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Handling Distractions

October 29, 2019 by Julie Lusk

The Distraction Disadvantage

Excerpt from Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation & Stress Relief. Julie Lusk. NHP 2015.

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Yoga Nidra Books, Audios, Articles, Classes

Yoga Nidra Articles

Yoga nidra FAQ
How to make positive changes that last using intentions (sankalpas) with yoga nidra.
Benefits of yoga nidra
How to practice savasana, the relaxation pose
Sleep and yoga nidra Why 1 hour of yoga nidra practice is equivalent to 4 hours of sleep.
Yoga nidra to improve your brain. It’s fascinating!
Free recording to experience the power of yoga nidra
Journaling prompts for yoga nidra

Class Info & Registration Links

Yoga Nidra Online Classes – Totally relax. Put your physical, mental, and emotional stress to rest. All classes.
Yoga on Demand – Have video classes to watch anytime, anywhere. Plans available for Yoga Nidra, Hatha Yoga & Combos.
Class Downloads – Get your favorite Hatha Yoga + Nidra classes to download for keeps
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Yoga Nidra Teacher Trainings Workshops
Free recording to experience the power of yoga nidra

Books

Yoga Nidra Meditations: 24 Scripts for True Relaxation | Print | Audiobook | eBook
Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief |Print | eBook
Visit the Julie Lusk Amazon Author Page to see almost everything

Audios

Audio Recordings | MP3’s | CDs | Downloads || Amazon | iTunes, etc.
Class Downloads | Get your favorite Hatha Yoga + Nidra classes to download for keeps
Visit the Julie Lusk Amazon Author Page to see almost everything

We believe in the power of wellness, stress relief, and mind-body techniques, like yoga, meditation, and creativity, and how they are essentials to thriving personally, professionally and happily in today’s world.

Established in 2000, we are here to offer a helping hand with our resource materials, classes, workshops, writings, recordings, music, and SoulCollage®. We work with individuals and groups in-person and online. We provide professional training at retreat centers, conferences, businesses & more.

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The key to a happy, healthy, worthwhile life is to be genuine, kind, and helpful.
We believe it’s important to find and follow your path .. with a capital P.
The mind-body-spirit connection is powerful.
We believe true relaxation is energizing and inspiring.
We believe in healthy lifestyles and mindstyles.
We believe heartfelt guidance comes from within.
We believe in less drama and more music, art, dancing, humming, gardening, cooking, and play.
We believe real yoga, yoga nidra, meditation, guided imagery, and relaxation are empowering,
We believe in being around friendly, kindred spirits.
We believe in deep restorative rest to have the energy to do what really matters.
We specialize in yoga, meditation, guided relaxation and imagery, and creative opportunities.
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Yoga and Meditation Centers: Kripalu (19 years), Sivananda / Bahamas, Satchidananda (10 years)– Satchidananda Ashram/Yogaville (15 years), Miami Township (25 years), Jesuit Spiritual Center (20 years), Discovery Yoga (4 years), and more.
Businesses: Procter & Gamble, Fidelity Investments, General Electric, City of Staunton, Ethicon/J&J, Xpedx, Convergys, Cincinnati Bell, Lewis-Gale Medical Center, Allstate Insurance and more
Colleges and Universities: University of Cincinnati, Roanoke College, Virginia Tech, University of Western Australia, Hollins College, and more.
National Conventions: National Wellness Conference (16 years), NICABM ( 10 years), Speaking of Women’s Health (4 years), National Flute Convention (2 years), International Symposium on Community Health (Washington, Hong Kong, Japan) and more.
Non-Profit Groups: American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Jamaican Cancer Society, Council of Community Services, American Red Cross and more.

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City of Staunton, Roanoke College, Medco Health, Alive and Well Coalition, and many others.

Julie’s relaxation, imagery and affirmation audios are used by

Good Samaritan Hospital, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, American Heart Association, Hospice of Cincinnati, American and Jamaican Cancer Societies, VA Tech and other organizations nationwide.

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Meditation is a form of mental martial arts.

January 8, 2011 by Julie Lusk

Joan Borysenko says…

Meditation is a form of mental martial arts. If we resist thoughts, they will overpower us. But if we just step lightly out of their way, letting them come and go like birds flying overhead, we can use their energy to further focus our minds.

The nature of the mind is to think and create, so the mind naturally wanders during meditation. The demoralizing thought that only your mind wanders while other meditators are sitting there in bliss is a major reason why people give up on meditation practice. All people think when they meditate. What distinguishes the novice from the skillful meditator is the attitude of detached awareness that the skillful meditator maintains toward thinking.

Is this true for you? How do you handle it when your mind is restless?

Yoga Mudras for the Hands

October 10, 2010 by Julie Lusk

Have you ever needed the benefits from yoga (energy, relaxation, clear mind, emotional balance, etc.) but couldn’t practice a pose because you were in public, not dressed for yoga, or didn’t even know how to do yoga? This happens to me several times a day! Luckily, I have found another secret that really works. It’s Yoga Mudras – yoga poses using hand positions and gestures.

I finally started taking these ancient teachings seriously while I was teaching relaxation training and guided imagery in the Bahamas last spring for the Easter/Passover Symposium on Yoga and Sacred Healing at Sivananda Ashram. Amy Weintraub (Yoga and Depression) and Joseph and Lilian LePage (Integrative Yoga Therapy) taught them as part of their presentations. This experience convinced me that Yoga Mudras are very effective, simple and profound.

As soon as I got home, I began investigating and practicing Yoga Mudras more and more. One morning I was reading a book on Yoga Mudras by Gutrud Hirschi and it described amazing results and reasons to practice Yoga Mudras. The results sounded too good to be true. Since I was suspicious, I wanted to put it to the test.

Meanwhile, I was suffering from seasonal allergies – my nose was running, my eyes were watery and itchy, and I was sneezing. So I tried Bhramara Mudra. It worked – and quickly too! Naturally I shared this with my yoga students and they also reported positive results too. We were so excited and it convinced us that Yoga Mudras have lots of valuable benefits to offer.

There are Yoga Mudras to help with allergies, feeling calm, lifting energy, headaches, chakra balancing and many more.

So, how can you learn more about yoga mudras for the hands?

1. My next 2 blog posts will show you wonderful mudras to practice. (use the RSS feed so you don’t miss out – it’s up in the right corner of this blog)

2. Attend yoga classes. See my schedule. Let me know if you would like to book me for a workshop.

3. Joseph and Lilian LePage have been studying Yoga Mudras for 10 years to write a book all about them. Their book shows 108 hand gestures along with guided meditations and affirmations. I am honored and excited that they asked me to edit the guided meditations.