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Healing Arts taught by Scientists & Artists

One of many Chanti’s works I love:
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Few from her portfolio so vast, more of her works should be published !!!
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Last thing I did for my own nourishment was … yoga? Yes, what’s known as Omni Vayu Salutation (not sun salutation but Vayu – the wind!) led by a beautiful friend AND then, what a treat!!! Yantra painting with Chanti Tacoronte-Perez (she is so talented it’s free hand intricate coloring requiring focus and ease…) visiting the Bay Area and even that, sadly only able to join for few hours for the weekend retreat that started Friday night (missed); then Saturday (missed); then Sunday? A little respite, time for self-care and recharged, off I go to recharge others. It’s all good though as I got the Yantra painted (because Chanti had done most of the hard part already for me). Looking at this yantra painting brings me back to the calm and tranquil space – reminds me of that meditative energy – of focus and clearing I can transmit to others. Engaging in art or creating anything beautiful can be so … yogic.
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And onto this weekend …Berkeley, my home away from home …Now it’s more about the science and medicinal effects of yoga:
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IMG_0621Accupressure points on our ear lobe taught by this teacher from Japan – Believe it or not it works but worrisome that they may drop into you know where and … hurt the ear drum. So I have an yogic idea to share. BTW, I had these tiny shiny dots on for days… sad to part with them as they sparkled like fairy dust. Dusted with fairy dust of an amulet, we are protected.

yinyangnihongo I can read them and explain for you. Eastern philosophy (note – this is not religion) is very useful in all aspects of our lives and …fascinating !

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Self-Care & Women’s Health (men too)

Looking back on short weekday (lucky!) trip during “spring break” us adults get too sometimes …when you have a local contact, it’s not so far of a getaway – thank you Y-san!
IMG_6718Chai with view of Mt. Shasta right in front !
IMG_6717Never thought there would be Indian food in this little town … miss Vivify, the sushi restaurant though… the vegan macrobiotic bento was so… delicious. The co-owner of that lovely place, Vivify, A-san passed away with cancer some years ago but I am always reminded of her when I come to this town. If it were not for her radical change in diet (you are what you eat!) and lifestyle (relaxation!), she would not have lived as long as she lived. She used to open her seminars with the statement, had it not been for the positive changes based on self-study and explorations that included Japanese to Aryuvedic methods, she would not have been standing before us. It is said she prolonged her life by as much as 15+ years, improving her quality of life as she went about teaching macrobiotic cooking and educating others the importance of water and food we consume. She made a difference as with each contact she made, she touched that person’s heart. She was a gift and so were her teachings. We are all, and each a gift during this lifetime and we all leave behind our traces when there’s love in our hearts.
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IMG_2429_01Reminds me of the time my mother had a hip replacement surgery – and the rehabilitation she underwent, now with bionic hips, she’s all good! Doing yoga? Sure. A lovely Japanese yoga teacher with sessions blessed by PT, so caring and well-informed – impressed.　Want to take her class? Sure, just go to Ginza, Tokyo. Not possible? Okay, just settle with me – it’s an integral part of my practice because it…works.
IMG_2431_02Advances in medicine is amazing for something acute and we are the beneficiaries to that great strides made in science and medicine; but something more chronic, we need a different approach. More on this … when I take a moment after I take care of others.

Precisely !

Sometimes we forget to take care of ourselves.
Us Bionic Super Women !!
Yoga practice reminds us of the value of self-care.
Refresh and Repeat, Repeat.