A note from the past...

Meditation link

I highly recommend you watch this most interesting video...

video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp1XpdAkXng&feature=player_embedded

Suffering from Back Pain, look at the mitra thing...

If...you ...buy this foam rubber thing it will probably help  to reduce or eliminate long term  back pain. As an immediately available alternative one can employ a medium size towel  firmly rolled up....it will probably do a fine job for you and is readily available.
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Try it for a few days, your body will thank you...And try this link:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLEF9F4CFD0BD481E3&feature=player_detailpage&v=G-zFOpY-0Rw


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Uploaded on Dec 18, 2011

http://backmitra.com The BackMitra is an effective tool helping you prevent back, neck and shoulder pain.
With only 10 to 15 minutes daily exercise you can alleviate the pain and your back will become more flexible. Bit by bit your posture will improve and you might even become a little taller!

Yoga and elimination of back pain

"Relaxation as Practice" is a major aspect of the restorative yoga taught . Working with the BackMitra and correct positioning in a relaxed state allows the power of gravity to profoundly engage the deepest muscles. The following series of seven positions demonstrate a few aspects of how students are taught to work with the BackMitra.

The BackMitra should be aligned with the lowest part of your breastbone. It was specifically designed to approximately equal the width of the spine and is made out of a high-compression material that provides excellent support.

the BackMitra is placed on the floor. The back of your head and the spine between your shoulder blades will be resting on the block. Touch the lowest part of your breastbone. The end of the BackMitra is located on the spine directly under this point.

The starting position for "relaxation as practice" is as follows: knees bent, feet hip width apart, soles of feet flat on the floor, heels turned out slightly, buttocks with equal weight on the floor, neck long and relaxed, arms next to your body, eyes closed and face relaxed. In this position, you will feel the weight of your head, shoulders and body sink into the BackMitra. The power of gravity is now at work.

Students are guided through a series of movements that are coordinated with the in and out breath. A strap is held in the hands one hand-width apart. In one position, you will find yourself with elbows slightly bent, pulling gently on the strap, hands toward the ceiling. You will be asked to observe the point on your spine where most of the pressure is located and breathing towards that point, feel the melting of tension around that point, allowing the back muscles to sink towards the floor.

In another aspect of the series, on an out breath, you will be asked to more your arms slowly behind you, keeping them a few inches off the floor. This is a profoundly dynamic stretch. You will feel the shoulders move away from the ears and the outside of the shoulder blades toward the floor. Again, you will be asked to observe any particular point of pressure that is manifesting for you and asked to visualize how on each out breath the vertebras around that pressure point melt into the BackMitra.

Building on the previous position, you will be asked to on an out breath slowly push your pelvis up towards the ceiling. You will press from the inside of your feet towards the back of your head. Again, you will be asked to observe the particular point of pressure that manifests for you and breath into that pressure, allowing it to melt away.

The BackMitra is also a dynamic pelvic stretch. You will be asked to lie in such a way that your sacrum is on one end of the block and the other end is between your ankles. Eventually, you will rest the soles of your feet against the sides of the BackMitra, opening your thighs, and creating a profound stretch across the pelvic region.

Briefly, a comment by Eckhart Tolle...

misery...

Friends and family are not interested in my blog, too negative and depressing they tell me. So be it.
If we do not think or talk about hunger ,misery, neglect, starvation, violence, war, conflict, poverty...how can we effect any change. We must face it and even in minute and small ways attempt to try and change things.

Eckhart says:
 If you feel called upon to alleviate suffering in the world, this is a noble thing to do, but remember not to focus exclusively on it. Otherwise, you will encounter a great deal of frustration and despair yourself.
Without a profound change in human consciousness, the world's suffering ( of all creatures) is a bottomless pit.
So do not let your compassion become one-sided. Empathy with someone else's pain or lack and want to help must be balanced with a deeper realization of the eternal nature of all life and the ultimate illusion of life.