Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Yoga + Meditation Increase Resilence. What Does That Mean?

According to Merriam Webster
re-sil-ience
ri'zilyens
noun: resilience; plural noun: resilences

1. the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity

2. the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness

Medical Related Definition:

1.  the capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation caused especially by compressive stress

2.  an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change < emotional resilience>

Synonyms: rebounding, quick to recover, pliable, springy, stretchy, snapping back

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