Yoga Sadhana Bristol

29/08/2022

23/08/2022

GREETINGS FROM THE SAMYE LING COMMUNITY

We are delighted to invite you to join Abbot Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche, Deputy Abbot Lama Katen, and all the Samye Ling Community for our Tea Party and Open Day on Sunday 28th August from 2pm.

After a long break due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we will be happier than ever to welcome you.

As always we will be offering a selection of refreshments. So do come along to visit the temple and spend time strolling through the grounds to see all the changes and improvements since your last visit.

No booking necessary, just come along any time between 2pm and 5pm on Sunday 28th August.

27/06/2022

Fresh herbs are an important part of the traditional Mediterranean Diet. That’s especially true in Italy, where an observational study found just how healthy they may be. The researchers found an amazing 44% risk reduction for melanoma among those who consumed fresh herbs (rosemary, basil, sage and parsley) at least 4 times weekly. Rosemary was the most potent, with a 60% risk reduction among regular consumers. Intriguingly, separate lab studies have shown extracts were highly toxic to human melanoma cells in a test tube, killing up to 95% of the cells. All this points to fresh as being an important part of a varied and healthy diet—especially when the summer sun is out! Sources: Pubmed ID 26176704, 18621803.

24/06/2022

Sweet potato are a true superfood. They’re loaded with flavonoids, have 20% more lutein than spinach and 50% more potassium than bananas. This leafy vegetable is also a uniquely rich source of caffeoylquinic acids (like chlorogenic acid) which are powerful anticancer compounds. In one lab study, sweet potato leaf extract suppressed human lung cells in a test tube by an incredible 90%. But are they healthy for people? A remarkable observational study in Taiwan suggests yes. It found 57% less lung cancer risk among those eating at least 130 grams of sweet potato greens per week. In clinical trials, they’ve also boosted immune cell response in humans. All for just 42 calories per delicious serving.
Sources: Pubmed IDs 17704030, 26032078, 17199331

24/06/2022

An excellent initiative.

There are a lot of ways you can get involved with Prison Yoga Project:
🔹 Take our Foundational Training
🔹Become a Facilitator
🔹Take our 200-Hr YTT
🔹Donate!
🔹Buy a book for someone experiencing incarceration
🔹Attend our Webinars!

And so much more! May all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering.

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24/06/2022

There are a lot of ways you can get involved with Prison Yoga Project:
🔹 Take our Foundational Training
🔹Become a Facilitator
🔹Take our 200-Hr YTT
🔹Donate!
🔹Buy a book for someone experiencing incarceration
🔹Attend our Webinars!

And so much more! May all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering.

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01/06/2022

Love this mischievous wisdom 🤣

>>>The enemy, or difficult boss or neighbour, instead of treating them as if they were the problem, we place them in our head as our guru, because they teach us how to be patient. We say, “Thank you, you are really horrible!”. It makes up laugh and opens a c***k in a very different way. We can take a very poisonous situation and transform it into nectar. This is where our free will comes in; how we choose to react to what happens. We should go beyond the push-button reaction, which is instinctive and unskillful. - Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

Society presents strength as the capacity to do more harm to others than they can do to us. But from the spiritual point of view, it is quite the contrary, this is a weakness. If patience is based on genuine compassion, this is a very great strength, because we are not moved. If we are angry against someone angry with us, it is just plugging in on his or her negativity. Especially in later lojong versions, there is emphasis on the right attitude in front of obstacles and negativities or diseases, which we should turn into something positive.

The enemy, or difficult boss or neighbour, instead of treating them as if they were the problem, we place them in our head as our guru, because they teach us how to be patient. We say, “Thank you, you are really horrible!”. It makes up laugh and opens a c***k in a very different way. We can take a very poisonous situation and transform it into nectar. This is where our free will comes in; how we choose to react to what happens. We should go beyond the push-button reaction, which is instinctive and unskillful. - Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

14/09/2021

This is an excellent overview of the six limbs of yoga.

If you feel like your brain is constantly moving from one thought to the next, you may benefit from improving your focus through the practice of dharana.

30/08/2021

Whether it’s the pandemic fallout or news of Afghanistan, we take to meditation or mindfulness as a means of coping. However, if you’re not getting calmer; or worse, are getting more agitated, here's why.

02/08/2021

Sitting silently with the breath as a focus for the mind is the simplest – and can be the most powerful – of practices. Join our supportive prison yoga community for an online retreat Sat 4th Sept: http://ow.ly/RMDd50FH3Yy

18/03/2021

Heritage is so important for us all.

11/03/2021

https://fb.watch/4a6dKliUSQ/

10/01/2021

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year - may 2021 be the year of your continued transformation.
"Peace comes only from contemplation. An hour of contemplation is equal to a year of adoration. Without peace, there can be no happiness. That is why every war ends and must end in peace. It is because of the supreme importance of peace for happiness, the goal of man, that prayer ends with an adjuration to peace Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti. "

Swami Sivananda
Illustration by Eleanor Davies