Creating a sense of ‘Home’ – this is the theme for our Full Moon. Our own bodies, like a home, are where our inner desire for nourishment and truth is found. During this period take time to pause and feel if you are nourished. Feeling at ease can be a simple exercise & something that can only arise when we sit quietly – in silence.
One practice, to connect with how you are truly feeling is to close our eyes & ask yourself. “What am I feeling right now? Can I be at ease with it?” Sit there & try it. Breathe & wait for the answer, without resisting & allow yourself to invite inner stillness. Return ‘home’ to yourself, again & again is what we all we need to exercise. So, why not dive into the heart of the matter & take in some divine lunar (feminine) energy to *Love Yourself *unconditionally.
Home is where we begin…inner awareness.
Some of the world’s heaviness of the gloom & doom seem to be influencing those who may be weaker with undue pressure. This is an inward calling to our embrace our Sanctuary – our bodies are living temples, actual shrines & a safe haven to explore without judgement and with much compassion.
It is temporary indeed.
Sure there is always work to be done, we also need to take time to snuggle up cozy up to this life. Enjoying simple pleasures like reading a good book, taking a warm bath, listening to soothing music, or drinking a warm glass of milk is available.
You can even nurture your being with a good hug, as this reduces stress, in many ways. Why not stretch out our arms & hug someone near you or your pet? One yoga exercise I enjoy is to open wide your both arms, and lift the heart, then embrace by giving myself a hug. Try it for 20 seconds & see how you feel for you? This also nurtures the Hridaya or Spiritual Heart in the anahata – heart region. We often yearn to help or heal…so if you need support just reach out & ask, be open also to receive support.
“Let not your heart’s be troubled”, Jesus taught (John 14). This I understand as teaching us today that we are not to be troubled by anxiety, worry & fear when there is peace (Shanti) for all who seek it, because this too will pass.
Let this bright moon illuminate the spark of life in you, like the love a mother knows all so well. Namaste.
Did you know there is such thing as Spiritual Immunity?
Focus on breathing & bring yourself back to your true essence of calm.
Pranayama – Energy breathing exercises for immunity.
We all (should) know how our thoughts can affect things & create a cascade of activity within our body. Now is a great time to shift from negative thinking to positive thinking.
The mind-body link is so very important for our wellness but if we focus on the present drama & get hooked into it, then it will constantly be driving the mind perhaps to madness.
This kind of impact reduces our
immune system – simply known as stress! Why run on the hamster wheel of
negativity?
Shifting thoughts to – ‘What can I be grateful for?’ is a quick & easy exercise to shift the mind & embrace a healthy outlook. Look, see & find the smallest things in your life you can be grateful for. Acknowledge what is going right….right? Recognizing the subtle small thing, triggers our ‘YES’ response – to acknowledge the ‘things’ that are going well! So be sure to inquire honestly and drop the mask(s).
Integral to Wholeness.
Future projecting will not help us in this time, nor is it productive to mourn the past. Be fully present to empty out, deal with & complete any unfinished business with yourself. This is a good time to clear the slate & avoid rehashing the same old patterns. Get back to zero when you can. Some of us are still working, so when you have 5-10-30 minutes do nothing but rest, on your back, or relax & sit alone. Take your time & eat consciously at every meal. Daily get up at a regular time & move your bodies, meditate, meditate, meditate, then go to sleep & keep that time regular as well. (eg; up at 6am, asleep by 10pm) Routines are good for us, we are creature of rituals, aka habits.
Realize that everything we do & every thought _is_ significant, though we may not realize it. Open up the doors of perception to greater potential & when you do ride the positive waves. Remember the saying: “What we think about most of the time comes about”. Become a Master of your inner dialogue & be part of the solution. The ancient yogic Sages taught: “What we focus on expands”. What do you want to grow?
Sadly, many people are drowning in fear & panic, at this time. However, many people were drowning in fear and panic even before this event. We need to choose not to contribute to it any longer – the choice is yours.
What humanity – our world – needs now is a Collective Consciousness to maintain greater balance, more peace, more hope, more gratitude, a greater sense of acceptance, coherence & positivity from our inner being toward the greater good. “What the world need now, is love sweet love”
Meditation is a huge tool to bring
that quietness to our minds.
Be Still – Concentrate
Stress, biologically is hard on our immune system. To put it simply, our amygdala & the brainstem produce cortisol, then the stress hormone affects our digestive system, etc. If our gut to brain communication is negatively affected then we produce less serotonin & eventually get depressed. The result is an ever lower immune system. To have a good strong immune system, we need to reduce stress. To increase our physical & spiritual immunity be careful to watch what is hooking you…..on the media roller coaster. Unplug & disengage by coming to a place to quiet your emotions & settle down your central nervous system. This too shall pass.
What is hooking you?
Thinking on a long-term basis, make the subtle changes now in your life to harness your inner power for wellbeing & turn on your spiritual immunity. Ask yourselves: “Who Am I?” , then arriving at “Know thyself” – a Greek aphorism; come to know who really you are… beyond your roles…. beyond the masks you wear in this life. Avoid trying to rehearse your future, for now!
Spiritual Immunity
This experience will one day seem to be a just blink of the eye. This time – is real & it is just a small blip compared to our cosmic existence. Not saying it is not happening, of course….
Yoga & Ayurveda teaches that we are not just this physical body. There are many layers to ourselves, & these layers or Kosha, (which I teach especially in the Primordial Sound Meditation Course,) helps us understand who we are.
We are infinite & our potentially able to create more power.
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga:
Law of Pure Potentiality
Law of Giving and Receiving
Law of Karma
Law of Least Effort
Law of Intention and Desire
Law of Detachment
Law of Dharma
Tat Tvam Asi,” meaning: “I am that, you are that, all this is that, & that’s all there is.”
