Sentences with phrase «shape of the body which»

The reason for this is the soft, full and curvy shape of their bodies which are usually shorter with thick arms and legs, as well as their tendency to store fat easily, supported by a sluggish metabolism.

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Similarly, you don't have to be an intense CrossFitter to get in shape, but there are plenty of ways in which having a strong body and mind will benefit you in both life and business.

Pure Barre has exploded in popularity due to its extremely effective technique, which transforms the shape of clients» bodies in record - breaking time.

In July of 2009, Pure Barre became a franchise and has exploded in popularity, due to its extremely effective technique (which transforms the shape your body in record - breaking time); friendly, high - energy atmosphere; and fun, motivating music.

One part of the answer is that in a pluralistic society we do not have many shared values by which to shape the body politic, whereas we are able to agree that economic improvements are desirable.

A Being was taking form in the totality of space; a Being with the attractive power of a soul, palpable like a body, vast as the sky; a Being which mingled with things yet remained distinct from them; a Being of a higher order than the substance of things with which it was adorned, yet taking shape within them.

The key to this view of human being lies in what Bingham calls the «second Darwinian revolution,» through which we have learned that evolution shapes not only our bodies but also our minds.

Those who must endure such ordeals would do well to recall the words of William Stringfellow which Martin Marty cited as a new Lutheran body began to take shape: «In the face of death, live humanly.

There are places where he resorts to the imagery of myth and speaks of Christ as if he were living an unseen life with God in a heavenly realm above, from which he would descend to appear on the earth at the imminent end - time.38 At other times Paul could speak of the church as the body of Christ, of which the Christian believers formed «the limbs and organs».39 He exhorted the Galatians to «put on Christ as a garment», 40 he said to the Romans, «Let Christ Jesus himself be the armor that you wear», 41 and he told the Galatians how he was in travail until they «took the shape of Christ».42 In various ways Paul spoke of the risen Christ as an indwelling presence in the believer, the most moving passage being his own testimony, I have been crucified with Christ; the life I now live is not my life, but the life which Christ lives in me; and my present bodily life is lived by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.»

Just as our physical bodies have evolved to suit the particular conditions on this planet and that of no other known to us, so our minds and spirits have been shaped by our experience to be at home in the particular historical period in which we live.

If the fundamental laws of connection changed altogether with variations, for instance, in the shape or size of bodies, or if the laws governing the behavior of a complex had no relation whatever to the laws governing the behavior of its parts when belonging to other complexes, there could hardly be a limitation of independent variety in the sense in which this has been defined.

In the case of Christianity, he observed, it is scriptural narrative that shapes the cultural - linguistic world in which the corporate body of Christ expresses its meanings and seeks to follow Christ.

In the wonderful explorations by Binet, Janet, Breuer, Freud, Mason, Prince, and others, of the subliminal consciousness of patients with hysteria, we have revealed to us whole systems of underground life, in the shape of memories of a painful sort which lead a parasitic existence, buried outside of the primary field of consciousness, and making irruptions thereinto with hallucinations, pains, convulsions, paralyses of feeling and of motion, and the whole procession of symptoms of hysteric disease of body and of mind.

The man who is shaped and molded by his continuing participation in the round of Christian liturgical worship is the man who comes gradually to be informed by the spirit which animates and governs the liturgy — and that spirit is nothing other than response to the gospel of Christ, made known and communicated through the preaching of the gospel, but not through verbal symbols alone; the response becomes effective through the whole action which includes mind and body, will and emotions, in an offering to God in union with his brethren.

It is an imposing body of teachings and practices which shapes the pattern of our emotions, our actions, our desires and our thoughts.

It is a gift that every baptized believer is given in this sacrament in which each stone is patiently shaped, fashioned, named and incorporated into the body of Christ.

In course of time that body of literature which we know as the Pentateuch assumed its final shape, and apparently by the fourth century B.C. it was «canonized,» that is, it was accepted as of divine origin and authority.

Feel free to use your favorite kind of plum for this pudding recipe, but we recommend prune plums, which have an almond - shaped body that tapers at the end.

It was a streamlined crouch which Jean calls his profile d'un oeuf (egg position), because of the shape his upper body assumes as he hunkers down over his skis.

My hat is off to US Lacrosse (which, by the way, is an organization that I highlighted in my book, Home Team Advantage, for having a Board of Directors, unlike almost all other sports governing bodies, comprised equally of men and women), for providing the funding needed to design testing protocols and conduct the testing which yielded the data and measurements used in shaping the new headgear standard.

Bodyweight exercises are a series of moves that are designed to only use your body's weight for resistance, which means that you have the freedom to work out anywhere you want and don't always have to head to the gym to get in shape.

Women's bodies come in many varying shapes and sizes, none of which should be considered «ideal» or «perfect» or «normal.»

I found an uplifting site, The Shape of a Mother, which encourages us to celebrate our amazing bodies that have nurtured new life.

Many women have had positive reviews of using pregnancy pillows referring to it as «Godsend», which conforms to the shape of their bodies.

Once you are pregnant, the level of hormones increases in your body speedily which at later stages also prepares the shape of a woman for the delivery.

Styrofoam filling - this is a popular filling choice because of the ease with which Styrofoam molds to your body's shape.

Apart from usual regular sized pillows, there are various pregnancy pillows including U shaped, side pillows, full body pillows which help in making the pregnancy journey of women calm and convenient.

The polyester filling contours to the shape of your body, which relieves pressure from your belly for a comfortable pillow.

On top of that, once you start breastfeeding your body starts pumping massive amounts of oxytocin into your system which helps make nipples more malleable, allowing them to shape to your baby's mouth.

But many of the new finds had such tissue preserved, which provided clues to body size and shape.

A growing body of research indicates that the B2M - MHC I complex, which is present in all cells in the body except red blood cells and plasma cells, can act in the brain in ways not obviously related to immunity — guiding brain development, shaping nerve cell communication, and even affecting behavior.

The second layer is constructed out of innovative Gel - Max memory foam, which combines the softness of foam and the superior shaping technology of gel to provide unparalleled body contour support even for the restless sleepers.

Despite being an iconic image — a fossil with a striped body, large tail, a pair of stalks terminating in dark, oval - shaped «blobs» and a large elephant trunk - like proboscis at the head end which has a pincer - like claw filled with teeth — it is a complete mystery as to what kind of extinct animal it was.

The newly created objects have different sizes and shapes, among them are many elongated bodies, some of which consist of two parts, just like the comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko, which the University of Bern studied in detail with the Bern mass spectrometer ROSINA on the Rosetta spacecraft.

No one knows for sure why they began to look more human, but unlike the bodies of other species, which are shaped by natural selection, ours may have been sculpted by our own ingenuity.

Astronomers once pictured the Kuiper belt as a giant ring - shaped collection of bodies along a disklike plane, called the ecliptic, in which Earth and all the other major planets orbit.

They differ most obviously from their spider and scorpion relatives in three ways: their massive two - segmented jaws, which can be up to one - third of their body length and are armed with teeth and spine - like and horn - like processes of various sizes; the flagellum, found on the jaws of adult males in most species and thought to play a major role in reproduction; and the malleoli, racquet - shaped sensory organs on the underside of the first segment of the last pair of legs.

The amygdala is an almond - shaped structure at a crossroads in the brain's circuitry: it links the cortex, which is responsible for conscious thought, with regions of the brain that control the body's emotional responses.

According to NHLBI, sickle cell anemia is the most common form of sickle cell disease, a serious disorder in which the body makes sickle - shaped red blood cells.

Before the operation earlier this month, the shape of the 64 - year - old patient's femur was calculated using a computerised tomography scan which produces X-ray cross-sections through the body.

Caused by corkscrew - shaped bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi, which enter the body through the bite of a tick, Lyme disease is diagnosed in around 300,000 people every year in the United States.

Plants are also capable of recognizing their relatives by their body shape — which tends to be similar to their own.

But there's another condition that has nothing to do with concerns over weight, shape or body image, and it has been recognized in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which doctors use to diagnose conditions.

This brings you to the Creature Creator, a biological toolshed in which you can squeeze and stretch your creature's skeleton into nearly any shape, as well as choose upgrades from a menu of body parts.

Women with apple - shaped bodies — those who store more of their fat in their trunk and abdominal regions — may be at particular risk for the development of eating episodes during which they experience a sense of «loss of control,» according to a new study from Drexel University.

The shape of the CRV is taken from the X-24 lifting body, which flew in the early 1970s during development of the space shuttle.

During this time, large (up to meter - sized) soft - bodied organisms, often shaped like discs or fronds, had lived on or in shallow horizontal burrows beneath thick mats of bacteria which, unlike today, coated the sea floor.

«Streamlining in birds is determined more by plumage than the shape of the body — high performing fliers can have rounded, bulky bodies» he says, which wouldn't give elongated eggs the same advantage over other egg shapes.

The study also found that the body shape of male fish evolves faster than that of females, which is likely because sexual selection accelerates the speed of evolution in males, Tobler said.

Because they have very simple body shapes, no legs and no eyes, for example, they were particularly useful for this study of cryptic diversity in pine - feeding species, which can have «huge genetic diversity with no visible differences,» Normark adds.