[Purpose] Preparing for prayers, practicing religious meditation and performing prayers are believed to stimulate the visual, vestibular and somatosensory systems, which provide the sensory information that influences human balance. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the Islamic prayer regime on balance. [Subjects and Methods] Sixty healthy male subjects with a mean age of...

One of the improvements introduced by the Romans was the public bath-house. This article discusses the formation of Jewish prayers, which were composed during the early rabbinic period, following the dangers of the public baths. Sages from late antiquity published two prayers: Before entering to the bathhouse, the bather has to pray for his safety, and after leaving the bath-house he has to tha...

All Christians are called to pray. The daily offering of Morning and Evening Prayer is a particular obligation the clergy Church England, as part ‘manner life clerks’ laid down in Canon C 26. However, despite significant time devoted these prayers by on basis, there has been little detailed examination this canonical obligation. This article explores historical background its effect today.