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Per Dr. Dean Ornish

Yoga Teachers = Stress Management Specialists?
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The above caption is not what I made up but came from Dr. Dean Ornish’s materials, i.e., a job, a position description with his heart health institute – love it. Yoga teachers may put on different caps but one of which may be that – we help with preventing regular stress to morph into chronic stress. Everybody has stress and some aspects of stress is good – yes, it’s good. It allows us to harness more action, hopefully a positive version to achieve and be at peak performance BUT we know how chronic stress can give the nerves and the entire system the wear and tear … and if not managed well or us become more resilient, stress can chip away at our whole sense of well-being.

I really believe that we recognize the benefits of yoga when we practice it, repeatedly. In fact, in my evening classes, if I see someone yawn or give that deep delicious Hahhh sigh in the last 30% of the class, I feel I’ve succeeded in eliciting a relaxation response so vital to our overall health. Some student said he may fall asleep in savasana and I was like – yes! GOOD ! No, it’s not about being a sloth vs. athletic – Being chiseled and sculpted vs a lump of flab. It’s about calming down the over-active sympathetic nervous system to balance with the down regulated para-sympathetic nervous system for better rest and digestion – a complete wellness as there are many studies that show how our gut health and our brain health dictates our overall health. To strengthen our immune system and fight any inflammations and detox by eliminating toxins. As for Variable Heart Rate – We need not spike it up but have a bell curve up the heart rate but then … it has to come down, really down to slow down the heart rate – it’s a fluctuation like rhythmic flow and ebb waves. All this – It’s no longer a hippie woo woo stuff (and what’s wrong with that), but so much more.

Think about it: Heart disease and diabetes, which account for more deaths in the U.S. and worldwide than everything else combined,
are completely preventable by making comprehensive lifestyle changes. Without drugs or surgery.
– Dean Ornish MD

Yoga is shared to prevent awesome people in prime of their lives from departing from this life too early. It’s crazy to hear of someone in their 40’s, even 30’s expiring – from an unexpected heart disease. (Sleeping less, drinking tons of coffee, agitated and running miles on a treadmill sometimes “runs” counter to that health we all seek.) It’s too young – it’s preventable. Please take care. Here’s another study results to validate your REGULAR practice.

By Kay T. Ananda

Yoga brings Joy!
Joy to your body, heart, soul and allows your mind to settle all the debris to the bottom of the lake, ripples gently subsides so that like that shining water, your lake in your mind is still and crystal clear. Only then, you can find your truth... when your mind clears and all distractions are gone, leaving you - stillness and clarity. Peace.
Dog is doing yoga all the time and brings you laughs!
Anger is borne out of fear; how do we find that fearless path of inner peace?
Why Bark when you can Wag to express your JOY Joy joy !!!???
無心でしっぽをふる喜びを表すあの子犬のようなJOYを糧に無理ない、各自のコンデイションに寄り添いながらもチャレンジ精神をとりかえす…そんなヨーガを:)
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帰国子女としてニューヨーク、テヘラン、カリフォルニアと転々、いずれ東京に帰る意識で日本語高等部卒大卒後シリコンバレーにとどまる。ヨガはカリフォルニア州立、バークレー大学時代、ストレス解消に効くと教授に教わり試してみるが... 合わずジャズサイズ、ウェイトトレーニング、エアロビックスのクラスに移転の20代、30代、産後、過労で体調を崩し大病も治癒。死ぬかと思った~大病後、久しぶりに足を踏み入れたヨガスタジオのヨガが大学時代のスローでポーズごと器械体操ごとく、つまらなーいヨガとはまったく違い進化していた。流れる踊りの振り付け的なヨガに魅せられる。数々の流派があることを習い、数種類のスタイルを試す。ビクラム、ホット、アイヤンガー、ヴィンヤサ、アシュタンガ・パワー、などなど。数年前サンフランシスコにて、ヨガアライアンス認定インストラクター養成を経て、インストラクター証書習得。同じ年にキッズヨガインストラクター証書ゲット。リストラテイブヨガ、インストラクター認定、陰ヨガのインターン、アシスト後、陰とヴィンヤサ、レギュラーハタクラスを教える。又プライベート、セミプライベートレッスンをクライアントのニーズの合わせ、ヨガセラピストとしてセラピー集中ヨガ提供。その為に2年間のアドバンスコースに挑みc-IAYT証書習得!ヨガ療法士としてIAYT(国際ヨガセラピスト協会)認定のヨガセラピスト、C-IAYT(Certified-IAYT) 10年以上、ベイクラブ、ヨガスタジオ、シリコンバレー社などで子育て中週4-5回レギュラーレッスンの講師を務める。3月2020にあの頃は最後とは知らずの週2教えていたスタジオにてのインパーソンヨガクラスを後に…遠方介護ニーズとコロナ禍を機に当分はパブリッククラスリードからはリタイア。
自分自身が心と体の調和で得た平穏…日常の小ちゃな事に見出す喜びをヨガ愛好者のどなたとでもと共有できたらと願うばかり。ジョイを共有し、ジョイフルライフを。そう、もし犬に例えるのであれば、恐れや威嚇で吠えまくる犬ではなく、シッポふりふり笑顔で愛と喜びに満ちた心持をヨガを通しシャア。恥じる気持ち等恐れず誰でもできる自身ジョイフルヨガを肝に銘じりたい。LOVE LOVE LOVE:)Shanti Shanti Shanti:)