HOUSTON, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In America, the concept of yoga is hardly unfamiliar. Yoga is viewed by many as a personal fitness endeavor, often divorced from its spiritual roots; in fact, yoga is offered in the exercise classes found at many gyms and YMCAs. While this more Western conception of yoga may be familiar, however, the more rigorous and rewarding practice of kriya yoga is often ignored by Americans -- but a teacher and kriya yoga master named Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath is seeking to change that. One of the only kriya yoga masters in the world today, Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath has embarked on a major world tour, bringing his teachings on this ancient tradition to audiences in India, Europe, and the United States.

A lifelong educator and kriya yoga enthusiast, Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath is no stranger to delivering his teachings to wide, international audiences. The master got his start as a teacher traveling through the Himalayan region, and since that time has authored books, developed popular YouTube videos, and even taught from the floor of the United Nations. His devotion to kriya yoga as an empowering and deeply spiritual pursuit is what has long characterized his life and work.

Most recently, Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath illuminated his beliefs in a tome called Babaji: The Lightning Standing Still. Referring to the book as his "life's work," Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath has been heralded for the volume, which has already sold out of its initial hardcover run. In the book, the teacher explores the divine presence known as Babaji, and also explains his views on kriya yoga and his well-known "Earth peace through self peace" mantra.

The author and teacher has embarked on a major international teaching tour, one that is equally devoted to illuminating the teachings of Babaji and also bringing the principles of kriya yoga into greater prominence. The tour began in India, and will run through the duration of the summer and into the autumn. Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath will be making appearances, and also offering multi-day kriya yoga workshops, in cities throughout the United States and Europe.

For more information about the tour, including a list of the remaining dates, interested parties can visit the author's website, http://www.siddhanath.org. The website has registration information, as well as information about the book, the author, and the practice known as kriya yoga.

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Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath is a spiritual mentor and kriya yoga master from Pune, India, who has been teaching meditation and yoga techniques for forty years. He has taught from the floor of the United Nations, and his YouTube videos have attracted thousands of hits. Additionally, he is an author and regular workshop leader. Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath is best known for his teachings on the topic of "Earth peace through self peace." Most recently, he published a book, Babaji: The Lightning Standing Still, that he believes to be he summation of his life's work. More information can be obtained at http://www.siddhanath.org.

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One morning, while working as an assistant on Andy Landers' women's basketball staff at the University of Georgia, Bernadette Mattox picked up a newspaper and read something that ultimately would impact her life. Rick Pitino wanted to hire a woman as one of his assistants at Kentucky. Interesting, she thought. Little did she know then that she would become the first female assistant coach in Division I men's basketball history.

That was nearly 20 years ago. There have only been two others who have done what Mattox had done, and no woman has been named head coach of a Division I men's team. Many agree that one person who could have broken that barrier was Pat Summitt.

"I think Pat would have been accepted, once the players were around her somewhat and saw her as a coach that could greatly impact the team," said Dan Hughes, coach and general manager of the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars.

Of course, this issue is far deeper than just the college or pro level.

"It is frustrating to me that more women are not coaching youth sports," said state Sen. Beth Bye, D-West Hartford. "I think we want young girls to see women as leaders, and there are far too few. Go to any softball field, Little League field, soccer field even when girls are playing. I love that fathers are involved, but we need both mothers and fathers and men and women coaches."

Mattox, now an assisant coach for the WNBA's Connecticut Sun, recalled how her piece of history came to be.

"[The story] was about how Ralph Willard left Coach Pitino's staff at Kentucky to go to Western Kentucky," said Mattox. "The article said Rick was going to think about replacing [Willard] with a female; I'm thinking to myself, 'Great, Coach Pitino is innovative, good for him,' and I left it at that.

"Then I got the call."

It was from Tubby Smith, then one of Pitino's assistants. He told Mattox that Pitino wanted to speak to her.

"One thing led to another. I went on the visit, and the staff was super to me," Mattox said. "Everyone gave me such a great feeling about the place. That set the tone. I did not know Tubby Smith, and you know what, I never asked any of them how they got my name. I simply have no idea."

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PLEASANTON, CA--(Marketwire -06/26/12)- Callidus Software Inc. (CALD), the leader in sales effectiveness and cloud computing, and Scribe, the leader in CRM data integration solutions, announced today the availability of a new Scribe Online connection with CallidusCloud Sales Coaching that enables businesses to add cloud-based sales coaching to their CRM system.

"This announcement not only reinforces CallidusCloud's commitment to the Salesforce.com community, but also extends the availability of this industry leading solution to the Microsoft Dynamics community by leveraging industry leading cloud integration from Scribe," said Curt Richtermeyer, Vice President, Sales Effectiveness Solutions, CallidusCloud.

CallidusCloud recently joined the Scribe SPARK Solution Developer Program -- an innovative, new program for Cloud ISVs and Implementation Partners. The program offers partners access to the Scribe Online platform, which supports cloud, hybrid and on-premise integration with ease and reliability. ISV partners are able to quickly extend their applications using Scribe's intuitive integration tools, creating a seamless experience for end users. Scribe's SPARK program provides the resources and support necessary to ensure partner success from development through deployment.

"We are delighted to partner with CallidusCloud to extend the value of CRM within leading organizations by integrating CallidusCloud's class-leading sales coaching capabilities with Microsoft Dynamics and Salesforce," said Lou Guercia, President and CEO, Scribe Software. "Our Scribe Online platform was developed specifically to provide ISVs, such as CallidusCloud, a flexible, cloud-based integration architecture that is both simple and powerful."

The Sales Coaching solution, including Sales Coaching Mobile, is a class-leading sales coaching solution that is delivered as part of the Selling Cloud, a SaaS solution suite that helps companies motivate their salesforces with the right incentives, coach them on the right skills and behaviors, and drive a culture of sales collaboration and best practices based on proven results.

Cloud-Based Sales Coaching

The CallidusCloud Sales Coaching solution provides real-time visibility into the leading indicators that determine the actual results of the sales team, and delivers a real-time cloud and mobile platform that lets managers collaborate with their team on each goal, deal by deal, so they can focus on gaps or lagging indicators and ensure that each rep is successful, quarter over quarter. Based on CallidusCloud's collaboration platform, the solution enables companies to transform the process of coaching from a time-consuming and paper-driven process to an efficient, real-time participative process ensuring a lift in overall team attainment.

CallidusCloud and Scribe have rolled out this new solution to several market leaders across an array of industries including communications services and equipment, consumer products, specialty glass, medical equipment and security.

CallidusCloud's sales & marketing suite is designed to help businesses drive enterprise engagement, sales performance management and sales effectiveness at all stages of the sales cycle with award-winning, multi-tenant Cloud software. CallidusCloud offers the following software-as-a-service and mobile solutions: candidate assessment tests for hiring, video interviews, marketing automation, sales performance management, quotes and proposals, sales enablement, sales coaching, sales commission management, learning management and content authoring, underpinned by analytics and gamification.

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24-06-2012 07:26 Hello how are you I am on here to try to help everyone eat better and exercise If you need any help with that email me please do not forget to eat raw organic fruit focusing on the fruit vegetable especially dark leafy greens nuts and seeds and exercise two hours or two miles a day everyday huge hugs remember you are loved huge hugs dedicating all my videos to my mom who passed on to Heaven April 24, 2012 She will be enormously missed.

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24-06-2012 12:24 Gina has an amazing story. With the Thin & Healthy Total Solution program at Hot Springs Health & Fitness, she has reclaimed her health and her confidence!

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25-06-2012 07:56 Website: While doing the Gratitude photo a day for the month of June, I have come to realise how very fortunate and lucky we are. So this year I want to give back to the community and help those who are less fortunate than we are. So from today until the end of the month I have asked all my clients, friends and family to donate as many cans possible so we can help feed the homeless and less fortunate. My original goal was to donate 100 cans but you know what I thought, stuff that lets go for 300. So on the 1st of July we will be donating cans of foods with the help of family, friends and clients of Essential Health and Fitness. I look forward to seeing how many cans we can get by the end of the month because next months goal is to go help out at a homeless shelter. If you could please help make this dream come true of donating 300 plus cans that would be very much appreciated. Please spread the word and lets make this goal come true together. Stay Tuned and Thank you in advance to those of you who donate.

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SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- P90X, the most-successful home-exercise program on the market, may finally be coming to a health club or fitness facility near you. Beachbody, the Santa Monica, Calif.-based developers of P90X and a variety of other successful home fitness programs and nutritional supplements, announced today the official launch of the P90X Certification Program for personal trainers and group exercise training.

The program enables certified trainers the ability to offer and promote P90X training programs to customers, while earning valuable Continuing Education Units (CEU) through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). Equally compelling is that health clubs will now have the ability to channel the significant brand strength of P90X as a featured training attraction and high-profile programming and marketing platform for enhancing member acquisition and retention. The P90X Certification Program is the first in what the company plans to be a series of certification programs, allowing its highly-successful home-exercise programs to find value in the commercial fitness realm.

Beachbody tapped into NASM's industry leading expertise in fitness education, with its revolutionary Optimum Performance Training (OPT) Model, to create a new industry standard in program specific certifications. Striving for continued focus on innovative methods to provide evidence-based education and credentialing, NASM continues to provide the necessary foundation for fitness professionals seeking new business opportunities. This authoritative mindset meshed flawlessly with Beachbody's desire to expand the reach of the P90X Certification program.

"We've had so many requests from gyms and trainers to use our training programs and brands in the commercial environment that it was clearly time to launch this new aspect of the business," said Carl Daikeler, Chief Executive Officer of Beachbody, LLC. "NASM, the industry leader in fitness certifications and programming is an exciting partner for us to promote and evolve our education and training programs, while setting the bar for additional Beachbody certification programs to come. We expect thousands of personal trainers and health clubs will significantly enhance their businesses with these brands."

Beachbody has experienced unparalleled global success through a commitment to truly effective, science-based exercise methodology that offers no corner-cutting or "easy-fix" promises. Instead, the company develops and markets programs grounded in the age-old proven principles of sound exercise physiology, backed by a steadfast commitment to hard work, discipline and proper nutrition. It's for this reason that entering the realm of commercial fitness through continuing education, recognized by NASM, the industry's leading fitness certification organization, was a logical next step for a company that had long dominated the home-exercise market.

"As the industry leader in providing evidence-based programming, certifications and advanced credentials, we are thrilled to partner with Beachbody and offer the P90X Certification to our certified personal trainers throughout the country, as well as provide the opportunity for the Beachbody community to earn their CPT certification with NASM to become an industry leading fitness professional and pursue a very rewarding fitness career," said NASM President Andrew Wyant. "P90X has impacted millions of lives by bringing highly-effective, leading edge fitness directly to consumers, and now with the P90X Certification program, trainers will have an exciting opportunity to utilize this proven program, while furthering their education in fitness."

The complete P90X Certification Program is a two-step process broken down into an online course and an intensive hands-on, two-day workshop. P90X Qualification is the first phase and consists of an online learning program with audio and visual presentations comprised of 11 chapters and quizzes, designed to provide a deeper understanding of P90X than you can get from the product itself. This first step provides users the tools they'll need in preparation for the certification training workshop along with ongoing online access to the P90X Qualification program that can be used as a reference guide.

The two-day, hands-on intensive training workshop taught by P90X Master Instructors includes classroom-style instruction, as well as hands-on demonstrations in a gym setting and a customized group workout. Participants will also receive a comprehensive course manual. The P90X Certification workshop gives in-depth training about the principles and foundation of the P90X program, as well as an understanding of anatomy, physiology, exercise technique and instruction and nutritional science as they relate to the P90X program. The complete P90X Certification program will provide participants with the necessary practical knowledge so they can train clients in a one on one or small group setting in P90X, as well as teach P90X group exercise classes.

P90X Certification programs are taking place at venues throughout the country. For a complete schedule, to learn more about the program, and to enroll in the program, go to http://www.P90XCertification.com.

The NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) Certification course is available to develop knowledge, skills, and abilities for many elements of fitness including assessment, program design, exercise technique and instruction as well as the first step to pursuing their own fitness career. To learn more or enroll in a program, go to http://www.nasm.org.

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Although lots of people are now into fitness and healthy lifestyles, many are not yet ready to start a physical wellness program because they lack the motivation, inspiration and positive feelings to initiate change.

This type of challenge has empowered experts and health professionals to develop a holistic approach to wellness. Health advocates like the IDEA Health and Fitness community, the worlds leading organization in health and fitness, are now putting more efforts to incorporate campaigns for positive well-being into health care and fitness programs worldwide. One such is improving ones level of happiness for positive physical health.

Positive emotions As professionals, we should not focus solely on a clients body-fat percentage, or how many repetitions of push-ups he or she can do. Rather, we should also focus on clients positive emotions, not only as a result of exercise, but also based on how they manage their thoughts and actions.

Not all fitness and medical experts have a solid foundation in psychology and spiritual wellness, but our constant encounter with clients or patients, based on how we present ourselves as role models, what we say to them, and what we do even in our private lives, can have a direct and positive influence in their thoughts and feelings. In our own little way, we contribute to peoples overall well-being.

According to Peter Davis, creator of IDEAs Exercise Your Happiness programme, to meaningfully change our clients lives, we should consider our selves not only as fitness professionals but happiness professionals, too.

What is happiness? The June 2011 issue of IDEA Fitness Journal presented various definitions of happiness by positive psychology experts:

Martin Seligman, known as the father of positive psychology, presents in his book, Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being, a broader model of the well-being theory, called Perma. This model encompasses five measurable elements that constitute human flourishing: positive emotions, engagement, positive relationships, meaning and accomplishment.

According to a study published in the Review of General Psychology by Sonja Lyubomirsky, one of the worlds leading researchers on happiness, 40 per cent of our happiness is within our power to change through the ways we think and act. This shows that we have the power to decide and act on our happiness. The other 50 per cent can be credited to a genetic set point or baseline.

Meanwhile, research published in Psychological Bulletin by psychology professor and senior scientist Ed Diener suggests that only about 10 per cent of our happiness is associated with life circumstances such as money, beauty, marriage and health. This implies that many transformations we create in our lives can make us only 10 percent happier, but we can still do something about it.

Survival According to Diener, there is a growing body of evidence that happiness is beneficial for ones survival of illness and longevity. In his 2011 review, he concluded that high subjective well-being may add 4-10 years of life compared with low subjective well-being.

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Happiness plays a major role in one’s health and fitness