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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1994)
Yoga may help relax, energize people Leslie Weinstein ftY the OnpQ&r* f rrw»4J If the University offered a i lass that was worth ono credit, helped you relax, sleep, concentrate. regulate your weight, reduce injury and increase your flexibil itv and energy, would you take it’ Well, the University offers a course like this. It’s called Hatha Yoga, and is being offered next term every day except Friday with class times' ranging from 9.30 a m. to 5:30 pin. The hour-long class requires no special equip ment or prior training Although the class i an he challenging, yoga involves no competition, but is an individual pursuit that puts an emphasis- on relaxation. Despite the mysticism that surrounds it, yoga is science, not religion, accord ing to Elayne Quirin. one of three yoga instructors at the Univer sity's Physical Education Department "Yoga seeks to join our individual const iousness with the universal con st iousness," Quirin said This "union” <3in be achieved by performing various positions or pos tures called called Asana. These Asana combine focused breathing tech niques with focused spinal movement, and it is through the performance of some of the 63 Asana that the benefits of vouu are achieved. A typical class begins with students lying on their hacks in the relaxing Corpse pose focusing on breathing. One instructor, Jessie Morioka, plays tapes of soothing Indian music as she guides the students (and occasionally a teacher) through a series of postures named Cobra, How, Warrior or Down Faced Dog. The postures usually increase in intensity until the class returns to the relaxing Corpse position just Indore the end of class. According to Quirin, yoga has at least seven branches, some including no physical exert is« what soever Karma Yoga, for example, stresses work without attachment to results; Ragj Yoga, control of the mind through med itation. tnuna Yoga stress es intellectuai studies; Bhakti Yoga, devotion to a guru or teacher, which includes the often visible Hare Krishna; Japa Yoga consists of repetitive chant ing of mantras, and Tantra Y'oga stresses controlled use of the senses A type of Hatha Yoga, called Kumialini, is also offered at the University and was developed for the Western culture For more information about, consult the winter edition “Schedule of Classes." Washington faces record cold spell skattu: (ap) — Art ti< air over Washington set several records for t old temperatures Sunday, even though most of the state enjoyed hright. sunny sites Most of the weather related troubles of Saturday had abated, with high winds and power out ages onding and the Statu Patrol reporting far fewer accident* Record low temperatures for 0t* 4 were sot at Forks, with 2t degrees; .it Seattle-Tatomn Inter national Airport (Sea-Tac) with 23 degrees, and at Olympia, with an icy ti degrees Th*t previous record* were Forks. 22 in 1972. Sea-Tac. 24 in 1972. and Olympia. 19 in 1992 The coldest temperature for the stale Sunday morning was Sher man Pass at -10. Strong high pressure over west ern Canada cleared skies statewide on Sunday, though temperature* stayed well below normal, the National Weather Service said Most readings west of the Cias4 ad in were in the mid 30s. while east of the mountains, temperatures hovered in the 20s More clouds and precipitation were to return Monday Saturday was a mass over much of Wimtarn Washington, with five inches of snow in Olympia, high winds and snow that knot ked out power to thou sand* in the Puget Sound region ami a t rash that shut dow n an icy section of Interstate 5 near Kelso The snow storm cut power to about *1,000 people in Thurston County, but all had power Iwck hv Sunday morning said Melanie Cranfors, Puget Sound Power s Light Co spokeswoman. Near Bellingham, wind gusts of up to *7 mph sent n tree powor 11 nt> Hourly 500 Lununi Island rosi donts without oloctricity for much of Saturday owning . Tho Washington Statu Patrol said it had reports of M minor «< i idonts in Thurston County alono before It a m Saturday, hut said things quiotod down i onsiderably tho rest of tln> vv«s>k end. Out’ man was i ntii .illy injured and four other adults and n child wore hurt in tho two-car crash that closed tho northlxnind hums of tho highway for morn than three hours, tho patrol said. .1: _ 1 nil mi mi tit , . • (, ; Say good-bye to cab fare and long term parking fees with LTD YOUR PASSPORT TO ADVENTURE Cakh o free lifl to the airport via the Eugene station. Buses are free with your UO student I D. So you can take flights anywhere, anytime—all term long. Buses fly off campus every ten minutes, with downtown departures to the airport three times a (fay LTD buses take off from the Eugene Station (Section 6) and l— for the airport at S57 am, 7:30 om & 2:30 pm weekdays <^ly. 687*5555 (VOICE) or 687-^265 (TTY) Way ]o Gol
