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Yoga Nidra and Your Brain Wave Fluctuations

January 6, 2019 by Julie Lusk

 

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Filed Under: Brain Yoga, Relaxation Exercises, Yoga, Yoga Nidra

Yoga Meditation Retreats, Teacher Trainings

Invite Julie Lusk to Teach

It’s easy to arrange for Julie to provide training in person or remotely (Zoom) for your

• Yoga studio

• Meditation center

• Special group

  • Yoga Alliance Approved

“Your classes and workshops are always like a multivitamin for my soul!!!  Julie Keefe

Book Julie Lusk – Call 513-248-YOGA (9642) or click here to email

“Julie’s classes have helped me to manage stress in addition to opening a whole new world of inner peace and physical fitness that has become a part of my daily life.”  Marianne Lang

Topics Include

  • Yoga Nidra Teacher Training for Teachers & Health Professionals
  • How To Lead Deep Relaxation (Yoga Nidra), Guided Imagery and Yoga Meditation
  • Mind-Body Mystery: Principles and Practices
  • Stress Relief through Real Relaxation, Guided Imagery and Meditation
  • Yoga Retreat for Women
  • Yoga Meditation
  • Goddess Yoga
  • Salutation to the Moon: Chandra Namaskar
  • Journey Inward and Onward
  • Desktop Yoga ®
  • More Topics
  • Julie’s Qualification
    • How to Lead Deep Relaxation, (Yoga Nidra), Guided Imagery and Yoga Meditation

      – Yoga Alliance Approved Teacher Training

      Deep relaxation (Shavasana and Yoga Nidra) and guided imagery are powerful techniques for stress management and personal development.  They are used in a wide variety of settings ranging from yoga and meditation sessions to mental health treatment.  You will:
      –  Expand your skills and build your repertoire of relaxation and imagery guided imagery and meditation techniques
      –  Learn how to create the right atmosphere, use your voice effectively, select the best music, and more
      –  Gain confidence in leading individuals and groups
      –  Find out how to avoid common pitfalls.
      –  Become capable of writing powerful scripts and

      • Offered at Kripalu (4 years), Discovery Yoga in FL (4 years), Cincinnati Yoga Teachers Association, Atma Yoga Teacher Training (3 years) (back to topics)
  • Mind-Body Mastery:
    Understand the Principles – Benefit from the Practices

    Explore the power of the mind-body connection and put it into action to immediately enhance health in body, mind and spirit. From relieving stress, improving your outlook, cultivating a kind and compassionate heart, to making friends with Spirit, the mind-body connection does it all – and more.

    • Find out what the mind-body connection is and why it is so vital
    • Understand and explore the best tools and techniques to use to harness the mind-body connection positively and productively
    • Find out the remarkable benefits from serious studies to amazing stories.  Put it to the test and see for yourself.
    • Apply the mind-body connection personally to
      • Augment healing – physically, mentally and emotionally
      • Release tension and get energized
      • Learn therapeutic relaxation techniques to conquer stress
      • Understand and use guided imagery correctly
      • Benefit from this workshop through information, experiential activities and lively discussions

      Leave feeling energized and with practical mind-body tools to take home.

      →  Offered at Sivananda / Bahamas, Burke Marketing, and others

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    Book Julie Lusk – Call 513-248-YOGA or 513-248-9642 or click here to email

     

  • Stress Relief through Real Relaxation, Guided Imagery and Meditation

    Maximize your energy and health by finally getting the practical formula you need for managing stress using guided relaxation, imagery, yoga meditation, and sensible lifestyle changes as your tools. This workshop reviews the dynamics of stress, provides experiences in a variety of proven, user-friendly relaxation methods including guided imagery, yoga nidra, and meditation. You will leave feeling relaxed and energized, with a plan in hand for transforming everyday anxiety into awakened living.  Thousands are already using Julie’s guided imagery and meditation exercises in hospitals nationwide for increasing health.

    Offered at Kripalu Yoga Center (4 years); Integral Yoga at Yogaville, VA, and others
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  • Special Retreat for Women:

    M&M’s for the Body, Mind & Spirit

    There’s nothing like a gathering of women to renew yourself.  Together, we’ll find out about the feminine approach to the practice, playfulness and passion of yoga for and about women. It’s a heart-centered way of being  fluid, nurturing, expressive, emotional, cyclical and changeable.  Clarity, compassion, courage and kindness are cultivated.  We will weave this together into a comfy quilt of M&M’s for the mind, body and spirit.  The M’s include movement, music, meditation, mudras, mandalas, mantra, the magic of the mother spirit and more.  Did I mention the Moon Salute?  The ‘S’ in M&M’s will bring us together as a sanga, which means socializing with sages, for satsang (discussion) and the development of our own personal spiritual practice or sadhana.  We’ll enjoy a shakti celebration.  It’s divine! (back to topics)

Yoga MeditationYoga Meditation

In this workshop, you will find the meditation method that’s best for you for naturally discovering your inner strength and source of joy and inspiration.  You’ll learn to calm your restless mind and benefit from the healing nature of meditation.  You’ll explore a variety of methods including mindfulness, japa (mantra repetition), walking meditation, and more.  We will also cover how to integrate a meditation practice into a busy lifestyle.  Julie is the author of Yoga Meditations:  Timeless Mind- Body Practices and numerous CD’s.
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Book Julie Lusk – Call 513-248-9642 or click here to email

 

  • Goddess Yoga

    Embody the Goddess within and around you with yoga postures, breath, sound and more. Come learn posture sequences that honor and embody the feminine Devis of yoga. You’ll find out why and how this is being done. It’s fun, innovative, fluid, intuitive, nurturing, creative and powerful. We’ll also work with the chakras, mandalas, mudras and more. Women and men are always welcome.

    Offered at Kripalu Yoga Center, Sivananda Ashram – Bahamas, and Satchidananda -Yogaville, Jesuit Spiritual Center (back to topics)

  • Salutation to the Moon: Chandra Namaskar

    Enjoy learning the Moon Salute, a wonderful and powerful yoga posture sequence. Information about the moon and its influences and how the moon’s energy figures into yoga philosophy and practice are shared. We will creatively delve into guided imagery, moonstones, special music and more. (back to topics)

  • Journey Inward and Onward

    Self-awareness and uncovering your true self is at the very heart of yoga. Based upon yoga’s wisdom teachings this session will take you inward through pranayama (breathing), yoga nidra (deep relaxation) and meditation and onward through guided imagery and journaling to help you unlock the purpose of your life journey and support you with the insight, steadiness, and courage needed to live your life authentically at home, work and at play. (back to topics)

  • Desktop Yoga ®

    Learn to do self-care yoga stretches and how to take a “2-hour nap in 2-minutes”. Everything is effective, portable and easy and designed to be done in a chair right at the office or workstation. Sequences are also taught to increase energy, improve creativity and to reduce frustration.  Julie is the author of Desktop Yoga ®. (back to topics)

     

    Book Julie Lusk – Call 513-248-9642 or click here to email

     

     

  • More Topics

    I’ve done lots of retreats that utilize and combine various aspects of mandala, labyrinth, chakras, salutation to the moon, and the feminine. Each involves, yoga, meditation, a creative project, music, imagery, and more. I especially like designing programs around a theme and am always willing to consider suggestions. (back to topics)

Julie’s Qualifications:

  • Of most importance, I’ve taught yoga since 1977 in a variety of settings with a wide range of students.
  • Registered with the Yoga Alliance at the 500 E-RYT level with experience.
  • Served on the faculty as the co-director for the Atma Yoga Teacher Training
  • Taught at the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Conference or led a program every year since 2002.
  • Earned yoga teacher certifications through
    • White Lotus Foundation – Certified Yoga Instructor and Advanced Instructor Certification
    • Atma Yoga
    • Nischala Joy Devi’s “Yoga of the Heart” certification
    • Additional master classes with Lilias Folan, Christopher Baxter, Sarah Powers, Michael Reed-Gach, Richard Miller, Sam Dworkis, Donna Farhi, Sally Kempton, Joe Panoor and many others
  • Author of
    • Yoga Meditations:  Timeless Mind-Body Practices for Awakening
    • Desktop Yoga (R)
    • 30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery and Inner Healing – Volumes 1 and 2
    • Mind Body Mastery
    • Complete Chakra Chart
    • Real Relaxation:  Yoga Nidra CD
    • Power of Presence CD
    • Wholesome Relaxation CD
    • Wholesome Energizers CD
    • Refreshing Journeys CD
    • and 6 more CD’s

“I liked the combination of lecture, experience and processing – good learning process. Julie is knowledgeable and walks the talk! I’ve had personal experiences with many techniques and have read some research. I never felt comfortable teaching or leading others. Now I do. ”
Yoga Teacher/ Marketing Consultant.  Warm Springs, VA

 

Book Julie Lusk – Call 513-248-9642 or click here to email

 

Julie Lusk
Wholesome Resources
Milford, OH   45150

Greater Cincinnati Area

 

 

Solving Holiday Stress

November 29, 2010 by Julie Lusk

Solving Holiday Stress

Whether you’re celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas, St. Nicholas, Kwanza, Winter Solstice, Navidades, Hanukkah, St. Lucia Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s, the holidays are inherently stressful.

Decide now whether this year will be full of the season’s stressful traps or fulfilling with plenty of treasures to be thankful for.  Now is the time to set priorities and make the necessary changes so the holidays are inspiring and energizing instead of a drain.  It’s especially important to pay attention to what your needs and wishes are for your body, mind, and heart while finding the balance with sharing with others.

Operating on automatic can add even more stress causing unhappiness, sickness, poor relationships and lack of energy. Why not improve your ability to handle stress by practicing the following effective ways to cope with stress.  I DARE you to Relax!  Please check out the CD’s down below too.  Each provide helpful tools and techniques for renewal.  They make excellent gifts too.

DARE to Relax includes: D = Diet; A = Attitude and Awareness; R = Rest, Relaxation and Relationships; E = Exercise.

DIET: Don’t deprive yourself of essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals that can help you reduce the effects of daily stress.  Stress uses up your supply of vitamins A, B and C which can lead to feeling irritable and tired.  Calcium is essential for your central nervous system to function normally.  Without enough, your nerves become frayed.  If you consistently eat well-balanced meals, you can fortify your system giving you the nourishment to guard against the harmful effects of stress.

Eat a nutritious breakfast

Choose fresh fruit, vegetables and whole grains

Choose baked or broiled food instead of fried

Cut down on too much fat, salt, sugar, caffeine, alcohol, additives and preservatives

Maintain a healthy weight

Choose holiday foods with care.  Eat the special things that are delicious and bring you in touch with warm memories.  You really don’t have to eat everything to get the taste of the holidays.

ATTITUDE AND AWARENESS: Research shows that as much as 75% of illnesses are the result of experiencing too much stress.  Not being able to handle stress properly can decrease the effectiveness of your immune system.  Become more aware of how you respond to tension and stress in your life and begin to make adjustments.  Are you responding appropriately?  Could you be over-reacting?  Is it possible to avoid or change a situation that causes you anxiety?  By improving your awareness and improving how you react to stress, it might be possible to avoid some of your headaches, stomachaches and other problems.  Try laughing.  Laughter is like internal jogging.  It aids digestion and improves alertness and productivity by sending blood and oxygen to your brain and increases the production of the body’s catecholamines.

Learn to accept situations you can’t change; give in once in a while

Learn to communicate with others; talk your worries out

Take one thing at a time; don’t take on too many changes at once

Manage your time more effectively; don’t procrastinate

Be positive and realistic

Express your feelings in healthy ways

Create variety in your work; do old things new ways

REST AND RELAXATION: It is much easier to handle stress if you are rested and know how to remain calm.  Getting 7 to 8 hours of sleep every night is essential.  Although recreation and being diverted from stress is helpful (playing a sport, watching a movie) true relaxation is different.  It involves giving yourself an honest break from activity and excess stimulation.  Breathing deeply, smoothly, slowly and from the diaphragm is relaxing since it too sends a fresh supply of blood to the brain and throughout the body.  It oxygenates your system and even slows down the heartbeat.

Plan leisure time; take breaks

Spend time on a hobby; seek new interests

Schedule some quiet time alone every day; meditate; pray

Have fun, play and laugh

Cut down on noise levels at home and work; turn the radio or TV off

Replenish yourself with therapeutic relaxation, guided imagery and affirmations. See the suggestions for CD’s below to feel rejuvenated improve your outlook and help your health.

EXERCISE: When under stress, there is an increase of adrenalin in the system as part of the flight or fight response, which can drain you of energy if not effectively released.  Exercise regularly to work stresses off positively.  This can improve your productivity and increase your energy.  Be sure to choose physical activity that you enjoy.

This may be the year to tamper with holiday traditions so the spirit and meaning of the holidays are once again filled with tidings of comfort and joy.

Help for the holidays. These CD’s will replenish your energy and renew your outlook.  They make great gifts too!

Wholesome Energizers CD
Wholesome Energizers CD
Listen often to release stress, refresh your outlook and feel calm. Feel rested, rejuvenated and ready for the rest of the day. Introduction and 3 tracks featuring a relaxation exercise, beautiful guided imagery and helpful affirmations to bring your energy back. CLICK the blue title link above to find out more...
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Wholesome Relaxation CD
Wholesome Relaxation CD
Experience deep relaxation, inspiring imagery and affirmations to enhance your personal health, increase strength, and improve your overall well-being. This is used by Good Samaritan Hospital, American Heart Assn, American Cancer Society and others. CLICK the blue title link above to find out more...
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Power of Presence CD
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.
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Real Relaxation: Yoga Nidra  CD (Shop @ Amazon / iTunes = We are sold out temporarily)
Real Relaxation: Yoga Nidra CD (Shop @ Amazon / iTunes = We are sold out temporarily)
This takes you into a deeply relaxing and powerful state of being fully aware while being in the state of deep sleep.

Its many benefits include:

  • Listening for 1 hour equals 4 hours sleep
  • Improves immunity
  • Increases heart health
  • Relieves stress
  • Brings inner peace and balance

Digital downloads are available.

CLICK the blue title link above to find out more...
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Filed Under: Holiday Stress Relief, Mind-Body Mastery Tools and Techniques, Stress Relief / Management, Wellness Tagged With: holiday stress relief

Certified Yoga Nidra Teachers

Graduates of the Yoga Nidra Professional Training & Certificate Program – Level I 

2017 to 2023

Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here.

September 2017 – Yoga Nidra Level I

Ilona Pisarek is a hatha yoga teacher, RYT 200 trained in the Sivananda style. She also completed 100 hours of training in Yoga of Recovery to help those overcoming addictive and self-destructive behaviors. Her passion for helping others led her to discover Yoga Nidra as a powerful tool for a stress relief and finding peace. She completed the training of Yoga Nidra Level 1. Ilona also holds academic degrees in Nutrition and Food Sciences. She offers private and small groups classes in English and Polish. Ilona lives in Lawrenceville, NJ.  Contact her by email
Kathryn Weirick – Coming soon.
Nancy McMahon BA, MPA loves sharing her love of yoga with others. Nancy earned Yoga Alliance’s RYT 200 certification after completing studies with Denise Moore’s Open Dimension Yoga Teachers Training Program, an Integral Yoga based program.  Further studies with Julie Lusk/Wholesome Resources garnered her Yoga Nidra Professional Training certification: Level I.  Nancy is also certified by the American Heart Association in Heartsaver CPR/AED. Nancy teaches in the Middleburg, Delaplane and The Plains areas in Virginia.  Learn more at yogaworkz.com. Like her Facebook page
Natalie Kahn, MA, RYT, loves her life on Hatteras Island, NC, working with others in-person & online, as a guide to empower oneself through the tools of yoga. She combines her training in the Himalayan tradition and yoga nidra with her degrees and experience in education to offer 1-on-1 sessions, personalized sadhana (daily practice), group classes and Unplug & Empower Yoga Retreats. Visit yogardenshine.com for more and follow her at Yogardenshine on Instagram and Facebook.
Neli Ramirez is a Certified Yoga Nidra Teacher.  She has a BS in Nursing and is a Certified Diabetes Educator.  Neli is enrolled in the University of Texas online course, Science & Practice of Yoga and intends to complete the Integral Yoga Teacher Training course to have the tools needed to guide herself and others to a space to help create a healthier world.  She is enrolled in the tension/trauma release exercise program (TRE) and a CMT massage therapy program (CMT).   She says, “During my Yoga Nidra training, I reached a space of peaceful realization that opened a door for me.  Behind that door I could see myself (really SEE myself) and accept all good and petty things that make me human. I could also SEE the people around me in just the same way. I accepted all of it: the good and the bad, the past, present, and future.” Neli lives and works in Charlottesville, VA. Email Neli 
Polly Behringer a lifelong practitioner of different modalities of healing through yoga.  She is a studio owner, The WhereHouse Okc in Oklahoma, a RYT-200 Yoga Teacher certified by Becca Hewes, E-RYT500, C-IAYT, owner of YogaLife. She is certified in Yoga Nidra – Level I by Julie Lusk, MEd, E-RYT.  Polly has studied Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) with the founder & creator of TRE, David Berceli, PhD &  Paul Darby, LPC, CACIII and Board of Directors TRE for all of U.S.  Future plans include attending the Integral Yoga Teachers Training 200 hour program, a month long immersion / onsite program of  Satchidanada Ashram – Yogaville.”
Tosh Patterson is known as the simplicity expert who helps busy professional women break up with burnout and overwhelm. Her expertise has been featured on the Dr Oz Show, U.S. News & World Report and various media outlets. Tosh has earned certifications in Yoga Nidra, Bikram Yoga, Meditation and uses these modalities to teach women how to simplify life. Women rave about Tosh’s annual event, RECHARGE Retreat. Visit toshpatterson.com to learn more about retreats, classes, and programs.  
Viviana Collazo – coming soon

November 2018 – Yoga Nidra Level I


Cynthia (Cinmayi) Moore fell in love with the yoga nidra part of Integral Yoga so chose that path for teacher training. Meditation, and cultivating peace are lifelong pursuits. Cynthia is a healthcare provider (registered dietitian, diabetes educator and integrative coach) and believes in the power of Yoga Nidra to heal.  Contact her by email.
Elizabeth Norqual M.A., R.N., N.E.T.A.-C.G.E.I., Certified Yoga Nidra instructor and Holistic Practitioner.  With more than 35 years experience as a Registered Nurse and Psychotherapist, Elizabeth (Betty) is passionate about preventing stress related illness by teaching clients how to live a healthy mind, body, spirit life style including yoga practice and yoga nidra (yogic sleep, deep relaxation).  She is the founder of Beautiful as You Are, B.A.Y.A., she leads a weekly support group based on the six principles of Simple Abundance.  As an educator, she present workshops on stress management and other Holistic topics for personal and professional growth.  She is available to teach Yoga Nidra, Stress Relief, and Deep Relaxation privately 1:1 or in a group setting.  To arrange a session or to inquire on workshop topics contact her here.
Anna Vasudevan
Cathrine Nelson 
Christina Maniccia
DeAnn Stanley 
Florence Ambika Cristelli 
Gigi Jones 
Irma Rosario 
Jori Andler 
LeeAnne Gfroerer 
Lisa Caunitis 
Marilyn Perry 
Mary Jane Palmigiano 
Pauline Gianoplus 
Raama Das 
Rachel Martinez 
Ricardo Chiaradia 
Sheila Lapeyrouse 
Sherry Hanover 
Victoria Jaya Eubanks
Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here.
September 2019 – Yoga Nidra Level I
Barbara Germershausen 
Brian Fouche teaches Yoga Nidra and Meditation classes.  He  has completed 100 hours of teacher training in advanced Yoga sequencing and Yin Yoga through Bhakti Yoga DC.  Brian seeks to guide his students by serving as a voice which they can make their own and incorporate into their everyday life as they come back into contact with their true inner self.  Brian lives in Washington, D.C. Contact him by email.
Chuck Rounds
Colleen Dwyer
Diana Kelly
Ivanna Kokriatskaia
Joe Duquette
Linda Murray
Lori Burckart
LuAnn Oliver 
Nelda Eserin
Patty Strawderman
Irmina Ulysse 
Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here.

February 2022 – Yoga Nidra Level I

Angelica Lakshmi Gutierrez 
Annalisa Derryberry is a licensed massage therapist (FL MA43061), certified hand & foot reflexologist, and certified yoga teacher. For more than 17 years, she has assisted people in experiencing deep relaxation, pain relief, and an improved sense of well-being. She also offers weekly Yoga Nidra sessions online as another way to help people to be kind to their bodies and minds. Learn more at DerryberryMassage.com  or email her here. 
Georgia F. LaCroix, Level I Yoga Nidra Certified Teacher, Empowerment Coach, combines Yoga Nidra, integrative healing skills, and coaching to offer her clients and students avenues through which they can come into awareness of their Wholeness, become empowered, and move forward to experience practical, full, productive, creative and joy-filled lives.  Georgia teaches and facilitates Reiki, Yoga Nidra, and workshops designed to help individuals break through their blocks and move forward!  A Board Certified Massage Therapist, Reiki Master/Teacher, Certified Hypnotherapist, and practitioner in several other modalities, Georgia has 25 years of extensive study and experience in the fields of bodywork, energy healing and coaching. GeorgiaLaCroix.com  // Contact her by email here. 
Gina Alderman
Jeffrey Dharma Hollar
Joan Pleasants
JoAnn Bonifacio
Julie M. Haines
Lisa Ann Sheehy
Margaret Ralph
June Zimmerman
Nana Smith
Nikki Wesen has combined her love of yoga, sound meditation, and Reiki to help with the healing of herself and others. She believes we are all capable of healing ourselves, and sometimes we need the help of others to do it. Through her dedication to herself and to those she is fortunate enough to help, she would like to serve as a steppingstone to cross the bridge into a healing mindset. Nikki is RYT-200 Yoga Instructor certified from Honor Yoga, NJ. She is an Atma Buti certified sound healing practitioner under Suren Shrethra as well as being certified in yin yoga with Corina Benner. She is certified in Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Meditation, IY Stress Management TT, and Yoga Nidra Level 1 with Julie Lusk, MEd, E-RYT. Most of all, she believes that these healing modalities, should be accessible to everyone. KumamaEnergyHealing.com 
Pamela Adami
Rasamayi Victori, RCRT, RRPr, CAP is a lifelong student, practitioner and educator of the healing arts. She has always felt a deep connection with all living things.  A near death experience at a young age gave her a deeper understanding of this connection.  Her passion for natural healing and helping others led her on a wonderful journey of learning and sharing that continues today. Rasamayi has been teaching Yoga, Meditation and Deep Relaxation for over 25 years in the US and Canada. She is a Certified Yoga Nidra Teacher, Board Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, Certified Reflexologist, Reiki Master/Teacher, Certified Yoga Stress Management Teacher, Certified Yoga Teacher, iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation Teacher Level 1. Learn more at victorinaturalhealth.com. Contact her by email here.
Sanjana Patel
Sylvia Villarreal
Tami Musumeci-Szabo
Tinuola Bello
Vimukti Aslan
Vyasa Smith
January 2023 – Yoga Nidra Level I

Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here.

Anne Hurley
Bhudevi (Melissa Anne) McClain 
Jennifer McKeen-Rodrigues
Jivapriya (Jessica) Colette 
June Zimmerman
Lauren Curtis
LJ Laura Kontos
Malati (Maria) Gelabert
Margaret Ramos
Maureen Gilmartin
Mercy Mungwadzi AUDIT
Nadia (Nadezhda) Vladgina
Nandini (Nonhlanhla) Shembe-Williams
Rasamayi Victori
Rebecca Cooley
Nathalie Rukmini Ando is certified in Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Integral Yoga, Raja Yoga, Adaptive, Stress Management, Yoga of Recovery, Yin Yoga, Neuroscience and Yoga, and Yoga Nidra Level 1. She has been practicing Yoga since 2004 and has been teaching since 2010. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering and is a fine artist specializing in oil-on-canvas. You can take her online classes at iytv.online and see her artwork at natiando.art and nathalie-ando.pixels.com.
Sharanya (Nancy) Debruler
Sonya Phillips
Tomoko Nakamura
Veronica Escobar is an elder and special needs law and trusts and estates attorney by day and, at other times, is continuing her studies as an aspiring end of life doula. Due to her professional and personal experiences, she has developed an interest in end of life, palliative and hospice care and its impact on the individual and their family and loved ones. As part of her commitment to this work, she completed her Yoga Nidra Level 1 teacher training with Julie Lusk. Her hope is to incorporate Yoga Nidra and Restorative Yoga in her work as a doula and to further companion the dying and their families with these true gifts. She can be reached at veronica@thewaterbearer.com
Get info on future Yoga Nidra trainings here.

Yoga Articles, Videos & Links


Enjoy these yoga articles, yoga videos & links from Julie Lusk.  

Julie Lusk is author of  6 books: Yoga Nidra Meditations, Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation & Stress Relief, Yoga Meditations Book & CD Set; 30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery & Inner Healing – 2 Volumes; Desktop Yoga ® and numerous audio recordings.  Click Here for details and ordering info.



♥  Page Summary 

  • What is yoga and how to choose a class
  • Breathing techniques, yoga sequences and videos
  • Chakra energy empowerment articles and charts
  • Yoga Nidra (yoga sleep)
  • Yoga meditations
  • Yoga mudras (hand gestures)
  • Desktop Yoga ® (chair yoga)
  • Inspiring quotes
  • Free yoga guidebook (pdf)

♥  Handy Links

  • Complete Catalog of books, recordings & more
  • Class Schedule 
  • Scroll down ⇓ for your Free Yoga Basics Guidebook



Yoga is skill in actionRainbow yoga without regard for results.
– Bhagavad-Gita 2.50

Physical postures are mastered when practiced mindfully, effortlessly, and with awareness of the Infinite.
– Yoga Sutras 2.47

Om 


What is yoga?

  • What is Hatha Yoga.  What type of poses are practiced and some of the benefits
  • The Essence of Yoga
  • Yoga Postures & Pictures (pdf)
  • Scroll down for your free Yoga Basics Guidebook by Julie Lusk (eBook download)

How to choose a class?

  • How to choose a yoga class: Getting Started
  • Julie’s current class schedule (Zoom, greater Cincinnati – Milford, OH)
  • Julie’s national and international workshop schedule

Yoga Articles on Breathing Techniques (Pranayama)

  • Benefits and how to do
    • Complete Yogic Breath: Dirgha Breathing
    • Ocean Breath: Ujjayi Breathing
    • The Cooling Breath: Shitali Breathing
    • Breath of Fire: Kapalabhati Breathing
    • Alternate Nostril Breathing:  Nadi Shodhana / Nadi Suddhi

Yoga Sequences and a few Free Videos

  • Good to the Core: Yoga to strengthen & flatten abdominal muscles, tone back, legs, hips & more
  • Yoga for a Healthy Heart
  • Salute to the Moon (Chandra Namaskar) (with video)
  • Sun Salute: With a cat (Surya Namaskar) (with video)
  • Superbrain Yoga ® (with video)
  • Take a 2-hour Power Nap in 10 minutes (with video)
  • Strengthen Bones with Yoga & Diet (with video)
  • Eye Exercises to improve vision and brain function
  • Brain Yoga supercharges your memory, concentration, mood, etc. Get specialized postures, breathing methods, meditations, guided imagery and mudras
  • Help Immunity, sinus headaches, sore throats and drainage with yoga (postures, video, mudra and more).

Yoga Nidra for Deep Conscious Relaxation

  • Yoga Nidra FAQ Julie Lusk that explains 
    • What is Yoga Nidra?
    • Is it different than meditation and hypnosis?
    • How it is done.  How often.
    • Benefits of yoga nidra
    • Resources
  • Yoga Nidra FAQ on Setting Intentions & Sankalpas
  • Yoga Nidra’s Benefits
  • How to Practice Savasana, the Relaxation Pose
  • Yoga Nidra and Sleep One hour of yoga nidra practice is equivalent to four hours of sleep.  This is due to the series of brain waves experienced along the way.  (Saraswati 1998, Kumar 2008)
  • Learn about Yoga Nidra and Your Brain.  It’s fascinating!
  • Use this recording to experience the power of yoga nidra.

♥ Training in Yoga Nidra for Teachers & Health Professionals is available now. ♥  

Books & Recordings on Yoga Nidra by Julie Lusk

    • Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief,  Also available in French and Italian.  
    • Yoga Nidra Meditations: 24 Scripts for True Relaxation is Julie’s newest book.
    • Get Yoga Nidra recordings on CD here and download here.
    • Complete Catalog of books, recordings & more
    • Scroll down for your Free Yoga Basics Guidebook

Chakra Articles & Charts

  • Learn about chakras and their influences | Get your Complete Chakra Chart
  • Chakra Balancing with Sound Healing. Use the Elemental Chakra Tone Chart to balance your chakra energy by either increasing or decreasing their energy with sound, color, and special mantras. The Vedic (Yoga) and Tibetan notes and tones are given. It’s fun.
  • How to balance chakra energy with toning and hand & finger movements called mudras.
  • Get info related to chakra elements, directions, sounds, senses, and other attributes 
  • Chakra Energy Flow Meditation
  • Understanding OM | AUM
  • Book a Musical Sound Bath session

Yoga Meditations

♥  Get your copy of  Yoga Meditations Book & CD set by Julie Lusk (Whole Person Press Publisher)

  • Cultivate the Positive: Pratipaksha Bhavana
  • Power of Presence CD featuring Cultivate the Positive, Sinking Into Sensation, Energy Breathing & Everybody is Here
  • Sa Ta Na Ma Meditation: Kirtan Kriya
    • Intro to Sa Ta Na Ma Meditation
    • How to practice Sa Ta Na Ma Meditation
    • Research Studies on Sa Ta Na Ma Meditation and Memory
    • Sa Ta Na Ma Meditation on CD is on sale
  • What is Mindfulness & Why it Matters
  • Mindfulness Meditation Warnings & Alerts
  • Gain from Guided Imagery & Relaxation
  • Stop ~ Look ~ Listen Meditation
  • More on Meditation, Guided Imagery & Relaxation
  • Meditation on the Fly: Handling Distractions (video)
  • Loving Kindness Face Lift
  • Happy Humming Practice

♥  Complete Catalog of books, recordings & more – includes Yoga Meditations, Yoga Nidra & others


Yoga Articles on Mudras (hand gestures)

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. 

  • Intro to Yoga Mudras (beneficial yoga hand gestures / postures for the hands)
  • Yoga mudra handout: Description, uses, how to’s, & mudras for physical and emotional health. (pdf)
  • How to do mudras for:
    • Warm-ups for Hands: Here’s a great 5-minute series of hand movements & mudras video to help your fingers, wrists, and hands with easy-to-remember names for each one. Great for musicians & anyone with stiff, painful fingers, hands or wrists. Learn the Hakini Mudra, Beak, Bug, Claw, Paw, Seed, Web, Wings & the Eagle and Hridaya mudras.
    • Allergy Relief:  Bhramara Mudra
    • Achieving Goals, Finding Objects & more | Kubera Mudra for Confidence
    • Energy, confidence and courage and reducing fatigue and nervousness | Pran Mudra
    • Headaches |  Mahashirsha Mudra
    • Temperature Control, Stamina and Equilibrium | Ring Finger Mudra
    • Brain-Body Balance, Problem-Solving, Focus | Hakini Mudra
    • Contentment: Vishnu Mudra and Nasagra Mudra for Alternate Nostril Breathing | Nadi Shodhana |Nadi Suddhi
    • Mental-Emotional Stability. Improve breath capacity and immunity | Hridaya Mudra  
  • Elemental and Chakra Meditation using hand movements, color, sound, and intention.

Desktop Yoga ® by Julie Lusk ~ published by Penguin Putnam Books

Stay alert, productive and stress-free with effective chair exercises to relieve aching backs, tired eyes and tight shoulders.  Replenish your energy by learning ‘How to take a two-hour nap in two-minutes.’

  • Desktop Yoga Sampler
  • Schedule a Desktop Yoga workshop for your business or organization

Get Inspired

  • Yoga Sayings, Quotes and Poems
  • Yoga Mantras & Chants
  • The 4 keys to unlocking lasting happiness 
  • World’s Oldest Yoga Teacher (video)
  • Blessing in the Chaos ~ Jan Richardson
  • Follow Your Heart’s Desire according to Alan Watts (video)
  • How to Make a Yogatini
  • Never Give Up: How Yoga Transforms (video)
  • In These Arms: May all beings be happy, safe & free with Jennifer Berezan (video)
  • New Moon: How to Gain from its Power
  • Wabi-Sabi: The Power of Imperfection
  • To Hiss or Not to Hiss
  • My Meeting with the Dalai Lama
  • Do it Anyway by Sal Spalenger
  • Holiday Energizers
  • ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Yoga Poem



♥  Get your Free Yoga Guidebook by Julie Lusk featuring:

  • Important Guidelines for the Practice of Yoga
  • Benefits, Cautions and Contraindications for yoga poses
  • Yoga Asana Chart ©
  • Alignment Guidelines and Selected Warm Ups to Open Joints and Warm Muscles
  • Yoga Guidelines for Health Conditions (arthritis, back problems, cancer, high blood pressure, menstruation, pregnancy, PMS and menopause, etc.)




    Julie LuskJulie Lusk, MEd, E-RYT 500, has more than 35 years of expertise in stress relief, yoga, relaxation training, guided imagery, and meditation as an international author, recording artist, and workshop leader. Julie is the author of Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief, Yoga Meditations, two volumes of 30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery and Inner Healing, and Desktop Yoga®. Her audio downloads and CDs include Wholesome Relaxation, Power of Presence, Yoga Nidra Essentials, Blue Moon Rising, and many others. Learn more at WholesomeResources.com

     


     

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