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Holiday Yoga Class for R&R&R

December 27, 2010 by Julie Lusk

You’re invited! Please come to our annual Holiday Rescue for Relaxation and Renewal on Tuesday, Dec. 28 at 7 pm at the JCS Pavilion located at 5361 S. Milford Rd., Milford, OH

It’s always a blast to come together, gather around the fireplace, and enjoy yoga together.

Please come and bring your friends. It’s by donation and everything collected will be given to the JSC to help them serve even more people and as a token of our appreciation.

Our regular schedule begins the week of January 10. Visit this link for details on the yoga classes in Milford, OH, Anderson, OH and more.

Cultivate the Positive Meditation

January 2, 2013 by Julie Lusk

Here are three proven yoga techniques to help with setting a worthwhile intention that will help you overcome frustrations, anxiety and fatigue. You will have clarity of mind, and be calm and courageous too.

They are the 1) Pratipaksha Bhavana meditation. 2) Kubera hand mudra. 3) Yoga Nidra, a deeply relaxing exercise that helps you make needed changes. Continue on for details and a handout for easy reference.

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Yoga for a Healthy Heart

February 8, 2014 by Julie Lusk

Here is a series of 9 yoga poses for a healthy heart (pdf) from the innovative work of Dean Ornish, MD.

For over 30 years, research has shown how comprehensive lifestyle changes can often halt, and even reverse, heart disease. Program components include a low fat diet, exercise, social support, and stress management (yoga, guided relaxation, breathing, meditation). Reversing Heart Disease, Love and Survival, and other books and articles by Ornish contain the details and data you’ll want to have about the lifestyle for a healthy heart. This yoga series was originally published in Yoga Journal (March 06).

LINK: 9 Yoga poses for a healthy heart (pdf)

A great resource for guided relaxation, breathing and meditation is Yoga Meditations: Timeless Mind-Body Practices for Awakening.

Wabi Sabi – The Power of Imperfection

October 25, 2011 by Julie Lusk

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Wabi-Sabi is my new favorite concept. It refers to the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.

Wabi is a Japanese word that connotes rustic simplicity and the understated elegance found in both natural and man-made objects.

Sabi is the beauty or serenity that comes with age, when the life of something and its impermanence are evidenced in its patina and wear as well as in any visible repairs.

What a wonderful concept that softens the sting of aging and the illusion most of us are under that demands that we always get it right. Not only does it soften it, it elevates imperfection to an art to be treasured.

So, the next time things don’t seem to go right, simply smile and say “Wabi-Sabi”. It’s a real time-saver too.

Please give us examples of how you are celebrating the spirit of Wabi Sabi in your life. Add your comments below.

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Yoga poem

December 9, 2015 by Julie Lusk

‘Twas the time at the Yuletide,
and in the yoga place,
not a muscle was moving, it was filled with grace.
The mats were lined up, on the floor with care,
in hopes that sweet relaxation would soon be there.

The students relaxed, all snug on their mats,
while life hurried by, like crazy cats.
Everybody began moving, this way and that.

“Now Tadasana! Now Chandrasana! Virabhadrasana & Bridge!
On Cobra! On Bow! On Locust and Fish!
To the top of your head! And the bottom of your heart!
Now breathe away! Breathe away!
And please don’t fart!”

When up in my brain there arose such a clatter,
I fell out of my posture, to worsen the matter,
When what to my wandering mind should appear,
but a big plate of chocolate, and a six-pack of cheer!