Something To Think About - July 2004

Something To Think About - July 2004

I recently received a testimony from one of my students that reminded me WHY I originally transitioned from traditional exercise to the Dynamic Power Yoga PLUS! experience we ENJOY today ~~ we have the opportunity to transform our bodies & lives ~~ AND ~~ it is fun!! ~~

Over the years, I have received voicemails, letters, emails ~~ remarking how a student’s life is changed ~~
Weight loss / flexibility / muscle strength / lung strength (cardio)
Normalized blood pressure & cholesterol
Type II Diabetes disappears / Arthritis Pain reduced/eliminated
Vision improved after wearing glasses/contacts entire life
Depression/Anxiety alleviated
Pregnancy/Deliveries
Chronic Pain GONE
Addictions GONE
Unhealthy Relationships Ending / NEW Relationships Beginning
New Job/Career Choices
Making better choices for self

~~ and, the list goes on and on and on ~~ I feel extremely BLESSED to be part of so much life transition & transformation ~~ Last week, I received the following testimony, and I FEEL it puts EVERYTHING in perspective ~~ ENJOY ~~

From: Emina Karamanovski
I would like to share with you how much I enjoy your yoga program. I have never been an athletic person, although I wanted to be! I tried gym, running, aerobics, tennis, but nothing really “grew” on me like your yoga did. I said “your” yoga because I tried different styles and different studios but no other yoga program made me feel as physically alive as your sessions do. Your teaching style is great! Your uniqueness and the uniqueness of your instructors add variety, animation and flavor to the sessions. At the beginning, doing yoga was about doing exercise, having a healthy life-style and toning my body, but over time, it became my “playtime”. I always resisted the concept of “working out”.

As children, when we are exploring and developing our physical capacity we never “worked” on climbing a tree or jumping over a puddle! Have you ever wondered why, as adults, we call exercise “work” instead of “play”? As weird as it may sound, I even look forward to your Vinyasa PLUS! classes. After I twist and turn like never before, I walk away from your studio smiling and thinking “I’m almost forty and I feel like I just climbed the tallest tree for no other reason than to see whether I could do it — isn’t that cool?!”

Thank you for developing your program and providing us with high-quality high-energy sessions and great instructors. (Emina)

If we continue to approach ANYTHING in life with the same thoughts we always have ~~ we (of course) continue to FEEL & EXPERIENCE the same results ~~ The Dynamic Power Yoga PLUS! studio is a great place to “practice” changing how you think ~~ with exercise being PLAY TIME!!

Mainstream medicine already acknowledges the association of unresolved anger with cancer ~~ It’s also known that releasing anger SPONTANEOUSLY (like a child – with FEELING & SOUND) relieves the body’s tissues of dis-ease ~~ If a child has cancer and does something FUN ~~ like riding a roller coaster (If, in fact, the child perceives a roller coaster ride as FUN) ~~ the child’s body releases interleukins (cancer-killing agents) as (s)he laughs with joy & delight ~~

Dynamic Power Yoga PLUS! allows you to BE unique (BE yourSELF) ~~ To laugh – scream / giggle – groan / cry – smirk / get pissed - feel elated / swear – exclaim / feel afraid - feel over-whelming love / feel anxiety - feel gratitude / feel AWE at what you CAN do ~~

You become CHILD-LIKE, rather than child-ish

How often have we heard ~~ “I wish I knew THEN what I know NOW, and (at the same time) still have the feeling I had when I graduated high school ~~ the world was my oyster . . . . .”

We are in a new energy NOW ~~ EVERYTHING & ANYTHING “IS” POSSIBLE ~~ Science/Ancient Texts/Quantum Physiques/Religious & Spiritual practices ~~ All have documented the power of Belief – the power of Thought – the Power of Faith/Knowing ~~

Whether we follow the practice of belief/faith/knowing with no doubt . . .”
OR
Sincerely, one of the biblical parables I remember from my child-hood was that “Jesus LOVED the little children.” Could it be that means we are more in touch with our INNOCENT BELIEF/KNOWING – belief with no doubt?

Over 25 years ago, when I was a Size 15/16 & 160 lbs., I was instructed by a health club I attended that if I did certain exercises for a certain amount of time, and ate a certain way, that I would obtain a certain weight/size, which is exactly what happened (I’ve maintained a Size 4 all these years)

However, I now realize years later, that it was my “farm-girl” innocense – the innocent BELIEF/KNOWING of a child –- that allowed me to transform ~~

Think about it — Diets & Exercise have NEVER worked – If they did, we wouldn’t have such an obese & unhealthy population ~~

Bottom line ~~ I BELIEVED what I was told. That if I did what I was told, I would obtain a specific result.

At that time, I only KNEW a positive outcome ~~ I didn’t know people could diet & exercise & FAIL. Therefore, I had no DOUBTS in my mind – nothing to interfere with my understanding of the principal that “…..an object only actually becomes an object the instant it is perceived.” (and . . . everyone’s perception – belief/knowing – is different)

Hmmmmm, some pretty heavy STUFF, huh??!! outcome would be ONLY what I expected

As you allow yourself to release the layers of Anger & Fear & Hurt & Anxiety, etc. etc. etc., you re-connect with your child-like KNOWING (your Spirit); and, again, EVERYTHING in life becomes possible!!

Did you know that as you open your throat & EXPRESS YOURSELF, the sound literally vibrates your thyroid back to health??? That by simply allowing yourself to FEEL & cry, scream, yell, laugh, moan ~~ you LITERALLY raise your metabolism??

It is a very small stretch of the imagination to understand why Think about it ~~ RePRESSed emotions, feelings ~~ They PRESS down on our energy, our functioning, our ability to ‘get-on-with-our-day’ ~~

Remember the last time you had an argument with a significant other, a co-worker, a boss ~~ Remember what happened if you decided “NOT-to-rock-the-boat”, decided to “hold-it-in”, decided to “repress it” ~~ to keep things calm ~~ How much work did you actually get done that day? How many errands did you actually accomplish? How efficient were you? You literally PRESSed DOWN the functioning of your entire being by stifling your emotions ~~ one of the FIRST areas we harm is the Thyroid (the Thymus & immune system are simultaneously affected) ~~

Our EMOTIONS are meant to be felt & expressed ~~ LIKE A CHILD!! (child-like, rather than childish)

We can use our THOUGHTS to decide how to FEEL our EMOTIONS ~~ Begin by approaching your DPYP! experience as FUN ~~ What if it is truly FUN to allow yourself to feel pain, anger, sadness, tears, anguish, frustration, anxiety, exhaustion, fear? What if you really GET IT ~~ that they are JUST EMOTIONS ~~ and that the absolutely exciting ~~ FUN ~~ part of allowing the emotions is that once they are released, all that is left is ~~ YOU ~~the “balanced” YOU ~~ the Child-Like YOU ~~ the teenager/college grad who still BELIEVES “. . . the sky is the limit” YOU have the energy, passion & desire to create.

Come to your Dynamic Power Yoga PLUS! experience and HAVE FUN!! Have fun FEELING!! Have fun KNOWING that the layers of STUFF that have kept you sluggish, despondent, robotic, depressed are leaving ~~ Isn’t it FUN to KNOW that while you go through every DPYP! experience, every moment you FEEL & EXPRESS (like an INNOCENT CHILD) your fear, your anger, your pain, your sadness, YOU:

Lose Weight (feeling safe, forgiven, FREE)
Gain Body/Lung Muscle/Strength (strength/power in life)
Gain Better Sight (‘seeing’ a great future)
Normalize Blood Pressure (making peace w/past emotional problems)
Normalize Cholesterol (accepting joy in life)
Repair Joints ~~ knees/hips/shoulders/etc (easily changing direction in life)
Eliminate Depression (it’s O.K. to be angry — It’s ONLY an emotion)
Eliminate Anxiety (trusting life’s flow/process)
Eliminate Addictions (finding/trusting YOUR amazing gift/power)

Every moment you ALLOW yourself to “get pissed” ~~ to feel something new in your body that hurts & scares you ~~ to allow the tears to flow ~~ to experience nausea ~~ YOU ARE HEALING ~~ You are shedding enormous amounts of baggage ~~ You shed the ROBOTIC, CONDITIONED ‘adult’’. You become a WISE CHILD. You have FUN . . .You create MAGIC. . . .

As you uncover your Spirit, you SEE & FEEL & CREATE what you always KNEW was possible ~~

~~ There is nothing new, except what you forgot ~~

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This year, Beth had an AWESOME practice on Saturday, the 15th, and Lilly appeared just two days later ~~ Congratulations to Beth, daddy Richard, lil’ bro, Leyton, and (of course) Jax (the puppy-dog) ~~ For any of you “mommies-to-be”, Beth is happy to share her experience with you ~~ Her email address is bethwallace72@sbcglobal.net

New Love ~~
Yoga PLUS! ~~ Match-Maker
It’s a Love Story ~~ Madeline Witte and Darren Glass met at Dynamic Power Yoga PLUS! in May of 2001. Darren had been going to Yoga PLUS! with a friend for about a year-and-a-half before Madeline started the class. He was one of the first yogies to talk to her, and from that point, they tried to stand next to each other in class. After a few months of that, Darren asked her out on a date. The rest, as they say, is history.

For more info about the ecstatic couple and to read how Darren proposed, go to http://wedding.weddingchannel.com/madelineanddarren, and ‘click on’ About The Couple ~~