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We end week 5 of our challenge today. I invite you to review the subtle shifts you have gone through this week and the previous ones. Later on today we will prepare for tomorrow’s/week 6 theme. Tomorrow we start our last week. I invite you to email me: [email protected] with progress or questions. #mindful #mindfulness #mindsetshift #yogatherapy

Todays theme is Money and mindset. We get ourselves ready to be open minded open heart and willing to receive. At the end, we practice on receiving meditation for 12 minutes meditation is also available by itself or you can repeat whenever you need it. #mindful #mindfulness #mindsetshift #meditation #moneymindset #financialmindset

Today is about applying forgiveness to our current financial shift, especially if we are thinking and lack. We may not be able to change our past. Our past may affect our present. However, we can work on our present moment, reflecting on the past, so that way we may prevent future suffering. #mindful #mindfulness #mindsetshift #yogatherapy #financialmindset

Today we express gratitude for what we hav vs focusing on what we don’t #mindful #mindfulness #mindsetshift #finances #financialmindset

Today theme is financial shift. We need a little bit about tithing and we try to dive in a little bit deeper today into what our mindset about finances really is video for the meditation comes up next.

Today’s theme is about being willing to change our mindset towards money. Just allowing ourselves to have an open heart an open mind to the concept of changing our view, changing our perspective towards money. Whether you have a fearful-based projection towards money or not today is just, a day of allowing yourself to be receptive to see do you or do you not have a fearful base projection when it comes to money and how deeply rooted it may be within the body. Today we invite you to do non-dominant hand writing, as well as dominant hand writing. Today we also invite you to look at left brained questions which taps into our logical side, as well as write brain questions which tap into our emotional creative side. Allow yourself to be receptive to be inquisitive about what comes up from within you. Allow your body and your thoughts to be the experiment while you and your higher self be the scientist observing and watching whatever comes up. #mindful #mindfulness #mindsetshift #yogatherapy #moneymindset

Today’s theme is to witness your ego’s perception about money. We did not wish to delay this video, although week, five to prepare us, for this video has not been rendered completely more references and more guidance will be provided with the week five video however, just like the implicit messages, lying in wading within our body affects our behaviors, affects our relationship with others, affects our relationship with ourselves, as well as our moods. They do the same thing when he comes to our finances today we practice what implicit message we have about money. #mindful #mindfulness #mindsetshift #moneymindset

We are working this week on redefining our relationship with money. Here are some of the references Luna mentions in her reading of this Week's work. Marianne Williamson History: https://marianne2024.com/ https://williamsonlearningcenter.com/ A famous Henry Ford quote, “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't – you're right,” https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2014/07/15/whether-you-think-you-can-or-think-you-cant-youre-right/15980/#:~:text=15%2C%202014-,A%20famous%20Henry%20Ford%20quote%2C%20%E2%80%9CWhether%20you%20think%20you%20can,and%20certainly%20for%20technology%20initiatives. Kriya yoga centers around three practices, tapas (discipline), svadhyaya (self-study), and ishvara pranidhana (devotion), which are designed to develop new, healthier samskaras (subliminal activators), “the indelible imprints left behind by our daily experiences”—good or bad, conscious or unconscious—that dictate our behavioral patterns. https://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/health/kriya-cure/ Patanjali has referred to three essential components of kriya yoga: tapasya, swadhyay and Ishwarpranidhan. They are interdependent. Together, the three comprise the path to Oneness. In isolation, not one of them can give the entire effect of kriya yoga. Tapasya means wilful withdrawal from sensual attachments and practice of some special psychophysical techniques or rites to elevate consciousness. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/the-speaking-tree/4-paths-of-kriya-yoga/

Today we review what we have done in Week 4 and then prepare for Week 5. Give yourself a pat on the back for the growth that you have accomplished these past couple of weeks and take notice of the change even if it is just a little bit we have completed one month of this work. How are you feeling this past week? May have been intense, because working with ourselves is one thing, but then working with others is another #mindful #mindfulness #mindsetshift #love 

Early day. Early start. Mentioned Martin Luther King Jr.’s quote for today’s theme: Miraculous Relationship. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Martin Luther King Jr. This one is tough again. Self care is necessary. #mindful #mindfulness #mindsetshift #yogatherapy #relationship

Today’s theme is a little triggering. Warning!!! Today is about throwing the F Bomb to yourself and others. F bombs is for forgiveness not what you thought. Please provide LOADS OF SELF CARE IS REQUIRED FOR TODAY. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. #mindful #mindfulness #mindsetshift #forgiveness

Today’s theme: gratitude Being grateful for the purpose of the relationship. 18 minute meditation at the end 10 minute read along #mindful #mindfulness #mindsetshift #love #meditation

We continue on using the book May Cause Miracles by Gabrielle Bernstein. Today we are on day 24: kindness made me kind. Get ready to do some mirror work again so if you’re watching this on a computer iPad phone, Chromebook carry it onto the mirror in the bathroom or if you have a hand mirror, that would be handy, bring it to you as you read the passage that we asked to read and get ready to do some mirror work. If you wish to learn more about mirror work, you can read the book Mirror work by Louisa Hay. https://www.louisehay.com/what-is-mirror-work/ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CWaBmEnGMYg&pp=ygUJI2hlYWx3b3Jr #mindful #mindfulness #mindsetshift #love #mirrorwork

Today I needed to grant myself grace and patience. My family was going through a crisis and needed my attention to resolve before I could continue this challenge. But now the crisis is settled I am able to do it with you all. Thank you for your patience and allowing me to self-care with you all. Nine-minute willingness meditation added to the end of todays reading Today’s theme: be willing to turn your ego over to your ~ING. #mindful #yogatherapy #mindfulness #mindsetshift #meditation

Happy Halloween. Dia de los muertos. Today’s theme is witness your Ego’s special illness. #mindful #yogatherapy #mindfulness #mindsetshift

This week we will be working on bringing the lessons we learned about ourselves developing and cultivating a loving communicative relationship with our bodies and adding those lessons when interacting with others. Luna discusses polyvagal theory (Stephen Porges), the Window of Tolerance (Dan Siegel), The URL shared: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Education/ID%20The%20Window%20of%20Tolerance%2020%2006%2016.pdf our three brains within our brain, and the different responses within our nervous system. Luna also shared her notes from the Yoga Therapy courses she took this past year. Here is the link for the TIBS Trauma Informed Brain Sensitive: https://www.sarahjoyyoga.com/trauma-informed-yoga-teacher-training-online.html The TIBS training is appropriate for yoga teachers and mental health professionals. It is designed for those interested in integrating yoga, mindfulness, and meditation into their work. This online video training covers content in yoga, neuroscience, mindfulness, and trauma-informed methodologies. The training focuses on trainees' skill development in multiple aspects of teaching, including language choices, pace, voice prosody, and reciprocity. Not just content-rich, this training helps teachers to deepen and develop their teaching skills as well as their interpersonal neurobiological self-care while teaching.

#CapCut Day 21. Take time to reflect. How did you do this week? And the other 2 weeks? What shifts do you notice?#mindfulseries #yogatherapy #mindsetshift

We are almost halfway there to the end of our 40/42 day journey. Woohoo!! Checking in. How are we feeling? Today we go deeper. You ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN A PHYSICAL BEING. We have an an opportunity today to do some non-dominant writing. Non-dominant writing allows the subconscious mind to really step forward and walk you through whatever implicit messages are being said in the background. Dominant writing connects us to our logic sense of ourselves. Non-dominant writing allows us to go to the creative side of ourselves because it’s more difficult and we need more concentration to write with the non-dominant side. It’s not only art therapy. It’s science. Try it out experiment and see if it works for you. We also embrace the full moon. If you were not able to see it in your part of the world, I share my view with you. #mindful #mindfulness #yogatherapy #mindsetshift #meditation #week3 #fullmoon #nondominanthandwriting

Talking about Forgiveness again. That is the F-bomb referenced here. Which F word were you thinking?

Today's theme is about gratitude. The new yogi dog addiction makes an appearance while Luna is reading. Stay in the present moment embracing all with love. #mindful #mindfulness #yogatherapy #mindsetshift #love #week3

Today's theme is what do I choose to see In The mirror. We will look at ourselves in the mirror while setting an intention to the universe. 10-minute inner flame meditation at the end with the read-along #mindful #yogatherapy #mindfulness #mindsetshift #week3 #mirrorwork #innerflamemeditation

Today’s theme is my body is light. We surrender our body image issues to our ~ongoing. Changing the narratives of our stories, inner turmoil, inner struggles with our bodies to a loving empowering communicative one. At the end join Luna for a meditation with mantras from the book, May Cause Miracles by  @gabriellebernstein  and some added somatic flow by Luna. #mindful #mindfulness #yogatherapy #mindsetshift #love #week 3 #bodyneutrality

A new reflection. Today we started Week 3 and Day 15. Today is our first day of Week 3. Read along and hear some yoga therapy tips along the way. #mindful #mindfulness #yogatherapy #mindsetshift

Today we read the introduction for Week 3 in our mindset shift challenge. Luna discusses the Pancamaya Kosha Model and a little bit of the Doshas to discuss why breathing and allowing love to heal our mindsets is important. Connecting with our Captial "s" Self. She also clarifies some concepts that may be triggering for some. It awakened some triggering parts for her so she allowed herself to tap into what her Body was telling her about the words and share with you all. Shares somatic exercises at the end of the video to help allow the content to SINK in. She also mentions the Eating disorder group her YogaTherapy Teacher,  @sarahjoymarsh6257   @TheInstituteforLivingYoga  leads: Hunger Hope for Healing. For more information about the group, please read her book and visit her website: https://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Hope-Healing-Reclaiming-Relationship/dp/1611801931 (book) https://hungerhopeandhealing.com/ (website) https://www.keralaayurveda.us/wellnesscenter/doshas-what-are-they-and-how-can-they-transform-your-health/ (resource for the Dosha discussion) Somatic integration allows that content to understanding to land in the body. Cognitive processing is the left brain. The emotional brain is in the right brain .

Today is about reflecting upon our final day of week two and what we have done thus far. We evaluate, reflect without judgment. The growth that we have experience for the past two weeks doing this challenge tomorrow we start week three and day 15 take a moment today to reflect and review what you have done this week and the week before that. See who you have become starting tomorrow we will work on the body so take a moment today to reflect and do a lot of self-care. 

Welcome to Day 13 of the Mindfulness mindset shift. Today is about going big and expecting miracles. https://youtu.be/nY1cwpEGvqw?si=yRAOnHs18br_82Tj. This is the book that helped Luna understand forgiveness. Luna reads from the book again and provided us a wonderful Meditation afterwards. Get ready to write and be still. If you wish try non-dominant hand writing. #mindful #mindfulness #yogatherapy #mindsetshift #love #week2

Today is about forgiveness, not the other word. In this read-along, Luna becomes vulnerable. She talks about her first experience with this book and her PTSD/SA experience. If she triggers something within you, please take care of yourself. Watch this in a safe space. Today we practice self-forgiveness. Deep subtle Changes are happening for those who have continued this commitment Luna mentions the book, The Body Keeps Score, learn more about it here: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma https://g.co/kgs/E2UavV TRIGGER WARNING: The book contains anecdotes involving survivors of child abuse, sexual abuse, and combat. How past traumas can show up in our day-to-day lives: “When something reminds traumatized people of the past, their right brain reacts as if the traumatic event were happening in the present. https://www.bewellwithgina.com/book-review-body-keeps-the-score 🗣️📢This book is NOT FOR EVERYONE. It just validated that Luna had trouble explaining what she felt for years. It listed symptoms she felt for years since the latest event. Yoga Therapy unlocked even more trauma for Luna and allowed her to see even more implicit messages that no longer served her and then have a conversation with it to learn from it and love herself more. 📢🗣️ https://www.griefrecoveryhouston.com/things-never-to-say-to-trauma-survivors/ #mindful #mindfulness #yogatherapy #mindsetshift #love #week2 #triggers #ptsd

Day 11: self gratitude. Luna is outside again reading, applying Yoga Therapy tips, and empowering us with Psychology knowledge such as the 3/1 ratio and hope According to Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, a positivity researcher at the University of North Carolina, for every heart-wrenching negative emotional experience you endure, you need to experience at least three heartfelt positive emotional experiences that uplift you. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-right-mindset/202010/10-ways-apply-the-3-1-positivity-ratio Larsen and Prizmic discussed work by several authors (e.g., Fredrickson & Losada, 2005; Gottman, 1994; Schwartz, 1997; Schwartz et al., 2002) which suggests that to maintain an optimal level of emotional well-being and positive mental health, individuals need to experience approximately three times more positive than negative affect. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3158962/ That “magic ratio” is 5 to 1. This means that for every negative interaction during conflict, a stable and happy marriage has five (or more) positive interactions. https://www.gottman.com/blog/the-magic-relationship-ratio-according-science/ Myth #1: Hope is purely positive. Fact: Hope is the only positive emotion that needs negativity or uncertainty. Hope requires negativity or uncertainty to flourish. It is the obstacles, the setbacks, the disappointments that hold the emotional nutrients for growth. The history of psychology has taught us much about discouraging emotions. What makes positive psychology the most rapidly developing specialty in the field is the effect positive emotions can have on the negative. By applying specific tools to activate and enhance our positive emotions, we can shake loose the grip that negative emotions can have in our lives. https://wholebeinginstitute.com/the-role-of-hope-in-our-lives/

Day 10: Todays theme is I choose to love myself today. Luna sitting at another meditation site in nature. Used the mantra: So Hum to enhance today’s affirmation, “I am love”. Allow affirmation to dig deeper into the cellular makeup of the body. https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-ymtmQmG4JLaeHfqg-SJKvTQ-t500x500.jpg The yogic mantra “so hum” is not only a reflection of the sound of the breath but also carries a contemplative meaning: “I am that” (so = “I am” and hum = “that”). Here, “that” refers to all of creation, the one breathing us all. https://www.yogajournal.com/meditation/meditation-classes/so-hum-contemplation-meditation/ Evening practice. Luna suggests non dominant hand writing practice. Why? Art therapist Lucia Capacchione’s longitudinal work confirms that writing with your non-dominant hand helps stress and anxiety. It is also a great way to access the voice of your inner child. You can even use the process to gain insight into relationship dynamics and can go as far as alleviating some physical pain. https://www.psychologies.co.uk/non-dominant-hand-writing-therapy/ https://partsandself.org/non-dominant-handwriting-as-a-way-to-access-parts/

Today's theme is to become willing to love yourself. Surrendering completely to the process. It talks about praying. If the word pray is triggering, think of it as a request. This is not a religious practice. Very nondenominational. However, to honor and respect all, one can call it a request and spoken word announcement to the Universe. Sitting in nature, my safe space. #mindful #mindfulness #yogatherapy #mindsetshift #maycausemiracles #love

A day in the park. Witness your self-inflicted fear. I shared some of my vulnerability with some of the questions from the book. #mindful #mindfulness #yogatherapy Changing the term wrong-minded to fear-based minded and changing the right-minded to love-based minded.

We continue our journey with May Cause Miracles by Gabrielle Bernstein. Preparing for week 2 of our journey shifting our mindset. In this intro, I discuss the water consciousness project and the pancamaya kosha model. https://thewellnessenterprise.com/emoto/ https://www.keepersofthewaters.org/blog/consciousness-of-water #mindful #mindfulness #mindsetshift #yogatherapy #week2 #Maycausemiracles

Today is about the growth we have done for the past six days. What have you discovered? What lessons do you need to review again? Were you able to find some spark of love for Day 6?

This is the full video with a read-along (May Cause Miracles) and 10-minute meditation. Discussed the pancamaya kosha model. Confused the pranamaya and manomaya layers but still valid. We are affecting the different layers of the body. Changing outlooks require us to go deeper. We are connecting to our anandamaya kosha the deepest part of us which is connected to the Universe. https://risakawamoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/5-Layers-of-Self-the-5-Koshas.png “Derived from the Sanskrit terms pancha, meaning "five" and kosha meaning "sheath" pancha kosha refers to the concept in yoga philosophy that there are five layers of awareness through which all experience is filtered. At the center of these five layers is atman, otherwise known as the true self.” https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/6901/pancha-kosha A deeper conversation about the Pancamaya model can be found here: https://yogainternational.com/article/view/the-koshas-5-layers-of-being https://yogauonline.com/yoga-practice-teaching-tips/yoga-for-beginners/the-pancha-maya-kosha-model-yoga-therapy-and-the-five-koshas/ #mindful #mindfulness #mindsetshift #yogatherapy #gabriellebernstein #pancamayakosha #koshas

Today's theme: The F word: Learning to Forgive. Self-forgiveness. Forgiveness is a hard topic. The book I Mentioned in this video was actually called the Book of Forgiving not listed as I said. The link of the book is below: https://www.amazon.com/Book-Forgiving-Fourfold-Healing-Ourselves/dp/0062203568 The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World Book by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Andrea Tutu “To clarify, forgiveness is not about condoning other people's hurtful behavior. It is about developing compassion and accepting others for being imperfect, while at the same time honoring our boundaries and protecting ourselves. It's about knowing that blaming others will never solve the problem or lead to inner peace.” https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2021/03/22/the-art-of-forgiveness-a-key-to-high-performance-leadership/ Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. Maya Angelou #mindful #mindfulness #mindsetshift #yogatherapy

This is the read-along version. No music. Just reading May Cause Miracles by Gabrielle Bernstein and adding my gratitude list with you. What are you grateful for? #mindful #yogatherapy #mindfulness #mindfulshift

Today we work on applying love to fear. Looking through a new perspective. Getting to know ourselves and understanding what this fear is about. Having a conversation with it. Similar to part work from IFS: learn more at https://ifs-institute.com/ "The goal of IFS therapy is to help people identify and accept the different parts of themselves and heal the parts that are wounded. This can lead to personal growth and correcting problematic behavior patterns." https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/what-is-internal-family-systems-therapy-ifs/ "Fear Fear is the last F. In the process of befriending, you will discover what the fears are of that part of you. What are they afraid will happen without their presence in your life?" https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-ifs-therapy-internal-family-systems-therapy-5195336 Last 3 minutes we surround ourselves with the abundance of love. #mindful #yogatherapy #mindfulness #mindsetshift Music Credits at the End for the meditation: I Need to Start Writing Things Down by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/darkglow/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

Today's theme: Be willing to surrender to love in lieu of Fear. Tell fear you are willing to listen to its gripe, concerns, without bounding yourself to it. Remember to tell fear as we stated yesterday on day 1 to be the passenger of the bus, not the driver. Breathe in deeply. I encourage nasal breathing, unlike the book. Why?: This is because breathing through the nose releases nitric oxide, which is necessary to increase carbon dioxide (CO2) in the blood, which in turn is what releases oxygen (O2). https://www.drgalante.com/sleep-apnea/benefits-breathing-through-nose/#:~:text=This%20is%20because%20breathing%20through,releases%20oxygen%20(O2). Nitric oxide enhances your oxygen uptake by dilating your blood vessels, which can help lower your blood pressure. https://www.evergreen-life.co.uk/health-wellbeing-library/benefits-of-nasal-breathing/#:~:text=Nitric%20oxide%20enhances%20your%20oxygen,help%20lower%20your%20blood%20pressure. Why I hummed yesterday? It helps stimulate the vagus nerve (the nerve affects multiple systems in your body helps calm you and increases nitric oxide needed to fuel your cells for these mindset shifts we are doing. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WEvgacyBDN4

This episode was in honor of Happy World Mental Health Day, October 10, 2023. Closed Captioning is available on the video online on our YouTube Channel. Luna started this challenge by reading aloud 32 pages of the May Cause Miracles Book written by Gabrielle Bernstein  @gabriellebernstein  (Learn more about the author on her YouTube Channel link provided) Luna will be adding some Yoga Therapy Knowledge learned this past year along with some Pranayama, asana, and somatic techniques as she reads the book. May Cause Miracles book was used throughout the challenge. The challenge lasted 42 days. We ended the live version yesterday (11/20/2023). To learn more about some of the Yoga Therapy courses, Trauma Informed Brain Sensitive or Yoga Psychology, Luna learned throughout the year: Follow Sarahjoy Marsh  @TheInstituteforLivingYoga  (YouTube Channel) (You can find some of her materials on the link). https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFp7edUXoAIQ7sw.jpg (View this Ayurvedic dosha clock to understand more what Luna is talking about when mentioning digesting BIG BITES of FOOD (or Knowledge) in this case. When you are learning something, you cannot learn all of it in one instant. You learn small portions of it until you have learned it all. Those small portions are referred to sometimes as, "Learning Bites". https://www.italki.com/en/post/question-169019

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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://nurevealyoga.wordpress.com/2022/04/04/holding-space-about-suicide/  This blog talks about Suicide Awareness.  This year I celebrate the anniversary of my life after my attempt.  We want you to stay.  We wish for you to know that you are LOVED.  

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