Sunday, July 1, 2007
Fitness instructor teaching yoga
Cass Naumann gives an introduction to yoga. She is a singer, songwriter, model and actress. Cass has years of experience as a fitness instructor teaching yoga, kick boxing, pilates. In this video Cass talks about the benefits of yoga and yoga medication.
Krisnamacharya Yoga Film 1938
This is a video made in 1938 showing the Great yoga teacher demonstrating asana and pranyama. He was the teacher of BKS Iyengar and Sri K. Pattahbi Jois, founder the Astanga style of yoga.
Friday, June 8, 2007
Why Nice Guys Can’t Get Girls
This post was inspired by a book I read called No More Mr. Nice Guy by Danny Glover.
It seems American society is being flooded with nice guys. Every women reading this article knows EXACTLY what a nice guy is. There’s no need to pull out Websters here. In addition to that, every woman reading this knows AT LEAST one nice guy in her social circle.
For the men reading this, chances are if you are an American male, you have a very strong possibility of being a nice guy. Here’s the litmus test you can use in order to determine if you are one.
Do you constantly seek approval from women?
Do you try to “buy” love from women with fancy dinners and gifts?
Do women that you like tell you you’re like a brother to them? (that’s the kiss of death btw)
When you ask women out, do they reply “Let’s just be friends.”?
Do you think it’s bad to be male?
If you find yourself nodding along to these questions, I’m sorry to be the one to point out to you that you are a 100% Certified Grade A Nice Guy with all the trimmings, but don’t despair, there is hope.
A lot of theories have been tossed around regarding why women don’t go for the nice guys.
“They’re not a challenge.”
“They’re too boring.”
“There’s no excitement.”
“They’re too easy to get.”
“They’re pushovers.”
These to me, are the superficial reasons why women don’t go for nice guys. We need to dig a bit deeper.
What’s the root reason why nice guys can’t get the girls?
In my opinion, there are actually two root reasons.
1. They don’t embrace their masculinity.
2. They put women on a pedestal.
1. They don’t embrace their masculinity.
The book I mentioned lists several reasons as to why men of this generation have become nice guys. One reason that really struck me was radical feminism. Glover stated that radical feminism led to a social climate that was extremely hostile toward men.
“All men are pigs.”
“Men are the cause of all the problems in the world.”
“Men are rapists.”
“All men are good for nothing animals who treat women like pieces of meat.”
Therefore, boys concluded that women did not like men, so they strived to hide their masculinity. After all, men were pigs right? And women don’t like that right? So don’t be a man, and you won’t be a pig and women will like that right? Twisted reasoning indeed.
The result? Women all over America becoming extremely frustrated with the lack of real men today. Radical feminism has tasted the fruits of its labor and it is very bitter.
Don’t mess with nature. If you’re male, be male. If you’re female, be female. Don’t hide it. Embrace it.
Get the notion of “It’s bad to be male” out of your head right this second.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with being male.
Just like there’s absolutely nothing wrong with being female, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with being male.
Embrace your masculinity. Do not be ashamed of it.
2. They put women on a pedestal.
The book also states that because of a shift from an agrarian to a manufacturing society in America, as well as several wars in between, boys were left without fathers at home.
Furthermore, the educational system was primarily comprised of females.
With the absence of male influence at home and at school, boys were conditioned to look to women for definition and approval. This habit carries on to adulthood in the form of guys seeking approval from women.
Nice guys see women they like and automatically put them on a pedestal, wondering what they can do to gain their approval. Maybe write them a 10 page love letter, or make them a mix tape, or shower them with expensive gifts, all in a vain attempt to gain her approval and win her love.
They do all this in the beginning of a relationship, hence having the quality of “coming on too strong, being too eager and not being enough of a challenge.” By doing these things from the very beginning, men silently imply that they are not good enough and must resort to other tactics to deem themselves worthy of women.
Nice guys see women and think, “Man, I have to do something in order to get that girl. They’re way up there and I’m way down here so I have to compensate somehow”.
As a result, nice guys spend their every waking moment, dreaming of how they can get the girl. They spend all their free time around the girl, going shopping with her, listening to all her complaints, sympathizing with the problems she is having with her boyfriend, all in vain attempt to gain her approval in hopes that one day she will come racing into his arms.
Women are human. They eat, breath, sleep, and go to the bathroom on a regular basis just like the rest of us. Women are not goddesses. They have the same insecurities (if not more) as you and I. There’s nothing different about them. They are human.
Don’t think that you have to gain approval from them.
All right, so how can you stop being a nice guy?
Don’t be afraid to be male. Embrace your masculinity.
But what does it mean to embrace your masculinity? What does it mean to be male?
Let’s break down attraction to the most basic elements.
Male and female.
Males are attracted to females.
Females are attracted to males.
Biologically speaking, what makes somebody male?
Testosterone.
Biologically speaking, what makes somebody female?
Estrogen.
Testosterone is attracted to estrogen.
Estrogen is attracted to testosterone.
Ever wonder why the jocks got the girls in high school? They worked out and played in competitive sports; two things conducive to promoting testosterone in the body.
Ever wonder why “bad boys” and criminals get the women? They are risk takers. They pay no attention to law. They are reckless and dangerous. Again, symptoms of high testosterone.
Research has linked high testosterone to criminal behavior.
Research has linked competition and weight lifting to high testosterone as well.
Testosterone: Hormone of the Gods?
Women are attracted to the jocks and bad boys simply because they are male in the sense that they have high testosterone.
Is the flip side true? Are men attracted to beautiful women simply because they are women in the sense that they have high estrogen?
Yes, studies have shown that men are attracted to women with high estrogen levels.
Feminine Beauty Linked to Estrogen Levels
A beautiful combination: Researchers link estrogen to looks
Hormone levels predict attractiveness of women
(Btw, you will find women use make up as well in order to give the illusion of the physical characteristics of high estrogen in order to attract males)
There’s a deeper science that goes into this about how high levels of testosterone and estrogen reflect underlying health and fertility, but I won’t get into that.
Strictly speaking in biological terms, testosterone makes the man and estrogen makes the women.
Is this surprising? No.
Drill down to the basics.
I am male, she is female.
Act accordingly and attraction will not be a problem.
Now, am I advocating that you go and inject yourself with 500 liters of testosterone? Absolutely not. Injecting yourself with synthetic testosterone shuts down your body’s ability to produce it naturally.
I am advocating however, that you engage in activities that will raise your testosterone levels.
Lifting heavy weights on a consistent basis coupled with proper nutrition and rest will raise levels of testosterone in the body. When you lift heavy weights, you literally create little tears in your muscle tissues. Testosterone, an anabolic hormone responsible for muscle growth among many other things, is produced by the body in order to rebuild the muscle to resist against future weight.
So instead of sitting on your butt playing World of Warcraft, Playstation, or X Box, get out there and pick up the weights.
You will find that by building your testosterone, your demeanor toward women and theirs toward you will change. When you lock eyes with a beautiful women, you won’t immediately shift your eyes to the ground and be embarrassed. You’ll lock eye contact with her and be comfortable about it. SHE will be the one who looks away.
You will find that women will start paying more attention to you. It’s as if they’re equipped with incredibly sensitive receptors to testosterone. (studies have shown that women are capable of identifying individuals with high testosterone simply by smelling sweaty t-shirts)
Try a regimen of weightlifting and compare your attitude and results with the opposite sex after a short period of time. You’ll be pleasantly surprised. Quick point though: Don’t become so obsessed with testosterone that you start letting it control you, in terms of your behavior and attitude. Then you’ll turn into the jerk or the criminal. The key is to have testosterone and control it. Don’t let it control you.
Just be true to your nature.
To illustrate my point even further, imagine a woman with a thick beard, mustache and a deep voice hitting on you at the bar. You would be repulsed right? Of course you would! This woman is not embracing her true nature as a female. Women are a million times more repulsed because nice guys do exactly the same thing. They don’t embrace their true nature as a male.
If you’re male, be male. If you’re female, be female and let nature take its course.
You don’t need the memorize pick up lines. You don’t need to psych yourself up to meet women. You don’t need to make a ton of money. You don’t need to have a great job. You don’t need the BMW.
You just need to be male. Everything you need is already inside of you. Use it.
Don’t make women the focal point of your life.
Nice guys revolve their entire lives around the women. Nice guys spend all their time dreaming of all the future possibilities with her. They do all this from the get go. What must I do to get her? I’ll write her poetry. I’ll take her out to the most expensive restaurant and show her how wealthy I am. I’ll buy her favorite pair of shoes that she mentioned in a conversation nine years ago. They will drop whatever they are doing at a drop of a dime and be at their beck and call 24/7.
All acts reeking of extreme desperation.
What’s the solution? Is it to try not to act desperate?
These are when the “rules of dating” come into play. Call her three days later, act aloof, be a challenge. That’s all utter garbage. That’s all smoke and mirrors.
Don’t try to fake not being desperate by following these “rules”. Just don’t be desperate naturally. How?
Don’t make women the focal point in your life. Have something else going for you. Have a worthy goal or dream you are pursuing that is of higher priority than women.
Have a dream. Have a goal and work toward it. Women will not seem that intimidating anymore. You won’t spend all your time with her. You won’t become “too easy” or “boring” because you’ve got something else going for you.
Instead of using all your time, money, and energy pursing women, use all that to accomplish your own goals. Napoleon Hill refers to this as sexual transmutation. Channel all that energy into fulfilling your own goals and you will find yourself unstoppable.
Nice guys place their worthiness and happiness on getting the girl. Instead of doing that, make your own life happy and worthwhile by pursuing your own goals and ambitions. Then, she’ll be the one asking, “What can I do to get him?”
So nice guys, don’t feel so bad. Society is structured to easily make nice guys of any male but the key is not to blame society and if you’re a frusterated nice guy, the key is not to blame women in general. It’s just to become aware that the common factor is YOU and that you change by embracing your right to be male.
Embrace your masculinity, take women off the pedestal, and don’t make women the focus of your life. Harness all that energy, time, and money and apply it toward realizing your own goals and dreams and the nice guy within will never appear again.
Monday, June 4, 2007
Friday, June 1, 2007
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Saltwater into fire: An endless energy supply!
Could this be real, or an elaborate hoax? John Kanzius discovered that his radio frequency generator could release the oxygen and hydrogen from saltwater and create an incredibly intense flame.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Monday, May 7, 2007
This N That Card Trick: Demonstration and Explanation
(Click the play button to watch this magic video)
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Pen Thru Dollar Magic Trick Revealed
THE WONDERFUL WINDOW Magic (Revealed)
Ask your friend to write down any number of three figures in which the difference between the first and last figures is two or more than two. imagine he has written 317. Tell him to change the places of the first and the third figures
Then he must subtract the smaller number from the larger (713-317 = 3%). At last he must change the places of the figures in this answer and add them to the answer (693 + 396 = 1089).
"Now, if you breathe on the glass of that window," you say to him, "you will sec the answer on the glass." When he breathes on the glass, he will sec number 1089 on the window.
The secret is very simple: the answer is always 1089. Before you do the trick, put some detergent in a glass of water, then put your finger in the water and write with it 1089 on the window. Nobody can see the writing when it is dry, but when somebody breathes on the glass the place where your finger touched the glass will not become darker.
QUICK ADDITION Magic (Revealed)
Anybody can learn to count fast if he knows the secret of the following trick.
Ask your friend to write any five-figure number on the blackboard. Then you write your five-figure number under it. You choose your figures so that each one with the figure above it will make nine.
For example: His number: 45 623
Your number: 54 376
Tell your friend to put a third five-figure number under your number. Then you write a fourth number in the same way. After he has written the fifth number, you draw a line under it and quickly write the sum. You may even write it from left to right!
How do you do it? You subtract two from the fifth number and put 2 in front of your answer. For example: if the fifth number is 48 765, the sum will be 248 763.
How to copy a newspaper picture without any Machine (Magic Liquid) Revealed
You have often seen interesting and funny pictures in newspapers and you wanted to copy them. How can you do it? Now 
you will learn how to make a mixture. With the help of this mixture you can easily copy newspaper pictures on white sheets of paper.
You must mix four parts of water with one part of turpen - tine. Then you put a very small piece of soap (it must not be larger than half a match-box) and shake the mixture. Soon the soap disappears, but it will not allow the turpentine and water to separate.
Now, if you want to copy a newspaper picture, you must wet it a little with the mixture, then put a white sheet of paper on it and rub the paper strongly with a spoon. The turpentine dissolves enough of the ink and you find a reverse picture on your sheet of paper.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Watch a $1 bill Turn into a $100 Bill - This is a Mind Blowing Magic Trick!!!
(Click the play button to watch this magic trick)
THE WISHBONE KNOT
The next time you have chicken, save the wishbone and soak it for at least twenty-four hours in a cup or glass filled with vinegar
You will then be able to tie it into a knot it will be so flexible. Vinegar is a mild acid that breaks down the bone making it elastic.
THE MAGNETIC BOTTLE
For this you need a beer or pop bottle and a room that has been painted with latex paint. Take the bottle to a corner of the room and, with the label facing out, you rub it rapidly against the two facing walls in short quick motions
Friction will heat the paint making it sticky. Once you feel the bottle begins to stick, just leave it hanging there and walk away as the bottle just dangles there. Sometimes they will stick for days.
Phone Directories (secrets)!!!!FREEE
How to find an unlisted phone number
You can search a pretty extensive database at ThinkDirectMarketing by name, by street address and by phone number.
Database America People Finder (Address or phone, or reverse phone number lookup)WhitePages.com lets you look up by name, by phone number and by street address.
Search Info USA by name and by phone number
Info Space for Phone and Address search and Reverse Lookup. In the US and Canada.
Primeris has a function called Fone Finder that looks up numbers in the US and Canada as well as International Switchboard
AnyWho (ATT) has Find a Person and Reverse Lookup.
Searchbug has Find by Name, Find by Address, Find by Phone and Area Code Decoder.
Phone Searches in the United Kingdom
AmeriCom Long Distance AREA DECODER Give them a number and they will tell you what city it's from in the USA or Canada. Canada 411
Yahoo has a list of resources
Whois/ White Pages / Directory Services
Telephone Directories On The Web
RingThem.com also has world directory listings.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
BETS YOU CAN'T LOSE
CAN'T WRITE A NUMBER?
The challenge: Bet you can't write this number down in ten seconds. It's less than one hundred thousand.
Ready?
Eleven thousand, eleven hundred and eleven.
How it works:
11,000 = Eleven thousand
1,100 = Eleven hundred
11 = Eleven
Total - 12,111 is the correct answer, although you could accept 11,000 1,100 11, but no one will be able to figure that one out in 10 seconds. You win!
THE FOLD
Challenge someone to fold a $20 dollar bill in half, doubling it each time, 8 times. Tell them that they can keep if it they can do it.
It's impossible.
You can't fold a piece of paper in half (doubling it), more than eight times. Not even something as thin as toilet paper, or as large as newspaper . . .
It's impossible.
Go ahead, try it.
THE FAST, FREE BEER
Don't try this one on someone that doesn't have a good sense of humor. Bet that you can drink three glasses of beer (or soda, whatever), before they can drink one shot glass of whatever. Explain the two rules carefully
1: You absolutely cannot touch the other's glass and they cannot touch yours.
2: You get a one beer head start and they cannot start drinking until after you set your first glass down on the bar. Tell them this is your warm-up.
The Secret: You drink your first beer and then set your empty glass upside down, over their shot glass. Tell the bartender to keep your third beer cold while you leisurely drink your second. Your victims can only stand and scratch their heads.
THE DIME IN THE GLASS
Submerge two high ball glasses in water so that they fill and place them top to top, with the water in them in front of you.
The Wager: That you can place a dime into the bottom glass without spilling a drop.
The Secret: This one is pretty easy. Take a spoon or knife (provided it's metal) and tap the side of the upper glass until it moves just enough to slip the edge of a dime between the two glasses. Then you gently tap the dime until it falls into the glass. The surface tension of the water will keep it from spilling.
Friday, April 27, 2007
LIQUID METAL Magic Trick (revealed)
(Click the play button to watch this magic video)
LIQUID METAL Magic Trick (revealed)
A LIT MATCH WON'T BURN
Fire of course needs oxygen to burn. If you hold a lit match over a fresh glass of soda or beer, the carbon dioxide will snuff the match. Carbon dioxide is the gas that gives beverages it's "fizz" or carbonation. When these bubbles rise to the surface they are carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide will snuff a fire.
DROP THE LIGHT BULB
Tell someone that you can drop an ordinary light bulb onto a concrete floor and it won't break.
Sure, if you drop from only three inches.
Wrong.
Tell them that you can drop it from waist high, no problem.
The secret: Drop it with the metal end down. The metal absorbs the shock and the bulb will not break.
This is a great one to do in a garage or warehouse.
PICK A PUZZLE
Make five connected squares out of toothpicks as in the illustration below.
Challenge someone to remove only three toothpicks and leave three squares. The answer is in the second drawing.
THE LEVITATING CIGARETTE
Hold a pack of ordinary cigarettes up with one hand, make a few magic passes over it with the other hand and say a few appropriate magic words and watch your friends faces light up as a cigarette mysteriously rises from the pack.
The Secret: Before the trick is performed, a cigarette is placed between the cellophane and the pack, this is the side that faces you. Hold the pack slightly above eye level so that your audience can't see that the cigarette rises from the rear of the pack instead of from the inside. You make the cigarette rise with your thumb from the rear of the pack.
THE SECRET KNOT TIE
The challenge: To tie a knot in a piece of string that is being held at both ends without letting go of either end.
The secret: Lay the string or cord on a table. Then simply fold your arms, one above the other, right hand on upper left arm, left hand under upper right arm. With your arms thus folded, grasp one end of the string in each hand. Simply pull hands towards each other while maintaining your grasp on the string, and by the time your hands are separated, there will be a knot in the string.
TWO BOTTLES AND A BILL
Using two beer or soda bottles that are the same, place one of the bottles right side up near the edge of a table. Put a dollar bill on top of this one and center it. Then balance the second bottle on top of the first, sandwiching the bill between them. Now challenge your friends to remove the bill without touching the bottles.
Here's how: Grab the bill between thumb and forefinger and hold it straight out, just tight enough not to tip the bottles. Using one or two fingers of the other hand, strike down on the dollar bill as fast as you can, still maintaining your grip with the other hand. The bill will zip right out leaving the bottles without even a wobble.
Important! The bottles must be completely clean and dry for this to work. Practice a few times to make it look really easy.
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