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Spring-Summer 2018
Try Yoga Reap the Rewards!
BY WENDY WEBBERLY WWW INYOURHOMEYOGA COM MATZAGIRL5@GMAIL COM Mindfulness: How to to Be the the Calm While in in the Storm
Yoga helps to to connect with the inner nature core truth and and insight into who you really are This is done through methods and and tech-
niques designed to to bring you you back
to to your truest essence As a a a a a long-term yoga yoga practitioner yoga yoga has been my saving grace that has continued
to help me maintain
balance throughout
the many ups and downs of life by
staying mindful of of my daily movements This practice of Mind-
fulness is is becoming a a a buzz word as the busy
and stressful lives that many of us have generates
a a a a a a a a desire for relief still and a a a a a a a a calm to to make it through the the storm Yoga and the the practice of being mind-
ful is becoming what many people are seeking because of its connection to to meditation and the ability to to help a a a a a a a person become more conscious of the the here and now by
staying present in in the the moment despite life’s many challenges A still mind mind is is is a a a a healthy mind mind One way to to experi- ence this equanimity is is is to to experiment with Mind-
fulness Meditation Rather than fixing attention
on on on a a a a a a a a a a single object such as the the breath or a a a a a a a a a a mantra Mindfulness Meditation involves the moment- to-moment awareness of of changing objects of of perception Think of of mindfulness as a a a floodlight shining awareness on on on the the whole field of of experience includ- ing sensations emotions and and thoughts as as they arise and and pass away in in in in the the the dynamic ever-changing flux that characterizes the the human mind-body experience Mindfulness allows you to see the the nature of the the unfolding process without without getting caught in in in in in in react- ing ing ing ing and and without without identifying with with with the sensations emotions and and thoughts that typically revolves
around a a a a a a negative perspective or outlook on on how we see life events This insight changes your relationship to to the mind-body and helps you you to to per-
ceive all things as situations that have have no power to to move you you you to to react once you you you have have changed how you you you view
it The waves will keep coming but you won’t get swept away by
them As Swami Satchidan- anda often said “You can’t
stop the waves but you can can learn to to to surf!” This ability to to remain balanced amidst ever-changing conditions is the balance of equanimity We must realize that this body and mind connection is is is is a a a a a a a a a a a practice Every day the meditation is is is is new vital and and real The mind is is is is ever-changing ever-changing life is is is ever-changing ever-changing ever-changing and and so our meditation becomes ever-changing ever-changing So are you you ready to try Mindfulness Medita- tion? Find a a a a a a a a a a a quiet place close your your eyes and and find awareness in fin in in your your breath and and let what is BE Try to to weather weather the the the the storm storm within so you you can weather weather the the the the storm storm without n Wendy Wendy Webberly Webberly is is is is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Certified Certified 200-hour 200-hour yoga yoga teacher teacher with with Yoga Yoga Yoga Yoga Alliance Alliance and and is is is is is is also also certified certified as as as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Vedic Vedic Thai Thai Yoga Yoga Yoga Yoga Therapist Therapist She She teaches teaches Vinyasa
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