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Archive for April, 2011
Meditation Tips for Beginners
 Meditation If you’d like to meditate but feel you don’t have time, start with one minute a day, says Summers. “The amount of time itself is somewhat irrelevant. The key is to start with something manageable and build on that. No one can really say, ‘I can’t find a single minute.'” After a week, add another minute, and keep adding a minute every week. In 20 weeks, you’ll be sitting for 20 minutes; in a year, almost an hour.
adapted from Body + Soul
 quality of though, stillness of being: meditation tools for wellness
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 yoga in bamboo People prone to negative emotions and stress may be 40 percent more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment, according to a study in Neurology. Study authors hypothesize that a lifetime of stress could adversely affect an area of the brain responsible for regulating memory.
To stop stress from wreaking havoc on your brain, Nussbaum recommends devoting 30 minutes a day to calming activities, such as reading. Or, at a minimum, aim for 10 to 15 minutes of meditation.
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 yoga child's pose Get a group of friends together and take dancing, rock climbing, or tai chi lessons once a week.
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 Chime Alarm Clock, a Natural Sound Alarm Clock
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 walking in waves Set a Zen Alarm or a computer calendar reminder that prompts you to stand up and take a quick stroll — even if it’s just to the bathroom or the water fountain — at least once an hour.
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 yoga on rock Simple Ways to Squeeze in Fitness
While an optimal workout combines cardio, strength-training, and flexibility exercises, we know it’s not always possible to squeeze in everything at once. That’s why your first step toward a healthier, more active life is simple: Get up and move more! Even tiny changes in a sedentary lifestyle can make a difference in your physical health and energy levels. Try these strategies to adding a little more movement to your daily life.
Take your meetings on the road: Turn a sit-down work session into a walk-and-talk brainstorm around the block, or schedule lunch meetings at a restaurant you can walk to during the day. When you’re home and catching up with old friends, schedule your phone conversations during times you can walk and talk on your cell phone.
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 meditating by mountain peaks, finding balance Myth: A balanced person is good at everything.
Truth: Balance requires prioritizing.
You might also recognize this as “superwoman syndrome”: the idea that you should be able to fill all needs, including your own, all the time. But life is not a pie chart. And because the world is not balanced, we should not expect to be either. This is where the 80/20 rule comes in. This established business principle posits that, by and large, roughly 80 percent of results come from 20 percent or fewer of the causes.
Think about what is most important for you to accomplish, and why. How can you make the most of your talent and energy in order to reach your goals? What is the benefit of focusing on these few things? Does it give you more time with your family, open up more opportunities, provide additional income? Weigh in with yourself about each action you want to take and why; that way you will be less likely to spread yourself too thin and sabotage your best efforts.
adapted from Body + Soul
Use our unique “Zen Clock” which functions as a Yoga & Meditation Timer. It features a long-resonating acoustic chime that brings your meditation or yoga session to a gradual close, preserving the environment of stillness while also acting as an effective time signal. Our Yoga Timer & Clock can be programmed to chime at the end of the meditation or yoga session or periodically throughout the session as a kind of sonic yantra. The beauty and functionality of the Zen Clock/Timer makes it a meditation tool that can actually help you “make time” for meditation in your life. Bring yourself back to balance.
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 finding balance Myth: You must be in control.
Truth: Real balance means being in flux.
At the circus, all eyes are on the tightrope walker. Why? Because where there’s balance, there’s also tension and risk. The tightrope walker’s talent and skill resides not in her ability to defy gravity, but in making the hundreds of subtle, incremental readjustments to account for imbalance. In the same way, our ability to achieve balance is in learning to reestablish it when forces put it to the test.
This is why stability alone is not balance. The more we cling to things (circumstances, people, possessions) to hold us in balance, the less we rely on our internal strength and flexibility to adapt. And because balance is not a fixed point, but always moving forward, we need to move forward, too. This can mean embracing change and allowing ourselves to evolve.
Moving to a new city, letting go of an old relationship, or losing a job are potential triggers for imbalance, and any one of them has the potential to throw you off your axis, causing stress, exhaustion, or anxiety. Balance comes when we adapt to change, rather than try to resist it. But you can start small: Encourage and practice smaller-scale changes in your life so that you’re better prepared to handle the bigger ones.
adapted from Body + Soul
 zen chime clocks, tools for well-being
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 finding balance in your life Myth: You must be even-tempered.
Truth: Balance encompasses the full range of emotions.
You may think the balanced person takes everything in stride, never gets upset or irritable, rarely gets depressed or overwhelmed. But that’s simply not true. Balance is not about remaining placid and peaceful. In fact, by avoiding negative emotions such as anger, grief, or sadness, you are causing an unhealthy imbalance, says medical intuitive and neuropsychiatrist Mona Lisa Schulz, author of “The New Feminine Brain: How Women Can Develop Their Inner Strengths, Genius, and Intuition.”
So go ahead, get angry. Have a good cry. True balance is achieved by understanding the nature of our moods and feelings, not by suppressing them.
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 yoga lying down A harmonizing practice for people in recovery
As you practice the following sequence, remember to honor your limitations, going to your edge with love and acceptance rather than judgment and discouragement. If you are unable to move into a posture at this time, focus on breath-ing deeply as you think about the affirmation—that in itself is healing. At the end of the routine, take some time to write down your thoughts.
Legs-up-the-Wall Pose Viparita Karani
Benefits Relaxes the legs and feet by relieving pressure.
Affirmation As I relax, I gain insight, clarity, and ease.
Sit on the floor next to a wall, with your knees bent and your left hip and side barely touching the wall. Using your hands for support, slowly lie back and swivel your hips so that you can slide both legs up the wall and your buttocks press against it. You can let your arms relax either at your sides or on your belly.
Straighten your legs. (If you have tight hamstrings, bend your knees or move your buttocks farther away from the wall.) Hold the pose and breathe. You can place a pillow under your head or lower back for more support.
adapted from Yoga Journal by Annalisa Cunningham, author of Healing Addiction with Yoga
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