KEEP DREAMING!  
Keep Focused.

Leena St. Michael, E-RYT

Recently, one of my long-time students from 24 Hour Fitness was laid off from her job because her company folded. I suggested that she enjoy the time off and celebrate. She had graduated.

She started using her time to come to all the yoga classes we offered. She kept envisioning the job she wanted and what could be possible. She kept sending out resumes and networking, refusing to be depressed.

The other evening, she came up to me after class. She was beaming. She landed a new job in less than two months. She would earn more money and receive more vacation time every year.

Instead of becoming trapped in the headlines of recession and depression, she kept practicing yoga: mind, body, breath. She kept focused and always aware of the possibility that leaving her old job just might be a wonderful gift.

Everyone has a unique purpose in being here on Earth;and a special combination of talents, resources, physical qualities and attributes designed with perfect efficiency to express that purpose. Dr. Michael Beckwith (The Secret) says that our purpose is always an expression of love. He also says...and this is the best part...that our higher purpose is always our heart's desire.

When we keep focused on our purpose..on the love of self, nature and all others...and stay disciplined in yogic practices, we move beyond the limiting pervasive thought-forms of our culture.

A focus on the dream and the good of all was the spirit of Barrack Obama's campaign. Using this technology is how we will change America. Not through our might, but our steadfast unrelenting attention, intention and effort on the dream.

For those who are seeking change, or had extreme change thrust upon them, I offer "New Beginnings" transformational sessions at KURE Wellness Retreat to facilitate a continuing environment of creativity, possibility and focus on your purpose...your heart's desire. Contact me, now, for more information.

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What is the Opposite
of Love?
--Memorable teaching from Amma's Thanksgiving visit

Amma says that the opposite of love is not hate. It is fear. Now, many of us have known that intellectually from our very first self-help book.

Amma added the antedote: Focus on the love and the fear will dissolve. This is all we have to remember and practice.

Amma is the perfect example. She has physically embraced more than 26 milllion people on six continents in the past 30 years. Just about any time you might think of Amma, this tiny woman from South India, she is hugging people; one after another after another. She is listening to their sorrows. She is blessing their children, She is giving counsel on how to be more loving. She is singing praise to the Divine every single night with her traveling band of senior devotees. She forgives everyone and everything.

Many years before I met Amma, I discovered a writing, albeit a declaration of intent to love, written by Dr. Howard Thurman. Thurman is considered to be one of the leading Christian theologians in U. S. history. He was a mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King. This passage opened my heart and became my intention to love.

It's named, "More Loving In My Heart". You can listen to it, now, on my website.

I recorded the reading with the beautiful music of award-winning musician, Benjamin Dowling from his CD entitled "Ahimsa". Ahimsa means "non-harming". Ahimsa is the most important precept of Ashtanga Yoga, considered the "raja" royal path.). To listen, simply click this link to the "Leena's Voices" webpage and then click "Inspirational Reading".

Debbie Lindsay Manifests Her Vision--KURE Wellness Retreat Now Open in Danville
--Leena offering private yoga and Reiki in brand new sanctuary spa

Debbie Lindsay had a vision: To provide a restorative sanctuary offering a unique blend of exceptional yet affordable services and products essential for a healthy and balanced lifestyle. To bring together passionate, dedicated, skilled practitioners to promote a holistic organic approach to health and spa services and to create an incomparable standard of quality and excellence.

The result: KURE Wellness Retreat.

For 18 years, Lindsay has been a massage therapist in Danville. She has been voted "Best Massage Therapist in the East Bay" by Diablo Magazine for two years in a row. She grew up in Danville. She raised her family in Danville.

"It's all in the details", says Lindsay. She chose every piece of furniture, every fixture, every piece of art, every color, every amenity and every service from her powerful vision of premier quality spa services with her concern for nature, the environment, and the arts.

Debbie has served as a local community volunteer in many capacities, including as a pediatric volunteer for Children's Hospital in Oakland. She has participated in the Avon Breast Cancer Walk and has worked on behalf on Habitat for Humanity.

I'm delighted to be invited to offer yoga, meditation, Reiki and "New Beginnings" transformational services at KURE in addition to my yoga classes for 24 Hour Fitness, Crow Canyon Country Club and Town of Danville.

Please come take a tour of KURE. While you're there, I'll give you a 15-minute Reiki demonstration. You might just want to stay for more! Learn more at http://kurewellnessretreat.com/

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I'm delighted to offer private, semi-private and couples' yoga sessions at Kure Wellness Retreat.  From now through Valentine's Day, February 14th, 2009, I'm offering special pricing to introduce the benefits of personalized yoga for physical and emotional health, greater energy, deepening of relationships and profound relaxation. I'll guide you to develop a home practice with modifications for your body, mind and lifestyle. Couples, I can teach you easy and fun partner poses. I can guide you to a deeper therapeutic experience to release tension held in mind and body freeing up energy for greater joy and creativity. Or perhaps, you have never taken a yoga class or have physical challenges and simply want to learn the basics before you step out in public.

Included in this Special Yoga Series Package is a 30-minute infrared sauna after each session. I am amazed at how I feel more energized and refreshed after an infrared sauna! In a regular sauna, I usually leave feeling a bit wrung out. Infrared sauna heat is like our body heat or the beneficial rays of the sun. One can take a higher heat for a longer period of time. The infrared heat penetrates deeper into the tissues to detoxify and purify the body. One can listen to soothing music while in the sauna that warms and soothes the heart and soul as well.

Contact me, now, or call KURE Wellness Retreat at: 925-837-7600 to schedule an appointment. I have regular hours on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I can also accomodate you on other days by special appointment.

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