Barack Obama says 2010 is a year of exciting possibilities, and, if that man can see his challenges in such a remarkable light, the least we can do is actually try with ours.
Donna Hamilton, a well known psychotherapist says: "I started out helping people focus what was wrong with them, now a lot of what I do is focusing on what is right. There is a very authentic and powerful transformation that occurs when people focus on their successes and positive relationships."
While I don't believe in being in denial about serious problems, I do believe that, with enough accurate information, and a little bit of reframing, you can focus on the positive, or, at the very least the positive potential, of any situation.
Here are some ideas (taken from Arjuna Ardagh's book the Translucent Revolution) to guide your body and mind in helpful directions. It is really worth asking these questions of yourself. It's a practise, the harder the situation, the harder you apply the practise.
1) Are you fully aware of all your options? What have you done to research these? Do you have confidence in the people around you?
2)Are you honouring your need for connection with others, or isolating yourself?
3)Are you being kind and good to yourself? Are you nurturing and nourishing your body, or are you treating it as a machine?
4) Are you noticing and expressing your feelings or are you feeling stuck, depressed, frustrated and bottled up?
5) Have you explored the workings of your own mind, and can you see how your thoughts and beliefs affect the quality of your life?
Are you sure that everything you believe is true?
6)Do you feel connected to the meaning and purpose of your life? What do you really want to live for?
7)Are you taking time each day to connect to your deepest core and essence?
Yoga can be part of your life-style in many ways.
It may even be for you. Try a class and find out. visit www.loveyoga.co.uk for more information on styles of yoga, and the current timetable
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Friday, 16 April 2010
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
YOUR HEALTH IS YOUR LIFE
Unfortunately, most of us are caught up running around in today's ever faster, not to mention, increasingly electronic society. It's probable in today's day-and-age, for example, that you will be working for a stressed out organisation, or even redundant with bills to pay. You may be deadened from watching too much
TV, or being glued to your computer, or eating denatured food,or drinking too much.
If this is true for you it's likely your physical health will be suffering. This all too typical lifestyle can also help create a loss of depth, sensitivity, integrity, awareness and passion in your life generally - Ultimately, the situation may become intolerable for your body and your mind, not to mention your soul.
Your health is one of the most important things in your life. Certainly it is more important than money, possessions & status.
You are a physical being. For good health, you need the slower rhythms that nature provides, good food and plenty of healthy exercise and relaxation.
HOW YOGA CAN HELP
Yoga, taught well, is a system that encourages you to treat your mind & body in a sympathetic, holistic & observant way. Once you are relating to your body and yourself with some degree of depth, integrity, passion and sensitivity, you will be able to transfer this way of relating to your family, friends, business, community and world.This leads to an entirely different experience of yourself and your connection to others.
Simply by learning to witness your breath and how to treat your body in a sensitive and compassionate manner, you will achieve far more in terms of learning to live life well, than you would through a year's worth of free spa treatments.
Is yoga for you? try a Love Yoga class and find out. Visit Ihttp://www.loveyoga.co.uk/ for more details and timetable
QUOTES
"As much as everybody enjoys all the gadgets and comforts, many people are realizing that they don't even want to live without communion and respect for Earth।" Barbara Hand Clow.
May peace prevail on Earth - Unknown
"We are nature. If we don’t allow ourselves to express and honour that on a regular basis then things go wrong. Our alienation from nature includes alienation from other people. Because we are nature & we are nature’s most hard won fruit – human beings,we need the nourishment of that contact." Godfrey Deveraux
TV, or being glued to your computer, or eating denatured food,or drinking too much.
If this is true for you it's likely your physical health will be suffering. This all too typical lifestyle can also help create a loss of depth, sensitivity, integrity, awareness and passion in your life generally - Ultimately, the situation may become intolerable for your body and your mind, not to mention your soul.
Your health is one of the most important things in your life. Certainly it is more important than money, possessions & status.
You are a physical being. For good health, you need the slower rhythms that nature provides, good food and plenty of healthy exercise and relaxation.
HOW YOGA CAN HELP
Yoga, taught well, is a system that encourages you to treat your mind & body in a sympathetic, holistic & observant way. Once you are relating to your body and yourself with some degree of depth, integrity, passion and sensitivity, you will be able to transfer this way of relating to your family, friends, business, community and world.This leads to an entirely different experience of yourself and your connection to others.
Simply by learning to witness your breath and how to treat your body in a sensitive and compassionate manner, you will achieve far more in terms of learning to live life well, than you would through a year's worth of free spa treatments.
Is yoga for you? try a Love Yoga class and find out. Visit Ihttp://www.loveyoga.co.uk/ for more details and timetable
QUOTES
"As much as everybody enjoys all the gadgets and comforts, many people are realizing that they don't even want to live without communion and respect for Earth।" Barbara Hand Clow.
May peace prevail on Earth - Unknown
"We are nature. If we don’t allow ourselves to express and honour that on a regular basis then things go wrong. Our alienation from nature includes alienation from other people. Because we are nature & we are nature’s most hard won fruit – human beings,we need the nourishment of that contact." Godfrey Deveraux
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
FINDING YOURSELF THROUGH YOGA
Yoga is, or can be, far more than just an exercise routine. When you become absorbed in reflecting and feeling deeply your body, your movements, your little finger, your breath ect, you cannot help but grow.
This does not mean you become perfect, in posture or personality. What it does mean is that you find out more and more about yourself, your body, your mind, your weaknesses and your strengths. Ideally, in my opinion, you should also become more compassionate and inquisitive about yourself and others - their whole selves - not just the bits you like. You can but grow through this approach.
You improve strengths, and begin to identify where you have made mistakes, where you can change and make/get better, and where you can just accept what can't be changed. Hopefully, you gain more clarity about yourself and your shadow, and the self and shadow of others also.
More consciousness (eventually) means better decisions, leading to a better life, and - when enough people take this approach a better society all round.
Love Yoga provides classes that give you a great body work out, a depth of relaxation not easily achieved elsewhere, and a philosophy, that points out encourages you to look within, work with yourself (and others) in order to create positive change.
In class, you learn techniques that enable you to listen to your mind and your body, with a depth of attention, sensitivity and compassion you may not have developed before. This evolves all of you - your body, your beliefs, your awareness, and your capacity for seeing the bigger picture.
You also learn how to forgive yourself when inevitably, you are less than you would like to be.
Is yoga for you? try a Love Yoga class and find out. Visit Ihttp://www.loveyoga.co.uk/ for more details and timetable
This does not mean you become perfect, in posture or personality. What it does mean is that you find out more and more about yourself, your body, your mind, your weaknesses and your strengths. Ideally, in my opinion, you should also become more compassionate and inquisitive about yourself and others - their whole selves - not just the bits you like. You can but grow through this approach.
You improve strengths, and begin to identify where you have made mistakes, where you can change and make/get better, and where you can just accept what can't be changed. Hopefully, you gain more clarity about yourself and your shadow, and the self and shadow of others also.
More consciousness (eventually) means better decisions, leading to a better life, and - when enough people take this approach a better society all round.
Love Yoga provides classes that give you a great body work out, a depth of relaxation not easily achieved elsewhere, and a philosophy, that points out encourages you to look within, work with yourself (and others) in order to create positive change.
In class, you learn techniques that enable you to listen to your mind and your body, with a depth of attention, sensitivity and compassion you may not have developed before. This evolves all of you - your body, your beliefs, your awareness, and your capacity for seeing the bigger picture.
You also learn how to forgive yourself when inevitably, you are less than you would like to be.
Is yoga for you? try a Love Yoga class and find out. Visit Ihttp://www.loveyoga.co.uk/ for more details and timetable
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