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By Juhi Prasad (Yoga Therapist)
The heart is a fist size muscle in our chest cavity that is responsible for the flow of blood (and hence nutrients and oxygen) to every single cell and organ in our body. The heart beats without stopping, every minute of our lives, up until the time we die. However, when the heart mal-functions for any reason, the outcome can be potentially life-threatening. It is estimated that heart disease is one of the most deadly killers in the developed world.
Heart disease forms a whole spectrum of many stages and degrees of severity, with various causes – ie the blood supply to the heart could reduce or totally stop, the valves in the heart could malfunction, the muscles of the heart could thicken or increase in size, or the electrical conduction system of the heart could function erratically. These factors could lead to one or several symptoms in the patient, such as breathlessness, oedema or puffy swelling especially in legs and lower extremities, oliguria (very little urination at night, often followed by excessive urination during the day), palpitations, chest pains, and dry cough.
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Many people are reluctant to admit they’re afraid, even to themselves. Somehow, they believe that if they acknowledge their fear, they give it power to run their lives. In other words, deep down, they’re afraid of their fear! Men especially will often go to great lengths to hide their fears or anxieties behind a facade of confidence or anger or rationality. At the other extreme, of course, some people seem to be afraid of just about everything.
The truth is we all experience fear and anxiety, at least occasionally. In addition to the raw rush of adrenaline you feel when your physical survival seems to be at stake, you experience the fear that inevitably arises when you face the unknown or the uncertain in life — which can be quite often these days. Ultimately, you’re afraid because you believe that you’re a separate, isolated entity surrounded by forces beyond your control. The more the walls that separate you from others crumble through the practice of yoga, the more your fear and anxiety naturally diminish. When working with fear, it’s especially important to be kind and gentle with yourself. |
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We start simply by sitting in a comfortable position with the spine resting on the upright sacrum, - grounding the tailbone to the earth, and extending the spine and torso (in mulabandha) so that the occiput extends toward the sky and the chin is slightly drawn in (a soft jalandhara bandha). It might help to halfway to close the eyes gazing inside and upward touching the tongue lightly to the roof of mouth while the eyes look up softly into the ajna chakra.
We then visualize a brilliant bright light at the base of the spine. As we breathe in we visualize this brilliant bright light entering the chakra and purifying it. As we exhale we visualize the chakra opening (like the petals of a lotus blossom) and say the seed syllable (once or up to sixteen times). Then we again visualize a brilliant bright light at the base of the spine and as we inhale, visualizing this light raising up to the next chakra purifying it. Again as we exhale, we visualize the chakra opening like the petals of a lotus blossom as we vibrate the seed syllable for that chakra out loud. Eventually we work up to the crown kinesthetically feeling the vibratory nature of these energies. With the awareness focused within to this energy flow we sit in silent awareness connecting the root with the crown (sambhavi mudra).
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Article by Laura McDermid
Have you ever watched Grand Designs? I am totally mesmerised by this TV show. I watch with fascination and admiration as passionate people bring their creations to life. I cringe with them when the build goes awry and am jubilant when they finally see their dream come true. But sometimes that very same dream turns into a dreaded nightmare when the neighbours complain about the unsightly erection next door or when funds are exhausted halfway through the build! It takes guts to build your dream house, and a lot of patience...........
About two years ago my husband Stuart and I were inspired to build our own place. We purchased a plot that was far away enough to feel as though we are in the country but close enough to commute to the main centres for work. However, we decided that if we are going to build then we are going to do it ‘properly’. And so we embarked on designing an eco-friendly, self-sustainable dwelling. Sounds simple right?
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Childhood
I recently read a phenomenal book by John Bradshaw - Creating Love 1. He discusses at length the dysfunctional ways in which we learn to love through conditioning from our cultures and families. He also digs deeply into child abuse and I found it significant that he says "Emotional abuse is the most common form of child abuse".
The more I read about our childhood and the effect it continuous to have on us, the more I'm astounded at how "unaware" I've been until very recently. I’m 44 now and until about 5 years ago, I believed wholeheartedly I had a fantastic childhood. It’s only now that I am able to admit how much “stuff” I have as a result of my parents’ behaviour when I was growing up.
I do know and acknowledge that my parents did the very best they could and that’s why I never wanted to blame or pass judgement. The fact is that even when they do their utmost best, we were all deeply affected by our parents and how they behaved. A small child might experience a shouting, angry man triple their size as extremely traumatic. A father might simply be expressing his irritation after a hard day at the office, but the child experiences enormous fear for their survival and safety.
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Stopping Smoking – Hypnosis Works and Lasts
The dangers of smoking have been studied for years. The detrimental effect of smoking on people’s health and their activities is now public knowledge, and many people who have become addicted are now looking for ways to kick the habit.
Most stop-smoking programs work at increasing the individual’s strength to resist the desire to smoke. They rely on willpower, and for most people that is the worst method for stopping smoking. Willpower fluctuates like moods and emotions. One day it may be strong, the next day it may be weak.
Hypnosis works by eliminating the desire to smoke, whether it be from identification or replacement, the two principle reasons for smoking.
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“I am being approached by two beings wearing golden cloaks”
“What do they look like?” I ask
My client frowns in concentration. “I don’t really know – I can’t see their faces, it just seems to be a ball of light where their heads are”
“What do they want from you?”
A beatific smile spreads over my client’s face
“They are coming to guide me home” she says.
This is quite a common theme that I hear from clients’ that I have regressed through hypnosis to the point of their death when their souls are released from their bodies. For those of you who are familiar with the grand-master Michael Newton’s work on regressional hypnotherapy including his works “Journey of Souls” and “Life Between Lives”, the conversation above will sound very familiar. However, the sceptics amongst us will probably find reasons as to why all these recounts are so similar. Perhaps the person in question had read about similar episodes before, or maybe they had seen something related on television. Maybe, except that the interaction that I have quoted above was a regression on a seven year-old girl. Her mother had bought her to see me due to an irrational fear of water that her daughter had ever since infancy. There were no incidences that the mother knew of that could have created her daughter’s phobia – in fact the fear was so bad that the little girl refused to bath in water that was more than a few inches deep.
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