Archive for ‘Yoga’
Life as we “know” it…….
Posted: Saturday, September 22nd, 2012. . . . . Om Hrim, Namah Sivaya Do you realize the life force that keeps things alive is in service to the thing that consumes life? Prana, the divine life force, is in service to Agni, the sacred fire. Fire is dependent on matter and air. The gross body, our home, the physical [...]
Tags: Agni, body, fire, gross body, life force, Om, Prana, subtle body
Posted in Inquiry & Insights, Therapeutics, Yoga |
Cleansing? How is your fire?
Posted: Thursday, September 20th, 2012Thoughts of cleansing ring inside and out. Many express the desire and some the need to cleanse. It is fall, nature and the body are giving signals of slowing down and releasing the results of the growing season – leaves turning color and falling to the earth. And friends, practitioners, and local communities are gathering [...]
Tags: Agni, anxiety, balance, body, bones, cleanse, digestion, emotion, fire, gross body, Hatha Yoga, life, life force, mind, stress, subtle body, transform, Yoga
Posted in Inquiry & Insights, Therapeutics, Yoga |
The need to rest?
Posted: Tuesday, April 17th, 2012The appropriateness for Savasana Does your practice leave you desiring Savasana – the corpse pose? Do you tend to fall asleep in Savasana? How do you feel 1 hour later after practice? 2 hours after? the next morning? Savasana is considered one of the most difficult asana is in my observation overtaught and too often [...]
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Your Fire – Life’s Digestive and Creative Element
Posted: Monday, April 16th, 2012The transformative path The digestive fire burns like an upside down caldron The fuel arrives in the stomach. The combustion, or transformation from matter to components, happens from the stomach to the colon, especially in the small intestine. The essence of the food, after all components are separated and distributed, is absorbed into the ethers [...]
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Cleanse Practices
Posted: Friday, April 13th, 2012During the initial days of the cleanse, you may want to conserve your vital capacity and allow your resources to focus on the release on deeper levels. You may want to practice gentle breathing techniques that are balancing, devotional chants (such as on the resource page), and meditation. Pranayama Pranayama has multiple layers of [...]
Posted in Therapeutics |
A forest’s transformation
Posted: Friday, April 13th, 2012We are a microcosm of nature’s and the universe macrocosm. The forest is a wonderful example of transformative processes. A forest grows and eventually the plants and trees begin to compete for light and life force energy. Only the strong survive, in this case the ones viable enough or have made that strong connection. This [...]
Posted in Therapeutics |
Bearing your Burden
Posted: Thursday, April 12th, 2012Letting go of old patterns which halt your freedom can be a challenging action. We sense and experience these traps in the mind and they play out into the physical body with symptoms such as aches and pains, nausea, tremors, cold feelings. Stationary standing postures that elicit the essential nature of our being are [...]
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Our feet like our hands…
Posted: Tuesday, March 27th, 2012YES!!! our feet have the same capacity as our hands? I am very impressed with this gentleman’s function, especially the power he has developed in his feet. The use of a hammer and powertools, notice the ability to use the lathe! From a neurological view, the homunculus of the somatosensory cortex, the motor and sensory [...]
Posted in Anatomy, Inquiry & Insights, Therapeutics, Yoga |
Frank Lowen’s New Book
Posted: Sunday, March 11th, 2012FRANK LOWEN’S NEW BOOK I am excited to announce Frank Lowen, my manual therapy teacher of 15 years, has published his first book, The Roots and Philosophy of Dynamic Manual Interface. It is his story and development of this unique style of manual therapy I utilize in my practice. It is a fascinating and [...]
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The Talus Bone
Posted: Sunday, April 17th, 2011The Talus is the keystone bony structure in the body! All vertical support balances on it, AND all fluids are regulated by it. Where is the Talus bone located? The Talus is situated between the foot and the lower leg bones, considered the “top of the foot.” It’s half-dome surface articulates with the tibia and [...]
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