• Deepening The Wonder from Hafiz

    Posted on January 31st, 2012 Anna No comments

    Deepening the Wonder

    Deepening The Wonder

    Death is a favor to us,
    But our scales have lost their balance.

    The impermanence of the body
    Should give us great clarity,
    Deepening the wonder in our senses and eyes

    Of this mysterious existence we share
    And are surely just traveling through.

    If I were in the Tavern tonight,
    Hafiz would call for drinks

    And as the Master poured, I would be reminded
    That all I know of life and myself is that

    We are just a midair flight of golden wine
    Between His Pitcher and His Cup.

    If I were in the Tavern tonight,
    I would buy freely for everyone in this world

    Because our marriage with the Cruel Beauty
    Of time and space cannot endure very long.

    Death is a favor to us,
    But our minds have lost their balance.

    The miraculous existence and impermanence of
    Form
    Always makes the illumined ones
    Laugh and sing.

  • “Keeping Quiet” by Pablo Neruda

    Posted on January 30th, 2012 Anna No comments

    Pablo Neruda

    Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still.

    For once on the face of the earth, let’s not speak in any language; let’s stop for one second, and not move our arms so much.

    It would be an exotic moment without rush, without engines; we would all be together in a sudden strangeness.

    Fisherman in the cold sea would not harm whales and the man gathering salt would look at his hurt hands.

    Those who prepare green wars, wars with gas, wars with fire, victories with no survivors, would put on clean clothes and walk about with their brothers in the shade, doing nothing.

    What I want should not be confused with total inactivity. Life is what it is about; I want no truck with death.

    If we were not so single-minded about keeping our lives moving, and for once could do nothing, perhaps a huge silence might interrupt this sadness of never understanding ourselves and of threatening ourselves with death.

    Perhaps the earth can teach us as when everything seems dead and later proves to be alive.

    Now I’ll count up to twelve and you keep quiet and I will go.

    ~ Pablo Neruda, Extravagaria, translated by Alastair Reid

  • Acidic Blood vs Alkaline Blood

    Posted on January 28th, 2012 Anna No comments

    Good information to know. Keeping your body alkaline is not hard.

  • Day 5: Core Focus With Rebecca Urban

    Posted on January 27th, 2012 Anna No comments

    This video champions the core — the muscles around your abdomen, back and rib cage that help support and improve posture and alignment. It might be spot training, but it’s highly integrative: your whole body will benefit from strength at its center.

  • Day 4: Standing Poses With Jason Crandell

    Posted on January 26th, 2012 Anna No comments

    This series is all about lifting and lengthening. These standing poses express the full reach of our bodies, from toes to finger tips. That brings a nice stretch, but it also helps strengthen the lower body, which must serve as a steady base for the lifted torso and limbs.

  • Day 3: Yoga for Morning With Jason Crandell

    Posted on January 24th, 2012 Anna No comments

    Jason Crandell takes us through a series of sun salutations and other poses that help elongate through the arms, sides and core.

  • Day 2: Happy Days practice With Lilias Folan

    Posted on January 24th, 2012 Anna No comments



    Happy Days Practice with Lilias Folan

    This sequence is all about “connecting with your inner joy” as part of a 30-minute series that emphasizes strength in standing poses, with steady, rooted legs and lifted arms and chest.

  • Health food scene in New York

    Posted on January 21st, 2012 Anna No comments

    Gingersnaps Organics

    Brand new to the organic health food scene in New York is the just-opened Gingersnap’s Organic
    a dine-in or take-out spot offering all raw and gluten-free fare fresh from the farm and 100% organic.

    The East-Village cafe is Jamie Graber’s vision of good for you food for life on the GO (read: Gingersnap’s Organic.) The cafe is the new neighborhood hot spot, even if nothing is ever heated above 108 degrees.

    GO is offering a made-to-order 2012 cleanse featuring three gourmet, healthy meals a day (dessert included) that rotate according to the chef’s whims and are delivered to your door in GO’s signature — and recyclable — brown bags. Or, bring your laptop to take advantage of the unlimited wifi as you sit in chairs made of sustainable wood while you devour guilt-free comfort food like guacamole and chips, pizza, tacos and pasta puttanesca.

    Make sure to try GO’s signature Portobello Reuben wrap and Ramen noodles and take a slice of the constantly changing daily pies for a sweet treat for the road. Plus, GO is open until midnight for a late-night detox-friendly feast. (Brown bag cleanse $50 per day.)

  • Thoughts Are Reality

    Posted on January 20th, 2012 Anna No comments

    Albert Einstein

    by Robert E. Rainer, MD

    Utilizing Albert Einstein’s infamous equation

    E=MC2

    I have generated Rainer’s Time Longevity Equation by substituting the C coefficient (the speed of light) with its equivalent velocity variables D/T (Distance/ Time) .

    The Rainer’s Time Longevity Equation is:

    T=√D2x M x 1/E

    Time equals the square root of Distance squared multiplied by Matter then multiplied by the inverse of Energy.

    If we use Rainer’s Time Longevity Equation and solve for M (Matter) we have the following:

    M= E x T2 x 1/D2

    If we analyze the above equation in detail, it reveals that Matter equals Energy multiplied by Time squared then multiplied by the inverse of Distance squared. In effect, the creation of matter depends on energy applied for a given amount of time with continuous focus. Even man’s earliest invention, fire, followed this immutable law — actively rubbing two sticks together (E), for a prolonged period (T), at one localized spot or focus (1/D2). Similarly, subsequent inventions such as the light bulb, radio, airplane, and the internet would also follow suit.

    Is thought not energy? Thought is the energy source that allows man to create his world. Naturally, with thought (E), persistence (T) and focus (1/D2; minimizing D which equates to not deviating from the point of interest), man has created anything that his mind has been able to conceive. Thought, persistence, and focus are the basis for all creation. Whatever exists in the physical world, once danced in the mind of its creator. Hence, the warehouse of man’s creative capacity are his dreams.

    Our great nation exemplifies Samuel Adam’s vision of America as a land of the free. His thought energy was magnified by his fear of being tried for treason by the King of England. Thus, his desperation allowed the hasty formation of the Continental Congress with The Declaration of Independence written and signed shortly afterwards. His intense thought energy culminated in the formation of a document and ultimately a nation of unprecedented freedom. The Continental Congress was essentially a ‘Master Mind’ group of fifty six men resonating the identical ‘thought energy’ of freedom driven by the fear of hanging if their effort was unsuccessful. Read the rest of this entry »

  • Toxic Mercury

    Posted on January 18th, 2012 Anna No comments

    According to Boyd Haley, retired professor emeritus at the University of Kentucky (where he headed the chemistry department), about 80 percent of the mercury vapor released from your fillings collect in your body tissues and can take months or years to eliminate. Needless to say, if your body keeps accumulating more mercury than it can eliminate, after many years of chronic exposure you may end up with quite a bit of accumulated mercury in your body. Studies on cadavers have confirmed that the more amalgam fillings a person has, the more mercury collects in their brain, for example.

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