Podcast appearances and mentions of anjali mudra

Today, we delve into the heart of duality with a meditation focused on the Hermetic Principle of Polarity: 'Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled.' 2  We'll use the Anjali Mudra, the gesture of prayer and unity, to explore and harmonize the opposing forces within and around us. This mudra symbolizes the bringing together of duality, reminding us that opposites are not separate but interconnected aspects of a greater whole. THIS WEEK'S THEME: This week, we embark on a journey into the ancient and profound wisdom of Hermeticism. Hermeticism, attributed to the legendary figure Hermes Trismegistus, is a spiritual and philosophical tradition that has influenced thinkers for millennia. It offers a unique perspective on the nature of reality, the interconnectedness of all things, and the power of the mind. YOUR MEDITATION JOURNEY DURING THIS WEEK'S SERIES This is episode 4 of a 7-day meditation series titled, "Hermetic Meditations for Mind Mastery" episodes 3276-3282. THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: Unity Challenge Become aware of what brings you a sense of peace and unity as you move through your day.  THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUES:   Day 1:  Become aware of the energy you give to your thoughts. Day 2:  Affirmation, "My mind creates my mentality." Day 3:  Inhale: 4  Hold: 4  Exhale: 6  Pause: 2 Day 4:  Anjali mudra for unity and balance Day 5:  5th chakra for inner truth Day 6:  Layer Meditation Techniques Day 7:  Reflection + Introspection   SHARE YOUR MEDITATION JOURNEY WITH YOUR FELLOW MEDITATORS   Let's connect and inspire each other! Please share a little about how meditation has helped you by reaching out to me at Mary@SipandOm.com or better yet -- direct message me at https://www.instagram.com/sip.and.om. We'd love to hear about your meditation ritual!  SUBSCRIBE, LEAVE A REVIEW + TAKE OUR SURVEY SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss a single episode. Consistency is the KEY to a successful meditation ritual. SHARE the podcast with someone who could use a little extra support. I'd be honored if you left me a podcast review. If you do, please email me at Mary@sipandom.com and let me know a little about yourself and how meditation has helped you. I'd love to share your journey to inspire fellow meditators on the podcast! SURVEY: Help us get to know more about how best to serve you by taking our demographics survey: https://survey.libsyn.com/thedailymeditationpodcast FOR DAILY EXTRA SUPPORT OUTSIDE THE PODCAST Each day's meditation techniques posted at: sip.and.om Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sip.and.om/ sip and om Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SipandOm/ A DIFFERENT MEDITATION TECHNIQUE EVERY DAY FOCUSED ON A WEEKLY THEME: Get ready for an exciting journey with a new meditation technique daily, perfectly tailored to the week's theme! Infuse these powerful practices into the most stressful moments of your day to master difficult emotions. These dynamic techniques will help you tame the "monkey mind," keeping your thoughts from interrupting your meditation and bringing peace and focus to your life. FREE TOOLS: For free meditation tools to help you meditate please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Enjoy access to more than 3,000 guided meditations without ads on the Sip and Om app. Try it for 7 days of free access to the full app! Listen on iTunes for 1-Week Free! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sip-and-om/id1216664612?platform=iphone&preserveScrollPosition=true#platform/iphone   1-week Free Access to the Android app! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sipandom.sipandom   ***All meditations are Mary Meckley's original copyrighted content unless otherwise stated, and may not be shared without her written permission.   RESOURCES Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.   I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU I'd love your feedback! Please let me know how you're enjoying the meditations by leaving me a review on iTunes.   **All of the information shared on this podcast is for your enjoyment only. Please don't consider the meditation techniques, herbal tea information, or other information shared by Mary Meckley or any of her guests as a replacement for any medical or psychological treatment. That being said, please enjoy any peace, energy, or clarity you may experience as you meditate.

Anjali Mudra and the art of not comparing yourself ~ Fire to Your Plain (20 November 2014 - Sydney, AUS)

Jane Goodall is playing the role of a Brahmin / feeling spirituality in nature / the benefits of ashram life / pure and auspicious mantras make our minds pure and auspicious / happiness through loving service is our nature / false ideas impressed within our minds are the cause of our losing touch with  our true nature and seeking happiness  externally / mantras should be transcendental, pure and auspicious / mantras should be received carefully and attentively / getting into Anjali Mudra / the disciple must be respectful and the guru must be kind-hearted / Jane Goodall gets it - there must be a Master of Integration behind everything SB 4.24.31-35  

Jane Goodall is playing the role of a Brahmin / feeling spirituality in nature / the benefits of ashram life / pure and auspicious mantras make our minds pure and auspicious / happiness through loving service is our nature / false ideas impressed within our minds are the cause of our losing touch with  our true nature and seeking happiness  externally / mantras should be transcendental, pure and auspicious / mantras should be received carefully and attentively / getting into Anjali Mudra / the disciple must be respectful and the guru must be kind-hearted / Jane Goodall gets it - there must be a Master of Integration behind everything SB 4.24.31-35  

In one small gesture, one small mudra, one small asana, one seemingly mundane action, we can give another person (while simultaneously reminding ourselves) a very important message. Discover how the Anjali Mudra can help ourselves and our relationships. This series is dedicated to HH Pramukh Swami Maharaj, whose centennial in 2022 gives  an occasion to celebrate and share the life of a person who will inspire generations towards faith, goodness, and harmony.OTHER PLATFORMS:INSTAGRAMhttps://www.instagram.com/baps_betterlivingMEDIUMhttps://medium.com/bapsbetterliving

In this episode, we will look at not just the legacy of Vijayanagara when it came to temples and sculptures; but we will also look at the evolution of art and culture as a result of political developments that took place in the Empire during the 16th and 17th centuries. Episode Visual Guide Links: https://nexoye.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/anjali-mudra.jpg (Anjali Mudra) https://bit.ly/3dyJEda (Krishna Deva Raya portrait image) at Sri Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala-Tirupati https://bit.ly/320n4pc (Narasimha Swamy Temple) at Ahobhilam https://bit.ly/3mFKMPA (Colonette style pillar) at Narasimha Swamy Temple at Ahobhilam https://bit.ly/3mLVPa1 (Colonette style pillar#2) at Narasimha Swamy Temple at Ahobhilam https://bit.ly/3jM7K5q (Exquisite image of Ugra Narasimha carved within a pillar), bursting out of it at Narasimha Swamy Temple at Ahobhilam https://bit.ly/35OAjKU (Steles - Stone frames) with visual elements sculpted in it. https://bit.ly/3mIhxM6 (Lathe turned smooth cylindrical pillars of Hoysalas) https://bit.ly/3jTG8vD (Vijayanagara Architecture Slides) depicting pillar designs. https://bit.ly/34KyWxx (Vellore's Vijayanagara Temple showing exquisite pillar) https://bit.ly/2TEBaYD (Pillars of Kalyana Mandapa in Achyuta Raya Temple in Hampi) https://bit.ly/3kOUBKg (Pillars of Kalyana Mandapa in Vitthala Temple at Hampi) https://bit.ly/31YHoaq (Khetapai Narayana Temple) at Bhatkal https://bit.ly/3kLvDLZ (Khetapai Narayana Temple#2) at Bhatkal https://bit.ly/2JqE4hZ (Pillar at Bugga Ramalingeswara Temple )at Tadipatri https://bit.ly/31ek9c4 (Bugga Ramalingeswara Temple blog) https://bit.ly/35dfNmE (KodandaRama Temple) at Vontimitta http://evenfewergoats.blogspot.com/2013/07/hampi-pt-1.html (Hampi monuments) blog article https://bit.ly/2JpldUx (Kodanda Rama Temple Blog at Vontimitta) https://bit.ly/35PFrOF (Exquisite pillar at Kondanda Rama Temple) at Vontimitta https://bit.ly/31W4hvh (Exquisite pillar#2 at Kondanda Rama Temple )at Vontimitta https://bit.ly/3jFof3m (Life size Nayaka Era Images at Meenakshi Amman Temple) https://bit.ly/2THVh8o (Bhuvaraha Temple at Cuddalore)

This is changing the face of yoga. And this is episode one 10. My guest is Linda Lang and Linda was on, , earlier in the year, but she said something that really intrigued me. I have taught seniors, mature adults, , for over 10 years now. And the way she talked about it was very, very different from the way I taught. And I wanted to explore that a bit more. , I'm going to let Linda introduce herself and then we're going to start. So thank you Linda for coming on again. I appreciate that. And tell the listeners a little bit about yourself. 01:28                                     Thank you, Stephanie. I started practicing yoga in my late teens. I was part of a generation introduced to yoga when the Beatles brought their guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to the United States. So my foray into eastern philosophy and yogic practices began in my late teens and early twenties. I will be 66 years old this s mer. I always wanted to be a yoga teacher, but did not become one until the late 1990's so now I am full 20 years into a teaching career. During that period of time for about 15 years, I taught as full time as I possibly could in studios, community centers, memory units in assisted living centers. I worked for eight years at the Center for Integrative Medicine at George Washington University where I worked with patients in a clinical setting and taught medical students electives on yoga therapy so that they could learn how to embody the benefits of practice. And then take it into their medical practices, knowing that they would affect far more people in the course of their lives than I, than I ever might. So that's my work in a nutshell. I do my best to educate in the greater community in the Washington DC areas through the Smithsonian institution there, the Smithsonian associates educational programs, and I mentor other yoga therapists and train yoga teachers when I can. 03:18                                     You have the whole spectrum there. I appreciate the communication issue. I  think we were talking earlier and we decided the first thing we're going to start with is what does it mean or when do you become old? What criteria would you be looking at, Linda, if, if you had to define it. 03:46                                     Yes. Well, if I had to define it, I would emphasize the, the experience of working with individuals in their late forties and fifties who, because of illness or debilitating conditions or the impact of medicines, chemotherapy or radiation, accidents, trauma might consider themselves old because they are no longer feeling vital and already feeling quite limited on many different levels. So I can tell you, I've met people in their forties and fifties who have the characteristics of people who reach into old age and began to experience frailty on many different levels.                                                 I think of older students, quite frankly, as anyone over 60 years old is an older student, which doesn't mean that I have not taught headstands to people in their sixties. I have so you can approach older students and people with potentially severe limitations in some ways, but continue to teach them asana practice in ways that raises the bar in terms of what they believe they can do themselves. So, age is a huge factor, obviously and what makes a student old. But I just wanted to be clear that some people really do feel quite limited when they're younger than that. 05:38                                     And I think you brought up a really good point, which was self-limiting thoughts. That's it sometimes isn't so much what's actual as what you think it is. And I think that's an important topic that we might want to explore a little bit. 06:05                                     It is one of the greatest obstacles and because yogic philosophy focuses a great deal on obstacles and the deity of Ganesha is the remover of obstacles. It's nice to be able to literally bring these very profound images into the classroom, working with students, particularly older students and remind them that the stories that they tell you about themselves physically are meaningful to them. But when I hear people talk about what they cannot do or things they no longer do, I asked them to think about things in terms of realistically, is it because you're choosing not to do it anymore because you physically cannot do it anymore. Really important to differentiate on because you know, Stephanie as well as I do that you start to do something in a class and somebody will say, oh, I can't do that. And then you give them some modifications and 30 seconds later they're doing it. So, my suggestion to anyone who wants to know more about self-limiting thinking is to think of the things that you feel you cannot do or in the past did not think that you could do that you have already overcome. That's our job as teachers working with people who are feeling very limited because of age. Our responsibility is to eliminate possibilities for them to modify practices so that they can feel successful but still hold out hope that they actually will be able to achieve something beyond what they might expect for themselves. 07:58                                     You said in our earlier podcasts that you actually help them set goals. 08:04                                     I do. 08:06                                     And, and could you kind of explain that and give us an example of what you mean by that? 08:14                                     Yes, I'd like to differentiate intentionality from goal setting. If I come to the mat with an intention of quieting and calming my mind while stretching and relaxing my body. That's a very nice intention. But if my goal is to create strength, then I approached my practice with a different intention. I'm being very specific that there's an outcome. Goals have outcomes. So let's imagine well this just happened to me this morning. One of my students is 82 years old and she works with a physical trainer. She's got a lot of individual strengths in her body, but she has some inherent weaknesses in her feet and her hands. So if we don't pay attention to building strength from the tips of her fingers up into her knuckles, her palms, her wrists, all the way up to her elbows and shoulders, whatever strengths she has and her biceps and triceps and her trapezius muscles and whatever's going on in her neck and back. If she loses strength in her hands, she will become diminished with her strength in the rest of her body. Same thing is true with her feet. So we set a goal this morning of being able to literally to bear weight longer in her hands, doing a variety of different postures that we're not totally weight bearing, where she had a lot of control over her movement and she was ecstatic because she started off saying, oh, my arms are tired, my shoulders hurt already. We just went immediately to the modifications and she said, oh, this is great. Oh, Oh, if I just do it, isometrically, oh, I really can feel my strengths there. Oh, I really feel the weakness there, or I really feel the vulnerability in my neck. So by being clear about the goal, she started sensing things in her body and asking me questions and giving me feedback that I could use to illuminate her challenge and help her feel successful by building on existing strengths rather than saying, oh gosh, well, I guess that's just going to be a weak spot and going on to something else. Another goal, for instance, it's really important with older students is being able to walk longer distances to build endurance and resilience, able to hold certain poses longer. So let's say my goal with you, let's say that when we practice tree pose, you always hold onto the wall or the chair. My goal with you might to be, you're going to practice tree pose using my index fingertip. And then the ultimate goal is for you to be able to practice tree pose without using a support, having it close enough by, but to begin to play with the possibility of becoming stronger, more balanced, more grounded. Another goal might be to say, you know, normally we practice 15 minutes doing these specific asanas. Let's expand to half an hour. What is my expectation of you in your home? Practice your homework. I don't want you to just practice this for 10 minutes once a day. I'd like you to practice it for 10 minutes in the morning and 10 minutes at night. That kind of thing. Finite goals. 12:14                                     These are all more or less physical goals - balance and endurance and resilience. Do you also work with them on emotional or mental goals? 12:26                                     Yes. This same woman this morning has a lot of aches and pains and she said to me, Oh, you must be so tired of me complaining. And, I said, you know, for me to grow tired of your complaining isn't really part of the nature of my experience with you. You're complaining is your way of communicating to me your frustration. And my question to you is, is what are you really frustrated with? So the goal setting that she and I have has to do with acceptance. She's 82 years old. She's going to have aches and pains. What I did tell her was that given the nature of what she complains to me about, I would take every one of her complaints in the grand scheme of things, it's what she's complaining about is not so bad as I see it. And she wanted to know more about that. So I'm not afraid to open the door to inquiry through yogic lens, I'm not trained as a psychologist, but when someone says to me, asks me how I feel about, their complaining to me, it's an opportunity. Another example of this is when she's in Shavasana and another student that I work with, their hands start speaking. You know what I mean? They get a little impatient and all of a sudden I see the hands starting to move. And so it's an opportunity during the Shavasana or guided imagery to say, I notice that impatience is present. I see movement in your hands telling me that you're feeling restless. And then I'll give them some breathing cues. I might ask them to place their hands on their belly. So for instance the goal of my noticing, I will be very clear about it. I will ask them to put their hands on their belly and a specific mudra. I will tell them what the intention of that mudra is. And that for me it would be a goal, help them set the goal of calming and comforting themselves whenever impatience or restlessness is present. 15:18                                     You're basically giving them a tool to help manage that. Did you ever ask them or give them the invitation to kind of explore why they're restless during Shavasana? 15:35                                     You know, I have. And usually the answer has to do with the fact that people are challenged by stillness. They're happy to move at my instruction or invitation. They're happy to try the pranyam. Lying quietly in the presence of another person has a certain intimacy to it. And sometimes somebody will say, it just feels weird for me to be lying here quietly with my eyes closed or open in front of you while you're just talking to me and I'm not doing anything. So the answer to your question is yes, I will ask them, but not all the time. Sometimes I will simply notice and invite them into the opposite of what I'm noticing. So if I noticed restlessness, I invite them into patience by guiding them and giving them something else to think about. Yes, I think it's important to inquire as to where that might be coming from. I will do that. But it depends if it's during the course of class, but if it's already in Shavasana and I want to try to set a tone that they can remember, I might not, I might not do the inquiry then maybe if I'm doing yoga Nidra with them, it might be more appropriate to inquire, but sometimes I just will guide them to, to a state of mind that would be more, what shall I say, appropriate. 17:20                                     I understand. I'm just fascinated by this idea. I feel like I've really concentrated on the physical issues of people aging and that I haven't been as noticing or open to some of the mental issues. I have, as I'm sure you do, that insomnia can be a problem. I always do a Yoga Nidra at the end and that always went very well. But I know what you're talking about. That's the first thing I would do as I was talking, I was looking around and saying, is there anyone restless here? Is there anyone that's not really going into it? And yeah, I think that's something you do, but I never, addressed it. 18:15                                     You have permission, you have permission to do that. And I think that that's part of your voice. And I will tell you that I think it's one of the things that has made the biggest difference in my teaching when I ask someone to come into bridge pose, which I very rarely practice bridge unless it's at the end of a session because that's just the sequencing that I like to use. It could be an hour long session or it can be a 20 minute session, but bridge is always a transition from an active dynamic aspect of practice moving into quieter, more yinful mode. So I always talk about transition in bridge. Setu bandhu is a construction where your head and your shoulders are in one place, but your feet are in a very different place. And I might even invite them into a visual imagery of what that might be, but especially working well, people of all ages, but especially when you're working with older population transitions are profound and rarely discussed. So in bridge pose, I invite them into the idea of this is a transitional pose from one part of practice to the other. Just the way there are things in your life right now that are in transition. And I want you to savour this pose as a symbol of transition. And breathe softly, deeply, gently. And so I build the experience of being in bridge pose into something metaphorical. The other thing I want to tell you is that all of my poses, so imagine you're standing with people in there in mountain pose, they close mountain pose at the end of every post, I have people close the poses. You bring your hands in front of your heart and Anjali Mudra you close the pose and you keep your hands in front of your heart until you begin the next pose. Because every pose has a beginning, a middle and an end. So let's say you're practicing eagle pose and so your hands are together in front of heart and you get the guidance to float into Eagle and very frequently people fall out of eagle pose and then they step back in and then they step out. But when it's over, it's over. And in a yoga pose, if you're practicing eagle and you lose your balance or control, you step out, you close the pose. It's just a pose. So you close it and then we talk about control. And so over a short period of time the person in your class or the people in your class all begin to acknowledge that I use the control I have at the beginning, in the middle and then I learned to step out of my asana with control and I close the pose. But if I lose control I just close the pose anyway. So by teaching, people about transition and process and beginning, middle and end, you opened the door to deeper conversation. 22:02                                     Yes I can see that. That would be something that is very easy to take off your mat and think about how much control do I have? And walking, not walking away, but closing something down that really needs to be closed down. Because sometimes, at least I used to run into students who were really, well, the word you used was acceptance, which was, you know, no, I know I'm this age and yes, my body's changed, but I can still do all this stuff. Well, okay, but have you thought about doing it this way? I really loved that idea of closing the pose. I never have done that, but I just might take that one up. I just think it has real value. 23:01                                     People move through life with certain sets of expectations and believe that part of my responsibility as a teacher of yoga is to help people have realistic expectations. And sometimes that can be demoralizing. It's my responsibility to keep it uplifting and life-affirming. So I might have realistic expectations for one student who at the age of 72, retired and immediately fell into quicksand, emotional quicksand, psychological quicksand, physical quicksand. It manifest as a quick onset of arthritic conditions. Die hard, tough man who went through a series of falls, triggered by one very terrible fall and we have been in the process over the last two and a half years of reclaiming strength.                                                 Now, something else I want to talk about teaching older students, and this is really important given our scope of practice as yoga teachers, it's really important that your students know the impact of side effects of the medications they're taking. It doesn't come up in yoga classes in the community, but it will come up when you start teaching older people because there is a tendency, unfortunately for people to be on more medicines. I can't tell you how many people I've worked with who have after hour classes sat down with their physicians and gone through the physical complaints that they have had once they realized that the onset was coincidental with taking these medicines. 25:17                                     So in our work it's critically important for us to be very clear with students that some of the things that they may talk about in terms of self-limiting or aches and pains that create something called kinesiophobia, which is fear of movement can really arise from side effects of medicine. 25:46                                     Yes. When I had my intro forms, I always asked how much medicine they were taking. And I was sometimes just appalled and 15, 18 different kinds of pills during the day. And I thought, how can anyone figure out how all of those side effects are acting and interacting? It's a very important thing to do because often it does affect balance rather badly. And so that's something you want to be aware of and I'm kind of anti-pills these days. 26:29                                     It's easy to be, but it's important for people to know that many cholesterol lowering drugs create extreme joint pain drugs and not sure what family Tamoxifen is in, in terms of, of the type of drug that some people will be put on a five year regimen after a cancer treatment. Those drugs can create inordinate joint pain that simply go away when the drug is discontinued at the end of those five years that people don't know it. There's this fearfulness and this is the other thing that's really important when we're working with older students is that there are legitimate fears. The fear, I mean, not that no fear is ever not legitimate, but if my short term memory seems to be fading and I'm taking Lipitor and I stopped taking Lipitor, the chances are very good that my short term memory will be better. And that's a side effect that's on the bottle. So we need to be aware as teachers that without coming across inappropriately, we want our students to be as well informed as they can possibly be about what they're experiencing in their bodies. And why and continue to try to build strengths where there seems to be weakness, but be really careful because if, if I have a lot of pain in my shoulders, I'm going to be afraid to move and that fear alone is going to trigger pain. So that's the other thing I would, I would say in this realm of working with people who are older and whose bodies may be becoming more compromised and more compromised because of the impact of medicines, we need to know more about what our students are experiencing and why and tailor our asana and pranayama practice with them. And whatever philosophical discussions we have to really try to help them cope with what can be quite overwhelming. 28:48                                     Well, you really wouldn't want to make a decision of taking something like, the cancer drug that supposedly keeps it from coming back as opposed to having all the side effects. I mean, that would be a horrible decision. 29:07                                     But my idea is not that I would, I would never, so this one woman, I, who used to be in my classes stopped coming because she developed terrible pain in her wrists. 29:16                                     And I suggested that she never had pain in her wrist before. And that my hunch was that it might, I'm not a diagnostician, I'm not a doctor, but it might be something to do with her medicine, but just to keep it in mind. But she was becoming so demoralized that she thought this was an arthritis. She thought it was another comorbidity. And in fact, at the end of those five years when she went off her medicine, she had no pain in her wrists. 29:50                                     So really it's more of an education; these kinds of things might be happening, but it might not be your body. It might be a side effect, which to me, if someone told me that, that would be a very positive piece of information for me because, it can turn around if you stop taking the medicine for whatever reason, it's no longer diagnosed or whatever. I think that's really important. I have someone who has Parkinson's and the mental fog of Parkinson's I sometimes think has much more to do with the medicine than the actual disease. And so it's important to know that yes, medicine is good, but there may be things that you also will be dealing with because of that. And I'm with you. I don't have that kind of background, so I can't say for sure, but I think it is something like that. Just in general, we as teachers of older people can say, you know,  medications do have side effects. Just be really, really aware of what's happening. 31:21                                     Yes. And as you know, it, it, it can also get into sleep patterns. It affects diet. It, it affects so much cognitive functioning. One other thing I didn't want to forget to talk about is that especially with older students, when they present with a new ache or pain or if you, or if you haven't worked with them before and they've got anything going on in their hips and low backs, this is really fun ask them when they think these symptoms started and ask them if they've gotten a new car. Oh, the new car chassie's are a little bit higher than many of the old frames and so people have to step up a little bit higher and swing themselves into a seat that's a little bit higher. And I can't tell you how many times people look at me and their jaw drops open. Then they go, oh my God. And I literally go out to their cars with them and teach them how to get in and out of the car was less strain and, and so that's taking your yoga off the mat. If you think about balance lunges, twists, all of those things are required when you get into a larger car. And when you go to get out of your car and you swing your leg and you throw one leg out and the other leg is following the impact on people's knees is not to be underestimated. So I see my responsibility as a teacher, especially of older people, is to really think outside the box and think about where else is this person moving? What are they doing on a regular basis that might be exacerbating pre-existing conditions or creating new ones.                33:28                                     No, that's amazing. I'm glad I always have old cars. Linda, this has been great. I love the way that you approached this; it's really different from, from how I do it and I think I need to learn from you. But I want to thank you. Is there anything else? I know you've been really good about bringing out stuff that you thought the listeners might be interested in and, and need to know about, but is there anything else that you would like to finish the podcast with that you would really like to explore in more depth or just bring up a new topic? 34:12                                     Quite frankly, one thing that drives my teaching and I would discuss it with students is that and it can come up many times during any class. People are frequently wondering how long, when, they wonder if ,they wonder why. There's a lot of specific wondering and I invite them into wonderment so that when we're in an asana or we're practicing the cues, the invitations, the language, the vocabulary the cadence, the tone is to inspire a sense of wonderment so that when they step out of, let's say, a more challenging pose or move out of a longer yin hold that what they're left with is a quiet state of appreciation. So that's one thing. The other thing is that there are a great many things that we can know but more things that we cannot. And so being able to embrace the unknown and the unknowable is really fundamental when I'm working with older people because they want answers to questions that may not even be the right questions to be asking. So I try to create time in all of my classes for some type of dialogue driven by whatever's on the student's mind that I can then respond to through this yogic lens where we're looking to find the extraordinary and the ordinary and approach the unknown and the unknowable with a sense of wonderment. 36:15                                     Yes, I think that's a really critical in that perhaps as we age, we do lose our sense of wonderment in it's important to cultivate it. 36:40                                     Yes, yes. And what you do and what I do puts us in a position to shine a light on that path towards wonderment, just like any other piece of the landscape we want our students to dwell in. 36:57                                     Excellent. Okay. Well this is as usual been a fascinating podcasts. I love talking to you, Linda. I think you'll find that she's an incredible Yogi who has really taken the precepts of what we all do and applied them in very interesting and creative ways. Thank you so much, Linda. I appreciate it so much that you came on again. And I think this is a great podcast. Podcasts on yoga for older people have proven to be extremely popular and I think this has many new ways to think about it. So thank you so much. 38:38                                     You are so, so welcome. Thank you. Contact: Email: Lindalang @Theopen-hyphen door.com. Websites: www.therapeutic yogaDC.com and www.yogaaslifestylemedicine.com.

Falls du schon mal in einer Yoga Stunde warst oder dir online etwas yogisches angeschaut hast wirst du sich schon das ein oder andere Mal das Wort „Namasté“ gehört haben.... Der Beitrag Was bedeutet eigentlich Namasté und das Anjali Mudra? erschien zuerst auf Yoga | Meditation | Coaching & Brustkrebs Begleitung von Christine Raab.

In this this interview, cross-posted from the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock, Deirdre Fay, LICSW discusses how she integrates yoga, meditation and attachment theory into healing trauma. Ms. Fay discusses the intersection between yoga philosophy and attachment theory. She explores why embodiment is important in the healing of trauma and how she cultivates a “nourishing opposite” when shame accompanies a traumatic response. Ms. Fay leads us through two experiential exercises, Modified Half Archer and Anjali Mudra, to demonstrate these concepts. Deirdre Fay, LICSW has decades of experience exploring the intersection of trauma, attachment, yoga and meditation. Having meditated since the 70’s and lived in a yoga ashram for six years in the 80’s and 90s Deirdre brings a unique perspective to being in the body. In the 90’s Deirdre was asked to teach yoga and meditation to those on the dissociative unit at McLean Hospital. Having amassed skill sets in trauma treatment (as a supervisor under the guidance of Bessel van der Kolk at the Trauma Center), attachment theory (13 years of training with Daniel Brown), body therapy (as a trainer in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy) Deirdre now teaches an integrative approach which Chris Germer calls “a radically positive approach to healing trauma.” Deirdre founded the Becoming Safely Embodied skills groups and is the author of Attachment-Based Yoga & Meditation for Trauma Recovery (W.W. Norton, 2017) (W.W. Norton, 2017), Becoming Safely Embodied Skills Manual (2007), and co-author of Attachment Disturbances for Adults (2016) as well as the co-author of chapters in Neurobiological Attachment-Based Yoga & Meditation for Trauma Recovery Treatments of Traumatic Dissociation. A former supervisor at The Trauma Center, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute trainer from 2000–2008, certified in Internal Family Therapy, qualified trainer in Mindful Self-Compassion, Self-Awakening Yoga and LifeForce Yoga practitioner Deirdre is a respected international teacher and mentor for working safely with the body. Diana Hill, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist practicing in Santa Barbara, California, and a co-host of the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this this interview, cross-posted from the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock, Deirdre Fay, LICSW discusses how she integrates yoga, meditation and attachment theory into healing trauma. Ms. Fay discusses the intersection between yoga philosophy and attachment theory. She explores why embodiment is important in the healing of trauma and how she cultivates a “nourishing opposite” when shame accompanies a traumatic response. Ms. Fay leads us through two experiential exercises, Modified Half Archer and Anjali Mudra, to demonstrate these concepts. Deirdre Fay, LICSW has decades of experience exploring the intersection of trauma, attachment, yoga and meditation. Having meditated since the 70's and lived in a yoga ashram for six years in the 80's and 90s Deirdre brings a unique perspective to being in the body. In the 90's Deirdre was asked to teach yoga and meditation to those on the dissociative unit at McLean Hospital. Having amassed skill sets in trauma treatment (as a supervisor under the guidance of Bessel van der Kolk at the Trauma Center), attachment theory (13 years of training with Daniel Brown), body therapy (as a trainer in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy) Deirdre now teaches an integrative approach which Chris Germer calls “a radically positive approach to healing trauma.” Deirdre founded the Becoming Safely Embodied skills groups and is the author of Attachment-Based Yoga & Meditation for Trauma Recovery (W.W. Norton, 2017) (W.W. Norton, 2017), Becoming Safely Embodied Skills Manual (2007), and co-author of Attachment Disturbances for Adults (2016) as well as the co-author of chapters in Neurobiological Attachment-Based Yoga & Meditation for Trauma Recovery Treatments of Traumatic Dissociation. A former supervisor at The Trauma Center, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute trainer from 2000–2008, certified in Internal Family Therapy, qualified trainer in Mindful Self-Compassion, Self-Awakening Yoga and LifeForce Yoga practitioner Deirdre is a respected international teacher and mentor for working safely with the body. Diana Hill, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist practicing in Santa Barbara, California, and a co-host of the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

In this this interview, cross-posted from the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock, Deirdre Fay, LICSW discusses how she integrates yoga, meditation and attachment theory into healing trauma. Ms. Fay discusses the intersection between yoga philosophy and attachment theory. She explores why embodiment is important in the healing of trauma and how she cultivates a “nourishing opposite” when shame accompanies a traumatic response. Ms. Fay leads us through two experiential exercises, Modified Half Archer and Anjali Mudra, to demonstrate these concepts. Deirdre Fay, LICSW has decades of experience exploring the intersection of trauma, attachment, yoga and meditation. Having meditated since the 70’s and lived in a yoga ashram for six years in the 80’s and 90s Deirdre brings a unique perspective to being in the body. In the 90’s Deirdre was asked to teach yoga and meditation to those on the dissociative unit at McLean Hospital. Having amassed skill sets in trauma treatment (as a supervisor under the guidance of Bessel van der Kolk at the Trauma Center), attachment theory (13 years of training with Daniel Brown), body therapy (as a trainer in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy) Deirdre now teaches an integrative approach which Chris Germer calls “a radically positive approach to healing trauma.” Deirdre founded the Becoming Safely Embodied skills groups and is the author of Attachment-Based Yoga & Meditation for Trauma Recovery (W.W. Norton, 2017) (W.W. Norton, 2017), Becoming Safely Embodied Skills Manual (2007), and co-author of Attachment Disturbances for Adults (2016) as well as the co-author of chapters in Neurobiological Attachment-Based Yoga & Meditation for Trauma Recovery Treatments of Traumatic Dissociation. A former supervisor at The Trauma Center, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute trainer from 2000–2008, certified in Internal Family Therapy, qualified trainer in Mindful Self-Compassion, Self-Awakening Yoga and LifeForce Yoga practitioner Deirdre is a respected international teacher and mentor for working safely with the body. Diana Hill, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist practicing in Santa Barbara, California, and a co-host of the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are You Interested In Learning How Yoga Philosophy Can Be Integrated Into Trauma Treatment? Want To Learn How Yoga And Meditation Can Cultivate Feelings Of Safeness In The Body? Curious How Attachment Theory Maps On To Yoga And Embodiment? Join Us For An Interview With Deirdre Fay, Author Of Attachment-Based Yoga And Meditation For Trauma! In this episode, Deirdre Fay, LICSW discusses how she integrates yoga, meditation and attachment theory into healing trauma. Ms. Fay discusses the intersection between yoga philosophy and attachment theory. She explores why embodiment is important in the healing of trauma and how she cultivates a "nourishing opposite" when shame accompanies a traumatic response. Ms. Fay leads us through two experiential exercises, Modified Half Archer and Anjali Mudra, to demonstrate these concepts.  About Diedre Fay: Deirdre Fay, LICSW has decades of experience exploring the intersection of trauma, attachment, yoga and meditation. Having meditated since the 70’s and lived in a yoga ashram for six years in the 80’s and 90s Deirdre brings a unique perspective to being in the body. In the 90’s Deirdre was asked to teach yoga and meditation to those on the dissociative unit at McLean Hospital. Having amassed skill sets in trauma treatment (as a supervisor under the guidance of Bessel van der Kolk at the Trauma Center), attachment theory (13 years of training with Daniel Brown), body therapy (as a trainer in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy) Deirdre now teaches an integrative approach which Chris Germer calls “a radically positive approach to healing trauma.” Deirdre founded the Becoming Safely Embodied skills groups and is the author of Attachment-Based Yoga & Meditation for Trauma Recovery (W.W. Norton, 2017), Becoming Safely Embodied Skills Manual (2007), and co-author of Attachment Disturbances for Adults (W.W. Norton, 2016) as well as the co-author of chapters in Neurobiological Treatments of Traumatic Dissociation.  A former supervisor at The Trauma Center, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute trainer from 2000–2008, certified in Internal Family Therapy, qualified trainer in Mindful Self-Compassion, Self-Awakening Yoga and LifeForce Yoga practitioner Deirdre is a respected international teacher and mentor for working safely with the body. Resources: Deirdre Fay's Website and Resources The Becoming Safely Embodied Online Program Attachment-Based Yoga and Meditation for Trauma Recovery by Deirdre Fay Becoming Safely Embodied Skills Manual by Deirdre Fay

In today's story we are talking about that time in forest exile when not only are you TOTALLY out of options, you've got the people you love counting on you to figure it out.Maintaining faith and asking for support when the burden feels too great is exactly where Yudhishtara is at in this Yoga Life Lesson. Take your favourite seated shape, Anjali Mudra and call in your divine guidance!PLUS Learn more about GYYB here: http://www.amymcdonald.com.au/growingyouryogabiz

Definitionen und Gedankengänge zu Ch'i. Informationen und Anregungen zum Wort bzw. Ausdruck Ch'i durch dieses kurze Vortragsaudio. Diese Hörsendung ist eine Ausgabe des Naturheilkunde Podcast. Sie ist erstellt worden als Grundlage für einen Lexikonartikel im Yoga Wiki Bewusst Leben Lexikon von Yoga Vidya. Sukadev, Leiter vom Yoga Vidya e.V. interpretiert hier das Wort bzw. den Ausdruck Ch'i und streut Überlegungen aus dem Hatha Yoga mit ein. Um Yoga besser zu verstehen, kannst du ja auch überlegen, mal Yoga Ferien zu machen, vielleicht in einem Yoga Vidya Seminarhaus. Welche Gedanken hast du dazu? Willst du dazu etwas ergänzen? Wir freuen uns auf Kommentare! Ch'i ist zu verstehen im Kontext mit Naturheilkunde, mit TCM - Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin, Akupunktur, Qiqong und mehr.. Seminare zum Thema Ganzheitliche Massage Ausbildung. Infos zu Edelstein Massage Ausbildung. Weitere hilfreiche Informationen findest du auf den Yoga Vidya Seiten, z.B. zu Begriffen wie Ananda, Angst und Anjali Mudra. Diese Audioabhandlung zu Ch'i ist ein sehr kurzer Podcast.

Einsichten und Überlegungen zu Dan. Bekanntes und Unbekanntes über Dan in diesem kleinen Kurzaudio. Diese Hörsendung ist eine Ausgabe des Naturheilkunde Podcast. Sie ist erstellt worden als Grundlage für einen Lexikonartikel im Yoga Wiki Bewusst Leben Lexikon von Yoga Vidya. Sukadev spricht hier über Dan vom Yogastandpunkt aus. Yoga kann helfen, über Angst und Depression hinauszuwachsen. Willst du dazu etwas ergänzen? Wir freuen uns auf Kommentare! Dan steht im Kontext mit Naturheilkunde, mit Energiemedizin.. Seminare zum Thema Intensiv-Praxis Yoga und Meditation. Infos zu Entspannungstherapeut Ausbildung. Weitere hilfreiche Informationen findest du auf den Yoga Vidya Seiten, z.B. zu Begriffen wie Anjali Mudra, Aparigraha und Arati. Dieser Kurzvortrag zu dem Thema Dan soll dir einen kleinen Anstoß geben, gesünder zu leben.

Kurzer Vortrag mit einigen interessanten Einsichten zu Chiropraktik. Erfahre einiges über Chiropraktik in diesem kleinen Improvisations-Vortrag. Diese Hörsendung ist eine Ausgabe des Naturheilkunde Podcast. Sie ist erstellt worden als Grundlage für einen Lexikonartikel im Yoga Wiki Bewusst Leben Lexikon von Yoga Vidya. Sukadev, Leiter vom Yoga Vidya e.V., denkt laut nach über das Wort bzw. den Ausdruck Chiropraktik vom spirituellen Gesichtspunkt her. Ayurveda, Naturheilkunde, Ganzheitsmedizin und Hatha Yoga ergänzen sich sehr gut. So kommt er zu einigen interessanten, auch diskussionswürdigen Gedanken. Chiropraktik hat etwas zu tun mit Naturheilkunde, mit Heilsysten, Heilverfahren, Medizinsystem, mit Energiemedizin, mit TCM - Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin, Akupunktur, Qiqong und mehr.. Seminare zum Thema Gesundheit, Heilung & Yoga. Infos zu Energiearbeit Ausbildung. Weitere hilfreiche Informationen findest du auf den Yoga Vidya Seiten, z.B. zu Begriffen wie Ananda Guru, Anjali Mudra und Anjaneyasana. Dieser Audio-Lexikon-Beitrag zu Chiropraktik ist hoffentlich für dich hilfreich.

Ausschlag‏‎ - Einsichten und Überlegungen. Erfahre einiges zum Thema Ausschlag‏‎ in einem besonderen Spontan-Audiovortrag. Diese Hörsendung ist eine Ausgabe des Naturheilkunde Podcast. Sie ist erstellt worden als Grundlage für einen Lexikonartikel im Yoga Wiki Bewusst Leben Lexikon von Yoga Vidya. Sukadev, Leiter vom Yoga Vidya e.V., denkt laut nach über das Wort bzw. den Ausdruck Ausschlag‏‎ von Gesichtspunkten des klassischen Yoga aus, der auch für das Verständnis von Prana, Nadis und Chakras wichtig ist. Auch Ayurveda hat dabei eine gewisse Bedeutung. Willst du dazu etwas ergänzen? Wir freuen uns auf Kommentare! Das Substantiv Ausschlag‏‎ gehört zum Themengebiet bzw. zu den Themengebieten Medizin, Krankheit. Seminare zum Thema Hinduistische Rituale. Infos zu Energiearbeit Ausbildung. Weitere hilfreiche Informationen findest du auf den Yoga Vidya Seiten, z.B. zu Begriffen wie Ananda, Angst und Anjali Mudra. Diese Audioabhandlung zu Ausschlag‏‎ gibt dir hoffentlich einen kleinen Denkanstoß.

Beine‏‎ - Definitionen und Gedankengänge. Simples und Komplexes zum Thema Beine‏‎ in diesem kleinen, aber feinen Kurzaudio. Diese Hörsendung ist eine Ausgabe des Naturheilkunde Podcast. Sie ist erstellt worden als Grundlage für einen Lexikonartikel im Yoga Wiki Bewusst Leben Lexikon von Yoga Vidya. Sukadev, Leiter vom Yoga Vidya e.V., spricht hier über Beine‏‎ aus dem Geist des ganzheitlichen Yoga, also aus einer Einstellung der Achtsamkeit. Willst du dazu etwas ergänzen? Wir freuen uns auf Kommentare! Das Substantiv Beine‏‎ gehört zum Themengebiet bzw. zu den Themengebieten Körperteil, Anatomie, Physiologie, Medizin. Seminare zum Thema Karma Yoga. Infos zu Entspannungstherapie Ausbildung. Weitere hilfreiche Informationen findest du auf den Yoga Vidya Seiten, z.B. zu Begriffen wie Anjali Mudra, Aparigraha und Arati. Dieser Kurzvortrag zu dem Thema Beine‏‎ ist ein sehr kurzer Podcast.

Bart‏‎ - Gedanken und Überlegungen. Bekanntes und Unbekanntes über Bart‏‎ in diesem kurzen Spontan-Vortragsaudio. Diese Hörsendung ist eine Ausgabe des Naturheilkunde Podcast. Sie ist erstellt worden als Grundlage für einen Lexikonartikel im Yoga Wiki Bewusst Leben Lexikon von Yoga Vidya. Sukadev, Leiter vom Yoga Vidya e.V., behandelt hier das Wort, den Ausdruck Bart‏‎ und streut Überlegungen aus dem Hatha Yoga mit ein. Um Yoga besser zu verstehen, kannst du ja auch überlegen, mal Yoga Ferien zu machen, vielleicht in einem Yoga Vidya Seminarhaus. Welche Gedanken hast du dazu? So kommt er zu einigen interessanten, auch diskussionswürdigen Gedanken. Das Substantiv Bart‏‎ gehört zum Themengebiet bzw. zu den Themengebieten Körperteil, Anatomie, Physiologie, Medizin. Seminare zum Thema Hormonyoga. Infos zu Energietrainer Ausbildung. Weitere hilfreiche Informationen findest du auf den Yoga Vidya Seiten, z.B. zu Begriffen wie Ananda Guru, Anjali Mudra und Anjaneyasana. Dieser Audio-Lexikon-Beitrag zu Bart‏‎ kann dir vielleicht helfen, wieder mal über Gesundheit nachzudenken.