Showing posts with label Yoga. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yoga. Show all posts
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Practicing Healthy Use of Technology
Over the past few months, I have been exploring the use of technology as a way to expand my services. I remember over a year ago, I often sat in my living room with my husband relaxing for the evening, as he duel screened...television on and lap top open. Intuitively, I felt it was unhealthy. Not only was he working at night, during his only down time, but also immersing himself in technology at all times, except when he was sleeping. It was a demanding work period, but he also grew used to it.
That winter my step daughter helped me decide to start using Facebook. I saw her looking at all her friend's pictures and we had a long discussion about it's value. I had been contemplating it, but was trying to figure out, in my own head, whether it would serve me.
After that discussion, I opened an account and began my dance with social media. I am a very social person and rarely get my needs met in this busy culture. Facebook was the answer. I use it as a marketing tool and as a way to stay in touch with friends long distance. I also have made wonderful new friends and colleagues. It has expanded my social and professional world globally. My big success story with Facebook is that last winter, I was hired by a colleague that I met on Facebook, to help her open her yoga studio in Panama. A two month position that profoundly changed my life. I was sold and began selling it to all my friends & colleagues.
Soon, I started using Twitter. Although I met a few good friends there, marketing has not been fruitful and the layout is too over stimulating for me, so I link Facebook to Twitter. If people want to reach me, they reach me via Facebook.
So that is my social media story. Now I am onto thoughts about offering services on line. "Hold on! Put on Brakes! What am I doing?", my inner voice shouts. I began noticing that most evenings, my husband and I were both duel screening. We rarely spoke to each other at night while relaxing. My screen time doubled during the day, doing outreach on Facebook and e mail. Soon, I began to notice, my professional practice was not benefiting anymore. I needed to get out and do some face to face networking again. This was this past summer. It was such a joy to share my work at festivals and TOTALLY unplug. I began to feel my body again. My own natural rhythm.
This Spring, I am offering a workshop called Law of Attraction and Marketing for Small Business, with marketing maven, Kaitlin Maud. She says, aside from all the many ways to market, which are all valid and effective, that still; even in this technology age, "Word of Mouth" is THE MOST EFFECTIVE way to market your work. Technology use is a great way to remind people of days and times. It can supplement your outreach verses be your only source of outreach.
In my own exploration of technology use, experiencing the pull to offer healing services on line; in this moment, I have made a clear decision that a healthy moderate use of technology is best for me. I enjoy sitting at my altar meditating before a client comes. I enjoy helping my clients to learn to relax, heal & reach their intentions without the interference of Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) and the high pace that is a side effect of technology use. I enjoy offering "in person" workshops, where we create a healthy and spiritually conscious community, sharing healthy lifestyle practices that don't involve use of technology. Yes, we use an ipod for music and I do my marketing on line. It's about creating a healthy blend that works for your body and your needs.
Some suggestions...
Magnet technology can assist in blocking the EMFs coming off your computer screen (and from T.V., if also on in room). I purchase my magnet technology from Colleen Myers, Nikken Wellness Consultant. She can be reached at ourwellnesshome@yahoo.com
Himalayan Salt Crystal products also dissipate EMFs when heated by candle or electric light bulb. I have also been guided to put them in my bath to clear energy. You can find them at health foods stores, New Age shops, as well as on line.
Before you automatically plop down in front of the computer each day, check in with yourself and ask these questions...
*Is this what my body needs right now?
*Can I connect with people in a more personal way?
*Can I accomplish this task in a more personal way via phone or setting up a meeting?
Notice how you feel when you are on the computer for an extended period of time. Do you feel better or worse?
If you feel worse, how can you monitor your own technology use?
Only go online at certain times of the day.
Choose a number of hours and keep track in your calendar, if need be.
Physically separate from your technology. Store in cabinet or another room.
While using the computer or handheld device, notice your breath. It is deep and steady or shallow and sporadic? Are you holding your breath?
Also, slow your typing to your natural rhythm...the way you type when your breath is long and deep, with complete exhales.
Check in and decide when you've had enough and it's time to switch to nontech activities, like walking, creating (art and music), spiritual practice, cooking, watering plants, cleaning tasks, visiting friends, playing with your pet and more. Notice how you feel when you do these types of activities.
Alternate with handwriting. Everyone loves to receive a handwritten note or card. Also hand write some of your work. Use an idea journal. If you buy a journal with unlined paper, you can also draw in it.
If you find you have spent too much time on the computer and need to ground, practice qi gong, restorative yoga, alternate nostril breathing, three part breathing, get a hot stone massage or tong ren treatment, take a hot bath, take a walk in nature or any other relaxation techniques that work for you.
I'm playing with all this myself. Let's help each other to live richer healthier lives.
Below is a link to a very informative documentary called Digital Nation. Learn how the brain functions and is effected by technology use (multi tasking) & how technology use has become an addiction for many of our youth...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/view
Law of Attraction and Marketing for Small Businesses will be held Sunday April 25 (Portland, Maine) and Saturday May 1st (Boston, Mass.) For more information and to register, www.pranaheals.com/workshops.html
Over the past few months, I have been exploring the use of technology as a way to expand my services. I remember over a year ago, I often sat in my living room with my husband relaxing for the evening, as he duel screened...television on and lap top open. Intuitively, I felt it was unhealthy. Not only was he working at night, during his only down time, but also immersing himself in technology at all times, except when he was sleeping. It was a demanding work period, but he also grew used to it.
That winter my step daughter helped me decide to start using Facebook. I saw her looking at all her friend's pictures and we had a long discussion about it's value. I had been contemplating it, but was trying to figure out, in my own head, whether it would serve me.
After that discussion, I opened an account and began my dance with social media. I am a very social person and rarely get my needs met in this busy culture. Facebook was the answer. I use it as a marketing tool and as a way to stay in touch with friends long distance. I also have made wonderful new friends and colleagues. It has expanded my social and professional world globally. My big success story with Facebook is that last winter, I was hired by a colleague that I met on Facebook, to help her open her yoga studio in Panama. A two month position that profoundly changed my life. I was sold and began selling it to all my friends & colleagues.
Soon, I started using Twitter. Although I met a few good friends there, marketing has not been fruitful and the layout is too over stimulating for me, so I link Facebook to Twitter. If people want to reach me, they reach me via Facebook.
So that is my social media story. Now I am onto thoughts about offering services on line. "Hold on! Put on Brakes! What am I doing?", my inner voice shouts. I began noticing that most evenings, my husband and I were both duel screening. We rarely spoke to each other at night while relaxing. My screen time doubled during the day, doing outreach on Facebook and e mail. Soon, I began to notice, my professional practice was not benefiting anymore. I needed to get out and do some face to face networking again. This was this past summer. It was such a joy to share my work at festivals and TOTALLY unplug. I began to feel my body again. My own natural rhythm.
This Spring, I am offering a workshop called Law of Attraction and Marketing for Small Business, with marketing maven, Kaitlin Maud. She says, aside from all the many ways to market, which are all valid and effective, that still; even in this technology age, "Word of Mouth" is THE MOST EFFECTIVE way to market your work. Technology use is a great way to remind people of days and times. It can supplement your outreach verses be your only source of outreach.
In my own exploration of technology use, experiencing the pull to offer healing services on line; in this moment, I have made a clear decision that a healthy moderate use of technology is best for me. I enjoy sitting at my altar meditating before a client comes. I enjoy helping my clients to learn to relax, heal & reach their intentions without the interference of Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) and the high pace that is a side effect of technology use. I enjoy offering "in person" workshops, where we create a healthy and spiritually conscious community, sharing healthy lifestyle practices that don't involve use of technology. Yes, we use an ipod for music and I do my marketing on line. It's about creating a healthy blend that works for your body and your needs.
Some suggestions...
Magnet technology can assist in blocking the EMFs coming off your computer screen (and from T.V., if also on in room). I purchase my magnet technology from Colleen Myers, Nikken Wellness Consultant. She can be reached at ourwellnesshome@yahoo.com
Himalayan Salt Crystal products also dissipate EMFs when heated by candle or electric light bulb. I have also been guided to put them in my bath to clear energy. You can find them at health foods stores, New Age shops, as well as on line.
Before you automatically plop down in front of the computer each day, check in with yourself and ask these questions...
*Is this what my body needs right now?
*Can I connect with people in a more personal way?
*Can I accomplish this task in a more personal way via phone or setting up a meeting?
Notice how you feel when you are on the computer for an extended period of time. Do you feel better or worse?
If you feel worse, how can you monitor your own technology use?
Only go online at certain times of the day.
Choose a number of hours and keep track in your calendar, if need be.
Physically separate from your technology. Store in cabinet or another room.
While using the computer or handheld device, notice your breath. It is deep and steady or shallow and sporadic? Are you holding your breath?
Also, slow your typing to your natural rhythm...the way you type when your breath is long and deep, with complete exhales.
Check in and decide when you've had enough and it's time to switch to nontech activities, like walking, creating (art and music), spiritual practice, cooking, watering plants, cleaning tasks, visiting friends, playing with your pet and more. Notice how you feel when you do these types of activities.
Alternate with handwriting. Everyone loves to receive a handwritten note or card. Also hand write some of your work. Use an idea journal. If you buy a journal with unlined paper, you can also draw in it.
If you find you have spent too much time on the computer and need to ground, practice qi gong, restorative yoga, alternate nostril breathing, three part breathing, get a hot stone massage or tong ren treatment, take a hot bath, take a walk in nature or any other relaxation techniques that work for you.
I'm playing with all this myself. Let's help each other to live richer healthier lives.
Below is a link to a very informative documentary called Digital Nation. Learn how the brain functions and is effected by technology use (multi tasking) & how technology use has become an addiction for many of our youth...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/view
Law of Attraction and Marketing for Small Businesses will be held Sunday April 25 (Portland, Maine) and Saturday May 1st (Boston, Mass.) For more information and to register, www.pranaheals.com/workshops.html
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Yoga for the Season
Summer is a great time to loosen the spine and make some progress in your back bends. This is not about getting anywhere, but more about expanding your ability to open the front body and heart center to experience more joy, bliss, compassion and your fullest potential. Begin with spine warm ups like cat cow and forward bends. Once the spine is warmed, you can begin to play in the following poses in order of range of motion...
Sphinx Pose to Cobra and/or Up Dog
Camel
Bow Pose
Wheel
After each pose, spend equal time in a counter pose like child's pose or down dog. This will create even more flexibility in the spine and balance out the energy. Backbends can generate a lot of energy, openings and compassion. If you feel chatty after a yoga session like this, I encourage you to reserve that prana for Self and not give it all away. Choose carefully how you want to use this precious summer energy. Notice if you feel drained by expending too much energy. If this happens, balance the energy with a restorative practice.
Summer is a great time to loosen the spine and make some progress in your back bends. This is not about getting anywhere, but more about expanding your ability to open the front body and heart center to experience more joy, bliss, compassion and your fullest potential. Begin with spine warm ups like cat cow and forward bends. Once the spine is warmed, you can begin to play in the following poses in order of range of motion...
Sphinx Pose to Cobra and/or Up Dog
Camel
Bow Pose
Wheel
After each pose, spend equal time in a counter pose like child's pose or down dog. This will create even more flexibility in the spine and balance out the energy. Backbends can generate a lot of energy, openings and compassion. If you feel chatty after a yoga session like this, I encourage you to reserve that prana for Self and not give it all away. Choose carefully how you want to use this precious summer energy. Notice if you feel drained by expending too much energy. If this happens, balance the energy with a restorative practice.
Prana's Summer Schedule...
Individual and Couples Retreats
We now have this very sweet zen apt. set up for guests. If you have often thought that you want to work with me, but do not live in Portland, Maine, this is an affordable way to do it. We won't charge much for use of the apt. Just enough to cover cleaning and utilities. Mainly, I want to provide a space for individuals and couples to come and do some focused healing. You can also make a vacation of it. Portland is a small friendly progressive city with beautiful beaches only a 10 - 20 min. drive away. Below I will list some of the retreats I offer or we can design one based on your individual needs...
Cancer or Chronic Illness Healing Lifestyle Assistance
Personal Coaching (Healthy Lifestyle and Life/Work Transitions)
Spiritual Counseling
Tantra (Sacred Sexuality) Instruction for individuals or couples
Therapeutic Yoga
Yoga Lifestyle Counseling
Yoga Therapy
Visit www.pranaheals.com for details on these services.
Contact me when you are ready to schedule your retreat.
In Health,
Prana
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Awake! on the Eastern Promenade
Morning Movement Practice
Outdoors Daily
June 15 - August 31st
7 - 8 a.m.
donations appreciated to support the project
www.theawakecollective.com
Prana will be sharing Therapeutic Yoga Tuesdays June 16, June 30, July 14 and August 11.
Daily outdoor movement classes will be held on the Eastern Promenade in Portland, Maine directly across from Quebec St., between the tennis courts and the baseball field. If it is raining, class is canceled. Check theawakecollective.com for schedule of classes and instructors.
Bring a yoga mat and any props you like to use.
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Yoga with Prana at
Spiritfire Festival
Wed. July 29th - Sunday August 2nd
www.spiritfirefestival.org
Located at a sacred site on the NY, MA, CT borders
Preregister no later than July 25th. No walk ins.
Join Prana and others for this spiritual community gathering. Prana will be offering a special yoga class on Friday morning. Deepen your connection with Self as Prana guides you to find the yoga within. Create your intention for this yoga practice, which can be carried throughout the day or gathering, adjusting as is needed, feeling who you are in each moment. Learn to find your center in every moment as you move through the festival, feeling what postures will serve your needs. Learn new poses, pranayama (breath) and meditation techniques and deepen your experience in the yoga that you already know. What moves your body today, tomorrow, the next day?
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Therapeutic Yoga at
Dance New England Dance Camp
Saturday August 22nd and Sunday August 23rd
(camp is Aug. 14 - 25th with attendance options)
Preregister at www.dne.org
Join Prana in this relaxing and transformative Therapeutic Yoga class. Participants will experience a deep, slow paced yoga flow of a variety of gentle and restorative yoga poses. This unwinding allows participants to transform emotions held in the body, relieve chronic pains and recover from illness and injury. Prana will share Therapeutic Yoga the mornings listed above, as well as offer private sessions while she is at camp.
Dance New England Dance Camp will be held in its new location in Freedom, New Hampshire. It includes 10 days of movement and personal growth workshops and classes with "barefoot boogie" dances every night. It is a very family friendly and accessible experience. You can sign up for part or all of the camp. I look forward to sharing this playful and healing time with you :)
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Calling in Abundance
Fall dates...Weds. Oct. 14, 21st, 28th, Nov. 4th
$48 if preregistered by Oct. 1st/$60 after Oct. 1st
Space is limited, so preregister early
Preregistration and full payment in advance is required.
To preregister, call (207) 632-6698 or email info@pranaheals.com
What "Depression"?! Don't get sucked into the downward spiral of the economy. Instead, manifest your dreams with a group of others who are on a similar path. Practice visualization, language, thought and action techniques that will bring abundance, in many forms, into your life. The classes will be lively; including movement, creative projects and small group activities. Each class will provide tools that, when applied in your daily life, will bring immediate results.
If these nights do not fit into your schedule, Prana is always available to share these valuable tools and techniques with you privately via phone or in person sessions.
Oct 14: Visualizing your Dreams
Oct 21: Affirming Thoughts and Language
Oct 28: Action through Seva, Tithing and Getting into the Flow of Giving and Receiving
Nov 4: Manifestation...Your Dreams are Your Reality
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Body Love Retreats for Women
Dates to be announced
Soul Sanctuary, Newton, MA
web.me.com/adunwell
For more info and to express interest, contact Anna Dunwell at annadunwell@comcast.net
Prana will be a workshop facilitator for Body Love Retreats to be held at the beautiful and inspiring Soul Sanctuary in Newton, MA. Join other women in loving your body that the ancestors have given you. Love it with heart, mind and spirit. Love it with yourself and with others. Love your Life. You are the beauty that makes life worth living. You are the power that renews. We are all connected. In fact, everything is connected. But finding that requires beginning from the inside out. Connecting to self, accepting that self and working on creating self love for all of who and what you are now. These Body Love Retreats allows you to do that, in safety, with the support of other women, exploring aspects of body love with an experienced team of workshop facilitators in sacred space.
Individual and Couples Retreats
We now have this very sweet zen apt. set up for guests. If you have often thought that you want to work with me, but do not live in Portland, Maine, this is an affordable way to do it. We won't charge much for use of the apt. Just enough to cover cleaning and utilities. Mainly, I want to provide a space for individuals and couples to come and do some focused healing. You can also make a vacation of it. Portland is a small friendly progressive city with beautiful beaches only a 10 - 20 min. drive away. Below I will list some of the retreats I offer or we can design one based on your individual needs...
Cancer or Chronic Illness Healing Lifestyle Assistance
Personal Coaching (Healthy Lifestyle and Life/Work Transitions)
Spiritual Counseling
Tantra (Sacred Sexuality) Instruction for individuals or couples
Therapeutic Yoga
Yoga Lifestyle Counseling
Yoga Therapy
Visit www.pranaheals.com for details on these services.
Contact me when you are ready to schedule your retreat.
In Health,
Prana
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Awake! on the Eastern Promenade
Morning Movement Practice
Outdoors Daily
June 15 - August 31st
7 - 8 a.m.
donations appreciated to support the project
www.theawakecollective.com
Prana will be sharing Therapeutic Yoga Tuesdays June 16, June 30, July 14 and August 11.
Daily outdoor movement classes will be held on the Eastern Promenade in Portland, Maine directly across from Quebec St., between the tennis courts and the baseball field. If it is raining, class is canceled. Check theawakecollective.com for schedule of classes and instructors.
Bring a yoga mat and any props you like to use.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yoga with Prana at
Spiritfire Festival
Wed. July 29th - Sunday August 2nd
www.spiritfirefestival.org
Located at a sacred site on the NY, MA, CT borders
Preregister no later than July 25th. No walk ins.
Join Prana and others for this spiritual community gathering. Prana will be offering a special yoga class on Friday morning. Deepen your connection with Self as Prana guides you to find the yoga within. Create your intention for this yoga practice, which can be carried throughout the day or gathering, adjusting as is needed, feeling who you are in each moment. Learn to find your center in every moment as you move through the festival, feeling what postures will serve your needs. Learn new poses, pranayama (breath) and meditation techniques and deepen your experience in the yoga that you already know. What moves your body today, tomorrow, the next day?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Therapeutic Yoga at
Dance New England Dance Camp
Saturday August 22nd and Sunday August 23rd
(camp is Aug. 14 - 25th with attendance options)
Preregister at www.dne.org
Join Prana in this relaxing and transformative Therapeutic Yoga class. Participants will experience a deep, slow paced yoga flow of a variety of gentle and restorative yoga poses. This unwinding allows participants to transform emotions held in the body, relieve chronic pains and recover from illness and injury. Prana will share Therapeutic Yoga the mornings listed above, as well as offer private sessions while she is at camp.
Dance New England Dance Camp will be held in its new location in Freedom, New Hampshire. It includes 10 days of movement and personal growth workshops and classes with "barefoot boogie" dances every night. It is a very family friendly and accessible experience. You can sign up for part or all of the camp. I look forward to sharing this playful and healing time with you :)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Calling in Abundance
Fall dates...Weds. Oct. 14, 21st, 28th, Nov. 4th
$48 if preregistered by Oct. 1st/$60 after Oct. 1st
Space is limited, so preregister early
Preregistration and full payment in advance is required.
To preregister, call (207) 632-6698 or email info@pranaheals.com
What "Depression"?! Don't get sucked into the downward spiral of the economy. Instead, manifest your dreams with a group of others who are on a similar path. Practice visualization, language, thought and action techniques that will bring abundance, in many forms, into your life. The classes will be lively; including movement, creative projects and small group activities. Each class will provide tools that, when applied in your daily life, will bring immediate results.
If these nights do not fit into your schedule, Prana is always available to share these valuable tools and techniques with you privately via phone or in person sessions.
Oct 14: Visualizing your Dreams
Oct 21: Affirming Thoughts and Language
Oct 28: Action through Seva, Tithing and Getting into the Flow of Giving and Receiving
Nov 4: Manifestation...Your Dreams are Your Reality
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Body Love Retreats for Women
Dates to be announced
Soul Sanctuary, Newton, MA
web.me.com/adunwell
For more info and to express interest, contact Anna Dunwell at annadunwell@comcast.net
Prana will be a workshop facilitator for Body Love Retreats to be held at the beautiful and inspiring Soul Sanctuary in Newton, MA. Join other women in loving your body that the ancestors have given you. Love it with heart, mind and spirit. Love it with yourself and with others. Love your Life. You are the beauty that makes life worth living. You are the power that renews. We are all connected. In fact, everything is connected. But finding that requires beginning from the inside out. Connecting to self, accepting that self and working on creating self love for all of who and what you are now. These Body Love Retreats allows you to do that, in safety, with the support of other women, exploring aspects of body love with an experienced team of workshop facilitators in sacred space.
Saturday, October 04, 2008
For Breast Cancer Awareness Month...
Purchase Self Love: Gentle and Restorative Yoga Audio Pod Casts with Photos of Poses for yourself, family members or friends.
10% of profits go to local organizations that provide holistic breast cancer support.
Even if you don't think you will use the pod casts, they make an excellent gift for friends or family members needing a gentle and relaxing practice.
They are easy to use and to send as a gift. Just download them onto your PC, lap top or i Pod.
Only $4.95 per flow! Half the price of one yoga class!
Visit www.pranaheals.com and click on the ad on the home page to make your purchase today.
Ever grateful for your support
Purchase Self Love: Gentle and Restorative Yoga Audio Pod Casts with Photos of Poses for yourself, family members or friends.
10% of profits go to local organizations that provide holistic breast cancer support.
Even if you don't think you will use the pod casts, they make an excellent gift for friends or family members needing a gentle and relaxing practice.
They are easy to use and to send as a gift. Just download them onto your PC, lap top or i Pod.
Only $4.95 per flow! Half the price of one yoga class!
Visit www.pranaheals.com and click on the ad on the home page to make your purchase today.
Ever grateful for your support
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