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More on meditation

10/24/2020

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 In last week's blog post I wrote about a simple meditation technique that anyone can do.  It is based on mantra meditation, or if you prefer, sacred word meditation.  It's a way of tricking the mind to quiet down by speaking your chosen sacred word out loud for a while, then saying it softer and softer until you are repeating it mentally. The hard part is actually getting yourself to sit!   

In choosing your sacred word, I suggested using a mantra--an ancient phrase, usually quite short, that has a vibration that calms, focuses, and heals the mind.  There are hundreds,


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Can meditation help with copd?

10/22/2020

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Anyone with breathing challenges such as COPD or asthma knows the frightening feeling of not being able to catch your breath when out and about.  Maybe you needed to get to the grocery store and just the short walk from your car has made you breathless.  Do you panic?  Do you give up on your errand and just get back to your car before you freak out?  Do you berate yourself for your inability to function like a normal person?

Here's the good news!  A gentle meditation practice, along with some pursed lip breathing, can get you out of trouble before breathlessness becomes a problem.  Let's look into it!

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Meditation Made easy

10/22/2020

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   In these times of Covid 19, we all have our special moments of what composer Ned Rorem called "The Icks".  It may be a fleeting moment of panic when getting too close to others at the supermarket, the bus or subway, or on the street.  Or perhaps you have an overriding sense of doom, especially with the election coming in just days. A short meditation practice, done regularly, can help you quiet the nattering mind and allow you to experience your inner peace.

You may have tried meditation, but you just can't seem to get the mind to stop!  Here is an easy way to quiet the mind.  First choose a mantra, a short pithy uplifting phrase, or simply the word LOVE, or PEACE.  Once you've chosen

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take a deep breath

9/23/2020

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 After several months of patiently waiting for the printing company  to open back up (closed due to Covid) and the publishing company getting their act back together, (also because of Covid). our new book is finally available!  Co-written with Dr. Sandra McLanahan, it's a guide for folks who struggle with breathing challenges--COPD, pneumonia, asthma and other lung diseases. 

Though it was originally intended to be just that, now that we are in the throes of Covid 19, the exercises provided in the book are ideal for keeping the breathing muscles strong and healthy in case you do get the virus. 

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Everything on hold

4/22/2020

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     Things are pretty wierd right now.  I hope you're staying safe.  I'm praying for all of you.  My main goal every day is to stay in a bubble of grace and joy.  Living in the country, I don't have the same challenges that other people living in cities have, and I feel tremendous compassion for them--you. 

I thinks it's really beneficial for those of us who are well to keep broadcasting love, light, peace to those who are suffering and dying.  Bless them as they move into the next dimension.

For our health care workers, send your strength and bolster them with your compassion. 

For the truck drivers who bring us fresh vegetables to market and all the other folks inbetween the produce and your shopping bag--bless them too.  And the folks who work at the meat packing plants--they were hit pretty hard.  Send them some love.

   Other than that, there really are no words.  Practice pranayama to keep your lungs healthy and    strong.  Go to my You Tube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgehugGEfo for a video on a great practice for the lungs.  Many blessings to you and yours.  Om shanti.

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3/9/2020

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  • I created Big Yoga back in 2002 by creating a DVD to encourage folks who may not be enjoying a yoga practice because of physical challenges like being overweight, stiff, injured or too long on the couch.  I have a You Tube channel, but it doesn't have a custom URL.  In order to get a custom URL--so I'm easier to find online--I need 100 subscribers.  Subscribe here and I'll send you a link to get to my You Tube page, or go directly there right now.  Here's the link. 


       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgehugGEfo

       This link will take you to a practice called Bhramari, the humming bea breath, that I thought would be very helpful during the CoVid19 time, keping our lungs and diaphragm healthy. 

  Thanks!

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chair yoga is for every body

2/26/2020

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I recently posed for several pictures for a new book that's coming out soon--Take a Deep Breath, from Square One Publishers, co-written by me and my friend Dr. Sandra McLanahan.  The book offers information on how to deal with breathing disorders, such as asthma, and COPD.   Also, there are several yoga-based exercises that can be done by folks with lung disease, and it got me thinking about chair yoga.  

If you have a chair and you can breathe, you can do yoga at the chair.  It's easier than getting up and down off the floor as you do in a regular yoga class, but you can still improve flexibility, build your strength, and expand your breathing capacity when you do the simple exercises that are provided in the book.  The best thing is building your vitality!   


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Laughter for lungs

2/14/2020

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From our new book--

Laughing can be a kind of nutrient in its own right.
Have a five-minute hearty laugh break, taking a longer class or internet session, choosing comedies, or whatever makes you laugh regularly can help you take adeep breath! It can be an important  and joyful addition to a healthy lifestyle that helps to prevent and treat lung disorders. You may not feel at all like laughing, but once you get started, even fake laughter can act very quickly
to help you feel better. (It’s hard to sustain fake laughing for very long before you are really chuckling and then guffawing at yourself.)


Laughing uses the same muscles as exercise; strengthens your core
and lower back muscles. Laughing can get you breathing more deeply,strengthening your respiratory muscles; helping prepare you for the breathing exercises program given in this book, and bring a quick form of stress management into your life.










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Mini-Retreats

11/1/2019

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PictureLake Michigan in Autumn

SAVE THE DATE!
 
March 21, 2020 FROM
10AM TO 3PM
        
                              $35.00 per person or
bring a friend for only $55.00

    
   The dys are getting longer, and the lake and the sky are a constant source of delight.  I love to share  the experience of the majesty of our beautiful Lake Michigan, so I'm offering mini retreats  here at the lake once a month, on the third Saturday, until June. The main focus will be on meditation and relaxation, and will include.

Gentle stretching exercises

 Guided progressive relaxation
 
Guided meditation

 
Light vegetarian  lunch

 
Walking meditation on the beach if weather permits

 
Chanting and healing sound bath





 Don't worry if you've never done yoga before.  This will be a great introduction, because everything is based on relaxing and tuning in to your own peaceful self.  We're not working on a six pack.  My motto has always been YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THIN AND FLEXIBLE TO DO YOGA!

There will be another mini retreat  April 18, so save the date.  Space is limited so sign up early by sending me an email (check the CONTACT button at the top of the page) and I'll send you all the details.  It will be a perfect antidote to the crazyness of the Corona Virus!
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Feminine or feminist?

4/5/2019

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  I was in a junior in high school when Betty Freidan’s book, The Feminine Mystique, was first published. Little did I know that I was living the struggle for emancipation from that mystique.   When I went to college, I took a stand for my creativity and became a full time musician, struck out on my own with my all-female band, Ira Gobu, and ultimately landed a record deal with RCA as a singer songwriter.  It never occurred to me to go to college only to snag a husband, although I knew girls at school who were doing just that. 
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