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

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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,