A little more about Celia RobertsRecently a client who found immense value in attending a retreat at the Upper Brookfield Sanctuary interviewed Celia. Holly Harman, now a Yoga teacher and mental health advocate offering holistic wellbeing advice, spent some time learning a little more about Celia. … [Read more...]
Kundalini Rising ~ Kundalini Yoga Retreat
Kundalini Rising ~ Kundalini Yoga RetreatAbout the Kundalini Yoga Retreat Kundalini is derived from the Sanskrit word meaning coiled up snake. Through deep meditation and spiritual practice, the kundalini can be awakened and travel up through the body which cleanses and purifies the glandular … [Read more...]
Sleep. Are you getting enough? 7 ways to pay off your sleep debt
Sleep. I do wonder, how many times has someone asked you how you are, or perhaps you have asked someone how they are, and the response has been “oh, I am just tired”. We say, “just tired” as if to dismiss a knowing within that tells us to rest: the intuit within that acknowledges the importance of … [Read more...]
Natural remedies to Suffering | How to Cultivate Mindfulness
Part Nine & Ten of 10 Natural remedies to Suffering: How to Cultivate Mindfulness Continuing on from earlier this week as we followed our journey inward discovering more about our ten natural remedies to suffering: Nurture an internal environment of relaxation Cultivate heightened … [Read more...]
Natural remedies to Suffering | How to Boost Energy
Part Seven & Eight of 10 Natural remedies to Suffering: How to Boost Energy Continuing on from earlier this week as we followed our journey inward discovering more about our ten natural remedies to suffering: Nurture an internal environment of relaxation Cultivate heightened positive … [Read more...]
Natural remedies to Suffering | Lifestyle Change
Part Five & Six of 10 Natural remedies to Suffering: How to make Lifestyle Changes Continuing on from earlier this week as we followed our journey inward, discovering more about our ten natural remedies to suffering: Nurture an internal environment of relaxation Cultivate heightened … [Read more...]
Natural remedies to Suffering | A Guide to Ayurvedic Diet Practices
Part Three & Four of Ten Natural remedies to Suffering: A Guide to Ayurvedic Diet Practices Continuing on from yesterday as we began our journey inward, discovering the first two of our ten natural remedies to suffering: Nurture an internal environment of relaxation Cultivate heightened … [Read more...]
Natural remedies to Suffering | A Guide to optimal wellbeing.
Part One & Two of Ten Natural remedies to Suffering Last week we spoke about the defended self and the increasing links between our sociocultural and personal pasts in relation to perceived threat, their relation to depression and anxiety and our body’s inflammatory response to such. We also … [Read more...]
Ten natural remedies to Suffering: A Guide to optimal wellbeing.
The defended self: Apprehension and disconnection of body and mind Ten natural remedies to depression and anxiety (the suffering within): A Guide to optimal wellbeing. Just recently, I was with a friend of mine. As we spoke, I began noticing some uneasiness within her: not only did my friend’s … [Read more...]
Tonglen: How to awaken compassion
The gift of giving and receiving Tonglen: How to awaken compassion There is no denying that we live in a world where the dominant discourse is suffering. What’s more is if we allow it to be, suffering will remain the prominent narrative of our lives, creating a life of simple survival. Yet, if we … [Read more...]
A Breath of Fresh Air – Breathing Your Way to Good Health with Pranayama
The Practice of Pranayama: Breathing Your Way to Good Health The past few days we have been discussing the importance of pranayama. Today we finish our discussion with two more techniques to extend your energy. Ujjayi Pranayama As per our understanding of Nadhi Sodhana, if we understand Ujjayi … [Read more...]
A Breath of Fresh Air – Breathing Your Way to Good Health with Pranayama
A Breath of Fresh Air: Which Way and Why? If you were reading yesterday you would have taken a moment to notice the breath. Do you remember how you were breathing? How are you breathing as we speak today? Is your breath the same as yesterday? Perhaps you notice a little slower or faster breathing … [Read more...]
A Breath of Fresh Air – Breathing Your Way to Good Health with Pranayama
Thinking back... How were my energy levels this morning? You wake. The day begins. Your mind runs over the day and all that is required of you. Sigh. Deep Sigh. Without even realizing it, and within five minutes of waking, already your body is speaking to you, asking of you to stop, to acknowledge … [Read more...]
How to be with what is: A 10 Step Guide to Enlightenment
Further to our discussion yesterday on How to be with what is: a video guide to enlightenment today the guide to enlightenment is enhanced through a presence practise. Walking Meditation – An Invitation Towards Enlightenment Walking meditation is a way to reveal the embodiment of the earth’s … [Read more...]
How to be with what is: A Video Guide to Enlightenment
It is no secret that we live in a culture of busy. Of time poor and speed orientated process’ in which we focus so much on what should be, what could be, what is not, or what was not, we forget what is. I know that I for one often, and quite literally, forget to stop and smell the flowers. Yet, in … [Read more...]
Seven factors of Enlightenment and their Therapeutic Effects according to Theravedic Buddhist tradition.
These factors were given to me orally by 92 yr old Burmese monk, Sayadaw U Pandita. They are also recorded in his written work “On the Path to Freedom”. The first factor of enlightenment is mindfulness (Sati-sambojjhanga). Mindfulness is a requisite of enlightenment. There are four … [Read more...]
