Hi Yogani and All,
I have some very interesting experience to share. I entered a shopping mall in Lucknow, north India, on Sunday last to see if I could find something I needed. On entering, I saw a large crowd gathered around a stall where there were some Japanese in suits, demonstrating some gadget to potential customers. When I neared the spot, they called me and asked if I was interested.
They were selling some high-priced "nutrition" products, and in order to "determine" scientifically what a particular person needs, they had a small bathroom-scale like equipment. You had to stand on the scale, barefoot, and hold at arms length a handle, connected to the scale with a cable.
They then feed into a built-in micro-processor, your age and height, and, using the contact with the bare feet, the gizmo produces a report, that gives parameters like BMI, BMR, skeletal muscle percentage,visceral fat units, etc.
After producing my report, the man handed it to me saying, there was nothing he had to sell me on the basis of the report, but wanted to learn the secret of my good health !
My body fat, BMI etc., were well within normal limits, but I was concerned to see my BMR( Basal Metabolic Rate) at 1460, when the normal value is 1800 for men. My " body age " was 24 yrs.lower than my actual age !
When I asked the man about my BMR, he said the lower BMR was indicative of excellent health, and said only advanced practitioners of Yoga or Zen meditation, had such low levels, and wanted to know what I was doing to get this level.
He called me at Chennai the following day to say he would like to meet and discuss this with me. I was delighted and of course agreed to meet him !
My question to you(Yogani) is, is this possible wirh just 3 or 4 years of AYP? I am very surprised.
Krish
