Funny Pre-Schooler breaking United Martial Arts Centers Warwick NY

United Martial Arts Centers for children Warwick NY

United Martial Arts Centers: Health Benefits of Meditation

Meditation Health Benefits: What it does to your body

I started my meditation training in 1977 at college when the Transendental Meditation craze was in full swing and have been meditating everyday twice a day ever since.

Mediation is a very important part of training.

The benefits are great.

We hear it all the time: Meditation can improve our creative thinking, our energy, stress levels and even our success. Prominent martial artists, businessmen, musician, and politicians cop to the practice. Would it work for you?
"It did to my mind what going to the gym did to my body -- it made it both stronger and more flexible," said Dr. Hedy Kober, a neuroscientist who who studies the effects of mindfulness meditation, which she has practiced for 10 years, at her lab at Yale University. She admitted during a TED Talk that she started meditating to deal with a break up, but found that it helped her handle stress and unpleasant feelings in all areas of her life.
Studies show that meditation is associated with improvement in a variety of psychological areas, including stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, eating disorders and cognitive function, among others. There's also research to suggest that meditation can reduce blood pressure, pain response, stress hormone levels and even cellular health. But what does it actually do to the body?
For one thing, it changes our brain. The cells and neurons in the brain are constantly making new connections and disrupting old ones based on response to stimuli, a quality that researchers call experience-based neuroplasticity. This affects the neural circuits of the brain, which in turn affects how we respond to situations. It also affects the actual structure of our brains -- thickening some areas and making others less dense.
"Think of the end of a neuron as a hand, with thousands of 'fingers,'" said Dr. Sara Lazar, a neuroscientist at Massachusetts General Hospital who studies mindfulness meditation. "The number of fingers relates to the number of interconnections between neurons and that number can change -- one reason it can change is due to stress."

For more information about Taekwondo, Martial Arts, Mediation or weight loss please contact
Grand Master Edmund Ciarfella 845-987-1853
United Martial Arts Centers
www.umacenters.com
www.facebook.com/umacfans
United Martial Arts Centers Lounge

United Martial Arts Centers Weekly Updates 12/16/13

Hope you are enjoying the Winter Wonderland

We have a lot going on this week at United Martial Arts Centers
1. FOCUS: Reveiw and Tip Testing for Graduation Friday
2. GRADUATION: Friday 6:00 pm please arrive at 5:30 to check in and warm up
Please remember to bring 5 guests to witness your testing
3. HOLIDAY POT LUCK PARTY: Friday immediately following Graduation. Please invite family and friends to join us.
4. UMAC IS CLOSED 12/23-1/3/14 have a great vacation
5. WELCOME BACK SPECIAL TRAINING CLASS SATURDAY JAN. 4TH 10-12PM

Please follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/umacfans
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and watch great martial arts videos www.youtube.com/umackwanjanim
TEXT UMACVIP to 72727 to get Snow Day Closings and Specials to your phone

Make it a great week
Sincerely
Grand Master Edmund Ciarfella
United Martial Arts Centers
United Martial Arts Centers Lounge

United Martial Arts Centers Office Party*

Taekwondo for Kids Warwick NY United Martial Arts Centers

United Martial Arts Centers: Benefit of Drinking Green Tea

Benefit of drinking green tea: The proof is in -- drinking tea is healthy, says Harvard Women’s Health Watch

September 2004

Although tea drinking has been associated with health benefits for centuries, only in recent years have its medicinal properties been investigated scientifically. The October issue of Harvard Women's Health Watch recognizes the healthy power of tea while helping readers get the most out of their cups.
Tea's health benefits are largely due to its high content of flavonoids — plant-derived compounds that are antioxidants. Green tea is the best food source of a group called catechins. In test tubes, catechins are more powerful than vitamins C and E in halting oxidative damage to cells and appear to have other disease-fighting properties. Studies have found an association between consuming green tea and a reduced risk for several cancers, including, skin, breast, lung, colon, esophageal, and bladder.
Additional benefits for regular consumers of green and black teas include a reduced risk for heart disease. The antioxidants in green, black, and oolong teas can help block the oxidation of LDL (bad) cholesterol, increase HDL (good) cholesterol and improve artery function. A Chinese study published recently in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed a 46%-65% reduction in hypertension risk in regular consumers of oolong or green tea, compared to non-consumers of tea.
The October issue provides a few tips to get the most out of tea-drinking:
Drinking a cup of tea a few times a day to absorb antioxidants and other healthful plant compounds. In green-tea drinking cultures, the usual amount is three cups per day. Allow tea to steep for three to five minutes to bring out its catechins. The best way to get the catechins and other flavonoids in tea is to drink it freshly brewed. Decaffeinated, bottled ready-to-drink tea preparations, and instant teas have less of these compounds.

For More Information please contact Grand Master Edmund Ciarfella at United Martial Arts Centers 845-987-1853 www.umacenters.com

United Martial Arts Centers Lounge