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Healing with Ashtanga: Modulating stress on autopilot
This time of year brings up stress. It’s not always in real time, but rather in remembering…
Not just in the mind, but in the nervous system and in the tissues. As the mornings are darker, the unconscious becomes brighter, and all that is held inside me comes alive in a new way. This shows up as inklings of thought that generate more depth, or sometimes a standstill—a pause too long—that highlights a blockage.
How to identify and get past the stagnant feeling where words or feelings are numbed? Move my body! My Ashtanga yoga practice has been my savior through the years.
Are you nervous? Ashtanga yoga cleanses the nervous system (2nd edition 10 years later)
It’s good to be proactive and cleanse your nervous system. Ashtanga yoga is one way to do this. I have proof.
I’ve practiced all kinds of yoga through three decades—various methods such as Iyengar, Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flow, Yin—to increase strength and flexibility, to lower stress, and to gain mental and spiritual clarity. I’ve also done it at times just to get out of the house; to soothe an unknown entity rising up inside me, I transported myself to yoga class at the soonest possible opportunity because I had to.
All of my magic spells will come true today - Day 22 of 30 day writing challenge
Today seems like an auspicious day. It's a day where magic spells I've set will come true.
Seek intimidation to know who you really are - Day 20 of 30 day writing challenge
I take my writing cue today from Long Distance Love Bombs. He told me to "seek intimidation, hunt fear" and to basically search for opportunities today to go to my edge of confidence so that I can finally see that I already have all the answers!
Finding bliss - Day 19 of 30 day writing challenge
"There is no passion to be found in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." ~Nelson Mandela.
Now I know why this quote struck a chord in me today. I've been searching for a connection between my past description of bliss and my present lifestyle.
Masculine protecting feminine - Day 16 of 30 day writing challenge
It's a theme rising with others in this group too, namely me: feminine and masculine (emphasizing one over the other). Who should we show externally to the world to succeed? To succeed as writers? As financial bread winners? As parents? As entrepreneurs?
Absorbing vulnerability through humor - Day 14 of 30 day writing challenge
I had a dream last night of a cave where I've got giant tongs to reach into the cave and pull out stuff that needs to go. I pulled out one big black thing with tentacles that I wanted to throw away quickly without any of it touching me. I said, "My Vulnerability".
True awareness - Day 13 of 30 day writing challenge
I am deep into an introspective place right now. It's a place of sophrosyne—a healthy state of mind characterized by self-control, moderation, and a deep awareness of one's true self, and resulting in true happiness. I'm thinking about the different levels inside myself I traverse. There are definitely different levels.
Planning an escape - Day 10 of 30 day writing challenge
I just want to escape. It's what I think about most lately. It's not that my current life is mundane, but I desperately crave some alone time where it's ok to space out and do whatever I want. What a dream to have very little responsibility except to myself and my own health.
First, I will find the authorized Mysore Ashtanga teacher and the yoga studio to do my Mysore six mornings per week.
Not doing anything but hearing blood flow - Day 6 of 30 day writing challenge
My theme continues... the one where I'm not supposed to do anything. Not doing a thing except holding the universe together sounds good.
Coffee now - Day 3 of 30 day writing challenge
I'm up early waiting for my coffee to brew. I usually am at early morning Mysore-style yoga by now. Today I am trying something new. I will attempt to take my daughter to breakfast before school and then go to yoga. And it's ok that I'm late on Fridays
Mind-body connections: Physical activity directly influences mental health
Getting physical does make you feel good, as the endorphins released during bodily activities directly influence your mental health. Try spending a day in front of your computer, typing away furiously—using the excuse that you have no time for exercise due to a client deadline.
Feel yourself at peace: Coming into wholeness
What does that mean to come into wholeness? Imagine yourself at peace, in love and at one with your path in life, and then you will know the answer.
The best morning routine: How it can set the stage for your ideal day
But you do wonder how you will get it all done, not necessarily on time but at all! And, if possible, you wonder how to remain sane in the process.
Darkness you can find in your yoga practice: The psychology of you
Are you scared to face something within yourself? Do you sometimes feel that time is against you or that you cannot fulfill your wishes because of your fears?
Letting go: It's an art to speak to your unconscious
The unconscious is where we are driven. In the same way that most of an iceberg is actually underwater, the largest part of our psyche is the unconscious—most is the "shadow."