Take a moment to reflect ... In which of these area(s) do you most often feel angry? Write whatever comes into your awareness inside of these piece(s) of your pie. Use extra sheets of paper if you need more space. Take a moment just to breathe. Relax. When you feel ready to, notice one of the entries you've written in your pie. Which of the 3 Purposes of Anger was occurring? Can you identify it? How did you express this anger? Continue Reading
‘What Tension Am I Holding That I Don’t Need?’ – Part 2
I’ve been asked numerous times over the thirty-five years I’ve been practicing daily Yoga if I would ‘teach’. (It’s a ‘cosmic joke’ that I’m apparently chronologically forty-nine. I feel perpetually like I’m twenty-eight, and sometimes like I’m fourteen!) For years I adamantly, though graciously, replied ‘No’. Yoga was my private, cherished companion. As a performing artist who was transparently visible onstage, it was my Continue Reading
Wander Time, Empty Time
So many people have asked me to write a sequel to “Savasana – The Deepest Rest Around!”. Inspired by the rejuvenation and refreshment that Savasana invites, here is its ‘sister’ … Most people in the western world – and millions if not billions in the eastern world, too – are standing both feet fully planted on the rapidly accelerating conveyer belt of ‘busyness’. Caught in an ego warp of ‘the busier you are, the more valuable you Continue Reading
Sensing Your Full Potential
Relax in stillness. Allow your body to become heavy – in its seat if you are sitting, or on the ground if you are lying down. Allow your body to become heavy, its weight sinking into the surface beneath you. Your physiological processes will begin to slow. The electrical currents in your body will begin to quieten. Allow your breath to slow down. You may find yourself drawn to take a few deep breaths. Or just allow your breath Continue Reading
Emotional and Spiritual Cleansing and Detoxification
In addition to the suggestions in “Cleansing and Detoxification" including "Physical" and “Mental”, consider these suggestions for your Emotional and Spiritual well-being :-) Slow Down Allow more ‘Yin’ in your experience. Less doing, more relaxing. Relaxation, humor, and slowing your pace are key elements of digesting your experience in real time. Stillness Practice inner stillness – the ability to Continue Reading
Mental Cleansing and Detoxification
In addition to the suggestions in "Cleansing and Detoxification" and "Physical Cleansing and Detoxification", notice the vices / addictions that interfere with your mental clarity and responsiveness. For example, explore significantly reducing - or abstaining from - your exposure to: * Television * Constant audio stimulation (radio, iPod, etcetera) * News * Tabloid Continue Reading
Exhaustion – or Relaxation?
Recently a Client described herself as ‘exhausted’. To assist her to shift into a more desirable state of experience, I asked her to attune inwardly and identify if this exhaustion was a). physical b). emotional c). mental d). spiritual or e). a combination of these. She reflected for a moment, noticing the subtleties of her experience. Then she proclaimed, “I feel exhausted on all levels!" If she had Continue Reading