Verein Lebensheilkunst-Therapeutic Touch, Yiquan, Tibetische Meditation

10/04/2024

10/04/2024

Practicing non-judgment towards others while cultivating self-love…

02/05/2024

Traditional standing pole training can be divided into three stages: 1) to seek relaxation 2) to seek stillness 3) to seek wholeness. The first stage, which is the hardest to push through, can be further divided: the first step is to experience relaxation of the shoulder and neck muscles; the second step is to experience relaxation of the waist and back; the third step is to experience relaxation of the dantian (abdominal muscles), and the fourth step is to experience relaxation of the hips.

It is difficult for beginners to discern which parts of their bodies are tense or relaxed - “having a body that is in an undifferentiated state of chaos between yin and yang”. Understand standing pole practice as a process of gradually experiencing tension and relaxation within the body by maintaining a static structure - “realising the Dao through slow practice”, using simplicity to seek a profound path.

Beginners typically have tense muscles, although years of habit make them oblivious. Soreness and discomfort experienced in these muscles are indications of tension. The first step in standing pole is to relax the commonly used muscles that have resisted gravity to maintain the body’s structure and function. By relaxing these muscles the less frequently used muscles (referred to as inert muscles) are forced to come into play, helping people to become aware of them and gradually allowing them to move, and ultimately making them as flexible and useful as the regularly used muscles.

The term "changing bones and tendons" simply involves altering the muscle engagement patterns in the body. Standing pole training is challenging, involving at least two stages. The first is the physical stage, with sore muscles, profuse sweating, trembling limbs, and shoulder and arm soreness. The second is the psychological stage, where it's difficult to control the restless and agitated mind. Beginners often face the physical challenge first, as soreness and fatigue set in before they experience any mental process. Therefore, addressing the physical issue is the initial step in standing pole training. Often the most fatigued areas are not the legs but the shoulders and neck. When the legs tremble, standing can be endured because of strong legs, whereas the soreness in the shoulders and neck accompanied by fatigue make it difficult to persevere.

The key to navigate through the "bones and tendons" challenge is relaxation. Standing is not about staying motionless but sensing internal body movements. If the shoulders feel sore while standing, don't stiffen, and try a subtle shoulder adjustment. The minute movement helps to alleviate the soreness and to feel the location of internal tensions. Relax the sore muscles, allowing the muscles in the shoulder blades and upper back to support the weight of the shoulders. Once the strength of the shoulder blades comes into play, the tension in the shoulders is released, facilitating the successful passage through this phase of standing. Noticeably the clavicles no longer lift as prominently as before, and the distance between the shoulder blades on the upper back expands.

Standing pole also trains wholeness "zheng", which involves overall body coordination. Many people think that phrases like "unmovable when struck, unyielding when pushed..." represent "zheng", which is not entirely wrong. They demonstrate the effectiveness of standing pole training, but "zheng" goes beyond these aspects. The true essence of "zheng" is achieving a unity and coordination of the entire body. When you touch with your hands, you should feel something under your feet, and there should be movement in your waist and hips. Over time as your skills deepen, your body's form naturally undergoes changes.

01/01/2024

His Holiness’ Message for the New Year - 2024

On the occasion of the New Year, I would like to thank everyone who has sent me good wishes, and I offer my greetings to you all, brothers and sisters across the world.

Despite the many challenges that we are facing today, I feel optimistic that with a growing appreciation of how interconnected we all are in the oneness of humanity, we can all work to lead more meaningful lives and create a better world.

As human beings we share a common wish to be happy and free from pain. We are social animals who depend on others to survive. Therefore, as I often say, we should work for the benefit of others. If we cannot help them, we should at least make sure we do no harm. I have found that helping others is the best way of ensuring happiness and calm for ourselves.

I also firmly believe that we can find peace in the world only when we find peace within. Every human being has the potential to cultivate inner peace, and by so doing to contribute to the peace of our global community.

We must try to cultivate compassion and inner peace, regardless of our nationality or religion, we can contribute to the well-being and happiness of all mankind. If the last century was the century of violence, it is our responsibility to make this century the century of dialogue.

Once again, I extend warm greetings to you all. I hope that you all enjoy an auspicious beginning to the new year, 2024.

With prayers and good wishes,

Dalai Lama

01/01/2024

The 6 essential qualities and expressions of practice:
Loose but not slack
Taut but not stiff
Light but not adrift
Heavy but not static
Fast but not disordered
Slow but not disconnected

05/20/2023

Energie-Kannibalismus

Cortisol ist das stärkste abbauende (katabole) Hormon. Von der Natur her sollte es uns helfen, Hungersnöte wie bei der Völkerwanderung zu überbrücken. Der Nachteil dieses Hormons: wenn es vermehrt ausgeschüttet wird, beginnt der Körper Eiweiß als Energie zu verbrennen. Das bedeutet, dass Muskelmasse, Knochenmasse, anabole Hormone und das Immunsystem geopfert werden, um dieses Funktions-Eiweiß in Energie zu verwandeln. Darum wird dieser katabole Stoffwechsel auch Energie-Kannibalismus genannt. Das hält man je nach Ausgangslage und Stressbelastung länger oder kürzer aus.

Lachse sterben alle am Cortisol. Wenn Lachse ihre letzte Reise zum Ablaichen antreten, schwimmen sie stromaufwärts, überwinden dabei Stromschnellen und Wasserfälle. Das Cortisol stellt die notwendige Energie zur Verfügung. Sobald der biologische Sinn mit dem Ablaichen erfüllt ist, stirbt der Lachs. Auf der Reise hat er dann ca. 1,5 kg Gewicht (Eiweiß) verloren. Völlig ausgelaugt und mit einem zusammengebrochenen Immunsystem verendet der Lachs.

Ein bisschen Lachs steckt auch in uns, wenn wir im täglichen Leben Schwierigkeiten überwinden müssen und der negative Stress zu groß wird. Wichtig: Immer wenn das abbauende Stresshormon ansteigt, unterdrückt das die Produktion der aufbauenden Hormone. Dopamin, Serotonin und Noradrenalin – allesamt „Rückenwind-Hormone“, die uns das Leben leichter machen - werden unterdrückt. Dadurch steigt die gefühlte Arbeitsbelastung, wodurch noch mehr Cortisol ausgeschüttet wird. Am Ende dieser Abwärtsspirale steht dann das Burnout-Syndrom. Ausführlich habe ich diese Zusammenhänge in meinem Buch „Erschöpfung und Depression“ ausgeführt.

Stresshormon, welches jeden Tag ein bisschen mehr ansteigt, spüren wir lange Zeit nicht. Wer unter beruflichem oder emotionalem Stress leidet, kann unbemerkt in diesen Stressstoffwechsel abrutschen. Aber auch hohe innere Ansprüche (Perfektionismus) setzen uns unter Stress. Merke: Selbstausbeutung ist sogar noch effektiver als Fremdausbeutung.

Also nutzt das Wochenende zur Entspannung. Leichte Ausdauerbewegung und Mediationen bauen Cortisol ab!

05/19/2023

"Flower of Life" can be found all around the globe:
Scotland (1), Israel (2), China (3), Turkey (4), Egypt (5), India (6), Germany (7), Bulgaria (😎, Sweden (9), France (10), Czech (11), Greece (12) and at least 14 other places.

Out of the Flower of Life, the Blueprint of Creation,
is born all form, all spirals, all galaxies, all atoms.
Not only is it The Creator, it is the Preserver,
as Shape Stores Memory,
as in the billions of bits of data stored in our computers
and in the liquid crystals of our Third Eye.
It is also the Amplifier
similar to the cubic crystals resonance that makes radios work.
As the Destroyer, all life completes its assigned cycles
only to reconstitute itself as a seed
that becomes a flower, a human or a star.

Jain 108

"Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else"
~ Leonardo da Vinci

https://jain108academy.com/flower-of-life-course/


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02/05/2023

You are in charge of your happiness, and self-care is the key to finding it...

10/03/2022

Reflection of the day:

You do not need any special time, place or circumstance to find the joy of being. Because you always are.

Ababa 02.10.22

07/22/2022

རྩ་བའི་རླུང་ལྔའི་འཕྲུལ་འཁོར་དང་ཕན་ཡོན། འཆད་ཁྲིད་པ། དགེ་བཤེས་བསྟན་འཛིན་དབང་རྒྱལ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ། ས་གནས། དྷ་ས་.....

07/07/2022

06/16/2022

04/18/2022

ACTIVATE YOUR VAGUS NERVE

The Vagus Nerve is the brain’s method of controlling the parasympathetic nervous system – the rest and digest system. It is not the only nerve controlling our ability to decrease stressors, but it is by far the single most important nerve due to its far reaching effects. The word “vagus” means wanderer, as this nerve wanders throughout the body to many important organs and imparts signals from the brain regarding their level of function.

This nerve connects the brain to the gut (intestines and stomach), heart, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, kidney, ureter, spleen, lungs, s*x organs (in females), neck (pharynx, larynx and esophagus), ears and the tongue. No other nerve in the body has such a broad and far reaching effect as the Vagus Nerve.

FUNCTIONS:
• In the brain, the vagus helps control anxiety and depression.
• In the gut, it increases stomach acidity, digestive juices, and gut flow.
• In the heart, it controls heart rate variability, heart rate, and blood pressure. Vagus activation will lower the risk for heart disease and stroke.
• In the liver and pancreas, it helps controls glucose store and balance.
• In the gallbladder, it helps release bile, which can help you get rid of toxins and break down fat.

Vagus nerve stimulation has the potential to help those suffering from various health conditions, including but certainly not limited to anxiety disorders, heart disease, some forms of cancer, poor circulation, leaky gut syndrome, alzheimer’s, memory and mood disorders, migraine’s and headaches, fibromyalgia, obesity, tinnitus, addiction, autism and autoimmune conditions.

So how can we stimulate this nerve to ensure that this nerve is functioning optimally? Here are a few ways you can exercise and stimulate your vagus nerve:

COLD SHOWERS
Any acute cold exposure will increase vagus nerve stimulation. Studies have shown that when your body adjusts to cold, your fight or flight (sympathetic) system declines and your rest and digest (parasympathetic) system increases, which is mediated by the vagus nerve.

MASSAGE
You can manually stimulate your vagus nerve by massaging several areas. A foot massage can stimulate vagus nerve activity, as can massaging your neck. A neck massage along the carotid sinus (the right side of your throat near where you check your pulse) can also stimulate the vagus nerve.

YOGA
Yoga increases vagus nerve activity and your parasympathetic system in general.
A 12-week yoga intervention was associated with greater improvements in mood and anxiety than a control group who just did walking exercises. The study found increased thalamic GABA levels, which were associated with improved mood and decreased anxiety.

BREATHING TECHNIQUES
Deep breathing is always relaxing to your body, but you can use other breathing techniques to stimulate your vagus nerve. Alternate nostril breathing or yogic breathing is a great way to stimulate the vagus nerve. Another breathing technique that you may never have tried is inhaling deeply and then closing your airway while pushing your breath against the inside of your chest and bearing down with your abdominal muscles (like you are trying to pass gas). This method of applying internal pressure from the lungs out to the surrounding organs stimulates the vagus nerve as it connects your heart, spleen, lungs, stomach, and small intestines.

04/02/2022

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