Meditation for Children

Yoga Nidra

Class meditation:
http://littlefloweryoga.com/events/chair-yoga-training-new-york-1-23-16


For deep rest:
"Be comforted that for right now EVERYTHING is ok."
"Nowhere to go. Nothing to do. Your here to simply hear your body and listen."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_LneXMK5U0

Pregnant Blues- An Open letter to the Father

Dear potential baby daddy,

I sit here reflecting on my internal conflict
that has torn my mind body and spirit apart
quietly dizzy over the two roads which are both untraveled by me
being such a decision as this has changed me for eternity


i don't know where to start
do you recall the night we conceived?
was it lovely
i suppose not memorable enough for me...

do you want this more then i
is it easier for the guy?

i sit wishing i could talk to god.

Holistic Healing Tips

http://worldtruth.tv/this-essential-oil-has-recently-been-proven-to-kill-lung-oral-and-ovarian-cancer/

Essential Oils that make us Healthier!

346. Exhibition: The Secret World Inside You (14 December 2015) 

It is well known that yoga affects our physical and mental health. What it is less known is that it has an important influence on our internal ecosystem. The human body harbours trillions of microorganisms that have profound effects on our health and even on our mood. On 7 November, the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) opened an eye-catching exhibition called The Secret World Inside You, which is devoted to present in a very attractive and didactic way the ecosystem that we have inside our bodies; it can be visited until 14 August 2016. ¹ 

Over the past ten years, researchers were able to discover that in addition to the 30 trillion human cells, the human body has around 100 trillion microbial cells (bacteria) living inside us … and “on us,” forming a vast ecosystem that has received the colourful name, the microbiome. This ecosystem plays an important role in many conditions that genes and environmental factors alone cannot explain. Some of the conditions that are deeply affected by the microbiome include obesity, autism, depression, asthma, allergies, and even cancer.  Researchers have also found, as the exhibition illustrates, that the microbiome has a strong influence on our immune system and the way our vagus nerve functions. In 2008, the National Institute of Health (NIH) launched a fund called the Human Microbiome Project (HMP) to generate resources to finance research that would have an important application in human health and disease (http://hmpdacc.org/overview/about.php). 

The exhibition, which can be visited in about one hour, is composed of seven major sections. It begins by examining the human skin, and asks the visitor: “Where are the microbes most diverse?” Then, it shows how the skin is affected by our environment, and discusses how a baby’s microbiome develops as it is born and explains why births by Caesarean section can adversely affect a baby’s immune system as a factor in developing allergies and asthma. There is also important information about the benefits of breastfeeding. 

One of the most fascinating sections is the one devoted to the microbiome in the gut. For quite some time physicians have given particular attention to the gut; it is even known as “the second brain.” Research has found that many diseases are associated with “indigestion” and that stress affects the gut (“having butterflies” is a common complaint). There is also increasing evidence that stress can stop the functioning of the immune system and the exhibition explores how this happen.

Reiki Attunements

                                                Reiki Attainment UDEMY noted: 

"The aura is the electromagnetic field that surrounds the human body (Human Energy Field-HEF) and every organism and object in the Universe"

The Human Energy Field as a collection of electro - magnetic energies of varying densities that permeate through and emit or exit from the physical body of a living person. These particles of energy are suspended around the healthy human body in an oval shaped field. 

The aura consist of seven levels/layers/auric bodies . 
Each one of the subtle bodies that exist around the physical body, has its own unique frequency. They are interrelated, and affect one another and the person's feelings, emotions, thinking, behavior  and health as well. 
Therefore a state of imbalance in one of the bodies leads to a state of imbalance in the others.

THE AURIC BODIES AND YOUR NEEDS ON EACH LEVEL OF AURIC FIELD

1) Physical auric body - Physical sensations. Simple physical comfort, pleasure, health.

2) The etheric auric body - Emotions with respect to self. Self-acceptance and self love.

3) Vital auric body - Rational mind. To understand the

situation in a clear, linear, rational way.

4) Astral (emotional) body - Relations with others. Loving interaction with friends and family.

5) Lower mental auric body - Divine will within. To align with the divine will within, to make commitment to speak and follow the truth.

6) Higher mental auric body - Divine love, and spiritual ecstasy.

7) Spiritual (intuitive) body - Divine mind, serenity. To be connected to divine mind and to understand the greater universal pattern.

Reiki & Yoga

http://www.reiki-for-holistic-health.com/reiki-and-yoga.html

The practice of Yoga increases the flow of Reiki energy in a persons life. Yoga helps a person understand Reiki in a much deeper way. Reiki helps a person understand the deeper energies of Yoga.

Reiki sessions complement a yoga practice in that it helps a person connect to their own body, mind and soul more deeply. 

Yoga Activism

343. “Luna” - Green Yoga Activism (23 November 2015)

In one of his last books, the late Georg Feuerstein presented his views about how to become an active yoga participant in the discussions about the environment. Green Yoga is a book that he wrote with his wife Brenda; it was published when the two authors launched the Green Yoga Initiative, a proposal to create awareness about environmental issues from a yoga perspective. ¹ In the last chapter the authors call on yoga practitioners to incorporate “Green Yoga Activism” in their practice. In the last pages of their book, they say: “We are calling upon all Yoga practitioners to intensify their practice by becoming viras, or ‘heroes,’ in the old sense of the word, who put the common weal before their own consumerist comfort and uninspected predilections. The time has come to live Yoga with as much heartiness and genuineness as we can possibly muster” (page 154). The subtitle of the first chapter of Green Yoga is “Our Planet is Dying – What Will YOU do?” and the one of the last chapter, “What You Can Do.” This last section has a concise list of practical things that we can do, such as to simplify life as much possible, to think twice before purchasing a new item, to practice the well-known 3Rs: Reduce-Reuse-Recycle, do not use plastic bottles, to use environmentally friendly cleaning products, and many others.

The environmental field has some notable “heroes” (‘viras’) as represented by some notable and zealous activists. One of the most noteworthy examples is the case of Julia Butterfly Hill, a California artist, poet, and activist, who in 1997, climbed the branches of a threatened redwood called Luna, which was scheduled to be cut by the Pacific Lumber Company. Julia spent 738 days on a 180 feet high platform that she built on Luna. After an arduous negotiation, the Company agreed to protect Luna, which stands on a ridge above the town of Stafford, California, and demarcated a 200-foot buffer zone of forest around Luna. Subsequently, Julia founded the Circle of Life Foundation, which was a project of the parent association, the Earth Island Institute; early in November 2002, the Circle of Life became an independent nonprofit organization.  ²

Julia wrote a national bestseller book called The Legacy of Luna, which recounts her experience in defending the redwood trees. ³

The example of Luna and the actions suggested in Green Yoga and many environmental organizations illustrate many ways to practice “Green Yoga Activism” as a firm stand on environmental issues.

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¹ Georg Feuerstein and Brenda Feuerstein, Green Yoga (Saskatchewan, Canada: Traditional Yoga Studies, 2007), 164 pages.

"In a gentle way, you can shake the World".

               Reiki Level I, II, and Master Certification 

Reiki level I manual:

Introduction to Reiki:

How Reiki Works:

History of Reiki:

Legend of Dr. Mikao Usui:

The Reiki Principals:
"Just for today..."  or "For all of today..." mantra, recited to add balance and peace to a persons life.
Over time, the more you recite this mantra with good intention, the more it will help to improve your life.

                       For all of today I will not worry
                       For all of today I will not be angry
                       For all of today I will do my work honestly
                       For all of today I will give thanks for my many blessings
                       For all of today  I will be kind to my neighbor and every living thing.

Meditate on these principals twice a day. Focus on the energy of each principal, holding good intention throughout. Pay attention to the sensations you experience. Recording in a journal will be helpful.

                        "For all of today, I will not worry."
The first mantra speaks to stress. Stress or anxiety is a product of you anticipating/ worrying about the future. The only time you are effective is in the NOW.
- Make time each day for axticities that bring you JOY."
Ralf Waldo Emerson once said "MAN SURROUNDS HIMSELF WITH IMAGES OF HIMSELF."


Place on hand on the third eye chakra and one on the root chakra,

Racism in the World

In recent events, yesterday- Friday November 13th, there was a mass slaughter in Paris. Violence that has become all too familiar took place in one of the post populated cities in the world.

It his the media like a wave from a tsunami, sweeping our eyes to our digital devices.

In the prime of the coverage, i wondered- is it possible this event could be a DISTRACTION from something far more destructive? Is it at all possible that conspiracy theories that point the blame of violence towards the American Government would apply to this?

Is it even safe to write this on the internet? Or will my words be noticed by the wrong soul- one trying to keep me in my place rather then tell me the truth?

There was a video I came across on Facebook about a young black woman reading a book of poetry about Racism at a Donald Trump rally. She stood out so much for her radical behavior. The book? Citizen: An American Lyric written by Claudia RanKine.

Mother Earth Poetry

Dearest Wild Thing,

Desiring to change her world
lear ahead
to foreign things.
She happened on a love.
Pondering
penalties,
harsh realities
uncertainties.

The inevitable was already decided upon.
Her love for him
was more than her love for her.

Why didn't she realize in all her heart
shaped love
that if he felt as she did
he'd worry a bit for her.

The future changes the beautiful now,
or rather
the past interferes with the present
anticipating.
The sadness
outlived
the spite.

And if only a clear answer could come
out of all this
mess.

Mess or emotion.
Bottled up passion
floating at the bay
leading to my aching heart.

*******************************************

How can one admit wrong
when it depends on their life?

He felt the need
in my finger tips and lips
beautifully,
perfectly,
he invaded
my private integrity
and told me
I knew
how to
make love.

It was a statement bent
 to unveil my secrecy.
To let down all the veils.
To leave me
exposed.

He was a victorious animal triumphant
moderately understating that he would now
claim his prey.

It was done
so perfectly
no one could resist.
And yet,
whose game are we playing now?
It was RESISTED.


*******************************************

They keep telling me i'll have no trouble
opportunities are boundless
they're all on the make,
"your an attractive girl!"
but they don't seem to understand.

The Great Escape

Costa Rica Yoga Farm 
http://www.yogafarmcostarica.org/yoga-volunteer/

Motorcycle 
http://dmv.ny.gov/driver-license/motorcycle-manual-introduction-and-table-contents

Florida 
Judith (Remy's Auntie)

Asheville, North Carolina 
http://www.exploreasheville.com
http://www.exploreasheville.com/event-calendar/detail/halo-yoga-nidra-meditation/9088/

India

Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci- my cosmic brother.



http://www.wired.com/2010/04/0415leonardo-davinci-born/

Polar Shift Hypothesis

The cataclysmic pole shift hypothesis suggests that there have been geologically rapid shifts in the relative positions of the modern-day geographic locations of the poles and the axis of rotation of the Earth, creating calamities such as floods and tectonic events.^[1]

Think about it.

http://imgur.com/gallery/T6sUB

The Problem with todays Youth...

"The problem with todays youth..." a common phrase spoken by older generations, about the behavior of teenagers in the 21st century.
2015 is the age of social media, technology booming and the internet being a new platform for fame. Women are leading the say in expression through pictures, as proven by Instagram celebrities and youtube stars.

One 27 year old New York man answered the age old question.

The problem, he inferred, is Misdirected energy. People don't create structures patterns for their children, therefore their children are bored. Lovely. Unstimulated, mentally.
"School is a joke in itself."
Children need to have occupation, challenged and stimulated. The more tedious, meticulous- the better.

Working with your hands is a more successful ambition compared to those obsessive other digitalization.
Take the book Feed. People were programmed to utilize the convenience of their technology- and yet forgot how yo utilize their hands.

Herbal Medicine

Flower Power 
East 9th Street
Owner: Lata Chettri Kennedy
http://www.flowerpower.net/wise-woman-tradition/

Vegan Organic Herbs

"CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT."

There are no healers outside one's own psyche. The Wise woman Tradition recognizes only the HEALER within each and every individual.

Wise Woman Tradition: Trusting our bodies, and intuitions.

" Trusting our bodies, and listening to our higher minds. Nourishing our bodies as well as our spirits. Excluding nothing, Negating nothing. Instead practicing Acceptance. Accepting every life experience, good (=Good) or bad (=Good), as an opportunity for growth. Placing Quality before Quantity." 

Herbal Medicines with Local Plants

Tinctures and Vinegars
with

Irina Adam, herbalist & natural perfumer at Phoenix Botanicals

Tuesday, November 10th, 8-10pm

  at Flower Power, 406 E 9th Street, NYC
Curious about the healing plants growing wild at your doorstep, meadow or local park? Wish to learn how to craft your own herbal preparations?
In this hands-on class you will learn about, identify and experience 2-3 local plants that are currently in season. You will learn the basics of preparing herbal infusions (strong nourishing /healing teas), and prepare fresh plant medicine. This month we will be making fresh infused herbal tinctures and vinegars to take home!
Part of an on-going monthly series focused on local plants. All materials are provided. 

Angel Academy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7lv0JcyvlE

the truth is known from experience itself.

Hemp over marijuana

http://cosmic-living.com/uncategorized/is-marijuana-ok-from-a-spiritual-point-of-view/

As is well known, hemp is an inexpensive replacement for paper, for oil, and for many other products. 


Marijuana and alcohol interfere with the connection between the body and the soul, and both substances, in their own way, create a dissociated condition that interferes with spiritual growth and well-being.

The essential problem with marijuana is that it creates a split between the body and the soul. 

People wanting to not feel their feelings have some popular choices: They can drink alcohol, they can eat devitalized junk food, they can space out in front of the television — which is known to induce a quasi-meditative alpha state — or they can smoke marijuana. All of these choices can create a fragmented energy field, in which the clarity of the aura is compromised. But the spiritual problems from marijuana use seem to last longer than the side effects from the other methods.

Reiki Prayers

October 1st

Just for today, I will act out of love.

Just for today, I will work with honesty and patience.

Just for today, I will be kind to all living beings.

listen

intensely listen.
give your whole attention to something listening with all totality.
that is when you are most present.
the present miracle.
life only exists in the presence.
you wake up to your environment,
somehow melting away illusion


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfegFnaRcqE

why is that so hard?
meditation
siting still
expected to do NOTHING
is one so difficult

are we obsessed with thinking
moving
acting?
are we afraid of our own minds,
disciplined.

Once a month meditation day in schools

I opt to create a public school system where there were required yoga days for all NYC schools. The last friday of every month should be a yoga day. If your absent that day you have to make it up with 4 yoga classes. Meditation should be a daily ritual at schools.

The only power that exists is love.

September 21st 2015- september 27th 2015

Powerful week energetically.

21st- Equinox, change of seasons

27th- Harvist full moon and lunar eclipse of the moon

"The only power in this world is LOVE. The ONLY power that exists is God."


https://www.youtube.com/user/4AngelTherapy

CARD #1: Go forward fearlessly. Commit to your dreams and passions and now look back.
Alicia, teach yoga!
We are still in mercury retrograde which means: Don't start something new, finish what you've started!

The change of seasons is
 a wake up call where you say you want to make a different path for myself. I'm going to make a big positive change and set an example for others.

CARD #2: Use your imagination and you'll see the answer.
When you look for a different way of doing things with a different perceptive you may get to the answer.
Spend some time in meditation. Meditate for answer. Spending a few moments in quite meditation is valuable time that can save you time.
Look inside to find your inner beauty.

CARD #3: Spend more time outdoors!!!!
Oxygen increases the connection to the divine.
The angels say they're messages are carries on the molecules of oxygen, which is why we must breathe deeply and exercise to help us come to epiphanies.
Spend time outdoes to find inner answers.
Carry out your passions fearlessly.

RIDE ON THIS WAVE OF ENERGY.
Let your light shine, don't be afraid of being powerful.

Thoughts

I'm really interested to know what teachers in public schools teach their students about 9/11…

Wake up.

Entertainment- that keeps the mind entertained- to make sure you don't THINK, so you don't get in the way of the people trying to control your life.
Propaganda force.

Television is not the truth. Television is an amusement park, a circus that distracts you from the TRUTH.

Don't believe the illusions.

wake up!

break out of your naive bubble!

The books, 1984, Brave New World, Hunger Games- predict a future that has already manifested.
The third world enslaved in labor to fuel the west. The west spoiled rotten in their materialism and entertainment, ignorant to the pain their consumerism causes.

investment class keep the working class DOWN for their own selfish greedy desires.
DISGUSTING!
I AM OUTRAGED!!!!

power CORRUPTS.
DIVIDE AND CONQUER
An organism at war with itself is doomed.

no.
no.
no.
unite and heal.
there is no other, we are all one.

In the name of god we MUST ALL UNITE

When the power of LOVE overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

The four winds

“The shamans believe that long ago, in the invisible world,
the blueprint of creation was drawn. Chaos was returned to order,
into the cosmos, through the actions of Earthkeepers who were
able to dream new worlds into being.”

—Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D. 

Stop Being in Relationship with their Potential

http://www.tigressyoga.com/evolved-women/relationship-potential/

Stop being in relationship with his their potential.

women inspiring change

Ecofeminist conference
http://www.smc.edu/AcademicAffairs/Sustainability/Pages/Ecofem.aspx

ECOFEMINISM

Ecofeminism-

1. a philosophical and political movement that combines ecological concerns with feminist ones, regarding both as resulting from male domination of society. 

poetry

Dear Garden of Eden, 
I have heard much about you
though I know i've never been 
there have been days I think of you 
as I meditate below tree wing 

I hear the whispers of summers past 
I feel the cool surface of meow grass 

I ponder the presence of people who've come and gone 
I wonder if they noticed the same heartbreaking love song 
the bird sings in the hight of her day 
as the squirrels run by and children play 

the fountain of youth, hidden between a woman's thighs/ 
man travels the world searching for whats right in front of his open eyes/
greed and power is an intoxication not easily repelled
you'll see the spectrum of human wisdom 
on a journey of light and dark/ 
the kingdom of heaven is the lords work of art

egalitarian! can it exist? 
where art thou seekers, whom peace they don't resist?

where has this war and destruction gotten thee?
women weeping tears 
water the soil of the seeds planted
nurtured by the sun on mother earths tapestry

pray with me.

a moment of silence is the least we need
all i have are dreams and melodies
stargazing thinking of who could possibly love life
more then those alive

be true
to the love that is bestowed
free
from attachment
float
on the surface of salt waters

free from everything but uncertainties

blank pages
calm rivers
air to breathe
immmmmmmmmmmmmm

Planet Earth

Taiga boreal forest or snowforest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces and larches.supports scarce animal life.

Leopord so rare
spot them as often as a shooting star.

The suns energy brings color to the lands landscape

the earth as it makes it annual journey around the sun
rotates on an axis

There are parts of the world that have no seasons.

This is why the jungle supports so much life.

The sun influences life in the ocean.

Without water, there can be no life.

When the student is ready the teacher appears.

You are born with the power to heal yourself.

All living things are infused with energy.

Kirlian/ Aura photography-  http://www.crystalinks.com/kirlian.html

Shamanic Energy Medicine.

http://crazywisefilm.com/2015/07/27/alberto-villoldo-transformative-nature-of-shamanism/

Spiritual crisis in the east are considered great initiation for transformation.
Explore the depths of the psyche.
As you heal yourself what was once a source of pain or suffering becomes compassion.

Spiritual healing is the path.

"Perceive the beauty in any situation,
and find the gift from Spirit."

—Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D.

http://crazywisefilm.com/tag/alberto-villoldo/
"Our disconnection from nature."

Transpersonal Psychology= spiritual experiences

David Foster Wallace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI

This is water.

College is supposed to teach you "how tot think"
But whats truly important is the choice of what to think about.

Skepticism of the value of the totally obvious.

BLIND CERTAINTY- A closed mindedness that amounts to an imprisonment so total that the prisoner doesn't even know he's locked up.

Critical awareness.

Perhaps the most dangerous thing about an academic education is that it enables the tendency to get lost in the abstract argument in my head instead of paying attention to whats going on outside of me.

Pay attention. WAKE UP.

Learning how to think really means learning how to exercising some control over what and how you think.


Learn how tot hunk. How to pay attention.

You get to decide how you get to see it.

The really important kind of freedom involves attention and awareness and discipline and being able to truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them over and over in myriad, petty, unsexy ways everyday. THAT is real freedom. That is being educated and understanding how to think.

TRUTH.

Life before death. Simple awareness. Awareness of something so real and essential, thats in plain view the entire time that we have to keep reminding ourselves- this is water. This is water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI

Stop the new world order!

Understand that the way to bring about real change in the world is to participate in non compliance- doing th right thing.

Disconnect yourself from the system.

Realize your connection to others.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8oBhEMOX6Q

Why should we support agricultural development around the world?

http://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/stories/a-farmer-by-skill-if-not-by-choice/


People must help people, around the world, so we can coexist peacefully and happily.

The green revolution -

Farming training centers-

Education eliminates ignorance; teaching yoga to promote population control

Yoga is beneficial for mental health, physical health and mindfulness of how the two are interlinked. Yoga helps those who practice to be more present from moment to moment rather than getting stuck in past memories or daydreaming about the future. True happiness likes in the present moment.

In practicing yoga, stress is reduced and problems that before may have seemed impossible become solvable.
So what are some of todays biggest issues that yoga may help to address in a healthier manner?


Population control has become an issue of our time, for today to world population has exceeded 7 billion people.

"From the five billion in 1987, the planet has now 7.3 billion people. At the world level, the current rapid expansion of the population, which has been accompanied by a disproportionate increase in the usage of resources, represents a major threat to the entire planetary ecosystem; these facts have led some scientists to say that we are going beyond “the planetary boundaries” and we are facing the possibility of a major crisis, called “the sixth extinction.”

Sixth extinction?! What a crisis! Do we have the ability to heal the planet?
What does yoga have to do with population issues?

Well, yoga values recognize that we are all interconnected and interdependent. Yoga values also emphasize solidarity, compassion, and respect of nature. 

Certainly, the international community has recognized the right of couples and individuals to decide the number and spacing of their children. Yoga makes us aware that every right implies also obligations; that the exercise of every right demands also assuming some responsibilities. The famous yoga restriction called Ahimsa, usually translated as “non-harming,” could be better understood as a mandate of respect; respect of others, respect of future generations, and respect of the entire planetary ecosystem.  

Alternate Nostril Breathing

The name alternate nostril breathing is due to the fact that we alternate between the two nostrils when we do the breathing. Yogis believe that this exercise will clean and rejuvenate your vital channels of energy, thus the name nadi sodhana (purification of nadis or channels).

With this exercise, we breathe through only one nostril at a time. The logic behind this exercise is that normal breathing does alternate from one nostril to the other at various times during the day. In a healthy person the breath will alternate between nostrils about every two hours. Because most of us are not in optimum health, this time period varies considerably between people and further reduces our vitality. According to the yogis, when the breath continues to flow in one nostril for more than two hours, as it does with most of us, it will have an adverse effect on our health. If the right nostril is involved, the result is mental and nervous disturbance. If the left nostril is involved, the result is chronic fatigue and reduced brain function. The longer the flow of breath in one nostril, the more serious the illness will be.

The Scientific Confirmation of Alternate Nostril Breathing

Medical science has recently discovered the nasal cycle, something that was known by the yogis thousands of years ago.

Scientists have recently found that we don't breathe equally with both nostrils, that one nostril is much easier to breathe through than the other at any particular time and that this alternates about every three hours. The yogis claim that the natural period is every two hours, but we must remember these studies were done on people who do not have an optimum health level.

Scientists also discovered that the nasal cycle corresponds with brain function. The electrical activity of the brain was found to be greater on the side opposite the less congested nostril. The right side of the brain controls creative activity, while the left side controls logical verbal activity. The research showed that when the left nostril was less obstructed, the right side of the brain was predominant. Test subjects were indeed found to do better on creative tests. Similarly when the right nostril was less obstructed the left side of the brain was predominant. Test subjects did better on verbal skills.

Medical science has not quite caught up with the ancient yogis yet. The yogis went one step further. They observed that a lot of disease was due to the nasal cycle being disturbed; that is, if a person breathed for too long through one nostril. To prevent and correct this condition, they developed the alternate nostril breathing technique. This clears any blockage to air flow in the nostrils and reestablishes the natural nasal cycle. For example, the yogis have known for a long time that prolonged breathing through the left nostril only (over a period of years) will produce asthma. They also know that this so-called incurable disease can be easily eliminated by teaching the patient to breathe through the right nostril until the asthma is cured, and then to prevent it recurring by doing the alternate nostril breathing technique. The yogis also believe that diabetes is caused to a large extent by breathing mainly through the right nostril.

Gardening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0TTKAce8kk

Kids Yoga Training

Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy 
http://www.himalayaninstitute.org/about-us/faculty/

Connecting with Teenagers through yoga:
http://www.doyouyoga.com/6-ways-to-connect-with-teenagers-through-yoga-42458/

Trending

every seven days 

drink poison in order to play 

numb the pain numb the pain 

every seven days 

inhale exhale daze 

to numb the pain to numb the pain 

MC Yogi

Be like Ghandi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_gQxVOmod0

Saul Williams

http://saulwilliams.com

DNA. Coded Language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp-KwrzwpJI

Said the Shotgun to the Head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djRZjeYxpBM

To do list...

http://thespiritscience.net/2015/05/16/shifting-your-vibration-to-manifest-your-desires/

Shift your vibration- make a healthy plan

Kids yoga- Write new songs

Kids Yoga Lesson plan- hour long kids yoga

1- Make a story
2- Include poses that remind us of animals


http://www.cosmickids.com/category/read/

5 main parts to the curriculum
Structure
Anatomy and Physiology
Postures - strength, balance and body awareness
Development
Performance

Be Uncomfortable

Disorganized attachments
Comfortably uncomfortable

“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day.” 

 I just saw this. Thank you. I needed this! In response... “Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”

Virgo Monkeys

"I shall never forget the faces of the boys and the girls in that little Welhausen Mexican School, and I remember even yet the pain of realizing and knowing then that college was closed to practically every one of those children because they were too poor. And I think it was then that I made up my mind that this nation could never rest while the door to knowledge remained closed to any American."
- Lyndon Johnson 

God is but a gardener 
planting seeds where he may 
providing the soil 
sun of may. 
He has not written the detail 
of how the seed will open 
of how it must push past dirt 
to see the light. 
 That which may grow 
from the ground that he sow 
he must watch but never know 
he must watch to them grow 

Sharing is everything.

Ever species exists in harmony with others.

The earth is a miracle.

Namaste
I honor the place in you
in which the entire universe dwells
I honor the place in you
which is of love,
of truth,
of light
and of peace.
When you are in the place in you
and I am in the place in me
we are one.

We are not alone. We are the planet. We as a community must be enlightened.

Happiness only real when SHARED.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrW-8Tlir94

The Yoga Sutras By Patanjali

4 chapters.
196 sutras.

CHAPTER 2- 8 Ashtanga Limps

Yamas- Restraints
Ahimsa (non harming), Satya (truthfulness), Asteya (Non-stealing), Bramacharya (contenance), Aparigraha (greedlessness)

Niyamas- Observances
Saucha (purity), santosa (contentment), tapas (self-discipline), svadhyana (self-study), Isvara-pranidana (surrendering)

Asanas- Postures

Pranayama - Breath control

Pratyahara - Sense withdrawal

Dharana- Contentment

Dhyana- Meditation

Saumadi- Super-consciousness

Detached

"To deliberately believe in lies while KNOWING they're false."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4dMj1w2sAo

Out in the Night

Theres a safety in the night
a sweet disguise
darkness excuses the flaws
the moon is far less judgmental
then his ever shinning rival for the stage
we call sky

I am more present in the night
i don't have to be ON for anyone
I can use sleepiness as a perfect excuse
to escape

My best thoughts are at night
there are more kisses
more moans
i'm convinced its when trees actually grow

Its been months since i've written a poem
and out this one writes
out in the night.

From the Cafe

                                                                   From the Cafe 

Stir Brewed House Coffee-
Simple and neat.
1 pound to be ground, 4 to fill a bucket.

Espresso-

Americano-

Latte- Espresso + Steamed Milk

Cappuccino- 1/3 espresso, 1/3 "steamed" milk, and 1/3 "frothed" milk

Cafe Au Lait- 50 % coffee, 50% steamed milk

Macchiato/ Cortado- a single or double-shot of espresso combined with between 1 and 16 ounces (30 - 470ml) of hot water.

Mocha-

Valrhona Hot Chocolate-

Chai Latte-

Steamed Ginger Green Tea w/ Honey and Lemon-

Serendipitea Organic Hot Teas-

Cold Brewed Iced Coffee-

Iced Americano-

Iced Lattee-

Iced Cappuccino-

Iced Mocha-

Iced Chai Lattee-

Extra double shot- $1

Lemonade-

Bottled drinks-

Someday I'll Love Ocean Vuong

Ocean, don’t be afraid.The end of the road is so far aheadit is already behind us.Don’t worry. Your father is only your fatheruntil one of you forgets. Like how the spinewon’t remember its wingsno matter how many times our kneeskiss the pavement. Ocean,are you listening? The most beautiful partof your body is whereveryour mother’s shadow falls.Here’s the house with childhoodwhittled down to a single red tripwire.Don’t worry. Just call it horizon& you’ll never reach it.Here’s today. Jump. I promise it’s nota lifeboat. Here’s the manwhose arms are wide enough to gatheryour leaving. & here the moment,just after the lights go out, when you can still seethe faint torch between his legs.How you use it again & againto find your own hands.You asked for a second chance& are given a mouth to empty into.Don’t be afraid, the gunfireis only the sound of peopletrying to live a little longer. Ocean. Ocean,get up. The most beautiful part of your bodyis where it’s headed. & remember,loneliness is still time spentwith the world. Here’sthe room with everyone in it.Your dead friends passingthrough you like windthrough a wind chime. Here’s a deskwith the gimp leg & a brickto make it last. Yes, here’s a roomso warm & blood-close,I swear, you will wake—& mistake these wallsfor skin.

Yoga To The People

The Invitation

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon... I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain, my mine or your own, without moving to hide it, or fade it, or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes, without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see Beauty when it is not pretty every day. And if you can source your own life from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!"

It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children.

It doesn't interest me who you know, or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

I had this dream last night

That my parents moved out
leaving me alone
to live together
in a commune

In my dream
I loved the community of the commune
Everyone worked together
learned together
played together

In my dream
they wanted to know what I could contribute
to the community
the first thing I said was
KNITTING!

In this dream, my parents slept together in a twin size bed
bodies intertwined
hugging each other for dear life

I can feel so lonely
so incompetent
and insecure
over thinking if I truly belong
anywhere.

What is a dream
but a fantasy
what is a fantasy
but a dream

What does yoga truly mean to me?
How do I apply it to my life?

crystals

Crystal Healing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6pYAiRqhio

http://www.garnetminetours.com

http://www.orgonite.info

Book: Love is in the EARTH
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Guided Meditation

Opening up
repressed emotions
is scary as fuck

hot yoga was intense
but meditation is a whole new realm

why is it so hard to look inside myself?
if we are all one, if we are all connected
why do I feel so alien?

god i sure crave a hug.
god i wish i knew how to give love.

Meditation
in all its different forms

i feel so alone
why was i even born?

What am I doing here?
How do I get rid of fear?

Connect with me
walk with me

see what I see
Be what I be

Together or alone
here for at home

Trees
wind
grass
soil

feel
within
relax
recoil

Yoga to heal me

Today was the second day of the first weekend of my 10 weekend yoga teacher training program.

Yesterday evening was the introduction to 61 fellow students, 10 mentors and two teachers.
We got to meet the man behind the idea to open donation based yoga studios and heard from several people who took his teacher training and made yoga into a career.

I am depending on this experience to save me.

They said to TRUST THE PROCESS and KEEP AND OPEN MIND.
This experience is what you make of it.

Today we began the day with a 60 minute yoga class and afterwards I took a walk through central park before heading to the St Marks studio for the first official lecture with Sam.

He lead the crew in a discussion answering the question WHAT IS YOGA?

What is yoga?
Why have I chosen it as the thing that will save me?
Will I be able to do it for the rest of my life?

One of my favorite responses was "yoga is a word. We give it life."
"Yoga is different every time."
"Yoga is a spiritual movement into exploring the breath in different postures."


The lecture slowly turned into a philosophical conversation. Sam talked about having self compassion for the paradox between self acceptance and wanting radical change.

SELF ACCEPTANCE vs RADICAL CHANGE

He explained the importance of our words in our dialogues. Even though we are the ones talking we're not the only ones communicating. The way our students respond to our words says a lot about how well we direct them.

Healing through yoga

"The Body's Frame

The human frame aligns itself to support and distribute our weight with the greatest economy of effort- the arch of the foot, the precise curves of the spine, the design of every joint, the tilt of the pelvis- and is designed to combine freedom of movement with strength and protection of vital organs. The joints are held firmly by strong, elastic ligaments, and the whole structure is supported, moved and returned to alignment by the muscles. 

Yoga asanas give muscles and ligaments a slow, non-violent stretch, without the following sharp contractions of most sports. Stretching a muscles helps it contract more strongly, while slow movements and deep breathing increase the oxygen supply to the muscles, preventing the accumulation of lactic acid in the fibers. The stretching and contracting muscles stimulate circulation to the tissues and organs and cause an increased venous return. 

For all common health problems, prevention is better than a cure- regular practice of the full asana sequence, which is designed to stimulate the the circulation, and to work systematically on every part of the body so that the muscles dare healthy and in balance, will keep you young and agile through life."

Muscles
Your skeletal muscles are ranged symmetrically, left to right and front to back, in layers with different actions.
Yoga asanas symmetrically work each opposing set of muscles in turn, keeping them youthful, elastic and in balance with each other. 

Anyway

People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. 

Love them anyway! 

If you do good, people will accuse you 

of selfish, ulterior motives. 

Do good anyway! 

If you are successful, you will win false friends and enemies. 

Succeed anyway! 

The good you do will be forgotten tomorrow. 

Do good anyway! 

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. 

Be honest and frank anyway! 

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.

 Build anyway! 

People really need help but may attack you if you help them. Help them anyway! 

Give the world the best you have 

and you’ll get kicked in the teeth. 

Give the world the best you’ve got anyway!

RAW FOD MOVEMENT

I want to change my life.
I want the thirst I used to have.
I will make efforts to do just that, and will begin with my body.

I will change my life through my stomach.
I will improve my health through by breathing.
I will feel better, think better and love better.

I've taken the first healthy step by attending a yoga teacher training program but now its time to tackle the diet.

I'm going RAW.

If you can see it, and believe it you can achieve it.

On todays Oprah episode, the guest was Amy Purdy - the athlete who lost her legs when she was 19 but never stopped being active.

One of the books recommended in this episode that inspired both Amy and Oprah is:
Deepak Chopra
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Thank you mom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw3rIjzEuaY

Shai melting my heart a lil bit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw3rIjzEuaY

existential crisis is an understatement for my journey, but its necessary.

Free me

True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us.

The egg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1VN5zICGeU#t=427

The meaning of life is to MATURE

http://vimeo.com/95571304

Love every living thing as if it were… you.