Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Hitting the road!!
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| Namaste Yogis Iam going on vacation for the month of Sept and will return to teaching Yoga Oct 1st |
Friday, August 10, 2012
YOGA 101 A Basics of Yoga Workshop at PeaceloveandYoga in Carlsbad Ca Aug 19 2012
New to yoga? This workshop is for you!Build a strong foundation as you begin your journey into the world of yoga with our ground-level workshop. We will share the basics of yoga and help you build confidence in your practice.
For the first half, we will go over yoga basics – everything from breath and alignment to modifications and progressions.
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For the second half, we will turn on the heat and discuss all the foundations of heated yoga. We’ll go over what to bring, why the heat and play with how it affects your practice.
All levels. Non-heated for the first half; warm & toasty for the second half.
$10 pre-paid, $15 at the door.
Monday, July 16, 2012
A Mindful Eating Practice
Instructions for Mindful Eating
Look at the food, noting "seeing."
Notice whether or not you are hungry.
Note "intending to move."
Turn your right or left hand laterally until it's resting on edge, perpendicular to the knee. Stop.
Raise your hand straight up until it's more or less at table-height. Stop.
Move your hand forward toward the fork or spoon. Stop.
Grasp the fork, being aware of the sensation of touch as you do so. Stop.
Lift the fork. Stop.
Move the fork toward the food. Stop.
Place a bite of food on the fork. Stop.
Slowly raise the fork to your mouth. Stop.
Touch the fork to your lips. Stop.
Open your mouth. Stop.
Put the food in your mouth. Notice the feel of your lips touching the fork, and the contact or temperature of the food on the tongue. Don't let yourself chew yet. Stop.
Lower your hand slowly. Stop.
Place the fork on your plate. Stop.
Return your hand to your knee. (You still haven't begun to chew.)
Chew the food. Flavor will appear. Mentally try to isolate the flavor from the tactile mass of the food, the movement of your mouth, and any desire that arises. Flavor is its own object, separate from all these things. If the flavor is strong you should focus on it. But if the flavor is bland, focus on the movement of the jaw or tongue. Note "moving," "tasting," "desire," "touch," and so on, as appropriate.
As you swallow, note "swallowing."
Be aware your mouth is empty.
Notice whether or not you feel full.
Note the intention to take another bite.
Repeat steps 1-22. (Although mental notes were not given for all the steps, you may wish to add them, labeling "moving" for steps 3-5 and so on.)
If you need both hands to cut something, focus your attention on one hand only. Apply the same step-by-step procedure to drinking: observe the intention first; extend your hand; grasp the cup; move the cup toward you; take a sip of water; and finally, bring the cup back to the table, stopping completely after each action.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Floating and Flying Inversion Class at PLAY Yoga Studio in Carlsbad CA
Floating and Flying Inversion Class at PLAY Yoga Studio in Carlsbad CA
2:00-3:00Pm June 16th,28th July 14th and 28th
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Life is Like A Cup of Coffee
Life Is Like A Cup Of Coffee
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned to complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups have been taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups.
Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of life we live.
Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. Savor the coffee, not the cups! The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.
Notbuyingganything.com
Monday, April 9, 2012
A New Class offering starting Sunday April 15th 4:30-5:30 at PLAY Yoga Studio in CarlsbadCA
Iam really looking forward to beginning a new class offering "next Sunday".. the PLAY CHILL 4:30-5:30PM at PLAY PeaceloveandYogastudio in Carlsbad. It will be a "Unheated" opportunity to experience and release physical tension & stress with a slow deep stretch yoga flow that is inspired by the Yin stlye of yoga and incorporates mindful breathing and blissful music. Its an all levels class and everyone is invited. Namaste G...
Peace Love and Yoga
Peace Love and Yoga
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The 12 Steps, and their Relationship to The Yamas and Niyamas (The Universal Vows) of the Ashtanga (Raja) Yoga Path
A wonderful offering On yoga and the 12 Step Tradition of AA
12 Steps and Yoga Embracing Recovery Through Yoga
Leslie Kalechman, LCSW,RYT ..http://embracingwellness.com
The 12 Steps, and their Relationship to The Yamas and Niyamas (The Universal Vows) of the Ashtanga (Raja) Yoga Path
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. Satya, truthfulness, first and foremost with the self. Acceptance, surrender:
*Yoga teaches us how to physically, energetically, and mentally experience these difficult, ego-involved concepts and move through them towards greater growth, integrity and wholeness. In Yoga we are always resolving the dynamic dance of willful effort and radical surrender.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. How does one get here if one is a non-believer??
*Yoga hastens the transformation. Practices of Yoga open us up to a very real and tangible experience of a transcendent consciousness whatever we wish to call it, the higher Self, the Universal Mind; God; Allah; Christ-consciousness; Higher Power.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
*This saying, "Help, I can't do this all myself", is a very real point in the Yogic path, as described in the Bhagavad Gita, part of the Mahabharata, one of the seminal pieces of Yogic literature . In a key scene, the hero, Arjuna, is on the battlefield, (metaphorically the battle for the control of the mind over the senses); he must do battle with his own relatives, friends, teachers. He knows he devoutly wishes to avoid this battle, and doesn't know what to do. He turns to his Higher Power, Lord Krishna, who is in the war chariot with him and says: (Ch2:7) "I am weighted down with weakmindedness; I am confused and cannot understand my duty. I beg of you to say for sure what is right for me to do. I am your disciple. Please help me for I have taken refuge in you." This is the "conversion experience" referred to by Jung. Ishvara Pranidhana - the 8th limb of Ashtanga. The challenge here is to cooperate with our higher, or spiritual selves in a more positive and creative way. "Instead of using ego-power-trying to dominate and control everything for selfish gain, the type of compulsiveness that drives people to drink, drugs, and other destructive forms of behavior - each of us must come to be aware that we are accountable to an "inner dimension" that continuously invites us to be more loving, caring and responsible." (O'Murchu, Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, Vol.11, 1994, p. 177.)
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
*This is Satya, the path of being completely honest, first and foremost, with ourselves. Tapas, or self discipline, effort. Also Svadhyaya, self-inquiry. In AA this is looking at various "character flaws" and other difficult aspects of ourselves, eg. jealousy, anger, fear, sexuality; etc. Yoga teaches us how to witness ourselves having these "character flaws" (Yoga calls them citta vrittis, or fluctuations of the mind, and just assumes that these are the nature of the uncultivated, untrained mind) with neutrality and self-compassion (equanimity). Stephen Cope, in his book, Yoga and the Quest for the True Self does a wonderful job of talking about the importance of The Witness, necessarily being comprised of both Awareness and Equanimity.
5 Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
*The importance again of Svadhyaya, or self-study; Satya, or truthfulness, Saucha, cleanliness: doing some spiritual housecleaning! Satsang (an aspect of svadhyaya, or fellowship) as the profound experience of finding that others will accept us as we truly are, imperfections and all.
6.Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
*Working with surrender and acceptance, Ishvara Pranidhana. Also Santosha, contentment, equanimity, ready to accept whatever is necessary for our own growth.
7.Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
*Surrender and acceptance of help.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. Shaucha, cleanliness, cleaning up the messes we have made!
*Also Satya, truthfulness,; and Asteya, non-stealing in the form of returning, if possible, whatever we might have taken (on a psychological dimension.) Tapas, self-discipline.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Ahimsa, non-harming.
*Asteya, non-stealing: returning something that we took for ourselves. Tapas, self-discipline.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
*Continuous Svadhyaya, or self-study, self inquiry. Assumption is that the practices are for life. Tapas, the self-discipline required for this practice.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. While encouraging meditation, the 12-Step Program does not give specific recommendations or instruction on how this is done. "In the absence of a systematic, effortless meditation technique to direct awareness deep within, many recovering addicts have felt frustrated in their attempts to become attuned to this profound inner dimension of life."(O'Murchu, ATQ, p. 177).
*Yoga gives very clear steps on how to meditate through study of the last four limbs of the 8-Limb Path: Pratyahara ability to focus within, control of the mind over the senses; Dharana, one-pointed concentration; Dhyana, Uninterupted concentration/meditation; Samadhi, absolute tranquility.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. *This gives a beautiful example of the Yama of Aparigraha, non-hoarding; once we have achieved peace and serenity for ourselves we must share it with others. In an Ashtanga Yoga sadhana, or practice, we offer chants of peace to the world at the end, after we have connected with our own "bliss molecules", or own inner peace. We don't keep it only for ourselves; we share it with the rest of the universe.
Leslie Kalechman, Embracing Wellness In Recovery Through Yoga 2002.
12 Steps and Yoga Embracing Recovery Through Yoga
Leslie Kalechman, LCSW,RYT ..http://embracingwellness.com
The 12 Steps, and their Relationship to The Yamas and Niyamas (The Universal Vows) of the Ashtanga (Raja) Yoga Path
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. Satya, truthfulness, first and foremost with the self. Acceptance, surrender:
*Yoga teaches us how to physically, energetically, and mentally experience these difficult, ego-involved concepts and move through them towards greater growth, integrity and wholeness. In Yoga we are always resolving the dynamic dance of willful effort and radical surrender.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. How does one get here if one is a non-believer??
*Yoga hastens the transformation. Practices of Yoga open us up to a very real and tangible experience of a transcendent consciousness whatever we wish to call it, the higher Self, the Universal Mind; God; Allah; Christ-consciousness; Higher Power.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
*This saying, "Help, I can't do this all myself", is a very real point in the Yogic path, as described in the Bhagavad Gita, part of the Mahabharata, one of the seminal pieces of Yogic literature . In a key scene, the hero, Arjuna, is on the battlefield, (metaphorically the battle for the control of the mind over the senses); he must do battle with his own relatives, friends, teachers. He knows he devoutly wishes to avoid this battle, and doesn't know what to do. He turns to his Higher Power, Lord Krishna, who is in the war chariot with him and says: (Ch2:7) "I am weighted down with weakmindedness; I am confused and cannot understand my duty. I beg of you to say for sure what is right for me to do. I am your disciple. Please help me for I have taken refuge in you." This is the "conversion experience" referred to by Jung. Ishvara Pranidhana - the 8th limb of Ashtanga. The challenge here is to cooperate with our higher, or spiritual selves in a more positive and creative way. "Instead of using ego-power-trying to dominate and control everything for selfish gain, the type of compulsiveness that drives people to drink, drugs, and other destructive forms of behavior - each of us must come to be aware that we are accountable to an "inner dimension" that continuously invites us to be more loving, caring and responsible." (O'Murchu, Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, Vol.11, 1994, p. 177.)
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
*This is Satya, the path of being completely honest, first and foremost, with ourselves. Tapas, or self discipline, effort. Also Svadhyaya, self-inquiry. In AA this is looking at various "character flaws" and other difficult aspects of ourselves, eg. jealousy, anger, fear, sexuality; etc. Yoga teaches us how to witness ourselves having these "character flaws" (Yoga calls them citta vrittis, or fluctuations of the mind, and just assumes that these are the nature of the uncultivated, untrained mind) with neutrality and self-compassion (equanimity). Stephen Cope, in his book, Yoga and the Quest for the True Self does a wonderful job of talking about the importance of The Witness, necessarily being comprised of both Awareness and Equanimity.
5 Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
*The importance again of Svadhyaya, or self-study; Satya, or truthfulness, Saucha, cleanliness: doing some spiritual housecleaning! Satsang (an aspect of svadhyaya, or fellowship) as the profound experience of finding that others will accept us as we truly are, imperfections and all.
6.Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
*Working with surrender and acceptance, Ishvara Pranidhana. Also Santosha, contentment, equanimity, ready to accept whatever is necessary for our own growth.
7.Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
*Surrender and acceptance of help.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. Shaucha, cleanliness, cleaning up the messes we have made!
*Also Satya, truthfulness,; and Asteya, non-stealing in the form of returning, if possible, whatever we might have taken (on a psychological dimension.) Tapas, self-discipline.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Ahimsa, non-harming.
*Asteya, non-stealing: returning something that we took for ourselves. Tapas, self-discipline.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
*Continuous Svadhyaya, or self-study, self inquiry. Assumption is that the practices are for life. Tapas, the self-discipline required for this practice.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. While encouraging meditation, the 12-Step Program does not give specific recommendations or instruction on how this is done. "In the absence of a systematic, effortless meditation technique to direct awareness deep within, many recovering addicts have felt frustrated in their attempts to become attuned to this profound inner dimension of life."(O'Murchu, ATQ, p. 177).
*Yoga gives very clear steps on how to meditate through study of the last four limbs of the 8-Limb Path: Pratyahara ability to focus within, control of the mind over the senses; Dharana, one-pointed concentration; Dhyana, Uninterupted concentration/meditation; Samadhi, absolute tranquility.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. *This gives a beautiful example of the Yama of Aparigraha, non-hoarding; once we have achieved peace and serenity for ourselves we must share it with others. In an Ashtanga Yoga sadhana, or practice, we offer chants of peace to the world at the end, after we have connected with our own "bliss molecules", or own inner peace. We don't keep it only for ourselves; we share it with the rest of the universe.
Leslie Kalechman, Embracing Wellness In Recovery Through Yoga 2002.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
The Art of Floating and Flying ~ Inversions & Arm Balances Workshop with Garry Alesio Feb 26th 2012 1:30-3:30 PLAY Yoga Studio Carlsbad CA
The Art of Floating and Flying ~ Inversions & Arm Balances Workshop with Garry Alesio Feb 26th 2012 1:30-3:30 PLAY Yoga Studio Carlsbad CA
http://www.peaceloveandyogastudio.com
The Art of Floating and Flying ~ Inversions & Arm Balances Workshop with Garry Alesio Feb 26th 2012 1:30-3:30 PLAY Yoga Studio Carlsbad CA
http://www.peaceloveandyogastudio.com
http://www.peaceloveandyogastudio.com
The Art of Floating and Flying ~ Inversions & Arm Balances Workshop with Garry Alesio Feb 26th 2012 1:30-3:30 PLAY Yoga Studio Carlsbad CA
http://www.peaceloveandyogastudio.com
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
1/18/2012 New Yoga Class Music Playlist Garry Alesio/ Getinspiredyoga.com
Hi Fi Rendezvous 6:29 David Gordon Angels Voices
Evening Cafe (Ibiza Dub) 5:28 Del Mar Café Chillout
Naked 5:41 Tya Worldbeat Workout
Indigo 5:20 Tya Klassik Lounge - Nightflight, Vol. 3
Deep Blue 4:35 Tya Buddha Groove 3
Wake Up 4:30 Melibea Café del Mar, Vol. 15
La Foret Inconnue 4:08 Arno Elias Buddha-Bar:
A Sea of Steps 6:41 Erik Wøllo Elevations
Close to Heaven 5:18 Thierry David Zen
By Your Grace/Jai Gurudev 7:17 Krishna Das Heart As Wide As the World World
Still Waters 6:06 Shajan Ocean of Silence: Music for Reiki and Meditation, Vol. 3
Waters of Miriam (Live at Esalen) Part 6 14:03 Josh Brill Waters of Miriam
Evening Cafe (Ibiza Dub) 5:28 Del Mar Café Chillout
Naked 5:41 Tya Worldbeat Workout
Indigo 5:20 Tya Klassik Lounge - Nightflight, Vol. 3
Deep Blue 4:35 Tya Buddha Groove 3
Wake Up 4:30 Melibea Café del Mar, Vol. 15
La Foret Inconnue 4:08 Arno Elias Buddha-Bar:
A Sea of Steps 6:41 Erik Wøllo Elevations
Close to Heaven 5:18 Thierry David Zen
By Your Grace/Jai Gurudev 7:17 Krishna Das Heart As Wide As the World World
Still Waters 6:06 Shajan Ocean of Silence: Music for Reiki and Meditation, Vol. 3
Waters of Miriam (Live at Esalen) Part 6 14:03 Josh Brill Waters of Miriam
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