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“Hang Loose” and practice Preventative Medicine

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Few weekends ago, I went with my gut feeling listening to my inner guide based on what I want vs. where I should be and what I should be doing.
Thank you M-san for seeking my company to join you. It’s amazing that it’s exactly what I was interested in finding out more …as you can tell by my previous post.
Fusing Eastern healing methods from different divergent traditions – Japanese Medicine, Chinese Medicine and … YOGA, my passion…
& turns out there’s a team who does something similar to what I had in mind ! Kindred spirits! M-san, you are, of course:)

My mind has not digested all learned so hope to integrate the knowledge over time – someday, it’s all going to spill over:) Currently, just letting things soak… soaking it all within me to tap into like an apothecary… For now, all mixed and seeping out a little by little as I integrate my own practice from all these different styles and teachers… and what I made up that worked for me. (yes, me the laboratory rat, haha) It’s an alternative medicine – and very interesting to listen to people with different issues – someone who just had a neck surgery; someone who has weak knees, etc.
But we all did yoga (yes, it’s possible with injuries) and … felt sooooo good:) because it was gentle but highly methodical. Therapeutic. Effective. Yes, I trained my mind, using mindfully choreographed asanas as my tools.

When I saw this video and realized that, although, a little, well couple of subtle shades different, she nevertheless, shares much of my own philosophy. I decided YES – I will try her workshop – just squeeze it in – as she basically said virtually everything I had been thinking and churning in my head and sometimes expressing – when it comes to the kind of Yin yoga I teach … although I try more to alleviate or eliminate that “frustration” and discomforts through various tools … THEN there’s the restorative practice, to me, the actual “fascia”kind of a practice, that fuses and melds the yin and yang together… yes, in its nourishing net, the web that envelopes into one the duality in all practices. Similar and different like so many things in life… we need.

Yes, A LOT of YANG activities in our lives as we are conditioned to “work-out” “get in shape”, so this is a lovely off-set, a counter-practice to work-in, find peace within. Lovely time for meditation that clears your mind and also clears and purifies the body.

I don’t care about all the academics but “to me” yoga is about purifying the body and training the mind …in whatever form it takes, it’s just a different path we take to get to the same destination. Here’s Setareh on Yin even though the workshop was not so much on yin but on Qui-Gong … which is an ancient practice I also hold in high regard:

Setareh Moafi (yoga) and Salvador Cefalu (Qi-Gong), the duo gives skilled workshops and felt we share the same core values on how best to attain optimal wellness.

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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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:)