WEEK 5
During week 5 we work with the EMOTION of Mindfulness. It is important to become observant of what emotions bubble to the surface as we find the silence within. Often in life when a difficult emotion comes up we run away, keeping us in a state of avoiding the symptom instead of dealing with the problem.
Emotional upheaval is a disconnect between the head and heart as we try to make sense of an event. Often we are taught or told things not resonating to us but we do them anyway to please another or just because "I said so."
Internal reconciliation is our goal. No conflict. No suffering.
VIDEOS TO WATCH
The Great Bell Chant (The End Of Suffering)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1ZwaEzMtJw&feature=youtu.be
Jon Kabat-Zinn: Listening is an Act of Love
(6:49)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfnf708ukZI
Mindfulness 9 attitudes - gratitude and generosity.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
(4:07)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M-ZJLmP4b4
YOGA POSE:
Bird Dog Pose
This pose is the adult version of the "cross crawl." RIGHT ARM up - LEFT LEG up ... reverse ... LEFT ARM up - RIGHT LEG up.
By doing this you are connecting both sides of the brain. You can do this also in the standing position (see below). When ever you feel mentally fatigued, confused and in an emotional upheaval - do this pose (standing or on the floor) even for a couple of minutes. You will be amazed.
"It
is the alternating of the arms and legs that correctly connects the network of
nerves in the corpus callosum. Thus
a child should be crawling in this way: Right
arm/hand go forward, left leg and foot go forward.
Left arm/hand go forward, right leg and foot go forward simultaneously.
Communications between
the right and left brain must pass through the corpus callosum in order to
process ‘right brain’ and ‘left brain’ information accurately.
The right and left hemispheres of the brain (right brain/left brain) often have individual functions, thus without at accurate transfer of information from one hemisphere to the other distortion of information or a ‘blanking’ of information occurs. Some people with some types of dyslexia must pause between the intake of information (words, number, images, directions, spatial) to process what that information means. This slows them down and can make them appear ‘slow” or ‘spacey’ when they are not. " ~~~~~~ http://www.odysseyofthesoul.org/freomm/Dyslexia.htm
Advanced Bird Dog - you really feel this in your stomach as well.
Standing Cross Crawl
