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Cadet Brian Kristin, Washington University in St. Louis, practices his breathing techniques during 10th Regiment, Advanced Camp, Preliminary Marksmanship Instruction (PMI) at Fort Knox, Ky., on July 17, 2021. Breath Control is one of the four fundamentals of marksmanship Cadets must learn prior to shooting their guns. | Photo by Oscar Fuentes, Cadet Summer Training Public Affairs office.
In this Zen Koan a monk asks Chao-Chou, "Does a dog have Buddha nature?"
and Chao Chao replied "Mu"
Which means no, nothing or emptiness.
Can Tantric Buddhism really be considered Buddhism? The Buddha taught that life is suffering stemmed from desire (although further defined that anxiety is the seed of desire) and that to alleviate suffering one must cease desire by non-attraction, aversion and even ignorance. This is called the sutra path and one of two paths that the Buddha taught. The other path is called the Tantra, Mantra, or the Vajrayana path which is homeopathic to desire in that the antidote to a snakes poison is snake’s venom, a thorn can be removed by a thorn, a burn can be healed by a burn and ordinary desire can be transformed into sublime desire. Both paths which appear to be radically opposed to each other reach the same wisdom through different means of rejection to the existing societal structures.
The sutra path is exoteric and thus the primary Buddhism practiced by the laity consensus. This path is otherwise known as the perfection of wisdom. This wisdom is obtained by a lengthy and gradual training in generosity, morality, forbearance, perseverance, and meditative concentration. The practitioner of the sutra path can thus renounce desire and the world through the Buddhist ideal and concept of emptiness.
The Tantric path is geared for those whom have greater difficulty to renounce the world yet possess great compassion and sharp faculties to not be deluded by attachment to samsara. Tantra most commonly purifies the mind in stages so that the practitioner can experience and understand their consciousness. The Vajrayana path utilizes magical ritualistic meditating techniques which greatly accelerates the practice and develops the same virtues and knowledge of the sutra path. The mantra path pinnacles in the instantaneous practice otherwise known as the “great seal” or Mahamudra. The initial stages of the great seal consists in dissolving ordinary perception into the perception of emptiness whereas the “completion stage” or “great seal”, cognizes the ultimate nature of mind itself and ceases perception of the ideation so that the luminosity of mind appears and the mind can be aware of its own emptiness. Tantra is thus much more than ritualistic techniques, but in fact acts as a meditative discharge of insights developed within the Mahayana philosophical tradition.
Both paths lead to the same wisdom. This is the middle course between the conventional and ultimate truths. That is the middle way between everything consisting of an inherent existence and the nihilism which denies phenomenon’s causal relations. Thus we find an emptiness of inherent existence which makes dependent origination possible. The conventional truth of appearances and the ultimate truth of emptiness can then be simultaneously comprehended. With no difference in the profundity of the highest wisdom between Sutra and Tantra, the superiority of the Tantric vehicle resides in the method.
The Tantric path reaches realization through yogic discipline of the mind. The Vajrayana yokes the creative powers of the mind by stimulating and then harnessing desire to use in focusing the five senses and aggregates (form, conception, volition, perception, and consciousness) with the mandala of the Buddha-mind. Man as the Mandala, is a microcosm of the macrocosm. Man and the world become fundamentally identical and thus sexuality, as ones of the world’s main driving forces, is reintegrated. This mastery of mind, emotions, sexual energy, mental and physical bodies, all act as an inner yoga to bliss. The spiritual body turns passions and lust into a divine love. The completion process finds that man’s essential nature is of bliss and not of conceptual thought but a basic state in which winds traverse the nadis channels and are sealed by mind-body with the consort.
Human beings experience their bodies and their sexuality in many different ways which can be a vivid abuse of desire or a sensual religious experience. Desire can act as an offering to enlightenment where the blissful mind sees the true nature of things and can offer and receive without attachment. Integrating the two truths, the yin and the yang, the womb and diamond, can be expressed as a sexual union of the god or Buddha with his female consort representing his energy. Sakti, or Kundalini energy, is a feminine serpentine energy which is coiled around the base of the spine. Usually sleeping, this energy can be awakened to traverse the nadis channels and rise up the spinal column to the Ajna Cakra behind the center of the eyebrows and even fly beyond the body for the heavens. The energy is pumped up into the sky by winds produced with Tantric rites such as pounding Mantras (chants) with repeated utterances and breathing techniques which often involve the five normally forbidden ritual substances of liquor, meat, fish, seminal fluids and the self. The Yaksini or practitioner gives the body as a sacrifice of food for the Goddess and liberated of a suffering existence the bonds are broken and the soul joins in union with the Sakti to fly.
Sexuality has a great capacity to offend however through boldly defying the social norms there is salvation to be found. Tantra is not a degeneration of Buddhism influenced by persuasion of a corrupting culture but rather a highly philosophical and ritual synthesis geared to realize the notion of the two truths and alleviate suffering by transforming desire through the most efficient expedient means possible. By placing desire in the service of liberation rather than sacrificing the world for liberations sake, desire is reinstated with the perspective of salvation which implies a certain disposition of the Tantric practitioners relationship with the cosmos as integrated within an all-embracing system of micro-macro cosmic correlations. Tantric Buddhism is thus really Buddhism and not a completely autonomous system that replaces and surpasses all that has come before but truly acts as a supplement to the traditional path of Buddhism.
However be for-warned,
for when you begin to focus on something,
that something eventually begins to focus on you.
References
Newman, John, Vajrayoga in Kalacakra Tantra
Faure, Bernard Japanese Tantra, the Tachikawa-ryu and Ryobu Shinto
Lopez, Donald S. Jr. Meditation on Emptiness
White, David Gordon. Kiss of the Yogini
White, David Gordon. Tantra in Practice
A Breath of Fresh Air with TAPS Outdoors: Getting & Staying Grounded
October 2020
Virtual
During the month of October, we explored ways we can utilize nature as a guide for connecting to the present moment, honoring where we are internally and externally. From simple breathing techniques to unique strategies like using the National Military Suicide Survivor Seminar's theme Listen.Learn.Love., we focused on the ways nature can give us the tools we need to navigate any terrain, including grief. Getting grounded is simply finding present-mindedness. No matter the experience, we are stronger and more stable when we have the ability to be present and navigate how we respond to our emotions and environment.
Cadets visited Range 11 to enhance their proficiency on the M4 Carbine as
they prepare for live-fire exercises coming up during Cadet Field Training,
July 1. West Point N.Y. From proper breathing technique to smooth trigger
pull, cadets rehearsed the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship. Photo by
Tommy Gilligan/West Point Public Affairs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Zummo
Peter Zummo (born 1948) is an American composer and musician. He plays the trombone, valve trombone, euphonium, synthesizer, other electronic instruments, and also sings. His music is associated with the postminimalist and Downtown aesthetics.
He holds a PhD in ethnomusicology, a B.A. degree (with honors) in music (1970) and an M.A. degree in music (1975), all from Wesleyan University. He has studied with Carmine Caruso, Roswell Rudd, Stuart Dempster, James Fulkerson, Dick Griffin, Makanda Ken McIntyre, and Sam Rivers.
In his playing, Zummo frequently uses the circular breathing technique, which allows him to extend drones for a long period of time. He is a core member of New York City's DownTown Ensemble and has performed and/or recorded with John Lurie's Lounge Lizards, Daniel Goode, Arthur Russell, and Guy Klucevsek.
Arthur's Landing
Genre: Pop / Experimental / House
A celebration of musical genius Arthur Russell
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About Arthur Russell
Wikipedia: Arthur Russel (musician)
Charles Arthur Russell, Jr. (May 21, 1951 – April 4, 1992) was an American cellist, composer, singer, and disco artist. While he found the most success in dance music, Russell's career bridged New York's downtown, rock, and dance music scenes; his collaborators ranged from Philip Glass to David Byrne to Nicky Siano. Relatively unknown during his lifetime, a series of reissues and compilations have raised his profile in the 2000s.
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YOGA for RUNNERS
April 12th, 2015 at 2pm
Learn yoga poses and breathing techniques to lengthen and stretch your body before and after you run.
$15 per person
75 minute class
Conveniently located in the heart of Manhattan. The Ayurveda Center is easily accessible by all street transportation methods. Ayurveda Center will give expert guidance on managing your personal health profile by learning how the right foods, herbs, yoga, breathing techniques, body care etc. contribute to balance and wellness for you. We are offering body detox therapies, rejuvenating facials, eye treatments and Ayurvedic massages. Call us at 212-280-1000! Ayurveda, a sister of Yoga, focuses upon the preservation as well as the promotion of positive health, which is essential towards the prevention of disease. In addition to food and drink, several herbal remedies, life style changes are recommended for daily and seasonal rituals. This further helps in the maintenance of positive health and prevention of disease. Apart from the functional unity of different parts of the body, Ayurveda believes in close relationship between the body and mind, as well as the soul in order to determine the health, and for the treatment of disease. At Ayurveda Center, we offer various treatments and services which are tailored to each individual’s specific need and constitutional type.
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8th Company Commander cadet Aaron Pool explains to West Point superintendent Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon Jr. what 8th Compnay cadets were doing on Range 11, July 1, at West Point N.Y. The cadets were enhancing their proficiency on the M4 Carbine as they prepare for live-fire exercises coming up during Cadet Field Training,
July 1. West Point N.Y. From proper breathing technique to smooth trigger
pull, cadets rehearsed the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship. Photo by
Tommy Gilligan/West Point Public Affairs.
Jackson Elementary School divided into three sections of about 140 students to take yoga sessions in their gym from Ben Spellman of Good Vibes Yoga on Wednesday, December 11th. Spellman worked with the classes on breathing techniques as well as how to remain calm and quiet during the yoga lessons.
Conveniently located in the heart of Manhattan. The Ayurveda Center is easily accessible by all street transportation methods. Ayurveda Center will give expert guidance on managing your personal health profile by learning how the right foods, herbs, yoga, breathing techniques, body care etc. contribute to balance and wellness for you. We are offering body detox therapies, rejuvenating facials, eye treatments and Ayurvedic massages. Call us at 212-280-1000! Ayurveda, a sister of Yoga, focuses upon the preservation as well as the promotion of positive health, which is essential towards the prevention of disease. In addition to food and drink, several herbal remedies, life style changes are recommended for daily and seasonal rituals. This further helps in the maintenance of positive health and prevention of disease. Apart from the functional unity of different parts of the body, Ayurveda believes in close relationship between the body and mind, as well as the soul in order to determine the health, and for the treatment of disease. At Ayurveda Center, we offer various treatments and services which are tailored to each individual’s specific need and constitutional type.
Full Address: 204 W 96th St, New York, NY 10025
Website: ayurvedacenterny.com
Contact Email: Ayurvedapathcorp@gmail.com
Working Hours: Monday - Sunday 11:30am - 8pm
Payments Accepted: cash, credit cards
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Ayurveda-Center/417295951622289 Twitter: twitter.com/#!/ayurvedacenterN Blogger: ayurvedacentern.blogspot.com/
Conveniently located in the heart of Manhattan. The Ayurveda Center is easily accessible by all street transportation methods. Ayurveda Center will give expert guidance on managing your personal health profile by learning how the right foods, herbs, yoga, breathing techniques, body care etc. contribute to balance and wellness for you. We are offering body detox therapies, rejuvenating facials, eye treatments and Ayurvedic massages. Call us at 212-280-1000! Ayurveda, a sister of Yoga, focuses upon the preservation as well as the promotion of positive health, which is essential towards the prevention of disease. In addition to food and drink, several herbal remedies, life style changes are recommended for daily and seasonal rituals. This further helps in the maintenance of positive health and prevention of disease. Apart from the functional unity of different parts of the body, Ayurveda believes in close relationship between the body and mind, as well as the soul in order to determine the health, and for the treatment of disease. At Ayurveda Center, we offer various treatments and services which are tailored to each individual’s specific need and constitutional type.
Full Address: 204 W 96th St, New York, NY 10025
Website: ayurvedacenterny.com
Contact Email: Ayurvedapathcorp@gmail.com
Working Hours: Monday - Sunday 11:30am - 8pm
Payments Accepted: cash, credit cards
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Ayurveda-Center/417295951622289 Twitter: twitter.com/#!/ayurvedacenterN Blogger: ayurvedacentern.blogspot.com/
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Diastasis recti is a common condition that can occur during pregnancy and even extend postpartum. DR affects women and men in different ways and during different stages of their lives.
Pregnancy puts a lot of pressure and stress on the core musculature of the abdominal wall. A diastasis recti most commonly occurs due to extended, focalized pressure upon the abdominal wall which weakens the structural integrity of your rectus abdominis muscles (6-pack).This can prevent the muscles from maintaining their shape and, postpartum, you may discover that there is a gap in between your abdominal muscles.
This gap typically creates a slight or significant bulge in the center of your abdomen: a belly “pooch,” as many call it. This gap and bulge can result in a host of varying symptoms. These may range from back/pelvic pain, poor posture, incontinence, pain with intercourse, constipation, bloating, and more significantly a weakening of your stomach muscles and pelvic floor.
There are, however, many ways to help lower the risk of developing a diastasis recti during or after your pregnancy. Although you can’t change the pressure within your abdomen – you’re pregnant – there are a few things you can change. Having a regiment that focuses on good posture, functional moving in daily activity, strengthening your transverse abdominis (your lower abs) and pelvic floor, and eliminating movements and exercises that may make it worse helps lower the risk of a diastasis and aids in postpartum rehab.
Rectus Abdominis Separation is Natural
During pregnancy, the abdominal wall will stretch and separate. Rectus abdominis separation that does not correct on its own (postpartum) is called diastasis recti. 70%-100% of all women will experience abdominal muscle separation during their pregnancy and roughly ⅔ of all pregnant women will have developed diastasis recti postpartum.
Although the muscles tend to return to their natural state, some studies have shown that some women with diastasis recti struggle to close their gap a year postpartum.
When the abdominals separate like this, the uterus, bowels, and other organs have only a thin band of connective tissue (the linea alba) to hold them in place. Although the muscles tend to return to their natural state, some studies have shown that some women with diastasis recti struggle to close their gap a year postpartum. However, there are many things you can do to help prevent and restore your body from diastasis recti.
Are you looking for safe and restorative exercises to heal from Diastasis Recti?
Learn more about the RYC Program for your postpartum journey!
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Are you looking for safe and restorative exercises to heal from Diastasis Recti?
Learn more about the RYC Program for your postpartum journey!
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Dos and Don’ts
During your pregnancy there are many things that you should try to practice and others that you should try to avoid. While carrying your little one, whether it is your first time or your fourth, here are a few things to do and not do.
Dos
Be Careful with Exercise:
We highly encourage exercise and stretching during your pregnancy. However, it is important that you are careful with how you approach various exercise routines while pregnant. Exercises like: crunches, sit-ups, pushups, press-ups, and front planks, can make abdominal separation worse. Talk to a specialist or consider looking at My program for women: One Strong Mama.
Strengthen Your Transverse Abdominis Muscles:
This can be done through proper breathing techniques. Your transverse abdominal muscles help hold your baby in place and assist you in a vaginal delivery. To learn more about exercises to aid you, click here.
Correct Your Posture:
Having good posture greatly aids you in limiting the amount of pressure and tension you add to your core during everyday tasks or even while sitting. As you move daily –whether exercising or at work – you will want to practice working functionally with your diastasis recti. Anytime you bend, lift, twist, etc. think about tightening your transverse abdominis muscles. This reduces the strain your child’s added weight places on your linea alba and can also help reduce back and pelvic pain.
Stretch:
This may go without saying, but as you are moving about and taking on your daily tasks, your muscles will inevitably be strained, sore, or tired at the end of your day. Stretching appropriately and safely can help keep your body functional and reduce and muscles strains or soreness you may be experiencing.
Don’ts
Strain Yourself:
While lifting heavy objects be sure to implement correct posture and be mindful of your core. You should avoid doing any exercises or activities that may negatively strain your core. This can involve the way in which you stand or sit, your bowel movements, and/or any exercises that would normally be okay. Especially when getting out of bed. Try to roll onto your side when rising from a laying down position in order to take the strain off of your linea alba.
Exercises That Add Tension to Your Core Muscles:
Many exercises to avoid during your pregnancy include exercises such as:loaded spinal flexion (crunches), sit-ups, and push-ups. A lot of exercises that are high intensity are likely best avoided as well.
Exercises to Avoid
There are several daily motions and exercises that someone with diastasis recti should avoid. If you have diastasis recti or abdominal separation, you want to avoid adding any additional pressure to your midline. A few exercises of motions to avoid if you have diastasis rect
Most Crunches or Sit-Ups
Full Push Ups (they can strain the abdominal muscles)
Any exercises that could cause your core wall to bulge.
Helpful Diastasis Recti Care Tips
There are many sites and programs that offer many helpful tips and tricks for you as you walk through your pregnancy. On our homepage we offer many varying programs, like One Strong Mama, and exercises tips for you to consider during your pregnancy and postpartum. Below is a taste of what those programs have to offer.
During Pregnancy
Prehab
One of the best things you can do during pregnancy is prehab. I have many long term clients who were able to prevent their diastasis recti from returning with subsequent pregnancies by working their core in a smart, functional way the entirety of their pregnancy. Many report that their core felt stronger than ever with the prehab work that they did. Pregnancy is not an illness, there is no need to halt all exercise. We do, however, want to make good exercise choices. It is very important to exercise your core during pregnancy but not to increase intra ab pressure as you do so.
Our online prehab program, One Strong Mama, is designed to prepare your body for the unique demands of pregnancy, birth, and recovery. Everything you need to prepare your body can be found in this program which combines functional exercise, strength training, posture and alignment instruction, and even key educational tools so that you are given a chance to enjoy your pregnancy without stressing over it.
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Postpartum
Diastasis recti is often more apparent postpartum. I usually recommend waiting at least 6 to 12 weeks before checking for a diastasis recti. Here are a few tips that can help prevent and/or heal a diastasis recti.
Rest
If I could have a dollar for every mom who wished she had rested more in order to spare herself injury. Rest is so important for healing your body postpartum and ensuring that you do not damage your core and your pelvic floor. We recommend getting back into exercise at least 6 weeks postpartum, but even then, easing into it is key. The “I want to get my body back” sentiment can be very harmful to a recovering body.
Exercise/Rehab
Once you are cleared for exercise by your medical professional, you want to focus on core building exercises which properly strengthen your core without aiding in diastasis recti development. My program Restore Your Core is designed for any woman with core issues such as: postpartum issues, diastasis recti, incontinence, and constant back pain.
Restore Your Core is designed so that you can use helpful and intelligent core building strategies not only during exercise, but in everyday motion. I help you approach healing and restoring your body in a personal way. I challenge you to train your whole body to move correctly in order to get you stronger and heal properly.
If you have diastasis recti, avoid flat belly programs and focus on function over form. The purpose of these exercises is to strengthen and rebuild your core. Find comfortable movements that prevent your stomach from pushing out and practice proper breathing techniques. The goal is for healing and function–not aesthetics.
restoreyourcore.com/learn/diastasis-recti/diastasis-recti...
Jackson Elementary School divided into three sections of about 140 students to take yoga sessions in their gym from Ben Spellman of Good Vibes Yoga on Wednesday, December 11th. Spellman worked with the classes on breathing techniques as well as how to remain calm and quiet during the yoga lessons.
Cadets visited Range 11 to enhance their proficiency on the M4 Carbine as
they prepare for live-fire exercises coming up during Cadet Field Training,
July 1. West Point N.Y. From proper breathing technique to smooth trigger
pull, cadets rehearsed the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship. Photo by
Tommy Gilligan/West Point Public Affairs.
In today’s hectic lifestyle one of the most fundamental pursuits is
happiness as can be witnessed by our chase of success, most of us
believing that if we can just achieve this thing that will help us to
achieve the next thing and consequently we will be happy. But
happiness is as fleeting as a cloud on a cloudless day. One moment it
is there and the next moment it is gone. It seems that we are seeking
something that is uncertain and trying to cling to it as if it were
certain. In my own experience I have seen that happiness is a
consequence of right living rather than the goal in itself. When we
are happy, we notice that we feel happy because we have done something
good for someone else, or we have done our personal spiritual work and
achieved balance and inner harmony. I believe it is peace of mind
that we are really after in today’s uncertainty and difficulty.
Happiness is in the mind, yet the mind is supported by the body and we
have come to understand that a healthy mind lives in a healthy body.
Our happiness therefore depends on a healthy mind and that healthy
mind also depends on a healthy body. Without physical health, it is
impossible to achieve happiness or peace of mind and without mental
health we cannot be completely healthy.
Health is a positive state, it is not just the absence of a negative
state, not just the absence of disease but a positive state of mind.
Traditional Western medicine has been treating illness only as disease
and not looking at it holistically, so when we feel ill, we attack the
illness with medicine and hope we become healed, however, often the
illness returns as we have not treated it from the perspective of the
mind. Illness is nothing more than an imbalance in the natural
harmony of the body and mind. True healing means restoring that
balance, and true health means keeping it.
Yoga means, “to join”. It is a holistic approach to all aspects of
our lives: physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga views the person as a
whole, a unique combination of body, mind and soul and its techniques
bring and maintain our body-mind-soul harmony.
Asana of the Month
(See attached image)
First, standing in mountain posture. Place the feet together, big
toes touching each other root yourself into the ground. Imagine that
there are roots growing out of your feet into the ground. Growing
from the roots extend your legs taller and tucking in your buttocks,
tucking in your belly, elongate your spine to extend it towards the
sky. Hands are resting next to your body, fingers pointing downwards
towards the floor. Close your eyes and focus on your breathing.
Open your eyes and find a point to focus on. Shift your weight to
your left leg and raise your right foot up to your inner thigh. Once
you have your balance and you are comfortable in this position, place
your hands in namaste (prayer) – palms together at your heart and then
raising your arms up, relax your shoulders down and open your hands.
Hold the posture for at least one minute increasing to two minutes as
you improve on either side.
This posture tones your legs, increases stability in the entire body,
improves posture and brings a greater balance to the physical, mental
and emotional aspects of our self.
Swara Yoga
The word Swara in Sanskrit, means sound or musical note; it also
means the continuous flow of air through one nostril. Yoga means to
join or 'union', so Swara Yoga is the science which is about the
realisation of cosmic consciousness, through the awareness or
observation, then control or manipulation of the flow of breath in the
nostrils.
Swara yoga is an ancient Tantric science, which involves the
systematic study of the flow of breath through the nostrils in
relation to the phases of the moon, time of day, sun, planets and
seasons. Depending on the physical and mental conditions of the
individual one takes the appropriate action according to these
conditions and relations with the cosmos.
All of us will breathe throughout the day and night through a dominant
nostril and in a normal balanced individual, the dominant nostril will
change about every hour and a half bringing the opposite side of our
body/mind into activity. It is important to become aware of which
nostril is the most active at any given time and then balance the body
through breathing techniques to bring the correct nostril into
activity. The fascinating thing about Swara Yoga is that just by
being aware of the Swara (dominant nostril) in relation to the
environment and activity you are about to perform, one can ensure that
we are breathing through the correct nostril for that activity.
Workshops
Tibetan Heart Yoga (not to be missed - see attached image)
"You cannot enter the door of yoga without kindness and compassion for
others." - Changya 1717 - 1786 - Yoga teacher to the Emperor of China
The workshop reunites the 'outer' methods (working with the physical
postures and breath) with the traditional 'inner' methods (cultivating
the ethical restraints and commitments, meditation, and wisdom) into a
powerful synthesis the ancients called 'royal yoga'.
Bringing together these 'outside' and 'inside' methods, restoring to
yoga the complete set of 'limbs' of Patanjali's eight-limbed
(ashta-anga) practice, combining the physical dimension of yoga with
the spiritual understanding of the interdependence of karma and
emptiness, the workshop is designed to achieve nothing less than the
end of suffering and full enlightenment for the practitioner and the
skills needed to teach others how to reach these goals too.
MARK JOSEPH - Meditation and philosophy teacher. Mark has studied the
core of eastern philosophy and has mapped the similarities between
religious, spiritual and psychological practices for transforming the
heart.
ANNIE (ANN) WYATT - Yoga teacher extraordinaire and gentle soul. Ann
studied in India and in the UK. She will be gently guiding you
through the Asanas that are designed to open your heart.
*step by step manual included.
Date: 13 June 2009
Venue: Grace Yoga Studio, 11 4th Avenue, Highlands North
Time: 12p - 5pm
Investment: R300
Contact: Ann - ann@grace-yoga.co.za / Mark - dharma@stillmind.co.za
The Art of Living Foundation invites you
"The secret to understanding the Mind is in the Breath."
"The breath is the link between the body and the mind - every rhythm
of the mind has a corresponding rhythm in the breath. When you cannot
directly handle the mind, it is easy to do so through the breath."
His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Join us for a transformational workshop.
Dates: 14-19 July 2009
Times: Weekdays - 7:30pm to 10:30pm, Weekends - 9:00am to 3:00pm (All
sessions must be attended)
Venue: Grace Yoga, 11 4th Avenue, Highlands North
Cost: R650, Pensioners/Students - R350, Repeaters - Free
Contact: dharmisha@artofliving.org.za / 072 957 0155
Weekly Group Meditations
(See attachment) - Please do join us for these weekly group
meditations, all are welcome.
Thoughts.....we all have them, we're all familiar with them, but what
are they? Where do they come from? Are they a product of the mind,
and do they spring forth from your mind, or from elsewhere?
Considering that science has yet to pinpoint the location of the mind,
or what exactly the nature thereof is, these questions remain a bit of
a mystery.
However, have you ever found yourself observing your thoughts?
Suggesting that there is a you apart from the you that is entertaining
the thought? Once we have discovered this, we then learn that with
discipline acquired through practice, that we can control which
thinking patterns we entertain thereby ensuring that we don't allow th
mind to be our master, but rather that we master the mind. We can
then take it a step further, and observe the manner in which our
thoughts are directly responsible for the way in which we experience
the world around us, and even the way that reality unfolds.
This practice is best achieved through meditation, which comes in
various forms. Please join us every Thursday from 19h30, where in a
group dynamic, we explore these matters, and in so doing dendevour to
lead a more conscientious, rewarding and delightful existence.
Venue: Grace Yoga, 11 4th Ave, Highlands North
Time: 19h30 (60 - 90 min) including a discussion
Cost: By donation (not compulsory)
Contact: Jade - phunktdragon@gmail.com
Weekly Class Schedule at Grace Yoga
*Please book for your class as classes are limited to 10 for personal
attention. Call me on 084 297 5736 or email me ann@grace-yoga.co.za
Tuesdays
9:00am to 10:30am
6:00pm to 7:30pm (Nic)
Wednesdays
9:00am to 10:30pm
5:30pm to 7:00pm
Thursdays
5:30pm to 7:00pm
7:30 Meditation (60 to 90 minutes) with Jade Holing facilitating
(donations accepted: donations are used to bring international yoga
teachers into the country to keep abreast with the profound teachings
of yoga)
*All classes are suitable for beginner and intermediate students as
the classes are limited to 10/12 students per class and each student
will receive focused attention.
Hari Om
Ann Wyatt
Yoga Teacher
ann@grace-yoga.co.za
084 297 5736
011 786 9041
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to this email with the subject line: “Please remove me from this
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A U.S. Sailor, right, with the U.S. 7th Fleet Band ensemble Orient Express explains breathing techniques for playing the saxophone while leading a music clinic at Olongapo City National High School in Olongapo City, Philippines, July 1, 2013, during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2013. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance force readiness. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ernesto Bonilla, U.S. Navy/Released)
Antenatal classes are attended by expectant parents, to help prepare them fr birth and baby care. Pictured here is the set up for an antenatal birthing class in which women relax, explore breathing techniques, learn yoga-based movements, discuss antenatal education and meet new friends!
If used, attribution must be given to "The Daisy Foundation: Garforth, Selby and Tadcaster" with hyperlink to thedaisyfoundation.com/antenatal-classes-in-yorkshire-wit...
Included in photo: antenatal birthing class venue, yoga mats, cushions, blankets, candles, cervix dilation model, doll
Cadets visited Range 11 to enhance their proficiency on the M4 Carbine as
they prepare for live-fire exercises coming up during Cadet Field Training,
July 1. West Point N.Y. From proper breathing technique to smooth trigger
pull, cadets rehearsed the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship. Photo by
Tommy Gilligan/West Point Public Affairs.
Conveniently located in the heart of Manhattan. The Ayurveda Center is easily accessible by all street transportation methods. Ayurveda Center will give expert guidance on managing your personal health profile by learning how the right foods, herbs, yoga, breathing techniques, body care etc. contribute to balance and wellness for you. We are offering body detox therapies, rejuvenating facials, eye treatments and Ayurvedic massages. Call us at 212-280-1000! Ayurveda, a sister of Yoga, focuses upon the preservation as well as the promotion of positive health, which is essential towards the prevention of disease. In addition to food and drink, several herbal remedies, life style changes are recommended for daily and seasonal rituals. This further helps in the maintenance of positive health and prevention of disease. Apart from the functional unity of different parts of the body, Ayurveda believes in close relationship between the body and mind, as well as the soul in order to determine the health, and for the treatment of disease. At Ayurveda Center, we offer various treatments and services which are tailored to each individual’s specific need and constitutional type.
Full Address: 204 W 96th St, New York, NY 10025
Website: ayurvedacenterny.com
Contact Email: Ayurvedapathcorp@gmail.com
Working Hours: Monday - Sunday 11:30am - 8pm
Payments Accepted: cash, credit cards
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Ayurveda-Center/417295951622289 Twitter: twitter.com/#!/ayurvedacenterN Blogger: ayurvedacentern.blogspot.com/
Yoga-based movements and breathing techniques are proven to help expectant mothers have positive birth experiences. Pregnant women attend birth preparation classes to meet new friends, learn birthing techniques and prepare for having a newborn child.
If used, attribution must be given to "The Daisy Foundation: Garforth, Selby and Tadcaster" with hyperlink to thedaisyfoundation.com/antenatal-classes-in-yorkshire-wit...
Included in photo: antenatal birthing class venue, yoga mats, flowers, cushions, blankets, candles, doll
Practicing labor breathing techniques during pregnancy via the ‘breathing coach’ on the smartphone app.
(This is photo 1 in a sequence of 5 photos)
One of the many amazing parts of this club is all the information, education and guidance. Your coaches help you learn how to create a sustainable, healthy lifestyle. Our different programs covers all types of cardio, how to find your maximum heart rate, breathing techniques, macronutrients, healthy eating tips and so much more depending on your needs and desire.
Jackson Elementary School divided into three sections of about 140 students to take yoga sessions in their gym from Ben Spellman of Good Vibes Yoga on Wednesday, December 11th. Spellman worked with the classes on breathing techniques as well as how to remain calm and quiet during the yoga lessons.
Cadets visited Range 11 to enhance their proficiency on the M4 Carbine as
they prepare for live-fire exercises coming up during Cadet Field Training,
July 1., at West Point N.Y. From proper breathing technique to smooth trigger
pull, cadets rehearsed the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship. Photo by
Tommy Gilligan/West Point Public Affairs.
Conveniently located in the heart of Manhattan. The Ayurveda Center is easily accessible by all street transportation methods. Ayurveda Center will give expert guidance on managing your personal health profile by learning how the right foods, herbs, yoga, breathing techniques, body care etc. contribute to balance and wellness for you. We are offering body detox therapies, rejuvenating facials, eye treatments and Ayurvedic massages. Call us at 212-280-1000! Ayurveda, a sister of Yoga, focuses upon the preservation as well as the promotion of positive health, which is essential towards the prevention of disease. In addition to food and drink, several herbal remedies, life style changes are recommended for daily and seasonal rituals. This further helps in the maintenance of positive health and prevention of disease. Apart from the functional unity of different parts of the body, Ayurveda believes in close relationship between the body and mind, as well as the soul in order to determine the health, and for the treatment of disease. At Ayurveda Center, we offer various treatments and services which are tailored to each individual’s specific need and constitutional type.
Full Address: 204 W 96th St, New York, NY 10025
Website: ayurvedacenterny.com
Contact Email: Ayurvedapathcorp@gmail.com
Working Hours: Monday - Sunday 11:30am - 8pm
Payments Accepted: cash, credit cards
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Ayurveda-Center/417295951622289 Twitter: twitter.com/#!/ayurvedacenterN Blogger: ayurvedacentern.blogspot.com/
In today’s hectic lifestyle one of the most fundamental pursuits is
happiness as can be witnessed by our chase of success, most of us
believing that if we can just achieve this thing that will help us to
achieve the next thing and consequently we will be happy. But
happiness is as fleeting as a cloud on a cloudless day. One moment it
is there and the next moment it is gone. It seems that we are seeking
something that is uncertain and trying to cling to it as if it were
certain. In my own experience I have seen that happiness is a
consequence of right living rather than the goal in itself. When we
are happy, we notice that we feel happy because we have done something
good for someone else, or we have done our personal spiritual work and
achieved balance and inner harmony. I believe it is peace of mind
that we are really after in today’s uncertainty and difficulty.
Happiness is in the mind, yet the mind is supported by the body and we
have come to understand that a healthy mind lives in a healthy body.
Our happiness therefore depends on a healthy mind and that healthy
mind also depends on a healthy body. Without physical health, it is
impossible to achieve happiness or peace of mind and without mental
health we cannot be completely healthy.
Health is a positive state, it is not just the absence of a negative
state, not just the absence of disease but a positive state of mind.
Traditional Western medicine has been treating illness only as disease
and not looking at it holistically, so when we feel ill, we attack the
illness with medicine and hope we become healed, however, often the
illness returns as we have not treated it from the perspective of the
mind. Illness is nothing more than an imbalance in the natural
harmony of the body and mind. True healing means restoring that
balance, and true health means keeping it.
Yoga means, “to join”. It is a holistic approach to all aspects of
our lives: physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga views the person as a
whole, a unique combination of body, mind and soul and its techniques
bring and maintain our body-mind-soul harmony.
Asana of the Month
(See attached image)
First, standing in mountain posture. Place the feet together, big
toes touching each other root yourself into the ground. Imagine that
there are roots growing out of your feet into the ground. Growing
from the roots extend your legs taller and tucking in your buttocks,
tucking in your belly, elongate your spine to extend it towards the
sky. Hands are resting next to your body, fingers pointing downwards
towards the floor. Close your eyes and focus on your breathing.
Open your eyes and find a point to focus on. Shift your weight to
your left leg and raise your right foot up to your inner thigh. Once
you have your balance and you are comfortable in this position, place
your hands in namaste (prayer) – palms together at your heart and then
raising your arms up, relax your shoulders down and open your hands.
Hold the posture for at least one minute increasing to two minutes as
you improve on either side.
This posture tones your legs, increases stability in the entire body,
improves posture and brings a greater balance to the physical, mental
and emotional aspects of our self.
Swara Yoga
The word Swara in Sanskrit, means sound or musical note; it also
means the continuous flow of air through one nostril. Yoga means to
join or 'union', so Swara Yoga is the science which is about the
realisation of cosmic consciousness, through the awareness or
observation, then control or manipulation of the flow of breath in the
nostrils.
Swara yoga is an ancient Tantric science, which involves the
systematic study of the flow of breath through the nostrils in
relation to the phases of the moon, time of day, sun, planets and
seasons. Depending on the physical and mental conditions of the
individual one takes the appropriate action according to these
conditions and relations with the cosmos.
All of us will breathe throughout the day and night through a dominant
nostril and in a normal balanced individual, the dominant nostril will
change about every hour and a half bringing the opposite side of our
body/mind into activity. It is important to become aware of which
nostril is the most active at any given time and then balance the body
through breathing techniques to bring the correct nostril into
activity. The fascinating thing about Swara Yoga is that just by
being aware of the Swara (dominant nostril) in relation to the
environment and activity you are about to perform, one can ensure that
we are breathing through the correct nostril for that activity.
Workshops
Tibetan Heart Yoga (not to be missed - see attached image)
"You cannot enter the door of yoga without kindness and compassion for
others." - Changya 1717 - 1786 - Yoga teacher to the Emperor of China
The workshop reunites the 'outer' methods (working with the physical
postures and breath) with the traditional 'inner' methods (cultivating
the ethical restraints and commitments, meditation, and wisdom) into a
powerful synthesis the ancients called 'royal yoga'.
Bringing together these 'outside' and 'inside' methods, restoring to
yoga the complete set of 'limbs' of Patanjali's eight-limbed
(ashta-anga) practice, combining the physical dimension of yoga with
the spiritual understanding of the interdependence of karma and
emptiness, the workshop is designed to achieve nothing less than the
end of suffering and full enlightenment for the practitioner and the
skills needed to teach others how to reach these goals too.
MARK JOSEPH - Meditation and philosophy teacher. Mark has studied the
core of eastern philosophy and has mapped the similarities between
religious, spiritual and psychological practices for transforming the
heart.
ANNIE (ANN) WYATT - Yoga teacher extraordinaire and gentle soul. Ann
studied in India and in the UK. She will be gently guiding you
through the Asanas that are designed to open your heart.
*step by step manual included.
Date: 13 June 2009
Venue: Grace Yoga Studio, 11 4th Avenue, Highlands North
Time: 12p - 5pm
Investment: R300
Contact: Ann - ann@grace-yoga.co.za / Mark - dharma@stillmind.co.za
The Art of Living Foundation invites you
"The secret to understanding the Mind is in the Breath."
"The breath is the link between the body and the mind - every rhythm
of the mind has a corresponding rhythm in the breath. When you cannot
directly handle the mind, it is easy to do so through the breath."
His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Join us for a transformational workshop.
Dates: 14-19 July 2009
Times: Weekdays - 7:30pm to 10:30pm, Weekends - 9:00am to 3:00pm (All
sessions must be attended)
Venue: Grace Yoga, 11 4th Avenue, Highlands North
Cost: R650, Pensioners/Students - R350, Repeaters - Free
Contact: dharmisha@artofliving.org.za / 072 957 0155
Weekly Group Meditations
(See attachment) - Please do join us for these weekly group
meditations, all are welcome.
Thoughts.....we all have them, we're all familiar with them, but what
are they? Where do they come from? Are they a product of the mind,
and do they spring forth from your mind, or from elsewhere?
Considering that science has yet to pinpoint the location of the mind,
or what exactly the nature thereof is, these questions remain a bit of
a mystery.
However, have you ever found yourself observing your thoughts?
Suggesting that there is a you apart from the you that is entertaining
the thought? Once we have discovered this, we then learn that with
discipline acquired through practice, that we can control which
thinking patterns we entertain thereby ensuring that we don't allow th
mind to be our master, but rather that we master the mind. We can
then take it a step further, and observe the manner in which our
thoughts are directly responsible for the way in which we experience
the world around us, and even the way that reality unfolds.
This practice is best achieved through meditation, which comes in
various forms. Please join us every Thursday from 19h30, where in a
group dynamic, we explore these matters, and in so doing dendevour to
lead a more conscientious, rewarding and delightful existence.
Venue: Grace Yoga, 11 4th Ave, Highlands North
Time: 19h30 (60 - 90 min) including a discussion
Cost: By donation (not compulsory)
Contact: Jade - phunktdragon@gmail.com
Weekly Class Schedule at Grace Yoga
*Please book for your class as classes are limited to 10 for personal
attention. Call me on 084 297 5736 or email me ann@grace-yoga.co.za
Tuesdays
9:00am to 10:30am
6:00pm to 7:30pm (Nic)
Wednesdays
9:00am to 10:30pm
5:30pm to 7:00pm
Thursdays
5:30pm to 7:00pm
7:30 Meditation (60 to 90 minutes) with Jade Holing facilitating
(donations accepted: donations are used to bring international yoga
teachers into the country to keep abreast with the profound teachings
of yoga)
*All classes are suitable for beginner and intermediate students as
the classes are limited to 10/12 students per class and each student
will receive focused attention.
Hari Om
Ann Wyatt
Yoga Teacher
ann@grace-yoga.co.za
084 297 5736
011 786 9041
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to this email with the subject line: “Please remove me from this
mailing list.”
Become a Health & Wellness Expert!
Fall Yoga Teacher Training.. Get Started now!
The American Yoga Academy is widely known for its Yoga Teacher Training Certification Programs. These programs are designed to teach students how to become Health and Wellness Experts and outstanding yoga instructors whom will provide safe, effective and inspiring instruction. Teachers in training are also taught to do corporate lectures, wellness seminars, and meditation classes. Our programs are fun, informative and provide students with an in-depth study of Postures, Breathing Techniques, Meditation, Human Anatomy, Yoga and Pregnancy, Business of Yoga, Yoga Techniques Outside the Classroom, and many styles of Yoga uniquely blended together creating a beautiful flow. You will learn to teach and live Yoga on and off the mat. The American Yoga Academy provides students with a template for learning and encourages the individual's creativity to flow. Yoga Teacher Training Classes meet twice a month from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm at The American Yoga Academy Studio at The Wilshire Grand Hotel, 350 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ.
These courses are open to All LEVELS...All you need is a passion for Living Yoga On & Off the mat!
Early Bird Special~ Sign Up by September 1st to receive $250 Off !
Cadets visited Range 11 to enhance their proficiency on the M4 Carbine as
they prepare for live-fire exercises coming up during Cadet Field Training,
July 1. West Point N.Y. From proper breathing technique to smooth trigger
pull, cadets rehearsed the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship. Photo by
Tommy Gilligan/West Point Public Affairs.
West Point superintendent Lt. Gen David H. Huntoon Jr. watches cadets assigned to 8th Company conduct doing on Range 11 their proficiency on the M4 Carbine as they prepare for live-fire exercises coming up during Cadet Field Training,
July 1, at West Point N.Y. From proper breathing technique to smooth trigger
pull, cadets rehearsed the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship. Photo by
Tommy Gilligan/West Point Public Affairs.
Our Shipmate in the Spotlight for this edition is LT Carmen Boren. Although her dental career began as a hygienist, LT Boren’s desire to seek greater challenges led her to pursuing her Doctorate of Dental Surgery (DDS). She graduated from the University of Minnesota with highest distinction. LT Boren’s drive for excellence led her to commission into the U.S. Navy to deliver high quality, comprehensive dental care. In 2021, she completed her AEGD Residency at 1st Dental Battalion. While a resident, she earned second place in the California Dental Association table clinic. Her selection as “Top AEGD Resident” by her mentors and peers confirms her level of dedication as a leader and professional.
LT Boren was hand chosen to re-establish the Command Prophy Tech Course. She revamped the curriculum designed to qualify 10 technicians per year. She continues to practice as a general dentist at Camp Pendleton with her favorite patients, Marines. LT Boren enjoys the sunny California weather with her husband Brandon, and their 3 children: Auria (13), Burke (11), and Braedic (9). However, everyone knows her “favorite” child is her 2-year-old French Bulldog (Mac).
Fun Facts
Hometown: Berthold, ND
Dental School: University of Minnesota
Favorite thing about being a Navy Dental Corps Officer: For the first few years of my daughter’s life, our family was on the receiving end of comprehensive medical care at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Words cannot express the level of gratitude I have for receiving such compassionate care during that time. Those Navy clinicians inspired me and now I have the incredible privilege of providing a high level of care to the courageous men and women serving our country.
Hobbies: Reading, cooking & baking new recipes, spending time with my family, and riding my Peloton bike
Something that most people don’t know about you: I am a certified yoga instructor and happily use breathing techniques to make my even the “toughest” patients a little calmer during injections.
Published in Weekly Dental Update, February 18 2022.
200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh
Our 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training School in Rishikesh is one of the best training centers in the city that has gained significant acceptance and recognition in India as well as abroad.
Yoganandham is internationally certified by Yoga Alliance USA and follows a strict discipline with high standards. Our teachers are very well-skilled as they studied yoga for many years and have experience of teaching yoga of all levels at a high standard for decades.
The program is intended to give you a holistic understanding of yoga in theory and practice in order to accompany you on your journey to become a qualified yoga teacher as well as finding your internal identity and work on your personal development.
OVERVIEW:
The Yoganandham 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training is based on Hatha and Ashtanga Yoga and also includes Bhakti Yoga, Pranayama (breathing techniques), yoga philosophy, yoga therapy, anatomy and physiology of the body, teaching methodology, Shatkarma (cleansing techniques), yoga sadhana, meditation, and other yogic practices. The course is strategically designed with a well-thought-through balance of traditional Indian yoga practices and combined with modern teaching styles and practices.
It is a 28 days residential training program that includes accommodation, 3 ayurvedic vegetarian meals a day as well as outings on Sundays.
200 HOUR YOGA TTC PRICING AND HIGHLIGHTS
* 28 Days Accommodation
* Yoga Therapy Sessions
* Yoga and Naturopathy sessions
* Ayurveda lectures to learn about your body & mind
* Rejuvenating Hatha Yoga sessions in the morning
* Intensive Ashtanga Yoga classes
* Daily 3 Delicious Yogic Meals
* Free Wi-Fi
* Daily Meditation Sessions
* Weekly Excursions
visit for more details: yoganandham.com/200-hour-yoga-teacher-training-rishikesh.php
website: yoganandham.com
Cadets visited Range 11 to enhance their proficiency on the M4 Carbine as
they prepare for live-fire exercises coming up during Cadet Field Training,
July 1. West Point N.Y. From proper breathing technique to smooth trigger
pull, cadets rehearsed the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship. Photo by
Tommy Gilligan/West Point Public Affairs.
Cadets visited Range 11 to enhance their proficiency on the M4 Carbine as
they prepare for live-fire exercises coming up during Cadet Field Training,
July 1. West Point N.Y. From proper breathing technique to smooth trigger
pull, cadets rehearsed the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship. Photo by
Tommy Gilligan/West Point Public Affairs.
"In the composing of music you have to enter virtually a trance state to transmit songs. I don't think you write songs. They come through you"/In compunerea muzicii trebuie sa intri practic intr-o stare de transa pt. a transmite cantecele. Nu cred ca scriem cantecele. Ele vin prin noi" -Sting..
Revealing the Hidden Nature of Human Being as a bridge in the Awakening of the Consciousness of the Universe is a knowledge that was hidden from the human race all throughout history. We dedicate these pages to the awakening of self-knowledge of the universe manifested in us that will reveal our true identity that can help the man to discover his hidden powers to save THE EARTH and our civilization from self-annihilation.
Revelarea naturii ascunse a fiintei umane ca veriga in trezirea Constiintei universului
reprezinta o cunoastere care a fost ascunsa rasei umane de-a lungul intregii sale istorii. Dedicam aceste pagini trezirii universului manifestat in noi la autocunoastere, la descoperirea adevaratei noastre identitati si la manifestarea puterilor noastre divine care vor permite omului sa salveze planeta si actuala civilizatie de la auto-anihilare.
The greatest of all religious teaching is inside you,in your Heart; You can discover your treasure using love and awareness to awake yourself.This process of awakening to our true identity is taking place in a state beyond duality known as mystic trance or samadhi(trance,that state of mind which remains with its object without distractions; superconscious state, ecstasy, meditative or concentrative absorption, union).The term trance is defined as an altered state of consciousness which individuals can enter through a variety of techniques, including hypnotism, drugs (aushadhi, potions, herbs, consecrated plants;see the Nahuatl– Maya’s traditions revealed by Carlos Castaneda or The Shamanic Traditions revealed by Dr. Andrija Puharich in “The Sacred Mushroom (pub. 1959),sound (particularly music ,percussive drumming-remember Mantras,(recitation of incantations,words of power, chanting,sacred chants, prayer, auto and hetero suggestions;see the King Arthur's instruction"in chant,spells and incantations" received from the druid Merlin etc.), sensory deprivation, physical hardships (eg. flagellation, starvation, exhaustion, tapas:intense desire, ascetic disciplines,purificatory acts ,austerities) and vigorous continuous rhythmic exercise (particularly dance).People can also use trance, particularly in the context of ‘ritual’ events, to learn new strategies of thinking or of relating to one another.There are different types of learning: for example what Eric Jantsch calls ‘conscious learning’ is a transaction between consciousness, the environment and memory. Jantsch also identifies ‘superconscious learning’, which takes place with the addition of ‘outer’ and ‘inner’ ways of learning. These arise through the interaction of consciousness with transpersonal mass/collective consciousness (eg. Jung’s "collective unconscious")There are other techniques which can be used for such ‘tuning in’, for example magical or shamanic practices such as visualisations, breathing techniques and ritual. Particular technologies can also be used to enhance such learning capacities, for example the ASCID (Altered States of Consciousness Induction Device) developed by Robert Masters and Jean Houston (1973). The modern electronic music dance party is one such ‘pscycho- technology’ because it is an information system, consisting of visual, auditory and sensual elements.
MIRAHORIAN: HIDDEN KNOWLEDGE/CUNOASTEREA ASCUNSA
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www.myspace.com/hiddenknowledge1
mirahorian-hiddenknowledge.blogspot.com/
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Jackson Elementary School divided into three sections of about 140 students to take yoga sessions in their gym from Ben Spellman of Good Vibes Yoga on Wednesday, December 11th. Spellman worked with the classes on breathing techniques as well as how to remain calm and quiet during the yoga lessons.
Stanley Cup winner 2016, Con Smythe Winner, @penguins
Available in June 2016
Learn the focus, emotional control, and mental-preparation skills to excel in the tough and physically challenging sport of hockey. The book includes insights from the game’s top players, coaches, and scouts and is loaded with mental-coaching techniques, examples, and exercises from one of hockey’s most experianced.
Dr. Saul L. Miller is one of North America’s leading performance and sport psychologists. He is the author of seven books including, his two latest: Performing Under Pressure: Gaining the Mental Edge in Business and Sport and Why Teams Win: 9 Keys to Success in Business Sport and Beyond. Dr. Miller consults with sport teams, corporations and health organizations across North America. The focus of his work is enhancing performance, team building, and helping people achieve success while dealing effectively with pressure, stress, and change.
PSYCHOLOGIST HELPS SWISS CHAMPS
By Medicine Hat News on April 26, 2016.
Two weeks ago ex-Buffalo Sabre Derek Roy scored the championship-winning goal as SC Bern beat HC Lugano 3-2 for Switzerland’s National League A hockey title.
But there was more to it than that.
Bern barely made the playoffs, Lars Leuenberger taking over from fired coach Guy Boucher mid-season. How did they become the lowest-seeded team to win the Swiss league? Some are crediting Canadian sports psychologist Dr. Saul Miller, who has worked with the Medicine Hat Tigers in the past, with helping turn the season around.
Here’s a Q and A done with Miller about the stunning result:
Q: You’re getting a lot of credit for SC Bern winning the Swiss hockey championship this year.
Saul Miller: Well, in this last decade I’ve been fortunate to have been involved with three teams that won the Swiss hockey league championship: with Lugano in 2006, Bern in 2010 and now Bern again in 2016. Yes, this one was special.
Q: What was so special about it?
Miller: Well, unlike previous seasons when I began consulting with teams early in the season, this was a late intervention. There were only four games remaining in the schedule and Bern was struggling. They were sitting in 10th place looking like they would miss the playoffs. It had been a rough season. The head coach (Guy Boucher) had been fired and there had been a number of significant injuries to key players, several season-ending, and, they were on their fourth goalie. One Swiss newspaper sarcastically heralded my arrival with an article about Bern’s probable demise entitled, Better Call Saul. I hadn’t been with Bern since 2012 but it felt familiar coming back. And it helped that I knew a number of the players from my work there in the past.
Q: What exactly did you do with the team? Did you work more with individuals or with the whole team?
Miller: Both. I started right away working with the whole team to shift the mood, to clarify our immediate goal (making the playoffs) and to introduce a framework for thinking that could generate more success. The metaphor I used was hunting; hunting in our end, hunting in their end, hunting every shift. I underlined that to be successful we had to be TEAM FIRST and that required a superior team effort from everyone. We had to hunt like a pack, every shift. Then, I met individually with each player. We talked about positive thinking and imagery, about mental preparation. I showed each of them a breathing technique to help them relax and recharge, and have more emotional control. We also had several leadership meetings with half a dozen of the team leaders reinforcing the idea of TEAM FIRST.
Q: How did the players respond?
Miller: Something definitely shifted. We won a couple of big games and squeaked into the playoffs in eighth place on the final weekend. The next challenge or goal was to beat Marc Crawford’s first place Zurich team that had won a couple of championships in recent years.
Q: Were you there in Switzerland with the team for the whole playoffs?
Miller: No, after 17 intensive days with the team I headed back to North America. However, I stayed in touch with them in a variety of ways. Starting with the first playoff game and then alternating every other game thereafter, I had a video message for the team, which was played in the dressing room and posted on the players’ e-network. On alternate games there was a written message from me posted in the dressing room and on the players’ network. I also conferred with the coaches before or after each game, and I stayed in contact with every player using individual email messages and in a few cases with Skype face-to-face communication. This was the pattern we maintained throughout the entire playoffs.
Q: And something remarkable happened.
Miller: Yes, eighth place Bern went on a tear. We beat first-place Zurich in four straight games in the first playoff round. Then we faced second-place Davos, who had won the championship the previous season. We beat them four games to one in the second round. The final challenge was Lugano, whom we defeated four games to one to win the Swiss championship and make Swiss hockey history. It’s the first time in Swiss National League history that an eighth place team has won the league championship.
Q: That was quite a ride to go from being possible playoff outsiders in 10th place with a few games left in the regular season to winning the championship.
What were the critical factors in that turnaround?
Miller: The players bought into the idea that winning was a possibility. They adopted a team first attitude and a relentless hunting mindset. And they were able to stay focused on the goal, especially in the last two series against two physical teams. There was a lot of chirping, slashing, late hits and some distracting after-the-whistle stuff in both series. I stressed the importance of focus and reminded the players of an old Arab desert saying, “The dogs bark and the caravan moves on.” The idea was that nothing takes us off track; we’re relentless, we keep our focus. I repeatedly reminded the players, after each shift, they take a breath, hydrate, and get ready to hunt again. The mantra was, “Wave after wave, shift after shift.”
Q: And the players bought into all this?
Miller: After winning the championship Justin Krueger, a Cornell graduate and former AHL player emailed me and said, “Saul everyone believed in what you were telling us and our caravan just kept rolling on.”
Q: What about the coaching staff, how did they respond to your involvement?
Miller: That was very important. In any league, it’s always the coach’s team. For me to operate effectively, I need the coach to trust me and believe in what I do. Both Lars Leuenberger, the former assistant coach who took over after Boucher was fired and the general manager had been with Bern when I was there four years previously and were familiar with my work. They asked me to come over. Lars gave me complete free reign to do what I thought was right. What was also a huge help to my communicating from afar was the goalie coach, Reto Schurch, who excelled with the Internet and with video production. Working together we were able to create some inspiring, focusing pre-game videos for the players that caught their attention, sharpened their focus, raised the emotion, and, at times, elicited a smile.
It was a total team effort at every level and the players’ relentless hunting mindset, shift after shift, wave after wave transformed a 41 per cent winning record prior to my arrival, into an 85 per cent winning record in the playoffs.
Q: It’s an impressive demonstration of how sport psychology can have significant impact on a team’s success and also your ability to get these concepts across.
Miller: The players made it happen. They responded. Let me read to you comments that four veteran Bern players sent me, incidentally, all of whom have had NHL experience:
“We were dealing with a challenging and at times frustrating season until your arrival. Your work with us, and your presence made us realize our true potential. With your help we were able to become a true winning team” — Timo Helbling
“Saul, A lot of guys needed someone like you to come in and change the mood. It was a pleasure to talk with you and listen to all your messages” — Cory Conacher
“Saul it was a pleasure working with you. You helped us more than you can imagine. You were the difference maker and everyone here appreciates the effort and wisdom that you gave us” — Derek Roy
“Saul, we couldn’t have done it without you! Like you said, a total team effort. Different hero every night” — Andrew Ebbett
Q: And finally Saul, what did the coach have to say about your involvement?
Miller: He was very generous. Let me read what Lars said to the Swiss press: “Saul helped us win a championship. His spirit, his gesture, his mind have always been with us, even when he wasn’t here anymore and could only support us by video messages. There are a lot of mental coaches, but what was impressive for me is you listen to Saul Miller cause he knows ice hockey and he gets respect from the players, beginning in the first minute, he arrives.” — Lars Leuenberger, SC Bern head coach
Q: Well, you’ve won championships in Switzerland and you won a championship with the Tigers when you were here in Medicine Hat. With all of Canada’s seven NHL teams failing to make the playoffs this year perhaps they could use your help.
Miller: I’ll be by the phone. What this exercise illustrates is that the mind is a powerful force. When a team has a positive focus, a belief that they can, some talent and the willingness to work hard and persevere almost anything is possible.
PSYCHOLOGIST HELPS SWISS CHAMPS
By Medicine Hat News on April 26, 2016.
Two weeks ago ex-Buffalo Sabre Derek Roy scored the championship-winning goal as SC Bern beat HC Lugano 3-2 for Switzerland’s National League A hockey title.
But there was more to it than that.
Bern barely made the playoffs, Lars Leuenberger taking over from fired coach Guy Boucher mid-season. How did they become the lowest-seeded team to win the Swiss league? Some are crediting Canadian sports psychologist Dr. Saul Miller, who has worked with the Medicine Hat Tigers in the past, with helping turn the season around.
Here’s a Q and A done with Miller about the stunning result:
Q: You’re getting a lot of credit for SC Bern winning the Swiss hockey championship this year.
Saul Miller: Well, in this last decade I’ve been fortunate to have been involved with three teams that won the Swiss hockey league championship: with Lugano in 2006, Bern in 2010 and now Bern again in 2016. Yes, this one was special.
Q: What was so special about it?
Miller: Well, unlike previous seasons when I began consulting with teams early in the season, this was a late intervention. There were only four games remaining in the schedule and Bern was struggling. They were sitting in 10th place looking like they would miss the playoffs. It had been a rough season. The head coach (Guy Boucher) had been fired and there had been a number of significant injuries to key players, several season-ending, and, they were on their fourth goalie. One Swiss newspaper sarcastically heralded my arrival with an article about Bern’s probable demise entitled, Better Call Saul. I hadn’t been with Bern since 2012 but it felt familiar coming back. And it helped that I knew a number of the players from my work there in the past.
Q: What exactly did you do with the team? Did you work more with individuals or with the whole team?
Miller: Both. I started right away working with the whole team to shift the mood, to clarify our immediate goal (making the playoffs) and to introduce a framework for thinking that could generate more success. The metaphor I used was hunting; hunting in our end, hunting in their end, hunting every shift. I underlined that to be successful we had to be TEAM FIRST and that required a superior team effort from everyone. We had to hunt like a pack, every shift. Then, I met individually with each player. We talked about positive thinking and imagery, about mental preparation. I showed each of them a breathing technique to help them relax and recharge, and have more emotional control. We also had several leadership meetings with half a dozen of the team leaders reinforcing the idea of TEAM FIRST.
Q: How did the players respond?
Miller: Something definitely shifted. We won a couple of big games and squeaked into the playoffs in eighth place on the final weekend. The next challenge or goal was to beat Marc Crawford’s first place Zurich team that had won a couple of championships in recent years.
Q: Were you there in Switzerland with the team for the whole playoffs?
Miller: No, after 17 intensive days with the team I headed back to North America. However, I stayed in touch with them in a variety of ways. Starting with the first playoff game and then alternating every other game thereafter, I had a video message for the team, which was played in the dressing room and posted on the players’ e-network. On alternate games there was a written message from me posted in the dressing room and on the players’ network. I also conferred with the coaches before or after each game, and I stayed in contact with every player using individual email messages and in a few cases with Skype face-to-face communication. This was the pattern we maintained throughout the entire playoffs.
Q: And something remarkable happened.
Miller: Yes, eighth place Bern went on a tear. We beat first-place Zurich in four straight games in the first playoff round. Then we faced second-place Davos, who had won the championship the previous season. We beat them four games to one in the second round. The final challenge was Lugano, whom we defeated four games to one to win the Swiss championship and make Swiss hockey history. It’s the first time in Swiss National League history that an eighth place team has won the league championship.
Q: That was quite a ride to go from being possible playoff outsiders in 10th place with a few games left in the regular season to winning the championship.
What were the critical factors in that turnaround?
Miller: The players bought into the idea that winning was a possibility. They adopted a team first attitude and a relentless hunting mindset. And they were able to stay focused on the goal, especially in the last two series against two physical teams. There was a lot of chirping, slashing, late hits and some distracting after-the-whistle stuff in both series. I stressed the importance of focus and reminded the players of an old Arab desert saying, “The dogs bark and the caravan moves on.” The idea was that nothing takes us off track; we’re relentless, we keep our focus. I repeatedly reminded the players, after each shift, they take a breath, hydrate, and get ready to hunt again. The mantra was, “Wave after wave, shift after shift.”
Q: And the players bought into all this?
Miller: After winning the championship Justin Krueger, a Cornell graduate and former AHL player emailed me and said, “Saul everyone believed in what you were telling us and our caravan just kept rolling on.”
Q: What about the coaching staff, how did they respond to your involvement?
Miller: That was very important. In any league, it’s always the coach’s team. For me to operate effectively, I need the coach to trust me and believe in what I do. Both Lars Leuenberger, the former assistant coach who took over after Boucher was fired and the general manager had been with Bern when I was there four years previously and were familiar with my work. They asked me to come over. Lars gave me complete free reign to do what I thought was right. What was also a huge help to my communicating from afar was the goalie coach, Reto Schurch, who excelled with the Internet and with video production. Working together we were able to create some inspiring, focusing pre-game videos for the players that caught their attention, sharpened their focus, raised the emotion, and, at times, elicited a smile.
It was a total team effort at every level and the players’ relentless hunting mindset, shift after shift, wave after wave transformed a 41 per cent winning record prior to my arrival, into an 85 per cent winning record in the playoffs.
Q: It’s an impressive demonstration of how sport psychology can have significant impact on a team’s success and also your ability to get these concepts across.
Miller: The players made it happen. They responded. Let me read to you comments that four veteran Bern players sent me, incidentally, all of whom have had NHL experience:
“We were dealing with a challenging and at times frustrating season until your arrival. Your work with us, and your presence made us realize our true potential. With your help we were able to become a true winning team” — Timo Helbling
“Saul, A lot of guys needed someone like you to come in and change the mood. It was a pleasure to talk with you and listen to all your messages” — Cory Conacher
“Saul it was a pleasure working with you. You helped us more than you can imagine. You were the difference maker and everyone here appreciates the effort and wisdom that you gave us” — Derek Roy
“Saul, we couldn’t have done it without you! Like you said, a total team effort. Different hero every night” — Andrew Ebbett
Q: And finally Saul, what did the coach have to say about your involvement?
Miller: He was very generous. Let me read what Lars said to the Swiss press: “Saul helped us win a championship. His spirit, his gesture, his mind have always been with us, even when he wasn’t here anymore and could only support us by video messages. There are a lot of mental coaches, but what was impressive for me is you listen to Saul Miller cause he knows ice hockey and he gets respect from the players, beginning in the first minute, he arrives.” — Lars Leuenberger, SC Bern head coach
Q: Well, you’ve won championships in Switzerland and you won a championship with the Tigers when you were here in Medicine Hat. With all of Canada’s seven NHL teams failing to make the playoffs this year perhaps they could use your help.
Miller: I’ll be by the phone. What this exercise illustrates is that the mind is a powerful force. When a team has a positive focus, a belief that they can, some talent and the willingness to work hard and persevere almost anything is possible.
Cadets visited Range 11 to enhance their proficiency on the M4 Carbine as
they prepare for live-fire exercises coming up during Cadet Field Training,
July 1, at West Point N.Y. From proper breathing technique to smooth trigger
pull, cadets rehearsed the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship. Photo by
Tommy Gilligan/West Point Public Affairs.
Eric Lon doing yoga close to Annapurnas Base Camp, 4130 meters. Nice and easy trek for beginners. Yoga makes the trek easier with breathing techniques and stretching exercises. Eric Lon has created a new set with fitness exercices: each photo has technical notes. Eric Lon is getting closer to 60.
Eric Lon faisant du yoga près du camp de base des Annapurnas, ABC, 4130 mètres. C'est une belle randonnée pour des débutants. Le yoga facilite la randonnée grace à des techniques respiratoires et des étirements doux.
Eric Lon a crée une nouvelle série de photos accompagnées de notes techniques. Elles expliquent comment etre en forme à l'approche des 60 ans.
Cadets visited Range 11 to enhance their proficiency on the M4 Carbine as
they prepare for live-fire exercises coming up during Cadet Field Training,
July 1. West Point N.Y. From proper breathing technique to smooth trigger
pull, cadets rehearsed the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship. Photo by
Tommy Gilligan/West Point Public Affairs.
West Point superintendent Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon Jr. watches cadets assigned to 8th Company on Range 11 as they work on their proficiency on the M4 Carbine as they prepare for live-fire exercises coming up during Cadet Field Training,
July 1, at West Point N.Y. From proper breathing technique to smooth trigger
pull, cadets rehearsed the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship. Photo by
Tommy Gilligan/West Point Public Affairs.
Italian technoproducer Lucy and yoga teacher and cultural anthropologist Amanda Morelli did a very special performance in the Amsterdam based 4DSound Studio on the 11th of january. Body Echoes integrated traditional Eastern breathing techniques with Lucy's field-recordings. All this was translated for the 24 speakers of the spatial sound system in 4DSound. It resulted in a fascinating multidimensional, collective experience where techno was as far of as the dancefloor was.
Yoga Teacher Training Course In Rishikesh India - Yoga Alliance Registed Yoga School Om Shanti Om Yoga Ashram (RYS) allows you to be a member of Yoga Alliance as a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) which opens up the possibilities to teach Yoga almost anywhere in the world.
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Om Shanti Om Ashram is a Registered Yoga Ashram certified by RYS 200, 300 & 500 with internationally recognized Yoga Alliance USA and has 10+ professional teachers who are very keen to expand their knowledge in the world. We organizing Yoga Courses for the last 10 years from short term courses to advance levels. Our achievement is to cultivate students deeply in the spiritual and holistic teaching of traditional practice along with breathing techniques, awareness, and meditation to utilize body and soul in the life of Yoga.
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Cadets visited Range 11 to enhance their proficiency on the M4 Carbine as
they prepare for live-fire exercises coming up during Cadet Field Training,
July 1. West Point N.Y. From proper breathing technique to smooth trigger
pull, cadets rehearsed the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship. Photo by
Tommy Gilligan/West Point Public Affairs.
Jackson Elementary School divided into three sections of about 140 students to take yoga sessions in their gym from Ben Spellman of Good Vibes Yoga on Wednesday, December 11th. Spellman worked with the classes on breathing techniques as well as how to remain calm and quiet during the yoga lessons.
A Breath of Fresh Air with TAPS Outdoors: Getting & Staying Grounded
October 2020
Virtual
During the month of October, we explored ways we can utilize nature as a guide for connecting to the present moment, honoring where we are internally and externally. From simple breathing techniques to unique strategies like using the National Military Suicide Survivor Seminar's theme Listen.Learn.Love., we focused on the ways nature can give us the tools we need to navigate any terrain, including grief. Getting grounded is simply finding present-mindedness. No matter the experience, we are stronger and more stable when we have the ability to be present and navigate how we respond to our emotions and environment.
A group of students from a Shaolin school of martial arts demonstrate their skills at a park in Shanghai. Here a boy shows his control of the dāntián.
"Dantian or Tan t'ien (Chinese: Dāntián 丹田; Japanese: Tanden 丹田; Korean: 단전 DanJeon 丹田; Thai Dantian ตันเถียน) which literally means "cinnabar or red field" and is loosely translated as "elixir field". It is described as an important focus point for internal meditative techniques, and refers specifically to the physical center of gravity located in the abdomen three finger widths below and two finger widths behind the navel. It is important in qigong, neigong, tao yin and other breathing techniques, as well as for traditional Chinese medicine and is also widely used throughout East Asian meditation and martial arts theory, especially the neijia school of Chinese martial arts.
It is often used interchangeably with the Japanese word hara (腹; Chinese: fù), which literally means simply "belly". In Chinese and Japanese tradition, it is considered the physical center of gravity for the human body and by extension the seat of one's internal energy (qi)."
Jackson Elementary School divided into three sections of about 140 students to take yoga sessions in their gym from Ben Spellman of Good Vibes Yoga on Wednesday, December 11th. Spellman worked with the classes on breathing techniques as well as how to remain calm and quiet during the yoga lessons.
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A Breath of Fresh Air with TAPS Outdoors: Getting & Staying Grounded
October 2020
Virtual
During the month of October, we explored ways we can utilize nature as a guide for connecting to the present moment, honoring where we are internally and externally. From simple breathing techniques to unique strategies like using the National Military Suicide Survivor Seminar's theme Listen.Learn.Love., we focused on the ways nature can give us the tools we need to navigate any terrain, including grief. Getting grounded is simply finding present-mindedness. No matter the experience, we are stronger and more stable when we have the ability to be present and navigate how we respond to our emotions and environment.