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    Freedom, Health and the Pursuit of Happiness

    carmen / July 17, 2021

    There is a “designed” veil of ignorance, concerning the awareness of Unalienable Rights. Freedom, health & happiness are qualities of the highest value which we are ALL born with. These are the highest…

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    Ways to support your Yoga practice as you get older

    carmen / March 8, 2021

    The ripe age of 65 marks the transition to “old age” if, we are lucky enough to live this long!! Ayurveda views this stage as the age of Vata dominated by the element…

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    Yoga beyond Asana

    carmen / February 10, 2021

      Each Summer i take an 8 week break from facilitating a gentle yoga for good health and calmness practice in my local community. I relish this time, not because i don’t enjoy…

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    Energy into Nature – the Autumn influence of Yama Damstra

    carmen / June 5, 2020

    Autumn,  wrapped up,  hats on, we head outdoors catching the last of the lingering light.  Forest foraging for fungal friends, their timely presence favored to boost immunity & moods for the  Winter season. …

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    The odd relationship: Yoga and a consumer culture

    carmen / September 21, 2019

    At  the inaugural international conference on yoga for holistic health in New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi cautioned against turning yoga into a commodity.  He stated: “Turning yoga into a business will…

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    Living the wisdom of the Tao – The rainmaker, a taoist proverb

    carmen / September 15, 2019

    Friends, when grace falls and maya takes hold,  call wisdom. Free all thoughts from stress and pressure, then aim.  Aim for everything that gives life to life. Use  words and thoughts wisely, tools…

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A brief affirmation practice developed by Paramahamsa Yogananda

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As a Mother Guru the supreme teaching for my daugh As a Mother Guru the supreme teaching for my daughters is: blind belief & callous rejection are not allies, critical thinking and open mindeness are.....In order for them to fully immerse in this teaching it is essential it is experienced and put into action in my own daily life. To be a critical thinker and open minded is to have SELF-belief. My sustained practice as student and teacher of Yoga, has helped immensely with the innerstanding that we each are responsible for our SELF. It is the absence of truly knowing who we are that makes us apathetic to our own authority, therefore we seek it outside of ourself. To transcend anything that is not truth requires PERSONAL GOVERNANCE. How do we know if something is inherently true: it will expand our heart, it will not cause contraction or fear. #liberatedliving #yoga #criticalthinking #transcend #selfauthority
There is a “designed” veil of ignorance, conce There is a “designed” veil of ignorance, concerning the awareness of Unalienable Rights. Freedom, health & happiness are qualities of the highest value which we are ALL born with. These are the highest spiritual values that we must attain, in order to create better realities of life and living. Values, not as forms of spiritual bypass, instead truthfully applying our spiritual practice to strengthen our mind and resolve. A great rule of thumb for discerning “truth” as great acts of historical and contemporary Fraud are being revealed, is to align with Your Unalienable Rights. Anything that is in opposition to them, will likely be the antithesis of Your Freedom. Fraud being the opposite to “truth:” intentional perversions of truth & trickery that induces the surrender of your lawful unalienable rights. Deliberate acts of deception, the “act” or “practice” of one that deliberately deceives, to make things seem geniune, different to how it actually is. Spiritual bypassing could be considered fraud also. At a societal level, there are uncomfortable realities and injustices to acknowledge and address. When we avoid facing problematic issues in our outer systems, we avoid our own accountability in creating healthier systems that support everyone. #fraud #truth #spiritualbypass #health #pursuitofhappiness
Living in a city, working with computers, as an en Living in a city, working with computers, as an engineer or mechanic does not mean you are not nature. Those that consider themselves EXPERTS in science and politics; technocrats are part of nature. "Everything we do is nature; we are nature." #plantmom #nurturenature #naturenurtures #elements #chakras #koshas #vedas
"We spend our time looking at small flat screens, "We spend our time looking at small flat screens, which are not only limited in size but in the process lose the depth vision of the third dimension. We are gradually conditioning our minds to the limited perception of a two dimensional world to define the real world in which we live. We must counter this with Yoga and Meditation or our world view will be caught in superficial dichotomies. We live more in a two dimensional media world than in the actual three dimensional world of our senses. We seldom use the subtleties of our senses to perceive the beauty of nature. Similarly, we seldom cultivate our minds to appreciate a variety of points of view. As our minds reflect where we most commonly hold our attention, our minds are getting reduced to the boundaries of a box, and a small screen view of life. We believe what we see in the media, but media can be easily manipulated or truncated. We are beginning to think in two dimension terms in which space and interconnections are lost. Whatever their power of resolution, screens cannot equal the myriad nuanced colors of nature, its plants and their flowers, rocks and the lichens on them, landscapes and their many components, or open horizons that suggest something transcendent. We interact more with screens than with the world of nature, where everything is unique, not reducible to any manmade formula or run by any machine." -Dr David Frawley #expanded #consciousness #perception #2dshift #5d
Pertinent words for powerful times. #beyourownlig Pertinent words for powerful times. #beyourownlight #clarity #freemind
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To feel disturbed is something we all have in comm To feel disturbed is something we all have in common. How do you find your way during these times? When we are uncomfortable naturally we want to find ease. The peace we seek during times of disturbed thinking: anger, frustration, anxiety, depression, pain, hurt, guilt, blame, criticism, is there. But will not be found out side of our self. The mind falsely thinks by controlling the outward experience it will be happy & free. To find the comfort in these times, we must respond in ways that naturally relax our body, access a quiet and spacious mind and open heart. If we are truthfully discerning at some point we begin to see that true freedom is through releasing attachment. Stay steady folks! #attachment #liberation #innerwisdom #yoga #naturelover
Friends & folk may be interested in learning about Friends & folk may be interested in learning about Yoga for good health & calmness – The Practice offered twice a week. Begins with simple techniques to develop the minds focused awareness: into the body and onto the breath. Observation of the layers of body, unite (yoga) the forces of the mind & breath then Yoga begins. Starting with the same techniques to calm ourselves, to set the foundation to practice from a place of neutrality, peace, awareness, and breathe consciousness. In this way the practice is aimed for anyone. With a sustained practice we dive into the more subtle layers of being (koshas) and attune to energy systems (chakras) beyond the physical. We are reminded to not add tension to our practice instead find our place of equanimity – (to be in the practice and not desire it to somehow be different from it is ). Common Techniques used include: Asana(physical postures) pranayama, (breath and prana development ) kriya’s (actions to cleanse and purify energy channels), mantra (to focus the mind) Nada ( inner sound) Mudra ( body & hand gestures ) affirmation, meditation, ayurveda, Yoga Nidra. The combination of these aid to draw our senses inwards, strengthen, nourish & cleanse the bodily systems & focus the mind. Designed to develop a greater sense of refined concentration & consciousness. When practised from this awareness: Asana (physical postures) become a vehicle for directing prana (vital energy) to parts of the body that require healing, while also building a radiant life force. It is the prana that heals, not the Asana itself. Without focused attention on the free flow of energy in the body and on the breathe, Yogasana simply becomes posturing and can result to increased fixation on the body, rigidity of the mind & emotions. http://abundant.earth/yoga-as-medicine/
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