AcroYoga Workshop 1st May 2010

Acroyoga certified instructor Marc Bauchet will be in Penang @ Yoga Plus on "Introduction To Acroyoga and Acroyoga for all levels". An combinations of acrobatic concept and yogic wisdom.

AcroYoga blends the spiritual wisdom of yoga, the loving kindness of Thai massage, and the dynamic power of Acrobatics. These three ancient lineages form this practice that cultivates trust, connection and playfulness. There are 7 main elements that make up the practice: circle ceremony, asana, partner flow, Thai massage, therapeutic flying, inversions & spotting, and partner acrobatics. Our highest aim is to bring individuals into a state of union with themselves, with each other, and with the divine. From this place of mutual support the true self can be realized, celebrated and shared for the benefit of all.

一个特殊的工作坊，融合了倒置， acro-flow, 泰式按摩及双人杂技瑜珈的难得机会。通过彼此的信任和能量的连接，增加与同伴间的联系， 建立理想的伙伴模式。这是 一个双人瑜珈的初学者课程，不需要任何基础。 而且女孩子一样可以作为支撑或飞翔在空中。只决定于你与伙伴间的联系。 来体验所未经历过的更深层次的瑜珈体位吧, 您一定会对自己的能力感到惊讶！！

Date :    1st May 2010   (1.30 - 4.30pm)
             2nd May 2010 (9.00am to 12 noon) &; (1.30pm to 4.30pm)
            
Venue :  Yoga Plus, Bukit Jambul, Penang
                                 
Saturday, 1st May 2010 (1.30pm - 4.30pm)  

Contact AcroYoga Fundamentals
Enjoy contact yoga with the technical foundations of AcroYoga. Beginners have the opportunity to learn the basics of AcroYoga in a safe space. Intermediate students will solidify and refine their practice.

Sunday, 2nd May 2010 (9am - 12noon)
Acrobatic Flying
Build on acrobatic training techniques for strength, alignment and proper muscular engagement that will see you through your regular practice. Learn acrobatic flying skills focusing on hand-foot placement, sequences, transitions, base/flyer communication and spotting. A playful, safe and supportive environment that will empower the whole room to be upside down and connect.

(1.30pm - 4.30pm)
Therapeutic Flying

Take Thai Massage techniques into the air Flying (lifting a person in the air) utilizes gravity to release and open the flyer’s spine whilst grounding and empowering the base. Enjoy the healing – the nectar of AcroYoga aka Anti-Gravitional Spinal Elongation
For more information on Acroyoga, pls visit : http://www.acroyoga.org/ on the instructor.

Hamstring & Yoga Sutra

Do you know that hamstring is a group of muscle that plays the crucial role in our many daily activities, such as walking, running, jumping and controlling some movement in the trunk.

Ever ask yourself why you practice yoga?

Join our workshop to find out more!

We will have a collection of yoga asana that works on loosening of hamstring for you to feel this important group of muscle.We will also introduce Anatomy to you to help you know more on this part of our body.

After the physical workout, there will be an open discussion on Yoga Sutra as well as a sharing session that may enlighten us along our yoga practice!

Namaste.

感受您的腿后腱 &   < 瑜珈经典 > 研讨兼分享聚会

您是否知道腿后腱其实是一组肌肉。它在我们日常的活动中，譬如行走、跑步、蹦跳和控制我们的身躯行动，都扮演着一个很重要的角色。

您有否问过自己为何要练习瑜珈？

来参与我们的课程！我们会透过一系列放松您紧绷的腿后腱的瑜珈姿势，让你感受这一组重要的肌肉。我们也会简介这组肌肉的解剖结构，让您更了解这属于我们身体的一组。

而后会有一个关于 < 瑜珈经典 > 的研讨兼分享聚会，籍此在瑜珈的旅途上共勉之！

Venue 地点 : Yoga Plus, Bukit Jambul


Date 日期 : 2009年3月21日 (Sunday)

Time 时间 : 9.30 am 至 11.00 am

Fees 收费 : RM15 (part of the fund will be donate to charity Association部份收入将捐赠予慈善机构)

Yoga Towel

Mat size Yoga Towel available in 5 colours: purple, navy blue, grey blue, green and earth. It have a stopper as antislip when cover on the mat or practicing on the floor. It is good to have as travel mate and for more hygience purpose to cover on the mat when practice and also as towel to cover on body when you are having your savasana (relaxation) pose.

It will helps to block away the dust and absorb the sweat when you are having your practice. Washable with soap and water.

Retial or wholesale are welcome.

An Exploration of Life Thru Blindfold Yoga

Blindfold yoga shows us how to see the world and our own practice in more intuitive,courageous and adventures ways. The short workshop will incorporate the asanas and movement meditation with more unique partner work and games. It will use yoga to explore our senses, creatively to expanding our own inner vision.

Come and explore your body, your strength and endurance thru this session. You definately have a different feeling from the usual. All levels welcome.

Feedback from partifcipants : -

R Wei : I realise that I can hold the pose longer time, sweat more and more concentrate on the breath.

Jacky : More concentrate and listen. Now only I felt the backward stretch while doing cobra pose.

Huey In : Food are more tasty.

回归灵性的喜悦 – 雷久南博士 （现场记录）

一份心灵的礼物 （槟城菩提中学礼堂，23-Oct 2009，星期五）

与槟城久违十年的雷博士，终于带着轻盈的脚步，再次踏上槟城的土地，当晚她带来了一份心灵礼物，与现场二千多位听众分享如何滋养灵性的喜悦。

以下是雷博士主讲的内容精髓，当天没来得及出席的朋友，让你有机会共享讲座会的精华，而那些有出席的，就当着是重温讲座的笔记，再次滋养和唤醒灵性的喜悦吧！

金光灌顶
我们常相信和依赖‘有形’的物质来维持我们的健康，其实‘无形’的 《气》 和 《光》，也一样可以滋养我们的生命。 金光， 有免疫和转化的作用，要常冥想头顶有一个太阳，金光从头顶慢慢进入喉部、胸部、腹部、内脏、生殖器官、腿部、脚趾头、手臂和手指头，金光不但能增强免疫系统，而且还可以转化不好的能量，并修补出现问题的地方。

思想逆转现今的污染很严重，很多东西的能量都是逆转的，包括化肥泥土、蔬果、手机和电器等等，不难发现，人类的思想也开始逆转了！

灵感天线
每人的头上都有一个天线，扮演着“灵感” 和 “能量” 的感应器。灵感和能量并非一天就可以制造出来，我们必须加强天线的敏感度，但是我们的天线已经渐渐被无形的电波和辐射污染了，科学昌明的时代，几乎每人都有一个、甚至几个心爱的手机，而且还有无线电脑到处可以上网，我们肉眼看不到的电波和辐射，在天空穿越飞行，造成我们天线的吸收能力，变得日愈迟钝了。

迷失方向
科学实验把手机放在蜜蜂旁边，结果蜜蜂迷失了方向，回不了家，因为蜜蜂的天线已被手机的电波和辐射干扰，造成蜜蜂精神错乱了，可见辐射的杀伤力是非常严重的。

女性对辐射比男性敏感，雷博士曾经遇见一对夫妇，因为丈夫长期在家使用手机上班，结果妻子得了癌症！

回家
我们身边有太多“不自然”的东西，所以我们也迷失了！每个人都想回家，回到自己心灵真正快乐的家，但我们喜悦的时间都不长久，这表示我们“迷路”了！

当你发现自己迷路时，千万不要再盲目的走下去，不妨停下脚步，问问自己：“我怎么会走到这里来的？” 然后告诉自己，我要回家，回到本来的喜悦！

饮食 --- 回家的关键
食物的来源和处理过程，会间接影响我们感到喜悦或愤怒的情绪。人造色素、防腐剂，通过化肥或没有光彩的食物，吃了会让人也没有光彩，试问“森林里野生的植物，为什么比人类栽种的更有营养？”。

不自然的化肥，提供不足的光彩，只要缺一光彩，蔬菜就缺乏一部分的滋养，人类吃了自然也没光彩，也影响下一代的健康日渐走下坡。

吃什么，得什么
没有一种动物是喜悦被杀的，所以吃了那些惨遭恐惧而被杀的动物，人类的情绪也跟着不安和愤怒，因为“你吃什么，就得什么”，那是不变的事实！

如何从阴霾走出来
雷博士分享一个关于她邻居的真实故事，邻居的女儿自杀，接着姐妹也相继逝世，生命受到很大的打击，但是过了不久，邻居已经可以从阴霾走出来，而且散发很正面的能量和光彩，雷博士问他是怎么做到的？答案是:-
· 心念的力量 --- 首先对自己的过去负责任，然后把目前最糟糕的心态稍微提高一点点，把消极的想法，慢慢的转换成正面的，秘诀是多说“谢谢”、“感恩”，这样那些让你谢谢的事情，才会常常发生在你身上，还有看到别人成功或行善，要跟着高兴和鼓励，不要错过与好运起相应的机会，渐渐地成功会越来越近了！相反的，如果你起妒忌心，那么所有的运气就会跟你越离越远了。

生命的提升 --- 要相信每个生命都有一定的作用，我们来到这个世界，本身就有一定的功课要完成，人生道路出现的障碍，就是要我们学习和理解生命的意义。邻居起初对死亡是感到愤怒的，但后来明白生命是需要提升时，就坦然接受亲人的离去了。

如何清除过去成长期间的创伤？
1. 首先探讨创伤的由来:-
· 来自母胎期间 --- 母亲怀孕时的情绪波动
· 父母对孩子的批判 --- 不打不成器的错误想法
· 来自祖先的观念和习气
· 自卑感

2． 治疗创伤的方法:-· 回想、改变 --- 把父母的眼神，从严厉变成温柔，把负面的评价，变成称赞。
· 试问“是谁真正没得到爱？”，“谁没得到关怀和肯定？”
· 冥想把爱和关怀送给父母或祖先，也可以观想送礼物给这些真正需要爱的人。
· 每天临睡时，冥想时钟的时针顺时转三圈，再逆时转三圈，可以帮助清除过去的创伤。
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心的开始· 每一天，每一刻和每一秒都是新的开始，只要当下明白这一点，你以前的瓶颈就消失了！
· 越有爱心，免疫力越强！
· “漏能量” --- 别把注意力放在病者的病情上，也别常常讨论它会多严重和危险性，应该去投注和吸引更多正面的能量给病者。
· 人类初登月球时，有人去访问印第安人长老的看法，经过几天和族群的商讨后，总结只有一句话 – “谁来警告月球？！”，可见人类带来的伤害！
· 细菌变变变！！人类越讨厌、越对抗细菌，细菌就越强！就像我们杀虫子，虫子就越生越多。
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问与答
听众 ： 梦是什么？
雷博士： 梦 -- 是平时收不到的讯息，也有可能是日有所思，夜有所梦，但是我们可以改梦，做恶梦时，把自己叫醒。 睁开眼睛也是梦，即使去了极乐世界，还是要醒！
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听众 ： 要如何向观音菩萨祈求孩子平安？
雷博士： 先要跟菩萨的心起相应，菩萨都希望全部的孩子平安，所以不妨为全世界的孩子祈求，一定灵验！
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我当晚也把问题写在纸上呈上去了， 问题是 ---- 请问“养生”和“灵性的喜悦”最终目标是什么？ 是继续轮回，还是去极乐世界？ (雷博士一念完问题，即引起全场观众一阵笑声。。。)
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雷博士： 每人心里都有不同的极乐世界，各有不同的定义和境界，去极乐世界，主要是那份喜悦的感觉，所以最重要的是，你得 时时维持喜悦的心，而且要尽量分享喜悦和感染身边全部的众生，发心帮助一切众生感到喜悦、清安和自在，这就是灵性最究竟的喜悦了！
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雷博士简短的回复，我的心里找到了满意的答案，非常感恩。
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借此与大家分享，愿大家都找到 回家的路，身心灵100分。

108 Sun Salutation Relays 26 Sep 09

Why Sun Salutations?

Sun Salutations is a yoga practice that involve a series of yoga postures (asana) . This exercise helps in endocrine systems and the chakra (the vortexes through which vital life energy – or prana – is channeled. Helping to build strength and flexibility.

In many cultures, light has long been a symbol of consciousness and self-illumination. "The world begins with the coming of light," wrote Jungian analyst Erich Neumann in The Origins and History of Consciousness (Princeton University Press, 1995). "Opposition between light and darkness has informed the spiritual world of all peoples and molded it into shape."

Our primary source of light is, of course, the sun. When we look at our closest star, we may see nothing more than a big yellow ball. But for thousands of years, the Hindus have revered the sun, which they call Surya, as both the physical and spiritual heart of our world and the creator of all life itself. That's why one of Surya's many other appellations is Savitri (the Vivifier), who, according to the Rig Veda, "begets and feeds mankind in various manners" (III.55.19). Moreover, since everything that exists originates from the sun, as Alain Dani巐ou wrote in The Myths and Gods of India (Inner Traditions, 1991), it "must contain the potentiality of all that is to be known." For the Hindus, the sun is the "eye of the world" (loka chakshus), seeing and uniting all selves in itself, an image of and a pathway to the divine.

One of the means of honoring the sun is through the dynamic asana sequence Surya Namaskar (better known as Sun Salutation). The Sanskrit word namaskar stems from namas, which means "to bow to" or "to adore." (The familiar phrase we use to close our yoga classes, namaste?i>te means "you"梐lso comes from this root.) Each Sun Salutation begins and ends with the joined-hands mudra (gesture) touched to the heart. This placement is no accident; only the heart can know the truth.
History and Practice

There's some disagreement among authorities over the origins of Sun Salutation. Traditionalists contend that the sequence is at least 2,500 years old (perhaps even several hundred years older), that it originated during Vedic times as a ritual prostration to the dawn, replete with mantras, offerings of flowers and rice, and libations of water. Skeptics of this dating maintain that Sun Salutation was invented by the raja of Aundh (a former state in India, now part of Maharashtra state) in the early 20th century, then disseminated to the West in the 1920s or 1930s.

However old Sun Salutation is, and whatever it may originally have looked like, many variations have evolved over the years. Janita Stenhouse, in Sun Yoga: The Book of Surya Namaskar (Innerspace Map Studio, 2001), illustrates two dozen or so adaptations (though several are quite similar). Our sequence here consists of 12 "stations" composed of eight different postures, the last four being the same as the first four but performed in reverse order. In this sequence, we'll start and end in Tadasana. (Station 12, not pictured, is the same as station 1 on p. 91).

Since the sequence is, in essence, a humble adoration of the light and insight of the self, it's essential to practice Sun Salutation in a spirit of devotion and with your awareness turned always inward toward the heart. Make each movement as mindful and precise as possible, especially as you near the end of your rounds, when fatigue can lead to sloppiness.

Taken fr Yoga Journal

Ladies Personal Safety Workshop

It is great!! Here are some tips from Mr. Kenny :

1. Buy a Pepper Spray, its 85% of sucessful rate for self protection
2. Be alert... to the surrounding is the 1st requirement.
3. Always get ready the keys before reaching home or car.
4. Don stay in the car to check out your stuff or sms. Drive out the cars immediately.
5. Light up yor back lane light.
6. Get to know your neighbours and have their contact numbers.
7. If you are using prepaid phone line.. pls always keep your line active for emergencies.

We are going for a 2nd round of workshop which will be have more details and los of physical training. 4 session and 2 hours each. For details .. go to Serine. LOL