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Zen Golf and Gravity
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Esalen's Mike Murphy and Dick Price combined in one concept. See the ball, see the ground. Please send me your comments. See also our other sites. Esalen in the 1960s. Other work by the author of this page. ZEN GOLF and GRAVITY. Mind on feet; eye on ball. To practice zen golf, you just hit the ball. No swing thoughts. No visualizations. No target. You just hit for the joy of hitting. See our zen page. It takes a few years of practice to get the hang of zen golf. Zen is not about improving or reaching...
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pamsyogafitness.com - Breathing
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Why is breathing so important in Yoga? Breathing is where mind, body and spirit come together. Yoga means union or yoke- a yoga student learns to yoke mind, body, and spirit together to harness the energy of prana, the life force. Yoga is the practice of bringing your mind, body, and spirit together in the here and now. Stretching, awareness, and breathing are the core tools of this practice. Yoga trains your mind to spend a moment in the here and now. Deep yoga breathing is good for your mind. You c...
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pamsyogafitness.com - Body Democracy
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Some of the basic principles for coordinating a country or a body:. Let each part be conscious (educated and not excluded). Let each part have its freedom. Follow a few basic principles. Have a center of over-view (president or forehead brain) that is subservient to the whole. That mind is best which governs least. Tyranny, in a country or in a person, encourages the citizens or the body parts to use treachery (uprisings, pain) to get what they need. See also our other sites. Wild Horses in America.
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pamsyogafitness.com - 5 Keys to Health
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In Defense of Fire. I cant believe they banned fireplace fires on Christmas Day. I am worried about people wanting to take away my right to have a fire in the fireplace. In the San Francisco Bay Area, Spare The Air directors are going too far, asking for too much restraint, seeming to want no fires at all. They banned fireplace fires on Christmas. I am an ecology-minded person. I am in the habit of obeying Spare the Air days. But on Christmas? How about using the Amber Alert signs like this:. I worry abo...
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pamsyogafitness.com - Mindfulness Meditation
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How to Relax by Observing Your Breathing. If you have wished you could do something for your health without spending a dime or lifting a finger, perhaps you should consider mindfulness meditation. To practice mindfulness meditation, you merely sit and notice the present moment. That's all there is to it. It's the simplest thing in the world. But you could spend a lifetime learning to sustain it. Stress reduction is just one of many benefits attributed to this type of meditation. Learning to be ...
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pamsyogafitness.com - Chaos in Everyday Life
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Chaos in everyday life. Did something unpredictable happen to you today? That is life. Chaos is an essential ingredient of the life process. Without chaos in your life, you would not be alive. Chaos is the unformed, the unpredictable, the unexpected. Body heat is part of chaos. The word chaos comes from the Greek word for formless matter. It does not have a shape that lasts through time. It is not predictable. Chaos is all the random, patternless, haphazard stuff in our universe. You might learn to appre...
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pamsyogafitness.com - Sleepy Meditation
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Sleepy Meditation for Insomnia. The world's oldest slowest cure for insomnia. Thousands of years ago, some people discovered that the practice of focusing the mind can calm the mind. The practice of focusing the mind is called meditation. One problem that meditators have is that they fall asleep during meditation. Why not use that? You can use meditation to help you fall asleep. Do yo have a 401K or an IRA savings account? It's a similar idea: do something now to improve your future.
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Oz4oz Diet
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Introducing my Ounce-for-an-Ounce Diet. How to lose five pounds or less a year. Nothing to buy. Not much to do.". This column originally appeared in the Los Altos Town Crier. I've been losing some ounces. I am decades beyond the age when I could drop pounds at will, but I can do ounces. Pounds are too big a unit. Losing a pound is too hard. An ounce is doable. Roughly speaking, to lose an ounce, you only need to eat an ounce less fat. Do you need to lose weight? Then here is my Ounce-for-an-Ounce Diet.
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3-steps-to-Mindfulness-Meditation
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3 Steps to Mindfulness Meditation. The basic idea of mindfulness meditation is to pay attention to the moment, to be aware of current happenings. Get yourself in a position to meditate. Sit comfortably with your back very straight. Pull your shoulder blades down your back and lift your chest, to facilitate easy full breathing. Alternately, you can lie down, or meditate while walking slowly. Focus your mind on some ongoing sensation. Practice, practice, practice. See also our other sites.
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