tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60189669855345357692024-03-13T07:16:07.670-07:00The Raw YoginiI love Yoga.
I love Real Food.
I love the Body.
I love Surfing.
I love Mother Nature.
I love Spirit.
I love Sunflowers.
I love Balance.
I love REAL.
I love to Share.
I love Mindfullness.
I love the Ocean.
I love YOU.
I love Dancing.
I love Books.
I love Silly.
I love LoVe.
I love Being.
I love Bongo Beats.
I love Stars.
I love Chocolate.
I love Health.
I love The Universe, she keeps blowing me away daily.Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289284863974755141noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018966985534535769.post-61350462167727540922012-12-11T13:11:00.000-08:002012-12-11T13:24:11.407-08:00Fancy giving your body a brush and a good stretch?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKrf1rBOwkT0Z4NoIQ-LkWg6m2jyU3IXzgjm1M-SN88pWj2dBLy9cfnh4P-Zjt64PyIKqZ-QCBq4EzuHWGEQSGO0q20gVFQs9DxN4L1IJp3HIuP87ZJr8h-IvoQobtVt3kJ3M6ckBK01Y/s1600/007+%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A great way to be in touch with your body aswell as helping to eliminate toxins, is dry body brushing. Spend just a couple minutes each day, dry brushing your skin from the bottom upwards with a dry body brush (pick one up at London drugs or Finlandia), in a circular motion until the skin gets rosy, always have the brush strokes leading to the heart direction. You can do this right before you have a shower, not only does it get rid of dead dry skin and makes skin healthier and more radiant looking, it also encourages our lymph glands to clear out their toxins, and in effect it nourishes your organs as it all eliminates the crap from your body caused from pollution, junk food, sitting here in front of this computer! :) Plus what a great excuse to spend time with yourself, bring that connection back to you and your mind, body and spirit. if that doesn't convince you, I also believe it helps to reduce cellulite!</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Staying on pampering, using organic or chemical free bathing products are so much better for you, check your bottles and definitely stay away from anything that contains aluminum, or those really long words you don't have a clue what they are. They are all putting dangerous and harmful chemicals onto your skin, which gets absorbed into your body</span>, <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">do I need to say anymore?? They don't cost more than regular shampoo and you can buy them in health stores. Wouldn't you rather smell of natural sweet oranges or aloe oil, rather than chemically enhanced toxins?? Yes please :)</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrEXBYpqOuXVCcNUbdwfpwRsb8NHQyFh7Ug2n6e01LJ2WRdQJO_Sw33AwM_9sbG1GsUBFkWF0VSosuUUnxFaKGiGlWz1U-ZLZjm5S0dRCcWHr5SqWU0Uw0SSwQr7slt1rpgV7fLOHs7qv/s1600/008+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrEXBYpqOuXVCcNUbdwfpwRsb8NHQyFh7Ug2n6e01LJ2WRdQJO_Sw33AwM_9sbG1GsUBFkWF0VSosuUUnxFaKGiGlWz1U-ZLZjm5S0dRCcWHr5SqWU0Uw0SSwQr7slt1rpgV7fLOHs7qv/s200/008+%25282%2529.JPG" width="156" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Deep Tissue class got me thinking about what yoga stretches might reach those hip flexes and lengthen the quad's and hamstrings. A really great hip opener that I learned from Yoga school in Costa Rica from Sasha our instructor was 'rocking the baby'. If you really visualise your hip joint inside your body and rotate the hip outwards as you rock your baby, in this case its your arm which should be planted with flexed foot inside the elbow joining your hands around the front. Keep both feet flexed and sit up straight, and be as quick or slow as you like. The important thing is to remember that is focus on the hip, so rotate the hip outwards, not the knee, really isolate the joint, close your eyes and visualise a good oiling of the end of the femur bone meeting the hip!</span></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Working with the hip flexors, the first stretch is from the Kit Laughlin book I mentioned in previous blogs, and is the 1st picture below, you really need to isolate the hamstring here and pull back with the foot, and forwards with the knee on the back leg, sinking your hips forward and lower to the ground. The 2nd picture, is a common yoga pose, lifting the back knee off the floor, straightening the leg onto the toes pushing the back heel back, and dropping the forearms to the inside of the bent leg, maybe taking the forehead to the floor. All great hip openers! (<span style="font-size: x-small;">also helps with flexibilty for when you become the next bad bond girl and need experience in wrapping legs around Daniel Craigs neck)</span></span></div>
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"All new patterns of nature are built out of creating old patterns in new ways.” Each structure of the human brain builds upon the previous one. Previous structures are not abandoned, rather they come to be utilized in a different, way. Transcendence is the ability to go beyond limitation and constraint". With spiritual intelligence/awareness, we can begin to use our creativity to integrate new ways of being, rather than bounding us up in a false sense of self, we are still evolving and we can evolve into BEING. 'A New Earth' is a great book by Tolle, highly recommend to read this if you are interested in awakening your brain and your BEING and LIVE! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Here is a cool animation <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFs9WO2B8uI">animation</a> (thanks Lene!) about how the left side of the brain, interacts with the right side. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"A human being is part of the whole called by us universe , a part limited in
time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something
separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This
delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and
to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves
from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living
creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty... We shall require a
substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive." - Albert
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The heart functions as a double pump and is made of cardiac muscle. It contracts involuntary, the right heart is the pulmonary pump (right heart to lungs to left heart). The left heart is the systemic pump (left heart to body tissues to right heart), both pumping blood around the body filled with oxygen and nutrients.</span></div>
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<span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In "The Biology of Transcendence" it describes how the heart's electromagnetic energy arcs out from and curves back to the heart, forming a torus shaped field that extends a number of feet away from the body<br />
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Contemplating and feeling this energy field is awe-inspiring (((♥))) Know that nature's way is not the man-made ideal of perfection. Only the ego could hold such a rigid idea, such a fixed 'thing' of what it is to be 'perfect'. Start to connect to your heart, look outside the science box aswell as understanding. Start connecting with other hearts, send our your positive energy fields, go to a yoga class and feel that amazing energy bounce off every being in there into your field, return the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp-r_f8-qz8&feature=related">goodwill</a> :) </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Feed your brain and your heart with love, knowledge, more love, creativity, even more love, learning, and good nutrition based on fresh, organic wholefoods. Eliminate processed foods from your diet, and try to eat more vegetables, nuts and grains. Read, be in nature, do yoga, connect with other beings, show kindness, meditate, sleep and LOVE, these are all ways in which we can look after our heart and brain.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="text_exposed_show"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07wi7iPMXN3MoNAqIL2vnRoiXoB_ImxCc0AWOGzF4nRR7MfuXZpovb9Aj-VZqYZIT7HnTrhPcZRd9S7s1lXIE2C1s45bdgx4hcQl9S28pKsIPudwztvIG5XHdt-U-DpFvVl1FXiO4lKAY/s1600/887735_fly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07wi7iPMXN3MoNAqIL2vnRoiXoB_ImxCc0AWOGzF4nRR7MfuXZpovb9Aj-VZqYZIT7HnTrhPcZRd9S7s1lXIE2C1s45bdgx4hcQl9S28pKsIPudwztvIG5XHdt-U-DpFvVl1FXiO4lKAY/s200/887735_fly.jpg" width="133" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">The following set of Kundalini Yoga exercises opens, clears and balances the Heart Chakra (energy vortex), which is the 4th Chakra, of the Tantra Kundalini 7 Chakra System. This Chakra is called the Anahata Chakra, meaning "unstruck sound". It is located on the spinal cord directly in line with the center of the chest. The Heart Chakra governs the respiratory and circulatory organs and systems and is associated with the attributes of love, compassion and forgiveness. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">This kriya activates the Heart Chakra and overall is excellent for improving and strengthening the heart and lungs. It promotes better circulation and helps detoxify the system. It also helps soften one’s character and makes one more loving and kind. Even though the yoga poses and exercises in this kriya are not complex, the set itself is not the easiest, so take more rest as required and Do Not Overdo it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The question is that do you think with your heart or with your head? Or do you feel with your heart, think with your head? Think with your heart, feel with your head? Feel with your heart and head? What about the male form, do they think with their naughty bits???? How does the sensory to motor repsonse work then??</span><br />
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Please be prepared for husbands and partners to be intimidated by Phallus Squash, comforting them by saying things like <strong>'darling size doesn't matter'</strong> usually works. Then giggle. Then LoVe them by feeding them lots of nourishing LoVe soups, and getting that little bit closer on the couch as the cold nights set in, making for romantic hibernation time everywhere.</div>
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Looking for ways to spruce up your salads as we move from summer to slowly smelling a scent of sweet autumn? Try this warm spicy salad to give you that freshness a salad can deliver, but also the heartiness of some spice and cruciferous delights. The cruciferous veggies are well known for helping to aid a nice poop too, which always feels great, and it's good for you!</div>
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I was inspired by a local restaurant called Nuba (on Broadway & Bayswater, or gastown Seymour & West Hastings) they are Lebanese tapas dishes mainly, and the menu is fantastic, a must try if you live in Vancouver. I've been chomping down their delicious Najibs special, which is cauliflower tossed with lemon and sea salt and some tahini, I think they over fry it a little, but its mouth wateringly fantastic and hard to share without scoffing to yourself. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So you want to help the Earth, and be more environmentally aware? But somehow the concept just seems so boring to you? Maybe you think to love Mother Earth a little more respectfully you need to grow dreadlocks, stop shaving your pits, and live in a tree only eating roots and seeds. Not the case my friends! There are tons of ways you can spice things up and help Mother Earth remain as beautiful as she is by simply spicing up your sensual side and getting a little sexy almost...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Here a just a few ideas you can make those small changes to help the Earth, and yourself... we are all connected after all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">2) Practice acro yoga with your partner,or wing it with a hottie you've been eyeing up in the studio. You'll only need one mat, annnnnd the more people are encouraged to practice yoga, the more people start to open their mind and find their true connection to the source, Mother Earth. Accidentally on purpose slip in handstand wrapping your legs around their waist and pout innocently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">3) Take your bike 'parking' and leave your car at home, save using fuel. Just take an extra blanket to keep warm and cover up rudey bits just in case the police come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">4) Use coconut oil for EVERYTHING instead of nasty chemical based lubricants and massage oils. You can massage yourself (YES!) or get a willing partner to get tropical on you and trade a coconut massage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">5) Order a large dish of gorgeous fresh and delicious food and share it with your partner or a friend, using one set of everything, one plate, one spoon, one glass, one bowl, one love. Its less washing up, mindful eating practise and less waste if sharing food on the go by reducing the need for wasteful packaging.</span></div>
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6) Stop doing excessive laundry by wearing less clothes. Even better go nude as much as possible! You will be reducing consumerism therefore reducing the use of the Earths precious resources used in manufacturing, including tons of water for all that washing.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">8) Top up your tan, get rid of those white bits and visit a nudey beach, take a spare reusable bag with you and do a beach clean up on the sand and in the ocean. Be careful if you are lunging over to pick up any gross litter, you may want to have waxed first. You are really helping decrease pollution just by picking up one piece of litter, that's great!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">9) Try camping instead of hotels, and get resourceful. Swim in lakes, steam up your tent, eat worms (maybe not), make a fire with collected wood, watch the stars free from light pollution. Today Thursday 30th August is a Blue Moon, a perfect night to sit under the stars with your loved one or yourself. Turn off all the lights and just be, its kinda romantic and you are saving the Earths precious energy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">10) Leave the heating off and hug and rub, especially in bed, you can hug and rub yourself or hug and rub your partner. Be careful not to get too relaxed, you may just let a 'love puff' out (fart) when your partner rubs you into a deeper relaxation.... but farting can still heat up the bed too.... it also makes you both laugh your heads off creating more heat! Come on, if its love its ok!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Let me know what you do that's kinda sexy and environmentally aware, you too can be greener and sexier all at once.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbH4WkMrY0MU6PmGiZ1g050eV639vXK_4820SErf0yWERuMl5ISKlRUSZpc1gxTS4rui5e02ro0MfaDLb4_0h1mi3tWsLmCSmu2xpyn8PR-R2uinvKbqmwVxLTo2J5ExGZRpVHU5kBAor/s1600/cucumber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbH4WkMrY0MU6PmGiZ1g050eV639vXK_4820SErf0yWERuMl5ISKlRUSZpc1gxTS4rui5e02ro0MfaDLb4_0h1mi3tWsLmCSmu2xpyn8PR-R2uinvKbqmwVxLTo2J5ExGZRpVHU5kBAor/s1600/cucumber.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A really refreshing cooling juice is anything containing cucumber, it cleans your mouth and cools every part of your body with that freshness cucumbers have the ability to bring. Its over 95% water and so keeps the body hydrated whilst flushing toxins from the skin. Cucumbers have elements in them with a history connected to reducing cancers like breast, prostate and ovarian, they also can regulate blood pressure and aid digestion. Cucumbers also promote joint health, and relieve arthritis pain by lowering the uric acid levels. Because of its low calorie high water content, is ideal for those looking for weight loss. Cucumbers also make great batons to bonk your partner over the head with to go and make you a refreshing juice :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Juice up, and drink within 20 minutes to ensure you are receiving the amazing benefits of the live enzymes<span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0 goog_qs-tidbit-hilite"> essential to the digestive process, and also have the ability to become metabolic enzymes. Enzymes are proteins that break down foods into nutrients your body can</span> readily digest. When you eat, your body releases digestive enzymes which are released from your saliva glands sending signals to the stomach and small intestine in preparation for digestion, and further enzymes to be released. Metabolic enzymes speed up the
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When you have this idea that you are going to meet that 'somebody', there are sometimes expectations of what that somebody 'should' be like, the perfect somebody. Sound familiar...I want a lover to be, to have, to do, to say, to think, to wear, to smell, to eat, to be.... </div>
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4. Don't try to change him. The tribal tattoos from his teenage days are part of him. His love for meat and PROTEIN can be embraced and developed into loving meals made with lentils, beans, grains, vegetables, nuts and seeds. Give him the inspiration and choice, show him that meals made with love don't always need meat in them to nourish and build. Be a caveman bitch and show him how you can get protein from other sources, or how he can eat quality meat, less, ethically, and sustainably. Guide your caveman into a world of protein meatless heaven. Accept he will fart. Accept that you will fart. Laugh. Love. Fart.</div>
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6. Do Yoga in front of him. All of the time. See what happens. Especially if you do it in your cavewoman hide with bed head cavewoman unbrushed hair. If you can keep a firm understanding that your Yoga practice cannot be interrupted for animal mouth or scent smelling, you will notice that suddenly you have another downward dog next to you, and this one is wagging his caveman tail. Be stocked up for treats for good downward dogs after practice. Yoga is for everyone, even the caveman, and whatever way they at first are inspired to try, embrace that. Yes it might have required some manipulation of the cavewoman form, but only for the greater good. Who knows the possibilites when you start meditating in front of him too...<br />
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8. Cavemen don't value clothes. In fact they prefer to be naked most of the time. GOOD. Clothes are only for keeping warm. 'It takes four walls and a roof to make a house, but it is the space that you live inside' - Lao Tzu. It doesn't matter about what your caveman wears, its what he values and how he is able to love, not just you, but all things. This is what really matters in life. Know that if your caveman is naked, you are probably going to be naked too. Love your own skin. Be comfortable in your own skin. Afterall you are just a skeleton with organs, skin, and muscle. It's just a shell. Love who you are, and who you are isn't just a shell. If you are going to love your caveman, you must at first know how to love yourself. Love your mind body and spirit. Nude doesn't equal sex either (not all the time). Your caveman also wants to cherish you, and he will do that if you cherish yourself. It will show, and that isn't always in the pvc catsuit you've been saving for that special 'Im gonna blow his mind' moment. Sex isn't always the way to make your caveman love you. Neither are your clothes. Free yourself.</div>
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To all cavemen out there, YOU ARE LOVED. To all cavewomen bitches, YOU ARE LOVED.<br />
Love all species, Develop together, Evolve collectively , Connect with each other.<br />
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You can also read this article here on <a href="http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/08/10-rules-for-loving-a-caveman-michelle-langton/">Elephant Journal</a></div>
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Films worth watching, change your future, look after this planet, look after each other, look after yourself.<br />
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Share with others! Connect, inspire. Thanks for sharing and inspiring Theresa, I support you!<br />
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Friends, the point is we can all do something about something, and it can start with just waking up.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> All of your ideas and input are brilliant!!</span><br />
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Need something sweeter to fill that emotional hunger? Take action and try bliss balls to help :)</div>
<br />Bliss Balls are packed with good fats from the walnuts to feed your brain, take a look at them, they look like a brain, yep thats right, and the balls of bliss are full of fiber from the dates, which also provide energy-fueling carbohydrates and have more potassium than bananas. Cacao nibs are high in antioxidants and are the purest chocolate you'll find.<br />
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Are you doing what you love???<br />
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What exactly is it that you love???<br />
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Get a pen and piece of paper and write what it is that you love to do, love to see, love to BE.<br />
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Everything is possible, trust in yourself and in the Universe.<br />
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One of my nutrition clients loved climbing trees, yet she hadn't climbed a tree for over 10 years and forgot the inner child in her. Another loves coffee, but refuses to drink it and gets stressed out about it. A friend of mine wants to travel, but she sits at home on the couch unfufilled. A guy I know has some amazing inventions collecting dust in his cabinet, and is unhappy with his current job... so many of the amazing people around me all have a passion, all have a love, but aren't doing it....<br />
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WHY DON'T WE DO WHAT WE LOVE?<br />
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A caveman shared this beautiful 6min film with me capturing some of this beautiful world, and pointing out the most beautiful things are right here in front of our beautiful noses to enjoy.<br />
If you are passionate about something then do it, don't waste your life dreaming of a better one.<br />
You are enough. You can do it.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/14074949" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/14074949</a><br />
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SurfSwooonNnnnatureGasimmm.......See the beauty and the mystery in all things, even in dark and moody England... Everything is a gift, and everything is here to enjoy right now.<br />
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The message is pretty clear... <strong>Do what you love! </strong><br />
<br />Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289284863974755141noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018966985534535769.post-50327951440114147292012-06-10T20:11:00.001-07:002012-06-10T20:14:33.236-07:00Dreams....<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Follow your dreams, well why wouldn't we? What's stopping you? Wanna be a surf pro hottie, start with swimming in the ocean and body surf some waves. Too cold?? Get yourself</span> <span style="font-size: small;">to a local pool and play in the water there. Or make some new rich friends who have a pool or a condo in Costa Rica. Even surf hotties had to start somewhere :)</span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-size: small;">It could just be one small thing you can achieve at first, and just see what happens.<br />What makes you smile??? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">GO DO IT!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Still haven't achieved handstand in your yoga practice??? Don't fret, practice with your lover and use some support and soft cushioning for any falls. The point is, just go and do what you want to do in this life. Don't hold back, follow your dreams, whatever they are, however big or small they are, one small step at a time will get you there, the Universe is listening to you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ask that person out for a walk, apply for that job, read that book, eat those foods, take that course, travel to that country, leave things that don't serve you behind, get the puppy, buy that chocolate cake, tell them YOU LOVE THEM. Everything will be ok, it always will be.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy!</span><br />Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289284863974755141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018966985534535769.post-37979601240330312102012-05-30T16:18:00.004-07:002012-05-30T16:18:57.829-07:00Pura Vida Costa Rica!<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2c3sSO_Y_HtVxSgPtyKJi7UeKRVzhAk_34Q5LPvv9kZpsPUtS5197b4cKoTF7uLVepr2Hbf5HEQbresU2qs6lUzVwjm533Nyf7nj27WwRJsXcvsWezd-kcPZ7kuk3oDGfMQsH_0Pj2K_/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2c3sSO_Y_HtVxSgPtyKJi7UeKRVzhAk_34Q5LPvv9kZpsPUtS5197b4cKoTF7uLVepr2Hbf5HEQbresU2qs6lUzVwjm533Nyf7nj27WwRJsXcvsWezd-kcPZ7kuk3oDGfMQsH_0Pj2K_/s400/045.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I share a treehouse with a geko</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">He runs across the wood</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Eating mozzies in the dark</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Protecting me from becoming food</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I share a treehouse with some ants</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">They march across the stones</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Carrying huge leaves upon their backs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">For storing in big ant homes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I share a treehouse with an iguana</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">She slides across the roof</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Collar of scaly skin flaps around</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Colours change as she moves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I share a treehouse with a horse</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Outside he chews the grass</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Chestnut brown and curious</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I share a treehouse with a geko</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">He runs across the wood</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Eating mozzies in the dark</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Protecting me from becoming food</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">I share a treehouse with some ants</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">They march across the stones</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Carrying huge leaves upon their backs</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">For storing in big ant homes</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">I share a treehouse with an iguana</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">She slides across the roof</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Collar of scaly skin flaps around</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Colours change as she moves</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">I share a treehouse with a horse</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Whose coat is chestnut brown<br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Outside he chews the grass</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Looks at me with eyes of black glass</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUa7lzq_OojmMmSrv2f9mrwYWEVaLuCqTCy7KwZfdPmF-32CNVsjaBHflvkF08v9qOoQUrr7Wcvs8G7GdNfuDpsgC0ZL3tFLs0P1anGBE-Ph8kDBCbE7cXJIdYdbf40ltvvOpIG8R6e8q/s1600/143.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUa7lzq_OojmMmSrv2f9mrwYWEVaLuCqTCy7KwZfdPmF-32CNVsjaBHflvkF08v9qOoQUrr7Wcvs8G7GdNfuDpsgC0ZL3tFLs0P1anGBE-Ph8kDBCbE7cXJIdYdbf40ltvvOpIG8R6e8q/s400/143.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">I share a treehouse with a grasshopper </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I think he feels a bit lonely</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Making noises with his legs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Calling for his friends to come over</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I share a treehouse with four guys</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I think they're really cool</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">We go for a surf in the ocean</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Or play and laugh in the tidal pool</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I share a treehouse with a monkey</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">She howls up in the tree</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Swinging in branches looking down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">On our treehouse family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">On the beach I sit alone grateful for this today</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">On the beach alone I sit watching giant waves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">On the beach alone I sit peeking through heat haze</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">On the beach I sit alone absorbing energy from the sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">On the beach I sit alone this life has just begun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">On the beach alone I sit picking up the shells</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">On the beach alone I sit mesmorised in giant swells</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">On the beach I sit alone rolling in the sand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">On the beach I sit alone just where does the break land?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I sit alone on the beach looking at the sky</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I sit alone on the beach feeling the most natural high.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">On the beach, alone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The hitchiking shorts still work!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So easy to get a ride :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I pull on frayed denim over my ass</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And onto a bike I slide.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stick out your thumb</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wear a big smile</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wait for the sound of an engine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its all in the bum</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Poking out of the denim,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Im off for another adventure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The place of Pura Vida!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Can you feel it too?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Find that place inside and make it feel brand new.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Stillness in your being</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Being in your stillness</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Look without searching now breathe but really feeling.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Clear your mind of chatter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thoughts that clog your mind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">None of it really matters, its yourself you have to find.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Who you are today</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">And who you are tomorrow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Its the same but always different, but how exciting could be life?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Jump in and go the distance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">How does a place like this find this inner space</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">It imbeds into your soul</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">But maybe that is not the case?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wake up! Come on! Lets go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The roar of the ocean thunder on the sand, soft with power a yin yang wonderland, slicing through the water, twinkles in the sun, fishes swim below me, dont miss the starting gun. Rising falling peaks like melting white ice cream, paddle harder quicker GO, your muscles start to scream.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Sunshine surf and yoga fill these happy days</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tantra is on my body </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">feels open</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Sweet smells of ylang ylang in the air when the dust is broken</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Constant churn of ocean crawling up the sand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Why is Costa Rica a tropical sexy magic land?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">All I want for xmas is a threesome</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Two hot surf dudes from California will do</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">A gallon of vodka and a magerita</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Why have one when you can have two?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Mageritas!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Black eye bust lip seventeen bruises</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Whose counting?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Surfs up!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Bashed hip, swollen knee, cut foot, bumped chin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Whose counting?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Surfs up!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tumbled like a washing machine, body flips mid air</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Who cares?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Surfs up!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Handstands underwater, gasps for air</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Who cares?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Surfs up!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The perfect wave, comes peeling towards</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Paddles, stand up, ride it, its your wave!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Surfs up its worth the journey!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whats that?? Feeling down? Depressed? Low energy? Sick of the rain?? Maybe you have a cold coming on? Grabbing for chocolate? Mindlessly eating? Feeling irritable and anxious? Not done that project or your homework? Cant concentrate?? What the blaaaaaady hell is wrong with you????</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s free. It’s fun. It’s healthy. It restores you to your true self. You can share it, go solo, or as part of a team! :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Way to practice getting into the present moment, totally and completely and utterly JUST LET GO.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1) Orgasm is a powerful stress-reliever.</b> You release loads of oxytocin at climax, which makes you feel sociable, content, safe and relaxed. In fact, oxytocin is the natural antidote to stress hormones in the body. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>6) Boosts your immune system. </b>Feel a chill or the tickling of a sore throat? Quick—run and have an orgasm! A Wilkes University study showed that people having sex once or twice a week had a 30% increase in immunoglobulin A, which strengthens immunity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>8) Pain relief. </b>When you have a headache, don’t avoid sex. Have it. The endorphin release can relieve up to 70% of your pain symptoms. Headaches and menstrual cramps will be greatly reduced. (OK ok ok chocolate also works well here too)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>9) Sexercise. </b>Yes, a vigorous session will burn calories. How much depends on how vigorous. It’s like comparing a gentle Hatha class to a rockin’ Vinyasa. Beyond that, sex and orgasm strengthen little-used internal core muscles that keep you all sorts of supple. Be adventurous, its ok to suggest a wrestling contest!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>10) Orgasms make you beautiful.</b> From the pheromones you emit, which make you more attractive, to the estrogen produced, making hair shiny and skin smooth, well-sexed people radiate. They give off a certain magnetism, a je ne sais quoi that is the afterglow of good lovin’. It wears you for days afterward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span>Edited from a piece by <a class="ecxauthor-link" href="http://www.mindbodygreen.com/wc/kim-anami" target="_blank">Kim Anami</a></div>Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289284863974755141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018966985534535769.post-66555844747506308332011-11-14T20:33:00.001-08:002011-11-14T21:38:11.293-08:00Inner Patchouli Peace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Just how do we find this 'inner peace' everyone is raving about? Do we really have to start wearing Patchouli and always let the creepy man at meditation class give you one of those hugs when body parts touch that definitely really aren't meant to. For me, luckily, there is no creepy guy at meditation class, and I quite like Patchouli in small doses and if not used to mask a mouldy tent or wet dog smell. But I still battle with finding inner peace on the meditation mat, which is why I like to seek meditation in everyday life, whatever the weather, whatever the task in hand. Anything that we mindfully practice, focus on, take part in, or do, is a form of meditation if you completely focus on the task at hand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here are some examples, the first inspired by my good friend Ignacio. Before sleep he visualises waves, and surfing along them, over and over, calm and serene and perfect, obviously no wipe outs in the visualisation, the point is to keep your mind focused on one thing only, clear out the rest of the chatter. What better way to do that catching a perfect wave. For you this may be going for a run, you focus on your breath you look at the leaves you run over, you feel the fresh air on your face, you don't get into a conversation in your head about the cyclist without a helmet, you just concentrate on your run, one foot in front of the other, breathe, feel. Walk up your stairs and mindfully put each foot on a stair and concentrate on the mechanics of your body as you simply walk up the stairs look at your hand on the rail, slow your breath and move each foot with each breath. Brushing your teeth, focus on mindfully brushing (in a circular motion apparently is best says my Hawaiian themed dentist and his smile is perfect) Really think about what you are doing, I'm brushing my teeth on the left side in a circular motion, the toothpaste is foamy, my teeth are getting cleaned, I'm brushing the right side, I'm brushing my tongue (gag) Get the picture? Mindfully eat your real food, chew and chew until its a paste in your mouth savouring every taste, igniting every taste bud and nourishing every cell, think about your food and what its doing in your body, where it came from, turn the TV off. It may seem pretty dumb, but if you can get your mind to practice only focusing on one thing, you will eventually find it easier to switch your mind on and off for when its needed. There is no instant gratification Ignacio! It takes time, and you definitely will feel calmer and more relaxed as soon as you start practicing mindfully living, but its the best long term investment you can make for your mind, body and soul connection. </span></div>
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There are so many advantages to meditation. Try this 100? If you can't focus long enough to read a 100 point list, its definitely time to start meditating and finding 'some' inner peace, however that may be.</div>
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<strong>Physiological benefits:</strong><br />
1- It lowers oxygen consumption.<br />
2- It decreases respiratory rate.<br />
3- It increases blood flow,slows the heart rate.<br />
4- Increases exercise tolerance.<br />
5- Leads to a deeper level of physical relaxation.<br />
6- Good for people with high blood pressure.<br />
7- Reduces anxiety attacks by lowering the levels of blood lactate.<br />
8- Decreases muscle tension<br />
9- Helps in chronic diseases like allergies, arthritis etc.<br />
10- Reduces Pre-menstrual Syndrome symptoms.<br />
11- Helps in post-operative healing.<br />
12- Enhances the immune system.<br />
13- Reduces activity of viruses and emotional distress<br />
14- Enhances energy, strength and vigour.<br />
15- Helps with weight loss<br />
16- Reduction of free radicals, less tissue damage<br />
17- Higher skin resistance<br />
18- Drop in cholesterol levels, lowers risk of cardiovascular disease.<br />
19- Improved flow of air to the lungs resulting in easier breathing.<br />
20- Decreases the aging process.<br />
21- Higher levels of DHEAS (Dehydroepiandrosterone)<br />
22- prevented, slowed or controlled pain of chronic diseases<br />
23- Makes you sweat less<br />
24- Cure headaches & migraines<br />
25- Greater Orderliness of Brain Functioning<br />
26- Reduced Need for Medical Care<br />
27- Less energy wasted<br />
28- More inclined to sports, activities<br />
29- Significant relief from asthma<br />
30- improved performance in athletic events<br />
31- Normalizes to your ideal weight<br />
32- harmonizes our endocrine system<br />
33- relaxes our nervous system<br />
34- produce lasting beneficial changes in brain electrical activity<br />
35- Cure infertility (the stresses of infertility can interfere with the release of hormones that regulate ovulation).</div>
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36- Builds self-confidence.<br />
37- Increases serotonin level, influences mood and behaviour.<br />
38- Resolve phobias & fears<br />
39- Helps control own thoughts<br />
40- Helps with focus & concentration<br />
41- Increase creativity<br />
42- Increased brain wave coherence.<br />
43- Improved learning ability and memory.<br />
44- Increased feelings of vitality and rejuvenation.<br />
45- Increased emotional stability.<br />
46- improved relationships<br />
47- Mind ages at slower rate<br />
48- Easier to remove bad habits<br />
49- Develops intuition<br />
50- Increased Productivity<br />
51- Improved relations at home & at work<br />
52- Able to see the larger picture in a given situation<br />
53- Helps ignore petty issues<br />
54- Increased ability to solve complex problems<br />
55- Purifies your character<br />
56- Develop will power<br />
57- greater communication between the two brain hemispheres<br />
58- react more quickly and more effectively to a stressful event.<br />
59- increases one’s perceptual ability and motor performance<br />
60- higher intelligence growth rate<br />
61- Increased job satisfaction<br />
62- increase in the capacity for intimate contact with loved ones<br />
63- decrease in potential mental illness<br />
64- Better, more sociable behaviour<br />
65- Less aggressiveness<br />
66- Helps in quitting smoking, alcohol addiction<br />
67- Reduces need and dependency on drugs, pills & pharmaceuticals<br />
68- Need less sleep to recover from sleep deprivation<br />
69- Require less time to fall asleep, helps cure insomnia<br />
70- Increases sense of responsibility<br />
71- Reduces road rage<br />
72- Decrease in restless thinking<br />
73- Decreased tendency to worry<br />
74- Increases listening skills and empathy<br />
75- Helps make more accurate judgements<br />
76- Greater tolerance<br />
77- Gives composure to act in considered & constructive ways<br />
78- Grows a stable, more balanced personality<br />
79- Develops emotional maturity</div>
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80- Helps keep things in perspective<br />
81- Provides peace of mind, happiness<br />
82- Helps you discover your purpose<br />
83- Increased self-actualization.<br />
84- Increased compassion<br />
85- Growing wisdom<br />
86- Deeper understanding of yourself and others<br />
87- Brings body, mind, spirit in harmony<br />
88- Deeper Level of spiritual relaxation<br />
89- Increased acceptance of oneself<br />
90- helps learn forgiveness<br />
91- Changes attitude toward life<br />
92- Creates a deeper spiritual relationship<br />
93- Attain enlightenment<br />
94- greater inner-directness<br />
95- Helps living in the present moment<br />
96- Creates a widening, deepening capacity for love<br />
97- Discovery of the power and consciousness beyond the ego<br />
98- Experience an inner sense of “Assurance or Knowingness”<br />
99- Experience a sense of “Oneness”<br />
100- Increases the synchronicity in your life</div>
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Meditation is also completely FREE! It requires no special equipment, it can be practiced anywhere, including Ignacio's rooftop. It can be done at any given moment, walking, running, brushing teeth, at a meditation class, on your bed, in a chair, lying on the floor ANYWHERE. It is not time consuming, try for just 5 minutes a day, and then try 15-20 min. per day. Best of all, meditation has NO negative side effects. Bottom line, there is nothing but positive to be gained from it! With such a huge list of benefits, the question you should ask yourself is, “why am I not meditating yet?” If you need a point to start from after some mindful practice, you could try some guided meditation, here are some free ones here I enjoy <a href="http://www.fragrantheart.com/">http://www.fragrantheart.com/</a> they can provide you with a good foundation from which to begin meditating. Just try it out, there are quite simply too many positives to just ignore it :) When you are ready to take the next leap on your Inner Peace journey, read this blog with some more meditation tips <a href="http://hungrymoose-chelle.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-10.html">http://hungrymoose-chelle.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-10.html</a></div>
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The wind in Vancouver was intense today, and I couldn't wait to be home and practice some cosy yoga safe indoors in warmth with views of the snow capped mountains in the distance. Our bodies respond to love, and enjoy stretches, especially to Louis Armstrong. I picked up this dreamy stretch from Semperviva's one and only tattooed armed Cameron. Starting in table top, pull back to child's pose, letting the hips fall to the left and right, circling your spine pulling your torso forward, and almost draw the infinity symbol which is a number 8 on its side, rotate your body back, and around, and hear those delightful pops and cracks and snaps, in a good way. Its called a Rice Crispy, not the most nutritional perhaps, but on the money. Enjoy, its my first of many video postings of me showing the poses and I'd love some feedback or some requests! Please help me help others and share my blog and repost and subscribe to the raw subscribers list which you can do by clicking on the tab to the right, thanks! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lunKUcZEkmg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lunKUcZEkmg</a></div>
</span>Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289284863974755141noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018966985534535769.post-41840316501067591402011-11-12T14:01:00.001-08:002011-11-14T19:24:51.132-08:00Everybodys free to feel good!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdMi7vYbNYssYxvQpxhM2sRMHf_ZR7KFEBXNLMxnf66NLZ4i4_zRqOUqh9GQ0fUeWLo4psrpekFVctACYHrljU-O3k8wkrJQQEZgJHZEQ15wPRmlKN0tmSMW2d1BKGuCCCF8jxA7aQaGaB/s1600/untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdMi7vYbNYssYxvQpxhM2sRMHf_ZR7KFEBXNLMxnf66NLZ4i4_zRqOUqh9GQ0fUeWLo4psrpekFVctACYHrljU-O3k8wkrJQQEZgJHZEQ15wPRmlKN0tmSMW2d1BKGuCCCF8jxA7aQaGaB/s320/untitled.png" width="266" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ever just listened to what your body wants? What your body needs? What your body likes? What would you like to eat right now, what would you like to be doing right now, what would you like to feel right now? Dance, eat chocolate, drink red wine, be silly, do yoga, run really fast, kiss your neighbour, be naked, wear something outrageously different, shave your head, high five the bus driver, tell a story, laugh REALLY loud, speak up with your opinion, jump off everything for a day, hold a baby, flash your knickers, flex your muscles, sing your favourite song on the tube, book a road trip, stop shaving, get a tattoo, make a new interesting friend, touch someones skin, just do it because you can, and because it feels good. Shouldn't everyone be allowed this? Everybody's Free to Feel Good! Crank it up, and have a thought for fundamental human rights.</span></div>
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Preserve your good times, and relive them over and over, feel grateful for the Freedom you have in your life however big or small that may be. Our bodies are amazing at storing a memory, an emotion, and when we store the good ones we can tap into that feeling we felt over and over and remember to keep making new good memories. Its coming into Winter now, and if you're a sun worshipper, you can easily tap into those moments of warm rays on your face and feel good in the rain, wind or shine. Feel good! Why make ourselves suffer by complaining, its so much easier to feel good and be nice, think positively and be full of love and smiles. Suddenly you'll find you are surrounded by the same things too, and like dominoes you will ooze the feel good hormones!<br />
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3-4 courgettes (zucchini), 12 sun dried tomatoes soaked in olive oil, 12 fresh baby tomatoes, fresh basil leaves, 1 tsp of salt (try Himalayan), 0.5 cup of organic olive oil, pine nuts.<br />
Chop the courgettes into thin strips, I used a potato peeler and a knife, it took time but the effect was amazing. You can go all fancy and buy a 'spiraliser' machine which does make it look amazing, but it will still taste the same! Chop the tomatoes into pieces, you could also blend them if you preferred a sauce rather than a chunky style Mediterranean style, stir in the olive oil, salt to taste. Top with basil and pine nuts (or feta if you are allergic to nuts) Crack open the organic red wine (better for hangovers - read blog 'Comfortable in your own skin') Slosh your wine glass around, invite a hot Italian over for dinner and enjoy!<br />
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I met a new lovely friend called Jasmin, originally from Germany, and lived all over the world. Who said the English and the Germans can't be friends?? Oh yeah male football lovers, get a life guys! :) Jasmin married the same guy twice and gives me renewed faith in that old thing called Love. We are at the same school studying Holistic Nutrition together, not the same class, but definitely the same wave length. Walking on the beach getting to know each other, playing in the leaves, talking about love, autumn, cats and dogs, food, babies, silly and yoga! What a great way to spend an afternoon, I'm grateful to meet lovely new people everyday, they keep showing up all around me and suddenly I don't feel lonely anymore. Sitting on logs and creating 'Cactus' pose in our shadows looking out to the snow capped peaks over on North Vancouver, Grouse Mountain and her sisters slowly get covered each day with more snow, its wonderful to witness. I'm so happy to be here!<br />
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Back bending into Wheel pose means you can look at the mountains upside down!! I took advantage of a potential soft sand landing and having a camerawoman. Besides it just FELT GOOD!<br />
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The word Urdhva-Dhanurasana which means "raised bow", and the term Chakra Asana which comes from the root "to move" both describe the Wheel posture. This pose is quite energizing and is the advanced version of Bridge Pose. You can perform the posture in the morning or day time. It has positive physical and mental effects when practiced regularly and is a great tonic for the body. Wheel Pose is a backbend that benefits the spine. It strengthens and lengthens every vertebrae, therefore increasing elasticity and flexibility of the spine. As you hold yourself up in the pose, you are strengthening your arms, shoulders and chest as well as stimulating the entire cardiovascular system.<br />
This pose opens up the chest area, strengthening the lungs and allowing more oxygen to enter the rib cage. It improves the respiratory system and great for those with ashma or any other breathing problems. It's important to breath deeply in the pose with both nostrils. If you suffer from any digestive disorders, then the wheel pose can help. It also enhances the nervous system and improves secretions of the hormones keeping you balanced and healthy. <br />
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Outreach is over, and time for me to reflect on my experience so far. Instantly
I know that this isn’t over for me, I love to share ideas and information, I
love to know I’ve helped a few budding yogi’s along the way. Or maybe you just
took the body brush tips, or the hot lemon water. If you took anything from the
challenge so far, then thank you, I’m truly honoured you took time to read this
and even try out the advice. Blogging my raw experiences along the way has also helped me study at school, think more clearly about my yoga practice, and look at how I really think about certain issues. I would highly recommend keeping a blog, a diary, a journal and get your thoughts out on paper, or just share them with a friend, talk things over. Don't have thoughts swirling around like leaves in your head, there is too much living to be done to be raking them up all of the time. It really helps too, so thanks for listening :)</span></span></div>
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challenge in practicing yoga for 30 days consistently, was to blog my
experience, explain some yoga asanas, share my thoughts and advise on
everything from nutrition to love. My ego gets in the way sometimes, I feel it
brewing and I still post the LOOK AT ME photographs anyway, but the intention
was to grasp your attention in the hope you would find the blog more enjoyable
and fun. Funny how ‘sex sells’ the blogs containing arse, boobs and body all definitely
had the highest hits, and on reflection I was manipulating my readers with
captions like ‘Are you looking at my tits’. All in good spirits of course!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is to keep sharing yoga with everyone who is interested, keep sharing nutrition
advice for everyone who needs it, and mainly keep sharing love for anyone you
wants it. Thanks so much to everyone who sponsored me and donated some pennies,
now the challenge is over and I’ve successfully completed it would be great if
you could spare a couple bucks/pounds/euros and help Outreach Charity continue
their fine work in helping the vulnerable through Yoga. I’ll be continuing to
work with them during my stay in Vancouver teaching yoga to those suffering
with trauma, depression and abuse. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE spare some cash for the
charity if you can.</span></div>
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blog, with some new interesting angles, its my aim to continue sharing yoga and
holistic nutrition forever and it will be with you coming to staying in my
holistic yoga homestay retreat in the mountains somewhere with the ocean. If
you have anything to share please send me an email with some suggestions for
the blog, would love to research anything nutrition, holistic, yoga, and the
world related! Thanks for all your sweet messages, thanks to GOD AND MY MOM AND
I ACCEPT THIS OSCAR...oh...wrong gig.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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be bad because of its saturated fat content, coconut oil is now known to
contain a unique form of saturated fat that actually helps prevent heart
disease, stroke, and hardening of arteries. The saturated fat in coconut oil
is unlike the fat found in meat or other vegetable fats. It is identical to a
special group of fats found in human breast milk, which have been shown to
improve digestion, strengthen the immune system, and protect against bacterial,
viral and fungal infections. These fats derived from coconut oil, are now
routinely used in hospital IV formulations and commercial baby formulas. They’re
also used in sports drinks to boost energy and enhance athletic performance.
However, there is nothing better than drinking pure coconut juice straight from
the tree...in costa rica... <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coconut Oil Miracle benefits;<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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atherosclerosis and related illness<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reduces risk of cancer and
other degenerative conditions<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Promotes weight
loss...healthy!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Helps control diabetes<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Supplies fewer calories
than other fats<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpsTkC4v-gSLjCwaM1wTpFjOd7KyShJvkuIRCR9aqcmVpmEKvzPG5p-HG2Xu6mcdPNckrCqCBEtJKFYwzVlkhaUz3Bi3q04M_qUjO5muOaRbay4p_t_Px78c54X_asu-lxnf1wi45kCs5D/s1600/untitled0.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is heat resistant (THE HEALTHIEST
OIL FOR COOKING)<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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aging and wrinking of skin....ditch botox</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sleep is so essential to our bodies, and I got an extra hour this morning without even knowing it YYIIPPPEEEEEEE! We repair and rebuild, rejuvinate and restore whilst we enter dreamland. Eating a small amount of protein in the evening is best for rebuilding. Dreaming is only for sleeping, not for awakening. Here are some points from Harvard on why sleep is so important for us;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Learning and memory: Sleep helps the brain commit new information to memory through a process called memory consolidation. In studies, people who’d slept after learning a task did better on tests later. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Metabolism and weight: Chronic sleep deprivation may cause weight gain by affecting the way our bodies process and store carbohydrates, and by altering levels of hormones that affect our appetite. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Safety: Sleep debt contributes to a greater tendency to fall asleep during the daytime. These lapses may cause falls and mistakes such as medical errors, air traffic mishaps, and road accidents. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mood: Sleep loss may result in irritability, impatience, inability to concentrate, and moodiness. Too little sleep can also leave you too tired to do the things you like to do. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cardiovascular health: Serious sleep disorders have been linked to hypertension, increased stress hormone levels, and irregular heartbeat. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Disease: Sleep deprivation alters immune function, including the activity of the body’s killer cells. Keeping up with sleep may also help fight cancer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Whats your sleep hygiene like? If you are struggling with sleeping, there are some really easy ways to take a look at what the problem is. Whats happening in your life at the moment, stress, work, family, poor nutrition, not enough exercise, too much TV, too much coffee, too much chatter in the monkey mind, and many more things that all of us have each day adding to our toxic load. Yoga and meditation can help with stress and clearing the mind, you can reward your body with simple movements with breath, focus and relax. Cut down on coffee or cut it out, or stop drinking it in the afternoon. Try some hot lemon water, or some Matcha green tea. THINK about what you eat, if you are eating on the go, its probably not going to nourish you. Plan what you are going to eat for the week, do your shopping on a day off and do some prep for your food. Have a portable lunchbox to take with you with snacks, my last boyfriend used to take his everywhere, it would be filled with a hard boiled, egg, an apple, carrots, some nuts and seeds, tomatoes. I would laugh at him filling it each day, now I'm just the same except my lunchbox is pink, oh hang on, so was his. Seriously, when we are hungry we always grab the naughty but nice things, or crave sugar. Its better to plan ahead, cut up your veggies and store them in containers in the fridge, freeze up some homemade soups, have your snack box, be prepared, drink lots of water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">The TV is a LIAR. It will lie to you, scare you, make you feel miserable, and waste your life away. TURN OFF THE TV. Watching the shite thats aired will stimulate your brain in the wrong way, do you really care about some reality D star blowing off pigs, or a soap shows endless amounts of funerals and murders and deaths. Its all so negative and draining to your soul, if you do watch TV then watch things that have purpose. Research who owns the news channels you watch, and research some more and find out what the real news is. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">None of this rant applies to anything by David Attenborough and True Blood of course.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQwz13g8ECsM4MnwOEooyTk_HNMV2wKevmYEWxfQaRww0MNHZQ0Rf0WIHB2TuNS1s8Gecu5eutLHiUipehovqDkx62Z2iZZlZUbmpKV1VrIL_5hSfTmwX5QnWDePGjv85ug7ApmllzA97/s1600/imagesCA7832RU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQwz13g8ECsM4MnwOEooyTk_HNMV2wKevmYEWxfQaRww0MNHZQ0Rf0WIHB2TuNS1s8Gecu5eutLHiUipehovqDkx62Z2iZZlZUbmpKV1VrIL_5hSfTmwX5QnWDePGjv85ug7ApmllzA97/s400/imagesCA7832RU.jpg" width="398" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Have a look at your bedroom, de-busy it and remove any visable clutter, paint your walls nice calm colours, have nice bed linen thats always fresh and clean that makes you want to star jump into the middle and do some bed karate. Do you share your bed with a snorer? BOOT THEM OUT! After sleeping in hostels with many snoring nightmares I understand how painful it is to bear the snores, when really the repsonsibility should be on the person snoring. There are plenty of products out there to aid snoring and showing some compassion on both sides will definately reduce the need to stuff a pillow in their mouth shouting BEEEE QQQUUIIIETTTTTT OR DIEEE! Kidding. Kind of. Don't have anything electrical at all in your bedroom, think about the electrical magnetical waves roaming about your eyelids as you try to peacefully sleep, don't have your phone glued to your pillow, its unhealthy, you are sleeping! Phone off and in another room, buy a cheap wind up alarm clock, our bodies our clever and if we get up at the same time each day, it will naturally awaken you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">After school this morning, I treated myself to a Thai massage on Broadway offering a special deal. No not seeding Bangkok style, although the lovely ladies there were both from Bangkok. The massage was traditional Thai done on a bed that the massuse could walk around you, over you, up and down you and on you :) I opted clothes off style (Warrior memories...) and enjoyed the extreme stretching, cracking and pressing these little powerhouse ladies are capable of using their hands, elbows, arms, feet, knees, legs, bum?? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">'you have velly velly nice skin, you look after it well, you velly flexible too'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">'Really, thanks!!' I gush all proud...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">'but why you full of all these bruises and cuts, what you do to yourself??'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">'Errrr I went over my handlebars on my bike' (and played bed karate)....feels silly...and slutty.</span><br />
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Add this to your sleep hygiene, and you will be sleeping like a baby as they say. Take a leaf from my sisters other gorgeous baby Dylan.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Something about the fresh cold air in Vancouver, the sky is blue, the sun shines, its cold and so colourful outside, autumn is simply divine. Walking around my neighbourhood looking up at the trees, feeling grateful to be here, looking out to the mountains and smiling at the snow that cups the tops and knowing that I'm part of this world, I'm part of that mountain, I'm part of you. You're part of me. What does Autumn make you feel like, share with me? I LOVE RED! Isn't it amazing the colours of this season?? Ever notice how the veggies are the same??</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">The waterfront is blissful, I live not too far from Jericho beach, and being able to wander down to the sands through the many small parks on the waterfront, kick some leaves, practice some Nature yoga, and just BE is heaven. Heaven is here on this earth for us to enjoy whilst we are alive folks, so don't waste time thinking about the place you think you're headed when you die. What matters is RIGHT NOW. Lao Tzu wise words tell us....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Heaven and earth last forever.<br />
The reason why heaven and earth last forever<br />
is that they do not live for themselves.<br />
Hence, they last forever.<br />
Therefore, the True Person leaves self behind<br />
and thus is found in front,<br />
is not guarded and thus is preserved,<br />
is self-free and thus is able to find fulfilment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From Warrior II pose (with the right knee bent), bring the left hand down to rest on the left leg. Inhale the right arm up towards the ceiling, and reach the fingers away from each other. Look straight ahead or up at the ceiling. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Keep the right knee bent, pressing into the feet with the legs strong. Sink the hips down toward the floor and relax the shoulders. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Breathe and hold for 2-6 breaths. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">To release: inhale the arms parallel to the floor coming back into Warrior II. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Repeat on other side. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Benefits + Contraindications: </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Benefits: </strong>Reverse Warrior stretches the side of the torso and arm, opens the hips and builds lower body strength. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Contraindications:</strong> Recent or chronic injury to the hips, back or shoulders.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">After a morning of LOVING this city. I spent the afternoon reading and relaxing some good R&R time. I gave Tamsin (my landlady) and her cute little girl Gabrielle who is 5 a private kids yoga lesson. I really enjoyed adapting the flow of the lesson and getting in touch with the kid inside us (not hard for me I LOVE SILLY!) We did some body shaking, rag dolls, downward dog tail wagging, butterfly wing flapping, table tops, snakes, tickle toes and giraffe heads. Its funny as Gabrielle was really really good and flexible and soooo fragile, but the pose she got into the most was savasana! She seemed to love the chill out and the foot and head rub, and she even helped me do mums. I really enjoyed it, and it helped me understand how kids work in Yoga, and how to keep their attention. Next time, I will have to insist on no eating cheese in 3 legged downward dog :) How did she do that anyway??? Hahahahaa! Get your kids into yoga, keep their bodies supple, its great bonding time for parents and its good for your soul. Its so great to watch your kids having fun doing something that is so good for their wellbeing without them even knowing, it means you get to practice to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">TURN OFF THE TV AND GET A YOGA MAT. I had a good chat with </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">my sister back in the UK, absorbing the love and getting the best pose EVER from her gorgeous new baby Blossom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Its the day Vancouver Yogi's have been waiting for, the Vancouver Yoga Conference and show</span><br />
<a href="http://www.theyogaconference.com/vancouver2011/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://www.theyogaconference.com/vancouver2011/</span></a> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">and I'm meeting up with the lovely Michella whom I met at Teacher Training in Costa Rica ca ca ca ca. The show hosts loads of exhibits with the latest stuff out on the market for yogi's, but also loads of nutrition, free passes for new yoga studio's and teachers, opportunities to volunteer teaching, free tea, free cacoa, free coconut water, free yoga, free free free free free welcome to the FREE WORLD. Kind of :) I enjoyed chatting to everyone working on the exhibit stands and sharing their passions for each of their products. Some were able to answer, some were a little stuck, 'So what makes your yoga studio stand out more than others?'....'free shampoo with showers' SOLD! Its interesting what draws a person to a particular studio, I personally think that variety is great, and we should have a go at everything and keep our body guessing to whats next. Prana Yoga seemed to have some interesting music and ethnicity to it, Kundalini Yoga had amazing tea blends and a dangling carrot guaranteeing you to learn more in a week, than you could in a year about yourself and yoga...interesting. Just not diggin the white turban... especially since what you wear shouldn't be so important? Everyone was buzzing about Y yoga, seems to be the trendy place...Im not into trendy yoga, my armpits always need shaving, Im musty and have holes in my leggings from falling off bikes, not to mention Im not a lulu, BUT Ive have a free pass and Im told the teachers are amazing. New studio Chopra Yoga looks interesting, with Deepak coming in January to share some wisdom. So many studios, so many teachers, so much passion for Yoga everywhere you look, the vibrational energy was pounding off our bodies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Michella and I gorged on Costa Rican memories, surfing, hot boys, yoga practice with a break out for crystal heated beds that drain heavy metals from your body, and a machine that jiggled everything from your bum to boobs that was meant to improve circulation and reduce fat. You can eat ginger and less cakes otherwise? :) It was great to spend some 'easy' time with a familiar friendly face, having the same passion for yoga (and hot boys) and life! Looking forward to getting to her next gig, look them up <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mouthfulofdaisy">http://www.myspace.com/mouthfulofdaisy</a> and check them out, she is a powerhouse! The best thing I learnt from todays show, was that its never the end with Yoga, there is no end, we are always discovering internally. I LOVE YOGA! I'm so happy and grateful for everyone who has let me know about their own yoga story, or have maybe started to learn yoga from reading the blog and feeling the cyber hip gyration, its great!!! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I spent the evening cooking up some delicious snapper, with some roasted beets, and butternut squash with some chopped up stripey tomatoes and garlic and olive oil, inspired from a recipe in Dels blog </span><a href="http://www.thedelicious.net/2011/11/autumn-salad-with-roasted-veg-cumin.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.thedelicious.net/2011/11/autumn-salad-with-roasted-veg-cumin.html</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">. I'm trying to stop eating salmon and tuna, and understand a little more about sustainable seafood and the amount of these types o<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">f fish we eat. Bottom line is, we have raped the oceans of food and the supplies are getting low, thinking about our food and where it comes from really helps with nutritional decisions. Having only introduced fish back into my diet in the last 6 years, I'm a little fussy with textures that can appear meaty, but I enjoy the variety it gives my diet and I understand how important Omega 3 is to our health.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This can be achieved by adding flaxseeds and certain fish to your food plan. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There are many other foods that are rich in Omega 3 fats. Spinach, Brussell sprouts, Collard Greens are dark green vegetables that have high amounts of Omega 3's. Walnuts, salmon, scallops, halibut and shrimp are also rich in Omega 3 fats. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Omega 3 fat supplements are available in capsule form. They are also available in concentrates. The concentrated forms are available over the counter or by prescription. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist to determine if Omega 3 fat supplements are something you should consider adding to your dietary regimen. It is extremely important to look at labels aswell as knowing where your fish came from, is it caught wild, and is the does the company practice sustainability. This means, they dont overfish and allow the fish stocks to reproduce and increase their volumes before fishing again, check out what it really means and some useful info here <a href="http://www.channel4.com/programmes/hughs-fish-fight/articles/hughs-fish-fight-the-app">http://www.channel4.com/programmes/hughs-fish-fight/articles/hughs-fish-fight-the-app</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Saturday evening was spent learning French with some private lessons and drinking wine, they go hand in hand really don't they? Michelle is a French name afterall, I like the way it sounds with a Parisian accent.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">I'm hoping to see much more of Canada including the Frenchie parts too. Did you know they speak French in Morocco? Oooooo la la! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Merci de lire mon défi, faire un don!</span><br />
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</div>Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289284863974755141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018966985534535769.post-35095705995758490982011-11-03T23:56:00.000-07:002011-11-12T12:58:00.739-08:00Outreach Yoga Challenge - Day 25 Comfortable in your own skin?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Similiar to waking up and shouting YEAAAHHHHHHHHH from your bedsheets, shout it to your neighbourhood! See how it makes you <strong>feel</strong>? :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">'Be yourself. Everyone else is taken'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How comfortable in your own skin are you? Being comfortable in your own skin and content with your own company is a magical gift you can give to yourself and everyone in your life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Since when did it matter what clothes a person wore, does that make them who they are? Before I started travelling I decided to give most of my 'stuff' away to charity, or trade at car boot sales with the 'karma' pile inspired by Marcus, 'Take what you want, pay what you want, or don't pay anything, just smile.' Interesting experiment when most are heavily burdened with skeptism. I was ashamed at how many pairs of shoes, and endless bags and more and blah and URGH and things and and just meaningless 'stuff' I'd been brainwashed, bored, and tricked into purchasing, and I didn't really need any of it, I just wanted to be cool in Choos. Don't get me wrong, I still have an eye for glamour and a good set of heels when the time is right, but these days I've jumped out of the consumer rat race. Aside from a vintage old lady jacket I picked up in the salvation army for $5, come ooooooon I needed it to bring the Kate Moss Vintage glamour to lululemon world!!! It makes me cool!!! Doesn't it???</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> A good spring clean of all that 'stuff' thats been collecting is a great way to spring clean your mind creating space, not just in your closet but inside yourself, making room for more of the real you. Think about the environmental impact all that stuff does to the world <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLBE5QAYXp8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLBE5QAYXp8</a> A good challenge would be to test your consumer addiction, ask yourself what joy does the 'stuff' actually bring you, maybe cut down to just 1 new pair of shoes a year instead of a season/month! Or when you get holes in them :)) Donate your things to a nonprofit charity, or recycle them onto friends, car boot sales, kids, or recreate them into new. Point is, your 'stuff' especially your clothes does not make you, who you are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I guess the weather is getting chiller, so old lady vintage jacket and some woolies from back home are definately needed to keep warm. Thats what purpose clothes have, but would I wear a tracksuit and matching headband to yoga, or frilly socks and stilletos and hotpants to the cinema, or maybe my Breakdance tshirt to an interview? I too have my limits, and Im programmed to know what I like to wear for comfort, and how I perceive myself. Guys, if you think this is all girl talk, then wear a t-shirt with your favourite sports team opponent. It would be like asking a Liverpool fan to wear a Man United shirt for the day, it just wouldn't happen. We like to send a message with the clothes that we wear, but at what point do we stop caring and judging the clothes, and take people for who they are, not what they wear.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrJ-EC6GeseJ_63zEvJp8vPIsKppd0h4Xhyphenhyphena8UbhsiQgKBbZmhM_6OvjKLJnNMHKkNWmBni4m2e9y5a3kndoWYuJCP4YYbtNSeerKFU_dECycxGOHblEYk4H0jnlVa5QVknxWZskZTqPN/s1600/enchanted-flower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrJ-EC6GeseJ_63zEvJp8vPIsKppd0h4Xhyphenhyphena8UbhsiQgKBbZmhM_6OvjKLJnNMHKkNWmBni4m2e9y5a3kndoWYuJCP4YYbtNSeerKFU_dECycxGOHblEYk4H0jnlVa5QVknxWZskZTqPN/s320/enchanted-flower.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">'So how do we feel comfortable in our own skin, and have a sexy air of self-confidence that radiates an appeal to others around you? Some of us look in the mirror with disgust, and focus on the culturally-programmed-and-perceived 'bad' bits, rather than gazing at themselves with appreciation, embracing every part of their beautiful selves with a natural form of self-love. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL! With the depth of awareness provided to an individual via dedication to a yoga practice, you teach yourself to look beyond the curvy hips and rounded belly - it takes you further into your true, loving, glorious self, where you are always feeling relaxed, sensual and cheekily sexy ... a place of peace and passionate awakening that brings a fire to your inner glow and empowers you to truly live life for the 'orgasmic' moment of existence itself.<br /><br />But how does yoga help? The body shapes we create in yoga are a reflection of how your mind works; as you improve your postural alignment within these body shapes, this will, in turn, reflect back upon the workings of your mind - as you become more open and flexible, your everyday situations will become more adaptable to change and new opportunities. For example, with back bends - as you embrace and open deeper into the pose, your life will become noticeably freer, and you'll find yourself being more flexible in regards to helping yourself and others. Yoga is a tool that is used to channel stillness, to find love for yourself, and to embrace the positive - every moment of each and every day. And by nurturing this inner landscape of endless beauty, your yoga practice will shift your perspective of the outer world around you, and how your divine temple of the body is a fantastic instrument for connecting to this wondrous place we call 'home'.'</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBbJPCA6mXk6gSfpe-UKvHlA-ZsGW_dA9PeeU1CVAg3PlSAm4-fCwhveI6-ryWFfVukAMB188GgXRUb4wyiZfRZyMTmsfGXIZ0kOuuHunLPR6RxFwoJkCjJIzKmO2pibbciADKYCnJk9Y/s1600/imagesCALFXHVC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBbJPCA6mXk6gSfpe-UKvHlA-ZsGW_dA9PeeU1CVAg3PlSAm4-fCwhveI6-ryWFfVukAMB188GgXRUb4wyiZfRZyMTmsfGXIZ0kOuuHunLPR6RxFwoJkCjJIzKmO2pibbciADKYCnJk9Y/s1600/imagesCALFXHVC.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">As an experiment, after you've spring/autumn cleaned out your closet and got the bag ready for your favourite charity, GET NUDE. Make a cup of tea, look out of the window, notice the sky, walk around your living room, dance, do whatever you like, just for 5 minutes even. Forget what you are not wearing, it doesn't matter. You will look more beautiful in that little black dress, if you forget you are wearing it. Call your partner, but don't tell them about your birthday suit attire, laugh at yourself, love yourself, do some naked yoga! </span><br />
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<br />Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289284863974755141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018966985534535769.post-3813217523396942902011-11-02T23:23:00.000-07:002011-11-12T12:57:24.365-08:00Outreach Yoga Challenge - Day 24 All we need is Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Choosing to see Beauty in all things fills our Hearts with Gratitude. Beauty inspires and delights our senses, and we remember all life is Sacred, perfect and profound. Attuning our senses to Beauty and the glorious nature of creation provides a nourishing environment for our cells to thrive!<br />
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Be present to the Beauty all around. Open your gaze and let yourself be amazed at the infinite ways Love is expressed in the world, pat a puppy, smile at a stranger, open a door, let someone out in traffic, volunteer, have a voice, look at the colours of autumn, give your coat to a homeless guy. Know this is simply a reflection of the Beauty you are, and will always BE. Pay attention to when you find yourself repulsed by something you judge as ugly or imperfect. Give thanks and courageously seek to find the Beauty in the illusion of imperfection. As you do, you return to innocence, purify the Heart-Mind and raise your vibration into one of Love and Gratitude. This provides the optimum environment for our cells to thrive, programming them to deliver more and more to be grateful for!</span></div>
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"The new science of epigenetics recognizes that environmental signals are the primary regulators of gene activity. As described in book, The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles, cells read and respond to the conditions of their environment using membrane protein perception switches. Activated switches send signals to control behavior and regulate the activity of the genes. This editing process can provide for normal or dysfunctional protein products from the same gene. You can be born with healthy genes and through epigenetic processes, express mutant behaviours, such as cancer. Similarly, you can be born with defective mutant genes, and through epigenetic mechanisms, create normal healthy proteins and functions. Perceptions shape biology and behaviour. The conventional belief that the genome represents the equivalent of a computer's 'read-only' program is now proven to be false. Epigenetic mechanisms modify the readout of genetic the code-- which means that genes actually represent 'read-write' programs, wherein life experiences actively redefine an individual's genetic expression. The 'new' biology is based upon the fact that perception controls behaviour and gene activity!<br />
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<br /></div>Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289284863974755141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018966985534535769.post-26197242717849185662011-11-01T23:33:00.000-07:002011-11-12T12:57:05.698-08:00Outreach Yoga Challenge - Day 23 Etiquette<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Just a few useful tips to know to enhance your learning and
practice of Yoga, for starters all teachers are glad you’re practicing! So well
done, you achieved the first step </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Yoga is non-competitive, its not a workout class nor is it a
replacement for relaxation and it is definitely not cross training. Unless of
course you live in LA, and of course its Yoga on steroids! Yoga is a spiritual
practice that makes the body stronger, more flexible, and generally much
healthier. The purpose of yoga is to calm the mind and body, to open the heart,
to refine our inner and outer awareness to get us in touch with our True
Selves. By comparing ourselves to other participants, or the instructor, we are
defeating the purpose of practicing. ITS ALL ABOUT YOU!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Be kind and loving to yourself by accepting where you are, its
okay to come out of a pose before the instructor says or to breathe at a
different rhythm, do what works for you. Yoga is definitely not about ‘no pain,
no gain’ to the contrary the body will respond beautifully when you show it
kindness, compassion acceptance and Vitamin L...Love. Rest sometimes, lose the
ego, and relax into childs pose whenever your body tells you too. Do what you
can, with what you have, with where you are.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ask questions about anything that is not clear to you, either
during class when appropriate or in the time allotted after class is over,
teachers are always really generous with advice and their time. Before asking
your question, internalise what it is, and trust your own process of inquiry,
this will help you develop greater independence and confidence. If you are
unable to answer your own question after reflection, then by all means still
ask the instructor if it is relevant to the topic at hand, and not something
your ego decided was important ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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FOR EVERYONE!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Always remove shoes on the yoga floor, turn off cell phones and
computers during sessions and sadhana, this includes when you are at home
practicing too. Arrive to class 5-10 minutes early to set up your space and to
start breathing with intention and becoming focused. Leave the chatter and
gossip outside the yoga room, and your mat, maintain a meditative state. Invest
in your own mat for hygiene and commitment, if you use a public mat spray and
wipe down after use, all studios provide an eco friendly cleaner for this,
always put away any props you have borrowed. No consumption of coffee, alcohol,
tobacco or drugs before class (well maybe just in Kundalini for the dancing
part KIDDING!) If you partake in these substances usually, its your personal
choice which is respected but choosing to practice Yoga under the influence of
these stimulants is disruptive to your internal self, the integrity of the
class and disrespectful. As you find new vitality in your body, enjoying the
detoxifying benefits that yoga provides, an increased lung capacity and a clearer
mind you will find you will crave these habit forming substances less and less.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Stay for an entire class, commit to your practice. You may lie in
Savasana at any time, and always be supported by the instructor. If you need to
leave a class early, then let your instructor know beforehand and exit quietly.
Some classes will begin and end with the chanting AUM or a mantra, if you are
comfortable with this please join along, but don’t feel like you have to.
Chanting is a form of meditation and sound vibrations create heat and energy
from within our body. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is important
when chanting to actively stay clear in our minds, and have faith that we can
become better, and trust we are able to overcome obstacles in order to move
forward not just in yoga practice, but in our lives. Feel a part of the
Universe, get in touch with your inner teacher, and resonate in harmony with
the pure all pervading sound vibration that the Universe was born from. Finish
your class in Savasana of at least 10 minutes, some students feel a sign of
respect is to lay your head facing the instructor, but most studios are liberal
to this suggestion. When arising, keep your eyes closed, ending with three
AUMs, saying Namaste.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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respect for practice and the practice of others, and your personal commitment.
Why is Yoga important in your life? Why do you practice? Ask yourself these
questions, its a great connection to finding you again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Today I listened to my body and took a restorative yoga class, my
body needed some looking after, having had its ass kicked by karma. Restorative
poses, really help with alignment and getting back to basics, restoring,
rebuilding, repairing RRRRRRRRRRR! </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Restorative
classes are usually very relaxing and are a good complement to more active
practices. The teacher will arrange for the necessary props to be available to
you. The lights may be dimmed and if it is chilly, you may be covered with a
blanket since you will not be warming up the body the way you would be in a
regular class. After you are set up in a pose with all your props, you will
hold the pose for an extended period, often up to ten to twenty minutes.
Although you are supported, you will definitely still feel the stretch.
Restorative postures are usually adapted from supine or seated yoga poses with
the addition of blocks, bolsters, and blankets to eliminate unnecessary
straining. For instance, a <a href="http://yoga.about.com/od/yogaposes/a/paschimottanasa.htm"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">seated
forward bend (paschimottanasana)</span></a> can be done as a restorative pose
with a bolster or several folded blankets on top of the legs so that your
forward bend is fully supported with the entire torso resting on your props. <a href="http://yoga.about.com/od/yogaposes/a/legsup.htm"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Legs up the wall (viparita karani)</span></a>
is a classic restorative, with the wall used as a prop to support the legs, if
you want to take this pose into your everyday life you can lie on the couch
with your legs up the back, my nan always used to balance her legs on top of my
grandads head whilst she poked him in the nose with a toe asking for a top up on
the gin and tonic, said it was good for varicose veins, the legs up the wall
theory, not the gin and tonic, although everything in a balance right </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">My day of study, karma kicking, and
restorative was ended blissfully hanging out with a cool new chick I’ve
embraced with a mutual love for surf and hot boys. Ms Edwards and I travelled
to Asia <a href="http://www.eastiseast.ca/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.eastiseast.ca/</span></a> and took
the ‘Silk Route East’ feast which was a combination of heavenly spiced soups, fruity
salads, mango butternut squash, peas and cheese, pickled garlic, Indian breads and
mouth gasims washed down with chai tea and a dollop of sex and rock n roll.
Spices are a great way to add flavor to foods and can be really warming for us. They add tons of flavor without calories! <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sprinkle a pinch of crushed cloves in your coffee or tea to add a bright chai flavor. </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Great combo for a spicy night of great company, definitely good for the spirit and the soul! I just hope
she doesn’t tell anyone I smell of fish....my ego would hate that ;-) A special kiwi friend of mine has just this second reminded me '<span style="right: auto;">Some people come into your life for a reason, others a season and a few a lifetime.' Love you Trudles, in a totally non fig way, unless organic of course :)</span></span></div>
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tomorrow so send some good karma my way!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Namaste <o:p></o:p></span></div>Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289284863974755141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018966985534535769.post-41586786233268785472011-10-31T18:59:00.000-07:002012-08-27T08:07:01.144-07:00Happiness is an inside job<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnjTivRzeMxgB28tvfc5g6Vjc3PIoA2X2eZg40OP7lUjA1bmdDtiIMtf6ExnY0vMUjW4QS_0Uf2ulbWLg-MwoijeXop54GqoFE3d_uOe8N6VWyDqvzUZJ8b2F19U75lXBpUMLjJwHlQi0/s1600/esteem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnjTivRzeMxgB28tvfc5g6Vjc3PIoA2X2eZg40OP7lUjA1bmdDtiIMtf6ExnY0vMUjW4QS_0Uf2ulbWLg-MwoijeXop54GqoFE3d_uOe8N6VWyDqvzUZJ8b2F19U75lXBpUMLjJwHlQi0/s1600/esteem.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ways to improve your life don't necessarily have to include starving yourself to a size zero, getting your tits inflated to the size of a babys head or having Hugh Heff as your boyfriend to buy the whole of the Lulu lemon range. Guys you don't have to have a girlfriend like that or a big wallet to fund her happiness, to essentially find your happiness either. Its all fake! You can find happiness much more easily than this, and it will be so much more satisfying. Its what on the inside that counts...seriously!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Eat a healthy wholefoods organic diet!!!!! Nutrition is the key to feeling good about yourself and looking after our health. Being aware of the need for our nourishment via hunger and then relaxing and preparing the body to receive wholesome food in a comfortable setting are important prerequisites for healthy eating. All together now... TURN OFF YOUR TV!!! When we change our attitudes we change our entire lives. Repeat after me: It matters what I put into my mouth; it becomes who I am and what I think and do. Therefore Im going to treat myself with love and feed myself more natural vital foods. 'The greatest discovery of any generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering the attitudes of their minds' </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Quietly watch yourself in as objective a manner as you can. Watch your reactions, and also interactions with others. Watch your thoughts, don't become your thoughts. Don't beleive everything you think. Can you step outside your body and look at yourself? What observations can you make? Make a connection with who you are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Change up your routine! Do something different. In order to be the change, you have to begin somewhere. Tomorrow, sit in a different spot on the bus to your usual comfort zone, pick a different mat in yoga. See how it makes you feel, you'll gain strength from changing up your routine. Try shaving your hair off just for the sake of it. Things wont feel as mundane :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">What exactly are you afraid of? Do something that makes your heart beat a little quicker, gets the adrenalin racing. Our fears trap us sometimes, fight the fear and do it anyway! It could be anything from skydiving to getting a spider out of the apt. Check in with how you feel at the beginning and how you feel at the end. Was the fear bigger than you thought? Do you feel more alive for having done it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Be organised and write your daily plan, and more importantly write yourself 'The Bigger Picture'. Moving forward can feel easier with a plan, or a goal, you could keep a diary. When you write your plan down, it’s a form of commitment to complete! Its really satisfying to cross off your To-Do list with all your great accomplishments. Blocking out your schedule into 2hrly chunks can be helpful, you can chart in your time for chopping veggies, work, yoga, YOU, and more YOU seeing what free time you actually have each day and week for 'The Bigger Picture' goals, and those interesting workshops you say you never have time for. TURN OFF THE TV.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Surround yourself with positive people and you will be more positive, its true! Your friends should have similiar zests for life and interests, and also want to improve and jump off the negatron track. The company of friends with goals and interests in common with yours is a wonderful way to stay on track, to keep moving forward, to help you over the bumps in the road, and to stretch yourself like never before. This doesn't mean dump everyone else in your life, but maybe you can create some inspiring middle grounds for friendships to blossom and bloom for both parties. Keep your heart open to those who at first your eyes have been quick to judge!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: justify;">Do Yoga and meditate Daily. Your thinking is the propellant into success. It needs quiet time to stay focused and directed. Train your mind to become a tool to be used when you need it, not to be hinderance that makes you unecessarily suffer.</span><br />
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<br />Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289284863974755141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018966985534535769.post-68042308325669304782011-10-30T20:50:00.000-07:002011-11-12T12:45:28.264-08:00Outreach Yoga Challenge - Day 21 Balls of bliss<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWFSYP8MKdHcWCPfQnmlUHpOTvkh09KPC9xrSCvZ45NJW3dzHKNYPJpXw8XIgyTsUz0ZvSeLCEYuEvwzDLhE4zBfJJ_xRFeKtEfBVbpwiPeUIQqE67ahaXmg0ljirx_ea41KkurQVWUpPd/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWFSYP8MKdHcWCPfQnmlUHpOTvkh09KPC9xrSCvZ45NJW3dzHKNYPJpXw8XIgyTsUz0ZvSeLCEYuEvwzDLhE4zBfJJ_xRFeKtEfBVbpwiPeUIQqE67ahaXmg0ljirx_ea41KkurQVWUpPd/s320/005.JPG" width="229" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yep. Karma still dodgy, but I'm gonna ride it out, resistance only make things worse right? Working backwards here... </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ever heard of Taoism? Its a philosophy which seeks to achieve great things by ‘going with the flow.’ Lao Tzu <span style="color: black;">was a mystic philosopher of ancient China and his wisdom is now </span>contained in the <em>Tao Te Ching</em> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(introduced to me by a warrior)</span>. The way, natures way.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1xpgLhEuTB5tseUrFBOKYSoWpHv87V9OqKZYGhMMspHXcRYwmCR1u06Ml3ZNR0ce-JcgCDlr9gUv9Yuzx71B6s12hVkYIfV0V-q9TcvLgSBmLLAuS9ttoUXzl42MCGCYii8VRFlqmxO1/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1xpgLhEuTB5tseUrFBOKYSoWpHv87V9OqKZYGhMMspHXcRYwmCR1u06Ml3ZNR0ce-JcgCDlr9gUv9Yuzx71B6s12hVkYIfV0V-q9TcvLgSBmLLAuS9ttoUXzl42MCGCYii8VRFlqmxO1/s320/003.JPG" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">We can't avoid our periods ladies (grrrrr...hang on is this my 'bad' karma?) but we can feed them with bliss! Successfully making one batch of thirteen LUCKY for some raw one bite <strong>'Bliss Balls'</strong>, I then successfully ate the lot. With pleasure and gratitude! <strong>Here is the delicious recipe</strong>: </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">1.5 cups of walnuts, or pecans, or cashews. Walnuts are great for the brain, take a good look at one, what does it look like?? 14 medjool dates, pit them and make into heart shape, can also use raisin or apricots. 0.5 cups of cacao powder, yeah we all know what this does for you :) Half teaspoon of vanilla, or cinnamon, pinch of salt (Himalayan preferable), coconut flakes. Process the walnuts in a blender until fine, add in the remaining ingredients. I had to take my nuts out and add the dates, as old school blender, then add in the rest. Pinch for stickiness, if its not sticky enough add more dates. Roll the contents into balls, then roll them in coconut flakes, you can make balls or squash into brownies and add raw cacao beans into them. Put them into the fridge until firm, or you could cook them below 120, for about 5 minutes.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">These are great for energy surplus, lots of fructose in those dates, so make good use of it and feel good. My energy found a free futon on Craigs List, (gotta love the kind people of Vancouver, think RECYCLE) and after getting it back to my apt with the help of a very nice Frenchman (Delboy style...to me...to you...to me...to you) successfully put it together,all ready for you to come stay. YES THAT MEANS YOU JOSH and everyone else of course, maybe at different times of year too! Point is, COME VISIT me people! Don't just say you will, or air talk that trip up, DO IT! </span></span></div>
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</span>Chellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289284863974755141noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018966985534535769.post-16526622195309126582011-10-29T23:21:00.000-07:002011-11-12T13:00:03.124-08:00Outreach Yoga Challenge - Day 20 My Karma stinks<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">''Thats karma for ya!''</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ever caught yourself thinking that you've got some bad karma, especially when you've essentially been positively skipping along helping others and living by the 4 agreements and more <a href="http://www.miguelruiz.com/">http://www.miguelruiz.com/</a>? A few hiccups along the walk of life the past couple days have got me thinking that I'm doing something wrong, and The Universe' is telling me so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">'The word Karma comes from Buddhism but is so used these days in the West, but is the most grossly misunderstood. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The idea that everything is a product of <em>karma</em> is simple-minded in the extreme, yet is accepted without question and even taught and transmitted by otherwise “respected” teachers. The commonly accepted usage of <em>karma</em> to represent the universal law of cause and effect, is often misused in a manner that serves to define a deterministic universe. In this way, <em>karma</em> is used to make logical sense of difference on social levels, providing a rationale for the varying degrees of pain and suffering different individuals experience. The idea shifts responsibility for such disparity from the “unknown” or “the will of God” to individuals who, according to the “the law of <em>karma</em>,” are held responsible for their own circumstances. This logic places blame upon people who experience hardship, and praise upon those who enjoy fortuitous circumstances, irrespective any direct knowledge of specific actions, particularly those allegedly committed in “previous lives.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The message of Buddhism is to awaken compassion by courageously confronting reality. The word <em>karma</em>, itself, carries many connotations. T</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">he word <em>karma</em> derives from the Sanskrit “<em>karman</em>” (“action” or “act”) and, in turn, the Pali “<em>kamma</em>.” Literally <em>karma</em> denotes action—specifically, “volitional action,” or deliberate, willed action. Colloquially, however, the term has come to refer to “the law of <em>karma</em>,” a concept the historical Buddha borrowed from the pre-Hindu religious cosmology that prevailed in India during his lifetime. The derivation of the term <em>karma</em> originates in the <em>Upanishads</em>, a portion of the massive body of Hindu religious writings known as the Vedas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In India, the term “<em>karma</em>” has been used for millennia to rationalize the differences between people in their birth-status as male or female, short or tall, and a myriad of other differences, including whether or not people are born into slavery or are born free, what social and economic circumstances people are born into, what race they are born, and whether or not they are born with some birth defect or congenital handicap, among other issues. <em>Karma</em> is the foundation and rationale used to support the oppressive and repressive Hindu caste system. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It’s important to recognize that models, and even laws of the universe, are mere intellectual concepts of what is; they are not “<em>tathata</em>,” or “suchness,” itself. Buddhism is not about concepts. No concept can trump the pure experience of reality as it is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In a community that has been devastated by a passing tornado, some houses are completely destroyed, some are damaged, and some are left completely untouched. A pseudo-Buddhist understanding maintains that whether one’s home is destroyed or passed over is a result of one’s “karma.” But how can one’s prior actions, volitional or otherwise, affect the path of a future tornado? Buddhist doctrine answers such questions by pointing to Irthu Niyama (physical inorganic order or processes, such as seasonal change phenomena, for example, winds and rains), natural chaos, as the causal agent in such circumstances. That the Jones family lost their home and the Smith family didn’t, does not mean that the Jones’ were guilty of some horrible transgressions in some past life. Although “karma” and the notion of “justice” are commonly viewed as intertwined, we do not live in a rigidly deterministic universe; chaos functions quite well where we live.'</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7DNbaFFLLkQ-bzjikT1kanF8KbtzikDGGZ09wCXgoQD35nTDF9yGLOlP1xyHMo31vNszEQWTmo8IlpAtvmBhtbrVhbXKEfl3j6I0G3zvtjW7kSSvfIcKG6bj6jwtHwDO5MSv6uOZ8EHs/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7DNbaFFLLkQ-bzjikT1kanF8KbtzikDGGZ09wCXgoQD35nTDF9yGLOlP1xyHMo31vNszEQWTmo8IlpAtvmBhtbrVhbXKEfl3j6I0G3zvtjW7kSSvfIcKG6bj6jwtHwDO5MSv6uOZ8EHs/s320/002.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So I dust myself off after a morning Hatha class with Camerons tattoed arms, eyes wide shut of course, I ignore my newly broken parts, and feel the air on my face as I freewheel down the hill home as parts of my bike fly off and smash, just great, I keep going. Free from TV slavery, Im dumped for one, fine. Grateful for new opportunites especially for yoga and nutrition but worn out from losing out on others, give it up. Body aches and feels sore, but I'm healthy! Aside from that weird rash....its fine. Its just life man, and my body knew that today my karma, my something, my toxic load, had definately had enough. Good food, some self love, reading, eating coconuts and golden berries (which are so lovely, another superfruit <a href="http://www.rawguru.com/store/raw-food/incan-golden-berries-8-oz.html">http://www.rawguru.com/store/raw-food/incan-golden-berries-8-oz.html </a>some Viking post, a little French and a good cup of earl grey in my reading window (just like home hey?) all remind me to GET A GRIP, life is great :) Good bed patrol is therapy for sure, but my own meaning of karma knows this isn't finished yet. Do I really have to start liking the silverfish??? Is that really what my karma is telling me??? URGH. Its my own free will to hate or to like them I suppose, but how is my life anymore important than theirs, why do I get to decide if they get washed down the plughole, is my life more important? </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwhRp7tLyBxp8wgwvoS4IKpNY7491bePRMju7HE_2kvwh9rAfL0SlZxSbk-cO9Jzmh0Ekbg2gP54pkyZU08rWI5QoNeXzQXcKmCoSKaWhtFris_q9ijLl0-O4lXAFfjkWSOwJD2fcFuE8/s1600/hot+yoga.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwhRp7tLyBxp8wgwvoS4IKpNY7491bePRMju7HE_2kvwh9rAfL0SlZxSbk-cO9Jzmh0Ekbg2gP54pkyZU08rWI5QoNeXzQXcKmCoSKaWhtFris_q9ijLl0-O4lXAFfjkWSOwJD2fcFuE8/s320/hot+yoga.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Friday morning and Kundalini, what a way to start your weekend. Each time I go to this class, I enjoy the repetative movements with cleansing breaths more and more each time. A feeling of immense europhia flooded my cells today, almost knocked me off balance, a feeling of space arousing at the bottom of my spine and then heat, more heat. Just as more heat was coming, from sitting in easy pose churning and spiraling the stomach and spine in an almost erotic circular motion, hot and sweaty from dancing around your mat for the last three songs (in fact most of my dancing was done on my neighbours mat with her, great way to make friends), more heat and then Joe Cocker....not personally.... but over the speakers in a steamy studio, with 50 euphoric yoginis 'You can leave your hat on' <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfgwrdYUQ2A">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfgwrdYUQ2A</a> I just love how Gloria, the owner of Semperviva and instructor of this class keeps throwing out these classic quirky non yoga type tunes but TOTALLY on the money for how you FEEL and its always what your body wants! I spent the whole time smiling. It was sensual, it was deep, it was tantric, it was HOT, it was FUN! If the cocao bean had been involved too I would have been finished. Climaxed and off for a sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">I taught two private Yoga classes today which was great to keep up my Yoga teaching practice. Marcus and Del came over for a megathon 90 minutes class focusing on some lower back stretching and strengthening. Always warm up the back before doing any poses involving using our spine, which is almost all asanas! We incorporated some cat/cow, some seated curves and heart forward breaths, some seated ballerina twists, and some downward dogs. Their request to stretch the back, was using each other in some partner yoga, they both sat legs apart pressing feet to each other and holding opposite arms with a grip, whilst one leant to the right pulling their own hand over their head towards their foot, and their partner pulls gently on the other arm twisting their upper body almost through. Then rotating the arms. Its a great stretch for lower back and side, aswell as the hamstrings, and really helps you feel responsible for your partner and its fun! After a long savasana and some lunch at Naam, I taught my next class with Tamsin my landlady, it feels so good to share my practice with others, I can feel their energy and mine bouncing back and forth, and I love to be able to help and align. Thanks for your support students, you all did great! Triple thanks to Del, who made the amazing raw NY cheesecake (recipe posted in Day 17) and is currently torturing me in my fridge begging me to eat the whole thing, its simply divine, check out more of Del's cooking here <a href="http://www.thedelicious.net/">http://www.thedelicious.net/</a>. Plus I got to take Tamsin's cute dog Jake for a walk to the waterfront and play with my camera, whilst Jake pee'ed on every bush leaf around, is that organic? Its great to have access to a dog, and get to go for walks, me and Jake need some beach time to help me get back into running. Its time! Woof!</span></div>
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