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Shelly and Leslie and Gaylene have both recently certified in two different techniques and they would like to announce that both will be available for private yoga sessions using these modalities.

Restorative Yoga

“Taking time out each day to relax and renew is essential to living well.” Judith Lasater, Ph.D., P.T.
Restorative yoga is based on supported physical postures that when practiced regularly, assist in helping to heal the effects of chronic stress.

Stress is the product of the “fight or flight” response. When unchecked the sympathetic nervous system responds by increasing cardiac output, blood pressure, tension in muscles and shallow breathing. Continuous exposure to this kind of chronic stress is harmful to the body’s natural healing proprieties.
The parasympathetic nervous system or relaxation response allows your body to lower blood pressure, heart rate and respiration. This response is also known as the “rest and renew” stage when the body has time to heal and restore.

Shelly feels strongly that we must give ourselves permission to slow down, to get off the “gerbil wheel” or habit of daily stressful living and recover. This can be accomplished by learning skills to begin to take responsibility for our health and regain abundant and purposeful living again. Both Shelly and Gaylene have recently received their Relax and Renew teaching certificates under Judith Lasater, Ph.D., P.T. Both are available for private and group sessions.
Please call 356-6307for Shelly and 356-0404 for Gaylene

ER Yoga

ER yoga is pain relief yoga. Physical pain is many times caused by stress – emotional stress. Isn’t your headache worse when you think about dealing with that difficult person at work? ER or Emotional Recovery Yoga is a three step process: identify individual emotional stresses, remove them quickly, then practicing gentle yoga postures and breathing to help relax the body and anchor the new balanced energy in the body. If the body is relaxed, the body is not in pain. This is how ER yoga works as pain relief.

An ER yoga session is a private individualized session because each person perceives experiences different than anyone else. Leslie is certified in the Emotion Code and this is the protocol used for releasing trapped emotions. A permanent discount for an ER yoga session is available for all students of Rexburg Yoga. $15 for a 45-50 min session. leslie@rexburgyoga.com or 356-9163 for an appointment.

From Leslie: In previous posts, I have shared the message and metaphor behind different body systems and sometimes when we have pain or an illness settle into that part of the body, it is a message that we need to examine how something in that area of our life is out of balance.

So what is it that causes the pain or draws the illness or discomfort to that spot? In my experience in working with energy medicine, it is just that – energy. Energy that has quit flowing. Energy stopped up like a dam builds up pressure and can cause the normal flow of energy to be diverted thus creating imbalance, or just the pressure of built up energy causes pain.

Our thoughts are energy. A thought causes a chemical reaction in the body and thus we feel the thought and we call that emotion. Energy in motion – emotion. Most of the time thoughts, chemicals, hormones, emotions are processed, digested, and let go from the body, but sometimes they stay around and settle somewhere in the body. The place these trapped emotions lodge are because of inherited weakness, or because of that metaphorical message the body is trying to send the conscious mind.

It is easy and fast to identify and eliminate these trapped emotions and get the energy flowing freely again. There are several methods. The one I use currently is from Dr Bradley Nelson and he calls it the Emotion Code. If you’ve got some pain in these areas that we have covered, feet, knees, legs and you would like to explore if you have some trapped emotions there, let me know and we can energy test that before or after class.

Yoga tradition teaches that we have a physical body that where we experience and sense the world. We also have an energy body, an emotional body and mental body. All these layers affect each other. Changing one, changes all in some way.

When we have pain or illness in the physical body, its like the warning lights on the dash of your car. Its a signal to examine the energy, the emotions and the message behind the pain.

During the year we will pay special attention to the physical body and become acquainted with isolating a specific system in order to have a more efficient energy flow, thus better health in the physical body.

We also want to learn about the symbolism behind each system. Learning the metaphor and meaning of the feet for example can help us examine and change our emotions and thoughts and again that will change and improve the energy body and the physical body.

In other words – Body, Mind and Emotions, inseparably connected and unified in our yoga practice.

Let’s learn the symbolism of the feet. The message in the feet is associated with the very foundation of your journey here in life; how you are choosing to spend your time, energy and attention. Safety, security and understanding of the world are messages of the feet. Think of the metaphor, landing on both feet or putting your best foot forward. These are statements that the world is secure your path is clear and fortunate.

So when you experience pain in your feet, that is a clue to get quiet and examine your emotions and thought about where you are headed in your journey in life.

Here are some questions to ask yourself in a time of meditation:
Am I moving forward and spending my time and energy where my soul or passion is directing?
If I know I am on the right path, do I feel fearful, lonely disconnected or afraid to move forward boldly?
What can I do to feel safe and secure in the world?
What is the meaning and purpose in my life’s journey right now?
Do I find joy and satisfaction in each metaphorical step?
Are my decisions and commitments wishy-washy or unstable?
Am I filled with fears of falling, fear of failing, fear of the future or just fears in general?
Am I clinging to old hurts, old patterns? (keep in mind that moist, stagnant areas develop mold and fungus)
Am I frustrated or deeply angry with life?

These questions and the strong emotions like fear, anger, inflexibility, loneliness, misunderstanding, unforgiveness all contribute to the physical ailments of the feet.

Ways to hear your inner wisdom are to find a friend who will listen as you speak out loud and then come to your own conclusions. Prayer, meditation, journaling, walking, creative work, or menial work all provide opportunities for your spirit to speak to the conscious mind.

When a thought of suffering or negative emotion is brought out into the sunlight of the conscious mind, it is easy to release and let go. Use techniques taught in your own spiritual practice as well as other energy psychology techniques.
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