Archive for September, 2009

What’s that? Medical treatment administered to a schedule that corresponds to a person’s daily, monthly, seasonal or yearly biological clock. Also known as bio-rhythms.

What’s it good for? Primarily used for  treating sleep disorders but is having great affect with nocturnal asthma, cardiac issues and cancer treatment. 

How does it work? In the treatment of cancer, by bringing a persons chemotherapy treatment in line with their body’s natural rhythm the recurring side effects of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and fatigue are greatly reduced. They feel better and are therefore able to tolerate a greater and more potent dose of chemo than would be possible otherwise. 

For the treatment of insomnia, altering an indiviuals sleeping and waking times, resets his or her biological clock.

How do I find out more?  Google it.

Pick up “The Body Clock Guide to Better Health” by Michael Smolensky & Lynne Lamberg.

Check out the American Association of Medical Chronobiology and Chronotherapeutics.

The Way of the Mystic Warrior with David Hand

Michaelmas ~ Angel of Fire Initiation Cadbury Castle, Somerset

“Opening a portal into the angelic & elemental realms.”

Sun 27^th September Cadbury Castle, Somerset, 1pm-4pm, cost: £15

David Hand has walked the Way of the Mystic Warrior for the past ten years and it lies at the heart of his spiritual practice and his shamanic and psychic work. Within this unique initiation rite, David offers all who are drawn to a spiritual path, the opportunity to receive the gifts they require to fulfill their divine purpose and hear the guiding voice of their soul.

 *Important Note: Booking is essential for each initiation when more information and directions will be supplied. All initiations are outdoor activities and take place at quite high and exposed locations.

The Way of the Mystic Warrior reveals our inner self, our true self.

Through our inner self we bond with our soul.

Living through our soul, we experience love, joy, fulfilment and freedom.

For further information and bookings please call Julie or David on 01202 429300

 e-mail david@mysticklight.com

1 Day Yoga Workshop with Maarten Vermaase

THE PROGRESSIVE STAGES OF PRANAYAMA  ~ THE GROUNDWORK 

Experiencing asana through the breath and exploring the groundwork for Pranayama practice.

• Breath awareness in Asana (with a practical session in the morning)
• Breath release and breathing meditation
• The theory and outline of Pranayama
• Purification (Klesha and Kriya)
• Breath extension and the principles of Kumbhaka

Sunday 25th October,  10am - 5pm

Poole Yoga Centre, Denmark House, 35 Denmark Road, Poole BH15

Cost £35

If you have any questions, please call Julie on 01202 429300  or julie@djhand.orangehome.co.uk

For many of us our patterns of movement on a daily basis are habitual and routine.

We don’t actually think about what it is we are doing we just get on with doing it.

Whether on a small scale or a larger scale we literally find ourselves in a place of unconsciously residing in our comfort zone, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.  

In small ways perhaps we have a well established routine from day to day. We sleep on the same side of the bed so the day begins with the familiar emergence from that side of the bed. We can map our journey predictably to the bathroom, then getting dressed and then sorting breakfast. The kettle, cups, tea and milk are all in the usual place and require minimal conscious thought to pull together as we operate on automatic out in to the rest of our day. The car, with the steering wheel always on the same side and pedals in the same position just reinforces the way we climb in and climb out of the car, typically using the same muscles in the same movement, time after time.

So it is little wander that at some point our bodies start to show us where we have become stuck in our routine by reflecting back to us our own stiffness, our own loss of mobility, our inflexibility and ultimately our pain. It starts with a twinge here and a tweak there, just a little call for and to your awareness. Read the rest of this entry »

This afternoon I decided to go for a run, well jog actually, but I like to convince myself I’m running. Now the fact that I have two marathons under my belt means that I run now purely for the health benefits and for being out there with the wind in my face and the sun in the sky. I love the feeling of my heart pumping, the breath coming and going, the blood flowing through my veins… you get the picture.

I run because I choose to, not because I have to but that does tend to mean that these days I am a fair weather runner.

But, this afternoon God had other plans!

I left the house, in sunshine at five minutes past two, planning to trot for about twenty minutes and at seven minutes past two it started to hail. It wasn’t very convincing at first, so I didn’t turn back. But as I turned the corner to run along the road that ran along open fields it became seriously convincing. Driving wind and driving hail, superb. Yet somehow I kept going, along with my legs and my lungs!

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