Yogaasana for International Yoga Day Festival

First International yoga day


21 June 2015  Time period- 33 min.

Part 1 (2 min)
श्लोक
"संगच्छध्वम संवद्यध्वम, संवो मनासी जानताम् ।
देवाभागम् यथा पूर्वे, संजानाना उपासते ।।"

Part 2 (3 min) 
Warming up
(For relextion)

Neck rotation
Shoulder rotation
Hip rotation
Knee rotation
etc...

Part 3 (15 min)

A) Yogasan in standing position

1) Tadasan ताड़ासन
2) Vrukshasan वृक्षासन
3) Pad Hastsan पादहस्तासन
4) Ardhchakrasan अर्धचक्रासन
5) Trikonasan त्रिकोणासन

B) Yogasan in seating position

1) Bhadrasan भद्रासन
2) Shashankasan शशांकासन
3) Ardh ushtrasan अर्धउष्ट्रासन
4) Vkrasan वक्रासन


C) Yogasan in sleeping position (on stomach)

1) Bhujangasan भुजंगासन
2) Shalbhasan शलभासन
3) Makrasan मकरासन

D) Yogasan in sleeping position

1) Setu bandh sarvangasan सेतुबंध सर्वांगसन
2) Pawan muktasan पवन मुक्तासन
3) Shwasan शवासन


Part 4 (2 min)

Kapalbhati कपालभाति
(10-12 strocks in 3 round)

Part 5 (5 min)

Pranayaam प्राणायाम
1) Nadishodhan नाडीशोधन (5 round)
2) bhramari Pranayaam भ्रामरी प्राणायाम (5 round)

Part 6 (6 min)

Seat in any kind of Dhyan mudra 

(शांभवी मुद्रा, आँखे बंद और हातों की ज्ञान मुद्रा ।)

At the time of Meditation play melodies background music.

Lastly take Sankalp
संकल्प

" हमें हमारे मन को हमेशा संतुलित रखना है। इसीमेही हमारा आत्मविकास समाया हुआ है। विश्व की ऐक्यता के लिये, स्वास्थ के लिये और शांतता के वृद्धि के लिये, विश्व के प्रति, समाज के प्रति, मेरे काम के प्रति, मेरे परिवार के प्रति और मेरे खुद केn प्रति जो कर्तव्य है मैं उन्हें पूरा करने का निश्चय करता हूँ।
Dear Citizens

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Healthy Ways To Grow Taller With Yoga

Healthy Ways To Grow Taller With Yoga

February 7th, 2011

By Faye Martins

It has been said that doing yoga makes someone taller. What causes someone to become taller has to do with the span of the bones, but performing yoga cannot lengthen bones.  Although performing yoga to become taller appears to be a probability, this is usually not because you have added a couple of inches of bones. While performing particular yoga positions that help straighten and lengthen your spine, it would ultimately correctly and align your figure. This, in turn, will almost certainly make you look taller.

Yoga Makes You Grow Taller – Fact or Fiction 

Yoga positions urge your body to extend and elongate. Yoga will cause you to become more mindful of your form – how you stand and take a seat innately, and if you slouch when you. This will cause you to walk more upright, producing the impression that you are taller.  Following a small number of yoga classes, you’ll discover that your stance will have developed and the aligning of your upper body feels like you’ve added an inch or so.

Individuals have stated they’ve added up to three inches of height completing yoga to become taller. This is typically grounded on the concept that if you observe yoga positions that center on elongating, you’ll quickly perceive a growth and sculpting of your back muscles. There will be a measured toughening, solidifying, and decompression of the spine. It is thought to make you look taller.

The Importance of Good Posture

If you want better posture, there is no harm in trying yoga. It is not merely beneficial for your physical health, but likewise for your psychological and emotional health. However, if you already engage in Pilates and additional methods of stretching on a consistent basis, your stance would almost certainly be at its greatest. Consequently, performing yoga to become taller might not make much of a variance for you.

If you are motivated by the probability of additional inches, keep in mind that you must observe yoga on a everyday basis in order to actually perceive a change in height. Certain straightforward sit up yoga positions that might help are the dog and cat positions, which both work on the spine and improve the lower back.

When starting any new exercise regime, remember to start out slow and do more as you progress. Drink plenty of water throughout the course of your workout. Breathe in and out in steady, even breaths throughout your whole fitness routine.

Yoga Exercises to Gain Height

Practitioners benefit from the complementary practices of yoga and Ayurveda in many ways, some expected and some not. In addition to gentle strengthening, rehabilitation, as well as, the serenity of regular mental cleansing and stress reduction some people are surprised to find that yoga can actually make them taller.

Stretch and Stand Tall

It would be hard to find an adult that doesn’t know that we shrink in stature as we age. It might be even harder to find one who asks ‘why.’ Television advertising captures the attention of its viewers daily with passive solutions like inverted hanging. Since passive methods are at best temporary, yoga practitioners rightly don an inner smile, content with the knowledge that they are either not shrinking at all, or shrinking much less, than people of similar age.

Elements of Height

It is important to draw one key distinction before continuing. Most people achieve a healthy, youthful maximum height sometime in their teens. Others do not. By correcting deficiencies and weakness, some of those in the latter category may stand taller than before. The rest are more likely to maintain or restore that healthy look of balanced, proper alignment that they remember from their youth.

That said there are two main causes for loss of stature, joint/spinal compression, and pelvic tilt/spinal curvature. Obesity may be a factor in either. Poor diet contributes to the deterioration and rigidity of vertebral disks, as well. Yoga instructors and experienced practitioners understand and act on the need for both a healthy diet, and the maintenance of a healthy weight, beginners less so.

Long-Term Care

Unless they act to counteract the effects of gravity, people who sit or stand shrink naturally throughout the day. Vertebral disks are about 88% water and the wearing of the day compresses them. As long as the disks stay flexible, they re-hydrate when we sleep. That makes people taller in the morning, but they could stay taller all the time with a daily routine of gentle yoga positions targeting the spine including cat and dog, and cobra poses.

Likewise, an unbalanced pelvic tilt not only decreases stature, it puts pressure on the hip joints, shortens the stride, and alters walking gait for otherwise healthy seniors. According to a joint study conducted by University of Virginia Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and the Charlottesville, VA Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in 2005, an 8-week program of two 90-minute sessions of Iyengar Hatha yoga plus twenty minutes of home-based reinforcement on alternate days significantly improved hip extension, stride length and pelvic tilt. Uncorrected, each increases the risk of falls, loss of independence, and mortality, so it’s well worth the minor effort to prevent problems, even if you don’t get any calls from the NBA.

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SURYA NAMASKAR

Surya Namaskar is an integrated and complete Bharatiya exercise. It not only encompasses the fitness of limbs, muscles and internal organs of the body but also promotes mental and spiritual development. The original significance behind Surya Namaskar is obeisance to the Sun God, the giver of light and warmth and on whose radiant presence is dependant all life on earth. This physical exercise is becoming increasingly popular in Bharat. It is easy to perform and can be carried out anywhere and by both men and women of any age.It is generally practised in early morning on empty stomach facing the sun, after abulation.

Technique

Wear loose and light clothes and practice on a clean and firm surface. Follow the correct technique and exercise within the limits of your strength, stamina and suppleness. Cultivate the habit of accuracy and regularity. For optimum bebefit mantra should be repeated either verbally or mentally before the start of each round of the exercise. Each round comprises of ten (or twelve) positions, each of which is a separate Asana itself. 
Starting position (Sthiti) Namaskarasana: This is the normal standing position. Face the sun standing upright, legs together and palms joined together in the traditional Hindu way of greeting-Namaste.

1. Urddhwa Namaskarasana:
   Inhale deeply (Poorak) and raise the hands above the head as far as you can bending backwards. After practice this position should resemble a semi circle. Keep the feet firm on ground without bending the knees.
2. Hastapadasana:
   Exhale (Rechak) and bend forward. Try to touch the floor ear the feet. Bring the forehead near the knees. Do not bend the legs at the knees.
3. Eka (Varna) Pada Prasaranasana:
   Inhale (Poorak) and move the left leg away from the body in a long backward step resting it on the toes and the knee. Keep the hands and the right foot firm on the ground in one straight line. Bend the head backward try to look up towards the ceiling.
4. Dwipada Prasaranasana:
   After inhaling the previous position, hold the breath (Kumbhak). Move the right leg from the body are keeping both feet together and knees off the floor, re on the hands. Keep the body and the arms straight.
5. Sashtanga Pranipatasana:
   Exhale (Rechak) and lower the body on the ground so that the toes, knees, chest, hands and the forehead, touch the ground. Try to lift the abdomen and hips as high off the floor as possible.
6. Bhujangasana:
   Inhale (Poorak) and bend backward, Try to straighten the arms. Stretch the neck to its fullest extent.
7. Bhoodharasana:
   Exhale (Rechak) and raise the body. Bend the head and try to look at the knees. The body should form and inverted “V”. Keep the feet and heels flat on the ground.
8. Eka (Dakshina) Pada Prasaranasana:
   Inhale (Poorak) and bring the left foot forward along the level of the hands. Rest is same as position No 3.
9. Hasta Padasana:
   Same as position 2. Exhale (Rechak) and bring forward the right leg. the heels and the big toes touching.
10. Sthiti-Narnaskarasana:
    Same as the starting position. Hold the breath (Kumbhale. Raise the body in the vertical position and relax.

This finishes one complete Suryanamaskara. In another system a complete Suryanamaskara comprises of 12 positions. There are two additional positions in between the above 4 & 5 and 7 & 8 positions. Knees are bent and rested in the floor without altering the positions of the palms and toes. Forehead is rested on the ground. Inhale while moving backwards and then exhale completely.

Nomenclature of the Asana positions varies in some schools. In position No 3 of the second round of the Suryanamaskara, right-leg should first be moved backward (Dakshina Pada Prasaranasana) and the same be brought forward in position 9, (Vama Pada Prasaranasana). Alternatively, left and right legs be moved first in the subsequent Suryanamaskaras.

Benefits:

Suryanamaskara are dynamic postures which make the body warm. They quicken the blood circulation, tighten the skin and muscles, strengthen the lungs and stimulate the digestive functions. Depression and anxiety can be lifted in just a few minutes by stretching away the tensions which built up in the solar plexus and chest.

This is a set of exercise for one and all, be he a sportsman, a student, a businessman or a housewife. Children also enjoy the easy flowing movements which enhance a general sense of rhythm and natural flexibility.

SURYA NAMASKAR

Meditation or contemplation with the prolonged pronunciation of the Omkar before the Mantras influences and stimulated the nerve centres in the brain corresponding to the respiratory, circulatory and digestive systems, makes them more active, efficient and healthy. Excretory, Reproductive, Nervous and Endrenine systems are also strengthened and stimulated in the Suryanamaskara. The different names of the Sun God according to their meanings instil in the person such qualities as he identifies with the supreme and meditates on those

MANTRAS

One routine cycle of Suryanamaskaras consists of 13 Mantras, the thirteenth being, AUM SHRI SAVITRU-SURYANARAYANAYA NAMAH

AUM MITRAYA NAMAH	Salutations to the friend of all
AUM RAVAYE NAMAH	Salutations to the Shining one
AUM SURYAYA NAMAH	Salutations to the one who induces activity
AUM BHANAVE NAMAH	Salutations to the one who illumines
AUM KHAGAYA NAMAH	Salutations to the one who moves quickly in the sky
AUM PUSNE NAMAH	Salutations to the giver of strength
AUM HIRANYAGARBHAYA NAMAH	Salutations to the Golden cosmic self
AUM MAREECHAYE NAMAH	Salutations to the Lord of dawn
AUM ADITYAYA NAMAH	Salutations to the son of Aditi
AUM SAVITRE NAMAH	Salutations to the benevolent mother
AUM ARKAYA NAMAH	Salutations to the one who is praiseworthy
AUM BHASKARAYA NAMAH	Salutations to the one who leads to enlightenment

A number of such cycles depending on the strength and stamina of the person may be performed.There are few persons in Bharat who have completed as many as 10 million for suryanamaskars in their lifetime.

The sequential pronunciation of Bijamantras such as Jram, Hrim, Hrum, Hraim, Hroum and Hrah in between OMKAR and the twelve names of the Sun God has further beneficial effects.

Author : Kanu Gohil

This article was previously published in the souvenir to the Bradford Centenary Hindu Marathon. Bradford, UK. 1997

Benefits of Yoga in our daily lives

Yoga helps us in achieving all-round fitness. The key benefits of yoga are –

Holistic fitness package: Yoga helps with postures, pranayama (breathing techniques) and meditation and is a holistic fitness package.

Weight loss: Sun Salutations and Kapal Bhati pranayama are some ways to help lose weight with yoga. Moreover, regular practice of yoga, help keep a check on weight.

Stress relief: A few minutes of yoga during the day can be a great way to get rid of stress that accumulates daily - in both the body and mind.

Inner peace: Yoga is also one of the best ways to calm a disturbed mind.

Improved immunity: Yoga poses massage organs and strengthen muscles; breathing techniques and meditation release stress and improve immunity.

Living with greater awareness: Yoga and pranayama help create that awareness and bring the mind back to the present moment, where it can stay happy and focused.

Happy Mind: Yoga and meditation work on keeping the mind happy and peaceful.

Increased energy: A few minutes of yoga everyday provides the secret to feeling fresh and energetic even after a long day.

Better flexibility & posture: Regular yoga practice stretches and tones the body muscles and also makes them strong. It also helps improve your body posture when you stand, sit, sleep or walk.

Better intuition: Yoga and meditation have the power to improve your intuitive ability so that you effortlessly realize what needs to be done, when and how, to yield positive results.

Ardha Chakrasana for strengthening spinal nerves,

Practice Ardha Chakrasana for strengthening spinal nerves, neck muscles & better breathing capacity. Another benefit of Ardha Chakrasana is that helps mitigate cervical spondylitis. #YogaDay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjbM05ttgB4

Poses for the Heart

Heart openers like Bow Pose and Cobra can help you heal your body, mind, and spirit.

http://www.yogajournal.com/category/poses/anatomy/heart/

Six Relaxing Yoga Aasaan To Help You Fall Asleep..

These #Yoga postures can work for anyone, including yogis and non-yogis alike. The best part: all you need is a pillow and you can do this sequence right in comfort and ease of your own bed!

1. Seated Wide Angle Pose (Upavistha Konasana)

Sitting with your legs spread wide apart, place a pillow horizontally in front of your torso. Inhale, sit up as tall as possible. Exhale, begin to fold forward from the hips, walking your hands out in front of you until your upper body comes to rest on the pillow. If sitting up tall or folding forward causes you to round the spine at all, take a soft bend to both knees. Rest, breathing deeply on the pillow for 10 rounds of breath. Inhale to rise back up to seated.

2. Locust Pose (Salabhasana)

Come to your stomach with a pillow supporting your hips and belly. Gazing down and keeping the back of the neck long, interlace your fingers behind the small of your back. Inhale, extend the arms behind you, lifting the hands towards the ceiling and pressing the tops of your toes into the mattress. Exhale, try to hold that height. Inhale again, lifting the chest and head, with gaze forward and back of neck neutral. Exhale, hold this position. Continue to lengthen the body and open the heart for 10 rounds of breath. On an exhale, lower back down to the bed, releasing your hands by your side.

3. Legs Up The Wall (Viparita Karani)

Set your pillow up against the wall or headboard at the top of your bed and lay on top of the pillow with your sit bones at the headboard or wall. Extend your legs up towards the ceiling, keeping the heels stacked over the hips, and rest your head and shoulders against the mattress. The arms can extend by your side, palms facing up to receive the restorative energy that flows into your body with the breath.

This restorative inversion is great if you spend a lot of time on your feet. Your circulation will improve, creating a soothing, healing effect on almost every system in your body. Stay here breathing deeply for 2-3 minutes. To come out, bend your knees and roll onto one side.

4. Reclined Bound Angle Pose (Supta Baddha Konasana)

With your seat on the bed and your back lying on the pillow lengthwise, bring the soles of your feet together as the knees naturally drop out towards the side. Restfully, recline with each exhale in towards the pillow and the earth. Stay here for at least two minutes, sinking deeply into this very supported inner hip opener.

5. Supine Spinal Twist (Jathara Parivartanasana)

From Reclined Bound Angle Pose, stay on your back supported by the pillow and gently guide your knees together using your hands. Bring your knees over to the left with arms out by your side, palms facing up. Imagine your breath like a wave rippling through your spine, releasing tension with each exhale. Stay here for a minute and then switch to the other side.

6. Corpse Pose (Savasana)

Before you check out into dreamland, take advantage of this peaceful moment for a brief meditation and breath exercise.

You’re welcome to keep the pillow under your spine, extending your legs out in front of you. Take your left hand to your heart, the right hand to your belly. Take three rounds of regular, deep breathing. To begin the breathwork, inhale to the count of four, hold the breath for the count of seven, then exhale to the count of eight. Repeat four times.

To complete the sequence, remove the pillow from underneath your spine.

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What is Yog ? Why we need Yog and Meditation...................

Q.1 What does the word Yoga means?

Ans. The literal meaning of the Sanskrit word Yoga is to ‘yoke’.  Accordingly, Yoga can be defined as a means for uniting the individual spirit with universal spirit of God. Yoga is a way of life which helps to control mind and helps in developing your personality. Its reality of Yoga if you practice yoga in daily life your mind and life will be more flexible.

Q. 2 What is Yoga?

Ans.  According to Maharishi Patanjali, “Cessation of thought wave is Yoga”.  Then, the ‘Seer’ is firmly established in his original state i.e. the state of pure consciousness.

Q. 3 What is the right place to do Yoga?

Ans. The place for practicing Yoga should be well protected from the menace of animals, rodents and insects. If it is indoors, it should be well ventilated and having sufficient light.  The surroundings should not be noisy.  The ground should be plain and flat.

Q. 4  Is Yoga just stretching?

Ans. Yoga is not just stretching, it is more than that. Yoga is science and art of living healthy, spiritually uplifted, happy and contended life.  It provides the state of harmony between stretching and relaxation brought without any efforts, which tranquilises the mind and stabilises the body.

Q. 5  What are the risks of learning Yoga without proper guidance?

Ans.  .  There are chances of getting oneself hurt during the practice of various Asanas and Pranayamas in a wrong way. Desired results may also not be achieved if practiced is continued in wrong manner. So, it should be done under the guidance of a trained and experienced guru.

Q. 6 How important is it to learn Yoga from a Yoga Instructor?

Ans. Learning Yoga under supervision of trained Yoga Instructor is essential.  The Yoga Instructor appropriates yogic practice for an individual keeping in mind the age, sex, physical strength of the learner. Every individual requires different set of Yogic practices keeping in mind his objective of doing Yoga, flexibility and strength.  There are chances of getting oneself hurt during the practice of various Asanas, Pranayamas etc.

Q.7  How often shall I practice Yoga?   

Ans. It depends on individual for how long and how often he should be doing Yoga. To have the best results, at least one hour regular practice of Yoga six day a week either morning or evening as per convenience, is good enough.  However, morning time is best suited for Yoga. One should also keep in mind the purpose and availability of time for doing Yoga.

Q. 8  How is Yoga a better choice than other Exercises?   

 Ans. Yoga is better choice in many ways: Exercises are limited to physical level however Yoga is applicable to physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels at the same time.

•Yoga increases vitality and energy level.

•Yoga provides physical and mental stability.

•Yoga increases endurance, flexibility and stamina.

•Yoga increases efficiency of internal organs.

•Yoga improves memory, intelligence, reflexes and clarity of thought.

•Yoga increases concentration.

Q. 9  Should I start doing Yoga by taking the help of DVD?

Ans. There are many subtle experiences about which only a guru is aware.  Learning through CD/ DVD etc. only tells you how to do a particular pose of pranayama but guru keeps on eye on you while you are practising, and he guides and gives necessary instructions accordingly.

Q. 10  Is flexibility important to learn yoga?

Ans. No, flexibility is not a pre-requisite for learning Yoga.  In fact, regular Yoga practice results in increase of flexibility.

Q. 11  What should be gap for meals/breakfast before and after Yoga session?  

Ans.  There should be a gap of at least four hours after regular meals i.e. lunch or dinner for doing Yoga.  One hour gap is recommended after intake of light liquids like water, fruit juice, soup, tea/coffee etc.   Yoga should always be done empty stomach. Two hours gap is recommended after light breakfast.

Q. 12  Which style of Yoga is best among array of its sub groups?

Ans.  There are following types of Yoga as per ancient texts:

1.Bhakti Yoga

2.Hath Yoga

3.Jnana Yoga

4.Karma Yoga

5.Kriya Yoga

6.Mantra Yoga

7.Raja Yoga

8.Swar Yoga

9.Ashtang Yoga

10.Kundalini Yoga

Q. 13 Is pain, uneasiness natural for a beginner after each Yogic session?   

Ans. Yes, a newcomer or beginner may feel some pain and uneasiness in the first two weeks of Yoga practice since the body is not accustomed to the movements of various Asanas. It is natural.

Q. 14  Can I do Yoga in Pregnancy?  

Ans. Yes, Yoga can be done during pregnancy under the guidance of a trained and experienced    Guru. The pregnant women must take opinion of her doctor before starting Yoga. Different set of Yogic practices is recommended during pregnancy.

Q. 15  Is chanting om a part of certain religion?

Ans. No chanting  om is not part of any religion.

Q. 16  Is there any scientific impact of chanting on the body and mind?

Ans. Chanting harmonises the mind, body, soul and breath. Its regular practice stillness the mind, enlightens the soul and activates pituitary gland. Blood circulation, especially to head region is improved, reduces the heart beat, activates and tones up the nervous system. Brain becomes sharper, concentrated and clearer. 

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What Your Posture Says About Your Personality

We like to blame our posture on the heavy bags we carry or the long hours spent at a desk every day — both of which can be true, but did you know your personality can also affect your posture? 

Researchers from McGill University and the San Diego University for Integrative Studies gathered 100 people and set out to determine if extroverts and introverts stood in different ways. The subjects were grouped based on four types of posture:

1. Ideal posture: a neutral position of the head, spine, and pelvis
2. Kyphosis-lordosis posture: forward head position, an exaggerated rounding of the upper back and an exaggerated arch in the lower back
3. Flat back posture: forward head position, pelvis tucked under and a flat lower back
4. Sway-back posture: pelvis tucked under and pushed forward, a flat lower back, and hyperextended knees

The study showed a striking correlation between personality and posture. Ninety-six percent of the subjects who had ideal posture and eighty-three percent of the subjects who had kyphosis-lordosis posture were extraverts. The introverts, on the other hand, were far more likely to have flat back or sway-back posture.

The results of the study alone are noteworthy, but understanding the reason why extraverts and introverts tend to stand differently is fascinating: It goes back to our ancient physical responses to positive and negative stress. When we feel confident, our action response kicks in, prompting us to stand up straight and arch our back, preparing for action. Extraverts tend to feel and act confidently, and repeated activation of the action response can lead extraverts to stand in this posture all the time.

In contrast, when we feel timid, fearful or don't want to be the center of attention, our withdrawal response is triggered. The withdrawal response causes us to contract our abdominal muscles as if to curl up into the fetal position so we feel protected. When we contract our abdominal muscles, we tuck our pelvis under and the natural arch in our lower back is flattened, resulting in the flat back or sway-back postures common among introverts.

So, how do you determine what kind of posture you favor and what can you do to improve it?

• First, have a friend take a photo of you from the side. Stand normally and don't try to have perfect posture. Looking at a photo instead of at your reflection in the mirror will help you see your posture more objectively. Be aware of the muscle tension pulling you into your habitual posture. Are your tight lower back muscles causing you to arch your back? Are your abdominal muscles contracted, pulling your head forward and flattening your lower back?
• Start noticing if the way you're feeling causes you to sit or stand in certain ways. Do you stand up straight or arch your back when you feel confident? Do you slouch when you feel timid or don't want to be the center of attention?
• Focus on your posture during your workouts. Exercise offers the perfect opportunity to concentrate on your form with no distractions like phone calls or emails.
• Set a timer on your phone to go off every ten minutes throughout the day. When it goes off, check in with yourself and notice how you're sitting or standing. Correct your posture if needed, and see how long you can stay in that ideal posture.

The more aware you are of how you're holding yourself, the better you can correct potentially improper and painful posture! 

http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-17532/what-your-posture-says-about-your-personality.html

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