I think the best thing to remember about this upcoming Thanksgiving holiday is to be grateful. We live in such a privileged society that is always telling us we need more. Bigger car, more money, better job...newest phone.... In reality often times we have more than enough. Take time to notice the things that you are grateful for.
Some of the things I'm grateful for are
*My loving life partner Isaac- I wished and prayed and hoped and meditated to meet him and I am grateful for the days we get to spend together. Through everything having him in my life is amazing.
*Meaningful work- Yes although my job gets to me at times, I know that I am making a difference in people's lives every day.
*Freedom- I have the freedom move freely with my mind, body and spirit.
These things are not the case in many countries. I'm not trying to be like "oh think about all the starving kids in Africa" but that can help put things into perspective. When your car isn't the newest or the best remember- you have a car. When you don't want to get out of bed to go to work remember- you have legs and the health to get out of bed- do it! When you get upset by those little things remember- its probably not really all that bad. You probably have a pretty good life that someone else would be grateful for.
Be Thankful!
~Ruby
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Mind & Body
Here is to a rejoining of my mind and body.
Oh well update on the flower essence-- the week of my personalized blend went well. I did feel a difference when I was taking them. I have a potentially stressful meeting today at 9 so I will be making sure I take some Rescue Remedy before hand.
Hope your week is going great and be good to yourself!
Peace, love and happiness,
Ruby
Saturday, November 2, 2013
November Class Schedule
November is a special month because many families in Metro Detroit come together to celebrate Thanksgiving. Though this holiday has many interpretations, "thanksgiving" literally means: the expression of gratitude. Therefore, YOU are invited to practice gratitude all month in a local yoga class, private session or workshop:
Monday:
The Healthy Way of Life Company
Location: 1700 Haggerty Canton, MI 48187
Time: 6:00-7:00 am
Format: Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
Thursday:
Location: Fisher Building, Suite 216, 3011 W.Grand Blvd Detroit, MI 48202
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Format: Hatha Yoga
Friday:
The Healthy Way of Life Company
Location: 1700 Haggerty Canton, MI 48187
Time: 5:30-6:30 am
Format: Slow Burn Yoga
*You must be a member or have a guest pass to attend a class at Lifetime Fitness. For a free trial pass or for membership information please call (313)655-YOGA (9642) or email: info@yoganicflow.com or contact the Lifetime Canton Club directly at: (734) 394-2800*
* Pop-Up Yoga 313 and Lifetime Fitness are not Yoganic Flow affiliates*
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Negative Emotions and Flower Essence
I've been really stressed out at work lately. It's starting to spill over into my personal life. Ugh! Life is such a cycle of eb's and flows. I strive to be the best I can but the little things get lost in the process. I don't practice yoga like I should, I don't meditate which are the key things that I MUST be doing but in the process of doing everything it's like I let the stress swell over me. It's a learning process. I did read this article lately that inspired me to once again embrace my emotions positive and negative.
How to Turn Negative Emotions Into Your Greatest Advantage.
I also started taking a class called Flower Essence where I've been learning about different flowers that help with emotional state. If anyone of you read my blog you know that I'm always expressing my challenge with them. The first essence in the series is
5 Flower Remedy---I've been using it and it has been helping.
Here is some more information to get you started, I look forward to sharing more. My second class is tonight.
5 Flower Formula
Peace, Love and Happiness,
~ Ruby
How to Turn Negative Emotions Into Your Greatest Advantage.
I also started taking a class called Flower Essence where I've been learning about different flowers that help with emotional state. If anyone of you read my blog you know that I'm always expressing my challenge with them. The first essence in the series is
5 Flower Remedy---I've been using it and it has been helping.
Here is some more information to get you started, I look forward to sharing more. My second class is tonight.
5 Flower Formula
Peace, Love and Happiness,
~ Ruby
Friday, October 18, 2013
NFL Team the Seattle Seahawks Mandates Yoga
The staff of the Seattle
Seahawks have now made it mandatory for their players to participate
in Yoga practice after a successful optional program last season.
According to ESPN, yoga is just part of Coach Pete Carroll’s focus
on the players’ mental health and overall happiness.
“I wanted to find out if
we went to the NFL and really took care of guys, really cared about
each and every individual, what would happen?” he told ESPN.
Carroll’s philosophy is to
care for individual players, by offering yoga and meditation
sessions, and emphasizing positive thinking, language, and actions.
There’s even a whole staff designed to look after the players’
well being, including a life-skills consultant/addiction counselor.
This departs greatly from traditional football coaches who motivate
their players by being tough on them.
Their offensive tackle
Russell Okung also views meditation as an important part of training.
“Meditation is as
important as lifting weights and being out here on the field for
practice,” Okung said. “It’s about quieting your mind and
getting into certain states where everything outside of you doesn’t
matter in that moment. There are so many things telling you that you
can’t do something, but you take those thoughts captive, take power
over them and change them.”
In addition to improving
mental focus and stability, yoga also has the benefit of improving
flexibility and strengthening the neuromuscular system. The
flexibility aspect is one of the main reasons athletes participate in
yoga programs, to reduce injury to joints and connective tissue due
to improperly stretched muscles. Weight baring poses also help
strengthen the neuromuscular system by challenging how the body moves
and hold positions which then transfers to strength training and
other athletic activities.
This is why Yoganic Flow
offers their Yoga for Athletes at B-Fit Detroit:
http://www.bfitdetroit.com/
The original source article
can be found here:
http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/2013/09/nfl-team-mandates-yoga.html
Namaste
Will
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Happiness
There has been a lot of talk on how to be happy lately on different site and various blogs. Here is a good write up from the Huffington Post that I think sums things up. I can attest that when I am practicing these things, I am much happier!
Enjoy!
Peace, love and happiness,
Ruby
October Schedule
Fall Into a Yoga Class this Autumn
Each and every week in October
"In the entire circle of the year, there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October, when the trees are bare to the mild heavens, and the red leaves bestrew the road, and you can feel the breath of winter, morning and evening-- no days so calm, so tenderly solemn, and with such a reverent meekness in the air." -Alexander Smith
Monday:
The Healthy Way of Life Company
Location: 1700 Haggerty Canton, MI 48187
Time: 6:00-7:00 am
Format: Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
Transform your body. Transform your life.
Location: 249 Cass Mt.Clemens, MI 48043
Time: 8:00-9:00 pm
Format: Vinyasa Yoga
Thursday:
Location: Fisher Building, Suite 216, 3011 W.Grand Blvd Detroit, MI 48202
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Format: Hatha Yoga
Friday:
The Healthy Way of Life Company
Location: 1700 Haggerty Canton, MI 48187
Time: 5:30-6:30 am
Format: Slow Burn Yoga
*You must be a member or have a guest pass to attend a class at Lifetime Fitness. For a free trial pass or for membership information please call (313)655-YOGA (9642) or email: KerrieTrahan@yoganicflow.com or contact the Lifetime Canton Club directly at: (734) 394-2800*
* B-fit Detroit, Pop-Up 313 Yoga and Lifetime Fitness are not Yoganic Flow affiliates*
A Detroit-based Yoga Initiative
Private Lessons & Hip-Hop Yoga Workshops
Location: Your office or your home, your choice
Time: Call (313)655-YOGA for availability
Format: Vinyasa, Yin, Meditation, and Ashtanga classes offered
Light & Love,
Kerrie
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