Thursday, July 01, 2010
A Healthy Dose of Play
Coming off of a very full spring, a few times, I found myself letting out a big sigh and saying, "I need a vacation!" I also, noticed how my tone became more serious and my body a bit more contracted. My actions also became very precise, rather than spacious, fluid & creative. I had been working 7 days a week for 6 weeks straight. Since the end of winter was quite slow here in Portland, Maine, I felt the need to ride the wave of abundance showering down upon me. However, after a while I found it was time to get off the tread mill because the "all work/no play" lifestyle was not serving me or others.
I began planning my summer & scheduling in more social events. Honestly, I did not care what it was, as long as it got me away from my work/home environment and allowed me to break the work cycle. Now, I feel I have scheduled so much play that I am beginning to mix up days a bit and easily lose track of time.
There are times when we think we may need to focus, especially when we fall behind. However, in my own life, I have seen time and time again that when I take excellent care of myself and live my life with integrity and presence, I am always provided for.
When I have a good dose of play in my daily life, I find that everything flows smoother. Because I am doing what I love to do, I feel lighter and my heart is more open. As a result, I attract more into my life. People want to be around me. All my relationships are healthier & more fulfilling.
Have you forgotten how to play?
After years of carving a place in this world for oneself; creating a viable job, maybe a family, many have forgotten how to play. Here's how I remember...
I feel into what makes me happy everyday. I move toward, and engage in, activities that give me pleasure and health.
Long ago, I noticed that some activities that we associate with pleasure, ultimately do not bring lasting joy, like overuse or misuse of food, alcohol, drugs & sex. A little of any of these can surely enhance a playful experience, but notice if you are overdoing it and instead numbing out a part of your life where you are not living your Truth. I encourage my coaching clients to find healthy ways to play. If drinking a beer or having a dessert makes it that much better, that's fine, as long as you feel better afterwards and not worse.
Children are great teachers for play. Watch them and let them remind you what brings you joy and pleasure. Something I remember, and do my best to recreate as much as possible in my life, is the timelessness of childhood. How can you create opportunities to get lost in your playtime? No cell phone. No time to have to be back to take care of other responsibilities.
We do this at least one day a weekend, where we do not operate on a schedule and just flow with the day, one moment at a time. I often do this with my husband, which can end up creating some scheduling, when we choose to do separate things for our play time. However, we do our best to give each other plenty of time to dive deeply into our alone time play before coming back to each other.
Playing alone helps you to get a true sense of what it is that brings your soul pleasure. We are all very different in this way. Alone time can be a very valuable teacher to guide you back to your Truth. That which brings you bliss. According to my yoga teachings, this is our purpose for being here. If we choose to live a yogic lifestyle, then work is play and play is work. When we find our true calling, our work or service, done in balance and with gratitude, becomes play.
Once you've discovered how you like to play, then you might take it a step further and see how you can blend this play into your work.
Simple Formula for Relearning How to Play:
Create time
Take a moment alone, check in deeply and ask yourself, "What would really be fun to do right now?"
Notice how your body responds to your ideas. Does it contract with obstacles or old messages telling you not to? Does it vibrate with excitement?
Release the obstacles, create new thoughts that are supportive and nurturing and PLAY in the vibration that is exciting, fulfilling and nourishing!
If obstacles come up, like money, time, etc., then be creative and find ways to create a satisfying experience that is within reach. For me, it is as simple as getting on my bike and riding to the beach or calling friends for some recreational time (a walk, dinner out or tea). We also just act goofy as much as possible. All very affordable healthy activities that do not hurt a soul, but instead inspire you and others. Create a satisfying life now and make it a pleasurable experience. Do your best to push away any old messages like "I am too old for that" or "I will look stupid". Honestly, who cares? It's your life. Live it! Why put so much weight into a stranger's opinions of you. Dance on the beach! Hoola hoop! Play music. Create art. Go for it! Have fun! Let me know how it feels.
"May we all shine our light upon others and heal, one authentic, truly joyful smile at a time." ~Prana
The Dance New England Dance Community provides many opportunities for healthy play. It's not all about dance either. Visit www.dne.org for more info and events near you. We'll be at Dance Camp Aug. 20 and 21st, and possibly a few days before and after, sharing Therapeutic Yoga and giving healing sessions. Come play with us!
Coming off of a very full spring, a few times, I found myself letting out a big sigh and saying, "I need a vacation!" I also, noticed how my tone became more serious and my body a bit more contracted. My actions also became very precise, rather than spacious, fluid & creative. I had been working 7 days a week for 6 weeks straight. Since the end of winter was quite slow here in Portland, Maine, I felt the need to ride the wave of abundance showering down upon me. However, after a while I found it was time to get off the tread mill because the "all work/no play" lifestyle was not serving me or others.
I began planning my summer & scheduling in more social events. Honestly, I did not care what it was, as long as it got me away from my work/home environment and allowed me to break the work cycle. Now, I feel I have scheduled so much play that I am beginning to mix up days a bit and easily lose track of time.
There are times when we think we may need to focus, especially when we fall behind. However, in my own life, I have seen time and time again that when I take excellent care of myself and live my life with integrity and presence, I am always provided for.
When I have a good dose of play in my daily life, I find that everything flows smoother. Because I am doing what I love to do, I feel lighter and my heart is more open. As a result, I attract more into my life. People want to be around me. All my relationships are healthier & more fulfilling.
Have you forgotten how to play?
After years of carving a place in this world for oneself; creating a viable job, maybe a family, many have forgotten how to play. Here's how I remember...
I feel into what makes me happy everyday. I move toward, and engage in, activities that give me pleasure and health.
Long ago, I noticed that some activities that we associate with pleasure, ultimately do not bring lasting joy, like overuse or misuse of food, alcohol, drugs & sex. A little of any of these can surely enhance a playful experience, but notice if you are overdoing it and instead numbing out a part of your life where you are not living your Truth. I encourage my coaching clients to find healthy ways to play. If drinking a beer or having a dessert makes it that much better, that's fine, as long as you feel better afterwards and not worse.
Children are great teachers for play. Watch them and let them remind you what brings you joy and pleasure. Something I remember, and do my best to recreate as much as possible in my life, is the timelessness of childhood. How can you create opportunities to get lost in your playtime? No cell phone. No time to have to be back to take care of other responsibilities.
We do this at least one day a weekend, where we do not operate on a schedule and just flow with the day, one moment at a time. I often do this with my husband, which can end up creating some scheduling, when we choose to do separate things for our play time. However, we do our best to give each other plenty of time to dive deeply into our alone time play before coming back to each other.
Playing alone helps you to get a true sense of what it is that brings your soul pleasure. We are all very different in this way. Alone time can be a very valuable teacher to guide you back to your Truth. That which brings you bliss. According to my yoga teachings, this is our purpose for being here. If we choose to live a yogic lifestyle, then work is play and play is work. When we find our true calling, our work or service, done in balance and with gratitude, becomes play.
Once you've discovered how you like to play, then you might take it a step further and see how you can blend this play into your work.
Simple Formula for Relearning How to Play:
Create time
Take a moment alone, check in deeply and ask yourself, "What would really be fun to do right now?"
Notice how your body responds to your ideas. Does it contract with obstacles or old messages telling you not to? Does it vibrate with excitement?
Release the obstacles, create new thoughts that are supportive and nurturing and PLAY in the vibration that is exciting, fulfilling and nourishing!
If obstacles come up, like money, time, etc., then be creative and find ways to create a satisfying experience that is within reach. For me, it is as simple as getting on my bike and riding to the beach or calling friends for some recreational time (a walk, dinner out or tea). We also just act goofy as much as possible. All very affordable healthy activities that do not hurt a soul, but instead inspire you and others. Create a satisfying life now and make it a pleasurable experience. Do your best to push away any old messages like "I am too old for that" or "I will look stupid". Honestly, who cares? It's your life. Live it! Why put so much weight into a stranger's opinions of you. Dance on the beach! Hoola hoop! Play music. Create art. Go for it! Have fun! Let me know how it feels.
"May we all shine our light upon others and heal, one authentic, truly joyful smile at a time." ~Prana
The Dance New England Dance Community provides many opportunities for healthy play. It's not all about dance either. Visit www.dne.org for more info and events near you. We'll be at Dance Camp Aug. 20 and 21st, and possibly a few days before and after, sharing Therapeutic Yoga and giving healing sessions. Come play with us!
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
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Tips for Calling Abundance into your Life
Visualize what it is that you want to create in your life. Everyday, during meditation or when you go to sleep, close your eyes and imagine exactly what it is that will assist you in living a blissful, easeful and abundant life. Imagine the colors, textures and smells of this life. Put yourself in that life and let it fill every cell of your being. Do this day after day and see what unfolds right before your eyes. Let this exercise come from a place of gratitude, humility, acceptance and love, rather than from a place of greed, lack and wanting. See yourself living the life that your soul is meant to be living. Your destiny!
Visualizing the Life you Choose to Create will be the theme of our first Calling in Abundance class on Wed. Oct. 14th. See workshop listing for details and contact Prana at info@pranaheals.com or call (207) 632-6698 to preregister.
Visualize what it is that you want to create in your life. Everyday, during meditation or when you go to sleep, close your eyes and imagine exactly what it is that will assist you in living a blissful, easeful and abundant life. Imagine the colors, textures and smells of this life. Put yourself in that life and let it fill every cell of your being. Do this day after day and see what unfolds right before your eyes. Let this exercise come from a place of gratitude, humility, acceptance and love, rather than from a place of greed, lack and wanting. See yourself living the life that your soul is meant to be living. Your destiny!
Visualizing the Life you Choose to Create will be the theme of our first Calling in Abundance class on Wed. Oct. 14th. See workshop listing for details and contact Prana at info@pranaheals.com or call (207) 632-6698 to preregister.
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.
Therapeutic Yoga
Weekend Workshop for Yoga Instructors
November 6-9
(Fri. 7 p.m. - Sun. 3 p.m.)
Portland, Maine
$130 if preregister by Sept. 1st, or $150 after
info@pranaheals.com
Share a weekend with your peers by deepening your yoga instruction and private practice with Therapeutic Yoga. Expand your awareness of what the body is asking for from the yoga, so you can focus your classes toward individual needs. Review and enhance your awareness of the metaphysical benefits and contraindications of poses. Practice modifications for illness and injuries using props, gentle and restorative poses. This workshop will help you to be more sensitive to the needs of your students and increase your skills to provide private sessions. Give your students what they really need and watch your clientele grow.
To learn more about Prana and her Therapeutic Yoga background, visit www.pranaheals.com
Jet Blue flies direct into Portland, Maine.
Weekend Workshop for Yoga Instructors
November 6-9
(Fri. 7 p.m. - Sun. 3 p.m.)
Portland, Maine
$130 if preregister by Sept. 1st, or $150 after
info@pranaheals.com
Share a weekend with your peers by deepening your yoga instruction and private practice with Therapeutic Yoga. Expand your awareness of what the body is asking for from the yoga, so you can focus your classes toward individual needs. Review and enhance your awareness of the metaphysical benefits and contraindications of poses. Practice modifications for illness and injuries using props, gentle and restorative poses. This workshop will help you to be more sensitive to the needs of your students and increase your skills to provide private sessions. Give your students what they really need and watch your clientele grow.
To learn more about Prana and her Therapeutic Yoga background, visit www.pranaheals.com
Jet Blue flies direct into Portland, Maine.
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
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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.
Monday, April 06, 2009
Yoga for the Season
The body will naturally begin to respond to the increase in light by getting busy. In order to create balance in the body, so it does not get depleted and sick, include the following poses in your daily yoga practice. Although, your mind may want to move out of these poses quickly, instead, breathe deeply and allow yourself to deepen in each pose. Notice the balancing effects.
Child's Pose
Forward Bends
Alternate Nostril Breathing
Malasana
Tips for Calling Abundance into your Life
Notice your language and thoughts. Are you affirming abundance or are you pushing it away? Complaining about money and what is lacking in one's life, is exactly what is being sent out to the Universe. Instead, use language and think thoughts that bring in what you are creating in your life. For example, a statement like "I need more clients or I am not going to be able to pay my bills this month", is more effective if worded, "More clients are on the way and my bills are paid this month." Change your thoughts and words to create your dreams. If you misspeak or misthink, you can always delete that and reword. The Universe is very forgiving and you will be rewarded for your good intentions :-)
Calling in Abundance April 22nd class will be devoted to practicing these language techniques. For more information visit www.pranaheals.com To preregister contact info@pranaheals.com or call (207) 632-6698.
Prana's Spring Schedule...
Calling in Abundance Weekly Workshop Series
POSTPONED til Fall 2009. Stay tuned for dates and preregistration deadline
Wednesdays April 15, 22, 29, May 6
6:30 -8:30 p.m.
$10 - 20 sliding scale per class.
Series commitment and preregistration requested.
Prana's home in downtown Portland, ME
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.
April 15th Visualizing your Dreams
April 22nd Affirming Thoughts and Language
April 29th Action through Seva, Tithing and Getting into the Flow of Giving and Receiving
May 6th Manifestation...Your Dreams are Your Reality
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Yoga Therapy
Free Workshop
Greater Portland YMCA
Sunday April 26th
10:30 a.m. - Noon
Preregister at the YMCA or by contacting Prana at info@pranaheals.com or (207) 632-6698
Experience the healing benefits of yoga therapy though this experiential workshop. Participants will practice simple yoga therapy adjustments based on the group's physical, emotional and spiritual needs. We will share a yoga therapy practice, as well as observe demos of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. This style of yoga bodywork includes a client centered dialog technique. Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy combines the healing benefits of receiving yoga with contemporary body mind psychology. Participants will witness and participate in sacred space held by the group. Wear loose comfortable clothing. Bring your personal yoga mat, a blanket (mexican blanket size) and pillow (throw or bed size). Yoga mats and blocks are available for loan.
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3rd Annual Yogapalooza
Greater Portland YMCA Yoga Retreat
Sunday May 3rd
Noon to 4 p.m.
$36 by April 15th/$45 after that date
Camp Ketcha Scarborough, ME
Call (207) 874-111 x 112 to register
A peaceful and healing community yoga retreat. Prana and the other YMCA yoga instructors will be offering a series on 20 min sample classes. A 1/2 hr social gathering with light refreshments will follow. Bring your own yoga mat. This retreat is very popular and fills quickly, so preregister today. This is a fundraiser for the Greater Portland YMCA. Your donations and participation are appreciated.
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High School Yoga Class
With Prana
Monday May 18th
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Rm. 212 Deering High School
Free and Open to the Deering School Community. Sponsored by Deering's Wellness Team. For more information contact johnskr@portlandschools.org. Yoga classes are ongoing with other teachers throughout the spring.
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Spiritfire Festival
Wed. July 29th - Sunday August 2nd
For lowest entry fee, early registration deadline is April 10th
www.spiritfirefestival.org
Located at a sacred site on the NY, MA, CT borders
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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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.
The body will naturally begin to respond to the increase in light by getting busy. In order to create balance in the body, so it does not get depleted and sick, include the following poses in your daily yoga practice. Although, your mind may want to move out of these poses quickly, instead, breathe deeply and allow yourself to deepen in each pose. Notice the balancing effects.
Child's Pose
Forward Bends
Alternate Nostril Breathing
Malasana
Tips for Calling Abundance into your Life
Notice your language and thoughts. Are you affirming abundance or are you pushing it away? Complaining about money and what is lacking in one's life, is exactly what is being sent out to the Universe. Instead, use language and think thoughts that bring in what you are creating in your life. For example, a statement like "I need more clients or I am not going to be able to pay my bills this month", is more effective if worded, "More clients are on the way and my bills are paid this month." Change your thoughts and words to create your dreams. If you misspeak or misthink, you can always delete that and reword. The Universe is very forgiving and you will be rewarded for your good intentions :-)
Calling in Abundance April 22nd class will be devoted to practicing these language techniques. For more information visit www.pranaheals.com To preregister contact info@pranaheals.com or call (207) 632-6698.
Prana's Spring Schedule...
Calling in Abundance Weekly Workshop Series
POSTPONED til Fall 2009. Stay tuned for dates and preregistration deadline
Wednesdays April 15, 22, 29, May 6
6:30 -8:30 p.m.
$10 - 20 sliding scale per class.
Series commitment and preregistration requested.
Prana's home in downtown Portland, ME
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.
April 15th Visualizing your Dreams
April 22nd Affirming Thoughts and Language
April 29th Action through Seva, Tithing and Getting into the Flow of Giving and Receiving
May 6th Manifestation...Your Dreams are Your Reality
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Yoga Therapy
Free Workshop
Greater Portland YMCA
Sunday April 26th
10:30 a.m. - Noon
Preregister at the YMCA or by contacting Prana at info@pranaheals.com or (207) 632-6698
Experience the healing benefits of yoga therapy though this experiential workshop. Participants will practice simple yoga therapy adjustments based on the group's physical, emotional and spiritual needs. We will share a yoga therapy practice, as well as observe demos of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. This style of yoga bodywork includes a client centered dialog technique. Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy combines the healing benefits of receiving yoga with contemporary body mind psychology. Participants will witness and participate in sacred space held by the group. Wear loose comfortable clothing. Bring your personal yoga mat, a blanket (mexican blanket size) and pillow (throw or bed size). Yoga mats and blocks are available for loan.
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3rd Annual Yogapalooza
Greater Portland YMCA Yoga Retreat
Sunday May 3rd
Noon to 4 p.m.
$36 by April 15th/$45 after that date
Camp Ketcha Scarborough, ME
Call (207) 874-111 x 112 to register
A peaceful and healing community yoga retreat. Prana and the other YMCA yoga instructors will be offering a series on 20 min sample classes. A 1/2 hr social gathering with light refreshments will follow. Bring your own yoga mat. This retreat is very popular and fills quickly, so preregister today. This is a fundraiser for the Greater Portland YMCA. Your donations and participation are appreciated.
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High School Yoga Class
With Prana
Monday May 18th
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Rm. 212 Deering High School
Free and Open to the Deering School Community. Sponsored by Deering's Wellness Team. For more information contact johnskr@portlandschools.org. Yoga classes are ongoing with other teachers throughout the spring.
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Spiritfire Festival
Wed. July 29th - Sunday August 2nd
For lowest entry fee, early registration deadline is April 10th
www.spiritfirefestival.org
Located at a sacred site on the NY, MA, CT borders
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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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.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Namaste
This winter, I'll be sharing the yoga at Bocas Yoga in Bocas del Toro Panama. Visit www.bocasyoga.com to learn about the studio and tourism info. Come on down for a low cost vacation! I'll be sharing yoga and offering healing session at Bocas Yoga for the months of January and February 2009.
I'll be back in Portland, ME resuming my private practice there after March 8th.
I will have limited use of computer and phone, but feel free to schedule your private sessions and workshops in your community ahead of time. Just give me a few days or so to respond. I'll be on Panama time.
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Gift Certificates are available in any amount
for private sessions with Prana
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Yoga for the Season
Kapalabhati Breathing - rapid exhalations with passive inhalations, raises the energy and warms the body during those cold and/or low energy winter days.
Lion's Breath is another warming pranayama that can also release irritability and anger.
Sun Salutations are wonderful for warming the body when done gradually, progressing from more basic modified poses to the more advanced versions.
Twists blended into a daily (or regular) practice can provide detoxification of the muscles and organs. Detox is very important this time of year when we are living indoors much of the time.
Namaste. Jai Ma!
Prana
This winter, I'll be sharing the yoga at Bocas Yoga in Bocas del Toro Panama. Visit www.bocasyoga.com to learn about the studio and tourism info. Come on down for a low cost vacation! I'll be sharing yoga and offering healing session at Bocas Yoga for the months of January and February 2009.
I'll be back in Portland, ME resuming my private practice there after March 8th.
I will have limited use of computer and phone, but feel free to schedule your private sessions and workshops in your community ahead of time. Just give me a few days or so to respond. I'll be on Panama time.
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Gift Certificates are available in any amount
for private sessions with Prana
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Yoga for the Season
Kapalabhati Breathing - rapid exhalations with passive inhalations, raises the energy and warms the body during those cold and/or low energy winter days.
Lion's Breath is another warming pranayama that can also release irritability and anger.
Sun Salutations are wonderful for warming the body when done gradually, progressing from more basic modified poses to the more advanced versions.
Twists blended into a daily (or regular) practice can provide detoxification of the muscles and organs. Detox is very important this time of year when we are living indoors much of the time.
Namaste. Jai Ma!
Prana
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