My Favorite Links & Resources

• Yoga Links
• Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation
• Guided Imagery
• Meditation
• Holistic Health
• Wellness Resources

Yoga Links

The Yoga Alliance is an organization that registers yoga teachers.  Registration can take place on at the 200 and 500 hour levels.  Finding a teacher who is registered assures you that they have studied everything  from philosophy, anatomy and physiology, asanas, teaching methodology, ethics, and techniques.  Julie Lusk has obtained registration at the highest level possible.  Julie is qualified to offer CEU’s from Yoga Alliance as a YACEP,

The Yoga Journal online is brimming with a wide range of yoga information.

Integral Yoga whose founder is Swami Satchidananda.

Himalayan Institute and the home of Yoga International Magazine

Iyengar Yoga A classic and always inspirational.

The International Association of Yoga Therapists has a wonderful collection of information.

Visit an excellent yoga pose (asana) library at beYogi

Yoga Nidra

Learn more about the history of yoga nidra here.

Yoga Nidra Network offers tons of resources on yoga nidra including free audios in multiple languages, a listing of yoga nidra teachers worldwide, info on trainings, and much more.

Research on yoga nidra, under the direction of Kamakhya Kumar, PhD 

Jennifer Reis’s yoga nidra CDs, Mp3’s, trainings and workshops

The Integrative Restoration Institute (IRI), under the direction of Richard Miller, PhD, provides materials, programs and teacher trainings based on yoga nidra.  See current, upcoming and planned IRest yoga nidra research

Guided Imagery

Health Journeys, by Belleruth Naparstek is the very best place to go for information and products, especially for medically-related guided imagery.  Click here for a collection of research on guided imagery and similar mind-body techniques.

CardPlusCD produces Julie Lusk’s guided imagery CDs.  Relaxation music by Tom Laskey is also offered.

Meditation

Loose Leaf Hollow is a wonderful retreat center in Bardstown, KY under the capable leadership of Joe Zarantonello.   Joe is an exceptional teacher, poet and the creator of the Integral Journal.  Check it out – it is truly a ‘space for grace’.

The Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford is in the greater Cincinnati area.  It provides programs, facilities and an environment which helps people find God in all things and live a life of compassionate service.  Julie Lusk teaches classes and offers retreats there and is on their Board of Trustees.

Click here for Meditations to listen to on-line from Thich Nhat Hanh, Sharon Salsburg and others.

Holistic Health

SelfHelpMagazine is a wonderful resource.  Please check it out.

The Continuum Center for Health and Healing is located at Beth Israel in NY.  Their site has a great resource library on complementary therapies as well as on health conditions.

Wellness Resources

Whole Person Associates  makes available the finest books, materials, audio and video tapes on stress management and wellness.  They publish and sell Julie Lusk’s Yoga Meditations: Timeless Mind-Body Practices, 30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery and Inner Healing, Volumes One and Two and Wholesome Relaxation CD, Wholesome Energizers CD, and Refreshing Journeys audio tape and CD.

New Harbinger Publications is publishing my next new book, Yoga Nidra for Stress Relief.  They offer self-help resources  that are concise, practical, and factual.  Topics include anxiety, depression, anger, relationships, and health and feature the newest research available.

7 Arts Studio is the brainchild of Noreen Wessling.  She will inspire you to drum, draw, dream and let your spirit soar.  Mostly, you will have fun discovering hidden talents you never knew you had.  Cincinnati based.

Jakk’s Magic Beans Workshop:  Julie Keefe (a/k/a Jakk) offers Reiki and Feng Shui services, as well as one-of-a-kind creations to encourage, support and enhance your connection to well-being.  Visit her website to learn more and to feast your eyes on her wire-wrapped pendants!  Cincinnati based.

Mandala Monday is a new feature being offered by Julie Keefe (more about her above).  A mandala is a symbolic circle for healing.  It feels peaceful to look at and helps you focus too. Even better, she posts a new mandala each Monday  for you to color and submit for prizes.

Get Yoga on Demand!  Get unlimited yoga classes for streaming for personal, non-commercial use. Bonus videos & info links included.

It’s the perfect way to rekindle your health, happiness, and sense of wonder.

I’m having a great time with the Yoga on Demand! Lori N 

Practice anytime @ any hour.
Now till July 1, 2026

Class plans go month-to-month.

On sale now!
Only $45 for the entire month!
… Regular price is $60 

All you need ..

• Smartphone, tablet or computer.
• Zoom. Get it free here.
• Yoga mat or towel and a floor.
• Optional props (blankets, pillows, etc.)

Yoga on Demand works great for me.  DJ

Yoga Zoom Options |  In-person Options

Pick your plan.  Book it now.  Enjoy!

How it Works.

• Pick your plan from 3 options.
• Add it to your cart. 
• Plans are only valid for dates specified.  Subscriptions go month-to-month. 
• Get access link to your class plan in the Transaction Receipt on registration. Check spam or junk mail if you don’t see the link.

On sale now! Just $30 per plan | Regular price is $60 | | Contact Julie Lusk to pay by check or request a scholarship. 

I love Yoga on Demand. Thanks!  CR

♥ Plan A …. 5 Yoga Nidra Relaxation – Audio Classes

1. Heartfelt Yoga Nidra Meditation | Feel relaxed and balanced by gently moving your awareness throughout your body. Sohum breathing is used as a mantra. Calm your mind and emotions with inner eye gazing (chidakasha). Awaken your intuition and inner guidance with guided imagery. Enjoy ample time to dwell in the peaceful presence of Yoga Nidra. A heartfelt pledge (sankalpa) is used to support enduring change.
2. Tender Time Yoga Nidra | Relieve physical tension with a light progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) exercise. Balance energy and awareness with the booster breath that adds a pause and an extra boost after inhaling and exhaling. Mindfulness and guided imagination easily leads you into feeling peaceful and spacious. Intuition and unconditional joy often result. A heartfelt pledge (sankalpa) is used.
3. Yoga Nidra for Restoring & Enhancing Health & Wellbeing | Generate deep calmness and enhance immunity and cell renewal using autogenic training with a special healing breath.  Experience health-enhancing intuitive guidance for insights. Enjoy guided imagination for remembering wellness to enhance health.
4. Drop into Yoga Nidra Quickly | Relax completely by lifting and dropping portions of the body, a good substitute for anyone with contraindications for tensing muscles (PMR).  Rinse away tension with an imaginary waterway. Intuition comes alive when an imagined animal appears to give and receive messages. Peace and joy are sprinkled down for absorption.
5. Yoga Nidra Heart Connections | Experience an amazing Yoga Nidra journey through all the dimensions of the heart starting with the physical organ itself to the heartbeat of lifeforce energy. The windows of the emotional heart are acknowledged and wiped clean to reveal the clarity of ones’ knowing heart and and the spiritual heart connection to ones’ path with a capital P.  Live harp music is played throughout.

Plan A 

♥  Plan B… 5 Hatha Yoga Posture – Video Classes| All classes include muscle and  joint warm-ups, breathwork, and mindfulness.  Enjoy savory savasana time for gaining relaxed energy.

1. Tone & Strengthen | Yoga to strengthen and flatten abdominals, tone back, legs, hips, and more. The psoas sequence is featured.
2. Fortify Bones, Muscles & Flexibility | Features 12 postures scientifically proven to increase bone density and improve alignment. Postures for balance and for strong muscles and bones are featured. Get a 75-minute and a 30-minute practice videos.
3. Good for Core Alignment | Improve core strength, alignment, and energy.
4. Moon Salute | Practice a fun yoga sequence that has it all … Flexibility. Strength. Coordination.
5. Chair Yoga | Benefit from yoga sitting down. Additional info given from Julie Lusk’s book, Desktop Yoga (r)

Plan B

♥  Plan C … 3 + 3 is 3 Yoga Nidra Audio Classes + 3 Hatha Yoga Video Classes

Yoga Nidra

1. 1. 1. Heartfelt Yoga Nidra Meditation | Description above
      2. Tender Time Yoga Nidra | Description above
      3. Drop into Yoga Nidra Quickly | Description above

Hatha Yoga Postures

1. 1. 1. Fortify bones, muscles & flexibility | Description above
      2. Tone & Strengthen | Description above
      3. Chair Yoga | Description above

Plan C

Registration Help..

1. Click here for the CART to review your order & check out. The cart is also in the right column and down below.
2. Get access link to your class plan in the Transaction Receipt on registration. Check spam or junk mail if you don’t see the link.  You will be emailed sign-in info and instructions. Look in spam or junk mail if you don’t see it.
3. Contact Julie Lusk anytime 

Click now to see Julie Lusk’s catalog of 6 books, dozens of audios, and more, including her book, Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation & Stress Relief.   

Contact me anytime!  

Power of Presence CD

Written and narrated by Julie Lusk

Original instrumental music by Tom Laskey

Power of Presence CD

Gain the benefits of meditation with comfort and ease. You'll soon solve workplace stress and easily handle personal challenges and health issues. CLICK the blue title link above to find out more... Digital downloads are available.

Be Calm, Clear Confident. Listen to the Power of Presence.  Perfect  for relaxation and to swiftly gain the benefits of mindfulness meditation with comfort and ease.  You will soon solve work stress and easily handle personal challenges and health issues with this recording.

This recording has relaxation, breathing, imagery, and affirmation exercises from Julie Lusk’s book, Yoga Meditations.

Power of Presence CD
Track Sequence

1. Introduction
   Tips to optimize your relaxation experience.
2. Sinking into Sensation
   Feel delightfully alive, alert, and mindful.
3. Energy Breathing Exercise
   Achieve balanced, relaxed energy
4. Cultivate the Positive
   Establish wholesome traits in
   yourself with affirmations.
5. Everybody is Here
   Beautiful music by Tom Laskey

Your Power of Presence is a very fine CD!  Congrats!!  Thumbs up, 5 stars!!!

Belleruth Naparstek
Health Journeys guided imagery creator

Power of Presence is being used by:

• American Cancer Society
• Wellness Community
• American Heart Association
• Virginia Tech
• Douglas Elementary School
• Mary Maguire Foundation
• Hospice of Cincinnati
• More

Candace Alexander, M.Ed., CHES

Director, Cultural Health Initiatives
American Heart Association
American Stroke Association

Julie leaves quite an impression upon those she touches through her work.  Her passion and compassion for creating guided imagery and relaxation scripts and CDs literally change peoples’ lives.  She has set the standard in this field and addressed the need for more preventative work for those who are predisposed to or have already experienced cardiac and cerebrovascular health issues. Go Red, a special project of the American Heart Association uses her CD’s.

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