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08/09/2021

10/07/2021

This!

11/06/2021

“One example of a dietary pattern that may be optimal for better sleep is the Mediterranean diet, which emphasizes such foods as vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, legumes, whole grains, seafood, poultry, yogurt, herbs and spices and olive oil. Large observational studies have found that people who follow this type of dietary pattern are less likely to suffer from insomnia and short sleep, though more research is needed to confirm the correlation.

But the relationship between poor diet and bad sleep is a two-way street: Scientists have found that as people lose sleep, they experience physiological changes that can nudge them to seek out junk food. In clinical trials, healthy adults who are allowed to sleep only four or five hours a night end up consuming more calories and snacking more frequently throughout the day. They experience significantly more hunger and their preference for sweet foods increases.”

A growing body of research suggests that the foods you eat can affect how well you sleep, and your sleep patterns can affect your dietary choices.

06/04/2021

“Researchers have found that adults can change the five traits that make up personality — extroversion, openness to experience, emotional stability, agreeableness and conscientiousness — within just a few months. Much as in Dr. Steffel’s case, the traits are connected, so changing one might lead to changes in another.”

Our personalities are not set in stone. They are more like sand dunes.

19/03/2021

Are you grieving after a year of losses? This article might be useful to you.
“In the hierarchy of human suffering during the pandemic, a canceled prom, a lost vacation or missing out on seeing a child’s first steps may not sound like much, but mental health experts say that all loss needs to be acknowledged and grieved.

“People don’t feel like they have the right to grieve,” said Lisa S. Zoll, a licensed clinical social worker in Lemoyne, Pa., who specializes in grief counseling. “A year into this, the losses are piling up. I just had this conversation in my office when this person said, ‘I can’t complain about my grief, because people have it worse.’ But we have to correct that thinking. Your grief is your grief. You can’t compare it to other people’s.”

There is a name for grief that isn’t routinely acknowledged: disenfranchised grief.

22/02/2021

Sylvia Boorstein often repeats these words to herself when she’s worrying or anxious.
She shares more insight during "Everyday Life as Mindfulness Practice." Course materials include 11 video-based teachings with Sylvia on how to make your day-to-day experience a basis for practice, and 6 live Zoom sessions (Feb. 22, Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29) with Heidi Bourne (these will be posted for later viewing). Registration open until 3/1. More info: https://bit.ly/SREL022221

11/02/2021

Find out how yogic breathwork and asana can help ease lingering symptoms of coronavirus.

16/12/2020

Winter 2021 Newsletter & Offerings - https://mailchi.mp/8375c5873e32/winter2021

14/11/2020

Listening deeply, your body will connect you back to the body of the Earth. As you sense that you are not separate from the planet, you know that to take care of your body you also must take care of the streams and the rivers, and the web of life within which you exist. You live within the same wheel of nature as the endangered species. Without mindful attention, you can fail to understand your personal connection to all living things.

The healing that comes from paying attention to our own mysterious body leads directly to an understanding of our connection to the body of Earth. Mindfulness of the body means developing awareness of who we truly are. https://jackkornfield.com/mindfulness-of-the-body/

Listening deeply, your body will connect you back to the body of the Earth. As you sense that you are not separate from the planet, you know that to take care of your body you also must take care of the streams and the rivers, and the web of life within which you exist.

05/10/2020

Such a great practice for any time. And it’s free!

Join esteemed teacher Sharon Salzberg for the 10-Day Lovingkindness Challenge: Guided Meditation Practices to Help You Cultivate Love, Compassion, Joy, and E...

02/10/2020

A beautiful tonic for our times. A practice and talk of love.

https://vimeo.com/460957366

Join iRest Founder Richard Miller and Senior Director of Teachings Stephanie Lopez for a series of twice-weekly drop-in sessions that you can live-stream from anywhere.…

28/09/2020

Sunday Sermon thanks to Brené Brown

"While I have a political identity, my work does not. The concepts and constructs I study, including vulnerability, courage, trust, and shame, are not bendable and elastic. If you’ve found a way to reconcile my work with your support for the Trump administration, you have bankrupted the research for your own agenda. And, if you’re wondering if I believe that the left has the corner on the wholehearted market, the answer is no. The work is apolitical. I will say, however, that I’ve never seen anyone in my lifetime—Republican, Democrat, or Independent—who has leveraged fear, shame, and dehumanization to divide our country like Donald Trump has.
Of all the behaviors that stand in direct conflict with my work, one of the most egregious is bullying. While holding the highest office in our country, Trump has continued to use his power to belittle and torment people. Women, Black people, indigenous people, differently-abled people, trans people, immigrants, Muslims, poor people, sick people—the list goes on. I will not stop speaking out while this is happening. We can’t believe that the playground is safe just because the bully is picking on someone else. We all know that the playground isn’t safe for any of us until it’s safe for all of us.
I absolutely do not understand how someone could read and understand my work and think that I would have any tolerance for the Trump administration’s blatant disregard for science and their full-throated support of white supremacy, dehumanization, and fear-mongering. Not only are the policies supported by this administration and the behaviors of individuals in this administration in direct conflict with the data I’ve collected on courage, vulnerability, integrity, and love, but the shame, division, and violence inflicted and incited by Trump are in direct conflict with my belief that we are all God’s children. Leveraging fear and hatred are unholy acts."

21/09/2020

YOGA FOR ANXIETY 3 WEEK ZOOM CLASS
Stress can eventually unfold in the body and mind in ways that cause us to suffer. The ancient yogis developed effective techniques to relax the body, improve emotional health, and cultivate a clear, calm mind.
Anxiety manifests in unique ways and each individual may benefit best from a particular strategy. Therefore, each week of the workshop offers different strategies and techniques, allowing each person to find the tools which are the most effective for them.
Through lecture, postures, breathing, visualization, meditation, relaxation, and connecting to our deepest sense of well-being, I hope to give you some tools to soothe tension, focus the mind, affect thought patterns, and connect you with the deep sense of well-being within.
Date: Tuesdays, October 13, 20, & 27
Time: 9:30 - 11:15 AM, EDT
Cost: $75
TO REGISTER: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=WQ6KCA4CRADXWT

20/09/2020

Fall 2020 - see thoughts about how to address difficult emotions, as well as some upcoming Zoom classes offered by KO.
https://mailchi.mp/872ff874f8fb/fall-newsletter-2020

“May you live in interesting time” is, of course, an ironic expression of unclear origins, but wholly appropriate now. There is also a Yoga Sutra of Patanjali that says, “Heyam duhkham anangatam.” This loosely translates as future pain is coming; therefore, we should anticipate it and reduce...

21/08/2020

Excellent article on research around drinking sugary, artificially sweetened or unsweetened beverages and weight gain or metabolic effects.

Sugar substitutes may help stave off weight gain, but they have metabolic effects that some experts find concerning.

10/06/2020

Looking for something simple to help you manage stress right now and understand your emotional rollercoaster?
Consider watching/listening to one of these offerings of lecture/Q&A/and practice. They are truly wonderful and free, although I would consider making a donation.

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03/05/2020

In his book, “You Are Here,” he urged people to pay attention to what they were experiencing in their body and mind at any given moment, and not dwell in the past or think of the future. His emphasis was on the awareness of the breath. As you follow the breath, he taught his readers to say internally, “I’m breathing in; this is an in-breath. I’m breathing out: this is an out-breath.”

Devotees from many parts of the world are visiting the ailing 92-year-old monk, who has retired to a Buddhist temple. He taught how the practice of mindfulness could be combined with daily actions.