Being connected to others boosts your resiliency

Posted by admin on December 27, 2011 0 comments

Resilient people have someone, whether it’s a mentor or friend, who affirms their value and dignity. Everyone needs a person like that in their life.

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History in the Being

Posted by admin on October 1, 2010 0 comments

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Salutations to the Washington Monument and 1,700 people
enjoying the freedom of yoga.

Rising up into Warrior I, my eyes took in the tip of the Washington Monument
piercing a cloudy sky, and I offered my Sun Salutations to independence,
freedom, and all that makes me proud to be American. After a couple of days in
Washington DC brushing up on our national history at the American History
Museum (seeing an Edison lightbulb, the flag that inspired “The Star Spangled
Banner” and President Lincoln’s top hat), it’s hard not to feel a little
patriotic.

And after seeing the sea of yogis stretched across the
National Mall on Saturday morning, it’s hard not to feel ecstatic
about how our nation is embracing yoga. The event, organized by Lululemon Athletica
as part of Washington’s National Cherry Blossom Festival, drew a great crowd–the unofficial count was 1,700 people. It
was a site to behold! And so cool to be a part of this moment in history, when
yoga is becoming as American as apple pie.

In an hour-plus class led by Peggy
Mulqueen, we breathed
together through everything from Hanumanasana (Full Splits) to Bakasana (Crane
Pose) to partner Navasana (Boat Pose). Onstage, local teachers, including Yoga
Journal’s May cover model Faith
Hunter, and a few guests like Ashtanga yoga teacher David
Kyle treated the crowd to an impressive display of power and grace.
Beneath giant American flags, and on top of a rainbow of sticky mats, there was
a spirit of freedom–and a lot of free spirits!–in the air.

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Sick of Being Sick

Posted by admin on May 26, 2010 0 comments

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Photo: Trying
to be productive at the University of British Columbia library.
I’m sitting in the library on campus with a thermometer in my
mouth and a stack of tissues on my desk, feeling entirely unenlightened.  My husband Neil is out of town for work, and I’m sick–can hardly get out of bed sick–for the second time this month, and
the sixth or seventh time (at least) since September.  Before
having a baby, I’d heard from friends about the dreaded string of colds
and flu that a little one can bring home from preschool or daycare.  But Neil and I thought that wouldn’t be us, not with
our good eating habits, early to bed early-to-rise schedules, and
healthy lifestyles.
 
Hah!  Lucien
goes to a wonderful morning daycare program on campus four mornings a
week where his teachers are not only loving and caring, but diligent
about washing hands.  Yet no amount of hand
washing or hand sanitizing has stopped Lucien from coming home with
minor nose drips–which, when we adults get them, turn into raging fevers
and coughs and congestion.  Neil had walking
pneumonia earlier this year, and I had H1N1 back in the fall, and then
the regular flu a couple months ago.  Even a run
of the mill fever and sore throat like I have now makes my normal life
seem all of a sudden unmanageable–especially with Neil away.
 
What’s a yogi to do?
 
I’ve tried vitamins, immune-system building asana sequences,
but nothing seems to be enough to fend off the viruses.  What’s
strange, too, is that I feel great in between illnesses. Then all of
a sudden I feel the tell-tale scratchy throat, sneezes,
and the shivers that come with fever.
 
Sleeping fitfully last night, it was all I could do to make
breakfast, pack a lunch, and get Lucien ready for the drive to campus
this morning.  Thank goodness our babysitter can
come over this afternoon so I can sleep off my fever, but
I’m determined to figure out how we can get and stay healthy–or at
least healthier–from now on.
 
How do
you stay healthy with young children in the house? Ideas and
suggestions, please?

Jessica
Berger Gross is the author of enLIGHTened:

How I Lost 40 Pounds with a Yoga Mat, Fresh Pineapples, and a Beagle
Pointer (Skyhorse), she lives in Vancouver,
British Columbia with her husband and two-year-old son.

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Well Being At The Workplace – An E-book.

Posted by admin on May 14, 2010 0 comments

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