Here is a great little exercise about blessing your life that I got from a colleague of mine. Use it for yourself, your spouse/significant other, your unborn baby, your natural birth, your children, your family & friends, any other important people in your life & your pets. Enjoy!
"There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life. With even a glimpse of that possibility, joy rushes in." Tara Brach, Ph.D.
Thoughts on Living The Heart-Centered Life by Tori Janaya, MA, MFTI January 2008
Blessing Your Life
Every now and then I decide that life isn't going the way I want it to, and I get really cranky. During a recent fit of The Cranks, a friend reminded me that I might consider surrendering my resistance and try accepting the way things were.Yeah, right. Have you ever tried to surrender? If so, you know that the opposite of surrendering is trying to surrender and that it just doesn't work. However, this wise friend also reminded me that the practice of blessing one's life just as it is helps one to cultivate the kind of surrender and acceptance that seemed so distant in that moment.The practice itself is simple: Sit quietly with your eyes closed, breathe deeply, relax, and get centered. Bring to mind some area of your life -- whether it's relationship, health, work, children, or something else. I suggest starting with an area where there is no stress or struggle, and then with practice, moving on to an area that is more challenging. Breathe deeply, relax your belly and the muscles of your eyes. Let yourself broaden the scope of your inner vision so that this part of your life has all the space it needs. As you allow it to have space, either mentally or in actuality, bring your hands together in a prayer position in front of your heart and bless this aspect of your life with whatever words or feelings come to you in the moment.
You might simply say, "May this aspect of my life be blessed so that its truth can be revealed." Or, "Thank you for the gifts you bring, both seen and unseen. May you receive from me all that you need in order to unfold in the most healing, loving way possible." Be generous toward yourself and allow the words to arise spontaneously from your heart. As you bless each area of your life, stay with the feeling of bestowing this gift for as long as you can sustain it. Invite yourself to stretch your capacity to feel this loving and beneficent toward yourself and your life. When you're done, allow yourself to transition slowly into your next activity. As always, I would love to hear how you experience these exercises that I offer. May the blessings of your life reveal themselves in ways that surprise and delight you!
Warmly,Tori
Tori@ToriJanaya.com
"The Heart-Centered Life" is written and published by Tori Janaya.
For more information, please visit www.ToriJanaya.com, or contact Tori@ToriJanaya.com
A note from Carol: For HypnoBirthing moms & dads, add a statement that focuses on feeling blessed to be having a healthy baby & a calm, easy natural birth. Focus the feelings of love & beneficence onto your unborn child. Use the 2nd statement Tori recommends & say it to your unborn child as a way to welcome him or her into the world.
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Sabtu, 12 Januari 2008
Jumat, 11 Januari 2008
Free Yoga online
Hello-
I wanted to share this little gem with you...a free yoga class online everyday! Go to www.yogatoday.com & you can start incorporating a wonderful, gentle yoga practice into your day at your convenience.
It's gentle enough for pregnancy as well. Just make sure that you adjust any poses that may twist your belly & keep your head below your belly for more than a few seconds. It's great for new mommies (& even not so new mommies) because you can do it in the comfort of your home during nap time or after the kids have gone to bed. If you get interrupted, you can put it on pause. Plus it doesn't get boring since they have a new yoga class every day!
Who says you can't get anything good for free?!? Namaste!
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www.AWellLivedLife.Net
I wanted to share this little gem with you...a free yoga class online everyday! Go to www.yogatoday.com & you can start incorporating a wonderful, gentle yoga practice into your day at your convenience.
It's gentle enough for pregnancy as well. Just make sure that you adjust any poses that may twist your belly & keep your head below your belly for more than a few seconds. It's great for new mommies (& even not so new mommies) because you can do it in the comfort of your home during nap time or after the kids have gone to bed. If you get interrupted, you can put it on pause. Plus it doesn't get boring since they have a new yoga class every day!
Who says you can't get anything good for free?!? Namaste!
awelllivedlife.blogspot.com
www.AWellLivedLife.Net
Kamis, 10 Januari 2008
Help save Waterbirth International
FWD: Help Save Waterbirth International!
The appeal for funds is on their homepage -www.waterbirth.org--------
Please help Barbara Harper keep waterbirth alive!
Waterbirth International may close doors.
Here is a note from Barbara Harper of Waterbirth International
Barbara Harper wrote:. I cannot yet imagine a world without the voice and work of WaterbirthInternational - we get calls and emails every day from women who need help convincing one hospital or another to let them labor or birth in water. If we die - a big part of the movement dies. Waterbirth has shown us all thatwomen know how to give birth and babies know how to be born. Waterbirth gave us "hands-off", sit back and let the baby out. I see waterbirth mentioned on Blogs every single day, not to mention Baby Story on the TV. I took Waterbirth International to ACOG two years in a row - and was the ONLY booth showing birth films to obstetricians and especially to student physicians. There were tears, laughter and outrage - just the thing to stirup those young crop of doctors. I am finally realizing a life's dream. But now I am faced with letting this dream go. Perhaps I have done enough. Perhaps it is time to quit.
About 18 years ago, maybe it was longer, when Mothering Magazine was facing bankruptcy Peggy did a heartfelt plea asking their readers to consider ordering a Life-time subscription. I think the subscriptions were $1000 or$1200, I can't remember now. I do remember that I couldn't imagine not reading my Mothering. So, I bought two and gave one to my obstetrician'soffice. How can you help us stay open to take the next phone call? - to convince the next obstetrician to incorporate waterbirth into his/her practice- to work with the nurse midwives to install pools in their facilities? To educate an entire hospital on the benefits of allowing women freedom of movement in the water. How much is it worth to see waterbirth become the norm in the US,like it is in the UK? I think we only need a few more years to make that happen. Do women really want waterbirth to be an available choice in everyhospital? I think so. Can you help us by getting the word out on blogs and lists? I had to let go of all of the staff except one person to process orders. Miraculously, we made payroll today, but we can't hang on much longer. We need amiracle. If I need to call every single waterbirth parent personally, I will. I don't want 25 years of work to end over a measly $200,000. The work that we have done the last few years has been phenomenal. How God arranged for me to teach in hospitals and medical schools around the planet- Taiwan, Venezuela, Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Holland, Portugal, China, Trinidad, Croatia - I'll never figure that out. I laugh out loud sometimes when I get up in front of an audience of physicians in a medical school overseas - who all want to hear about waterbirth and the incorporation of Gentle Birth practices and principles into their routines.
Think about what you can do and call me if you want to chat or if you have some great ideas on how we can quickly move into the black and keep waterbirth alive and thriving. We need your help. Barbara Harper needs your help. The waterbirth/gentlebirth movement needs your help.
Blessings,
Barbara Harper, RN, CLD, CCE Founder/Director
Waterbirth International
www.waterbirth.org
<http://www.waterbirth.org/>
503-673-0026 -office (out of US or in Portland)
800-641-2229 - toll free
503-710-7975 - cell phone
We LOVE helping women get into Hot Water!! And have been doing it for 24 years
The appeal for funds is on their homepage -www.waterbirth.org--------
Please help Barbara Harper keep waterbirth alive!
Waterbirth International may close doors.
Here is a note from Barbara Harper of Waterbirth International
Barbara Harper wrote:. I cannot yet imagine a world without the voice and work of WaterbirthInternational - we get calls and emails every day from women who need help convincing one hospital or another to let them labor or birth in water. If we die - a big part of the movement dies. Waterbirth has shown us all thatwomen know how to give birth and babies know how to be born. Waterbirth gave us "hands-off", sit back and let the baby out. I see waterbirth mentioned on Blogs every single day, not to mention Baby Story on the TV. I took Waterbirth International to ACOG two years in a row - and was the ONLY booth showing birth films to obstetricians and especially to student physicians. There were tears, laughter and outrage - just the thing to stirup those young crop of doctors. I am finally realizing a life's dream. But now I am faced with letting this dream go. Perhaps I have done enough. Perhaps it is time to quit.
About 18 years ago, maybe it was longer, when Mothering Magazine was facing bankruptcy Peggy did a heartfelt plea asking their readers to consider ordering a Life-time subscription. I think the subscriptions were $1000 or$1200, I can't remember now. I do remember that I couldn't imagine not reading my Mothering. So, I bought two and gave one to my obstetrician'soffice. How can you help us stay open to take the next phone call? - to convince the next obstetrician to incorporate waterbirth into his/her practice- to work with the nurse midwives to install pools in their facilities? To educate an entire hospital on the benefits of allowing women freedom of movement in the water. How much is it worth to see waterbirth become the norm in the US,like it is in the UK? I think we only need a few more years to make that happen. Do women really want waterbirth to be an available choice in everyhospital? I think so. Can you help us by getting the word out on blogs and lists? I had to let go of all of the staff except one person to process orders. Miraculously, we made payroll today, but we can't hang on much longer. We need amiracle. If I need to call every single waterbirth parent personally, I will. I don't want 25 years of work to end over a measly $200,000. The work that we have done the last few years has been phenomenal. How God arranged for me to teach in hospitals and medical schools around the planet- Taiwan, Venezuela, Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Holland, Portugal, China, Trinidad, Croatia - I'll never figure that out. I laugh out loud sometimes when I get up in front of an audience of physicians in a medical school overseas - who all want to hear about waterbirth and the incorporation of Gentle Birth practices and principles into their routines.
Think about what you can do and call me if you want to chat or if you have some great ideas on how we can quickly move into the black and keep waterbirth alive and thriving. We need your help. Barbara Harper needs your help. The waterbirth/gentlebirth movement needs your help.
Blessings,
Barbara Harper, RN, CLD, CCE Founder/Director
Waterbirth International
www.waterbirth.org
<http://www.waterbirth.org/>
503-673-0026 -office (out of US or in Portland)
800-641-2229 - toll free
503-710-7975 - cell phone
We LOVE helping women get into Hot Water!! And have been doing it for 24 years
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