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    I remember the first year my kid was learning spanish - most of the kids were failing, loads of homework, the teacher was at his breaking point, complaints going back and forth from parents. The second year was a breeze, never knew what was happening in the spanish class but every kid was speaking fluently by the year end and it became a favorite subject for many.

     

    A good teacher can make all the difference.

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  2. Posted · Edited by Bhathen

    There are two pranayama (breathing techniques) to cool the body, sitali and sitkari. Both of them can be done 4 or 5 times in a place with clean air and normal temperatures.

     

    https://www.yogahara.com.au/news/2017/1/23/sitali

     

    As a temporary relief, slaked lime mixed with water can be applied as a paste on top of the left and right big toe 'nails' or nadi shuddhi pranayama to balance the breathing.

     

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    6 hours ago, Michael Sternbach said:

    True, not all circumstances can be changed right off the bat. But the question is always how we deal with them. At the very least, they provide us with an opportunity to grow in our patience, compassion, and wisdom!

     

    I think I'm just bad at dealing with circumstances, ..just remaining silent most of the time. Nevertheless it's been a period of learning to be more accepting but much more miles to go.

     

    6 hours ago, Michael Sternbach said:

    Additionally, I can recommend the following simple exercise to you:

     

    Sit quietly, breathe calmly and deeply, and find that place of tranquility inside you. Then, when the going gets tough, take a moment to remember that sense of peace you experienced. Once you're back in that zone, it will be so much easier to do whatever needs to be done.

     

    This sense... It is the awareness of your inner self -- your true indomitable Spirit that will forever prevail!

     

    Thank you. It's been too much turbulent to go to that inner space called 'home', but slowly been able to find that sense of peace again.

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    13 hours ago, Daniel said:

    In addition, anger can build up over time in the form of resentment.  This is also a lack of power to make changes, but the frustration is deffered.  It could be that a person completely accepts that the situation is unfair, and they cope, but then if there is one thing after another anfter another after another, accomodation, after accomodation after accomodation, it just gets to be too much.  And all the deffered frustration piles up, and produces anger even though those previous circumstances were accepted in a healthy way.  The defferred frustration can still bubble up to the surface.

     

     

    Just trying to be more accepting of things in life.  You are right, everything has accumulated to a point where it has gotten too much. I never felt any anger even when I was in an abusive situation a few months back, but things kept adding on and it just bursted. After my initial post the mind has become more calmer and for some reason anger has receded greatly.

     

    13 hours ago, Daniel said:

    Maybe make a list of the things you do on a daily basis, if any of those things is irritating, brainstorm ways to make it more pleasant, then do-it.  Even if it seems like a small insignificant change, just taking charge of that one aspect can maybe lead to more and more empowerment, and less frustration. 

     

    Thanks for this,...  have been thinking about it for a while now. I have made a small to do-list, since I had no idea what I wish to do with my life and trying to bring about that change little at a time. 

     

    Actually the extreme nature of my emotions seems to have unblocked a lot of things inside, has made me peek out of my shell and given a thrust to unwind from the thought patterns instilled by society.

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    1 hour ago, Gerard said:

    Work specifically when Wood & Fire are activated (11am-2pm) and in the wee hours (from midnight to sunrise). 

     

    Good luck! 

     

    What kind of work should be done during those hours?

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    Lately I have been angry to an extreme extent. Meditation or breathing exercises are just not helping me. 

    Been going through a lot of personal issues and health had been affected. Am not sure if the extreme nature of the anger is due to nerve issues which I developed in my right foot  or due to the vaccines I had a few months back or everything just coming together.

     

    Any suggestions please? Any detox for the liver?

  10. Posted · Edited by Bhathen

    You are right. Mula bandha....by retaining the breath during Ashwini mudra you will be locking in (bandha) the root chakra and physical openings, hence the flow/loss of energy outside decreases.

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    Tightening of the pelvic muscles in yoga, if you mean the ashwini mudra...no breath retention, just normal breathing. Breath retention during the tightening and release is used only for certain yogic or kriya practices. 

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  12. Posted · Edited by Bhathen

    Thanks @Nungali for the interesting info on the bio-dynamic preparations. I read through some of the training material and watched a video of creating a vortex bringing order and then chaos. Maybe life is similar to this cycle as well.

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    @Nungali   I remember reading a post/story of yours somewhere about a farmer having a higher crop yield than his neighbors (could not find the post again). The others found out that the high-yield farmer used to stir some fertilizer or portion in a clockwise direction singing some lines and then stirring anti-clockwise singing some lines.

     

    It may have been just a story but does this have any correlation with stirring food when cooking, in a clockwise direction (to pull in energy)?

     

  15. Posted · Edited by Bhathen

    The experience I heard three decades back was from a family member with a peculiar English name. 

     

    A few months back, her husband remarked that initially he never believed the predictions but after all these years every one of them turned out to be accurate including the age when the events were supposed to happen. 

     

    (The reading was based solely on the fingerprints, horoscope was not required, also the exact DOB was unknown).

     

    Looks like a lot of fake websites and con men charging hefty prices these days.

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    8 hours ago, Chang dao ling said:

    I am thinking about getting initiation from Krish murali eswar what you think?

    @Nuralshamal might be able to provide details and if there is a difference in getting initiated from different teachers of the same system.

     

     

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  25. Posted · Edited by Bhathen

    On 4/1/2022 at 4:43 PM, dwai said:

    Spent most of yesterday in Death Valley, CA. Interesting thing about it was as we descended to below sea level, my dantiens filled up, expanded, and a high tone started ringing in my ears. Curious if anyone else has had similar experiences. 

     

    Towards the end of 2020, Sadhguru had travelled across several energy centers in the USA. The daily vlogs uploaded during that time had some details. Those videos have been removed and replaced by a shorter version.

     

     

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