Wisdom, So What……
Friday, June 5th, 2009
It’s more than what you think, it’s what you do, too.
In Peace,
Carrie 
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Mind and Body
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Yoga, Rope Yoga (Russayog), Bikram, Hatha: paths that reveal that your mind is a tool and just that.
To know that you are NOT your thoughts.
To know that yesterday has already happened and tomorrow has not arrived yet.
That what we have is now, today, this moment, this breath.
Anand (Bliss),
Carrie
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Belief: A Growing Collection Of Quotations
Friday, May 29th, 2009
View From The Studio
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
I Photo-shopped this image I took at my studio.
The image conveys the beauty my clients feel when they are stretching and building strength (mindful and physical). The studio is a special place I like to share with special people; people who believe in themselves or are willing to believe in themselves. Everyday, we are called upon to do this and everyday invites news experiences, new challenges. Manifesting self-awareness is a great gift we can give ourselves if we choose to. Everyday.
In Sundar (Beauty),
Carrie
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Namaste
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
I Honor You
How Yoga does Your Mind Good!
Researchers at the University of Boston School of Medicine and McLean Hospital found that Yoga elevates levels of the stress regulator in the brain: gamma aminobutyric acid.
An hour of Yoga boosts GABA levels by 27%!
A study by the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine found that Yoga and Meditation (whether done by a seasoned yogi, or a first-time yogini) change the patterns of gene activity in ways that improve how the body responds to stress.
It may turn off hormonal imbalances.
Yoga also lowers adrenaline levels: Excess adrenaline has been linked to depression and over-eating.
-information Courtesy of Yoga Journal-
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Relaxing Postures of Yoga Ball
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Bring Yoga Ball to your Foundation or Facility!
It is fun and good for you!
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Change Your Inner Monologue
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
If you observe your mind, there is always noise. It begins the moment you open your eyes in the morning and carries on every single second until you close your eyes at night. Perhaps this chatter prevents you from drifting off to sleep. And when you do finally doze off, it may make that rest fitful. When you examine your mental chatter, you will quickly discern that this unending noise has patterns. One of the most powerful and prevalent is your Voice of Judgment. Over time, negative judgments start to accumulate. Eventually they form a huge barrier that sits squarely in front of you on the path to your ideal life.
During the day, try carrying around a journal—or a file, notebook, or sheet of paper. Categorize the types of mind chatter that assault or beguile. Do this for at least two weeks. Are there wild flights of fancy? Elaborate escapist dreams? If so, try to be specific about exactly what types of accomplishments you fantasize about.
The very act of observing it changes your mental chatter. Shoplifting drops dramatically when department stores install surveillance cameras and post signs that they have done so. Similarly, your mental chatter is less able to take you down destructive paths when you become consciously aware of it. JY 2009
To Love Oneself
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
10 REASONS TO TRY YOGA FOR LIFE!
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
10 REASONS TO TRY YOGA FOR LIFE!
1. YOGA FOR STRESS RELIEF: Yoga reduces the physical effects of stress on the body. By encouraging relaxation, yoga helps to lower the levels of stress hormone cortisol. Related benefits include lowering blood pressure and heart rate, improving digestion and boosting the immune system as well as easing symptoms of conditions such as anxiety, depression, fatigue, asthma and insomnia.
2. YOGA FOR PAIN RELIEF: Yoga can ease pain. Studies have demonstrated that practicing yoga asanas (postures), meditation or a combination of the two, reduced pain for people with conditions, such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, auto-immune diseases and hypertension as well as arthritis, back and neck pain and other chronic conditions. Some practitioners report that even emotional pain can be eased through their practice of yoga.
3. YOGA FOR BETTER BREATHING: Yoga teaches people to take slower, deeper breaths. This helps to improve lung function, trigger the body’s relation responses and increase the amount of oxygen available to the body.
4. YOGA FOR FLEXIBILITY: Yoga helps to improve flexibility and mobility, increasing the range of movement and reducing aches and pains. Many people can’t touch their toes during their first yoga class. Gradually they begin to use the correct muscles. Over time, the ligaments, tendons and muscles lengthen, increasing elasticity, making more poses possible. Yoga also helps to improve body alignment resulting in better posture and helping to relieve back, neck, joint and muscles problems.
5. YOGA FOR INCREASED STRENGTH: Yoga poses use every muscle in the body, helping to increase strength literally from head to toe. And, while these postures strengthen the body they also provide an additional benefit of helping to relieve muscular tension.
6. YOGA FOR WEIGHT MANAGEMENT: Yoga can aid weight control efforts by reducing the cortisol levels as well as burning excess calories and reducing stress. Yoga also encourages healthy eating habits and provides a heightened sense of well being and self esteem.
7. YOGA FOR IMPROVED CIRCULATION: Yoga helps to improve circulation and as a result of various postures, more efficiently moves oxygenated blood to the body’s cells.
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8. YOGA FOR CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONING: Even gentle yoga practice can provide cardiovascular benefits by lowering resting heart rate, increasing endurance and improving oxygen uptake during exercise.
9. YOGA FOR FOCUSING ON THE PRESENT: Yoga helps us to focus on the present, to become more aware and to help create mind-body health. It opens the way to improved concentration, coordination, reaction time and memory.
10. YOGA FOR INNER PEACE: The meditative aspects of yoga help many to reach a deeper, more spiritual and more satisfying place in their lives. Many who begin practice for other reasons have reported this to be the key reason that yoga has become an essential part of their lives.
Happily Live Your Life!
Monday, May 4th, 2009
It takes courage, faith and a tenderness toward yourself to live the kind of life you desire.
Sometimes, people will come your way, in pain, and say you can’t do this or that.
Strive ahead, keep reaching for what YOU want, what makes YOUR life valuable to YOU.
Don’t base your worth on another person’s expectations or definition of who they think you are.
Only YOU know.
Only you can create the kind of life you want to LIVE.
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