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  2. Tapas (Indian religions) - Wikipedia

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    Tapas (Sanskrit: तपस्, romanized: tapas) is a variety of austere spiritual meditation practices in Indian religions.In Jainism, it means asceticism (austerities, body mortification); [1] [2] in Buddhism, it denotes spiritual practices including meditation and self-discipline; [3] and in the different traditions within Hinduism it means a spectrum of practices ranging from asceticism ...

  3. Podorythmie - Wikipedia

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    Podorythmie is a traditional French Canadian method of tapping one's feet during musical performances, which is a common practice in Québécois and Acadian music, and to a lesser extent, Canadian folk music as a whole. It is a percussion technique that uses the feet as a musical instrument to produce

  4. Night hag - Wikipedia

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    It is a phenomenon in which the sleeper feels the presence of a supernatural, malevolent being which immobilizes the person as if sitting on their chest or the foot of their bed. The word "night-mare" or " nightmare " was used to describe this phenomenon before the word received its modern, more general meaning. [ 1 ]

  5. Entrainment (biomusicology) - Wikipedia

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    Entrainment in the biomusicological sense refers to the synchronization (e.g., foot tapping) of organisms to an external perceived rhythm such as human music and dance. Humans are the only species for which all individuals experience entrainment, although there are documented examples of entrained nonhuman individuals.

  6. Navasana - Wikipedia

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    To enter the pose from sitting, the knees are bent, and the body's weight is shifted back until the soles of the feet lift off the ground. In the pose, the body is balanced on the sitting bones, not leaning right back on to the tailbone. The spine is lengthened to broaden and lift the chest. [5]

  7. Maintaining good balance is crucial as you age. Asking these ...

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    Sit in a chair and start a timer when you stand. Walk 10 feet (3 meters), come back and stop the timer upon sitting back down. If it takes longer than 15 seconds, the risk for a fall is very high.

  8. Ashley Graham Sprains Foot on Vacation After Going Into ... - AOL

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    Ashley Graham started the new year on the wrong foot. In a series of Snapchat posts, the 37-year-old model revealed that she sprained her foot while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with her ...

  9. James Dean Told Elizabeth Taylor His Childhood Priest ...

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    And while that brooding, dangerous-but-squishy-on-the-inside schtick made women swoon and cleared the way for the emergence of rock & roll teen idols like Elvis Presley, Dean, according to age-old ...