{"id":20777,"date":"2018-07-13T22:36:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T05:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/?p=20777"},"modified":"2018-07-23T23:28:26","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T06:28:26","slug":"harnessing-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/beautiful-places\/harnessing-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Harnessing Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not just any energy but a positive energy like a PAWSITIVE<\/strong> energy with a little help from a furry friend!\u00a0(Spotted a car generated by a new kind of energy at a parking lot.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whenever you feel depleted:<\/p>\n

1. Get in touch with nature and get out of your house, office … get out of your head.\u00a0 Need not be out in the wilderness camping on a mountain top (though that would be nice!).\u00a0 If you can’t get to a beach, forest, that mountain top, try walking barefoot maybe just back yard lawns, parks … find a sanctuary of a garden –\u00a0 if that’s all we can get to – that will do to soak up the sun, the fresh breeze, the rustles of the leaves in trees, smell the fresh air and take in the sweetness of flowers blooming …\u00a0 real or imagined.<\/p>\n

2. Exercise – swim, jog, run, walk – skip – on the beach counts !<\/p>\n

3. Okay – to be realistic – not all of us can get to the oceans and mountains on regular basis – find a closest yoga studio and try a class that appeals to you.\u00a0 Try a power class – Try regenerative therapeutic yoga. Customize. Gentle yoga not a push yourself self flagellating workout kind of yoga where you get agitated over a pose you can’t seem to nail – the class you select can be based on your TYPE (Ayurvedic “DOSHA” type) or the condition and mood of the day.\u00a0 Many “offset” the heated practice with a cooling practice to calibrate a balance.<\/p>\n

4. Note:\u00a0 gentle does not equal easy but still all levels and challenging\u00a0 – it means gentle enough to not cause injuries to one’s body; not punishing but Nourishing Regenerative kind of practice. What does that look like -if that means sweaty hot super intense workout that allows you to relax by passing out – then –\u00a0 that works for you.\u00a0 Just be open to all possibilities and know there are many paths to get there.\u00a0 You just haven’t tried them. See about blending different practices for a “program” you can stick to. It’s about regular practice not just for instant short term endorphin release but sometimes could do harm in the long run. Finding what’s LASTING … sustainable. Addictive in a good way:)<\/p>\n

4. Meditation to be included in #3 & #4 above. In fact, Yoga, meant to be “forceful” union of mind and body was devised\/designed to curb and down-regulate the hyperactivity (or slothness, lol) of young men, so that they can move mindfully, then, settle down to meditate for spiritual enlightenment … and for practical day to day – to keep their body fit, mind clear and focused and spirits UP. If you are interested in Origins or History of yoga, check out Richard Rosen and Mark Singleton.\u00a0 Fascinating reads.\u00a0 For more a daily or approachable reads, if you are a woman, those juggling several roles, highly recommend “Living Your Yoga” by Judith H. Lasater:) More scholarly reads –\u00a0 by\u00a0 Georg Feuerstein … readable like\u00a0Srivatsa Ramaswami … Basically what’s applicable TODAY to optimize our health today… Gary Kraftsow’s books on therapeutics and\u00a0 … there’s so much.<\/p>\n

5. Make the time for above which magically creates more time you thought you didn’t have. Really.\u00a0 Time expands when you rest and relax more because … you are less tired, and therefore have MORE ENERGY; more focus and so things get done more efficiently. Less wasted energy; more abundance.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Challenge yourself to do or learn something new and stimulating.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 If there is that “time” – volunteer to help someone, some group, some organization to make a little, at a micro-minuscule-tiny level a difference.\u00a0 That can start from those closest to you – a family member and then … beyond. Do a nice deed for another human being without seeking any recognition or return.\u00a0 How does that feel to have no agenda – to be just kind – how does that feel? You are not trying to get something out of another, you are not networking, marketing, trying to impress, trying to gain an advantage … What would that look like?\u00a0 What if you just wanted to make another person feel better?<\/p>\n

Seems easy but sometimes not – it’s not the I am better than you attitude as honestly that’s so easy to detect.\u00a0 It’s hard to serve with humility.\u00a0 I volunteered the other day and I said after the experience – I can never be Mother Teresa – yep, that’s why there’s only one Mother Teresa – but we can do just a tiny little bit, just one-trillionth – and that’s still more than nothing – right?<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 Lastly and so obvious, almost forgot to mention … BREATHE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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This might of interest Click Here<\/a> for Yale’s most popular class.\u00a0 Being happy … joyous creates the ultimate ENERGY & VITALITY:)\u00a0 Our furry friends do this so well:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not just any energy but a positive energy like a PAWSITIVE energy with a little help from a furry friend!\u00a0(Spotted a car generated by a new kind of energy at a parking lot.)\u00a0 Whenever you feel depleted: 1. Get in touch with nature and get out of your house, office … get out of your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20777"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20777"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20852,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20777\/revisions\/20852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}