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Reiki Blue … October 27, 2011

October 28, 2011

What a deep and full Prototypes experience it was, and from the experience I am locked into a reverence for the women of this world who don’t have it easy and who don’t have it served to them on a platter. I am locked into a reverence for the women who are judged, who face [...]

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Yoga Blue: Headstand/Chitta-stand. 10.1.11

October 1, 2011

We used aparigrapha to play into going upside down. Sutra 1.2 Chitta as Heart Mind. ajna rest on bricks other side cat cow barrell roll balasana sphinx reverse windshield wiper balasana even cowgirls get the blues dolphin pose plank downdog uttanasnaa cowboy negociation uttansana uttitha tadasana tadasana shoulder shrugs guitar hero tadasana YAM lunge salutes [...]

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A Heart as Wide as the World

July 12, 2011

A friend once said to me, “If you want to hear God laugh, just make a plan!” How true that is! My afternoon at Prototypes was another prime example of just how true that would turn out to be, and provided an opportunity to crack my heart open, even more than it already was! I [...]

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Reiki Blue – Out of the Blue

June 22, 2011

Out of the Blue: a phrase describing an unexpected event. Reiki is often, if not always an unexpected event, even for the people who seek Reiki treatments and sessions or Reiki trainings. What is unexpected about it is the way Reiki shows up. Reiki doesn’t come in a bottle or a can. It has no [...]

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Anointing and Anxiety

June 13, 2011

Thursday afternoon found me once again with the women at Prototypes, and I decided to mix it up a bit this week. This was the first afternoon I felt compelled to introduce the women to the idea of anointing, what it was and how to perform simple anointing ceremonies to balance and align the energy [...]

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Connecting to your Vital Life Energy

May 26, 2011

For Yoga Blue today … as Reiki Blue today … in advance DEEP BREATH ~ DEEP LIFE SHALLOW BREATH ~ SHALLOW LIFE What kind of life do you want? Find a quiet, still place (if at all possible) and sit comfortable in a chair with your legs out in front of you or sit comfortably [...]

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Aromatherapy and Anxiety

April 17, 2011

It was pretty obvious when I showed up last Thursday that almost all of the women in my class were suffering from major anxiety. Very few of them could sit still, nor could they resist the urge to talk out and talk over each other and me. So I quickly passed out some lavender oil, [...]

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One Stitch at a Time: 96 Handmade Prayers by Lise Solvang

March 11, 2011

“Knitting is the simplest and most ordinary of activities, yet somehow it contains within itself the potential for expanding our conscious awareness” In so many ways…. Our group Women in Recovery meet once a week here in Ojai and are so lucky to have the great privilege of knitting for the homeless. We have started [...]

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Lavender: An Ally for Peace, by Allison Stillman

March 11, 2011

Lavandula officinalis, or angustifolia, commonly known as lavender essential oil is the most popular essential oil in use today. In the scientific community, it appears to be the second-most researched essential oil, only after tea tree or Melaluca alternifolia. This is probably due to the aromatic constituents, or properties of tea tree, and the widespread [...]

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Aromatherapy and Addiction

March 8, 2011

We had an amazing afternoon with the women at Prototypes on March 7th. I had the great gift of Laurel Lyons assisting me, and it was perfect as we had about 16 women for the class. They all arrived looking quite stressed, with somewhat forlorn faces. We talked about how the brain affects addiction, and [...]

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