http://yogaforhealthyaging.blogspot.com/2014/06/learning-to-sit-on-floor.html
http://yogaforhealthyaging.blogspot.com/2012/01/reclined-leg-stretch-sequence.html
Monday, June 30, 2014
Sunday, June 29, 2014
em for yp
If your child is struggling with the environment at school and feeling low.
- Zip up slowly and several times
- Do the Celtic weave
- Hook up
This can be done before going to school, when coming home from school and before bed time.
If your child is frustrated and angry with school
- Expelling the venom/activating the cells
- Bringing down the flame
- Zip up
- Hook Up
If your child is struggling with specific instances or situations at school
- Hold the main neurovasculars for several minutes while thinking about school or a specific situation in order to release the stress and repattern future energy responses. This is something that you can do (hold their neurovasculars while they are thinking about or talking about the situation), or something that they can do themselves.
- Zip up
- Do the Celtic Weave
- Hook up
And lastly, know that we, as parents, can help so much with simply being present to our children. A hug and a listening heart are two of the very best medicines in our energy toolkit. If you are a parent of a child who is struggling with the environment at school then make sure that you look after your own energy too. A colleague of mine, Sarah Allen, was told by a female client of hers that ‘A mother can only be as happy as her unhappiest child’. Profound and true for many of us. If your child is struggling, then one of your biggest ways to help them is to help yourself be energetically balanced and centred. The same exercises that I suggest for your child will also be great for you to help your aura stay resilient and inspiring for your child as you all move towards greater health and vitality.
With love, Prune
more from Prune auric membrane http://imaginalhealth.com/blog/?p=40
walking correctly
Walking correctly is a full body experience with the front and the back of the body equally broad and open, the legs rooted to the ground as the head lifts up to the sky, lengthening the skeleton and creating space in the joints. The side of the body is involved as well because the arms are free to move in all planes. The opposite arm and leg are always alternating which creates a gentle rotation through the spine which spirals energy up and down the body. If we could move like this everything in the body flows much more easily.
To begin walking correctly Imagine that your bones stacked directly on top of one another —your ears, shoulders, hips and ankles would all follow a straight line down the body. Instead for most of us our calves fall backward, our thighs sink forward, our lower back overarches, our upper back rounds back and our head juts forward. CoreWalking is meant to align us with gravity, making it our ally instead of our nemesis. When the whole body works together from the center out these imbalances begin to disappear.
There are many different techniques to employ when walking correctly. Let’s look at a three-point plan you can use to begin to make your way into gravity’s flow.
Three Point Plan For Walking Correctly
- Imagine a string is pulling you up from the back of the neck. All lengthening movements should begin from the back of the body. The image of the string pulling up should lengthen that back of the body and the neck and release the front of the throat and lower the chin. Feel how you initiate lengthening up. Most of us tend to lengthen up from the front and we want to reverse that.
- Think of another string pulling you back from the middle of the spine. Imagine breathing into your back ribs as you walk. When you breathe the entire ribcage should move—there is a tendency to move only the front of the ribcage. Imagine that you are walking backwards as much as forwards, balancing all sides of the body.
- Your pelvis should be on top of the legs and stay that way. When one leg steps forward of the pelvis the other leg should be an equal distance behind it. The spine should always be straight up and down with the legs falling equally apart beneath it.
Walking correctly is intimately connected with ageing gracefully and it is hard to have one without the other.
Friday, June 27, 2014
Let there be spaces in your togetherness...K Gibran. Beauty
“Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.”
― Khalil Gibran
― Khalil Gibran
Beauty
And a poet said, "Speak to us of Beauty."
Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide?
And how shall you speak of her except she be the weaver of your speech?
The aggrieved and the injured say, "Beauty is kind and gentle.
Like a young mother half-shy of her own glory she walks among us."
And the passionate say, "Nay, beauty is a thing of might and dread.
Like the tempest she shakes the earth beneath us and the sky above us."
The tired and the weary say, "beauty is of soft whisperings. She speaks in our spirit.
Her voice yields to our silences like a faint light that quivers in fear of the shadow."
But the restless say, "We have heard her shouting among the mountains,
And with her cries came the sound of hoofs, and the beating of wings and the roaring of lions."
At night the watchmen of the city say, "Beauty shall rise with the dawn from the east."
And at noontide the toilers and the wayfarers say, "we have seen her leaning over the earth from the windows of the sunset."
In winter say the snow-bound, "She shall come with the spring leaping upon the hills."
And in the summer heat the reapers say, "We have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves, and we saw a drift of snow in her hair."
All these things have you said of beauty.
Yet in truth you spoke not of her but of needs unsatisfied,
And beauty is not a need but an ecstasy.
It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth,
But rather a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted.
It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear,
But rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you shut your ears.
It is not the sap within the furrowed bark, nor a wing attached to a claw,
But rather a garden forever in bloom and a flock of angels for ever in flight.
People of Orphalese, beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.
But you are life and you are the veil.
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
But you are eternity and you are the mirror.
Khalil Gibran
And a poet said, "Speak to us of Beauty."
Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide?
And how shall you speak of her except she be the weaver of your speech?
The aggrieved and the injured say, "Beauty is kind and gentle.
Like a young mother half-shy of her own glory she walks among us."
And the passionate say, "Nay, beauty is a thing of might and dread.
Like the tempest she shakes the earth beneath us and the sky above us."
The tired and the weary say, "beauty is of soft whisperings. She speaks in our spirit.
Her voice yields to our silences like a faint light that quivers in fear of the shadow."
But the restless say, "We have heard her shouting among the mountains,
And with her cries came the sound of hoofs, and the beating of wings and the roaring of lions."
At night the watchmen of the city say, "Beauty shall rise with the dawn from the east."
And at noontide the toilers and the wayfarers say, "we have seen her leaning over the earth from the windows of the sunset."
In winter say the snow-bound, "She shall come with the spring leaping upon the hills."
And in the summer heat the reapers say, "We have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves, and we saw a drift of snow in her hair."
All these things have you said of beauty.
Yet in truth you spoke not of her but of needs unsatisfied,
And beauty is not a need but an ecstasy.
It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth,
But rather a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted.
It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear,
But rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you shut your ears.
It is not the sap within the furrowed bark, nor a wing attached to a claw,
But rather a garden forever in bloom and a flock of angels for ever in flight.
People of Orphalese, beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.
But you are life and you are the veil.
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
But you are eternity and you are the mirror.
Khalil Gibran
Monday, June 23, 2014
crystals
http://www.healingcrystals.com/Crystals_for_Common_Conditions_Articles_12069.html
crystal clan
http://www.healingcrystals.com/Crystals_for_Common_Conditions_Articles_12069.html
crystal clan
http://www.healingcrystals.com/Crystals_for_Common_Conditions_Articles_12069.html
Sunday, June 22, 2014
ankle energy
These two points are also good to help relieve stress and insomnia. It's easy to hold both points with one hand so you can work both feet at once.
ANKLE PAIN & SWELLING: Relieves swollen ankles, edema, urinary & heel pain. Use your thumb on one side & fingertips on the other. Feel for dips that are sore. Squeeze in slowly & firmly, holding for 2 to 3 minutes. Repeat 3 times daily. Good for hypertension. Share!
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Summer solstice ...and poems
http://www.bemindful.org/poems.htm
Lost
Stand still.
The trees ahead and the bushes beside you Are not lost.
Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you,
If you leave it you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still.
The forest knows Where you are.
You must let it find you.
An old Native American elder story rendered into modern English by David Wagoner, in The Heart Aroused - Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America by David Whyte, Currency Doubleday, New York, 1996.
The Summer Day
Lost
Stand still.
The trees ahead and the bushes beside you Are not lost.
Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you,
If you leave it you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still.
The forest knows Where you are.
You must let it find you.
An old Native American elder story rendered into modern English by David Wagoner, in The Heart Aroused - Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America by David Whyte, Currency Doubleday, New York, 1996.
The Summer Day
Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean-- the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down--
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
Mary Oliver, The House Light Beacon Press Boston, 1990.
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean-- the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down--
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
Mary Oliver, The House Light Beacon Press Boston, 1990.
Friday, June 20, 2014
feet
http://blog.corewalking.com/ankles-and-toes/
http://blog.corewalking.com/ankles-and-toes/
http://blog.corewalking.com/ankles-and-toes/
The quest for a happy body is a search for the balance of flexion and extension. This exercise offers a lot of information about your bodies imbalances. One stage is usually a lot easier than the other.
They should both be equally easy.
Ankles and Toes 1st stage-
- Point your feet bringing the heels as close together as possible. You can belt the ankles together to make it more exact.
- The idea is to get the heels to be inside of the sit bones so they can spread slightly opening the space of the pelvic floor.
- Sit up as tall as possible. Don’t suffer. If this seems impossible, either come into it and out of it repeatedly or put a blanket between your calves and hamstrings to cushion the intensity.
- Spread the toes open as much as possible, trying to touch all toes to the floor. Spread your effort evenly between the inner and outer foot.
2nd stage-
- Tuck your toes under and sit up on your heels.
- Try to stretch the toes so much that the ball of the foot touches the floor.
- If it is too intense come in and out of the pose as often as needed.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Reciprocal inhibition, psoas, agonist antagonist
http://blog.corewalking.com/reciprocal-inhibition/ pooas is a back body muscle pulley
he psoas acts as a pulley system in the body; the hip bone is the pulley and the psoas in the rope. The pulley system allows the psoas to help the spine stay upright on top of the pelvis. It does this through the magic of reciprocal inhibition which allows the spinal muscles (erector spinea) to extend and lengthen up the back when the psoas tones in the front as it crosses the pelvis.
The back body part is how the psoas manages to work like a pulley. It attaches on the back half of the inner thigh, comes forward to cross over the pelvis before moving backwards again to attach on the outside of the lumbar spine. It attaches at its top and bottom in the back plane of the body. The point where it crosses the pelvis is in the front plane of the body which creates the ability for the psoas to act as a pulley.
http://www.bandhayoga.com/keys_recip.html agonist antagonist
http://blog.corewalking.com/reciprocal-inhibition/ reciprocal inhibition
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
On the day when
the weight deadens
on your shoulders
and you stumble,
may the clay dance
to balance you.
And when your eyes
freeze behind
the grey window
and the ghost of loss
gets in to you,
may a flock of colours,
indigo, red, green,
and azure blue
come to awaken in you
a meadow of delight.
When the canvas frays
in the currach of thought
and a stain of ocean
blackens beneath you,
may there come across the waters
a path of yellow moonlight
to bring you safely home.
May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
may the clarity of light be yours,
may the fluency of the ocean be yours,
may the protection of the ancestors be yours.
And so may a slow
wind work these words
of love around you,
an invisible cloak
to mind your life.
the weight deadens
on your shoulders
and you stumble,
may the clay dance
to balance you.
And when your eyes
freeze behind
the grey window
and the ghost of loss
gets in to you,
may a flock of colours,
indigo, red, green,
and azure blue
come to awaken in you
a meadow of delight.
When the canvas frays
in the currach of thought
and a stain of ocean
blackens beneath you,
may there come across the waters
a path of yellow moonlight
to bring you safely home.
May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
may the clarity of light be yours,
may the fluency of the ocean be yours,
may the protection of the ancestors be yours.
And so may a slow
wind work these words
of love around you,
an invisible cloak
to mind your life.
beannacht - john o'donohue
listen to it http://www.onbeing.org/program/inner-landscape-beauty/feature/beannacht/1128
Crafts, Presence Care, Jung quote, Wipfler: babies, preteens, crying
"Eye contact, gentle touch, warmth in our voices, and caring words are balm for your child's being. You need a gentle listener, as well!"
-- Patty Wipfler
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/What-Promotes-Secure-Attachment-in-Children-.html?soid=1101616454891&aid=vS0RXYSeM7M#LETTER.BLOCK6
http://www.handinhandparenting.org/article/helping-angry-preteens/
http://www.handinhandparenting.org/article/good-cry-can-promote-secure-attachment/?utm_source=June+Newsletter+2014&utm_campaign=June+Newsletter&utm_medium=email
http://www.presencecareproject.com/resources/
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/111816003223484454/ kids crafts
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marguerite-manteaurao/a-mindful-journey_b_5400520.html mindful with dementia
http://lookandgrowmindful.com/
http://lookandgrowmindful.com/
“At times I feel as if I am spread out over the landscape and inside things, and am myself living in every tree, in the splashing of the waves, in the clouds and the animals that come and go, in the procession of the seasons. There is nothing in the Tower [at Bollingen] that has not grown into its own form over the decades, nothing with which I am not linked. Here everything has its history, and mine; here is space for the spaceless kingdom of the world’s and the psyche’s hinterland.”
– CG Jung: Memories, Dreams & Reflections. Page 252
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Saturday, June 14, 2014
butterfly garden, Carl Sagan
http://www.highcountrygardens.com/gardening/creating-butterfly-garden
Carl Sagan Pale Blue Dot quote http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/12/10/pale-blue-dot-motion-graphics/
Carl Sagan Pale Blue Dot quote http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/12/10/pale-blue-dot-motion-graphics/
Standing meditations Tara Brach
http://www.tarabrach.com/audioarchives-guided-meditations.html#begin
Friday, June 13, 2014
home remedies
http://www.motherearthliving.com/health-and-wellness/natural-remedies/home-remedies-zm0z14jazpit.aspx#axzz34ZzTWe3y
http://imaginalhealth.com/blog/?p=219&utm_content=buffer2feb4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buff energy routine for learning environs
yoga for upper body: http://yogaforhealthyaging.blogspot.com/2014/06/featured-sequence-upper-body.html?tm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YogaForHealthyAging+%28YOGA+FOR+HEALTHY+AGING%29
yoga for upper body: http://yogaforhealthyaging.blogspot.com/2014/06/featured-sequence-upper-body.html?tm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YogaForHealthyAging+%28YOGA+FOR+HEALTHY+AGING%29
Saturday, June 7, 2014
june 7
http://acupressure.com/AcupressurePoints.aspx Healing Resource list with over 200 practical links to articles, video clips, dvds, and self-healing programs.
Voices of the Sacred Feminine this fall
Voices of the Sacred Feminine this fall
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Bubbles
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/111816003223422647/
http://www.highcountrygardens.com/gardening/deadhead-plants/
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