Ayurveda is an ancient holistic healing system which treats the mind, body and spirit as a whole. Ayurveda translates as ‘the science of life’ and is still India’s mainstream health care system. It works on the philosophy of ‘Prevention is better than cure’ and uses medicinal herbs, oil therepies, massage, yoga and meditation together with diet and lifestyle choices for specific body types and temprements - in order to restore and maintain well being.

Legends say that about 3 million years ago, a group of Indian sages travelled high up into the Himalayas in search of enlightenment. They wanted to banish all disease from the world because only those who are physically, mentally, and spiritually healthy could reach enlightenment. So they meditated collectively on how to get rid of illness – and eventually the secret of true health and happiness was revealed. These findings were preserved in the ancient vedic texts. The Ayurvedic sages believed that a healthy state is a natural state, and deviation from this natural state by taking on stresses found in modern living, and from an inappropriate diet, will ultimately lead to ill health. There is a direct link between emotional distress and physical disease – and ayurveda treats both mind and body to cleanse and rejuvenate one back to their true balance.

The concept of the 3 ‘doshas’ is at the heart of Ayurveda. Vata (like ‘air’, or wind), Pitta (like ‘fire’ or bile) and Kapha (like ‘water’, or phlegm). These are the 3 forces that work within us all and they determine our body shape, colouring, metabolism and emotional temperament – among other things. Your individual type is known as your ‘prakriti’ and this gives clues as to which types of disease you will be prone to, making prevention easier. Illness occurs when the dominant Doshas in prakriti ‘take over’ or when your dominant Dosha becomes imbalanced, which normally causes an increase in its main element, e.g. - imbalanced Pitta usually results in excess ‘fire’ element, resulting in symptoms such as burning sensations or inflammation. Everyone has the three Doshas, yet normally, there are one or two that dominate in our prakriti. e.g. a pure ‘Vata’ type is someone who has lots of Vata energy compared to Pitta and Kapha energy. A dual type such as a Pitta-Kapha, would have relatively more Pitta and Kapha compared to Vata.

Ayurveda in a complex science, but it can be easily simplified and used at home in everyday life. If you are suffering from a ‘fire’ inbalance - with which you could be feeling hot emotions such as anger, or experiencing hot rashes or fever - it makes sense to cut out foods such as hot spices and alcahol, and replace them with options that have cooling properties. However, if you experience symptoms that indicate you do not have enough of the ‘fire’ element - such as sluggish digestion or chills - it will help to eat foods with heating properties, as well as massage with warming oils.

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Go to bed more - to sleep: Getting at least seven to nine hours of sleep a night (most adults get an average of 6.9) won’t just keep you in bed with your lover longer, it could result in more sex.

Aside from being too tired for sex, “if you don’t get enough sleep, you’re cranky and irritable, which will have an impact on all aspects of your life, including your relationship or sex life.” By going to bed early, a romantic cuddle and snuggle may end up leading to a night of passion.

Love your body: If you feel more satisfied with your body, you will want to share it with your partner more. Informing your partner of how great your body is by means of showing it off, dressing up will turn him/her on and a confidence between you both will be established. Those who do not like their body are more likely to not want to expose it and will have less confidence during sex.

Watch a ‘Hot’ movie: Watching a steamy movie before bed will get both partners hearts racing and both will have the same thought running through their mind. Watching steamy movies together increases the natural hormone towards each other and better sex becomes the result.

Switch it up: If you’re bored between the sheets, don’t endure another night of counting ceiling tiles while your lover gets all the pleasure. Try a new position, suggests Vogels. “Changing positions not only allows you to discover new sensations but gets you talking and laughing about sex, because some positions are more complicated and require you to figure them out together,” she says.

Tip: If you like it on top, try facing the other direction so your back is to your guy.

Make more time for making out: Make sure you both do your fair share around the house. It is common that one partner will do all of the household chores and then become too tired for any intercourse in the evening. By ensuring that both partners do their share, more time will be freed up and both will be less tired.

Tip: There’s nothing wrong with a quickie when you’re both short on time. But don’t settle for a few hasty thrusts for his pleasure alone, says Mezes. “Stimulate yourself during sex and have an orgasm.”

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In an effort to save you weeks or months of time using the ‘trial and error’ method of finding the best exercise to lose weight, I’m going to share with you some information that will surely help you determine not only the best exercise to lose weight, but also powerhouse motivation methods to ensure that you continue to do it - rather than perform the exercise regularly for only a few weeks or months before making excuses and giving up.

Very few of us have much time in the day to waste, and to this end we certainly don’t want to frustrate ourselves using our time and energy trying to lose weight through methods that don’t give us great results.

Personally, it took me several weeks to figure out what the best exercise to lose weight was. Doctors had their opinions, nutritionists theirs, and bodybuilders had their own thoughts. I couldn’t for the life of me figure out how the different factions were measuring their results.

It then struck me like a brick to the head that I needed to go directly to the source: find the people who were actually successfully losing weight. As a result, I spent a lot of time researching the habits of the people who had gone from, say, 300 pounds to 150 and less.

Here is what I found based on what a few dozen such people do:

- The two most popular aerobic activities among successful fat-burners were 1)running and 2)spinning.

- 97% also engaged in weight-training or some form of resistance training to build muscle (and lose weight as a result).

- The majority began their exercise sessions in small increments, some as little as 5 minutes at a time, and gradually worked their way up

I did research into aerobic exercise and exactly why I would need to do it in order to lose weight. I discovered that exercise involving continuous movement for a sustained period of time (30 – 60 minutes when you can reach that level) is crucial because when you engage in any form of exercise the first thing that happens is that the body burns glycogen (stored carbohydrates that fuel muscle contraction) rather than fat. It is only after the glycogen stores are depleted that the fat begins to burn. This explained to me why I was not seeing fantasti results with 10-15 minute cardio sessions, and gave to me the first component of the best exercise to lose weight.

Although running and spinning were the most popular for the most successful ‘fat-burners’ I studied, many were also getting great results in the gym using things like:

Elliptical machinesRowing machinesStair-climbing machinesCross-country ski machines
I would guess that running and spinning were the most popular because even if you have the most penny-ante fitness center in your apartment building, they will usually include a treadmill and a stationary bike. Also, running does not require any equipment, and if you own a bicycle then you can use that in lieu of a stationary bike – as long as you make it an aerobic exercise (for example, by cycling on a track somewhere) rather than an anaerobic exercise (where you’re continuously starting and stopping). Making it anaerobic takes away the ‘best exercise’ aspect of it since the fat stores don’t get touched as much.

The main reason I have listed the other aerobic options above is because ultimately, the best exercise to lose weight is the one that not only fulfills the requirements of sustained aerobic activity, but – and this is crucial – is something that you will enjoy. Enjoyment of an exercise will ultimately determine whether you decide to do it regularly, so this has to be factored into the ‘best exercise’ criteria. If you truly don’t enjoy running, and can’t picture yourself doing it regularly in the long-term, then it’s not ‘best’ for you, and you’re better off doing a different type of aerobic exercise that will still yield great results.

The other ‘best exercise to lose weight’ gives you results in a different (though equally effective) way. While aerobic exercise burns fat as you are doing it and for a short time afterwards, weight training builds muscle that speeds up your metabolism even while you are not doing any kind of exercise whatsoever. That’s right – the greater amount of lean body mass that results from building muscle means that you are burning off more calories each day while you are at rest.

This is the reason why 97% of the people I studied were including weight training in their exercise plans. Make note as well that 95% of the people I studied were female, and were not involved in weight training in order to become professional bodybuilders. They simply understood the importance of resistance training towards long-term weight loss.

So, what kind of exercise schedule do you need to maintain in order to see the best results? As stated above, I found that for aerobic exercise 30 – 60 minute sessions, 4 – 6 days a week are great. However, as also stated above, many of the most successful ‘fat-burners’ began their exercise lifestyle with much smaller exercise sessions. If you can’t do more than 5 minutes or so right now, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. In fact, it’s great to get started small so that you can get a feel for good exercise form. Make small goals for yourself, such as, “in 2 weeks I will do 7 minutes each day, in 4 weeks I will do 10 minutes”, etc, and you will have reason to feel great about yourself every time you hit a new goal.

For weight training, the important thing is just to integrate it into your lifestyle. There are many different ways that the most successful do this: some do 2 days a week, 25 - 45 minutes each day on those days that they don’t do cardio; some do it 3 days a week, 25 - 45 minutes a day on those days that they don’t do cardio; some do it 3 days a week, 25 - 45 minutes a day right before their cardio sessions; others make the effort to do 4 days a week. The best results are had, however, when you don’t do a weight training session for more than 2 days in a row, as your muscles grow in the recovery period, not during the session itself.

The easy rule of thumb for the actual performance is to use enough weight so that you get to the point of muscle failure at between 6 – 12 repetitions of the movement. When a given exercise gets too easy for you, simply increase the weight, or decrease it if you can’t do a minimum of 6 reps. Eventually, you will want to do up to 3 or 4 sets of these, though if you can only squeeze out 1 set of certain exercises at the beginning, that’s fine. You will progress as your body tells you that you can.

Since this article is entitled ‘The best exercise to lose weight’, then what is the best exercise in the weight-training category to ultimately lose weight with? Although there are literally thousands of different resistance exercises you can do with various types of equipment, the best exercise to do is a basic one using free weights. These include ‘press’ exercises (like the military press and bench press); squats (sometimes called the ‘king of exercises’ because of muscle growth potential of these exercises); lunges (with a barbell or dumbbells); and rows (includes the deadlift, high-pull, and the bent-over row).

At the beginning of this article I spoke about finding methods to ensure that you will keep at your exercise and lessen your temptation to give up. The number one way to do this is to consider all of the effective exercises listed and figure out which of them you would enjoy most. Another important method is to ease yourself into it, rather than thinking you ‘should’ do a certain amount of exercise, find that you can’t, and give up in frustration. Many others motivate themselves by using their exercise time to listen to music that they haven’t gotten around to hearing (by bringing a portable device and some earphones), by catching up on the news or watching TV (even most gyms have televisions in their cardio rooms now), or to catch up on their reading. The latter two are not recommended when you first begin, so that you can focus on your form and the sensations arising, but they may help push you to exercise later when you need the motivation more.

So, ultimately the best exercise to lose weight actually comes in two different forms, aerobic exercise and resistance training. They complement each other like Laurel & Hardy, peanut butter & jelly, and you & your thinner new body.

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