For all of us trying to stay upbeat in these times, a little video from a cat's POV...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwRAxWlY1IM
Hope it will bring a little light, and a lot of chuckles, to all of your hearts. ❤️
OMG that made me laugh for more than one reason! I too bought a small treadmill and a standing desk. I used it for a few months until I gave it away. It would shake a bit and I just couldn't concentrate on my job while it did that and just jiggled when I tried to type. So I'm a little guilty of this too! LOL But I did also always wonder what a cat is thinking... so funny! ?
Hi Community, I am going to take a vacation for two weeks with Circle of Light. We've been going now for nearly a year. March 4 was our first date. It has been wonderful. But I need two weeks without a zoom event on my calendar. We have done good work, and also helped ourselves.
I will reconvene our meditations the day after Valentine's Day - February 15.
I am also going to suspend the Friday meditations until further notice, but keep the Monday and Wednesdays. I love our Friday group. It is special (as you Friday people know), and hard to give up, but I need to simplify my zoom commitments for a while.
Love to you all.
Here is a wonderful presentation of the physiological and emotion impacts of doing breath work by one of our Circle of Light participants, Deepti Agarwal. I always refer to her as just "Deepti," but now she's doing talkings about breath work, and said it was okay to post one of them. Dr. Agarwal is a practicing anesthesiologist who also teaches people about the overall health benefits of breath work. In the attached presentation, she discusses a few breathing techniques, one of which we have done in the Circle of Light - box breathing.
For anyone with health issues, emotional or physiological and anyone who suffers from anxiety or difficulty falling asleep, this is worth a look.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwP4_hkZpMo&feature=youtu.be
When we return to our Circle of Light, I'd like to help people try some of these breathing techniques for better health.
Box breathing: 1. Breathe in to the count of four, 2. Hold to the count of four, 3. breathe out to the count of four, 4. hold to the count of four. Repeat. It resets your breathing, calms you down and has a host of other beneficial effects to your body. To learn more, watch the video.
@jeanne-mayell. Since you taught us box breathing, I have used it when I’m anxious at night. It only takes five minutes of box breathing to relax. Very helpful!
@bluebelle. I'm so glad it helps you. I've been using box breathing at night too, to relax, and also because I learned from Deepti's presentation that it boosts our immune system, and integrates every organ system in the body, including the heart.
It also connects the heart and mind via the vagus nerve. If ever there was a healing salve, it just might be breathing techniques like box breathing. We used to do Pranayama breathing exercises at Kripalu Yoga Center for long stretches of time. I have never felt so calm as when I was doing that. It's a part of yoga.
@jeanne-mayell. That sounds wonderful. Before life threw me a curve ball this month, I was doing a daily yoga practice series focused on breath. We didn’t do box breathing, but long, slow breaths with long pauses after the inhale and exhale. It was very similar to box breathing and left you feeling completely relaxed.