Serenity Now Yoga

04/01/2015

My new page combines all Stretch Therapy / Yoga/ Kids Yoga & Massage pages... Like my new page there and follow along for 2015!!! Hope its a great year for all!!!

https://www.facebook.com/bodymindrepairshop?ref=hl

I help people reclaim their health through Personal Training, Physical therapy, Yoga & Calasthenics

14/09/2014

My new business name 'Body Mind Repair' (and domain name) are finally official... www.bodymind.repair has also been launched... Check it out if you haven't already (it's pretty much the exact same site with the name change.)
The GREAT news is over the next few months I will be re-launching with a whole new 'branding & logos'... stay tuned...
EXTRA NEWS::::::::::
I have just finished the first long weekend of my SPORTS MASSAGE certification... Second half is completed next month & my Diploma Remedial Massage will be completed come February 2015... exciting few months ahead...

04/04/2014

FRIDAY FUNNY:.... Be careful on the subway in winter, you never know what infection you may catch!!!..... infectious bliss... If we only did this everyday hey!?!

http://bbh.cc/one-person-laughs/?fb_action_ids=10202432921174758&fb_action_types=og.likes

Don't Miss : Woman’s Courageous Reason to Dance – Inspirational.

16/03/2014

For those working in Drug & Alcohol detox clinics, or those suffering with addiction of some kind... This story, while at times humourous, paints a portrait of what people are going through during the detoxification period & onwards through to recovery... Interesting to point out on entering detox some people are put on a combination of drugs to stop them dying of seizures caused by the immediate withdrawal of their particular substance. (It's important as a yoga teacher etc. to be aware of this & not bombard a client with too much information)

One of the most poignant comments by the lady speaking, is her full acceptance, and felt love towards that part of herself that has the addiction... She literally 'welcomes' that 'dark' part of herself in, welcomes the 'alcoholic' in to the family... and doesn't reject her anymore, but honours her by getting a tattoo on her arm, so she can see her everyday.

A lot of us walk around everyday rejecting how we look; our appearance, our belly, our hair, our eye colour, how we speak, how our brains don't work in a certain way... But more importantly we reject those emotional and mental aspects of ourselves that are holding pain...

The iRest practice I've been studying and practicing teaches you to welcome in every part of self, every thought, memory, emotion, sensation that wells up into consciousness, allowing yourself, in time, to to sit with these 'guests', like a friend coming over to your house for tea and allowing them to simply sit and be. The amazing iRest protocol has you also create in the beginning an intention, a heart-felt desire and most importantly an 'inner resource'.... so if at any point you become overwhelmed by the thought, memory or sensation that has come into the physical body you can move straight to your inner resource...

Bubbles the Hyena could have been totally overwhelming for Mollena - she was fortunately able to deal with it... And during her recovery many thoughts, memories, emotions, associations, sensations would have arisen for her to face... For those who aren't able to deal with this visual hallucination their inner resource would help them come back into their body....

iRest has been used and researched and shown to effectively reduce:
PTSD
Depression
Anxiety
Insomnia
Chronic pain
Chemical dependency

But more amazingly - it can help ALL of us to live more in the moment, and welcome in all that life throws at us... Doing this meditative relaxation has all those hidden benefits that meditation and relaxation report - better health, stronger nerves, that more 'chilled' out & controlled emotional & mental levels, more joy, happiness & ability to 'bend like the willow tree to the weather patterns of life' ...

A woman struggles with one very unusual demon. Producer: Julia DeWitt (Story by Mollena Williams) --->Music Info! (...

13/03/2014

My most recent blog about iRest, my time in Queensland and this incredible life-changing practice...

After a year and a half of practicing iRest, last month I finally found my way to the Level 1 Teacher in training program on the Gold Coast.  Suffice to say the alluring warm beaches and sand was one of the many draw-cards, it was the words of a friend which convinced me to make the journey up north...

13/03/2014

For those who don't drink filtered water, use toothpaste with nasties in them - read on... This is what you are drinking... Time to call on our governments to make a change!!!

Quote:

It's in your TOOTHPASTE and in your DRINKING WATER, but they just call it FLUORIDE for short! It causes docile submissive behavior and IQ devastation. Hi**er used Fluoride in the concentration camps.

Wakey, Wakey!

First of all, there is no such substance as “Fluoride” listed in the periodic chart of elements, nor in the Merck Index. Instead, a GAS called fluorine is listed. The use of this gas
in various industries such as aluminum manufacturing and the nuclear industry create certain toxic byproducts which have “captured” fluorine molecules.

Fluoride waste products are also derived from the industrial manufacture of zinc, uranium, aerosols, insecticides, fertilizers, plastics, lubricants and pharmaceuticals. One such toxic, poisonous “byproduct” is called sodium Fluoride, which according to the Merck Index is primarily used as rat and cockroach poison and is also the active ingredient in most TOOTHPASTES and as an additive to drinking WATER.

Fluoride Is Unapproved By FDA!

· The FDA considers fluoride an unapproved new drug for which there is no proof of safety or effectiveness.

· The FDA does not consider fluoride an essential nutrient.

· Fluoride Is Highly Toxic

· The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology has classified Fluoride as an unapproved dental medicament due to its high toxicity.

Selected Timeline of Fluoride

1940 · Soviet concentration camps maintained by fluoride administration to inmates to decrease resistance to authority and induce physical deteriorization.

1942 · Germany becomes worlds largest producer of aluminum (and Sodium Fluoride). Fluoride is used in the concentration camps to render the prisoners docile and inhibit the questioning of authority.

1943 · Researchers from the US Public Health Service examine the health of residents of Bartlett, Texas to see if the 8ppm fluoride in the drinking water was affecting their health. It was checked again in 1953. They find that the death rate in Bartlett was three times higher than a neighboring town which contained 0.4 ppm fluoride.

1944 · "Even at 1ppm, fluoride in drinking water poisons cattle, horses and sheep" (Moules, G.R., Water Pollution Research and Summary of Current Literature, 1944.

1995 · A Chinese study on fluorides finds that the IQ of children is lowered in fluoridated areas. Zhang, I.B., et al, "Effect of a High Fluoride Water Supply on Children's Intelligence"

11/03/2014

Transform your biology & switch off illnesses...
- We can change the activity of our genes through the way we think, feel, sleep, exercise - by doing yoga, meditation, iRest, relaxation...etc...
And by our interaction with others - by experiencing love, treating others with kindness, smiling, laughing etc...

Deepak Chopra's SuperBrain book goes into further detail.
But doing all the above we can literally 'DIAL THE GENES UP OR DOWN'... switching off pre-dispositions to hereditary illnesses...

Interestingly there is a technique in hypnotherapy called 'Control room of the mind'... I used this technique for some time to help re-balance thoughts, concepts and beliefs I held about myself & also to take the CONTROL OF MY MIND back!!! Proving that effort taken with visualisation & concentration while being in a relaxed/ alpha/ hypnotic state can have powerful transformational benefits....

Another point to make which for whatever reason people don't seem to blink an eye at (which still baffles me) ???

- After 30 years of taking asthma medication - a reliever and a steroid preventer, I no longer take anything... Learning to breathe better, control my mind and thoughts and having a better diet & lifestyle all play a part. I can see how much my asthma was psycho-somatic... But also triggered from the usual grass/pollen/dust & exercise induced activities...

However I can now catch the thought & body sensation that 'kicks' just before I start to wheeze... Spring time in Melbourne is usually the worst - I have learned these past 2 years to get naturopathic herbs (& homeopathy pillules) to strengthen my immunity. This would be the only time as well that I may revert to having one or two puffs of the 'Ventolin/reliever' and at times 'pretend' to inhale a reliever so that my mind and body have 'gone through the actions' (a hypnotherapy tool)....

Some spring nights I will lay in bed wheezing, but quiet my mind and say 'breathe'....'breathe'.... and off to sleep I go, waking with fully working lungs & throat.

Proving that in order to truly know if something works...we must truly truly try!!!

http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/health/2013/12/24/nr-intv-chopra-transform-your-biology.cnn.html

Dr. Deepak Chopra talks to Kyra Phillips about how lifestyle changes can change your genetic activity for the better.

04/03/2014

Hey Serenity Now Yoga followers...
I'm after some reviews of my teaching for the website link below - to help promote my business and create a stronger presence online - if you have received a class from me... Click the link and review away (it is very simple and done in a under a minute).... Thanks C xx

http://www.yogatrail.com/i/mvq8og/Mw3nUzXsMC

YogaTrail is a global yoga directory that contains reviews and ratings for tens of thousands of yoga studios and teachers, as well as yoga retreats and teacher training programs.

27/02/2014

Where's Wally?

The group photo from an amazing week spent in the Gold Coast studying Level 1 Teacher-in-training...
iRest integrative restoration -Yoga Nidra.

A technique that has not only taken me deeper into my own practice & general living and interaction with others, but one I can use within my classes to help those suffering with many of the issues that iRest has been scientifically backed to assist with.

Check out more info on my website and click through to the IRI website and my teachers page there.
http://skyyoga.com.au/irest-yoga-nidra/

16/02/2014

I fly out tomorrow for a 5 day intensive, to complete the training to teach iRest - Integrative restoration, yoga nidra...

iRest is integrative, in that it heals the various unresolved issues, traumas, and wounds that are present in the body and mind. It is restorative in that it aids its practitioners in recognizing their underlying peace of mind that is always present amidst all changing circumstances of life.

I look forward to sharing the knowledge and bringing it to my many classes...

http://skyyoga.com.au/irest-yoga-nidra/

iRest Yoga Nidra has been developed over the past twenty-six years by Richard Miller, PhD, a clinical psychologist, author, researcher and yogic scholar, and is uniquely suitable for a Western audience.

10/02/2014

'Redesign my brain' - A great series showing that the brain is flexible, just like a muscle, and using it in a variety of ways will make it even MORE flexible... It'll have it's legs behind it's head in no time!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuFXmq5vVGE

Redesign My Brain Season 1 Full Episode 1 - Make Me Smarter MAKE ME SMARTER features Dr Michael Merzenich, the pioneer of the neuroplasticity revolution, as ...

26/01/2014

A great article by Kit Laughlin demonstrating a few simple exercises to keep ones balance & strength stable while aging. In 1995 in Australia, 13.4 per cent of all deaths were from falls, and the majority of these were sustained by those aged over 45 (see reference below). There is no doubt that a reduced capacity to balance, a reduced capacity to react effectively to a loss of balance, and reduced strength overall contributes to this trend.

A great article by Kit Laughlin demonstrating a few simple exercises to keep ones balance & strength stable while aging. In 1995 in Australia, 13.4 per cent of all deaths were from falls, and the majority of these were sustained by those aged over 45 (see reference below). There is no doubt that a r...