Amazing Kids Inspiring Video
Wow incredible! Most people can’t ever learn to do what these amazing kids can do – dance, jump, cycle, climb with fearlessness and skill. I feel so inspired – Mom do you still have my skateboard?
FIVE ELEMENT YOGA PRACTICE to Increase Your Radiance! Enjoy this simple 3-part practice.
[three_fifth_last]1. INHALE “Reaching for the Sun…” From table pose, reach right hand out toward the sidewall, then all the way up to the sun.
EXHALE “the rays of grace and vitality flow through me.”
Reach for the sidewall again as you lower your right hand down. Repeat with left hand.
Continue with many repetitions. Modification for sore shoulders: place your hand on the waist and lift your elbow to comfort level.[/three_fifth_last][full_width][/full_width][full_width][two_fifth]
[/two_fifth][three_fifth_last]2. BREATHE FULLY “My inner fire shines brightly.” Chakravakasana Sun Bird Pose: Extend your right arm and left leg while keeping your pelvis squared to the ground. Feel your strength and stability as you sustain the pose for as long as feels good for you. Repeat on the other side.[/three_fifth_last][/full_width]
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[/two_fifth][three_fifth_last]3. TEJAS MUDRA INNER LIGHT MUDRA
“Radiant light expands through my whole being every moment.” Hold your hands in front of your heart similar as prayer pose. Instills optimism, enthusiasm and uplifts the energy while cultivating your inner light. Can strengthen immune system and help to revitalize stale energy. Caution for heart conditions.
Hold mudra for 5-10 natural breaths, then repeat phrase both aloud and silently.
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[full_width]Jennifer Reis Yoga© Mudras presented here are modified from the book Mudras for Healing and Transformation and used by permission here by Joseph and Lilian LePage.[/full_width][full_width]
Five Element Yoga® is a potent practice that invites you to celebrate your body with yoga postures, flow with yogic breathing, revitalize your energy with mudras, detoxify with self-massage, get creative with integration techniques, and find deep rest yoga nidra. For all levels including beginners. Developed by Jennifer Reis, Five Element Yoga® weaves together the rich traditions of yoga, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, yoga therapy, and nature’s wisdom. The goal is balance and harmony within oneself. Practiced indoors or outside, you will connect with your inner nature and inner rhythms.
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Student Stories
Grateful for the Balance Divine Sleep Offers Me
RJ Lisander
I was 38 and worried sick that Monday afternoon. The previous Friday, my husband of twelve years had texted to inform me he that he was canceling the three-day weekend that we had been planning. Instead, he was going to travel by himself to an undisclosed location for an indeterminate period of time. Then, I heard nothing more from him. In the thick silence of the next three days, I went through all the emotions … disbelief, worry, grief, anger, bargaining with a God I did not pray to, grief, anger, bargaining, disbelief, and then more worry. At 4:01 pm…
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INSPIRATION
Living in the Present Moment
There were times when I could not afford to sacrifice the bloom of the present moment to any work, whether of head or hands. Sometimes, in a summer morning, having taken my accustomed bath, I sat in my sunny doorway from sunrise till noon, rapt in reverie, amidst the pines and hickories and sumachs, in undisturbed solitude and stillness, while the birds sang around. I grew in those seasons like corn in the night, and they were far better than any work of the hands would have been. They were not time subtracted from my life, but so much over and above my usual allowance.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Finding Inner Quiet
Quiet I bear within me.
I bear within myself
Forces to make me strong.
Now will I be imbued
With their glowing warmth.
Now will I fill myself
With my own Will’s resolve.
And I will feel the quiet
Pouring through all my being
When, by my steadfast striving,
I become strong
To find within myself
The source of strength
The strength of inner quiet.
~ Rudolf Steiner, meditation verse
Authenticity
Better is one’s own dharma though imperfectly carried out, than the dharma of another carried out perfectly.
Better is death in the fulfillment of one’s own dharma, for to follow the dharma of another brings great spiritual peril.
~ Krishna to Arjuna, Bhadavad Gita
Healing Power of Rest
When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body’s natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work. Animals in the forest know this; when they get wounded, ill or overtired, they know what to do. They find a quiet place and lie down to rest. They don’t go chasing after food or other animals — they just rest. After some days of resting quietly, they are healed and they resume their activities.
We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal. It’s very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing.
Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, and find creative solutions to problems. We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
– Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh