YOUR BODY

Articles In This Section:

· NOTHING MAGICAL IN YOGA

· YOUR BODY

· RELEASING STRESS WITH YOGA

· PURPOSE OF BREATHING

· PROER BREATHING

· DYNAMIC BREATHING EXERCISE

· METHODS OF RELAXATION

· YOGA DEVELOPED BY WATCHING ANIMALS

· IMPROVING THE BODY WITH YOGA

In addition to bones, sinews and nerves, there is still another component in the picture we have just sketched—one which medical science has only recently begun to know at all well and that is the endocrine or ductless gland system. Since they are what makes all the other body functions possible, the endocrines may best be described as the power behind the throne. There are eight sets of endocrine glands in all: the pineal and the pituitary in the head; the thyroid, parathyroid and thymus in the region of the neck; the pancreas and the adrenals in the region of the solar plexus; and finally the gonads, or sex glands, in the pelvic region. Among them the endocrines control growth, weight, size, metabolism, energy, health, sexual power and even disposition. In short, they make us what we are.