The three steps, Tapas – desire and practice, svadhyaya – self study and wisdom studies, Ishvara-pranidyana – surrendering the fruits of our actions/thoughts to the Divine.  That thru the practices one can kindle their inner light, fan the fire of truth, and find their answers by finding their connection to their true self. My life experience and study has led me to know this to be true.

Blessings upon All Beings who suffer. May we all find peace.

Lillah

Ps: You are invited to attend the 500 Hr Transformation Yoga Therapy Training I offer in 2013. You will be eligible for dual credentialing with Yoga Alliance and IAYT, International Association of Yoga Therapy.

“Yoga is the attainment of freedom, and freedom begins with our own thoughts. When our thoughts are truly our own and not merely the regurgitated ideas of others, and when we are free from the dual influences of compliments and criticisms, only then can we begin to attain true freedom.” - Aadil from his book Fire of Love.

Find a full list of weekend topics here…

Hope to share this weekend with you! Namaste, Lillah

“… For 12 hours, two herds of wild South African elephants slowly made their way through the Zululand bush until they reached the house of late author Lawrence Anthony, the conservationist who saved their lives.

The formerly violent, rogue elephants, destined to be shot a few years ago as pests, were rescued and rehabilitated by Anthony, who had grown up in the bush and was known as the “Elephant Whisperer.”

“A good man died suddenly,” says Rabbi Leila Gal Berner, Ph.D., “and from miles and miles away, two herds of elephants, sensing that they had lost a beloved human friend, moved in a solemn, almost ‘funereal’ procession to make a call on the bereaved family at the deceased man’s home.”

“If there ever were a time, when we can truly sense the wondrous ‘interconnectedness of all beings,’ it is when we reflect on the elephants of Thula Thula. A man’s heart’s stops, and hundreds of elephants’ hearts are grieving. This man’s oh-so-abundantly loving heart offered healing to these elephants, and now, they came to pay loving homage to their friend.” …..”

We are all connected, may we all awaken to that…. Namaste, Lillah

Read more: http://www.beliefnet.com/Inspiration/Home-Page-News-and-Views/Wild-Elephants-Mourn-Death-of-famed-Elephant-Whisperer.aspx?p=4#ixzz1z7Je0Oli

So many teachers and students move through their yoga practice as if the outer expression of the pose were more important than the inner expression of the pose. This misplaced focus often results in a lack of stability and a loss of connection with the subtle energies. Through my experience and training in the Iyengar Method, I have come to appreciate the depth of refinement that is possible through moving in a way that fully embodies our essence (i.e., brings our minds fully into our bodies, uncovering our thought patterns, inner wisdom, and healing potential).

As aspiring practitioners and teachers, I will help you learn the optimal alignment in each pose, based on anatomy and physiology. This alignment creates stability and opens the door to the subtle actions of the skin and breath that lead us to understanding and liberation.

Join me and the fabulous teachers I have selected to enter the wondrous mystery of your own journey into yoga. Cultivate with us your knowledge, awareness, heart of compassion, self-exceptance, and our abilities to uplift another.

To the Journey of True Yoga! Namaste,

Lillah

Transformational Yoga Teacher Trainings  Now you can begin  August 24th, 2012!

Here is part 4 of this morning warm up series.

When you co-ordinate your mental intention, your breathe with the physical action, then you have real  power.

So remember to breath correctly while doing all your yoga poses.

This video teaches a great way to practice synchronizing your breath with movement.

Yoga & the Organic Body, Morning Leg Warm up Part 4

This pose is great for the abs, back and legs. There is a lot of attention to detail that is needed to do this yoga pose properly. Practice along with this video for several days in a row to really get it. After that be sure to refer to the video from time to time as a refresher. Remember – daily yoga practice!

Try these two poses and see what happens.

In these exercises we are toning the whole front body to observe the release of the back body.

Pay careful attention to what she says about the knee in the beginning of the video. Our goal is to make the body feel better and eliminate any pain, not cause pain. Careful attention to proper instruction is important in yoga.

Yoga & the Organic Body, Morning Leg Warm up, Part 3

Tone both the neck and abdomen and observe the release of the neck and spine that comes from the law of  ”reciprocal inhibition”  ie; the release of the antagonistic muscles.

Did you feel your back release?  Were you able to let go of tension and hardness in your kidneys?  Let me hear from you.

Namaste, Lillah

It beats doing a bunch of sit ups.

This exercise was actually taught in a class called, Yoga for Back Pain. So this movement may be of help to people suffering from back pain issues.

Lillah is an experienced yoga teacher and does a great job of teaching this exercise.

Tone Up the Abs, Yoga style

So get a chair, lie on the floor and tone up those abdominal muscles.

There are a lot more great yoga videos on Lillah’s Youtube Channel.

Check out Therapeutic Yoga for Back Pain DVD’s

Dear Blue Ridge Commission Members,

I am distressed by the prospect of the shipping of nuclear waist from Germany to Tennessee for processing.   Asheville is one of the proposed routes from Virginia Beach. Not only that , Our “new energy future ” proposed by Obama’s administration includes starting up the building of more nuclear power plants after a 30 year nuclear freeze.

In light of the continued meltdown of the Japanese nuclear plant after the tsunami, the almost same scenario after the mississippi flooded this past spring, and the “cracks” discovered and not yet discovered in the Virginia nuclear plant after the recent east coast earth quake, It is time we pay attention. Nuclear Power is not safe and remains a risk to civilization as we know it.

Have our elected officials been blinded by the nuclear industry?  Are you blinded?  It is a ‘no win’ situation, as not only does the cost of producing the uranium for a plant greater than the power the plant produces, there is still no way to satisfactorily handle the waste. The percentage that nuclear power contributes to our energy needs is I believe below 20%. Solar energy can easily make up that small percentage from daytime usage even with out storage. I know this as I have solar panels on my house that reduced our consumption by 33%!

Also, I am not interested in a tax surcharge on my electric bill to cover the costs of production and “clean up” as if satisfactory clean up was possible. If the people of Germany can choose to close down their nuclear plants, so can we. It is time for all of us to make our voices heard. Why have these meetings not been better publicized?

And we need alternative power options now.

Lillah

Helpful links;

No nuclear waste in WNC!

Local non-profit creating awareness about nuclear waste and WNC

Did you know infant mortality rates were up by 35% in 5 major west coast cities 4 months after the nuclear accident started? Go ahead Google it. Fukushima – worst nuclear accident in history.

For great understandable information visit: Nuclear Information and Resource Service

For opportunities to give public input  two links:

Blue Ribbon Commission on Americas Nuclear future – many meetings in October – Make a comment Please! You can also simple copy and email my letter to them directly here: CommissionDFO@nuclear.energy.gov.

Send your Representatives an email through http://www.house.gov/   ’Find your Representative’ , type in email , click go.

Thank you! – May all Beings be Happy… Safe and Healthy. Namaste, Lillah

Eric Whitacre: A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong

Watch and listen to the full - Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir – ‘Lux Aurumque’