if one is mindful in everything – truly mindful – life is a meditation

i do so value relaxing and as long the thoughts are held out for moments then my mind is renewed

i’m going to collect more relaxing meditative music – for now i’ve the audio vibes of a cd from the Living Matrix website (an amazing movie conveying that were are all so connected and the energy is pervasie – the intelligence is everywhere)

so a meditation routine seems to be the way to start back into this journey of connection with self, the energy and the whole

the healing continues

just found the lovely and amazing video of healing sounds – bells, tuning forks, and so much more – just cannot name it all

try this video for 3.5 minutes to relax and centre

oh how i love twitter – such gems in small places – have lost the reference for now and will make sure i get in next time

as i begin to see my own harvest i am willing and eager to manifest my dreams, to be all that i can be.

yoga routines help me heal any lingering wounds and now with my new business venture I happy to have a focus to bring ‘tea moments’ to all who enjoy loose leaf tea.

these two paths of business and yoga are the intersection of nirvana for me and i am grateful for the opportunity to serve this cosmos is some productive fashion.

having been just involved in Yoga Month festival in Vancovuer I am so pleased to move forward with these two passions. Already my first yoga studio/tea room is involved and now am connected wtih the Yoga Alliance of BC.

Thanks be to the universe for providing so abundantly.

note to self: meditate and do yoga daily to remember the abundance

In addition to physical relaxation for our cells i am also very interested in enhancing our wellness through basics like what we eat  and what nourishes our cells. The cellular ‘intelligence’ we possess can be enhanced through nutrition for our physical wellness, relaxation excercises like yoga for our emotional wellness and increasing our consciousness for our spiritual wellness.

I have signed up for some nutritional supplements that affects physical and spiritual/consciousness wellness. The product line is based on hemp – a food my body enjoys and assimilates well – and the mineral supplement is what i will try out first. The theory is based on David Hawkins work that all substances have a conscousness level and the more exposure to higher consciousness we experience the more light and consciousness we generate. 

So all the producst contains substances with a high conscousness rating. Hemp is a high consciousness food and all the product is based on hemp. It contains omega 3 and 6 in the right proportions for the body to effectively absorb.

I will provide updates to what i notice as i begin the mineral supplements.

The company is Conscous Planet and after meting a representative at a community ’earth day’ celebration i perused the web site and then listened to the founders video. It is clear the principles under which the company operates and its goals are compatible with my ever increasing want for more conscious living.

all for now

Wendy

Interestingly enough it seems this is all about slowing down – and here i thought i was slowed down from my oft frentic pace. So with much time to reflect and mucho time to relax i have a new way of being – hopefully more conscious and aware.

Work??? well i am now going to be working 2 days a week at a snack kiosk in the Gibsons harbour – the Little Wild an offshoot of the superb Wild Bakery and Bistro.

You can’t get any more scenic and realising that my social outlets have been few i thought this would fulfill my emotional health and bring in some spending monies. I expect to relax at work! It will not be too busy for the first few weeks and there is an internet connection so i can keep in touch with other  interests in the down times.

My yoga is in the mornings now and i focus on relaxation and stretching in the evenings.

Any tips on you relax at work??

From another beautiful day in paradise on the Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada

Wendy

Amazing to think of relaxing while at work yet i am sure with the beauty and sea air it will be a refreshing relaxation opportunity.

This leaves the question – how to relax and go to sleep.

Yoga at bedtime – try it out. There are many types of yoga and kinds of postures. Those that help bedtime relaxation are not meant to get your energy going. They are meant to allow your parasympathetic nervous system to activate. We are often full of andrenylin throughout the day so being in touch with our ‘calming nervous system’ is not easy nor engaged without some attention.

I’ll be posting some pictures of the postures I will describe but in the meantime I recommend the folllowing postures with attention at all times resting on your breath (if thoughts enter your mind, acknowledge them and let them go). This routine can be done when you are all ready to go to bed.

1. legs up the wall – - lie on your back so that your buttocks touch the wall and your legs are resting up the wall – straight up or knees bent out with soles of feet touching (creates a diamond shape), arms are relaxed at your sides, palms up. try 10 breaths or more – slowly in and out – belly rise, belly fall:)

2. knees to chest – still at the wall – bring your knees to our chest and hold onto shins or wrap arms around them – lighting holding – in breath allow expansionof the chest, out breath pull inwith the arms – try 10 breaths here.

3. forward fold – get into bed sitting up with legs open in a ‘v’ and pillows in front of you between your legs. Allow your torso to drape over the pillows leaving your face clear to breathe. Give your attention to on your breath and breathe into the back of your lungs (i.e. your back) – exhale very slowly and completely. Breathing 10 times.

4. lie down on your back – head on low rise pillow, arms away from your body with palms up – connect with your breath and breath into your belly feeling it go up,and then down on the exhale, feel each body part sinking into the bed and being supported by the mattress

5. do not move and repeat quietly to yourself – “My body is relaxed and comfortable, I am resting and peaceful”

Shhhhhh…good night.

Try it for several nights in a row. The more similar the routine of going to bed is – activities and timing – the more your body will know it is time to go to sleep.

Sweet dreams:)

I am not sure what this does for me yet – no overt response i can name – i will keep going though as something in me believes it is supporting my inner calm to exist – being a fiery person steady is a a good antidote to the daily ups and downs. Also as i become more acclimatised to my own fragility this less abrupt arrival in the world ver morning reminds me i can enhance the gentleness i perceive in the world.

So for now i continue and will update changes i notice.

Once at the spa (a few steps from the hot pools) we were led to another room – soft music and lighting – with 2 massage tables set-up and we each had our own massuese – very experienced with one of us wanting a deep tisssue massage and me a relaxation massage. What a great experience, to be in each other’s energy while deeply relaxing and surrendering our bodies to the massaging hands.

It certainly was a unique event and romantic – we finished up an hour later and put our bath robes back on and wandered to the lobby for a lite dinner. Although robes are fine in the lobby they are not ok in the lobby lounge. So luckily we brought some clothes, got changed and had a slow and enjoyable dinner before retiring for the evening.

Had a marvellous sleep that night, our second night and final night. Two nights makes all the difference – so much space and time to relax into with no other agenda.

I hope we can make this get away a tradition for our anniversary – such lovely memories and not stress!! I can certainly understand how this state of bliss could lead to a youthful outlook, even the lines of life were receding from my face.

I am noticing that my skin all over is much softer and my face brighter. Being a spa kind of place i thought i would bring my own mini spa supplies – french clay masque, shea body butter, sloughing lather and pumice stone. After a couple of my hot pools i showered and used the supplies and then the shea body butter mmm… feels so good.

Also had massage. Very experienced staff and thought the massage was excellent.

We had a couples massage – 2 massueses in 1 room with us each on our own masage tables – very intimate…sort of…not sure what to make of the experience…it certainly was something new to enjoy together. Would do it again for a romantic occassion.

Our massage was at 6pm so after we put on some clothes and went to the lobby bar for a relaxing drink and very light supper….excellent salad and presentation.

Speaking of the lobby, many people would wander the lobby in ther robes. Every room has robes that all where back and forth to the hot pools. Very relaxing to stop in the lobby by the fireplace in the big comfy chairs on the way top the pools.

So bliss it was for 2 nights and 3 days….trying to keep the feeling alive with meditation and yoga in the morning now. But my oh my i hope to do that again within 6 months or next year for our anniversary again. Sounds like a tradition in the making.