LIFE ... the Perfect Teacher

Your Perfect Teacher

Life

 

All the situations in our lives, from the insignificant to the major, teach us exactly what we need to be learning.




Many of us long to find a spiritual teacher or guru. We may feel unsure of how to practice our spirituality without one, or we may long for someone who has attained a higher level of insight to lead the way for us. Some of us have been looking for years to no avail and feel frustrated and even lost. The good news is that the greatest teacher you could ever want is always with you—that is your life. 



The people and situations we encounter every day have much to teach us when we are open to receiving their wisdom. Often we don’t recognize our teachers because they may not look or act like our idea of a guru, yet they may embody great wisdom. In addition, some people teach us by showing us what we don’t want to do. All the situations in our lives, from the insignificant to the major, conspire to teach us exactly what we need to be learning at any given time. Patience, compassion, perseverance, honesty, letting go—all these are covered in the classroom of the teacher that is your life. 



We can help ourselves to remember this perfect teacher each day with a few simple words. Each morning we might find a moment to say, “I acknowledge and honor the teacher that is my life. May I be wise enough to recognize the teachers and lessons that I encounter today, and may I be open to receiving their wisdom.” We might also take some time each day to consider what our lives are trying to teach us at this time. A difficult phase in your relationship with your child may be teaching you to let go. The homeless person you see every day may be showing you the boundaries of your compassion and generosity. A spate of lost items may be asking you to be more present to physical reality. Trust your intuition on the nature of the lesson at hand, work at your own pace, and ask as many questions as you want. Your life has all the answers. 

Yarn Therapist - Nov 2011 : EcoFriendly Challenge

Eco-Challenge
BE the Light!
"Save the Earth" has almost become a cliche' these days and I am saddened by this. All too often when something becomes so well known it ends up being tossed to the "Useless Info" department that resides in the human brain.

Well, Yarn Therapy, in conjuction with SACRED Space Studio, is out to change all that. Eco-Challenge 2011-2012 is a fun way to learn some new skills that will help planet earth and your wallet at the same time. It is overwhelming when we think of how much damage has been inflicted upon the planet and the huge responsibility it is to reverse the damage we have done.

However, small steps and changes in habits, thoughts and behavior can have a big impact, especially when we work together. There are people out there everywhere coming up with useful and innovative ideas on how to live more responsibly with regard to the earth and each other and we want to hear them! But not only do we want to hear them- we want YOU to do them and see how easy and fun it can be to live a healthier, more eco-friendly life. Along the way there will be prizes offered for various weekly challenges to make this fun and exciting.

Consider joining us!

Go to our FaceBook page and click the “LIKE” button! Then prepare, the first challenge has been issued!

Are YOU ready?

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OM Times November 2011: Health & Wellness Editorial - BCABPP

OM Times November 2011: Health & Wellness Editorial - BCABPP,
originally uploaded by deZengo.

It’s hard to believe another month has come and gone! Where oh where does the time go when you’re having fun? Technically, time is the same whether we enjoy it or not, so why not embrace each moment as an adventure to create fun or at least something positive from each experience? Being conscious and aware in each moment we are granted an opportunity to take those metaphorical “lemons” and create “lemonade!” Some situations are easier to recognize than others, but I believe that we have the ability to create change with (IN) that ultimately create change that ripples (OUT)ward.

What if you were told you had breast cancer? Would you be able to stop in that moment and breath, rather than allow fear to run rampant? Looking for a way to not only get through it, but rise above it? There is no doubt we all have the potential, but until tested we never know our inner strength and in what way the creative, divine, universal force can masterfully use “each” situation to create something beautiful and inspirational.

Recently I had the pleasure to connect virtually with a group of visionary artists, photographer(s), and breast cancer survivors working on an ARTivism Project that I fell in love with. The dots leading up to the connection are mildly entertaining, but the story caught my attention and inspired me. Unless you knew my previous 50 years you cannot appreciate the distance beyond my “box” I have walked. My navigational beacon (heart) directs me to the project.

What I continue to see are individuals committed to using their pain & adversity to create something amazing! The Breast Cancer Awareness Body Paint Project (BCABPP) incorporates the survivor’s story and message into the painting. What makes the project so unique is the human canvas being used. Real women with real scars and real stories have the opportunity to share their story of survival through a beautiful work of art. Currently, the project is being censored on Facebook as offensive or pornographic in nature. You will have the opportunity to read more about this project a little further in the magazine and make your own determination.

This month look for your opportunity. When you find the situation that you feel is impossible to create something positive from remember that in changing your perception of the world, you change the world. ~deZengo

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead.

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OM Times November 2011: Health & Wellness Editorial - BCABPP

OM Times November 2011: Health & Wellness Editorial - BCABPP,
originally uploaded by deZengo.

It’s hard to believe another month has come and gone! Where oh where does the time go when you’re having fun? Technically, time is the same whether we enjoy it or not, so why not embrace each moment as an adventure to create fun or at least something positive from each experience? Being conscious and aware in each moment we are granted an opportunity to take those metaphorical “lemons” and create “lemonade!” Some situations are easier to recognize than others, but I believe that we have the ability to create change with (IN) that ultimately create change that ripples (OUT)ward.

What if you were told you had breast cancer? Would you be able to stop in that moment and breath, rather than allow fear to run rampant? Looking for a way to not only get through it, but rise above it? There is no doubt we all have the potential, but until tested we never know our inner strength and in what way the creative, divine, universal force can masterfully use “each” situation to create something beautiful and inspirational.

Recently I had the pleasure to connect virtually with a group of visionary artists, photographer(s), and breast cancer survivors working on an ARTivism Project that I fell in love with. The dots leading up to the connection are mildly entertaining, but the story caught my attention and inspired me. Unless you knew my previous 50 years you cannot appreciate the distance beyond my “box” I have walked. My navigational beacon (heart) directs me to the project.

What I continue to see are individuals committed to using their pain & adversity to create something amazing! The Breast Cancer Awareness Body Paint Project (BCABPP) incorporates the survivor’s story and message into the painting. What makes the project so unique is the human canvas being used. Real women with real scars and real stories have the opportunity to share their story of survival through a beautiful work of art. Currently, the project is being censored on Facebook as offensive or pornographic in nature. You will have the opportunity to read more about this project a little further in the magazine and make your own determination.

This month look for your opportunity. When you find the situation that you feel is impossible to create something positive from remember that in changing your perception of the world, you change the world. ~deZengo

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead.



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OM Times November 2011: Health & Wellness Editorial - BCABPP

It’s hard to believe another month has come and gone! Where oh where does the time go when you’re having fun? Technically, time is the same whether we enjoy it or not, so why not embrace each moment as an adventure to create fun or at least something positive from each experience? Being conscious and aware in each moment we are granted an opportunity to take those metaphorical “lemons” and create “lemonade!” Some situations are easier to recognize than others, but I believe that we have the ability to create change with (IN) that ultimately create change that ripples (OUT)ward.

What if you were told you had breast cancer? Would you be able to stop in that moment and breath, rather than allow fear to run rampant? Looking for a way to not only get through it, but rise above it? There is no doubt we all have the potential, but until tested we never know our inner strength and in what way the creative, divine, universal force can masterfully use “each” situation to create something beautiful and inspirational.

Recently I had the pleasure to connect virtually with a group of visionary artists, photographer(s), and breast cancer survivors working on an ARTivism Project that I fell in love with. The dots leading up to the connection are mildly entertaining, but the story caught my attention and inspired me. Unless you knew my previous 50 years you cannot appreciate the distance beyond my “box” I have walked. My navigational beacon (heart) directs me to the project.

What I continue to see are individuals committed to using their pain & adversity to create something amazing! The Breast Cancer Awareness Body Paint Project (BCABPP) incorporates the survivor’s story and message into the painting. What makes the project so unique is the human canvas being used. Real women with real scars and real stories have the opportunity to share their story of survival through a beautiful work of art. Currently, the project is being censored on Facebook as offensive or pornographic in nature. You will have the opportunity to read more about this project a little further in the magazine and make your own determination.

This month look for your opportunity. When you find the situation that you feel is impossible to create something positive from remember that in changing your perception of the world, you change the world. ~deZengo

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead.



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Facebook Censorship for BCABPP Challenged

Breast Cancer Awareness Body Painting Project BCABPP

Stop Censorship on Facebook

 

 

It has come to our attention that Facebook is now censoring images being posted for this project. I have used social media long enough to know that they censor who and want they want.  I see pornographic material on there daily.  I see women using their bodies to illicit business in their avatar usage.  What I want to know is HOW can they censor a project that uses the human canvas and creates ART - when they allow nude paintings and other photos to be shown?  I am positive that our children see more T & A while surfing through Facebook (and other online venues), as well as just turning on the television, opening a magazine or going to a beach!   To sign our petition in support of the project and against facebook censorship on the : Care2 Petition Site

 

About the project ....

 

Resident Fuddy Duddy:

I am the resident fuddy duddy.  I do not support using a woman's body to illicit sexual response from the viewing end, I find that distasteful and part of the problem with "dehumanizing women" in the world view.  If you look at Playboy or other magazines ... they are called ===> "bunnies?"  I don't want to be soft fluffy bunny for your viewing pleasure!  I want to be a survivor who stands up for what I believe in and support!  

 

The BCABPP project selected women from around the globe.  Different sizes, shapes and stories and provided them an outlet to feel beautiful again and use their voice to raise awareness & gain support for PREVENTION of this disease.

 

This is from the creator of the project, who speaks out for the women who do not have a voice!

Today - 10.20.11

ATTENTION TROOPS!  Please Read / Sign & Pass this Information ON!

We NEED YOU RIGHT NOW.... FACEBOOK HAS AGAIN CENSORED AND DELETED FIVE SURVIVOR IMAGES - During Breast Cancer Awareness Month no less. Does anyone have press or news contacts? This CENSORSHIP IS UNACCEPTABLE. They deleted images of women with no nipples and the latest image where her breasts are entirely covered!!! PLEASE HELP AND ALSO SIGN OUR PETITION!!!

I believe these survivor images are all in good taste and I have created them with the idea of them being shown in public spaces - spaces even where children would see them. Unfortunately, in our increasingly PC and corporate safe, sometimes ultra-conservative world we are running into issues with these selfless inspiring survivor images being either outright CENSORED and removed or Blocked in some other manner making it unnecessarily difficult for them to be seen. 



They have been safe enough for magazine covers and primetime TV broadcast (so far by a PBS program, CNN en Español, Univision and Telemundo just to name a few.



This is not just nudity for a cause - it's bodies covered in paint. It is no more revealing then a silk blouse on a cold day. Is just the bump of a nipple enough to cause such a stir??? Some of the women have no nipple reconstruction at all. 



These women deserve to be supported and applauded for coming forth to participate in such a vulnerable way - NOT to be made to feel that they did something that they should need to hide or conceal or be ashamed of. SHAME ON YOU FACEBOOK AND FLICKR.



If you support this project and are offended by it's CENSORSHIP and not by it's natural human beauty please sign and comment below. :-)



thank you for your support...

Michael

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

More about the project:

An all Breast Cancer Survivor project for awareness, fundraising, inspiration and healing worldwide.

Description ::  

 Breast Cancer Awareness Body Painting Project: 

A Fine Art & Photography Essay of Survivors.

The collection of images is also currently on display at:

UNCOMMON Gallery

2713 East Commercial Blvd.

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54903765930

 

 

So far 25 brave and incredible women have selflessly stepped forward and been painted for the project.

I may be the creator but these SURVIVORS are the project. Everything is a true collaboration of the women the body painter(s) and my work as well. All of it then shared and appreciated by the people it touches. Every link in the chain is important :-)

"When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece." 

~John Ruskin

"Nudity is the garment of the soul" 

~unknown

"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees."

~ Amelia Earhart

*** This page and project is deemed "Child Safe" *** 

Website

www.cafepress.com/BCABPP

www.twitter.com/BCABPP

www.youtube.com/BCABPP

Cancerland - We are NOT Alone, by Kathleen Kanavos

We Are Not Alone!

by Kathleen Kanavos 

 

Cancer is Humbling.  It’s guaranteed to knock you down with its series of crises, beginning with discovery and continuing through treatment, often with no end in sight.  Upon hearing a cancer diagnosis, many people feel devastated, confused and alone. Nothing is farther from the truth:  Even in our darkest hour—we are never alone!

 

I know because I am a two-time, twelve-year, stage-four breast cancer survivor who found out the hard way that not all cancers are discovered by conventional medical tests.

 I didn’t believe the test results that came back “negative for cancer.” My dreams told me the physicians and tests had missed the 2.1cm tumor that was Stage Two invasive ductal carcinoma. Five years later, they told me my doctors  had missed a second breast cancer that was lobular stage four.

   My persistent self-advocating with the unwavering help of spiritual guides in my dreams finally resulted in convincing my doctor to perform exploratory surgery on a spot that he couldn’t feel, the tests didn’t show existed,  was against hospital policy, and his better judgment.  The result was a diagnosis that shocked the medical community and changed my life, forever.

 Have you ever had a gut instinct that disagreed with scientific facts, and then found that your intuition was correct and the facts wrong?     I let my dreams guide me, and then used modern medical tests to validate what those dreams said. Listen, and then validate!

  One of my biggest and most pressing challenges throughout my ordeal was deciding whom to trust—my doctors and their conventional results, or my dreams and their spiritual messages.  I decided to listen to both! I requested different procedures and medical tests and cross-checked them against my guided information as I ran the race of life against time.

Fortunately, I was under the watchful eye of something even wiser than my learned physicians. I was under the protection of spiritual-guides from the other side who were at odds with my doctors and the tests on which they relied.

  My story is an alternative to ignoring our intuition in favor of science or ignoring science in favor of intuition.  I learned that the best way to survive any health crisis is to mix intuition and science and then cross-check them against each other for answers that are indisputably correct.

In order to effectively battle illness, we must get in touch with our inner-selves and work together toward the goal of survival by using everything available to us. By searching within ourselves through dreams, meditation or prayer, we will find our own set of answers to any challenge.

 

I remember the exact moment I received validation of my dreams, and spiritual guides. “Pathology didn’t like what they saw when they cut the tumor open,” my surgeon said after closing the privacy curtain behind him.

“So, is it cancer?” I asked, while holding fast to the hospital gurney, bracing myself for the answer I already suspected and feared.

“Yes, I’m sorry. I’ll refer you to someone else now, a specialist.” Thus began my Alice in Wonderland’s steady decent down the dark rabbit hole of Cancerland.

 My dreams had been right.  With my surgeon’s words, the first shot of my ensuing battle had been fired, and it was not a warning shot across my bow, it was point-blank into my breast. I glanced down at my painful wound and wept with grief and joy.

 My guides in dreams had saved my life. I was not alone.

 

About the author- Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos  is a two- time breast cancer survivor who penned SURVIVING CANCERLAND.  www.survivingcancerland.com  She is represented byScovil, Galen & Ghosh Literary Agency & Steve Allen Media.

 

 

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Do I love you because you're beautiful,
Or are you beautiful because I love you?
~Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Cinderella

Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. ~Mother Teresa

I have learned not to worry about love;
But to honor its coming with all my heart.
Alice Walker

Love Your Body Day - October 19, 2011

Celebrate Love Your Body Day!


Wednesday, October 19





NOW Foundation celebrates another year in our campaign to educate and encourage women and girls to say "no" to negative stereotypes and "yes" to awareness, health and a positive body image. Our Love Your Body Campaign continues to counter unrealistic beauty standards, gender stereotypes and sometimes harmful images imposed by media and advertisers with a simple but powerful message to women and girls -- Love Your Body.

NOW Foundation celebrates another year in our campaign to educate and encourage women and girls to say "no" to negative stereotypes and "yes" to awareness, health and a positive body image. Our Love Your Body Campaign continues to counter unrealistic beauty standards, gender stereotypes and sometimes harmful images imposed by media and advertisers with a simple but powerful message to women and girls -- Love Your Body.

Take action! Here are five ideas to get you started:

1. Write a blog post for our Love Your Body Day Blog Carnival. Got something to say about body image? We would love to have as many voices as possible, including yours.

2. Speak up and speak out about body image -- on camera! Help lead the discussion on body image by recording a video and posting it on YouTube as part of Let's Talk About It, a project of NOW Foundation's Love your Body Campaign.

3. Get social and spread the word! Tweet body-positive statements using the #lybd hashtag. Add the Love Your Body Day twibbon to your twitter and make it your Facebook profile picture to show support. Or, RSVP on Facebook to our Love Your Body Day event.

4. Learn more about NOW Foundation's Love Your Body Campaign. Explore the website, and take action using the many ideas featured there.

5. Support the Love Your Body Campaign with a tax-deductible donation. A gift of any amount will be appreciated -- every dollar counts! Your contribution will help promote realistic and positive representations of women and girls in the media.

Celebrate Love Your Body Day! Wednesday, October 19 NOW Foundation celebrates another year in our campaign to educate and encourage women and girls to say "no" to negative stereotypes and "yes" to awareness, health and a positive body image. Our Love Your Body Campaign continues to counter unrealistic beauty standards, gender stereotypes and sometimes harmful images imposed by media and advertisers with a simple but powerful message to women and girls -- Love Your Body. Take action! Here are five ideas to get you started: 1. Write a blog post for our Love Your Body Day Blog Carnival. Got something to say about body image? We would love to have as many voices as possible, including yours. 2. Speak up and speak out about body image -- on camera! Help lead the discussion on body image by recording a video and posting it on YouTube as part of Let's Talk About It, a project of NOW Foundation's Love your Body Campaign. 3. Get social and spread the word! Tweet body-positive statements using the #lybd hashtag. Add the Love Your Body Day twibbon to your twitter and make it your Facebook profile picture to show support. Or, RSVP on Facebook to our Love Your Body Day event. 4. Learn more about NOW Foundation's Love Your Body Campaign. Explore the website, and take action using the many ideas featured there. 5. Support the Love Your Body Campaign with a tax-deductible donation. A gift of any amount will be appreciated -- every dollar counts! Your contribution will help promote realistic and positive representations of women and girls in the media.

Celebrate Love Your Body Day!

Wednesday, October 19

NOW Foundation celebrates another year in our campaign to educate and encourage women and girls to say "no" to negative stereotypes and "yes" to awareness, health and a positive body image. Our Love Your Body Campaign continues to counter unrealistic beauty standards, gender stereotypes and sometimes harmful images imposed by media and advertisers with a simple but powerful message to women and girls -- Love Your Body.

Take action! Here are five ideas to get you started:

1. Write a blog post for our Love Your Body Day Blog Carnival. Got something to say about body image? We would love to have as many voices as possible, including yours.

2. Speak up and speak out about body image -- on camera! Help lead the discussion on body image by recording a video and posting it on YouTube as part of Let's Talk About It, a project of NOW Foundation's Love your Body Campaign.

3. Get social and spread the word! Tweet body-positive statements using the #lybd hashtag. Add the Love Your Body Day twibbon to your twitter and make it your Facebook profile picture to show support. Or, RSVP on Facebook to our Love Your Body Day event.

4. Learn more about NOW Foundation's Love Your Body Campaign. Explore the website, and take action using the many ideas featured there.

5. Support the Love Your Body Campaign with a tax-deductible donation. A gift of any amount will be appreciated -- every dollar counts! Your contribution will help promote realistic and positive representations of women and girls in the media.

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Amy Ahlers, The Wake-Up Call Coach

Book LAUNCH is TODAY - Join for a live call

Dear Friends & Soul Family,

Today is the birthday of my bouncing baby book.

This has been a process of 6 years of visioning, writing, re-writing, proposing, dreaming, almost giving up, writing, re-writing, and now....birthing!

I am beaming with pride and, to be totally transparent, a little bit nauseous! :)

Won't you celebrate this moment with me...and learn transformation tools that will help YOU break free of your Big Fat Lies?

Join me:

1) I'm gifting anyone that orders a book 7 valuable bonus gifts (worth $1500!). Go here to find out more about the book launch bonuses and order your book!

2) Hop on a LIVE, interactive call today with me at noon PT/3pm ET. You will discover new tools to release the Big Fat Lies and anchor into your fabulous truth.

Phone Number: (925) 948-9530
Pin Code: 212663#

Webcast LINK: http://ping.fm/azSPK

*Note you'll be able to submit questions online through the webcast link*

3) Become an Inner Superstar Ambassador and become part of an inspiring Stop Being Hard on Yourself movement! Order 3 or more books and you will officially be crowned an Inner Superstar Ambassador. My vision is for you to keep one book for yourself, give one to someone you love, and then to hold that 3rd book until inspiration strikes...you're Inner Wisdom will tell you when to gift it! Just imagine how much better the world will be when women truly break free of their Big Fat Lies and embrace the truth of how fabulous they are. You will get acknowledgment on my Inner Superstar Wall of Fame and receive a group coaching session next month. Go here to order 3 or more books and let me know you are an Inner Superstar Ambassador!

4) Join me on my California book tour! I had my very first book reading/signing and mini-workshop in Alameda to a standing room only crowd (so thrilling - picture to the right!). And I've booked more in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Go here for details and to RSVP: BOOK TOUR

I am sending you so much love on such a wonderful day!

Wake Up & Shine Bright,


Amy Ahlers, The Wake-Up Call Coach
CEO of Wake-Up Call Coaching
Creator of The Women Masters
Co-Creator of Inner Mean Girl Reform School
www.WakeUpCallCoaching.com
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Post on Facebook or Twitter sending your friends to http://ping.fm/0bGbI

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It takes a community for us to raise each other up!

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Live NOW! Dea Viola from the Baby Flamingo Co.

You guessed it! It's Dea Viola - of the The Baby Flamingo Co

Dear NamaSpirit Friends & Family,



Tune in today live at 12 pm EST (11 am CST) for my interview and The Baby Flamingo Co. with Debbie Bliwas Glickman.

Her website is www.thebabyflamingoco.com

The station is www.toginet.com which is accessible from any computer—I

think you can listen from a smartphone too!

http://ping.fm/YnYGm







The questions are a surprise, so I am not sure how this will go!!!! LOL



Tune in at NOON EST!

. We are headed over now. Sure I'm late - but what's new? Better to be a little late - than not to share at all. ;-)

OM Times October 1/2 2011 - Greg Bradden

OM Times October 1/2 2011 - Greg Bradden,
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OM Times October 1/2 2011 - Greg Bradden

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OM Times is privileged to have visionary Gregg Braden on the cover. Gregg is an internationally renowned pioneer in bridging science and spirituality. His original research crosses the traditional boundaries of science, history, and religion offering fresh insights into ancient mysteries and, in doing so, he has redefined our relationship to our inner and outer worlds.

OM Times is a Holistic Green eZine with a Spiritual, Self-growth perspective for the Conscious Community. OM Times was created to share new ways of thinking to promote Healing on personal, community and global levels; and to bring attention to the individuals and organizations that are making a difference.

Inside the eZine you will find a full multimedia experience with music and videos…in addition to the excellent articles by our incredible Featured Columnists covering the Holistic spectrum. Join us by either clicking on the Cover or here:

OM Times Magazine October & 1/2 2011 Full Multimedia Edition

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OM Times Magazine : October 1/2 2011 - Gregg Braden

OM Times October 1/2 2011 - Greg Bradden

To View the Multimedia Version: ning.it/qNNsDX

OM Times is privileged to have visionary Gregg Braden on the cover. Gregg is an internationally renowned pioneer in bridging science and spirituality. His original research crosses the traditional boundaries of science, history, and religion offering fresh insights into ancient mysteries and, in doing so, he has redefined our relationship to our inner and outer worlds.

OM Times is a Holistic Green eZine with a Spiritual, Self-growth perspective for the Conscious Community. OM Times was created to share new ways of thinking to promote Healing on personal, community and global levels; and to bring attention to the individuals and organizations that are making a difference.

Inside the eZine you will find a full multimedia experience with music and videos…in addition to the excellent articles by our incredible Featured Columnists covering the Holistic spectrum. Join us by either clicking on the Cover or here:

OM Times Magazine October & 1/2 2011 Full Multimedia Edition

Source: OM Times Magazine (s.tt/13wc9)

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure. ~William Feather

If you would create something, you must be something. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Our minds are as different as our faces: we are all traveling to one destination; –happiness; but few are going by the same road. ~Charles Caleb Colton

Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress. ~Epictetus

There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.
~ Harry Crews

The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.
~ Sarah Fielding

Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.
~ Sai Baba

Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs – and becoming who you are. ~ Rachel Naomi Remen

A healthy mind can work wonders on a sick body, and a healthy body can work wonders on a sick mind. ~J.J. Goldwag

"Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love." ~Mohandas K. Gandhi

Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.
~Sai Baba

"Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

"A strong positive attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug." ~ Patricia Neal

To keep your interest alive, do what you love and love what you do for "...when work is a pleasure, life is a joy. When work is a duty, life is slavery."
~Maxim Gorky

"The soul is a breath of living spirit, that with excellent sensitivity, permeates the entire body to give it life. Just so, the breath of the air makes the earth fruitful. Thus the air is the soul of the earth..." ~Hildegarde of Bingen

"Nature performs the cure, the physician takes the fee." ~ Benjamin Franklin

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.
~Marianne Williamson

Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion. ~Buddha

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
Hippocrates (460 BC - 370 BC)

The 411 on Yoga and Cancer

The 411 on Yoga and Cancer

Submitted by OM-Times Magazine on October 13, 2011 – 1:45 pmNo Comment

by deZengo

 

 

deZengo

Most of us will never hear the words, “Your biopsy came back positive – it was malignant!”  However, chances are that someone in your circle of family or friends will be affected by this deadly and indiscriminate disease.  Hopefully, you will revisit this article for suggestions as to how Yoga benefits an individual (before, during and after) through each stage of treatment!

Yoga Before

Upon notification that cancer has been detected and prior to any treatment regime is the perfect time to begin a yoga practice, if not already included into your daily routine.   Without a doubt there will be added anxieties and fears to address.  However, one of the most beneficial things you can do for your mind & body is to stay in a calm.   In yoga, it is called meditation and it allows us to focus and prepare.

Yoga During

Depending on the type of cancer or treatments required, your daily practice might need to be modified but not forgotten.  When you feel the worst and the weakest, can be the best time for yoga.  Don’t be afraid to push your body a little!  Perhaps you can   pick one asana (pose) and build up your strength gradually versus doing an entire class.  The breathing exercises are beneficial at every stage of life or cancer.  Recent surveys suggest, doing yoga while going through cancer treatments  assists with insomnia that accompanies  many of the chemotherapy drugs,  physical aches and pains, as well as an overall sense of well being.

Yoga After

During the coming months be gentle with yourself and realize you have just fought a battle for LIFE.  Your life!  As a survivor you have so much to look forward to and yoga will accommodate and grow with you.  If you continue this practice, you will find yourself able to  deal with all aspects of life from a renewed perspective and place of love.  Yoga is a lifestyle that incorporates conscious intentions and thought into all aspects.  If you have made it this far, there is no doubt you are on the road to your healthy life.  If you can “see it,” you can “be it” and yoga can help you get there with regards to wellness.

 

About the Author

deZengo survived breast cancer and used yoga as a tool for healing and self empowerment.  She currently lives in Middle Tennessee with her family where she is the co-founder of the SACREDspace Yoga-2-go Program.   An artist with the heart of an activist.  You can reach her at:  yoga@deZengo.com

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SACREDspace Studio - the 411 on Yoga and Cancer

SACREDspace Studio - the 411 on Yoga and Cancer,
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The 411 on Yoga and Cancer

Submitted by OM-Times Magazine on October 13, 2011 – 1:45 pmNo Comment

by deZengo

deZengo

Most of us will never hear the words, “Your biopsy came back positive – it was malignant!” However, chances are that someone in your circle of family or friends will be affected by this deadly and indiscriminate disease. Hopefully, you will revisit this article for suggestions as to how Yoga benefits an individual (before, during and after) through each stage of treatment!

Yoga Before

Upon notification that cancer has been detected and prior to any treatment regime is the perfect time to begin a yoga practice, if not already included into your daily routine. Without a doubt there will be added anxieties and fears to address. However, one of the most beneficial things you can do for your mind & body is to stay in a calm. In yoga, it is called meditation and it allows us to focus and prepare.

Yoga During

Depending on the type of cancer or treatments required, your daily practice might need to be modified but not forgotten. When you feel the worst and the weakest, can be the best time for yoga. Don’t be afraid to push your body a little! Perhaps you can pick one asana (pose) and build up your strength gradually versus doing an entire class. The breathing exercises are beneficial at every stage of life or cancer. Recent surveys suggest, doing yoga while going through cancer treatments assists with insomnia that accompanies many of the chemotherapy drugs, physical aches and pains, as well as an overall sense of well being.

Yoga After

During the coming months be gentle with yourself and realize you have just fought a battle for LIFE. Your life! As a survivor you have so much to look forward to and yoga will accommodate and grow with you. If you continue this practice, you will find yourself able to deal with all aspects of life from a renewed perspective and place of love. Yoga is a lifestyle that incorporates conscious intentions and thought into all aspects. If you have made it this far, there is no doubt you are on the road to your healthy life. If you can “see it,” you can “be it” and yoga can help you get there with regards to wellness.

About the Author

deZengo survived breast cancer and used yoga as a tool for healing and self empowerment. She currently lives in Middle Tennessee with her family where she is the co-founder of the SACREDspace Yoga-2-go Program. An artist with the heart of an activist. You can reach her at: yoga@deZengo.com

Source: OM Times Magazine (http://s.tt/13vs5)

Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths! ~Rumi

You can't teach anybody anything, only make them realise the answers are already inside them. ~Galileo

Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.
~Gary Zukav

You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
~Kahlil Gibran

You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
~Kahlil Gibran

The only devils in this world are those running around in our own hearts, and that is where all our battles should be fought. ~Mahatma Gandhi

Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength. ~Hasidic saying

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. ~William James

In the midst of your suffering. You are not alone,
Surrounded by those Urging you on.
~ © Alison Stormwolf ~

This is a time of healing for individuals,
for inherited belief systems that kept us in disempowerment, and also for the Earth herself, the Great Mother. ~ Alison Stormwolf ~

Submission Photo for BCABPP

Submission Photo for BCABPP,
originally uploaded by deZengo.

Breast Cancer Awareness Body Painting Submission / Questionnaire

I. Why I Wish to Participate

Dear BCABPP Team,

Upon first glance at your project, I immediately felt drawn to it, and believe there was no mistake it came across my cyber-plate. I am a breast cancer survivor, a yogini and an activist, as well as the Health & Wellness Editor for OM Times Magazine (www.OMtimes.com).

In my role as editor, part of my job is to find stories of inspiration and expose simple changes that create a huge impact in our life! While our goal is to move humanity toward PREVENTION not treatment, we must deal with the very real impact of breast cancer on not only the women who fight the disease, but also on our society as a whole.

As a survivor, I know first hand some of the self esteem issues that women go through, and the staggering number who are actually abandoned upon a diagnosis of breast cancer. My story of true inner and outer change begins with the diagnosis of advanced, stage III, multiple tumors - invasive ductal carcinoma - commonly known as breast cancer. One emergency radical mastectomy and several surgeries later, I was forced to represent myself in court for 3 of the 4 years of my divorce, which was also taking place during that time. Although I completed my degree, worked two jobs, and raised two teenage boys alone, my heart was broken and my body responded through the manifestation of a physical disease.

It’s difficult to admit how many nights I cried myself to sleep and prayed for death, believing that my children would be better off with their father, and that there was nothing to live for without “love.”

Just prior to the diagnosis, I was introduced to yoga and began an adventure toward self discovery and responsibility. Much of my life previously I had felt like a victim without direction or hope for improvement. I stayed in unhealthy situations out of fear and co-dependence. I refused to acknowledge the “signs” that were given and I held on even tighter to a dream that was based upon an illusion.

After years of heartache and confusion, trying to deal with what felt like a lifetime of mistakes without a compass, my body responded with a disease that was up close and personal to my heart. For me, breast cancer was an awakening, a time out to evaluate what was important and one of the best things that happened to me. It allowed and provoked me to push my boundaries, and begin to recognize an inner strength I didn’t realize I possessed.

In the end, I have learned more about myself and life going through this experience than all the previous years combined. I realized that each day was a gift! There is no guarantee from moment to moment, and in the midst of the treatments I remember being happy just to be alive for one more day. The simple pleasure of having the energy to walk up a small hill and sit in the sun, and the slow process of incorporating my yoga practice back into my life brought tears of joy!

I promised myself and my creator that if I did survive, I would create something beautiful from this pain. I would look for the lessons in adversity and accept them with gratitude. As a breast cancer survivor I am left with a physical scar, but that has never been the challenge for me.

My frustration lies within the clothing industry that does not accommodate anyone that does not “fit” into the nice neat “box”. I teach yoga, zumba and am involved in many other athletic activities and can find nothing that would accommodate my less than perfect body. I have the feeling that I am “abnormal” because I refuse to go through more surgeries just to fit into a societal mould of what a “sexy” woman is “supposed” to look like. I researched them, and each surgical procedure left me with serious concerns. I preferred to be able to “do the activities I wanted” versus going through more painful surgeries, thousands of dollars, and ending up with limited mobility.

I still feel sexy, and would like to show other women that losing a breast (or two) does not impact your ability to look and feel beautiful. What you are doing with the body painting is in perfect alignment with a clothing line we are launching to elevate our survivors through conscious designs that emphasize a woman’s natural beauty – not focus on what is missing.

II. My Thoughts on Designs or Themes

I have gone through so many battles - many while I was in the middle of dealing with breast cancer. I would love to bring yoga, healing, and personal responsibility into any design I would represent. To use my body, as I mentioned earlier (I’m generally very private about all aspects of my body) but this is such an incredible opportunity to demonstrate that “sexy” is a state of mind, and to give hope to every woman! It is within our reach to not only heal our body - through yoga we can connect to our inner divine self and learn to love and respect our inner “goddess”!

I am attaching a few photos that were taken to accompany this application for review. Thank you in advance for everything you and your team are doing to bring awareness to this disease, and to help women of all sizes, shapes, and colors feel beautiful and empowered!

About the Project:

An all Breast Cancer Survivor project for awareness, fundraising, inspiration and healing worldwide.

Description

Breast Cancer Awareness Body Painting Project: A Fine Art & Photography Essay of Survivors. The collection of images is also currently on display at: UNCOMMON Gallery 2713 East Commercial Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54903765930 So far 25 brave and incredible women have selflessly stepped forward and been painted for the project. I may be the creator but these SURVIVORS are the project. Everything is a true collaboration of the women the body painter(s) and my work as well. All of it then shared and appreciated by the people it touches. Every link in the chain is important :-) "When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece." ~John Ruskin "Nudity is the garment of the soul" ~unknown "A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees." ~ Amelia Earhart *** This page and project is deemed "Child Safe" ***

Website	http://www.cafepress.com/BCABPP http://www.twitter.com/BCABPP http://www.youtube.com/BCABPP

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” Rumi

The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved- for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. ~Victor Hugo

Love is not consolation. It is light. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

Be everything with so much love in your heart that you would never want to do it any other way. ~Amrit Desai

Poetry spills from the cracks of a broken heart, but flows from one which is loved. ~Christopher Paul Rubero

You know you're in love when you don't want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. ~Dr. Seuss

You don't have to go looking for love when it's where you come from. ~Werner Erhard

People who are sensible about love are incapable of it. ~Douglas Yates

Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict. ~Rabindranath Tagore

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. ~Henry Van Dyke

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself. ~Jean Anouilh

Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire. ~François Duc de La Rochefoucauld

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame. ~Henry David Thoreau

Owning Your Tendencies - Understanding All Sides

Looking at only one side of our life can make us blind to the many other ways of looking at our situation.

Whenever we examine our lives, we examine them from a particular side or angle. Most of us tend to favor one side over the others. For example, we may tend to look at things from an emotional perspective rather than a financial perspective, or we may prefer to think in terms of details rather than the big picture, or vice versa. To a certain degree, this is not a problem, and these tendencies add color to our individual personalities. However, they can also make us one-sided, blind to the many other ways of looking at our situation. Even if we have decided that we are most happy when we focus on one particular side of things, it is always worth exploring the other sides. When we do, we become well rounded, more understanding of other viewpoints, and even more solid in our own.

Perhaps you are a person who tends to see your life in terms of your spiritual well-being. As a result, other concerns such as financial comfort or social standing may not be prominent in your mind as you make decisions. However, taking just a moment to consider those angles will help you in several ways. One, it will enable you to see more clearly what your priorities are and how they influence your life situation. Two, it will enhance your sense of confidence, because you will see your situation from all sides, even as you choose one. And three, it will help you communicate with others about who you are and what you are doing, because you will come from a place of understanding that your own biases and tendencies are unique as are theirs.

Most of us instinctively come at things from a particular angle, and in many cases this is the right way for us. Still, understanding the other angles only strengthens us. When we look at our lives from all sides, we shed light on the big picture, giving ourselves access to many points of view and highlighting more clearly the one we have chosen to take.

OM Times Magazine - October 2011 : Emelio Estevez & Martin Sheen - the WAY!

OM Times October 2011 - Emilio Estevez & Martin Sheen- the Way

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OM Times is both honored and deeply grateful to be participating in the media roll-out of the film “The Way”, written and directed by Emilio Estevez and starring Martin Sheen. While the phrase “must see” is cliche often applied, in this case it is truly merited. The Way is an incredibly moving and inspiring film based on a father’s journey along the Camino de Santiago. Also known as the Way of St. James, this route in northern Spain is one of the more famous historical pilgrimage routes. The movie itself is a spiritual Healing journey. Find your way to connect with The Way.

OM Times is a Holistic Green eZine with a Spiritual Self-growth perspective for the Conscious Community. We are a multimedia outreach of Humanity Healing International and was created to share new ways of thinking to promote Healing on personal, community and global levels, and to bring attention to the individuals and organizations that are making a difference.

Inside the eZine you will find a full multimedia experience with music and videos…in addition to the excellent articles by our incredible Featured Columnists covering the Holistic spectrum. Join us by either clicking on the Cover or here:

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OM Times October 2011 - Emilio Estevez & Martin Sheen- the Way

OM Times October 2011 - Emilio Estevez & Martin Sheen- the Way,
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OM Times October 2011 - Emilio Estevez & Martin Sheen- the Way

For the full muti-media experience: ning.it/oZDvtL

OM Times is both honored and deeply grateful to be participating in the media roll-out of the film “The Way”, written and directed by Emilio Estevez and starring Martin Sheen. While the phrase “must see” is cliche often applied, in this case it is truly merited. The Way is an incredibly moving and inspiring film based on a father’s journey along the Camino de Santiago. Also known as the Way of St. James, this route in northern Spain is one of the more famous historical pilgrimage routes. The movie itself is a spiritual Healing journey. Find your way to connect with The Way.

OM Times is a Holistic Green eZine with a Spiritual Self-growth perspective for the Conscious Community. We are a multimedia outreach of Humanity Healing International and was created to share new ways of thinking to promote Healing on personal, community and global levels, and to bring attention to the individuals and organizations that are making a difference.

Inside the eZine you will find a full multimedia experience with music and videos…in addition to the excellent articles by our incredible Featured Columnists covering the Holistic spectrum. Join us by either clicking on the Cover or here:

tags:
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The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't. ~Blaise Pascal

I seek a deeper truth, but I don't think I have to go to a building designated for worship to find it.
Ted Lange

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. ~Voltaire

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. ~Mother Teresa

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. ~Buddha

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
Buddha

The mind is everything. What you think you become.
~Buddha

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. ~Buddha

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
Buddha

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. ~Buddha

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. ~Buddha