Audio class 2: Relaxing and Restoring your nervous system
65 minutes.
* Serenity Prayer
*Second Chakra theme - exploring the pain and pleasures of life. Flowing with life's rhythm with grace.
*Understanding the power of the mind to recreate the 5 basics tastes (embodied visualization).
* The Vagus Nerve and the Tongue Swirling Ritual (#7)
* Clarifying your core values. Are you living by them? What do you need to do to re-align?
*Ritual #8. The Zone-Shift Meditation Ritual. Learn how to shift chronic aches and pains.
*Buddhist psychology. Applying the R.A.I.N acronym = Ritual #9.
* Starting a Mindful Bedtime Ritual - Left Nostril Breathing (Pranayama) = Ritual #10
*With persmission, some participant shares have been included in this track. Names have been edited out.
Tuesday Morning Practice
- 01/03/2022.
- Content includes - Water Element theme, how to work with discomfort and pain, how to work with difficult emotions (RAIN), and Metta Meditation.
- Research affirms that subjective ratings of pain are reduced in those who practice mindfulness. Meditation is a technique that has been found to significantly reduce pain in experimental and clinical settings. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
pmc/articles/PMC4941786/
Saturday (Wk2) . Water element class
Part 1 of 2. (First 80 mins) Qigong - Energy Cleansing.
Seated Mindfulness + Meditation.
Chant and Latin (free dance movement to lead into break).
Opening Chant = Om Mani Padme Hum (“Praise to the Jewel in the Lotus”).
By reciting the mantra repeatedly and with the right intention it is said we can wash ourselves of the mud and muck of life and emerge sparkling, pure, compassionate, and wise as the lotus flower itself. No mud. No lotus. No rain. No rainbows and no flowers.
Closing Song.
Mother of the Water by Alexa Sunshine Rose
Mother of the water
Mother of us all
Dreams of new beginnings
Streams and waterfalls.
“The Grand Invocation” by Dr. Nobuo Shioya created for peace on earth. Dr. Shioya was a medical doctor who served as a primary physician of the Empress, Showa Emperor’s wife. Dr. Shioya passed away at the age of 106. Dr. Nobuo Shioya was admired deeply by one of my greatest teachers when I lived in Japan- Masaru Emoto (Messages from Water).
“Uchu no Mugen no Chikara ga Kori Kotte, Makoto no Daiwa no Miyo ga, Nari Natta.”
The eternal power of the Universe has gathered itself to create the world with true and grand harmony.
We pray for healing blessings on the waters
We pray for healing blessings on the sea
We pray for healing blessings on the rivers
That they may shine in crystal purity/flow in perfect harmony.
Saturday (WK 2). Water element class
Part 2 of 2. (First mins)
- Sacred Circle Sharing.
- How to Hold Space (simplicity / clarity/ repetition/ allowing/ sharing).
- Talk about Women's brain's hormones.
- Chant for Peace.
- Sat Narayan Wahe Guru (also known as Chotay Pad Mantra)
Sat Narayan= True Sustainer.
Wahe Guru = Indescribable Wisdom.
Hari Narayan = Creative Sustainer.
Sat Nam = True Identity.
This mantra is chanted to create inner peace so one can project outer peace, happiness, and good fortune. Narayan is the aspect of Infinity that relates to the water element. This mantra helps you “go with the flow” and takes you beyond the world to the experience of Infinity.
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