Kirtan is singing with intention and devotion, also known as Bhakti yoga. The lyrics are known as mantras which are chanted like a song or hymn, and usually accompanied with musical instruments. Japa meditation is repetition of the mantras. Last Thursday after a busy day, I missed my Win for Wellness activity so decided to slip in a webinar to check the daily box. Instead, it was a Live Krisha Das
Truth be told, I lacked discipline all my life. I always commit to fancy free and fun, procrastinating otherwise. If something doesn’t interest me (taxes) but is important, it’s on my back burner, causing me more stress as it lingers over my head. I get distracted with other to-do’s. I can hear my mom, “Just get it over with!” This past week started off great then fizzled because I wasn’t
I feel good, like I knew that I would! I can hear James Brown now as I I am off to a good start, determined to follow through with my commitment to regain my momentum in August on our Journey into Winning with Wellness. I lacked motivation with summer heat and recharging after a busy season. So, I created the August Win with Wellness to jumpstart me again, and maybe you too. Starting fresh on Thursday the 1st
August is a time that seems to take me off track of my usual healthy routines. Maybe it’s the heat or the old patterns of wrapping up summer plans. So, I am starting my 30 Day Wellness Winner ~ August Activities plan to motivate me to reboot and keep my momentum for what makes me feel best. Every time I see something that says 30 Day Challenge I cringe, feeling
In May we honor our maternal mentors and caregivers with Mother’s Day. In June we recognize the positive, masculine influences in our lives. The necessary Yang Energy Forces to balance our more feminine Yin. Father’s Day began in Washington state in 1910 when a young woman wanted to honor her veteran father, a single parent of 6 children. In 1972 it become a nationwide holiday, 58 years after Mother’s Day was established in 1914.
Balance Asanas are a standard practice in most yoga classes. The transitions and opportunities to find ourselves taking flight on either one leg, one arm or maybe even no legs will challenge our brains. We often focus on body strength, but your brain gets a work out, too! Balancing requires great mental acuity. We must release external and mental distractions, stabilize our energy locks from the ground upward, find a focal point
Vintage throwback my first year at Fusion practicing each with 2 sister-students, Melissa and Sara What does being a Warrior mean to you? Fiercely Focused, Powerfully Peaceful, Passionate and Purposeful, Inspiringly Influential, Super Strong, Divinely Driven, Boldy Brave…pick your Warrior name you wish to create for the Warrior in you. I love them all! Reminds me of my inner drive, my tapas when I decided to open Fusion years ago. I’ll share
Spring or Vernal Equinox is Wednesday as our sun passes over our earth’s equator creating equal day and night. Sunrise is due east, sunset due west. Our daylight time becomes longer, our weather warms, our plants and flowers flourish and our bees thrive with the hive! Our pollinator bumblebee is necessary for plant life, therapeutic honey production. The vibration of their wings, up to 130 times per second, spreads the pollen
“Follow your heart but take your brain with you”, by Austrian psychotherapist, Alfred Adler makes sense. Check in with logic and wisdom yet allow ourselves to be vulnerable and reactive with feelings and intuition. A life without love because we live in too much caution and fear lacks luster. I chose this quote for our well known holiday this week, Valentine’s Day. Originally based on Saint Valentine with legends of feasts
Svadhyaya in Sanskrit means Self-study. It is one of our Niyamas, behaviors we observe and strive to adopt into our lives as good practice for personal growth and a better way to live. When we explore with open minds through resources available to us, like books or knowledge and wisdom shared by others, then reflect on what it means to us, it’s a form of self-study. When we fuse learning with pranayama/breath control, asana/yoga postures,