#Biodynamic Meditation

[wellbodymind]

New offering: Biodynamic Meditation

Besides this blog, I also have a WordPress website for my bodywork business, in which I practice Craniosacral Biodynamics and TMJ Relief in West Lake Hills (Austin) and Wimberley, Texas. This is a cross-post to let a wider audience know what’s new. Biodynamic Meditation is a way to learn to experience awareness of the healing currents of life force energy within your own system, without having…

[nativeyoga]

Dr. Michael Shea - The Visionary Heart

Dr. Michael Shea is an experienced manual therapist, craniosacral therapist, and Buddhist meditation practitioner. He is the author of several books and has trained with renowned teachers in various fields. Dr. Shea is also a student of the Dalai Lama and has a deep understanding of the connection between the physical and spiritual aspects of the human heart.Visit Michael on his…

[vacci4president]

This was 100+ years ago. Steiner cooked in the last century, and it still rings true today

We must eradicate from the soul all fear and terror of what comes towards man out of the future.

We must acquire serenity in all feelings and sensations about the future.

We must look forward with absolute equanimity to everything that may come.

And we must think only that whatever comes is given to us by a world- directive full of wisdom.

It is part of what we must learn in this age, namely, to live out of pure trust, without any security in existence.

Trust in the ever present help of the spiritual world.

Truly, nothing else will do if our courage is not to fail us.

And let us seek the awakening from within ourselves, every morning and every evening.

A Verse for Our Time - Rudolf Steiner

[sagittastory]

#5 What is Somatic Based Therapy?

CBT is well renowned for its talking, and easily accessible techniques. However, it is also unfortunately known as being ineffective for treating more complex psychiatric disorders. Henceforth, Somatic Therapy became another form of care for those afflicted with their series of unfortunate events. Somatic therapy includes talk therapy, but also concentrates on other methods of working through emotions and events (so is effective for PTSD), for example via the movement of your eyes you can limit flashbacks that could potentially cause a relapse and otherwise considerable emotional distress. It "incorporates body-oriented modalities such as dance, breathwork, and meditation to support mental healing". 

Unlike standard mental health therapy, such as CBT which focuses predominantly on the mind," somatic therapy incorporates body-oriented modalities such as dance, breathwork, and meditation to support mental healing. In addition, somatic experiencing therapy sessions include talk therapy and mind-body exercises.

Beyond the standard somatic therapy, numerous subgroups use its framework in specific ways. These include:

Sensorimotor psychotherapy 1: 

A comprehensive therapy that uses the body as both a source of information and intervention targets.

The Hakomi Method 2:

Psychotherapy that integrates scientific, psychological, and spiritual sources, focusing on four core concepts: gentleness, nonviolence, compassion, and mindfulness.

Bioenergetic analysis 3:

Body-psychotherapy that combines bodily, analytic, and relational work based on understanding energy.

Biodynamic psychotherapy 4:

A combination of allopathic (medical) and holistic therapy modalities that include physical massage by the practitioner

Brainspotting:

In addition to mind and bodywork, this therapy incorporates eye positioning to retrain emotional reactions.

Those on the ASP tend to benefit from Somatic as I believe many hold forms of trauma similar to PTSD and can allow for those with alexithymia to bring awareness to the ways their body responds to their environment and experiences. 

[the-almighty-gob-john-langley]

KLGBTQ, and Why Education So Fails Children Nowadays.

Mostly because, I suggest, the Scottish Government is completely losing the plot!

What the hell's KLGBTQ, you may well ask. In fact, it doesn't exist, other than the fact I've just made it up to cement a point that's very relevant. I'll come back to this a little later.

For now, though, I'll start by saying what a huge fan I am of Rudolph Steiner education. For those who don't know who Steiner was, well, he was an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, and esotericist born in 1861.

His studies as well as his interests were diverse, to say the least: artistic media, such as dance, drama and architecture led him to create the Goetheanum in Switzerland that's home to the world centre for the Anthroposophical society where, to this day teachers, farmers, doctors, therapists, and other professionals meet for conferences. Why this particular group of individuals in particular? Read on.

Steiner sought to find a synthesis between science and spirituality ("spiritual science")and worked on biodynamic agriculture and anthroposophical medicine that later in his life led to the founding of the School of Spiritual Science. The School, which was led by Steiner taught holistic education, with the intent of developing pupils intellectual, artistic, and practical skills, with a focus on imagination and creativity, performing arts (speech, drama and music) the literary arts and humanities, mathematics, astronomy, science, and visual arts, social sciences, youth and agriculture, as well as meditative exercises.

After the First World War, Steiner founded a number of schools, the first of which was known as the Waldorf School, which later evolved into a worldwide school network. In addition to this, he also founded a system of organic agriculture, now known as biodynamic agriculture, which was one of the first forms of organic farming and is still much used to date in terms of sowing, weeding, and harvesting to utilise the influences on plant growth by the moon, because in the presence of light plants direct their growth toward the light. Whereas, at night plants growth is unaffected by the daytime tendency to reach for the light and energy resources focused on photosynthesis, and grow taller by avoiding heat stress and water loss.

So, how does this all come together in terms of the modern education system in Britain?

According to The Steiner philosophy, the human being is a threefold being of spirit, soul and body whose capabilities unfold in three developmental stages on the path to adulthood: early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. During this, the child will benefit from physical, emotional, spiritual and cognitive development at their own pace and time. Children are encouraged to make choices and find their own ways of learning in free and creative play in which they develop social skills and empathy, of which the first seven years of this pathway are crucial.

During these early years while the children’s brains are still developing the focus is on creative play, and within this they will learn the coordination of the limb system and development of the senses and nervous system, while also being taught about what is heard, felt and experienced, as the major impetus for the development of being able to follow a decision or action to completion, in order to solve problems, use imagination and develop creative play that is later required to achieve literacy, numeracy, creative thinking and self-actualisation in adulthood.

From seven to fourteen years of age, children are able to create mental pictures and interpret the word through feeling, and at around the age of fourteen and the onset of puberty, they are taught to develop a capacity for abstract thinking. Until seven their education totally revolves around how to learn in creative ways that both prepare young minds to slowly open up to higher levels of learning to what will become the more formal, statutory curriculum, as well as allowing the natural development and awareness of feelings, realising they are distinct from others and, as such, they begin to consider the feelings of others.

Steiner also stated that sex education should not be discussed in schools. He believed that these topics "take their course below the surface of conscious life" and are not topics for the classroom. He further stated, "The worst possible way of dealing with sexual impulses, however, is to talk a lot about these things, especially with the children themselves, and to put all kinds of theoretical ideas in their heads."

Furthermore, Steiner posits, what educators should do is awaken in the child at a young age a feeling for beauty. He states, "When you lead children to feel the beauty and the glory of sunrise and sunset, to be sensitive to the beauty of flowers and to the majesty of thunder and lightning, when, in short, you develop them in the aesthetic sense, you are doing far more for them than if you were to give them the sex education which it has now become customary to give children at the earliest age and which is often carried to absurd lengths."

Steiner's methodology for slowly introducing the subject of sex education more naturally and creatively is to look at aspects of the natural world, in which children are guided towards continually heightening their building blocks of learning, and how the complex ways in which gender functions within the animal kingdom. Many worms, for instance, are hermaphroditic, while there are genders of frogs it is determined not by genes, but by the temperature at which the egg develops. Other examples explore the plant world. What these developing young minds are not thrown into is human sexuality as if they were far older in age.

It's important to recognise that when a child is of a very young age with so much to learn about the world around them as it is, so, the very idea of prompting them to compartmentalise themselves by a label is clearly absurd as it is confusing when being taught how to carry the baggage labels of adults with their own sex and gender ideology. It's perfectly fine to raise awareness in children nowadays, and I don't believe for one moment that anyone would put forward a counterargument to this. What concerns me is that children are being almost force-fed information to the point they become kidults before being allowed to slowly make their way up the travelator of growth into adults. Everything about education in the wider scope nowadays appears to be a production line, and, if you've ever seen the Pink Floyd music video for 'Another Brick in the Wall' you'll know exactly where I'm coming from.

So why, oh why, therefore, does the Scottish government feel the need to introduce some quite frankly, barking mad idea whereby Scottish primary schools have recently appointed 'LGBT champions' to engage with students as young as 4 years old about their sexuality, including whether they identify as gay, lesbian, or transgender? They are FOUR YEARS OLD!

Just allow them to be children, and to laugh and play, and DO NOT allow this insane idea of indoctrination to continue. While Steiner wasn't in any way dismissive of issues relating to gender, sexuality, or other matters to do with sex education overall, he did at least promote allowing children to be children as a tenet of his teachings.

From the author of ‘The Sexual Philanthropist’ published on Amazon/Kindle -https://amzn.to/3TzI5AQ

[swirlwineconsulting]

Opinions are like A$$h@les, everybody has one, right? "What is better?", "what is best?". I am often asked "what is the best wine?", "which is better?".

One of the most important things about wine, in my view, is that taste is subjective-quality is objective. Taste or preference can be guided by one's palate, by the desire to be seen as knowledgeable or sophisticated, by aligning one's taste with a renowned "expert" or reviewer, even just wanting others to know that you have enough disposable income to afford expensive wines- I've seen them all. Objectively, quality in wine can be stated matter of factly with knowledge of its provenance-its country of origin, vineyard location, growing practices, cellar practices, environmental impact, winemaker reputation and history, importer reputation etc. Conversely, the highest quality standards in winemaking don't automatically win a wine everyone's preferred taste.

As Lettie Teague points out, red wine gets more press than white wine, though they each get their share of hate mail- "I hate Merlot." "ABC-Anything but Chardonnay". Counting Champagne in the white wine category (which many consumers don't know to do) may close the gap a bit. Set aside the stereotypes of white (feminine), red (masculine) and the perception of greater health benefits attributed to the polyphenols in reds, the misguided belief that reds contain more sulfites, etc. and the stats may change yet again. Many consumers define their taste preferences depending on the source of their information or misinformation.

My basis for selection of both white and red wines are almost all focused on quality-all aspects of quality. Hence, to rate one classification over another when all quality factors aren't on a level field is impossible. A commercially produced, highly manipulated 100 point Cabernet Sauvignon is in most cases inferior to a biodynamically produced Chardonnay from a small, unknown producer -in my view-you will see some examples in my posts. As to the intellectual and complexity assertions that reds offer more-I refer my readers to select a well aged Reisling, dry Furmint or white Rioja, an Orange wine Rqatsiteli from Georgia among others. I have labeled many high quality complex whites "meditation wines" while calling many simple reds "agua fregada" or dishwater.

My answer is to never speak in absolutes. Just like 1+1 doesn't always equal 2- like when two clouds or a couple come together as one. Every question deserves a nuanced answer and this one is very close to my heart, so I had to reply

[fromchaostocosmos]

So I went on the website and I saw "Conspiracy Therapist" and was like what the fuck. And then saw "How Does A Conspiracy Therapist Practice?"

And it was even worse.

What they list mixes legitimate forms of therapy and forms of therapy that is just bunk pseudoscience that no reputable therapist is using.

And by doing that they are equating them and making it seem like all forms of therapy are bunk science.

For example:

Body/Somatic-based Trauma-focused Therapy Techniques Other names and related terms: tapping, therapeutic touch, craniosacral therapy, body work, biogenetics, Neuro Emotional Technique, Rolfing therapy, Biodynamic psychology, Therapeutic Touch (TT), Emotional Freedom Techniques, Rubenfeld Synergy, Thought Field Therapy, Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT), Negative Affect Erasing Method (NAEM), Midline Energy Treatment (MET), Healing Energy Light Process (HELP), Energy Diagnostic and Treatment Methods (EDxTM), Getting Thru Techniques (GTT), Be Set Free Fast (BSFF), and Whole Life Healing (WLL), all of which are sometimes referred to as “emotional acupressure.” This list is not exhaustive.

Okay I recognize several of these names because they are pseudoscience.

So I keep reading, but then I come across this sentence

"The therapist directs the client to be aware of any bodily sensations during therapy, especially during guided imagery, and to report those sensations as they occur."

Yeah that is very normal and common. Often you might be asked how do you feel emotionally, physically, etc. I've had therapists who have said that if have trouble following the meditation or clearing your mind focusing on body sensations can be helpful instead.

Like focusing on the sensations of the body and telling your therapist what you felt is not the problem or bad therapy.

But that is thrown in with the rest that is about pseudoscientific methods and bad therapy.

Which is very sneaky and very manipulative of them to do.

They have a real problem with Trauma based therapy and Trauma therapy methods, which says something.

And rather then criticizing things like ABA and aspects that are actual concerns and problems they instead are inventing problems.

Like there is no therapist today who could do past lives therapy, memory regression, etc and would be taken seriously by their peers and other experts and that therapist would most likely have to answer to their licensing board.

So to act like this is common place problem that is running rampant in therapeutic world is just dishonest.

Alison Miller DID NOT have her license revoked

Stop fucking spreading this blatant lie around.

This lie was started by The Satanic Temple, an organization linked with Grey Faction, who routinely denies the existence of DID and inserts themselves into the 80s SRA allegations despite them not even existing at the time (not yet as a recognized institution). Alison Miller had already retired prior to this despite their claims (2). There was no license to be revoked because it no longer existed.

How many times does it need to be stated that The Satanic Temple and Grey Faction are malicious groups that routinely target trauma therapists, survivors and individuals with DID.

For fuck's sake stop using them as sources. Stop citing them. Stop talking about them in a positive light at all. These are terrible people who have said and done terrible (and, frankly, stupid) things and who are clearly not afraid of lying if it fits their narrative.

** I'm not inviting debate on whether or not Miller purports conspiracy theories, if you truly think she believes everything she writes then you REALLY need to take a course on scientific literacy. Writing about survivor beliefs and how to treat them =/= believing they are true.

[prismaticstreams]

Five lessons I have learned about healing PTSD

One of the most challenging things about chronic illness is how it can affect your ability to regulate your nervous system. This left me far more vulnerable to getting PTSD. I came to realise that whether we get traumatised or end up with PTSD has a lot to do with our baseline level of nervous system regulation and our window of tolerance, which is severely reduced by physical illness. Also, having a physical illness can in itself be extremely traumatising, as it can cause intense physical pain, sickness and severe suffering.

I wanted to share what I have learned, in the hope that it might support and encourage others who are struggling with trauma or chronic illness. I also hope it can be educational for anyone who works with people who have PTSD, and wants to help others.

1. You can get PTSD from a combination of stressful events all at once. It’s not necessarily one thing and it’s not necessarily something obvious like going to war or being in a car accident. You can be traumatised by things that are seemingly innocuous as long as your nervous system is overwhelmed and the events exceed your ability to cope. This has to do with the window of tolerance, which becomes much smaller when under severe duress.

2. Acute PTSD can actually last a long period of time, for example if you had a traumatic period that lasted two months, you can relive that trauma for two months at the same time every subsequent year. I didn’t realise I actually had PTSD until I had these anniversary reactions. I also didn’t realise I was being traumatised at the time of the original experience. I knew it was awful but I had no idea of the lasting impact it could have.

3. PTSD doesn’t always manifest in the obvious ways like having visual flashbacks or dreams (though I have experienced this too). You can also get lots of physical symptoms and strong emotions. It could involve intense anxiety, intense sadness, or intense anger. It could be severe and unrelenting insomnia. It can actually take a while sometimes to figure out what’s going on and realise it’s PTSD.

4. PTSD, at least for me, has a strange way of dissolving the barrier between my conscious and unconscious mind - giving me a rare window of time where I can’t keep a lid on things I want to be in denial about. This can be both horrible and wonderful. It can trigger overwhelming anger and rage. And it always seems to bring about huge changes. It’s a remarkable window into the shadow.

This really kicked my butt in more ways than one. It also triggered my deconstruction, which ended up happening in a matter of weeks because of this phenomenon. I would never wish it upon anyone but strangely, I am grateful for it. I’m not sure I could have pierced those walls of repression and denial without it.

5. You can actually fully heal PTSD. I have healed mine through a combination of EFT tapping, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, and regular somatic meditation practices. You also can fully heal it without ever having to talk about it, if you don’t want to. It’s possible to just release it on a cellular level, which enables the nervous system to return to homeostasis. Traditional talk therapy doesn’t work for everyone, and can even make it worse in some cases.

All in all I feel like it’s been one of the best and worst things that ever happened to me. It’s absolutely hellish and I wish I didn’t go through it. But I can tell you it absolutely transformed my life and was the catalyst for my deconstruction, which has changed the trajectory of my life in nearly every way. There is also a deep strength and power that comes from facing your worst fears, and moving through them to a place of freedom.

[teresaannfoxworthy]

As we contemplate the beauty of Mother Nature & how we may interact with Her, let our thoughts of Nature’s bounty send healing energy to ALL who are suffering in any way. ~ #practiceyogachangeyourworld #goddessvibes #meditations #flowerpower🌸 #flowerchild #lifestylecoach #biodynamic #healthy #lifecoachforwomen (at The Flower Fields) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_i074hHAUh/?igshid=1i15ydtpgrkb3

[stelladilemmen]

An educational trip to Trentino Südtirol

This weekend, Kostantin and I participated in a course by Cambium Formazione on the introduction of animals to farms and how they should be cared for.

After passing through the "gates" of Trentino, represented by the austere fortresses that are imposed on the view of the traveler coming from the south along the Adige Valley, we arrived in Mezzolombardo, almost at the border with South Tyrol. There lies the Foradori Winery, which kindly hosted the first part of the internship conducted by Adriano Zago, an enologist and agronomist who collaborates with Stella di Lemmen and many other organic and biodynamic wineries. With him, in the role of main teacher, the veterinarian Marcello Volanti from Verona.

Foradori, with its wineries, vegetable gardens and part of the vineyards, is set in the heart of the village. Once crossed the portal of the estate, it is possible to perceive a flow of order and harmony emanated by the deep synergy between man and nature.

Elisabetta Foradori is responsible for this enchantment: she was able to lead the winery, established in the beginning of the 1900's, towards economic success, but most of all - supported by the impulse of her husband Rainer Zierock - towards ontological success, which happens when human beings and nature communicate and go on together.

So now, to close the circle, several happy bovines graze in the vineyards of the Foradori winery and contribute to the success of its legendary wines, which reach sixty countries of the planet.

There could not have been a better location to listen to the heartfelt indications of our veterinary teacher, vigilant and prepared, who suggested us many important points to think about.

The next day, visits to the marvelous biodynamic farms of South Tyrol Manincor and Lageder allowed us to verify even more how animals can be limpidly integrated into the agricultural organism, enriching it with value and content.

Kostantin rightly noted how respect for the animal allows it to relate to man, in the fullness of its own ease, as a particular entity and not just as part of a group.

Personally, the topic that struck me the most among the many aspects discussed was the one concerning the death of the animal, a delicate issue often neglected or experienced with embarrassment, although it is a natural part of the cycle of breeding and therefore should be addressed with serenity.

Marcello Volanti pointed out that animals live in the present, they remember negative experiences but do not have a sense of death. Basically, if they live well, death does not represent a problem for them; this brought back to my mind the passage of the Apocalypse: "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life." (21:6).

Thanks to all of our hosts, I continue to meditate while gazing at the shining snowy peaks of Trentino in silence. Soon we will have to leave and return to the sea.

Un viaggio istruttivo in Trentino Alto Adige

Questo fine settimana io e Kostantin abbiamo partecipato al corso di Cambium Formazione sull’introduzione degli animali in azienda e su come andrebbero accuditi per il loro benessere.

Dopo aver varcato le "porte" del Trentino, rappresentate dalle austere rocche che si impongono alla vista del viaggiatore proveniente da sud percorrendo la valle dell'Adige, siamo arrivati a Mezzolombardo, quasi al confine con l’Alto Adige. Lì si trova l'Azienda Agricola Foradori, che ha gentilmente ospitato la prima parte dello stage condotto da Adriano Zago, enologo e agronomo che collabora con Stella di Lemmen e con molte altre aziende biologiche e biodinamiche. Con lui, nella veste di docente principale, il veterinario Marcello Volanti di Verona.

Foradori, con le sue cantine, gli orti e una parte dei vigneti è incastonata nel cuore del paese. Varcato il portale della tenuta si percepisce un flusso di ordine e armonia sprigionato dalla profonda sinergia tra umano e natura.

Di quest’incanto è responsabile Elisabetta Foradori, che ha saputo traghettare l’azienda, nata nel primi del Novecento, verso il successo economico, ma soprattutto - sostenuta dall’impulso del marito Rainer Zierock - il successo ontologico, che si verifica quando l’essere umano e l’essere della natura comunicano e procedono di concerto.

Così adesso, a chiusura del cerchio, alcuni felici bovini pascolano nei vigneti dell’Azienda Foradori, e contribuiscono alla riuscita dei suoi leggendari vini, che raggiungono sessanta paesi del pianeta.

Non poteva esserci migliore location per ascoltare le accorate indicazioni del nostro docente veterinario, vigile e preparato, che ci ha suggerito numerosi spunti importanti sui quali riflettere.

Il giorno successivo, le visite alle meravigliose Aziende Agricole biodinamiche dell’Alto Adige Manincor e Lageder hanno permesso di verificare ancor più come gli animali possano integrarsi limpidamente nell’organismo agricolo, arricchendolo di valore e di contenuti.

Kostantin ha giustamente notato come il rispetto per l’animale consente a quest’ultimo di rapportarsi con l’uomo, nel pieno del suo proprio agio, come entità particolare e non solo come parte di un gruppo.

Personalmente, l’argomento che più mi ha colpito tra i numerosi aspetti trattati è stato quello che riguarda la morte dell'animale, tema delicato ma spesso trascurato o vissuto con imbarazzo, pur facendo naturalmente parte del ciclo dell'allevamento e dovendo quindi venire affrontato con serenità.

Marcello Volanti ha sottolineato che gli animali vivono nel presente, ricordano l’esperienza negativa ma non hanno un’immagine della morte. In sostanza, se vivono bene la morte non costituisce un problema per loro; questo mi ha riportato alla memoria la frase dell’Apocalisse: "Ogni cosa è compiuta! Io sono l'Alfa e l'Omega, il principio e la fine; a chi ha sete Io darò in dono della fonte dell'acqua della vita." (21:6).

Grazie a tutti i nostri ospiti, continuo a meditare osservando le splendenti cime innevate del Trentino in silenzio. Presto dovremo partire per fare ritorno al mare.

[awesomehymieschniklefritzme]

SYNOPSIS FOR MY MEMOIR - NOBODY GETS OUT OF CATERING ALIVE

                                               SYNOPSIS

 1990. Thirty year old Joe Montaperto sits upright in bed, his childhood bedroom exactly the way he remembers at his parent’s house in New Jersey. Rehashing the story of his plight to the ever present Napoleon statue perched on his night table for at least the 1,237th time, he glances at his alarm clock. 3:12 am. Another sleepless night. He looks down at the pile of precious curly hair spread on his pillowcase. Ughhh.

  Hey man, it wasn’t always like this. No. Just a short while ago, he was living the New York City nightlife scene - a rising young comic performing with the likes of Jon Stewart and John Leguizamo. He just could not do it anymore - and he can’t go back.

  Seeking spiritual direction, he commits to a year of intensive meditation practice at Karma Triyana Dhamachakra, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in upstate Woodstock, NY. After eight months, however, he bolts the place, disillusioned, and now even more conflicted than ever. The whole devotional aspect. The rituals. The gold. Reminds him way too much of the Catholic Church. He’s through with organized religion.

  Disgusted with himself, he returns to his parent’s house. What has he made of his life? He has never even traveled anywhere. Now, that’s a shame. He decides that true love must be the highest ideal in life. It has to be. Yet another thing he has never experienced. Then he meets Linda. He thinks he may be in love, feeling invigorated and alive again. Embarking on a tumultuous relationship, they travel the country. Their adventures lead them to New Mexico, where Joe gets a gig as a Forest Ranger, before facing a near-death experience after getting lost in a wilderness river overnight.

  Soon after, they return to New York. Linda leaves him for a heroin addicted jazz musician - claiming she wants “more stability in her life.” Insomnia returns with a vengeance.

Devastated and once again alone, he listlessly wanders the city streets, becoming increasingly appalled with the relentless gentrification. Just one Starbucks after another, replacing the beloved coffee shops he used to write in. New York has become unrecognizable to him now. The final indignity, however, is when the iconic landmark - The Village Gate - is turned into a Rite Aid. That’s it - this means war!!

  He decides to go back onstage, although this time he vows to create a one-man show with a distinct socio-political statement. This is how he will become a social activist. Immersing himself in the study of economics and socio-political issues, he even enrolls in The Henry George School of Social Science for two years, while he creates his characters. Feeling alive once again - he now has a purpose - even able to tolerate the catering jobs he’s been doing for years now.

  The show ( Four Degrees of Disconnection) is a success, luring some investor types interested in bringing it to a prestigious Off-Broadway theater - a la John Leguizamo. They plan a backer’s show for the coming September. Joe then gets back with Linda, who has been living in North Carolina the last few years. Life is really moving along for him!

  Then 9/11.

Everything gone. Backer’s show cancelled. Career over. He is shattered. In rapid succession, Linda breaks up with him - over the phone, he is thrown out of his Jersey City residence - and severe insomnia strikes again. Penniless, he has no choice but to return to his parent’s house. Uh oh. He continues in catering later on. Hoping to avoid another breakdown, he leaves to return to New Mexico, this time working on a Biodynamic farm. It doesn’t work out, however, as he beats up the owner in a dispute, reluctantly fleeing back to his parent’s house. He hates society.

Horribly depressed, he  glimpses a possible dismal future while sitting on the bathroom toilet at a catering event at The Museum Of Natural History. Feeling suffocated and smothered - he wants out, and in a desperate bid for freedom, he books a flight out of JFK to Ecuador, There he plans to live in the Amazon jungle - and just be free!

Uuummbaagaa! Uuumbaaagggaaaa!!!

[wellbodymind]

How does meditation influence Craniosacral Biodynamics?

After I started training in Craniosacral Biodynamics in 2013, I was curious about some of the terms that were used, like “the Breath of Life,” “primary respiration,” and “dynamic stillness.” How would I know if I was experiencing these states that are considered integral in practicing Craniosacral Biodynamics? I was meditating a lot, often for 45 minutes or longer, partly because I was on a…

[nativeyoga]

Dr. Michael Shea - Embodiment of the Senses Through Yoga & Meditation

Dr. Michael Shea – Embodiment of the Senses Through Yoga & Meditation

Join my special guest, Michael Shea PhD, for a discussion titled Embodiment of the Senses Through Yoga & Meditation. During this conversation we discussed Michael’s new book titled, The Biodynamics of the Immune System: Balancing the Energies the of the Body with the Cosmos. You can preorder his new book on Amazon by clicking here. Michael and I are pleased to announce the launch of our new…

[crazy-pages]

Steiner explained his biodynamic philosophy as developed through meditation and clairvoyance, rejecting scientific inquiry on the grounds that his methods were “true and correct unto themselves.”[6]

There are no peer-reviewed, scientific studies on Hügelkultur.

Hmmmmmmm

Stop idolizing the grind and start idolizing Hügelkultur

[biophytopharm]

When Elixir Craft Creator Tasting Alternative Medicines

When Elixir Craft Creator Tasting Alternative Medicines

When Elixir Craft Creator Tasting Alternative Medicines Daniel Vitalis Creator of the Elixir Craft Mastery Program on Tasting Our Medicines In this article, Daniel Vitalis shares on creating an elixir step by step and some amazing insight into “tasting” our medicines. Daniel Vitalis is has built a wealth of knowledge experience around water and elixirs and has created the Elixir Craft Mastery Program. Kevin: We’re talking a lot about elixirs and I’m sure that there are people on the call that don’t even know what you put in an elixir. I’m not even sure what kind of things you put in your elixirs. So why don’t you kind of explain some of the things that you put in and then we’ll kind of explore some of the different questions that some people have specifically about different herbs and that thing. Daniel: Great. Okay, the foundation of every elixir — you know you’ve heard the saying, “We’ve built this from the ground up” — elixirs are built from the water up. So what I do is I begin with the water that I gather. Sometimes I’ll shift that around slightly. For instance, in Maine over the next few weeks we’re going to start harvesting water birch trees and from maple trees, what gets turned into maple syrup or birch syrup. So sometimes you can pull liquids out of places like that. Sometimes you can pull liquids out of plants to make juices. But most often the foundation of my drinks is going to be the spring water that I gather. The course itself takes you sequentially through the Elixir Craft Mastery Program. It’s a sequential thing that I built up, starting with water. The second step is that often I’m going to take that water and convert it into a tea. As an example, today my tea was dandelion root, dandelion leaf, nettle leaf, burdock root, yellow dock root with rose hips. I just happened to throw those things in. I like them together. That’s the medicine that I want right now. Again, it’s not a specific recipe I’m trying to get people on it’s just what I happen to be using right now because those are the medicines I want right now. So it’s always changing. Whatever herbs you’re working with, you can make those into a tea. That’s the second part of Elixir Craft and that’s the second portion of that course. What we talk about is how to create teas, which are essentially water-based extractions. So what I like to do is extract herbs or medicines into the water so now I have tea. I can take that tea and add that into my blender, I really love Vitamix blenders. I wish they weren’t plastic but I really love them. Throw that tea into the blender and that’s where you can start adding in your superfoods. When the superfood thing first started what happened was all of a sudden we had all these plant flours. They’re essentially flours, like in the way that you have flour from wheat, powdered flour. What we ended up with was chocolate flour, maca flour, mesquite flour, carob flour, all those powdered power foods. Well, what do you do with these things? Well, I was like, just blend them into the tea. So I started blending those in. That’s like the third step, I’ll start blending in these different powders. Then what we’ve got to think about is, “If I just drink tea with some powders in it I’m not going to be very satisfied. I need some calories.” So what we’ve got to determine is, “Do I want my calories from protein, sugar or fat?” Those are the only places you’re going to be getting your calories from. So what you can do then is the start to add in things… Like if you want to fuel yourself on the fact you could add in coconut butter. If you want to fuel yourself on the protein you can add in something like chlorella. If you want to fuel yourself on sugar you can add in the honey. That’s where you can start to add calories in. What I do is start with that water and I start building it up and adding in medicine. That sounds like something that would take a long time but once you understand the system it’s very quick. So I’m able to make meals in about five minutes that contain so much nutrition that I would say one of my drinks, on average, probably contains more ingredients and more nutrition than the average American eats over the course of a whole month. It’s about compounding medicine and nutrition. Hippocrates said, “Let food be your medicine and let medicine be your food.” What we’re doing is taking all that medicine and we’re turning it into food be it these elixirs and then drinking that. The whole goal is it’s got to taste good. If it tastes bad you’re not doing it right. If it tastes bad there’s a subtle rejection from your body. In other words, your body is not really into it. It’s kind of giving you the message, “Hey, I don’t like this.” So it’s not really open to receiving it. The whole goal is getting the flavors in alignment with what your body is really asking you for. So what we’re talking about is something very much like the best smoothie you ever had except it’s got all the medicine of the great longevity foods and herbs. Kevin: Now, is there a place for things that don’t taste good that your body is taking in, like very potent herbs and that sort of thing? Daniel: That’s a great question. I’m surprised you asked that because here’s what I want to say. What doesn’t taste good? Is bitter a bad taste? We’ve got a mental program. Bitter can be a really bad taste if you’ve been raised on Mountain Dew and Ding Dongs. I was raised on those things and bitter tasted bad to me. Over time I’ve come to really appreciate the taste of things that are bitter or what we might say doesn’t taste good. Kevin: Interesting. Daniel: If there was something that doesn’t taste good it’s where flavors are inappropriately mixed. If they’re inappropriately mixed that doesn’t taste good. But I think most medicinal herbs a good taste. One of the things I like to do in Elixir Craft is instead of trying to hide the taste, instead of trying to cover up and mask the taste, I like to try to bring out flavors. So if something is bitter I’d rather work with that than hide it. Here’s a little secret This next statement could add a tremendous amount of value to your listener's lives. It’s going to sound really simple but if you let this unfold and you meditate on this you’ll come to understand something that very few people get today. You know they don’t get it because you can look at how our herbal systems work. We encapsulate things. The Chinese told us that taste of medicine was an integral part of its effect. In other words, if you take your herb and you put it in a little capsule and you swallow it and your body never even comes in contact with it and the substance of that capsule breaks open in your stomach and you bypass your taste buds, your body is not going to get the full effect of that medicine. So rather than try to hide your tastes, bring them out. If something is bitter a little bit of salt and a little bit of sweet can really bring out the beautiful part of that bitter, rather than trying to hide it or disguise it. I really like working with the flavors. Kevin: Where do you find pure herbs? Daniel: That’s another great question because we’re really running into a few issues in our culture right now. I won’t go into any of the negatives here but we’re all seeing some big changes happening here in this country right now that are economic in nature. What’s beautiful about that is it’s driving us to local economies. It’s driving us to work together. The paradigm of having food shipped in from all over the world, from diverse locations to your door, is not going to last for that long. We’re going to have to start getting things locally... The best stuff is going to come out of nature, wild where you live. The next best stuff is going to come wild from somewhere else. The next best stuff is going to be cultivated by people and grown by people in a very intelligent way, locally. The next best stuff is things that have been grown very intelligently and shipped to you. Where it starts to get really, really weird is where you start to access things that are grown poorly where you don’t know where they’re from. So what I would say is that you could access things locally like local gardeners, local herbalists. If you can go on walks in nature forests you can get the best stuff. Otherwise, look for reputable companies that produce things that are organic or above and beyond organic. As you know, organic is becoming a sort of meaningless. What we need to find is stuff that’s beyond organic, stuff that’s biodynamically grown or wild-crafted. I get a lot of stuff from the same place you do, Kevin. A lot of great superfoods, raw food people out there, they’re bringing the best stuff. I like companies like Mountain Rose Herbs. I get a lot of stuff from them. And I gather a lot of my herbs more and more. That’s something I learned how to do over the course of years. That’s something that I know is going to be something I learn over the course of many, many more years, over the course of my lifetime. It’s not something you learn immediately. A company like Mountain Rose Herbs is a great place to start. Over time you can learn how to do this yourself right from nature. That’s where you’re going to get the best stuff. Follow us: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); Read the full article

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