About Us- inhouse bulletin of Rotary Mysore Midtown.

1. ISSUE : 34 VOLUME : 31 21-3-2012 PAGES - 4
AYURVEDIC PERSPECTIVES ON STRESS
Wednesday, 14th March, 2012, @Rotary Midtown's
weekly meeting @RCL Hall, the speech and powerpoint
presentation on “Coming to Grips with Stress” was so
good, relaxing and light, yet throwing light on various
dimensions of stress management. An excited Rotarian
Rakesh introduced the speaker, a family friend, to the
audience as an Ayurveda Doctor who runs Ayurveda
Therapy Clinic since two decades. The speaker so
beautiful and poised, truly neighbours envy and owners
pride - Dr.Poornima Krishnamurthy, began from how
she tried to bring in positivity to the title and went on to
say that stress has been there even 50 years ago, but
these days the stress levels & frequencies have
increased, leading to various chronic health
disorders.
As an example, she explained as to how digestive disorders are due to stress. She drew
the diagram of a stomach and showed in it how brain sends message to the stomach to
produce Hydrochloric Acid as soon as it is time to eat food. But in a stressed person it sends
messages randomly and thus the acid gets produced in the stomach without the food;
which harms the inner walls of the stomach, causing irritation, pain - Peptic Ulcers!
She gave a list of 50 stress coping strategies:
1. Meditation, 2. Art of Living, 3. Massage, 4. Breathing Exercise, 5. Being Positive,
6. Spa visits, 7. Organised Living, 8. Forgive easily, 9. Scream, go for punch bags,
10.Energy Channelising, 11.Past life regressive, 12.Crystal Therapy, 13.Hypnosis,
14. Fight your fear, 15.Calm down, 16,Get your needs met, 17.Ask for support,
18.Seek supportive people, 19.Learn to say NO., 20.Set Boundaries,
21.Delegate work, 22.Music Therapy 23.Alarm Trick, 24.Take time out for
yourself, 25.Love your career, 26.Zap toleration-hire help, 27.Retail therapy –
shopping, 28.Play with pets, 29.Read a Book, 30.Spend time with nature,
31.Talk to a friend, 32.Read good news only, 33.Take a vacation, 34.Indulge
in a hobby, 35.Tickle your funny bone, 36.Enjoy Sunlight, 37.Pamper
yourself, 38. No work on weekends, 39.Laugh Therapy – inner jogging,
40.Long Drive, 41.Watch favorite flick, 42.Play with kids, 43.Touch
Therpy, 44.Hot Bath, 45.Gossip, 46.Heal Yourself- divert your mind,
47.Guided Imagery – vivid imagination, 48.Indulge in Food,
49.Take a nap, 50.quiz for audience..
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2. 21-3-2012
President's Message
My Dear Rotarians,
Last week we had Dr. Poornima.K. Murthy as our Guest Speaker. Her Speech regarding
Stress Management was excellent. Her presentation was one of the best in this Rotary year. I
thank Rtn. Rakesh Babu for bringing her to the club.
Friends Good News is that we have reached the Goal of 20,000 US$ towards TRF
contribution. I immensely thank all the donors for making it happen.
Today let us lend our hands to the Mother Theresa Home for the differently able women.
Bye till next week…..
Thank You Rtn. Raghavendra
.........ON STRESS Continued from page 1
She suggested few good motivational books to Bhanuchandran, analysed that Dr.Poornima
read; one of them being “Anatomy of Illness” by Krishnamurthy must be a good Bharathanatyam artiste
Norman Cousins. She emphasised on periodic too alongwith a vocalist and related himself to the
Ayurvedic Therapies, laughter therapy and food. She attributes while proposing vote of thanks in a unique
gave a balanced diet program with a list of dos and manner.
donts. She said, “Whatever can be eaten raw, donot On the whole the evening was well spent; the
cook; whatever has to be cooked, donot fry; whatever powerpoint presentation well prepared; Well chosen
has to be fried, donot eat.” She also told about steps in words when she spoke; Perfect countenance for a
self-motivation-“listen to yourself”; “say to yourself: I speaker; well rehearsed stance, gestures, voice
have gotten through tougher situations”. intonation through the mike and without also; so aptly
During her presentation she was requesting the dressed in a Barbie pink Mysore Chiffon with gold
audience to be interactive, so that the speech could be squares on it... Her brother, a percussionist and her
interesting. After she concluded the presentation, the sister-in-law accompanied her to the venue, shot the
audience began to ask her some pertinent questions whole lecture on a video camera. Her own coping
on alcohol consumption etc. Rotarian K.B.Harish capabilities, she said, “I take deep breaths when
wanted to know the feedback from the Doctors of stressed”. For such a perfect speaker, wish she had
Allopathy present in the audience. Rotarian spoken on a more specific topic such as - "Food and
Dr.Prahlad reacted by saying, “Stress is an attitude. Nutrition/Satvik Ahaar in Ayurveda" or "Satvik
For the same situation one may react with stress and Lifestyle/Ayurvedic Way of Life" or some other topic
other may react with ease. Only such a person with specific and more relevant to her area of studies and
negative reaction is one who gets stressed and research... YEH DIL MAANGE MORE!!!
chemical changes take place”. Rotarian -Ann. Anuradha Nandakumar
Rotary Midtown- Gift of life
Baby Rajesh before Surgery with father President Rtn. Raghavendra Handing over a cheque for Rs. 75,000
MG 74139- GIFT OF LIFE PROJECT. Baby Rajesh, 3 ½ yrs from Shikaripura underwent surgery for a hole in the heart- Atrial Septal
Defect on , 17-03-12 at Apollo BGS hospitals, Mysore. He is discharged today and is fine

3. 3
21-3-2012
A Tribute to Sachin
Dear friends,
Well, finally Sachin has that is the moral of story -give your 100%, come what
done it!!! The milestone may, and result will automatically follow.
which eluded him for more This event I have been closely following for last
than a year has been few months. But unfortunately when it did happen I
conquered. What an amount was at Sondhe, a remote place in North Karnataka
of stress this “god of cricket” and practically I was cut off from the outer world (no
underwent during last 1 mobile network coverage, no access to TV). Hence I
year! But what is special is missed the once in life time opportunity to celebrate.
Sachin - on his
he didn't buckle under Sachin will definitely play few more glorious innings
debut at International
pressure. When the century before he retires from the game which he breathes,
Arena
was not coming, not for lives. And I consider myself to be lucky for living in an
once did he lose his focus. To put it in his own words era when a legend like SACHIN played cricket.
“There is one thing I say with utmost confidence that
I will get 100 out of 100 when it comes effort and
commitment. Scoring and not scoring run will always
be part of the career but what matters at the end of
the day is whether I have put in the best effort'. I think
Yuvi fighting Cancer
Whereas Sachin celebrates the triumph, another
equally talented player Yuvraj battles with cancer
with equal determination and focus. Completes his
chemotherapy and raring to go.... With Virats,
Rainas, Rohiths, blazing their guns can Yuvi find his
foot again in Indian team. If he does that it will be no
less an incredible tale.. All the best YUVI!!!
Sachin - on scoring his 100th ton
Incredible India

4. Happy
Birthday History of the Rotary Foundation
I n 1917, RI President Arch C.
Klumph proposed that an
endowment be set up “for the
purpose of doing good in the
world.” In 1928, when the
endowment fund had grown to
Rtn. PHF. Raghavendra S. more than US$5,000, it was
23-03-2012 (Mobile: 9886011923) Arch C. Klumph, renamed The Rotary Foundation,
founder of The and it became a distinct entity
Rotary Foundation, within Rotary International.
Wedding Anniversary Five Trustees, including
circa 1916
Klumph, were appointed to “hold,
invest, manage, and administer all of its property . . . as
a single trust, for the furtherance of the purposes of RI.”
Two years later, the Foundation made its first grant
of $500 to the International Society for Crippled
Children. The organization, created by Rotarian Edgar
F. “Daddy” Allen, later grew into the Easter Seals.
The Great Depression and World War II both
Rtn. PHF. L.M. Manoj Kumar & Parvathi Manoj
impeded the Foundation's growth, but the need for
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lasting world peace generated great postwar interest in
its development. After Rotary's founder, Paul P. Harris,
Photo of the Week died in 1947, contributions began pouring into Rotary
International, and the Paul Harris Memorial Fund was
created to build the Foundation.
That year, the first Foundation program – the
forerunner of Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial
Scholarships – was established. In 1965-66, three new
programs were launched: Group Study Exchange ,
Awards for Technical Training, and Grants for Activities
in Keeping with the Objective of The Rotary Foundation,
which was later called Matching Grants .
The Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants
program was launched in 1978, and Rotary
Volunteers was created as a part of that program in
Happy Holi -
1980. PolioPlus was announced in 1984-85, and the
Identify the annets and win prize!
next year brought Rotary Grants for University Teachers
. The first peace forums were held in 1987-88, leading to
Rotary Quiz the Foundation's peace and conflict studies programs .
What is 3H grant of Rotary Throughout this time, support of the Foundation
foundation ? When was it grew tremendously. Since the first donation of $26.50 in
launched ? 1917, it has received contributions totaling more than $1
billion. More than $70 million was donated in 2003-04
Answer in Rotary Information
alone. To date, more than one million individuals have
Next Week in Midtown been recognized as Paul Harris Fellows – people who
have given $1,000 to the Annual Programs Fund or
Business Meet have had that amount contributed in their name.
Such strong support, along with Rotarian
Date : 28.03.2012 involvement worldwide, ensures a secure future for The
Time : 6.30pm Rotary Foundation as it continues its vital work for
Venue : RCL Hall, J.L.B. Road, Mysore. international understanding and world peace