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Crystal Healing

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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.