Every thought, every intention carries an energetic. Our self-talk, that mental chatter running through the brain, is unharnassed energy.

Focus is the fuel that can propel those mental units of energy in the direction of our desires. When we do scientifically proven yogic practices: asana, pranayama (breathing), relaxation, chakra visualizations, etc., we cultivate the ability to slow thoughts and observe what kind of energy we're creating. We discover how we're directing our energy and to a great extent, why our life looks the way it does. We develop an awareness and a capasity to generate thought energy towards chosen intentions.  Each time we bring our mind back to thoughts of love, peace, harmony, joy, right employment, etc., we're creating and amplifying these energetics and they take form as us, as our lives. This is how we create our world. This is the power of affirmations and scientific affirmative prayer. Jesus counciled: "Ask and ye shall receive". "Thy faith hath made thee whole."

In addition to being a registered yoga teacher, I am a 12-year licensed practitioner with the United Centers for Spiritual Living (formerly the Church of Religious Science...no, it's not Scientology).  For years I heard my teacher, Dr. Michael Beckwith ("The Secret" movie), repeat time and time again, that "Thoughts are mental units of energy". It finally clicked last week as I listened to his new audio book "Life Visioning". I re-vitalized my awareness of the power of affirmative prayer practice called Spiritual Mind Treatment (Sounds like a Vulcan mind meld from Star Trek, doesn't it?)  Yet, this is sometimes exactly what we need to do: Treat our mind, take our thoughts upstairs to the realm of possibility, creativity and excellence.  I offer spiritual/yogic counciling and include Spiritual Mind Treatment; a scientific focused generation of thoughts with powerful energy.

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Oh...how I hated Sun Salutations! I could not understand why we always had to do sun salutations in yoga class. Ad infinitum, ad nauseum!  Mostly, I was frustrated because I couldn't flow smoothly like the teacher. In fact, when I began learining yoga, I would nearly passout inhaling from forward fold to the standing backbend. And chaturanga dandasana...forget it.

Then, at yoga teacher training at Mt. Madonna Institute, I was forced to confront my discomfort head-on..  I learned that Surya Namaskar is a complete spirit/mind/body practice; the “home gym” of yoga.  A few cycles a day increase spinal flexibility, tone muscles, build a healthy heart and stronger bones, lubricate joints, minimize PMS and menopause symptoms, balance emotions, boost enery quickly, improve digestion, burn calories and so much more.

We practiced with the 12 ancient Sanskrit chants to the sun (light, sustainer of all life) which are integral to the sacred practice,  Somewhere in the middle of our practice of 12 cycles (24 rounds!)...I started to cry.  I experienced my heart opening.  I no longer struggled. My heart no longer was racing; each movement was an inbreath or an outbreath.  I was transfixed, transformed and joyful.  So began my love affair with Surya Namaskar.

Sunday, July 13th, I want to turn you on to a deeper, more joyful practice of Surya Namaskar at a mini-retreat lakeside at the brand new Oak Hill Park Community Center in Danville.  Experience a long relaxing shavasana and an opportunity to journal insights in air conditioning, soak up the sun lakeside or lounge in cool grass.

I look forward to seeing you, there!

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Amma's Three New Simple Steps for Sustainability from Global Humanitarian Her Holiness Mata Amritanandamayi and founder of GreenFriends
1. Plant at least one tree per month per person. 2. Grow bamboo. According to bamboo grower and expert, Jerry Burton: “Bamboo is a magnificent plant, “It’s fast growing, attracts wild birds, provides privacy and there’s hundreds of uses for the canes such as curtain rods, flooring, walking sticks, fishing poles and so on.” More than 1,200 varieties of bamboo have been found worldwide, ranging in height from 1 foot to more than 100 feet, according to the American Bamboo Society, which has members in 38 countries. Bamboo, which is a grass variety, can grow in many different climates, from jungles to high mountainsides.  More than 1 million tons of bamboo is harvested yearly. Bamboo flowers at irregular and very lengthy intervals – some varieties don’t go to seed for 100 years, Burton said. Bamboo planted in the spring can grow an impressive 24 inches to 36 inches in a 24-hour period, and reach full height in as little as one to two months. The bamboo plants then start to grow horizontally through their underground stems, called rhizomes.“There’s a saying about bamboo: It sleeps in the first year, creeps in the second and leaps in the third,” Burton said, pointing out that a gardener can have a privacy screen in just three years. 3. Grow fruits and vegetables. Amma suggests that even those who live in apartments should grow enough food to have at least one meal per month of their harvest. ___________________________________________________________________
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