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How your Sleeping Side Matters

July 11, 2013 by Julie Lusk

The bottom line is that resting for 10 minutes on your left side after eating can improve digestion and immunity, plus increase your energy and memory. It may also improve symptoms associated with menopause and the menstrual cycle. Better yet, sleep on your left side for even better results. Here’s the scoop on it…

Do you ever feel tired after eating? Would you like to know something quick and easy to do that involves lying down that will likely aid your digestion and help your energy bounce back too?

Have you ever noticed that “things” seem to happen more on one side of your body than the other? For example, how rashes, aches and pains, tend to usually show up consistently on either your right side or your left? Even your vision is different in each eye, isn’t it?

I had the good fortune to meet Dr. John Douillard, DC, and his family of 8 on one of my teaching trips to Sivananda Yoga Center in the Bahamas. He spoke on the Ayurvedic aspects of digestion. Ayurvedic is the traditional medicine of India. He says that “According to Ayurveda, the left side of the body is completely different than the right side, and, while I know it sounds strange, emphasizing the left side for rest and sleep offers some time tested wisdom for very real health and longevity benefits.” Resting on your left side for 10 minutes after eating a meal will help your digestion and help your energy bounce back too.

“According to Ayurveda,” he says, “the left side of the body is completely different than the right side, and, while I know it sounds strange, emphasizing the left side for rest and sleep offers some time tested wisdom for very real health and longevity benefits.” Resting on your left side for 10 minutes after eating a meal will help your digestion and help your energy bounce back too. Get the facts here on why Erik Dalton, PhD recommends lying in the fetal position for hydration of the spinal discs for better back health.

Here are the reasons Dr. Douillard gives for sleeping on your left side and resting for 10 minutes after eating.

Facilitate lymphatic drainage
Makes it easier for the heart to pump “downhill”
Better elimination
Support healthy spleen function
Encourages proper digestion
Helps circulation back to the heart
Helps bile flow more freely
Brain health (may improve age-related cognitive decline – read more below)
May improve menopause and menstrual cycle symptoms – click here

There’s some good anatomical logic to back these claims up. Watch this 5 minute video for his explanation.

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Complete Yogic Breath: Dirgha Breathing

April 4, 2014 by Julie Lusk

Dirgha is pronounced DEAR-gah

Summary: This breathing technique is done with long, slow, deep breaths while focusing on the lower, mid, and upper portions of your chest. This allows for the fullest breathing possible and will improve respiration, circulation, and even digestion. The complete breath will soothe your frazzled nerves, clear your mind, and will replenish your life force.

Controlling the volume, duration and frequency of the inhalation, the exhalation, and the pauses between each breath enhances prana, the energy that supports and sustains the life force. Breathing becomes slow and refined.
~~Yoga Sutra 2.50

How to practice the complete yogic breath / dirgha breathing

Either come into a comfortable seated position with your spine erect or lie on your back. It is easier to learn this while lying on your back.

Breathing through your nose is optimal because it [Read more…]

SoulCollage® Supplies

Special supplies are needed for Soul Collages ®

The reason SoulCollage is so very powerful and effective is due its unique process combined with the supplies used. These special touches work. Believe me, I’ve tried to improve on it (that’s my nature) but we have found, over and over again, to follow the lead of what’s been developed and honed by Seena Frost along with scores of facilitators and participants over many years.

SoulCollage Workshop Info & Registration link Our online workshop is now $30 (lowered from $40).

Stock up on supplies now so you’re ready for creativity and fun. Lots of people love to make cards on their own between workshops.

Supplies Needed

5″ x 8” cards made from mat board
Special see-through sleeves to put each SoulCollage in
Glue stick, scissors
Design frame (optional)
Pre-cut images with pictures and no words on them.
- Save time and energy by having a wide selection of diverse and inspiring pictures at your fingertips. This keeps you creating intuitively rather than getting caught up in reading magazine articles. My packets have a wonderful collection of images from a wide variety of source materials. You can always add pictures, images, photographs, etc., of your own.
Supplies are only sent to the USA. No international orders.

Packets – Go to CART to review your order & check out.

♥ Option 1: Includes 12 collage boards, 12 see-through sleeves, 100 + images, glue stick, design frame made from repurposed folders, an instruction sheet and a template for readings. This is enough to last you 2-4 workshops. You supply scissors. This packet is $59 including First Class Mail Service in the USA. Add priority shipping below if time is short.

♥ Option 2: Includes 6 collage boards, 6 see-through sleeves, 50 + images, glue stick, design frame made from repurposed folders, an instruction sheet and a template for readings. This is enough to last you 1-2 workshops. You supply scissors. This packet is $39 including First Class Mail Service in the USA. Add priority shipping below if time is short.

♥ Option 3: Just need cards and sleeves? Get 12 cards and 12 sleeves for $25 including First Class Mail Service in the USA. Add priority shipping below if time is short.

♥ Priority Mail Option in the USA is $15. ADD if time is short.

Go to CART to review your order & check out.

SoulCollage Workshop Info & Registration link
Our online workshop is now $30 (down from $40).

It’s Summer Bucket List Time

July 31, 2011 by Julie Lusk

That’s right, it’s already August and fall is racing towards us. Now’s the time to get serious about how you’re going to spend the precious summertime and get busy with both the inner and outer work of growing and developing in your truth. Live. Love. Laugh.

Here is reflection from Joan Borysenko from her Pocketful of Miracles book.

“August is the month during which nature celebrates her maturity. The hatchlings in the nest have found the wings to fly and the boughs of the old apple tree are heavy with fruit. The Godseed within our hearts is also ripening so that we become more flexible, more tolerant of the shades of gray that characterize life on planet earth.

Every interaction becomes an opportunity to encourage, to be kind as we acknowledge the Godseed within all. As the pumpkins ripen on the vine, mellowing in the shortening days and colder nights, the vine itself begins the dying time. It’s purpose is complete.

August reminds us of the impermanence of all things. All that seems so dependable will someday pass away. In that poignant knowledge we mature into a deeper appreciation of all we have, of all we love.

Listen to the voices of the Ancient Ones that call from the roots of the oaks and willows:

Nature is setting seed,
storing the energy of the light
for future generations.
Likewise, our souls are coming to spiritual maturity –
a flexible, gracious attitude that finds intense joy
in the very impermanence of life.”

I challenge you now. Take time to …

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Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation & Stress Release is here!

August 23, 2015 by Julie Lusk

Click here for my latest book & free audio download of the 3 main yoga nidra exercises! It’s as relaxing as it is informative and energizing.

Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation & Stress Relief - Print Book & Audio download

Yoga Nidra can stop tension in its tracks with a wonderfully, powerful & unique state of deep relaxation, mental clarity & insightful awareness. These practical, empowering relaxation exercises, meditations that soothe and visualizations that renew are based on classic yoga and backed by modern science. They’ll help you unwind, replenish, and feel refreshed with durable peace and unconditional joy. CLICK the blue title link above to find out more...

Price: $17.95