(Solace Fox)) March 8, 2025:
Reality isn’t what it seems. What if everything we experience is just a carefully constructed illusion the mind is producing?
[There is a "mind only" philosophy in Buddhism that says it is ALL maya. See Yogachara and Madhyamaka.] This video explores the hidden layers of existence, the illusions shaping our perceptions, and the truth that’s been right in front of us the whole time. Once we see it, there’s no going back.
Beatle George Harrison explains the reason for meditation and yoga
Magic mushrooms give access to reality or nuts? - Joe Rogan: What's the hardest you ever tripped?
Personal perception vs. shared perspective - Non-duality is not the answer the Buddha taught
What then is reality really?
How our mind shapes reality
(Wise Quotes) May 11, 2024: Wisest Advice. Vibrations. Manifestation. Magical thinking? Hermeticism. Law of Attraction. Think and Grow Rich with Napoleon Hill. Explore the fascinating ways in which our mind shapes reality in this thought-provoking video. Learn how our thoughts and beliefs can influence the world around us.
What better way to move mindfully than the ancient Vedic rishi magic of "union" (yoga) with the breath (prana, spirit) and the All (advaita, our universal interconnectedness)?
The martial arts are martial, that is, related to war and fighting. Qigong and yoga are about peacefully moving energy in the body. Even a very fat, unhealthy, other-abled person could do yoga (e.g., Iyengar Yoga) or begin to move chi (qi, kyi, prana) for health and recovery.
Average Janes and Joes might even be to the point where the practice of saluting the sun (Surya Namaskar) is a good idea. We'll start the New Year doing just that:
Weekly Partner Yoga classes are taught by Holly every Monday night at 7:30 pm at Kinship Yoga in Highland Park.
What would be better to develop skill in yoga than sharing the practice with a partner? Develop balance, enthusiasm, strength, and trust twice as fast as trying to go it alone. Partner yoga goes deeper than a solo practice can get, and with guided Thai yoga massage, each partner will be happy to have participated.
Grab a friend, relative, or even a romantic partner to be introduced to the most intimate of all yoga styles.
These modalities help develop awareness, strength, flexibility, and relaxation. Mutual practice also encourages trust and communication.
What is "Partner Yoga" between friends?
Classes begin with light partner stretching, using one another to assist in simple poses. The Partner Yoga naturally progresses into fun exercises, organically evolving into some acrobatics in a fun and safe way.
The session is completed with a cool down of assisted Thai Yoga, diving deep into a full body relaxation with some caring massage techniques.
The session is 90 minutes. Bring a mat, BUT a partner is not required. One will be assigned. Prior sign up online is encouraged:
UCLA's MARC (the Mindful Awareness Research Center at marc.ucla.edu) sets the tone for our secular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) meditation in a hidden corner of a delightful city park.
Nature contributes to easy relaxation. Mindfulness (nonreactive awareness) is an excellent approach to dealing with anxious states of body and mind, transforming them into opportunities to grow in consciousness, joy, acceptance, and happiness.
Session includes stretching, mindful walking, gently guided meditating, and sharing afterward. Bring a folding chair, shawl, or blanket and an open mind to sit with a heartfelt community nestled in LA's Foothills. FREE, no donations. RSVP at Dharma Buddhist Meditation:
Those who braved the mist and drizzle to attend were rewarded. We sat under the ancient pine trees on a soft bed of dry needles. The canopy kept us rain-free as we chanted call-and-response in Sanskrit and Pali, enjoying the weather brushing up against the foothills of the Angeles Crest Forest. Wild animals bounced around, crackling brittle leaves underfoot. The message was clear as Seven led the meditation:
"This is mindfulness meditation. That means dispassionate awareness of whatever is, radical acceptance of it, acting as the watcher of experience. So whatever comes up, be as a Beatle: 'Let it be.' Then there will be peace. There is nothing to understand or fix, nothing to grasp at or cling to, nothing to push away.
When we avoid these three bad habits -- grasping and clinging toward the pleasant, resisting and aversion toward the unpleasant, dullness and boredom toward the neither-pleasant-nor-unpleasant -- we can cultivate three useful things:
nongreed (letting go, sharing),
nonhatred (loving kindness, friendliness),
nondelusion (wisdom, knowing-and-seeing)
in all their many positive manifestations, which are the bases for skillful deeds (beneficial karma).
It makes sense now. We can sit still.
"Meditation will happen when we are still, and the way to stop fidgeting is to observe, bear witness, bear discomfort, bear boredom, bear lust and all that attempts to pull one away from being in the present moment. But how will we know we're in the 'present'? That's easy. Observe the breath. It's only in the now.
If we're watching the breath -- without judging, measuring, evaluating, perfecting, changing, bettering, or interfering -- we are sure to be in the present, being in the present with what is, whatever is. That is mindfulness of this moment, of this situation, and all that is needed to see the Truth is to let the mind purify by settling so that it gains the eye to penetrate and see deeply." Then we had a great shared discussion.
What the human body can do! Which act WOWED the most?
(Talent Recap) June 30, 2022. What if a company formed to gather all the best of AGT and BGT performances and lay them out in a grand collection of "best of" videos? That would be something.
ABOUT: AGT is America's Got Talent. Creator and Executive Producer Simon Cowell returns to the judges' panel along with Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, and beautiful Sofia Vergara. Terry Crews, who made a big splash as the host of the inaugural series "America's Got Talent: The Champions," joins as host. With the show open to acts of all ages, AGT 2022 continues to celebrate the variety format like no other show on TV. Year after year, AGT features a colorful array of singers, dancers, comedians, contortionists, impressionists, magicians, ventriloquists, and hopeful stars, all vying to win America's hearts and a $1 million prize.
ABOUT: TALENT RECAP is the #1 independent website that is exclusively dedicated to the fans of the most popular talent shows around the world. As passionate fans of these shows, TC provides news, analysis, and fan engagement on AGT, BGT (Britain’s Got Talent), The Voice, The X Factor, American Idol, The Four, The Masked Singer, The World’s Best, and its contestants.
Chapters
Music
Toxic (Album Mix Instrumental)
Song 1 of 7
Rise Up
Song 2 of 7
Gonna Fly Now (Theme From "Rocky" / Remastered 2006)
Song 3 of 7
Feeling Good
Song 4 of 7
Warriors
Song 5 of 7
Pump It
Song 6 of 7
Wicked Games
Song 7 of 7
ARTIST
Britney Spears
WRITERS
Christian Karlsson
+3 more. #AGT#BGT#TalentRecap
Downward Facing "Dog" -- Yoga for Pooches Bringing pets to the yoga studio has benefits for all Julia Mayes and Hasani Gittens, NBC New York, 9/22/09
On the path to enlightenment, yoga studio owner Kari Harendorf has a special guide -- her Husky Charlie. “One day I just brought him to class. And then I thought, if everyone loved having him in class, there's got to be other people who want to bring their dogs to yoga, who want to do yoga with their dogs. And that's how the whole movement started,” Harendorf told NBC New York. It’s a movement she calls “Doga” -- that’s Dog + yoga. From Great Danes to Pugs, pooches as partnering with their [human companions] for a combination of meditation, massage, and stretching. “It’s actually a really good thing for her,” said Erin Teague of her Pug. “She's a very anxious dog. She has a lot of nervousness.” More>>
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