that step and that can have serious consequences as a recent british study has shown the health of 35000 adults who were prescribed

sleeping meds for the 1st time was monitored for 7 years and compared to people who didn't take them. the findings showed that pill users mortality rates were double those of non pill takers. statistics show that sleeping pill prescriptions have dropped in recent years but the risk of dependency is still often underestimated. analysts advise is off her meds completely now she uses a new method to drop off involving relaxing music and a regular bedtime routine things are getting easier and she's thrown away the leftover tablets to stay on the safe side. we asked you to send in your questions about sleep remedies and hear ourselves livia wants to know what do you think about the sleep palme own military unit.

military unit is asleep we produce ourselves and you can buy it in the form of pills and capsules there are no studies that show that it works as a sleeping pill it helps your body to synchronize with daytime and nighttime but don't take it without seeing a doctor 1st. and jacob wants to know does alcohol help that's a nightcap ok alcohol can sit down in makes you sleepy but it confuses our natural sleep phases sleep under the influence of alcohol is not restful alcohol also disturbs her kidney function so you wake up early and have to go to the bathroom. so my advice when it comes to sleeping problems don't mess around with medication ask your doctor especially your family doctor that's it for

today see you next week and until then let's all try to stay relaxed and good shape .

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