Thursday, November 20, 2014
Stay Healthy - Autumn Season
Autumn is typically marked by dry air, cooling winds and variable temperatures.
With the adverse effects of global warming and climate change mother nature is more tempestuous than ever. The extreme unpredictability of this season makes it harder than ever to stay in balance.
Remember:
Balanced living is key to good health and wellbeing!
These are my favorite protocols to offset the dry, cool and variable conditions of Autumn.
1. Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!
(This could easily fill all five categories.)
The dry air rips moisture off your skin and out of your body!!
If you don't replenish this moisture daily, you will dehydrate.
Fact: By the time your lips feel dry you are very dehydrated.
Sip warm water throughout your day. That is the best and fastest way to rehydrate.
Warm herbal tea is second best (for when your taste buds get bored)
2. Get Oily!
Massage unrefined oil into your skin before you bathe and pour lots of oil on your food.
Oils adds a protective layer to your skin, and makes it very soft.
Make it organic. You don't want industrial chemical solvents (used to refine oil) on or in your body!
Coconut, sesame, olive, almond are a few great choices.
3. Eat liquid meals!
Fruit and green smoothies, vegetable soups and stews, soft cooked grains, stewed seasonal fruits like
apples and pears. These are all great ways to add more liquid to your body and keep you fluid.
4. Move your body daily!
Gentle movement practices like walking, yoga or tai chi will help keep your energy flowing,
in a balanced and grounded way. And do avoid extremely fast moving activities when you are
feeling over extended or out of balance.
5. Poop everyday!
If you are constipated, your body is definitely out of balance and most likely dehydrated.
If the above do not help, drink tripahala, slippery elm tea or smooth move teas daily. You can buy
these at any health food store. If 1-4 don't work, do an enema each evening for a few days.
* BONUS TIP:
Sometimes simply slowing down will help us relax enough to regain our center and feel connected
to the people and places around us. Holiday season tends to exacerbate Autumn's imbalance,
especially if you add more activities, more running around, more late nights…
* SUPER BONUS OFFER:
I love meeting new people. It's my mission to help folks reclaim their health and wellbeing.
If you are craving more energy, elevated moods, deeper sleep, satisfying relationships, a healthier
diet or lifestyle and are looking to experience abundant vitality everyday for the rest of your life.
Contact me to schedule your complimentary "Evolving Edge" Consultation. It costs you nothing.
We'll spend 30-50 minutes to get clear about your health - as it is now and as you want it.
Then we can talk about what to do to bridge that difference…so you can thrive!
YES, I'd like a free Evolving Edge Consultation!
Monday, November 17, 2014
THE EVOLVING EDGE OF HEALTH
THE EVOLVING EDGE OF HEALTH - YOUR FUTURE SELF
Lynne Paterson, Evolving Edge ™ Health Coach
November 2014
The "evolving edge" of health is an emerging conversation in the yoga community for which I am forever grateful. This is a game-changing, life-changing conversation on health and wellness!!
I invite you to step into this conversation with me. With your self, your family, friends and associates.
The current paradigm of health that we humans find ourselves in looks like this:
we will be born, we will grow, we will work, we will age, we will suffer, and finally we will die. With this mindset, we move through our lives with a sense of some invariable, unchangeable fact of life. We are all subject to the rules of mortality, unable to make a dent in this established paradigm.
In the course of life, we most certainly will experience the full spectrum of our humanity. We WILL grow, work, play, enjoy and suffer through a tidal wave of highs and lows…and most certainly we will leave our physical body behind at the end of life, when we pass on.
But what if we could shift reality by changing the conversation?
What if you could rewrite the script of growing old and aging? What if you knew that you could communicate with your future self with the expressed purpose of creating your future health?
What if you could create perfect health: happy, empowered, radiant, energetic, etc? Would you engage with me in that conversation?
CURRENT HEALTH = FUTURE SELF:
We all dream about our future: where we want to live, what we want to do, with whom we want to be. Everyone alive today has as image of their ideal life.
Our dreams may take form as a clear vision with detailed specifics; or may manifest as a strong desire to be fully alive and spiritually awake; or arise as a simple sense that there's something more, something better awaiting us… somewhere out on the horizon of our future.
This inner sense of 'something more, something else' IS your future self speaking up!
The soul of your future self is continually calling out to the soul of your current self. Are you listening?
When we establish a clear connection between our current self/health and our ideal future self/health, something magic happens. We begin to see something never before imagined - we discover a brand new connection awaiting us.
This newfound space - the space between where we are and where we wish to be - is a gateway, a bindu (center point of consciousness). This point, seam or gap is the midline between Universal Consciousness and human consciousness. It's the vesica pisces of sacred geometry; the space of creativity, freewill and unlimited potential. When we step into this gap on a daily basis, we impact our health, vitality and wellbeing is a most positive manner. We can learn to use the rules to our advantage - to shift our pathway into the future! We can begin to create our future self - today!
When we learn to hold this gap open, we'll discover more about our self, values and deepest desires. We'll learn to stand tall in the field of possibility and dream big. And it that energy field, we'll learn to strengthen the connection between who we are now and who we wish to become. As we uncover each essential strand of our vision a new level of awareness arises spontaneously. We become more open. Insight, inspiration, motivation and wisdom arise because this new found awareness creates a powerful connection to the Source Light. When we connect to Source, it's creative energy flows into and fill that gap. It is this creative energy that empowers up to manifest our vision in the present moment.
Ultimately, it's important to stitch up this seam. When we narrow, then close this gap, we bring the energy of our vision back to the present where we can harness its power and use it to make necessary changes or take the necessary actions to make it manifest.
DAY-TO-DAY LIFESTYLE MATTERS:
Your lifestyle is an amalgam of every action that you make within a single day.
An entire day is a microcosm of your entire life! Your whole life is made up of single days, single moments. So what you eat, how well you digest, how much you move, how deeply you sleep, how well you breathe, the quality of every thought and emotion, every word you speak becomes of tremendous importance. In essence, the what, why, where, when and how you live your daily life determines your future health and your future self. WOW!
A healthy lifestyle is a scenario where each day is supported by each moment and your every action within that moment. When you are consciously aligned with your higher purpose, your biggest dreams, your future self and your future health each day, in each moment - you become empowered.
When your everyday actions are random, unconscious or out of alignment with your future self
(i.e. when they are based on past memories, bad experiences, outdated models of being, fear, anger, etc) you undermine the sacred connection to Self/Source and can disempower your self. You risk loosing touch with your deepest wisdom, inner beauty and especially with your own health and vitality.
Maybe now you get a glimpse of how very important everyday living and everyday lifestyle is to your future self and future health. It might seem like an insurmountable task to be accountable for every passing moment - but this is exactly what a yogic lifestyle and spiritual growth calls forth in us.
Because, first and foremost, it is the little habits that we do each and every day that determine who we will become in the future and what level of health we will experience. If we want to enjoy health an vitality down the road, we must gain mastery and control of our health and life right now.
Imagine the Universal Self calling out to you:
"Wake Up, Pay Attention, Up, Every Moment of Your Life is a Blessing. You are Amazing."
If you listen closely, you might hear that voice inviting you into accountable action for your benefit.
When you ignore this inner call and the wisdom speaking through you - what could result?
Either (1) your current health/self remains the same. Static - just as you are - nothing ever evolves and your vision and dreams never manifest. You just plod along as your current self.
OR (2) your current health/self go downhill because you become disconnected and disempowered. In both instances, your future self and future health remain way out of reach, far out on the distant horizon.
If your thinking: "I want to evolve, I want to get to know my future self and manifest great health today" then I'd be delighted to carry on this conversation in person, by phone or Skype.
Please contact me for a complimentary "Evolving Edge" Health Consultation.
You'll need to schedule an appointment and set aside between 30-60 minutes so we can create a deep and meaningful conversation. Together we'll clarify where you are now, where you want to be and we'll assess the distance between them and see what you might do to bridge that gap.
Contact me today:
Lynne Paterson ERYT-500, Wellness Coach, Evolving Edge Lifestyle Consultant
Phone: 413.268.7151
Email: prakasayoga@gmail.com.
Online: http://www.prakasayoga.com/contact_us.cfm
Let's get together!
Life's too short to stay the same!
Life's more fun when we evolve!
Lynne Paterson, Evolving Edge ™ Health Coach
November 2014
The "evolving edge" of health is an emerging conversation in the yoga community for which I am forever grateful. This is a game-changing, life-changing conversation on health and wellness!!
I invite you to step into this conversation with me. With your self, your family, friends and associates.
The current paradigm of health that we humans find ourselves in looks like this:
we will be born, we will grow, we will work, we will age, we will suffer, and finally we will die. With this mindset, we move through our lives with a sense of some invariable, unchangeable fact of life. We are all subject to the rules of mortality, unable to make a dent in this established paradigm.
In the course of life, we most certainly will experience the full spectrum of our humanity. We WILL grow, work, play, enjoy and suffer through a tidal wave of highs and lows…and most certainly we will leave our physical body behind at the end of life, when we pass on.
But what if we could shift reality by changing the conversation?
What if you could rewrite the script of growing old and aging? What if you knew that you could communicate with your future self with the expressed purpose of creating your future health?
What if you could create perfect health: happy, empowered, radiant, energetic, etc? Would you engage with me in that conversation?
CURRENT HEALTH = FUTURE SELF:
We all dream about our future: where we want to live, what we want to do, with whom we want to be. Everyone alive today has as image of their ideal life.
Our dreams may take form as a clear vision with detailed specifics; or may manifest as a strong desire to be fully alive and spiritually awake; or arise as a simple sense that there's something more, something better awaiting us… somewhere out on the horizon of our future.
This inner sense of 'something more, something else' IS your future self speaking up!
The soul of your future self is continually calling out to the soul of your current self. Are you listening?
When we establish a clear connection between our current self/health and our ideal future self/health, something magic happens. We begin to see something never before imagined - we discover a brand new connection awaiting us.
This newfound space - the space between where we are and where we wish to be - is a gateway, a bindu (center point of consciousness). This point, seam or gap is the midline between Universal Consciousness and human consciousness. It's the vesica pisces of sacred geometry; the space of creativity, freewill and unlimited potential. When we step into this gap on a daily basis, we impact our health, vitality and wellbeing is a most positive manner. We can learn to use the rules to our advantage - to shift our pathway into the future! We can begin to create our future self - today!
When we learn to hold this gap open, we'll discover more about our self, values and deepest desires. We'll learn to stand tall in the field of possibility and dream big. And it that energy field, we'll learn to strengthen the connection between who we are now and who we wish to become. As we uncover each essential strand of our vision a new level of awareness arises spontaneously. We become more open. Insight, inspiration, motivation and wisdom arise because this new found awareness creates a powerful connection to the Source Light. When we connect to Source, it's creative energy flows into and fill that gap. It is this creative energy that empowers up to manifest our vision in the present moment.
Ultimately, it's important to stitch up this seam. When we narrow, then close this gap, we bring the energy of our vision back to the present where we can harness its power and use it to make necessary changes or take the necessary actions to make it manifest.
Your lifestyle is an amalgam of every action that you make within a single day.
An entire day is a microcosm of your entire life! Your whole life is made up of single days, single moments. So what you eat, how well you digest, how much you move, how deeply you sleep, how well you breathe, the quality of every thought and emotion, every word you speak becomes of tremendous importance. In essence, the what, why, where, when and how you live your daily life determines your future health and your future self. WOW!
A healthy lifestyle is a scenario where each day is supported by each moment and your every action within that moment. When you are consciously aligned with your higher purpose, your biggest dreams, your future self and your future health each day, in each moment - you become empowered.
When your everyday actions are random, unconscious or out of alignment with your future self
(i.e. when they are based on past memories, bad experiences, outdated models of being, fear, anger, etc) you undermine the sacred connection to Self/Source and can disempower your self. You risk loosing touch with your deepest wisdom, inner beauty and especially with your own health and vitality.
Maybe now you get a glimpse of how very important everyday living and everyday lifestyle is to your future self and future health. It might seem like an insurmountable task to be accountable for every passing moment - but this is exactly what a yogic lifestyle and spiritual growth calls forth in us.
Because, first and foremost, it is the little habits that we do each and every day that determine who we will become in the future and what level of health we will experience. If we want to enjoy health an vitality down the road, we must gain mastery and control of our health and life right now.
Imagine the Universal Self calling out to you:
"Wake Up, Pay Attention, Up, Every Moment of Your Life is a Blessing. You are Amazing."
If you listen closely, you might hear that voice inviting you into accountable action for your benefit.
When you ignore this inner call and the wisdom speaking through you - what could result?
Either (1) your current health/self remains the same. Static - just as you are - nothing ever evolves and your vision and dreams never manifest. You just plod along as your current self.
OR (2) your current health/self go downhill because you become disconnected and disempowered. In both instances, your future self and future health remain way out of reach, far out on the distant horizon.
If your thinking: "I want to evolve, I want to get to know my future self and manifest great health today" then I'd be delighted to carry on this conversation in person, by phone or Skype.
Please contact me for a complimentary "Evolving Edge" Health Consultation.
You'll need to schedule an appointment and set aside between 30-60 minutes so we can create a deep and meaningful conversation. Together we'll clarify where you are now, where you want to be and we'll assess the distance between them and see what you might do to bridge that gap.
Contact me today:
Lynne Paterson ERYT-500, Wellness Coach, Evolving Edge Lifestyle Consultant
Phone: 413.268.7151
Email: prakasayoga@gmail.com.
Online: http://www.prakasayoga.com/contact_us.cfm
Let's get together!
Life's too short to stay the same!
Life's more fun when we evolve!
Monday, November 10, 2014
BOTANICAL MEDICINE for Personal & Global Health
BOTANICAL MEDICINE for Personal & Global Health:
This summer, as I played in my garden among flowers, vegetables, wild plants and weeds
I heard a very clear message in my mind: "MAKE PLANT MEDICINE".
Now we all have lots of thoughts and words floating around inside our head all day - mostly stuff that should be ignored!! But once in a while a different voice speaks!! A voice that is super clear, loving and filled with purpose and intention. This was that type of voice.
And so I listened carefully and then followed through: I asked the various medicinal and herbal plants if they wanted me to pick them and use them. And the plants spoke back…and guided my way.
Now if you've ever hiked or walked with me round outdoors in nature, you'll know that I am very attuned to the plant kingdom. Observant. I love to see what's in the natural world around me - who are my plant neighbors, so to speak. And when I stroll through my garden, I pat and love and acknowledge each plant as I pass by.
ST JOHNSWORT was the first to say "yes, please use my flowers, for I will help you get through the dark months of Winter and cold. Let my bright yellow blossoms become good medicine to keep your spirits high and senses enlivened." She told me when and how to harvest them, and how much to leave for the bees to collect.
So I picked daily when the sun was out, and the flowers were dry.
St Johnswort is called the
"HAPPINESS HERB" and is proven to cure mild depression.
She's also a great ally for menopausal women!!
Just look at her vibrant yellow
color - just like the sun itself. We have tincture and body oil for sale.
When MULLEIN made her presence in our garden two summers ago, she did it with panache.
No pussy-footing around. She stood over 6' tall in a central location - 15 feet off of our deck, where we held yoga classes all summer. Everyone adored her beauty and majesty! This year her seeds spread and grew everywhere, and so I harvested her leaves to make tea and tincture; and a small amount of mullein flower oil (for earaches). Mullein is an awesome EXPECTORANT. I used her in September to clear my lungs, so I could avoid colds and flu…a strategy which has worked brilliantly so far!! No sniffles, so sore throat, no sinusitis. I am breathing better than ever…and so can you!
I wish I had a picture of me standing
next to the original mother plant!!
You see how furry her leaves are - they moisten dry lung tissue, while they scrub mucus and phlegm.
I mixed mullein with organic mint from my garden to make a delicious tea, and with 100% vodka to make the tincture.
NETTLES - STINGING NETTLES is one sassy plant. She will prick you if you don't take care.
These prickers dissolve when cooked or soaked in oil or alcohol. I have used nettles for many years!!
I love to add them to miso and other Winter soups or sauté them with onions and garlic. Her green leaves have the highest amount of chlorophyll and iron - more than any other green.
Nettles makes for strong blood building medicine, because chlorophyll from plant turns into red blood cells in the human. And strong blood supports strong immunity.
You can see the tiny barbs on nettles
stems. This is the way she protects herself from the mouths of sheep, deer and other animals that would nibble her right down to the ground.
Yay, Nettles!!
LEMON BALM grew quietly all summer long, until she took the shape of a beautiful round bush!!
One of my students said - "Do you have any lemon balm - I'd like some." And then I woke up.
I'd used her in smoothies and salads, but had forgotten about her gentle qualities. Sweet Melissa, as she is also called, is as quiet and patient as her medicine. The adage "Lemon Balm to Keep You Calm" goes way back in herbal history!! Her medicinal properties will soothe your nervous system, quell anxiety and stress…and help you sleep better. We have tea, tincture and body oil for sale.
PLANT INTELLIGENCE:
Let me say that substituting plant and herbal medicine for synthetic drugs and pharmaceuticals will benefit both humankind and our precious planet. Plant medicines always have side-benefits (when used respectfully and correctly) and pharmaceutical drugs always have side-effects! Just read the back of any magazine advertisement for any drug. The whole page is a list of potentially harmful side-effects.
There is an ADDED BONUS when we ingest plant based medicines - their cosmic intelligence is transferred directly into our cells, tissues and organs. (The tinctured and base oils preserve more of the live essence of the plant than the dried herbs.)
Think about this - over the course of the growing season a plant absorbs sun, rain, moonlight, air from the atmosphere…and it also absorbs information from the cosmos and whatever surrounds it grows in -a forest, meadow, bog or garden. When we eat more plants (as Michael Pollen suggests) we become more intelligently attuned to the natural world. And when we are more connected, we will make better choices that support our individual growth and health and that of the whole planet.
Local plant-based medicines are going to be one of the medicines of the future, as local plants transmit important information and intelligence about the places we live. Where plants thrive, we will thrive.
I'll happily ship any of my new 'Prakasa Medicinals" products to you.
Just let me know what you need. I can even pair them in gift packages for the holidays.
Deep Sleep Package:
Lemon Balm Tincture (1 oz), Lemon Balm Body oil (1 oz), and a silk eye pillow.
Happy Mood:
St Johnswort Tincture (1oz) and St Johnswort Body Oil (1 oz).
Breathe Easy:
Mullein Tincture (1oz), Mullein Body Oil (1oz), Neti Pot and Nasal Oil. (1oz).
I hope you will use and enjoy these plant-spirit medicines, they are made with love and respect.
The tinctures are made with 100% Organic Vodka, and the body oils from 100% Organic Olive Oil.
Free "I Want to Thrive" Consultation:
If you'd like to contact me about your health issues, I'd be happy to talk.
In fact, I will offer you a free consultation, just for reading my blog today.
Fill out the Contact Us page on my website or email me at: prakasayoga@gmail.com .
We'll get to know one another a little better and discuss your situation, dreams, goals and needs.
Namaste,
Lynne Paterson
This summer, as I played in my garden among flowers, vegetables, wild plants and weeds
I heard a very clear message in my mind: "MAKE PLANT MEDICINE".
Now we all have lots of thoughts and words floating around inside our head all day - mostly stuff that should be ignored!! But once in a while a different voice speaks!! A voice that is super clear, loving and filled with purpose and intention. This was that type of voice.
And so I listened carefully and then followed through: I asked the various medicinal and herbal plants if they wanted me to pick them and use them. And the plants spoke back…and guided my way.
Now if you've ever hiked or walked with me round outdoors in nature, you'll know that I am very attuned to the plant kingdom. Observant. I love to see what's in the natural world around me - who are my plant neighbors, so to speak. And when I stroll through my garden, I pat and love and acknowledge each plant as I pass by.
ST JOHNSWORT was the first to say "yes, please use my flowers, for I will help you get through the dark months of Winter and cold. Let my bright yellow blossoms become good medicine to keep your spirits high and senses enlivened." She told me when and how to harvest them, and how much to leave for the bees to collect.
So I picked daily when the sun was out, and the flowers were dry.St Johnswort is called the
"HAPPINESS HERB" and is proven to cure mild depression.
She's also a great ally for menopausal women!!
Just look at her vibrant yellow
color - just like the sun itself. We have tincture and body oil for sale.
When MULLEIN made her presence in our garden two summers ago, she did it with panache.
No pussy-footing around. She stood over 6' tall in a central location - 15 feet off of our deck, where we held yoga classes all summer. Everyone adored her beauty and majesty! This year her seeds spread and grew everywhere, and so I harvested her leaves to make tea and tincture; and a small amount of mullein flower oil (for earaches). Mullein is an awesome EXPECTORANT. I used her in September to clear my lungs, so I could avoid colds and flu…a strategy which has worked brilliantly so far!! No sniffles, so sore throat, no sinusitis. I am breathing better than ever…and so can you!
next to the original mother plant!!
You see how furry her leaves are - they moisten dry lung tissue, while they scrub mucus and phlegm.
I mixed mullein with organic mint from my garden to make a delicious tea, and with 100% vodka to make the tincture.
NETTLES - STINGING NETTLES is one sassy plant. She will prick you if you don't take care.
These prickers dissolve when cooked or soaked in oil or alcohol. I have used nettles for many years!!
I love to add them to miso and other Winter soups or sauté them with onions and garlic. Her green leaves have the highest amount of chlorophyll and iron - more than any other green.
Nettles makes for strong blood building medicine, because chlorophyll from plant turns into red blood cells in the human. And strong blood supports strong immunity.
You can see the tiny barbs on nettles
stems. This is the way she protects herself from the mouths of sheep, deer and other animals that would nibble her right down to the ground.
Yay, Nettles!!
LEMON BALM grew quietly all summer long, until she took the shape of a beautiful round bush!!
One of my students said - "Do you have any lemon balm - I'd like some." And then I woke up.
I'd used her in smoothies and salads, but had forgotten about her gentle qualities. Sweet Melissa, as she is also called, is as quiet and patient as her medicine. The adage "Lemon Balm to Keep You Calm" goes way back in herbal history!! Her medicinal properties will soothe your nervous system, quell anxiety and stress…and help you sleep better. We have tea, tincture and body oil for sale.
PLANT INTELLIGENCE:
Let me say that substituting plant and herbal medicine for synthetic drugs and pharmaceuticals will benefit both humankind and our precious planet. Plant medicines always have side-benefits (when used respectfully and correctly) and pharmaceutical drugs always have side-effects! Just read the back of any magazine advertisement for any drug. The whole page is a list of potentially harmful side-effects.
There is an ADDED BONUS when we ingest plant based medicines - their cosmic intelligence is transferred directly into our cells, tissues and organs. (The tinctured and base oils preserve more of the live essence of the plant than the dried herbs.)
Think about this - over the course of the growing season a plant absorbs sun, rain, moonlight, air from the atmosphere…and it also absorbs information from the cosmos and whatever surrounds it grows in -a forest, meadow, bog or garden. When we eat more plants (as Michael Pollen suggests) we become more intelligently attuned to the natural world. And when we are more connected, we will make better choices that support our individual growth and health and that of the whole planet.
I'll happily ship any of my new 'Prakasa Medicinals" products to you.
Just let me know what you need. I can even pair them in gift packages for the holidays.
Deep Sleep Package:
Lemon Balm Tincture (1 oz), Lemon Balm Body oil (1 oz), and a silk eye pillow.
Happy Mood:
St Johnswort Tincture (1oz) and St Johnswort Body Oil (1 oz).
Breathe Easy:
Mullein Tincture (1oz), Mullein Body Oil (1oz), Neti Pot and Nasal Oil. (1oz).
I hope you will use and enjoy these plant-spirit medicines, they are made with love and respect.
The tinctures are made with 100% Organic Vodka, and the body oils from 100% Organic Olive Oil.
Free "I Want to Thrive" Consultation:
If you'd like to contact me about your health issues, I'd be happy to talk.
In fact, I will offer you a free consultation, just for reading my blog today.
Fill out the Contact Us page on my website or email me at: prakasayoga@gmail.com .
We'll get to know one another a little better and discuss your situation, dreams, goals and needs.
Namaste,
Lynne Paterson
Friday, September 12, 2014
INDIAN SUMMER: FALL is FAST APPROACHING!!
INDIAN SUMMER: FALL IS FAST APPROACHING!!
Hey Friends,
If you live in the northeast, or in any four-season climate this news is VIP, so read on!!
Although the days are still warm (even hot) and the sun is still strong (keep applying healthy sunscreen)
we can feel that FALL is FAST APPROACHING. Cooler mornings, marked by snappy refreshing air and winds that blow are telling us to PAY ATTENTION.
NOW IS THE TIME:
TO SHIFT YOUR DIET.
TO PREPARE FOR COLD & FLU SEASON.
TO BOOST YOUR IMMUNITY….
before it's too late...
If we make a few mindful changes NOW,
we can AVOID colds & Flu LATER!!
I'll say that again:
If you change your diet and lifestyle, NOW, you can AVOID COLDS & FLU THIS WINTER!
Now do I have your attention?
During the summer, we need to eat foods that contain LOTS of WATER to keep our skin, cells and tissues fully hydrated to protect from the sun's drying affects. But if we keep indulging summer foods and treats (such as ice cream, raw fruit & tomatoes, cheese and dairy) we'll pay for it later!!
As the days get longer, the cool air acts to squeeze excess liquids from our cells and tissues and organs.
Why? Because when the temps drop below freezing - water will freeze. And if you have excess water in your system, you'll feel cold and be more susceptible to colds and flu.
Some foods cause allergic reactions in the body? Why? Because many people are very clogged up!!
You can tell when someone speaks - they have that nasal congestion, or continually "ahem" to clear their throat. Runny nose, post nasal drip, stuffy nose, coughs, sore throat, watery eyes and any other type of mucus/phlegm are all signs that our bodily system is jammed and the life giving energy is not flowing properly.
Many people still overeat processed foods that contain preservatives, pesticides, insecticides, sugar, poor quality fats, and consume excessive amounts of dairy and meat in their diet. Many people eat the same 10 foods all year round. Now that's a recipe for a lifestyle or health disaster.
My Best Advice for Fall:
1. Cut out the allergic-causing foods like sugar, eggs, dairy & wheat.
2. Notice what %age raw to cooked foods you eat. Start eating more cooked than raw, as the days get colder. Eat even more roots and stews as Winter approaches to keep your core warm.
3. Eat lacto-fermented food every day to keep the digestive fire in your belly amped up…made from fresh veggies pickled in a salt brine, and left to ferment; not heat-processed w/ commercial vinegar.
4. Enjoy a little miso soup once a day.
(unless you are allergic to soy - then eat more lacto-pickles)
5. Add warming spices and medicinal herbs to your diet.
6. Use essential oils that contain anti-bacterial, anti-viral properties on your skin.
7. Keep Autumn's drying winds off your skin and out of your body: wrap your neck in a scarf; layer clothes for cool mornings/evenings and warm afternoons.
8. Go to bed at night and get up in the morning at the same time each day to reset your bio-rhythm.
9. Oil your skin with organic food-grade oil appropriate for your body type.
10. Sign-up for my annual Cold Buster - Build Immunity Workshop. Discover your body type, sample healing foods, take home recipes and an Ayurvedic home remedy for you and your family.
Miso soup, essential oils, Ayurvedic home remedy, spice blends, dietary recommendations, recipes…and more.
Plus, I'll have our new Prakasa Medicinals on hand for sale!
Prakasa medicines are made from medicinal plants that have volunteered on our land over the last few years. The spirit of these plants have brought their healing medicine to us!! And I have hand-crafted each batch according to sustainable wild plant harvesting standards. Only 100% organic vodka used in the tinctures. No plants were killed in the harvest, most of the plants were left for the bees to enjoy.
We never apply any pesticide or herbicide to anything on our land. We only ever use the excellent local compost called "Black Gold" from Dalton, Ma.
Supplies are limited. Reserve yours today.
St. John's wort tincture: good for SAD & Winter Blues
Mullein, dried leaves: make a tea/infusion to clear lung congestion.
Mullein, tincture: easiest way to take mullein
Lemon Balm Tincture: calm frayed nerves and restore balance to the CNS.
Tinctures: $12 - 1 oz bottle
Dried herbs: $5 - bag
Pick-up Prakasa Medicinals at the studio.
(Shipping/handling is extra.)
Check out our website today!
Namaste, Lynne
Hey Friends,
If you live in the northeast, or in any four-season climate this news is VIP, so read on!!
Although the days are still warm (even hot) and the sun is still strong (keep applying healthy sunscreen)
we can feel that FALL is FAST APPROACHING. Cooler mornings, marked by snappy refreshing air and winds that blow are telling us to PAY ATTENTION.
NOW IS THE TIME:
TO SHIFT YOUR DIET.
TO PREPARE FOR COLD & FLU SEASON.
TO BOOST YOUR IMMUNITY….
before it's too late...
If we make a few mindful changes NOW,
we can AVOID colds & Flu LATER!!
I'll say that again:
If you change your diet and lifestyle, NOW, you can AVOID COLDS & FLU THIS WINTER!
Now do I have your attention?
During the summer, we need to eat foods that contain LOTS of WATER to keep our skin, cells and tissues fully hydrated to protect from the sun's drying affects. But if we keep indulging summer foods and treats (such as ice cream, raw fruit & tomatoes, cheese and dairy) we'll pay for it later!!
As the days get longer, the cool air acts to squeeze excess liquids from our cells and tissues and organs.
Why? Because when the temps drop below freezing - water will freeze. And if you have excess water in your system, you'll feel cold and be more susceptible to colds and flu.
Some foods cause allergic reactions in the body? Why? Because many people are very clogged up!!
You can tell when someone speaks - they have that nasal congestion, or continually "ahem" to clear their throat. Runny nose, post nasal drip, stuffy nose, coughs, sore throat, watery eyes and any other type of mucus/phlegm are all signs that our bodily system is jammed and the life giving energy is not flowing properly.
Many people still overeat processed foods that contain preservatives, pesticides, insecticides, sugar, poor quality fats, and consume excessive amounts of dairy and meat in their diet. Many people eat the same 10 foods all year round. Now that's a recipe for a lifestyle or health disaster.
My Best Advice for Fall:
1. Cut out the allergic-causing foods like sugar, eggs, dairy & wheat.
2. Notice what %age raw to cooked foods you eat. Start eating more cooked than raw, as the days get colder. Eat even more roots and stews as Winter approaches to keep your core warm.
3. Eat lacto-fermented food every day to keep the digestive fire in your belly amped up…made from fresh veggies pickled in a salt brine, and left to ferment; not heat-processed w/ commercial vinegar.
4. Enjoy a little miso soup once a day.
(unless you are allergic to soy - then eat more lacto-pickles)
5. Add warming spices and medicinal herbs to your diet.
6. Use essential oils that contain anti-bacterial, anti-viral properties on your skin.
7. Keep Autumn's drying winds off your skin and out of your body: wrap your neck in a scarf; layer clothes for cool mornings/evenings and warm afternoons.
8. Go to bed at night and get up in the morning at the same time each day to reset your bio-rhythm.
9. Oil your skin with organic food-grade oil appropriate for your body type.
10. Sign-up for my annual Cold Buster - Build Immunity Workshop. Discover your body type, sample healing foods, take home recipes and an Ayurvedic home remedy for you and your family.
Miso soup, essential oils, Ayurvedic home remedy, spice blends, dietary recommendations, recipes…and more.
Plus, I'll have our new Prakasa Medicinals on hand for sale!
Prakasa medicines are made from medicinal plants that have volunteered on our land over the last few years. The spirit of these plants have brought their healing medicine to us!! And I have hand-crafted each batch according to sustainable wild plant harvesting standards. Only 100% organic vodka used in the tinctures. No plants were killed in the harvest, most of the plants were left for the bees to enjoy.
We never apply any pesticide or herbicide to anything on our land. We only ever use the excellent local compost called "Black Gold" from Dalton, Ma.
Supplies are limited. Reserve yours today.
St. John's wort tincture: good for SAD & Winter Blues Mullein, dried leaves: make a tea/infusion to clear lung congestion.
Mullein, tincture: easiest way to take mullein
Lemon Balm Tincture: calm frayed nerves and restore balance to the CNS.
Tinctures: $12 - 1 oz bottle
Dried herbs: $5 - bag
Pick-up Prakasa Medicinals at the studio.
(Shipping/handling is extra.)
Check out our website today!
Namaste, Lynne
Saturday, June 28, 2014
SUMMER LOVE: PROTECT your SKIN with HOMEMADE NON-TOXIC SUNSCREEN
BLOG: SUMMER 2014
Did you know that your skin is the largest organ in your body!
It acts as a physical barrier between you and the environment, and it is permeable.
So whatever you put ON your skin, goes IN to your body.
Nourishing things that should "often" touch your skin:
sunshine
clear air
fresh water
loving hands (yours or your partners)
organic food grade oils
chemical and fragrance free soaps
chemical free fabrics
essential oils (in a base oil)
Harmful things that should "never" touch your skin:
commercial sunscreen, lotion or spray
moisturizing lotions and/or skin creams with preservatives
soaps with chemical fragrances and/or preservatives
toxic chemicals of any kind - be they in household cleaners, paints, etc.
In Summer the sun is hot, really hot. You want to play outside, but don't want to get sunburned.
So what do most people do?
Reach for the SPF 30…or above.
Did you know that ALL SUNCREENS that are sold in a store contain preservatives?
Yes, even the "natural" sunscreens, that are supposed to be healthy for you have them.
"Chemical sunscreens don’t sit on the surface of the skin – they soak into it and quickly find their way into the bloodstream. They scatter all over the body without being detoxified by the liver and can be detected in blood, urine, and breast milk for up to two days after a single application. That would be just fine if they were uniformly safe – but they’re not."
Arthur Perry, MD, FACS
HELP!!
So what's a sun-worshipping, sun-lover to do?
1.) Follow the yogis method of sunbathing:
Oil your skin every morning with pure-unrefined-organic coconut oil.
Then go out early in the day (8am-10am) to take the sun directly on your skin. Start with 10 minutes and over the course of the summer season build up to a few hours. Do NOT let your skin get burned.
When you feel the sun heating up your skin, go inside. As you build up your tolerance and your skin slowly tans, you can take more sunlight later in the day - afternoon/early evening - when the suns rays do not feel as strong. This way you will receive the NOURISHING BENEFITS OF THE SUN, WITHOUT THE HARMFUL EFFECTS THAT CAN DAMAGE YOUR SKIN.
Since everyone has a different tolerance to the sun, this method may be combined with the natural homemade sunscreen recipe that follows.
Please stop being afraid of the sun. The sun supports life. We need more than 10 minutes a day to feel strong and vital, especially those of us living in four season or temperate climates.
2.) Make your own sunscreen!!
Here is a great recipe for all you DIY.
Sunscreen Recipe:
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup fractionated coconut oil
1/4 cup beeswax
2 Tbl shea butter
1 tsp. Vitamin E
2 Tbl. non-nano Zinc Oxide*
12 drops Helichrysum essential oil**
Skin-healthy sunscreens contain real ingredients that should "go bad" after a few months!!
Okay, so some of these ingredients are easily gotten at your local health food store and others not.
Non-nano means larger than 100 nanometers in size, some recommend at least 200 nanometers.
Particulates smaller than this are small enough to enter your skin. I'd go with the 200 minimum.
Easy to buy online. http://www.amazon.com/beauty
Fractionated Coconut oil stays liquid at all temperatures. It is easy to use and buy online:
http://www.amazon.com/Health OR http://www.sunrosearomatics.com
Helichrysum is a fantastic healing essential oil. I recently got turned on to this EO. It smells wonderful.
You can order some from Florecopeia Essential Oils. http://www.floracopeia.com
Check out the picture below:
This sunscreen looks like mayonnaise. How cool is that?!
A natural non-toxic sunscreen that actually looks like something you could EAT!!
And this is the whole point of my blog post today:
Never, never, absolutely never put anything ON your skin that you could not or would not put IN your mouth and eat!!
PS. I'm gonna go rub some 'mayo" on my body and go have some fun in the sun paddling on my SUP!
See you on the beach.
XX, Lynne
Did you know that your skin is the largest organ in your body!
It acts as a physical barrier between you and the environment, and it is permeable.
So whatever you put ON your skin, goes IN to your body.
Nourishing things that should "often" touch your skin:
sunshine
clear air
fresh water
loving hands (yours or your partners)
organic food grade oils
chemical and fragrance free soaps
chemical free fabrics
essential oils (in a base oil)
Harmful things that should "never" touch your skin:
commercial sunscreen, lotion or spray
moisturizing lotions and/or skin creams with preservatives
soaps with chemical fragrances and/or preservatives
toxic chemicals of any kind - be they in household cleaners, paints, etc.
In Summer the sun is hot, really hot. You want to play outside, but don't want to get sunburned.
So what do most people do?
Reach for the SPF 30…or above.
Did you know that ALL SUNCREENS that are sold in a store contain preservatives?
Yes, even the "natural" sunscreens, that are supposed to be healthy for you have them.
"Chemical sunscreens don’t sit on the surface of the skin – they soak into it and quickly find their way into the bloodstream. They scatter all over the body without being detoxified by the liver and can be detected in blood, urine, and breast milk for up to two days after a single application. That would be just fine if they were uniformly safe – but they’re not."
Arthur Perry, MD, FACS
AVOID: 6 SCARY SUNSCREEN INGREDIENTS
Oxybenzone This penetration enhancer (i.e., chemical that helps other chemicals penetrate the skin) undergoes a chemical reaction when exposed to UV rays. When oxybenzone is absorbed by your skin, it can cause an eczema-like allergic reaction that can spread beyond the exposed area and last long after you're out of the sun. Experts also suspect that oxybenzone disrupts hormones (i.e., mimics, blocks, and alters hormone levels) which can throw off your endocrine system. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 97 percent of Americans have this chemical circulating in our bodies, as it can accumulate more quickly than our bodies can get rid of it.
Octinoxate One of the most common ingredients found in sunscreens with SPF, octinoxate is readily absorbed by our skin and helps other ingredients to be absorbed more readily. While allergic reactions from octinoxate aren't common, hormone disruption is: the chemical's effects on estrogen can be harmful for humans and wildlife, too, should they come into contact with the chemical once it gets into water. Though SPF products are designed to protect skin from sun-induced aging, octinoxate may actually be a culprit for premature aging, as it produces menacing free radicals that can damage skin and cells.
Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A Palmitate) Just like the vitamin A we eat, retinyl palmitate is an antioxidant. As an ingredient in sunscreen, it's function is to improve the product's performance against the aging effects of UV exposure, However, certain forms of vitamin A found in sun protection products—namely retinyl palmitate, a combination of retinol (vitamin A) and palmitic acid, an ingredient found in tropical plants such as palm and coconut—can be cause for concern. When exposed to the sun's UV rays, retinol compounds break down and produce destructive free radicals that are toxic to cells, damage DNA, and may lead to cancer. In fact, FDA studies have shown that retinyl palimitate may speed the development of malignant cells and skin tumors when applied to skin before sun exposure, so steer clear of skin sun products that harbor the stuff.
Homosalate This UV-absorbing sunscreen ingredient helps sunscreen to penetrate your skin. Once the ingredient has been absorbed, homosalate accumulates in our bodies faster than we can get rid of it, becomes toxic and disrupts our hormones.
Octocrylene When this chemical is exposed to UV light, it absorbs the rays and produces oxygen radicals that can damage cells and cause mutations. It is readily absorbed by your skin and may accumulate within your body in measurable amounts. Plus, it can be toxic to the environment.
Paraben Preservatives Associated with both acute and chronic side effects, parabens (butyl-, ethyl-, methyl-, and propyl-) can induce allergic reactions, hormone disruption, developmental and reproductive toxicity. While butylparaben was reported to be non-carcinogenic in rats and mice, but it has been previously suspected that parabens and other chemicals in underarm cosmetics may contribute to the rising incidence of breast cancer.
HELP!!
So what's a sun-worshipping, sun-lover to do?
1.) Follow the yogis method of sunbathing:
Oil your skin every morning with pure-unrefined-organic coconut oil.
Then go out early in the day (8am-10am) to take the sun directly on your skin. Start with 10 minutes and over the course of the summer season build up to a few hours. Do NOT let your skin get burned.
When you feel the sun heating up your skin, go inside. As you build up your tolerance and your skin slowly tans, you can take more sunlight later in the day - afternoon/early evening - when the suns rays do not feel as strong. This way you will receive the NOURISHING BENEFITS OF THE SUN, WITHOUT THE HARMFUL EFFECTS THAT CAN DAMAGE YOUR SKIN.
Since everyone has a different tolerance to the sun, this method may be combined with the natural homemade sunscreen recipe that follows.
Please stop being afraid of the sun. The sun supports life. We need more than 10 minutes a day to feel strong and vital, especially those of us living in four season or temperate climates.
2.) Make your own sunscreen!!
Here is a great recipe for all you DIY.
Sunscreen Recipe:
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup fractionated coconut oil
1/4 cup beeswax
2 Tbl shea butter
1 tsp. Vitamin E
2 Tbl. non-nano Zinc Oxide*
12 drops Helichrysum essential oil**
Skin-healthy sunscreens contain real ingredients that should "go bad" after a few months!!
Okay, so some of these ingredients are easily gotten at your local health food store and others not.
Non-nano means larger than 100 nanometers in size, some recommend at least 200 nanometers.
Particulates smaller than this are small enough to enter your skin. I'd go with the 200 minimum.
Easy to buy online. http://www.amazon.com/beauty
Fractionated Coconut oil stays liquid at all temperatures. It is easy to use and buy online:
http://www.amazon.com/Health OR http://www.sunrosearomatics.com
Helichrysum is a fantastic healing essential oil. I recently got turned on to this EO. It smells wonderful.
You can order some from Florecopeia Essential Oils. http://www.floracopeia.com
Check out the picture below:
This sunscreen looks like mayonnaise. How cool is that?!
A natural non-toxic sunscreen that actually looks like something you could EAT!!
And this is the whole point of my blog post today:
Never, never, absolutely never put anything ON your skin that you could not or would not put IN your mouth and eat!!
PS. I'm gonna go rub some 'mayo" on my body and go have some fun in the sun paddling on my SUP!
See you on the beach.
XX, Lynne
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Avoid that Late Winter Cold.
Avoid Late-Winter Colds.
Sigh…it's that time of year…again!!
So many friends are coming to class with a head cold.
It's not allergies people - the trees are barely giving up their sap for syrup-ing.
There is NO pollen in the air.
But what happens this time of year - in the transition from mid-Winter to late-Winter is this:
THERE IS MUCH MORE MOISTURE IN THE AIR.
We see this in the midday when Winter starts to thaw. The snow melts.
If there is precipitation it comes in a "Wintery Mix" of snow-sleet-rain…and that all adds up to
SLUSH.
Not just on the ground, but in your body, cells and tissues!!
Extra moisture in your body can create a condition where your body has to, wants to must get rid of that excess liquid in order to stay healthy.
So what happens?
Your body squeezes that extra moisture (from the melting snow & moist air) out of you.
The fastest way is in the form of a nasty head-cold.
But hold on here…this is a health blog!!
Is there a good way to avoid, mitigate or lessen the effect of this Winter to Spring transition?
Absolutely!!
Here's how:
Switch your diet with the seasons!!
This time of year is is important to eat more bitter, astringent and pungent foods.
These foods help rig your body of excess mucus and liquid, and act as a tonic to the tissues.
Pungent root vegetables are great:
Beets, parsnips, all radishes (daikon, red, watermelon radish), turnips, burdock to name a few.
Beans are a must!!
Any type of bean - black, navy, lentil, kidney, aduki, cannellini, red, mung…
Beans absorb water - that's what they do. So start fresh with dried beans. Soak 'em over night and cook in fresh water with a little kombu seaweed. When tender add salt to taste.
Green Leafy:
All green leafy have a bitter quality - even if they taste pungent, sour, bitter, or sweet.
The darker the better!! For amazing results add them to your beans at the very end and let them wilt in.
Cut out ALL snot producing foods - like dairy, wheat and sugar - for a few weeks. Eat much less whole grains for a few weeks or choose ones like buckwheat and corn that suck water out.
And voila - you'll walk right around that old cold germ from which everyone else is sneezing.
Want to know how to stay healthy with the seasons?
Join my iLEAP: Into Life Empowered & Present Wellness Course and I'll show you how.
Sigh…it's that time of year…again!!
So many friends are coming to class with a head cold.
It's not allergies people - the trees are barely giving up their sap for syrup-ing.
There is NO pollen in the air.
But what happens this time of year - in the transition from mid-Winter to late-Winter is this:
THERE IS MUCH MORE MOISTURE IN THE AIR.
We see this in the midday when Winter starts to thaw. The snow melts.
If there is precipitation it comes in a "Wintery Mix" of snow-sleet-rain…and that all adds up to
SLUSH.
Not just on the ground, but in your body, cells and tissues!!
Extra moisture in your body can create a condition where your body has to, wants to must get rid of that excess liquid in order to stay healthy.
So what happens?
Your body squeezes that extra moisture (from the melting snow & moist air) out of you.
The fastest way is in the form of a nasty head-cold.
But hold on here…this is a health blog!!
Is there a good way to avoid, mitigate or lessen the effect of this Winter to Spring transition?
Absolutely!!
Here's how:
Switch your diet with the seasons!!
This time of year is is important to eat more bitter, astringent and pungent foods.
These foods help rig your body of excess mucus and liquid, and act as a tonic to the tissues.
Pungent root vegetables are great:
Beets, parsnips, all radishes (daikon, red, watermelon radish), turnips, burdock to name a few.
Beans are a must!!
Any type of bean - black, navy, lentil, kidney, aduki, cannellini, red, mung…
Beans absorb water - that's what they do. So start fresh with dried beans. Soak 'em over night and cook in fresh water with a little kombu seaweed. When tender add salt to taste.
Green Leafy:
All green leafy have a bitter quality - even if they taste pungent, sour, bitter, or sweet.
The darker the better!! For amazing results add them to your beans at the very end and let them wilt in.
Cut out ALL snot producing foods - like dairy, wheat and sugar - for a few weeks. Eat much less whole grains for a few weeks or choose ones like buckwheat and corn that suck water out.
And voila - you'll walk right around that old cold germ from which everyone else is sneezing.
Want to know how to stay healthy with the seasons?
Join my iLEAP: Into Life Empowered & Present Wellness Course and I'll show you how.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
2014: Expand Your Consciousness
Sunday, March 2, 2014
This morning I awoke with an inkling of an impression to write another blog.
Something deep inside me was yearning to come out. It started as an almost imperceptible murmur,
the subtlest impression of a thought at it's very moment of inception. Barely audible, I had to work my mind to grab and hold on to this very fine strand of cognition. It seemed relevant and important.
And so a simple inner dialogue arose gently, between my deeper Self and my dreaming/waking-up self.
It went something like this:
Self: "Hmmmm..." Me: Huh?
Self: "Consciousness…" Me: What?
Self: "Expansive…" Me: Where?
Self: "Humans…' Me: Which?
Me: Tell me more?
Self: "Blog. Expansion, consciousness and humanity…"
What IS this inner voice? And who/what causes it to speak? Who is speaking to whom?
As I reflect on THAT moment of waking up, I know that "That Something" started deep within the belly of the UNIVERSE. In a place where there are no 'things'. The universe stirred, wanting to arise.
It came forth, to express something important through me. An accurate metaphor would go like this:
If I were a funnel, the pulsation of the cosmos whirled through me to create a thought-form inside my brain, and I received that thought-form and thought my senses created something from it.
This phenomena is the crux of Tantra.
Facts: You and I definitely exist. Source definitely exists. A relationship between these two exists.
There is a name for You-Source-Relationship. It's called the Triadic Heart. But more on that later.
These tiny moments of relationship are happening ALL the time. Every human has an inner voice. Many can hear it, many do not. Some will heed that voice, while others ignore it. Some even try to suppress or destroy that voice. What about you? Do you listen for the whispers of the cosmos?
The RELATIONSHIP between YOU and SOURCE is the MOST IMPORTANT PART of the HUMAN EXPERIENCE-EXPERIMENT. It's the most relevant aspect in the quandary of whether we will survival as a species, a planet and all life forms on it…or not!!
And yet this relationship is entirely up for grabs!! Nothing pre-arranged. Nothing is guaranteed. We have to create, feed and nourish this relationship - just as we would as any other important relationship. Your capacity to receive these impulses and do something with them is the heart of living yoga daily. Yoga is the art of living life as a fully embodied, fully aware, fully connected and fully expressive human being…each and every day…and knowing that you are ALWAYS and forever a PART of the WHOLE COSMIC ORDER.
Now, getting back to the metaphor of my funnel experience, which is the crux of this blogpost.
IT'S TIME TO EXPAND OUR AWARENESS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN.
As a collective of humans on earth, we tend to get myopic, ego-centric and way too contracted!!
When we think of ourselves as ONLY a PHYSICAL BEING, an earthbound human, we are going to exacerbate this reality. We will cut ourselves off from nature, from one another, and from our Source. Culturally, we will stay more indoors, start more wars, communicate through devises rather than face-to-face…and all of this will make us feel more dejected, separate, neurotic and alone.
The year 2014 marks the greatest time of expansion in the entire history of humanity and the universe. Never before in time has the universe been this expanded and this complex. In fact, creating expansion and complexity is the Source's main priority and function.
To sync up with this ever expanding reality we MUST SHIFT our PERSPECTIVE about who and what we are. We literally can and must expand our consciousness, our senses, our mind and our beliefs!! We trade in our smallness for a bigger cosmic reality that is powerful, exciting and real.
CHANGE is the NATURE of the UNIVERSE.
So let's roll with it, and roll with me here:
Imagine yourself a magnificent, unlimited and all-knowing being. As such a great being, you are not limited to time and space; you are not stuck in one place and you are not stuck in one physical body.
In fact, as a human being on earth, you come equipped with five bodies to help you navigate a world of three dimensions - time, space, gravity. Your first body is the most obvious - the physical body. You must nourish this physical body and take care of its material needs (food, clothing, shelter) or perish.
You also have a mental body - your brain comes well equipped to figure out how to navigate this material reality on earth. It organizes all the sensory input to make sense of things. Friend or foe? Food or poison? Now or later?
You have an emotional body - which tells you how well you are navigating your physical and mental bodies. The center of the emotional body is your heart which acts as an inner compass for your own spiritual life and development. Right from wrong? Kind or mean? Harmful or helpful? Love or hate?
Then there is your pranic body - which is nourished by breathing!! Breathing - what a novel idea!!
Breathing properly nourishes ALL the bodies and connects you to Source.
In your intuitive body great things happen. You can receive these tiny little messages from Universal Spirit of Source Energy. You can tap into a vast unbounded consortium of wisdom and use it to inform everything you think, say and do. And when you do - you just know stuff!!
Finally there is the bliss body - or Body of Light. You know this one when you are SO HAPPY. You're LIT-UP, filled with joy & peace, connected to everything everywhere - because you are!!
Actually, this is the first body to arise when Spirit creates conditions for a soul to coalesce it's energy and condense The Light enough to embody as a human being.
The practice of yoga - asana, pranayama, concentration, contemplation, mediation, chanting, prayer, and devotion will strengthen this triadic relationship in a manner that is conscious and effective. So that you will feel your self expand and connect with pure love, pure light, pure consciousness. Then you will know who and what you are as a human being.
NOW - it's time for you to expand. Consider how completely different your life would be if you knew how to nourish each of your bodies and become completely alive!! How much fun it would be to live from an expanded point of view. Instead of believing: I am a poor miserable lonely person in pain. You could know: I am an awakened, connected, embodied being that is full of the same Light as Source!!
WOW - now that would be cool!
The best part of all is that this SHIFT is happening all over the world. It's powered by Universal Love individuals are speaking up, living and acting from their hearts instead of from their heads; indigenous people are rising up; women are standing up; new consciousness is arising. Ordinary people are joining together in UNITY CONSCIOUSNESS to CELEBRATE this AMAZING LIFE and to HONOR ALL LIFE FORMS EVERYWHERE…
Love is the source of the Source.
Love is the expression of that Source (you and me).
Love is the relationship between then!
How will you expand this year?
This morning I awoke with an inkling of an impression to write another blog.
Something deep inside me was yearning to come out. It started as an almost imperceptible murmur,
the subtlest impression of a thought at it's very moment of inception. Barely audible, I had to work my mind to grab and hold on to this very fine strand of cognition. It seemed relevant and important.
And so a simple inner dialogue arose gently, between my deeper Self and my dreaming/waking-up self.
It went something like this:
Self: "Hmmmm..." Me: Huh?
Self: "Consciousness…" Me: What?
Self: "Expansive…" Me: Where?
Self: "Humans…' Me: Which?
Me: Tell me more?
Self: "Blog. Expansion, consciousness and humanity…"
What IS this inner voice? And who/what causes it to speak? Who is speaking to whom?
As I reflect on THAT moment of waking up, I know that "That Something" started deep within the belly of the UNIVERSE. In a place where there are no 'things'. The universe stirred, wanting to arise.
It came forth, to express something important through me. An accurate metaphor would go like this:
If I were a funnel, the pulsation of the cosmos whirled through me to create a thought-form inside my brain, and I received that thought-form and thought my senses created something from it.
This phenomena is the crux of Tantra.
Facts: You and I definitely exist. Source definitely exists. A relationship between these two exists.
There is a name for You-Source-Relationship. It's called the Triadic Heart. But more on that later.
These tiny moments of relationship are happening ALL the time. Every human has an inner voice. Many can hear it, many do not. Some will heed that voice, while others ignore it. Some even try to suppress or destroy that voice. What about you? Do you listen for the whispers of the cosmos?
The RELATIONSHIP between YOU and SOURCE is the MOST IMPORTANT PART of the HUMAN EXPERIENCE-EXPERIMENT. It's the most relevant aspect in the quandary of whether we will survival as a species, a planet and all life forms on it…or not!!
And yet this relationship is entirely up for grabs!! Nothing pre-arranged. Nothing is guaranteed. We have to create, feed and nourish this relationship - just as we would as any other important relationship. Your capacity to receive these impulses and do something with them is the heart of living yoga daily. Yoga is the art of living life as a fully embodied, fully aware, fully connected and fully expressive human being…each and every day…and knowing that you are ALWAYS and forever a PART of the WHOLE COSMIC ORDER.
Now, getting back to the metaphor of my funnel experience, which is the crux of this blogpost.
IT'S TIME TO EXPAND OUR AWARENESS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN.
As a collective of humans on earth, we tend to get myopic, ego-centric and way too contracted!!
When we think of ourselves as ONLY a PHYSICAL BEING, an earthbound human, we are going to exacerbate this reality. We will cut ourselves off from nature, from one another, and from our Source. Culturally, we will stay more indoors, start more wars, communicate through devises rather than face-to-face…and all of this will make us feel more dejected, separate, neurotic and alone.
The year 2014 marks the greatest time of expansion in the entire history of humanity and the universe. Never before in time has the universe been this expanded and this complex. In fact, creating expansion and complexity is the Source's main priority and function.
To sync up with this ever expanding reality we MUST SHIFT our PERSPECTIVE about who and what we are. We literally can and must expand our consciousness, our senses, our mind and our beliefs!! We trade in our smallness for a bigger cosmic reality that is powerful, exciting and real.
CHANGE is the NATURE of the UNIVERSE.
So let's roll with it, and roll with me here:
Imagine yourself a magnificent, unlimited and all-knowing being. As such a great being, you are not limited to time and space; you are not stuck in one place and you are not stuck in one physical body.
In fact, as a human being on earth, you come equipped with five bodies to help you navigate a world of three dimensions - time, space, gravity. Your first body is the most obvious - the physical body. You must nourish this physical body and take care of its material needs (food, clothing, shelter) or perish.
You also have a mental body - your brain comes well equipped to figure out how to navigate this material reality on earth. It organizes all the sensory input to make sense of things. Friend or foe? Food or poison? Now or later?
You have an emotional body - which tells you how well you are navigating your physical and mental bodies. The center of the emotional body is your heart which acts as an inner compass for your own spiritual life and development. Right from wrong? Kind or mean? Harmful or helpful? Love or hate?
Then there is your pranic body - which is nourished by breathing!! Breathing - what a novel idea!!
Breathing properly nourishes ALL the bodies and connects you to Source.
In your intuitive body great things happen. You can receive these tiny little messages from Universal Spirit of Source Energy. You can tap into a vast unbounded consortium of wisdom and use it to inform everything you think, say and do. And when you do - you just know stuff!!
Finally there is the bliss body - or Body of Light. You know this one when you are SO HAPPY. You're LIT-UP, filled with joy & peace, connected to everything everywhere - because you are!!
Actually, this is the first body to arise when Spirit creates conditions for a soul to coalesce it's energy and condense The Light enough to embody as a human being.
The practice of yoga - asana, pranayama, concentration, contemplation, mediation, chanting, prayer, and devotion will strengthen this triadic relationship in a manner that is conscious and effective. So that you will feel your self expand and connect with pure love, pure light, pure consciousness. Then you will know who and what you are as a human being.
NOW - it's time for you to expand. Consider how completely different your life would be if you knew how to nourish each of your bodies and become completely alive!! How much fun it would be to live from an expanded point of view. Instead of believing: I am a poor miserable lonely person in pain. You could know: I am an awakened, connected, embodied being that is full of the same Light as Source!!
WOW - now that would be cool!
The best part of all is that this SHIFT is happening all over the world. It's powered by Universal Love individuals are speaking up, living and acting from their hearts instead of from their heads; indigenous people are rising up; women are standing up; new consciousness is arising. Ordinary people are joining together in UNITY CONSCIOUSNESS to CELEBRATE this AMAZING LIFE and to HONOR ALL LIFE FORMS EVERYWHERE…
Love is the source of the Source.
Love is the expression of that Source (you and me).
Love is the relationship between then!
How will you expand this year?
Sunday, January 5, 2014
HEALTHY NEW YEAR
HEALTHY NEW YEAR:
GIVE UP YOUR RESOLUTIONS & REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR LIFESTYLE!!
January 5, 2014
GIVE UP YOUR RESOLUTIONS & REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR LIFESTYLE!!
January 5, 2014
As the tumultuous year 2013 dwindles to an anti-climatic
close and the New Year 2014 arises, I am usually filled with renewed hope and a sense
of possibility. This is a great time of year to look back, to take stock. What
went well/wrong, what did/didn't I accomplish, what would I like to change/keep?
Personal reflection can feel like a cup ‘half empty’ or a cup half full depending on you outlook. And while reflection is a truly worthwhile
endeavor, it is primarily a high and refined form of art. How do we hold our past accomplishments
and failures equally and recognize their unique worth? Can we wipe the past
slate clean and start anew? Do we vows to do things differently, knowing how hard real change is to enact?
To this I say: Let’s NOT make any new year’s resolutions this
year!!
If we look at the word resolution closely, we see that it’s
meaning holds nuance. To resolve is to bring a task to completion, finish a
project, lay an issue to rest, remedy an unfavorable situation, or return
to a problem again and again with the intent of fixing it. There are shades of meaning implicit here,
but all begin with a notion that something is wrong and needs to be different!! Or changed!!
Or completed!!
When we look closely at the nature of life we see that life
itself is a revolving door in constant
motion. History repeats itself. Life is cyclic. In modern culture we can see
such an example in the fashion industry where styles comes and go only to
return again 20 years later. Or in human history where conflicts between people
arise time and time again. Or in our own personal story, where we repeat habits
over and over.
Spirit ebbs and flows in an infinite realm through time and
space condensing into all the various forms including thoughts, ideas,
patterns, material things and their thoughts, movements actions and reactions.
Life is a grand and wild dance that never ever ends, and has no real
resolution. So let’s get in sync and stop trying to resolve things – especially
our bad habits.
Instead of making big resolutions at the start of the new year, let's take a different tack -
let's do something radical. Rather that setting ourselves up for failure and disappointment, let me guide you step-by-step on what, when,where, why and how to make simple do-able lifestyle changes that will guarantee you immediate success. Let's revolutionize our lifestyle little by little and take back the power to create a healthy lifestyle.
I have designed a new program just for you!
It's called iLEAP: Into Life Empowered & Present
You'll begin to sleep better, eat better, feel better right away!!
Now that's revolutionary.
iLEAP starts on Saturday, January 25, 2014…so check out these links and enroll today.
Watch my introductory iLEAP video: youtu.be/PE17wBOps50
Watch an iLEAP testimonial: youtu.be/WWcXqaK_pnw
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The ONLY way we can have a HAPPY new year is to create a HEALTHY NEW YEAR.
Namaste, Lynne
PS. I am always available to work individually with anyone who is ready to make a lasting change for the better. Ask me about the Lifestyle Consultations and Wellness Coaching sessions that I offer.
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Lynne Paterson, E-RYT500
Founder/Director of Prakasa Yoga Studio