Archive for the 'Wellness' Category
Amethyst
December 18th, 2010 // Spirit, Wellness
photo by Randi
Fosters healing and is associated with increased nobility, spiritual awareness, meditation, balance, psychic abilities, inner peace, and positive transformation.
Love well,
Sara
Mountain Pose
November 17th, 2010 // Wellness, Yoga
Tadasana or Mountain Pose is one of my favorite yoga asanas. Within its simplicity are all the answers and the yoga we seek.
“You can find out anything you want to know about yourself through this one pose.” -Swami Radha
Other good reasons to practice mountain pose are to imagine the magnificence of a mountain and know that it is reflected in you.
I am so grateful to have grown up on the coast, surrounded by so much beauty. As much as I love to practice this pose on the mat in the city, I also do my best to visit them when I can. These shots were taken on my most recent visit to Vancouver Island at the top of Mount Tzouhalem.
Namaste,
Sara
xo
The Emotion of Yoga
October 21st, 2010 // Love, Wellness, Yoga
photograph-founder of yin yoga: pauliezink.com
For me, yoga is a practice where I give myself an opportunity to slow down enough to listen to what my body is saying. In this process I deepen my relationship with my self through the sensations in my body, which results in a deeper relatedness with my world. One of my teachers once said “We are not using our bodies to get into postures, we are using these postures to get into our bodies.”
Our bodies are energy vibrating. When that energy is not in motion we experience sensations such as tension and tightness. When we don’t take time to tune into the subtle sensations of our bodies, these aches and pain have the potential to become chronic challenges. By exploring our bodies with the breath and experiencing sensations as they arise with acceptance, we allow them to change. We might notice these sensations shifting into an emotion in certain poses. This is energy in motion: e-motion.
It is valuable to balance a more active yoga practice or exercise routine with a slower class such a Yin or Restorative to deepen the relationship with the incredible body that is housing your spirit of pure love.
Love well,
Sara
Oracles & Divination
September 11th, 2010 // Love, Oneness, Spirit, Wellness
are about Receptivity
Asking for Guidance and
Being Willing to be Led
by Spirit
Trust, Follow, Act
These are ancient tools that science is beginning to discover have a lot of validity. They work based on synchronicity. Muscle Reflex Testing works in much the same way.
As our world seems to speed up, we tend to need these tools more than ever. I use many forms of divination every day, in fact, I have a couple of sets on my iphone. We are so blessed these sacred arts are becoming more accessible all the time.
Beautiful Images from First Photographic Tarot Deck circa 1975
To learn more, I recommend you look up Colette Baron Reid and read her latest Blog Post or make an appointment to come and see me!
Love well,
Sara
xoxo
Dance is Life
August 09th, 2010 // Art, Birth, Dance, Events, Feminine-ist, Love, Oneness, Shanti Uganda, Spirit, Vancouver, Wellness
All forms of art are a direct connection to source energy that allow us to be inspired (or in-spirit) and there is something magic in the creative self-expression of dance. It moves through us and we literally become art and an expression of the divine. It is one of my greatest passions as I grew up in leotards and ballet slippers.
Please join us in the celebration of The Shanti Uganda Birth House on August 29th with an evening of dance and music. You can purchase tickets online here.
A huge thanks to my great friend Rosalee for this fun video interview with me at Folk Fest talking a bit more about Shanti Uganda and our beautiful projects.
Love well,
Sara
xoxo
Love Transforms
July 20th, 2010 // Lifeline Technique, Love, Wellness
Love Transforms by Dr. Chuck Spezzano
This is a great short video vocalizing the essence and intention of my practice by one of my teachers, Dr. Chuck Spezzano developer of Psychology of Vision.
Love well,
Sara
Look at my Garden Grow!
July 17th, 2010 // Feminine-ist, Garden, Nutrition, Wellness
Summer is in full bloom. Vancouver is a great walking and cycling city. I am thrilled to have noticed so many gardens cropping up among sidewalks, front yards, back yards, balconies and anywhere you can find soil in this city. Who needs grass when you can have flowers or better yet, food?
This spring a few of my neighbors and I were inspired to clean up some abandoned patches around our apartment building, grow some food and build a compost. It has created a greater sense of community in our building and generated lots of conversation with our neighbors. We focused mostly on edibles and plated some flowers near the parking lot. It required some physical labor, time, teamwork and a bit of money. The results have been so rewarding. Benefits include an abundance of fresh and delicious food and herbs for sharing anytime and the satisfaction that we grew it ourselves.
Flowers - sunflowers to follow!
Our kale has done especially well and I have been eating loads of it with garlic tahini dressing. Peas out of the pod and right off the vine are one of my favorite childhood memories that I was able to relive in the middle of the city. This week I harvested some of our rhubarb for a delicious vegan crumble (I substituted Stevia for sugar). Tip: Rhubarb is super easy to grow, mine has been thriving in the shade. Yesterday I had half a bowl of fresh raspberries in my oatmeal. Are you ready to get gardening yet?
Neighborhood clean up project
Its time we bring country to the city. There are so many ways to integrate this into your life; herb garden in the window, hanging tomato plant on a balcony, share a plot in a community garden, dig up some grass in front of your home, recruit your neighbors, get a bit dirty and play.
Potatoes grow in reclyed tires and lettuce loves found wooden box.
Love well,
Sara
Neighbors are happy and so are the bees!
Birthing the Blissful Way
July 09th, 2010 // Birth, Feminine-ist, Lifeline Technique, Nutrition, Shanti Uganda, Wellness
My involvement with The Shanti Uganda Society in the past few years has introduced me to the world of birthing babies. It was a subject I had not put much thought into as I always imagined I would start a family around 30, when my mother did and after my career was well established. The more I learned, the more I awakened to the reality that I really did not know much about giving birth at all. It seems to be one of these very big and life changing experiences people talk a lot about without sharing many details.
The Shanti Uganda Birth House
From my perspective, the human body is a miracle machine. Our bodies breathe, beat a heart, digest food, fend off disease and so much more without us needing to think about it. Thank goodness, right? Could you imagine what our already busy lives would be like if we had to consciously think about all of these functions? Doesn’t it make sense then that if our bodies are designed to do all of these functions so well that it might also be programmed to give birth to a baby; those of us having a female experience, anyhow?
If we aren’t thinking about all of these things happening it makes them subconscious. This is why consciously breathing in yoga class is so beneficial to our infinite minds. When we consciously do something already happening on a subconscious level, we bridge the gap, we bring light to shadow and this is the process of awakening into our potential.
As a Lifeline™ Practitioner, I know that each moment of our experience, beginning with conception leaves an imprint on our subconscious minds that impacts how we move through life. In the process of childbirth, your subconscious mind is activated to guide you through the process, if there is trauma imprinted there from your own birth it is possible that a reactionary response of fear will become activated, creating birthing complications. I am passionate about helping families harmonize any generational subconscious trauma so they can experience how graceful birth is designed to be.
Giving birth to babies has been happening since the beginning of this universe. It is one of the most natural and essential cycles we all share and gives our lives so much meaning. A blissful birth is possible for all of us. There are so many resources available here in Vancouver. I recently met a brilliant prenatal coach, Crystal who is passionate about pre and postnatal nutrition and even preconception! Every choice we make has a consequence. Hypnosis is also a great way to prepare your mind for birth and there are some great trainings focusing on birth. Gloria Lemay’s blog is rich in resources about natural birth and I feel blessed that she facilitated my Doula training.
Love well,
Sara
xoxo