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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.

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.

Guided Relaxation & its Benefits

March 28, 2014 by Julie Lusk

Relaxing regularly and deeply is the perfect remedy to conquer stress.

The World Health Organization predicts that stress-related disorders and psychological disorders will be the second leading cause of disabilities in the world by 2020.

The good news is that we can each take action to prevent and/or cope with stress. It’s time to take stress seriously and learn to do things that really release stress and result in reducing muscular tension, regulating blood pressure and even relieving pain.

Is rest and relaxation a waste of time? Hardly!

Isaac Newton made his breakthrough discovery on gravity while he was relaxing and watching apples fall from trees.
Archimedes had his “eureka” moment in the bath tub.
Albert Einstein was asked how he discovered the theory of relativity. He said, “I didn’t discover it. I meditated and it revealed itself.”
- Einstein also said, “Play is the best research.”
- “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

Let’s define Guided Relaxation. It is a valuable tool for your stress relief toolbox.

The secret to gaining relaxed energy is to clear away the mental ruckus and emotional debris to make room for clear thinking. One of the easiest ways of doing this is through relaxing the muscular tension held in the body by tensing and releasing muscle groups throughout your body using a reliable technique known as progressive muscular relaxation. Doing so not only releases physical tension, it also teaches you the felt difference between tension and relaxation. By knowing this, you can catch physical tension early on and before it causes painful headaches, back problems and digestive trouble. A calming effect for the body, mind, emotions and spirit is awakened as well.

Progressive muscle relaxation, conscious breathing, creative visualization and guided imagery techniques are powerful techniques that are often incorporated into guided relaxation exercises.

Summary of Benefits

Guided relaxation will:

Improve immunity
Lower Stress
Feel more refreshed; especially when you need it most
Cellular rejuvenation and repair
Better sleep
More energy
Greater mental clarity while reducing worry
Increase creativity
Enhance problem-solving and intuition
Extra stamina and endurance
More productivity
Relieve pain
Improve your outlook
Better overall health
And more!

Enjoy recorded guided relaxation & imagery on CD here.

Come to a guided relaxation & imagery workshop. See your choices here.

Hakini Mudra for Brain-Body Balance, Problem-Solving & Focus

September 7, 2018 by Julie Lusk

The Hakini Mudra for brain-body balance, problem-solving and focus is one of my favorite hand mudras. It’s very effective and easy to do.

Mudras are yoga positions, gestures, and seals for your hands and fingers that facilitate health, healing, psychological balance and spiritual transformation. Some mudras use the whole body and breath. They are effective, easy to learn, practical and powerful, and anyone can do them. Learn more about mudras here.

Hakini Mudra Benefits:

Directs the breath, awareness, and energy to the entire body to balance the bodymind physically and energetically
Complete and full breathing is facilitated effortlessly
Reduces stress
The first six energy centers (chakras) are stimulated and harmonized
Both hemispheres of the brain are integrated and invigorated
Boosts memory, concentration, and assists problem solving

How to do Hakini Mudra:

Gently touch the fingertips and thumb of one hand to the corresponding fingertips and thumb on the other
Hold your palms apart as if you were holding a ball
Place your hands in front of your solar plexus (mid-section)
If your fingernails are too long to touch the fingertips together, interlace all the fingers, separate your palms, and touch the tips of the thumbs together

References: Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation & Stress Relief – Printed Book & Audio download, Julie Lusk. New Harbinger Associates, pg. 165-166.

The hakini mudra illustration is from Mudras for Healing and Transformation and courtesy of Joseph and Lilian Le Page of Integrative Yoga Therapy. Their permission was given to use it in Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation & Stress Relief and associated materials.

Back to School Stress Relief for teachers, students and parents

August 17, 2010 by Julie Lusk

Picture yourself effortlessly gliding through your day with more energy, better brain power and less stress. You can with guided imagery! Guided imagery is a program of directed thoughts that guide your imagination toward a relaxed, focused state. Julie Lusk, published author and expert in the field will help you benefit from clear thinking and relaxing energy. Tom Laskey will accompany with instrumental music acknowledged by many for its relaxing attributes.

JULIE LUSK & TOM LASKEY
Joseph Beth Booksellers – Rookwood Plaza
2692 Madison Rd., Cincinnati, OH – 513-396-8960

Thursday, August 26 at 7:00 PM