Navratri food

1. Kuttu ka Atta (Buckwheat flour): Puri
2. Singare ka atta(Chestnut flour): Halwa
3. Ragi ka atta(finger millet)
4. Vrat ke chawal: samai rice; barnyard millet: it is not a grain rather a seed
5. Sabudana(Casava or tara root): Khichdi or kheer
6. Makhane
7. Fruits
8. Curd
9. Milk
10. Yogurt
11. Tea/coffee
12. Aloo/Arbi/Lauki/Kadoo/Shakarkandi/Kachalu/Suran/Yam/Spinach/ Tomatoes/
13. Cucumber/Carrot
14. Paneer
15. Raw banana tikki
16. Sabudane ke papad
17. Dry fruits and nuts and raisin

Bollywood Jewels

1. Delhi in a day

Massage

Massage is an integral part of my well-being. Here, I am sharing my personal experience with massage. It helps to de-stress, increase immunity, improves blood circulation and releases good feeling hormones.

1. Drink lots of water after the massage because like a workout, muscles become dehydrated after the massage. So, you should replenish all that lost water by drinking more. Then there’s a metabolic waste, which is produced by muscles. When our muscles are tight or have a knot, it constricts blood circulation in those areas, which inhibits the body’s ability to flush out waste. Drinking water post-massage allows the kidneys to effectively eliminate the new waste.
2. Massage: it is the movement of muscles for better circulation.
3. Haptics
4. Muscles are stronger than bones.
5. There are two types of muscles: intrinsic(when you are reaching out to ceiling) and extrinsic
6. Muscles have two parts origin and insertion; so we should massage the whole muscles.
7. Meat is nothing but the muscle.
8. Purpose of massage is to unravel the muscles. 
9. Erector spinae muscle: While massage bump on erector muscles, which are along the spinal cord and vertebrae.
10. Dieting can lose your muscles, which is not good. Therefore, strength training is very important for dieters to rebuild muscles. 
11. Tension pain or headache: massage Trapezius and elevator muscles.
12. Pain: It comes from lack of oxygen and lack of oxygen comes from compression.
13. Lower Back pain: Massage the Lumber muscles.
14. Oxygen is the healer. Better circulation carries more oxygen.

Acupuncture: Meridian Theory: it means there are some pathways in blood and lymphatic vessels connected to internal organs and energy flows along with it. It improves blood stagnation. Acupuncture causes blood vessels to dilate i.e. become wider and increases the proper blood flow.

Acupressure: The theory of acupuncture and acupressure is the same; in acupuncture, we use the needles to clear the pathways of energy while in acupressure we use the hand to create pressure to clear the pathways.

What happens is that when we use needles or pressure, brain release endorphins i.e body's own healing and feel-good chemicals, pain recedes, muscles relax and blood flow increases.

Acupressure points.

1. Below the thumb: for thyroid
2. between the index and middle finger: for eyes
3. between middle and ring finger: lungs
4. between the ring and little finger: heart
5. below little finger: sugar

Muscular system: It is made up of muscles and it allows us to move. Because muscles can contract and release without breaking due to its elastic nature, they protect our organs. Muscles connect to bones through fibers called Tendons. There are over 600 muscles:

1. Biceps
2. Triceps
3. Quadriceps
4. Abs, 
5. Pectorals, etc.

There are two types of muscles: Voluntarily muscles e.g. biceps and involuntarily muscles, e.g. heart

Cardiac muscles: heart; make involuntarily muscles

Smooth muscles: stomach, bladder, intestine; involuntarily muscles

Skeletal muscles: voluntarily muscles

Muscles can loose their strength if we don't exercise them.
Types of massage:

1. Swedish Massage
2. Thai Massage
3. Deep tissue massage
4. Tharepeutic Massage
5. Hot Stone massage

Craft ideas for Ladies afternoon get together

Spring:

1. Paper flowers making

Buddhist Life Philosophy

I always wonder I devote so much time in religious practice, what exactly I am learning or benefiting from this.

How my religious philosophy is helping me to lead a better life.

Buddism says that one mistake we make is that we consider ourselves as independent entities. But the truth is that we have dependent origination. And whenever there is disharmony in the relationships of dependent origination, things will start to create problems.

Another thing is that we believe in the concept of duality i.e. either/or. While Nichiren Buddhism is fundamentally a teaching of transformation. It means that when we chant Nam myo ho renge gyo, things start to transform, poison turns into medicine. Through chanting, we are able to see through beyond the surface appearance. And, only seeing through is not enough, it is a practice of action i.e. cause and effect. Based on the wisdom developed during chanting, we need to take the action, without action there is no use of wisdom.

And, it is expedient means who developed the concept of god, we, the positive forces, are the god. It means that when we chant, we bring forth our Buddha nature and upgrade ourselves from the lower state of life to the upper. This positive life force motivates us to take action.

खुद्दार

थोड़ा ही सही मन में अपने जगह दो ।

थोड़ा ही सही मन में अपने जगह दो ।

क्षणभर को ही सही, लम्हों में अपनी पनाह दो ॥

ये चाहत है हमारी, जो तुमको तवज्जो देती है ।

ये चाहत है हमारी, जो तुमको तवज्जो देती है ।

नहीं तो वक़्त मेरा भी कीमती बहुत है ॥

हम व्यापार करते नहीं जज़्बातों का ।

हम व्यापार करते नहीं जज़्बातों का ।

नहीं तो खरीदार बहुत हैं ॥

साथ हैं एक छत के नीचे, सिर्फ अपनेपन की चाहत को । 

साथ हैं एक छत के नीचे, सिर्फ अपनेपन की चाहत को ।

नहीं तो रात गुज़ारने को मिलते आशियानें बहुत हैं ॥

रिश्तों को सींचा जाता है, प्यार और विश्वस की बरसात से ।

रिश्तों को सींचा जाता है, प्यार और विश्वस की बरसात से ।

सिर्फ पैसों  के दम पर, घर बसते नहीं ॥

ये ज़िद्द है हमारी घर-संसार अपना बचाने की, 

तभी तो इतना गिड़गिड़ाते हैं । 

लातमार कर ठुकराने में वरना कौन सी ताकत है ॥

रिश्तों में हम अहंकार लाते नहीं,
रिश्तों में हम अहंकार लाते नहीं,  

नहीं तो खुद्दार हम भी बहुत हैं ॥