I am going to forward this email to everyone in my address book, so if you get it multiple times I am REALLY sorry..
Jess is a 20 year old girl who has been waiting for a lung transplant for 4 years now. At the moment she has 11% lung capacity. This means that, even with a machine doing the large part of the breathing for her, it is still a mission for her to breathe just sitting and not doing anything. Can you imagine struggling like that for 24 hours a day 7 days a week?? If she doesn't get her lung transplant VERY soon, Jess is going to die.
Signing up to be an organ donor is fast and easy. It takes less than 2 minutes and can be done online, by phone or even by text. To sign up online - please click this link - https://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/Consent.do?campaign=1160 To register by phone, call 0300 123 2323 (Calls are charged at your contracted rate for local calls) or just text GIVE to 84118.
Please pass this email on to as many people as you can, even if you are not in the UK. The email could just possible reach someone in the UK and save Jess's life.
Thanks
Nelly
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Date: 2009/9/19 Subject: Please read, please forward, but most importantly, please act on it. To: Emily Thackray <emily_thackray@...>
Dear all,
I'm so sorry for this mass email, but it is coming from the heart. I have a friend called Jess. Jess has CF like me, and has been waiting for a transplant now for over 4 years.
She is currently in hospital fighting for every breath. Her lungs are failing and so she is wearing a non-invasive ventilator to keep her going. I am very very scared that we are going to lose her. And all because not enough people are signed up to the Organ Donor Register.
I've attached a photo of Jess taken a while ago, and a photo as she is, lying in hospital today. Jess can be saved, if a transplant comes in time. More awareness needs to be raised about Organ Donation; it's a matter of life and death.
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There are several rituals which occur on an ongoing basis. These are as
follows:
HEALING RITUALS
Healing Rituals are held every Friday.
AUSTRALIA
19:00 or 7pm AEDT
6:30pm ACDT
5:30pm ACST
6:00pm AEST
5pm AWDT
4pm AWST
UK
21:00 or 9pm UK this will be
9PM Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] in winter
9pm British Summer Time [BST] in summer. This is due to daylight saving time
and usually the change occurs sometime in March, a notice will go out about the
change.
USA and Canada
21:00 or 9:00pm EST there is also daylight saving time associated with
this time for the summer in the US but the time will remain 9:00pm
This ritual is held at: http://clik.to/healingshrine
MEMORIAL RITUALS
The last Sunday of the month is slated for Memorial rituals. These are held at
the same time as above for the healing
rituals, but held in: : http://clik.to/memorial
MOON RITUALS:
FULL AND NEW MOON RITUALS
21:00 or 9pm UK this will be
9pm Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] in winter
9pm British Summer Time [GMT] in summer. This is due to daylight saving time
and usually the change occurs sometime in March, a notice will go out about the
time change.
USA
21:00 or 9:00 EST there is also daylight saving time associated with this time
for the summer in the US but the time will remain 9:00pm
All Moon rituals are held on the date of the Full or New Moon unless they
coincide with a Sabbat or a Healing Ritual.
All New and Full Moon Rituals are held in the Moon Shrine Ritual Room which can
be found here: http://clik.to/moonshrine
January
New Moon 7th
Full Moon 22nd
February
New Moon 6th
Full Moon 20th
March
New Moon 8th
Full Moon 22th
April
New Moon 5th
Full Moon 20th
May
New Moon 6th
Full Moon 19th
June
New Moon 3rd
Full Moon 18th
July
New Moon 2nd
Full Moon 19th
August
New Moon 2nd
Full Moon 16th
New Moon 30th
September
Full Moon 15th
New Moon 29th
October
Full Moon 14th
New Moon 28th
November
Full Moon 12th
New Moon 27th
December
Full Moon 13th
New Moon 27th
NOTE - The Moon Rituals may take place on the previous or the next day so that
the Healing and Memorial Rituals are not
cancelled.
SABBAT RITUALS
All Sabbat Rituals are held on the nearest date possible to the actual event.
Notice will go out announcing when these will be held.
We usually have one for GMT/UK time and one for EST/USA time.
All Sabbat Rituals are held here: http://clik.to/festivals
Subject: Fw: Newsletter - The Right Attitude to Yoga Therapy
Subject: Newsletter – The Right Attitude to Yoga Therapy
Greetings,
The Right Attitude to Yoga Therapy
Yoga Therapy has often been discussed as a controversial subject with many doubting its efficacy.
Yoga therapy cannot be viewed as a one-size-fits-all approach. There are several ingredients that make for an effective recipe for relief and treatment through Yoga.
This issue of the HealthAndYoga newsletter examines 6 vital ingredients that must be understood and incorporated if one is serious about getting some sort of results.
Please spare some time to read it and determine its suitability for you or your near-and-dear.
Subject: Newsletter – The Right Attitude to Yoga Therapy
Greetings,
The Right Attitude to Yoga Therapy
Yoga Therapy has often been discussed as a controversial
subject with many doubting its efficacy.
Yoga therapy cannot be viewed as a one-size-fits-all
approach. There are several ingredients that make for an
effective recipe for relief and treatment through Yoga.
This issue of the HealthAndYoga newsletter examines
6 vital ingredients that must be understood and
incorporated if one is serious about getting some sort of
results.
Please spare some time to read it and determine its
suitability for you or your near-and-dear.
Click here
Or go to:
http://www.healthandyoga.com/html/news/therapy/yattitude.asp
In peace and happiness,
The HealthAndYoga family
There are several rituals which occur on an ongoing basis. These are as
follows:
HEALING RITUALS
Healing Rituals are held every Friday.
AUSTRALIA
19:00 or 7pm AEDT
6:30pm ACDT
5:30pm ACST
6:00pm AEST
5pm AWDT
4pm AWST
UK
21:00 or 9pm UK this will be
9PM Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] in winter
9pm British Summer Time [BST] in summer. This is due to daylight saving time
and usually the change occurs sometime in March, a notice will go out about the
change.
USA and Canada
21:00 or 9:00pm EST there is also daylight saving time associated with
this time for the summer in the US but the time will remain 9:00pm
This ritual is held at: http://clik.to/healingshrine
MEMORIAL RITUALS
The last Sunday of the month is slated for Memorial rituals. These are held at
the same time as above for the healing
rituals, but held in: : http://clik.to/memorial
MOON RITUALS:
FULL AND NEW MOON RITUALS
21:00 or 9pm UK this will be
9pm Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] in winter
9pm British Summer Time [GMT] in summer. This is due to daylight saving time
and usually the change occurs sometime in March, a notice will go out about the
time change.
USA
21:00 or 9:00 EST there is also daylight saving time associated with this time
for the summer in the US but the time will remain 9:00pm
All Moon rituals are held on the date of the Full or New Moon unless they
coincide with a Sabbat or a Healing Ritual.
All New and Full Moon Rituals are held in the Moon Shrine Ritual Room which can
be found here: http://clik.to/moonshrine
January
New Moon 7th
Full Moon 22nd
February
New Moon 6th
Full Moon 20th
March
New Moon 8th
Full Moon 22th
April
New Moon 5th
Full Moon 20th
May
New Moon 6th
Full Moon 19th
June
New Moon 3rd
Full Moon 18th
July
New Moon 2nd
Full Moon 19th
August
New Moon 2nd
Full Moon 16th
New Moon 30th
September
Full Moon 15th
New Moon 29th
October
Full Moon 14th
New Moon 28th
November
Full Moon 12th
New Moon 27th
December
Full Moon 13th
New Moon 27th
NOTE - The Moon Rituals may take place on the previous or the next day so that
the Healing and Memorial Rituals are not
cancelled.
SABBAT RITUALS
All Sabbat Rituals are held on the nearest date possible to the actual event.
Notice will go out announcing when these will be held.
We usually have one for GMT/UK time and one for EST/USA time.
All Sabbat Rituals are held here: http://clik.to/festivals
There are several rituals which occur on an ongoing basis. These are as
follows:
HEALING RITUALS
Healing Rituals are held every Friday.
AUSTRALIA
19:00 or 7pm AEDT
6:30pm ACDT
5:30pm ACST
6:00pm AEST
5pm AWDT
4pm AWST
UK
21:00 or 9pm UK this will be
9PM Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] in winter
9pm British Summer Time [BST] in summer. This is due to daylight saving time
and usually the change occurs sometime in March, a notice will go out about the
change.
USA and Canada
21:00 or 9:00pm EST there is also daylight saving time associated with
this time for the summer in the US but the time will remain 9:00pm
This ritual is held at: http://clik.to/healingshrine
MEMORIAL RITUALS
The last Sunday of the month is slated for Memorial rituals. These are held at
the same time as above for the healing
rituals, but held in: : http://clik.to/memorial
MOON RITUALS:
FULL AND NEW MOON RITUALS
21:00 or 9pm UK this will be
9pm Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] in winter
9pm British Summer Time [GMT] in summer. This is due to daylight saving time
and usually the change occurs sometime in March, a notice will go out about the
time change.
USA
21:00 or 9:00 EST there is also daylight saving time associated with this time
for the summer in the US but the time will remain 9:00pm
All Moon rituals are held on the date of the Full or New Moon unless they
coincide with a Sabbat or a Healing Ritual.
All New and Full Moon Rituals are held in the Moon Shrine Ritual Room which can
be found here: http://clik.to/moonshrine
January
New Moon 7th
Full Moon 22nd
February
New Moon 6th
Full Moon 20th
March
New Moon 8th
Full Moon 22th
April
New Moon 5th
Full Moon 20th
May
New Moon 6th
Full Moon 19th
June
New Moon 3rd
Full Moon 18th
July
New Moon 2nd
Full Moon 19th
August
New Moon 2nd
Full Moon 16th
New Moon 30th
September
Full Moon 15th
New Moon 29th
October
Full Moon 14th
New Moon 28th
November
Full Moon 12th
New Moon 27th
December
Full Moon 13th
New Moon 27th
NOTE - The Moon Rituals may take place on the previous or the next day so that
the Healing and Memorial Rituals are not
cancelled.
SABBAT RITUALS
All Sabbat Rituals are held on the nearest date possible to the actual event.
Notice will go out announcing when these will be held.
We usually have one for GMT/UK time and one for EST/USA time.
All Sabbat Rituals are held here: http://clik.to/festivals
There are several rituals which occur on an ongoing basis. These are as
follows:
HEALING RITUALS
Healing Rituals are held every Friday.
AUSTRALIA
19:00 or 7pm AEDT
6:30pm ACDT
5:30pm ACST
6:00pm AEST
5pm AWDT
4pm AWST
UK
21:00 or 9pm UK this will be
9PM Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] in winter
9pm British Summer Time [BST] in summer. This is due to daylight saving time
and usually the change occurs sometime in March, a notice will go out about the
change.
USA and Canada
21:00 or 9:00pm EST there is also daylight saving time associated with
this time for the summer in the US but the time will remain 9:00pm
This ritual is held at: http://clik.to/healingshrine
MEMORIAL RITUALS
The last Sunday of the month is slated for Memorial rituals. These are held at
the same time as above for the healing
rituals, but held in: : http://clik.to/memorial
MOON RITUALS:
FULL AND NEW MOON RITUALS
21:00 or 9pm UK this will be
9pm Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] in winter
9pm British Summer Time [GMT] in summer. This is due to daylight saving time
and usually the change occurs sometime in March, a notice will go out about the
time change.
USA
21:00 or 9:00 EST there is also daylight saving time associated with this time
for the summer in the US but the time will remain 9:00pm
All Moon rituals are held on the date of the Full or New Moon unless they
coincide with a Sabbat or a Healing Ritual.
All New and Full Moon Rituals are held in the Moon Shrine Ritual Room which can
be found here: http://clik.to/moonshrine
January
New Moon 7th
Full Moon 22nd
February
New Moon 6th
Full Moon 20th
March
New Moon 8th
Full Moon 22th
April
New Moon 5th
Full Moon 20th
May
New Moon 6th
Full Moon 19th
June
New Moon 3rd
Full Moon 18th
July
New Moon 2nd
Full Moon 19th
August
New Moon 2nd
Full Moon 16th
New Moon 30th
September
Full Moon 15th
New Moon 29th
October
Full Moon 14th
New Moon 28th
November
Full Moon 12th
New Moon 27th
December
Full Moon 13th
New Moon 27th
NOTE - The Moon Rituals may take place on the previous or the next day so that
the Healing and Memorial Rituals are not
cancelled.
SABBAT RITUALS
All Sabbat Rituals are held on the nearest date possible to the actual event.
Notice will go out announcing when these will be held.
We usually have one for GMT/UK time and one for EST/USA time.
All Sabbat Rituals are held here: http://clik.to/festivals
There are several rituals which occur on an ongoing basis. These are as
follows:
HEALING RITUALS
Healing Rituals are held every Friday.
AUSTRALIA
19:00 or 7pm AEDT
6:30pm ACDT
5:30pm ACST
6:00pm AEST
5pm AWDT
4pm AWST
UK
21:00 or 9pm UK this will be
9PM Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] in winter
9pm British Summer Time [BST] in summer. This is due to daylight saving time
and usually the change occurs sometime in March, a notice will go out about the
change.
USA and Canada
21:00 or 9:00pm EST there is also daylight saving time associated with
this time for the summer in the US but the time will remain 9:00pm
This ritual is held at: http://clik.to/healingshrine
MEMORIAL RITUALS
The last Sunday of the month is slated for Memorial rituals. These are held at
the same time as above for the healing
rituals, but held in: : http://clik.to/memorial
MOON RITUALS:
FULL AND NEW MOON RITUALS
21:00 or 9pm UK this will be
9pm Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] in winter
9pm British Summer Time [GMT] in summer. This is due to daylight saving time
and usually the change occurs sometime in March, a notice will go out about the
time change.
USA
21:00 or 9:00 EST there is also daylight saving time associated with this time
for the summer in the US but the time will remain 9:00pm
All Moon rituals are held on the date of the Full or New Moon unless they
coincide with a Sabbat or a Healing Ritual.
All New and Full Moon Rituals are held in the Moon Shrine Ritual Room which can
be found here: http://clik.to/moonshrine
January
New Moon 7th
Full Moon 22nd
February
New Moon 6th
Full Moon 20th
March
New Moon 8th
Full Moon 22th
April
New Moon 5th
Full Moon 20th
May
New Moon 6th
Full Moon 19th
June
New Moon 3rd
Full Moon 18th
July
New Moon 2nd
Full Moon 19th
August
New Moon 2nd
Full Moon 16th
New Moon 30th
September
Full Moon 15th
New Moon 29th
October
Full Moon 14th
New Moon 28th
November
Full Moon 12th
New Moon 27th
December
Full Moon 13th
New Moon 27th
NOTE - The Moon Rituals may take place on the previous or the next day so that
the Healing and Memorial Rituals are not
cancelled.
SABBAT RITUALS
All Sabbat Rituals are held on the nearest date possible to the actual event.
Notice will go out announcing when these will be held.
We usually have one for GMT/UK time and one for EST/USA time.
All Sabbat Rituals are held here: http://clik.to/festivals
There are several rituals which occur on an ongoing basis. These are as
follows:
HEALING RITUALS
Healing Rituals are held every Friday.
AUSTRALIA
19:00 or 7pm AEDT
6:30pm ACDT
5:30pm ACST
6:00pm AEST
5pm AWDT
4pm AWST
UK
21:00 or 9pm UK this will be
9PM Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] in winter
9pm British Summer Time [BST] in summer. This is due to daylight saving time
and usually the change occurs sometime in March, a notice will go out about the
change.
USA and Canada
21:00 or 9:00pm EST there is also daylight saving time associated with
this time for the summer in the US but the time will remain 9:00pm
This ritual is held at: http://clik.to/healingshrine
MEMORIAL RITUALS
The last Sunday of the month is slated for Memorial rituals. These are held at
the same time as above for the healing
rituals, but held in: : http://clik.to/memorial
MOON RITUALS:
FULL AND NEW MOON RITUALS
21:00 or 9pm UK this will be
9pm Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] in winter
9pm British Summer Time [GMT] in summer. This is due to daylight saving time
and usually the change occurs sometime in March, a notice will go out about the
time change.
USA
21:00 or 9:00 EST there is also daylight saving time associated with this time
for the summer in the US but the time will remain 9:00pm
All Moon rituals are held on the date of the Full or New Moon unless they
coincide with a Sabbat or a Healing Ritual.
All New and Full Moon Rituals are held in the Moon Shrine Ritual Room which can
be found here: http://clik.to/moonshrine
January
New Moon 7th
Full Moon 22nd
February
New Moon 6th
Full Moon 20th
March
New Moon 8th
Full Moon 22th
April
New Moon 5th
Full Moon 20th
May
New Moon 6th
Full Moon 19th
June
New Moon 3rd
Full Moon 18th
July
New Moon 2nd
Full Moon 19th
August
New Moon 2nd
Full Moon 16th
New Moon 30th
September
Full Moon 15th
New Moon 29th
October
Full Moon 14th
New Moon 28th
November
Full Moon 12th
New Moon 27th
December
Full Moon 13th
New Moon 27th
NOTE - The Moon Rituals may take place on the previous or the next day so that
the Healing and Memorial Rituals are not
cancelled.
SABBAT RITUALS
All Sabbat Rituals are held on the nearest date possible to the actual event.
Notice will go out announcing when these will be held.
We usually have one for GMT/UK time and one for EST/USA time.
All Sabbat Rituals are held here: http://clik.to/festivals
There are several rituals which occur on an ongoing basis. These are as
follows:
HEALING RITUALS
Healing Rituals are held every Friday.
AUSTRALIA
19:00 or 7pm AEDT
6:30pm ACDT
5:30pm ACST
6:00pm AEST
5pm AWDT
4pm AWST
UK
21:00 or 9pm UK this will be
9PM Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] in winter
9pm British Summer Time [BST] in summer. This is due to daylight saving time
and usually the change occurs sometime in March, a notice will go out about the
change.
USA and Canada
21:00 or 9:00pm EST there is also daylight saving time associated with
this time for the summer in the US but the time will remain 9:00pm
This ritual is held at: http://clik.to/healingshrine
MEMORIAL RITUALS
The last Sunday of the month is slated for Memorial rituals. These are held at
the same time as above for the healing
rituals, but held in: : http://clik.to/memorial
MOON RITUALS:
FULL AND NEW MOON RITUALS
21:00 or 9pm UK this will be
9pm Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] in winter
9pm British Summer Time [GMT] in summer. This is due to daylight saving time
and usually the change occurs sometime in March, a notice will go out about the
time change.
USA
21:00 or 9:00 EST there is also daylight saving time associated with this time
for the summer in the US but the time will remain 9:00pm
All Moon rituals are held on the date of the Full or New Moon unless they
coincide with a Sabbat or a Healing Ritual.
All New and Full Moon Rituals are held in the Moon Shrine Ritual Room which can
be found here: http://clik.to/moonshrine
January
New Moon 7th
Full Moon 22nd
February
New Moon 6th
Full Moon 20th
March
New Moon 8th
Full Moon 22th
April
New Moon 5th
Full Moon 20th
May
New Moon 6th
Full Moon 19th
June
New Moon 3rd
Full Moon 18th
July
New Moon 2nd
Full Moon 19th
August
New Moon 2nd
Full Moon 16th
New Moon 30th
September
Full Moon 15th
New Moon 29th
October
Full Moon 14th
New Moon 28th
November
Full Moon 12th
New Moon 27th
December
Full Moon 13th
New Moon 27th
NOTE - The Moon Rituals may take place on the previous or the next day so that
the Healing and Memorial Rituals are not
cancelled.
SABBAT RITUALS
All Sabbat Rituals are held on the nearest date possible to the actual event.
Notice will go out announcing when these will be held.
We usually have one for GMT/UK time and one for EST/USA time.
All Sabbat Rituals are held here: http://clik.to/festivals
The ultimate aim of yoga is supreme, uninterrupted bliss
(moksha). How do we achieve it? Whether it is through study
(Jnana yoga), unconditional devotion (Bhakti yoga), yoga
practices (Raja yoga) or then through Action (Karma yoga),
applied either singly or severally, this goal can be reached.
Of these, the most relevant for us in our present
lifestyles would appear to be karma yoga (the yoga of
selfless action) because we are involved in 'busy'
activities 24/7. In fact, approaching work with the right
attitude forms the bedrock of Karma Yoga and approaching
work like a karma yogi provides us precious glimpses of the
supreme bliss that all human beings ultimately seek.
Karma Yoga is also called the Yoga of Action. To understand
the concept of karma yoga, it is important to know that
action is unavoidable. Karma yoga is the way of turning
this inevitable process to our benefit and to reach
ultimate salvation.
Through the practice of Karma Yoga our existence is
transformed from the proverbial boat that is tossed about
in choppy waters (external situations) into a rock that
faces the onslaughts with equanimity. It transforms us into
more serene and controlled individuals.
Dr. Nagendra of the reputed SVYASA Deemed University of
Yoga Research and Studies, has dealt with the subject very
effectively through his books.
In this issue, we have brought to you a sample chapter from
his book "The Secret of Action" that will give you an
insight into the philosophy of Karma Yoga - a potential
avenue for your further exploration.
To read it, please
Click here
Or go to:
http://www.healthandyoga.com/html/readingroom/soa/soa.asp
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Hi Everyone,
Totally forgot about this group. No one has posted since November either.
We will have to find a yoga teacher, anyone know anyone interested?
I'm loathe to close it down, I think it could be a good group.
I'll have to send out an advert.
BB
Anna
I am so happy for you...having your 1st Yoga session. Its wonderful isn't it . Alot of people think they are unable to do Yoga because they are not flexable or in your case in a wheelchair-- but that is one of the wonderful benifits of Yoga...anyone can do it, and everyone should try it. I realize not everyone can afford the formal classes, in those cases I suggest buying a DVD or CD with a good instructor. Anyone and Everyone is welcome to ask any questions they may have..I will do my best to answer those questions.
Well I have been slacking off on the Yoga... Hubby bought a New TV and DVD player... and has decided HE wants to move MY sacred space to the bedroom, including my Big Altar. Our Bedroom is on the Second Floor of the house, I really prefered everything in Our living room (1st floor), but I guess he doesn't , LOL. I have just made an great purchase ...inexpensive purchase.. We still have our old VHF player, even though we don't use it anylonger, I found 6 VHF tape set for literally 3.99 at a closeout store. Each tape works on different parts of your body and then 1 that is for relaxing. I haven't been able to use them yet, still augueing over Sacred Space...lol... He says my Yoga equipment and main Alter taked up too much space in the living room...Ah come on....lol
Well Lillith, congrads on your 1st session...I am sure you will get great benafit from the classes.
mm all,
i had my first lesson of yoga today. Aside from the fact i feel sick
(sick feeling in my stomach) i had my first yoga lesson today. it was
very relaxing and its nice that i can do it within my wheelchair. We
were taught how to breathe which is different from when i am singing,
and we were trying to get ourselves aware of the muscles. Now that is
a hard part, lol. Also we (and this is what we were taught in lesson 1
or 2 in the 1d) were told how to form energy and how to build it up in
your body and then form a ball of energy between your hands. So it
felt really good. Next thursday i will be going again. I'll keep you
posted of my experiences.
bb lilith
A tid bit I occasionally get in the email box....Hope ya'll find it interesting.
Yoga and Meditation Are A Pair That Go Together
There "ain't nothin' wrong with yoga"... but the real question is whether it goes far enough.
Yoga is great for stretching your muscles and increasing your flexibility. It's a wonderful remedy for back pain, as study after study keeps demonstrating. There are too many benefits to mention them all. But will yoga bring you to samadhi or spiritual enlightenment?
Hardly.
Here's the scoop. Yes, yoga is fantastic. So is Pilates. So are the flexibility exercises of Scott Sonnon, which can lead you to becoming even more flexible than a yoga guru in 1-2 years time. Bodywork is also great, and so are the soft martial arts, but none of these things will totally open up your chi channels.
Hence, no real spiritual progress.
When you open up your chi channels and cultivate your chi, that flooding of chi throughout your body softens your tissues and leads to real flexibility. It also leads to better health, longevity and REAL meditation progress. If you want to see someone who is soft and flexible, go find a master who has meditated correctly for several years and you'll
understand what the softening of chi can do for your body. It can change your blood, chi channels, flesh, bone marrow, tendons, bones, air and reshape your entire body so that it looks like those beautiful statues of male and female Buddhas you find in Asia.
You see, it all depends upon opening up your chi channels and not losing your chi, while cultivating a peaceful or "empty"mind that doesn't throw up obstructions to the natural circulation of your chi.
Now yoga helps with flexibility. Pilates helps with flexibility. But without that something extra, they never lead you to anything more than a mundane result.
Meditation is that something extra, in particular emptiness meditation, which is why all the sages and spiritual schools emphasize it. It's the cure for health problems (chi passing through an are will tend
to cure it), longevity (if you cultivate your chi you are cultivating your life force, hence longevity), and spiritual progress (because chi and consciousness are linked, and purified chi means a more purified or spiritual consciousness).
So how do you make yoga more effective for the spiritual path? By combining it with breathing practices geared toward opening up your chi channels, and with meditation. Don't practice yoga WITHOUT also practicing meditation and breathwork. Otherwise you're leaving money on the table -- millions of dollars, so-to-speak.
I have met countless yoga teachers, from India no less, who have extremely flexible bodies and "no chi" whatsoever. Why? Because yoga was all physical form to them rather than a means of spiritual cultivation. They didn't practice meditation and they had no clue that
they want to be opening up their chi channels. Some of them even had "dirty chi" just like martial artists who don't know how to cultivate emptiness.
Now if you combine yoga with breathing methods and meditation, you're on your way, but if you don't then it's just another physical exercise that leads to decline.
So remember, if you are going to practice yoga, try to combine it with breathing practices and meditation. Otherwise you're getting very little of the maximum benefits available. The 9-bottled wind breathing practice will open up your chi channels and as to meditation, there are so many options available on the website.
And if you want real flexibility training, beyond what yoga can possbily give you, check into the work of Scott Sonnon, which are the flexibility training methods of Eastern Europe. You see from the East we have yoga and the martial arts, from the West we have bodywork, and from Eastern Europe we have the Sonnon exercises. It's all good, and you use whatever you want according to your needs. But the additive that really supercharges all these practices is breathwork and meditation.
Yoga is wonderful but it goes hand and hand with meditation. I find combining the 2 to be the winning combination. There are so
many free meditations out there and ones you can make up yourself, or do the Buddhist way of empty mind meditation, or the simple control breath meditation.
According to Yoga, everything that exists within the ultimate Superconscious reality Itself (which is the Witnessing Entity of all things and from which all things derive, but which is beyond relativity) is composed of three basic constituents. These are named sattva (sentient), rajas (mutative), and tamas (static), respectively.
Sattva is the principle of clarity or lucidity.
Rajas is the principle of dynamism.
Tamas is the principle of inertia.
The effect of the three binding principles (gun'as) are as follows:
Sattva or the sentient principle gives the knowledge of existence;
Rajah or the mutative principle commands the energy which brings about activity;
Tamah or the static force is the stationary result of action, which makes things crude.
In terms of colours it can be said that Sattva is white, Rajah is red
and Tamah is black.
The more the degree of purity, the more the predominance of Sattva - and so the whiter is the effect in proportion. That is why, whiteness and purity are often used synonymously. What is this white colour? White is no colour, a combination of all the colours is white. What is black colour? Black is no colour, want of colour is black. That is why, blackness is the emblem of passivity. It is the reflection of the static force. It is due to the lack of vibrations or the inability to apprehend them that a thing appears as black. In darkness form lacks vibrational expression and so we see everything black in darkness. In sentient forms and sentient food there is the absorption of much light through the process of photosynthesis. Accordingly, this is the healthiest food.
Difference in forms means difference in colours. While Tamah (staticity) is the prototype of passivity - a
dark ravine, Sattva (sentience) is diametrically opposite. Although the expressed universe is a triple qualitative flow, nevertheless in the higher pursuits of life and in a wholistic spiritual outlook Sattva (sentient) is dominant. Through meditation the higher faculties of mind are developed and this increases one's sentience.
These three principles or forces exist in an infinite number of combinations both in the material and the mental realm. Some things are more static (tamasic), others more mutative (rajasic), and a few more sentient (sattvic).
The purpose of Yoga - Meditation - is to increase the principle of sentience - knowledge and clarity - in all your actions, thoughts, and feelings. This is part of the process of self-actualisation leading to self-realisation. While you are alive you can never be completely sattvic (sentient), but you can certainly train your mind to overcome the
limitations of tamas (staticity) and rajas (mutative) thoughts and actions. When your mind is elevated away from and freed of the negative influence of staticity and mutativity (tamas and rajas), it is like a highly polished mirror that faithfully reflects the light of the higher consciousness.
Remember meditation is the birthright of all human beings, and leads to an elevated mind and arousing of spiritual thought and progress.
The type of food called sattvik food or sentient food is good for body and good for mind. This type of food is light and vegetarian. It suits one's spiritual thoughts and spiritual progress.
The classification of food is based on 3 primary qualities (called 'gunas' in Sanskrit) which exist in all things to a greater or lesser degree - just as in the universal process of generation, operation and decay.
Sentient Food - That food which is conducive to physical and
mental wellbeing. It produces sentient cells. Examples of sentient food are rice, wheat, barley, all kinds of pulses, milk and milk products.
Mutative Food - Food which is good for the body and may or may not be good for the mind, but certainly not harmful. Examples include tea, coffee, chocolates.
Static Food - Food which is harmful for the mind and may or may not be good for the body. Examples include stale and rotten food, meat of animals, mushrooms and fungi (because they involve no photosynthesis), onions and garlic (due to their odour and secretions through the skin).
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Don't Overeat!
* Fill the stomach half-way with food * One quarter with water * Keep one quarter free for movement of air
You should have proper restraint over your food. Your food should be nutritious, but you must not eat too much. - Shiva's sixth secret of success in Spiritual Life.
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Eat with ideation * Make your meal a meditation! * Apply Cosmic ideation and repeat your mantra for meditation as you eat.
"This food is Brahma (God). The one who is eating is Brahma. The act of eating is also Brahma".
Eat to live . Don't live to eat!
PUMPKIN SOUP
1 small Pumpkin -- seeded, unpeeled 2 tablespoons Oil 1/2 teaspoon Cumin seed 1 or more seeds Cardamom 1/2 teaspoon Cumin powder 1/2 teaspoon Coriander -- ground 1/4 teaspoon Ginger -- ground 1/4 teaspoon Chilli powder (if desired) 2 cups Cauliflower flowerets 1 cup Carrot -- sliced 1/2 cup Corn -- can, undrained Salt and Pepper -- to taste 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric
Put oil in large pot or kettle. Heat until quite warm. Add cardamom and cumin seeds. Cook until seeds crackle. Add cut up pumpkin and water until not quite covered. Add powders. Cover and simmer until pumpkin is tender. Mash or puree.
Return to pot and add your choice of vegetables. Cook until desired tenderness. You can add powered broth if desired. You can also add greens and can substitute acorn or butternut squash.
Have a good meditation and meal.
THE ROBBERS ARE THE 3 GUNAS
Once a man was going through a forest, when three robbers fell upon him and robbed his possessions.
One robber said, "What's the use of keeping this man alive?" So saying, he was about to kill him with his sword, when the second robber interrupted him, saying: "Oh! No! What is the use of killing him? Tie his hands and feet and leave him here." The robbers bound his hands and feet and went away.
After a while the third robber returned and said to the man: "Ah, I am sorry. Are you hurt? I will release you from your bonds." After setting the man free, the thief said: "Come with me. I will take you to the public highway." After a long time they
reached the road. At this the man said: "Sir, you have been very good to me. Come with me to my house." "Oh, No!" The robber replied. " I can't go there. The police will know it."
This world itself is the forest. The three robbers prowling here are sattva, rajas, and tamas. It is they that rob a man of the Knowledge of Truth. Tama wants to destroy him. Raja binds him to the world. But Sattva rescues him from the clutches of Rajas and Tamas. Under the protection of Sattva, a human being is rescued from anger, passion and other evil effects of Tamas. Further, Sattva loosens the bonds of the world. But Sattva also is a robber. It cannot give a person the ultimate Knowledge of Truth, though it shows him or her the road leading to the Supreme Abode. Setting the person on the path, Sattva tells him/her: "Look yonder. There is your home." Even sattva is far away from the knowledge of Brahma
(God). The Absolute is beyond all binding principles and beyond all relativities.
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. Alot of people think they are unable to do Yoga because they are not flexable or in your case in a wheelchair-- but that is one of the wonderful benifits of Yoga...anyone can do it, and everyone should try it. I realize not everyone can afford the formal classes, in those cases I suggest buying a DVD or CD with a good instructor. Anyone and Everyone is welcome to ask any questions they may have..I will do my best to answer those questions.
