YOGAMIX

energy profile

kali — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:20:01 +0000

hoop flow

kali — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:47:40 +0000

Beyond our ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase ‘each other’
doesn’t make sense any more. Jelaluddin Rumi

When there is no distinction between the knower and the knowing, the object and the subject, one becomes immersed in immense bliss.

that’s the hooping experience!

GROW – Know that there is an invisible intelligence in everything. You have the power to make contract with this Divine Intelligence and create a life of bliss. Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

GROW with the flow!
out of the head
into the heart
flow by way of the spiral–
the symbol of growth in nature and
of a spiritual nature
spinning:
security creativity personal power love-joy clarity expansion!
Rumi-like whirling dervish
mesmerizing motion
in the vortex
spontaneous
pure space
free-form
freedom
no expectation goal agenda
fully engaged
present moment
effortless Union –
YOGA!

Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life.

Surrender is not weakness. There is great strength and spiritual power in it. Through surrender, you will be free internally of any situation. You may then find that the situation changes without any effort on your part. In any case, you are free
Eckhart Tolle

Struggle vs Surrender
YOGA is not merely some form of exotic exercise. Yoga postures or asanas are just one small aspect of the vast wisdom and truths encoded in the ancient scriptures.
Current consensus equates struggle, hard work and more knowledge with feeling in control of life. The linear, rigid, often demanding and precise direction of most Yoga ASANA (exercise) practices can sometimes reinforce the effort/stuggle mentality instead of eliciting the expected peace, joy and bliss!
– precise alignment, controlled breathing, strict practice, more teachers / more workshops — THEN BLISS?
OOPS, sorry, the “universe” doesn’t work that way. The Vedas and Upanishads hold the key to the real power and potential that is YOGA —that is, when we give up outcome and control by surrendering to a higher power, life flows effortlessly and more joyfully. Likewise, physically moving in a non linear more fluid way as with the hoop, a living breathing center of creative energy, peace and bliss emerges.

The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line. Joanna Field

Hooping enhances all aspects of body, mind and spirit and in such a natural, simple, joyfully relaxed way! The myriad health benefits, the beauty of its sacred geometry, symbology and creation mythology — in other words — the beyond comprehension perfect-ness of hooping complements and enhances a yogi’s lifestyle.

*improve: health & fitness
*increase: joy peace clarity creativity
*cultivate: present moment BEingness
*unite: body, mind, spirit –Yoga!

HOW TO GET STARTED
the first hoop stop…updated daily!
hooping.org
Hooping.org Magazine is an international hub for the worldwide
hooping community and the one-stop online source for all things hooping…read more here!

my personal recommendations
hoopgirl dvd’s, hoops, clothes, workshops, teachers training and more!
I learned the basics from hoopgirl’s hoopdance for beginners DVD

(my own quirky flair emerged over time!)

some of my favorite gorgeous hoopers – gorgeous hooping!

my hoops
my first hoop was HEAVY but lovely — white and silver “BREATHE” from bettyhoops.com! (now I use no frills/lightweight bare black..100 psi 1/2″ tubing)

learn some classic hoop-moves now! – tutorials
Hoop Groove Vol. 1
Hoop Groove Vol. 2
Hoop Groove Vol. 3

Adam Lambert – Ten Commandments

kali — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:58:15 +0000

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third eye smoothie

kali — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:21:04 +0000

THE EYE’M AWAKE
Purple Bliss third eye opening Smoothie
8-ish organic purple grapes
lots of organic frozen blueberries
a few big chunks of frozen organic bananas
a big spoon of raw almond butter
a big splash of sambazon organic acai juice
a big glass of fiji water
2 capfuls of non-alcohol vanilla extract
whirl it up in the vitamix

this has been my breakfast most mornings
–tastes like PURPLE! …
Organic Raw Chocolate

beautiful dawn

kali — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:08:23 +0000


 
beautiful dawn mandala art dkp © 2006A breathtaking dawn of a new day is something to be admired.  Once you begin analysing the whys and wherefores, instead of elation all you get is excavation, which doesn't lead to anything and doesn't change anything. ~ from The Ringing of the Cedars by Vladimir Megre (Anastasia)
 Beautiful dawn you're just blowing my mind again.

Thought I was born to endless night, until you shine ~ High by James Blunt

forget regret

kali — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:20:07 +0000

Ram Dass reminded a generation of hippies to Be Here NOW. Thirty years later, Eckhart Tolle is RE-reminding the same seekers, older and no wiser..of the Power of NOW. Thousands of years before either of them, sages and enlightened masters, East & West, understood through experience the inherent power in the present moment – where the pure potentiality of creative intelligence does its magic!
In the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali elegantly mapped the mind-games people play..clinging to the past/hoping for the future and thereby suffering and missing the BLISS!
The concept is so simple but implementing it is so difficult that volumes over centuries have to be written to constantly reinforce this truth. But add music to the words and somehow the message sticks! After all .. how many of us can sing along to the entire RENT score? Recently released on DVD, RENT presents itself to a whole new audience who will hear and be moved by the powerful theme of love and life and NOW.

The heart may freeze or it can burn
The pain will ease if I can learn
There is no future
There is no past
I live this moment as my last
There’s only us
There’s only this
Forget regret
Or life is yours to miss
No other road
No other way
No day but today

got it? “sing” it! — if not NOW, then when?!

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, there is no other life but this.
Henry David Thoreau (American Essayist, Poet & Philosopher, 1817-1862)

dance in the flames

kali — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:41:34 +0000

cosmic grace mandala art dkp © 2005
In thy dance, Divine Dancer, freedom finds its image and dreams their forms.
Its cadence weaves the threads of things and unwinds them for ages;
Charms the atom’s rebellion into beauty, gives rhythm to the symphony of the stars;
thrills life with pain,
And churns up existence into surging joys and sorrows.
~Rabindranath Tagore

get up life’s too quick I know someplace sick where this chick’ll dance in the flames
~Out Tonight from RENT

And out beyond the edge of space and time where waves of consciousness roll
our spirits dance toward cosmic grace to timeless rhythms
~ MORE – poem/song lyrics by john v. rouleau

Modern physics has thus revealed that every subatomic particle not only performs an energy dance, but also is an energy dance; a pulsating process of creation and destruction. The dance of Shiva is the dancing universe, the ceaseless flow of energy going through an infinite variety of patterns that melt into one another™.For the modern physicists, then Shiva’s dance is the dance of subatomic matter. As in Hindu mythology, it is a continual dance of creation and destruction involving the whole cosmos; the basis of all existence and of all natural phenomenon. Hundreds of years ago, Indian artists created visual images of dancing Shivas in a beautiful series of bronzes. In our times, physicists have used the most advanced technology to portray the patterns of the cosmic dance. - The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism – By Fritjof Capra Fritjof Capra (1939 – )

The entire Universe is engaged in movement and endless activity – an uninterrupted cosmic dance of energy. In Yoga the image that represents this dance is Nataraja, or Shiva in his Ananda Tandava pose – the Cosmic Dance of bliss. With arms waving and hair flying and encirlced by flames, he holds a small drum in his upper right hand that keeps the rhythms of sound, the vehicle of the word transmitting revelation tradition and enchantment. The top left hand, in ardhachandra mudra (half moon), carries a Flame, the element of destruction. The second right hand gestures peace and protection, while the last left hand, points toward the left foot symbolising liberation from the enchanting veil of Maya.