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.
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