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The Sacred Flow: How Yoga can Turn Your Monthly Cycle from a Curse to a Blessing.

Shivani — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:34:16 +0000

Originally Posted on April 24, 2012 by KMYOGA admin.

If you had of asked me about my period 16 years ago, the words “pain and shame” would have featured. I called the “Flow” my “monthly curse” and I would dread its presence. When it came I felt like I had been shot twice, once in the stomach and once in the pelvis. Then I was left alone to shiver and cry in a place that felt like a strip on the antarctic. I was always cold and cranky for the week leading up to the flow and the week during the flow. In high school this meant days off and library sessions instead of kicking a ball on the field. In university it meant I would beg my professor for a deadline extension. At work it meant I would numb myself with painkillers and try to soldier on. But yoga came to my rescue and slowly after years of practice and guidance by my teachers not only did the pain and shame disappear I learnt to love the Flow, thrive in the Flow and even come to call it my ”monthly blessing”.

If you have menstrual pain, menstrual Irregularity and or menopause symptoms consider embracing yoga that nourishes and restores your female body. Because when you do the following can happen:

1: Your pain will disappear.

Yoginis in the East have long known that the main reason we feel pain with the Flow is because we have blood and or life force energy (prana/qi) stagnation. Specific breathing practices (pranayama) and poses (asana) will warm your chest, abdominal and pelvic muscles. This allows for better circulation of blood and prana and hence elimination of pain. After years of research and practical experience with my body and observations involving hundreds of my students I have distilled the best practices for freeing the Flow into what I call the Sacred Swirls. Hint-it involves the Sacrum and Heart Chakra.

2: Your body will synchronize with the Sun and Moon.

Your body is sacred, mysterious and magical. For reasons that modern science can still not articulate, when a women becomes a yogini her monthly cycle tends to sync with the earth’s monthly cycle. It happened to me and thousands if not millions of yogini’s around the world. “New Moon, Hello Flow and Creativity. Full Moon, Hello Ovulation and Manifestation”. Simple and sweet -Mother Nature mirrors our inner workings. When this happens it is empowering and the benefits extend from your personal life into your professional life. Blessed we women are to have strong intuition. Blessed we women are to have such creative, such Shakti energy.

3: Your female relationships will flourish.

A yoga practice that is nurturing and empowering usually involves a sacred gathering of kindred sistas. When women of all ages and cycles gather with a higher intention to heal and celebrate something special happens. Emotionally, mentally and physically our bodies open to bliss and greater possibilities. We realize we are not alone in our struggles and dreams. We realize we can help each other and embody the universal principle that collaboration is stronger than competition. New friendships are created, businesses are born and a new appreciation for life as a woman emerges.

If you would like to experience these 3 gifts and learn the “Sacred Swirls”, please join “Healing the Sacred Feminine” with Sara Shivani

This workshop is for women and girls to explore the power + beauty of our sacred cycles. 50% of the proceeds will go to “Onegirl” – a NPO that provides education and female sanitary solutions to girls in Sierra Leone. It will be a night of learning, laughter and love.

Workshop： Healing the Sacred Feminine

Learn how to open the flow of energy in your body to ease any discomfort you may experience during your cycle, and harmonize your hormones for vitality.

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How Yoga can Sync Your Cycle with the Sun + Moon. Secret of the Sacred Swirls.

Karri Lakey Skelton, Sachiko Ohashi and 47 others like this.
- Alexandra Coffey Love it. I’ve been working as best I can in recent months to awaken to this phenomenon. Well, years really. Tonight I sat under the stars, observing the new moon at 34.1° north west and relished in the delight of my burgeoning flow– Finally– In synch…
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- Shivani Venus Yoga ‎Alexandra Coffey-how I wish we lived closer. We would have such a shanti time. Melt into it sista..work less, melt more. Send you LOVE!
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  Shivani Venus, do you live in Tokyo? I would like to join your Yoga class. Nice article!
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- Julie Geeti Rogers Beautiful Shivani…. loved reading this… very curious about the sacred swirls… I was working with sacrum and heart today too !! Won’t be able to make it Friday…will be thinking of you and yes would love to connect soon X O
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- Alexandra Coffey x.
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- Sheba Seraie oh, for some reason i cannot open the page… can you send me another link? would love to read it! xx
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- Shivani Venus Yoga ‎Sheba Seraie Here is the long link gorgeous. It is an intro article and I am sure we went into much more depth in our Ubud Venus sessions but hope it is a nice reminder. Miss you! Miss all the goddesses.

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“Healing the Sacred Feminine” at KMYOGA. A workshop for women + girls to explore the power + beauty of our cycles.

Pain-Free ●Pleasure-Full: 3 Yoga Secrets of Easing + Even Healing Pain.

Shivani — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:25:32 +0000

Originally Posted on April 13, 2012 by KMYOGA admin.

Have back and neck pain? What about sciatic or wrist pain?

Read on to understand how to transform that pain into pleasure.

I vividly remember the first time I felt PAIN-FREE in my body. I was in China hiking in the mountains and had just finished an intense month of qigong (taoist yoga) training. Two decades of back, neck and sciatic pain was gone. I felt PLEASURE-FULL! My body was full of endorphins. I felt ecstatic! I had learned and applied the taoist secrets of transcending pain. Six months later I was in India learning more secrets of body bliss through Chakra, Tantra, Hatha and Kundalini yoga. Some things were different to Taoist yoga but the underlying principles were the same. Five years later I am still PLEASURE-FULL in my body. You can join this pleasure party too.

The yoga secrets, are in themselves easy to understand. The challenge is to apply and embody them for positive and lasting effects. It is imperative to understand that if you practice yoga in the wrong way it will be poisonous and fuel more pain. If you do it the right way yoga is medicinal-you can alchemize your pain into pleasure, into a life full of bliss. So, seek an instructor with rich yogic experience, someone who has their own pain to pleasure story, someone who you resonate with and who will take the time to work with you one on one. If you are coming to yoga with a specific issue involving pain you need individual attention. You also need group support. Your journey of transformation is a personal one but sharing your journey at the appropriate times can empower you and others profoundly-you will realize you are not alone.

Before we glance at some of the secrets lets also put things into a 21st century perspective. We live in a world of amazing medical technology. It can offer us great insight. Before I went to China, a MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging) session revealed I had two spinal disc herniations. The fancy photos allowed me to see into my spine and understand the cause of my sciatic and neck pain. I also realized that I had pushed myself too much in my asana practice. I was doing too many back bends and headstands. Anatomical insight into your pain is the best starting point when approaching yoga as a healing practice. Doctors, chiropractors and therapists can help you as they did me with such knowledge. BUT I learnt that authentic healing can only happen if we take personal responsibility for our present PAIN-FULL situations. Pill popping, special pillows and herbal heat paths etc. only offer temporary comfort.

Finding the healer within is the key to a PLEASURE-FULL life and this is why yoga, the yogic secrets, are so positively powerful.

So here are 3 secrets of achieving a PAIN-FREE ● PLEASURE-FULL body.

1: “Whenever there is pain there is also hidden pleasure“. Inquire into this “yin-yang, sun-moon” principle that pain and pleasure are two sides of the same coin. Hint-its has to do with perception at an emotional level and with energy at a physical level. Work with your yoga instructor, witness your mind, nurture your body, and start discovering this principle for yourself.

2: Go deep into your pain and make it your object of awareness and meditation. Pain can be thought of as signals that are communicating certain messages. It maybe that your energy pathways are blocked or that emotional tensions are manifesting in physical form. ”THE HOW” of becoming aware of the true nature of pain is best documented by modern masters -Osho (“The Further Shore”) and Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now). Have a read of their books and try the various meditation exercises they offer.

3: “Exhale, exhale, exhale.” Yoga is abundant with breathing exercises (pranayama). Write yourself this breathing reminder and post it on your computer, on your fridge, on your wall, in your car etc. Also ask your yoga instructor to guide you in the appropriate pranayama for your situation. Investigate yoga as a science of the breath. Slow and deep breaths (especially on the exhale) can allow you to transform and transcend your pain.Body bliss and a PLEASURE-FULL life are waiting for you.

There are more secrets to share, especially those dealing with healing movements and specific asanas. You can get the most out of the secrets when you learn them directly rather than just reading them online.

Join Sara-Shivani’s workshops online and in class.

You’re invited! Yogic peace and pleasure are guaranteed.

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April 15

Women + Water + Yoga – The Healing Connections.

Shivani — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:52:44 +0000

“Women are like water because water is the source of life, and it adapts itself to its environment. Like women, water also gives of itself wherever it goes to nurture life….” ― Xinran, The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices

Its World Water Day- a United Nations initiative held every March 22nd to celebrate freshwater and advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. As an International Hado (resonance and water ) education I am always inspired on this day. For us yoginis it is also an opportunity to connect, heal and nourish our feminine nature with water and extend our self care to “sista” care, community care and global care.
Women have deep historical, traditional and spiritual connections with water. Femininity is symbolized by the water element and aqua is key to our wellness, beauty and grace. If you have taken a Venus Yoga session you will know water inspires the music, movement, mantras, Kidney healing exercises and Watsu (water healing) inspired movements in a pool that I share.

My beloved Hado teacher and friend, Dr Emoto Masaru in Japan- who wrote the international best selling series of books, “The Hidden Messages in Water”, has highlighted how water in our body is connected to our individual consciousness and hence affects our health, environment and Mother Earth. Water can heal, transmute and transfigure. Water has memory and because we humans are more than 80 percent water every experience we have is recorded in our body and shapes our present state. It is simple= thinking beautiful thoughts and doing beautiful things means we feel beautiful, are beautiful, and our view of the world is beautiful.

So today join me in dedicating your yoga practice (whatever that may be for today…asana, meditation,mantra or mindful action) to water and beautiful positive thoughts. Our watery nature as women-receptivity, fluidity, connection, and compassion- all enhance the healing power of water.

May we drink water with extra gratitude and somehow (however small) help those with no clean water get sustained H20 access.

..cause did you know that more than 1 billion people do not have access to clean water and that over 2 million people die each year water (or lack there of) related sicknesses?

We are blessed to have clean water to drink, bathe in and wash in. Lets share this blessing with millions around the world in need.

And remember
“Don’t get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” Bruce Lee

How to Help.
Donate to Give A Drop-a project involving one of my favorite singers Jewel. For less than the price of one bottle of water you can help make a healing difference.

Learn More.
WORLD WATER DAY

DR EMOTO MASARU. ”The Hidden Messages in Water” .

LOOK AT THESE AMAZING WATER PHOTOS.

PS: If you are in Sydney come experience for yourself the healing power of combining yoga with the elements and research of water. Join my two workshops, “The Yoga of Healing” at KMYOGA, Bondi Junction Sydney.

“Healing the Spine”: April 21st (Sat) 3:00-5:00pm +

“Healing the Sacred Feminine”: April 27th (Fri) 7:00-9:00pm

Click here for details.

AND

please join me at Soul Sessions for a conversation we have to have!

Soul Sessions is one of Sydney’s hottest event forums. On April 19th (Thu).

Duncan Peak (Power Living Yoga) and will share our ideas on The Modern Yogi (+Yogini).

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The Yoga of Healing. April Workshops in Sydney.

Shivani — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 03:49:56 +0000

Healing the Spine +

Healing the Sacred Feminine.

1: Healing the Spine.

April 21st (Saturday) 3:00-5:00pm

Suffering from back or neck pain?

You are not alone. Back pain is one of the highest prices we pay for our modern lifestyle, so much so that 80 percent of people at some stage in their life will suffer from lower or upper back pain. Research shows that yoga can help physically, mentally and emotionally with this pain. Sara Shivani will guide you through various simple but powerful yogic movements and breathing practices that will soothe, stretch and strengthen your spine, ease and even heal your pain.

In this workshop you will explore:

yogic thought for understanding, embracing and transcending pain,
the best practices for a healthy spine offered by Kundalini, Yin, Tao, Restorative and Venus yoga, and
the healing power of yogic touch through massage and mantra.

This workshop is open to men, women and teenagers. Beginners to advanced-all welcome.

2: Healing the Sacred Feminine.

April 27th (Friday) 7:00-9:00pm

Suffering from any “women’s issues” ?

Your female cycles act as a barometer of your complete health as a woman. If your reproductive system is thriving your wellness is too.
The ancient feminine roots of yoga are abundant with various practices that nurture, heal and celebrate menstruation, pregnancy and menopause.

In this workshop;

learn how to open the flow of energy in your body to ease an discomfort you may experience during your cycle and harmonize your hormones for vitality.
explore female anatomy and reflexology, and the feminine qualities of receptivity, fluidity, connection, compassion and community.
move into a supportive sacred space and share in the collective wisdom and healing of women.

This workshop is open to women and girls of all ages and all cycles. Beginners to Advanced. Come with your friend, sister and mother.

50% of proceeds for this workshop will go directly to “One Girl”, a non-profit organization that provides education and female sanitary solutions to girls in Sierra Leone.

Click here for more info.

Investment:

Single Workshop:$35.

Both Workshops: $60

19/4/2012 Soul Session Participants: $5 discount off the original workshop price.

Please contact KMYOGA to receive your discount.

KMYOGA. Bondi Junction Sydney.

BOOK: http://kmyoga.com/

02 9389 8343 Email: info@kmyoga.com

About the facilitator:

Sara ‘Shivani’ is is known for her innovative guidance in presenting ancient healing modalities to inspire and educate people caught in the stresses of modern life. She specializes in female holistic health and back care techniques. Drawing from her personal experience with severe back and menstrual pain, Shivani passionately shares the secrets of healing she discovered during her decade yogic journey in Asia. Throughout her pregnancy and now in motherhood yoga has continued to be the most effective way for her to live a vibrant pain free life and she is very excited to share her experiences with you. Click here for more about Shivani

Shakti `Mat-Free` Yoga

Shivani — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:16:30 +0000

Sara Shivani talks about

`Mat-Free` yoga practice and the feminine power of Shakti .

YOGA YOMU Magazine. Originally published in Japanese.

“Shakti is Sanskrit for “to be able”. It means sacred force or empowerment. It is the primordial cosmic energy and represents divine feminine creative power.” Wikipedia.

I am a yogini and a yoga instructor who rarely uses a yoga mat. If you come to one of my workshops I encourage you to also practice `mat-free`. Of course when we need to define our personal space, protect our body from cold and hard surfaces, and maintain our balance in some vinyasa sequences, the sticky support from mats is helpful. But I believe that mats can also be a hindrance to our yoga practice if we rely on them too much. Have you ever seen a yogini lay down her mat in the same place every time she practices at the studio? Have you ever been practicing on your mat and felt a toxic whiff of synthetic chemicals enter your system? If you have an organic cotton mat then great! But could you feel comfortable practicing when you are traveling and have no mat?

Moving up and down, front and back repetitively become boring for me and I felt trapped, so many years ago I started practicing `mat-free`. I soon realized I move more naturally, more creatively, and more like a women. I can flow and face all directions of the compass and incorporate all types of yoga and movement (qigong, yoga dancing etc) to deepen my traditional asana practice. `Mat free` I feel a real sense of physical and emotional freedom and this has allowed a natural transition of my physical practice into a `living` practice.

I can now practice yoga wherever and whenever I want – inside or outside, at work or on the beach. I notice I naturally do breathing practices as I wait for the train and I ground my feet as I climb the stairs or when I go mountain hiking. Mat-free, my movements and hence consciousness has expanded. The most powerful effect of my `mat free` practice is that I feel `Shakti`-I feel the active feminine energy within me that seeks to be soft, round and flowing. I feel like a yogini and a natural women and this has inspired a sense of balance in my everyday life and personal relationships. The woman who join Venus Yoga sessions say they feel the same Shakti bliss.

So…why don’t you give `mat-free` yoga a try too? I would love to hear your experiences and help other yoginis share in shakti power.

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Soul Sessions in Sydney. April 2012

Shivani — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:00:42 +0000

Join me at Soul Sessions in Sydney.

Duncan Peak (Founder of Power Living ) and I will be the guest speakers for this yummy night of dinner + soulful insights on the “Modern Yogi + Yogini”.

I am honored to be ask to speak on this prestigious platform. It will be a magical evening!

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Date: Thu, 19th Apr 2012 | 6:00 pm — 9:30 pm

Location: Sydney Studio

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Speaker Details; Duncan Peak (Founder of Power Living ) + Sara Shivani (Creator of Venus Yoga).

Sara ‘Shivani’ was working in Japan when she discovered her calling as a global yoga facilitator. After suffering two decades of chronic asthma, allergies and severe back pain she found yoga and was able to both heal and transcend her physical pain. Yet, she felt something was missing in the mainstream yoga approaches she’d explored. So, delving deeper into her practice with heightened passion and curiosity, she trained one-to-one with yoga masters all over Asia and immersed herself in yoga literature. She discovered gender specific exercises that nurtured both her inner masculine and feminine energies with powerful life-enhancing benefits. The void she felt was newly filled, inspiring her to combine these ‘secret’ practices as, the now internationally popular, Venus Yoga. Shivani shares with Soul Sessioners how the most ancient of yogic roots can uplift our modern day lives in ways that will inspire, surprise and uplift you.

Once upon a time, grand yogi Duncan Peak was an elite military paratrooper. Transferring his highly disciplined approach from his military career to training across many yogic traditions, he now owns and teaches yogic wisdoms throughout a collection of studios he’s founded or supported in creation. Dunc knows yoga to be a vehicle for understanding the mind and ultimately transcending our attachment to ego identity. He comes to Soul Sessions to explore the connection between the ancient practice of yoga and the modern individuals quest for inner peace and transcendence.

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Music to Soothe + Inspire

Shivani — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:33:10 +0000

Need some soothing meditative music?

Listen to 「Inori Eclipse 311」(composed by my husband Kiyo), using the Shumann Resonances of the Earth, in honor of the Tsunami victims and survivors in Japan.

These sacred sounds are perfect for meditation, pranayama, bed time and really…anytime.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wadOtxiYRPI

DOWNLOAD 「Inori Eclipse 311」 and learn more about the Shumann Resonances here

http://www.eugenius.jp/ichi311/sound_e.html

Comes listen and move to 「Inori Eclipse 311」 with us LIVE.

IN SYDNEY Yoga Benefit for the Tsunami Survivors in Japan@ KMYOGA. Bondi Junction.

http://kmyoga.com/yoga-benefit-for-tsunami-survivors-in-japan/

IN JAPAN ICHI@311 -A Prayer Gathering for those Lost and the Hope Born- Okayama, Japan.

http://www.eugenius.jp/ichi311/index_e.html

Hope to see some of you at the Sydney event.

Soothing and inspiring blessings to you all.

Love Shivani

This will be an uplifting evening blending Yoga, Mantra, Live Music, Dance and Meditation.

100% of the proceeds will be donated to children living in the worst affected areas of Japan.

Feel Good. Do Good. This is Yoga with a healing cause!

Please join us.

DATE: Saturday, 10 March 2012

TIME: 6pm-8pm

PRICE: $25

PLACE: KMYOGA, BONDI JUNCTION, SYDNEY.

http://kmyoga.com/yoga-benefit-for-tsunami-survivors-in-japan/

Reserve your space here

https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/home.asp?studioid=20731

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Baby Sleep School +Yoga Nidra for Mamas.

Shivani — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:18:22 +0000

For the first four months of his life, our son, Kaiun, would be wrapped and lulled to sleep with “white noise” that my husband composed. My husband is quite the master wrapper no doubt thanks to origami being a childhood pastime in Japan. I would watch in awe as the wrapping and the white noise worked. Always, every time.

At five months Kaiun was tossing and turning and breaking free of the wrap. He outgrew his crib. A new chapter had begun. We bought a beautiful bed and placed it next to ours. He gave it one look, one try and refused to ever sleep there. I did not want to fight his cries of protest so the middle of our bed became his new sanctuary. For his midnight and 3am feed it was convenient. He would roll over. I would roll over. Boob to mouth it was easy and he would drift peacefully back to sleep.

…BUT this queen size bed of ours was too small for the 3 of us. Hubby was squashed to one edge and I to the other. Kaiun became the king of our bed and I my light sleep became even lighter just in case I needed to protect him from any sort of co-sleeping danger. In Japan I am positive we would all be sleeping on the floor and hence this would not be a problem. But here in OZ our sleeping arrangements mean two separate beds. . We have to adapt.

So off to sleep school we went. Like yoga retreats I had gone to in the past this family trip had that feeling of renewal, concentration and discovery. The mother craft nurses (angels in disguise) whispered words of wisdom in our eyes and we watched on in amazement. Kaiun was training to sleep and he learnt quickly.

For the five days that we were at sleep school my “yoga nidra” practice became a “mama nidra” practice.

Below I share my diary notes with you as they reveal some of the sleep training process and how my limited beliefs about how my son could sleep were removed.

Always thankful for yogic philosophy and techniques. They soothe me, they energize me, the make me a better mother.

(At first glance this photo looks kinda cold. But Kaiun seems to be so happy in his new bed and wakes up smiling and talking to his animal friends on his sheets. Mama and Papa also sleep much better. That means more energy for our day time adventures).

NOTES: Yoga Nidra is ‘psychic sleep’ involving the systematic inducing of physical, mental and emotional relaxation while maintaining awareness. As you relax you repeat within your heart your “sankalpa” (resolve) a short statement, phrased in positive present tense language that sinks into your subconscious to help you, inspire your, comfort you. “My sankalpa for the week was

“I am a mama. I nurture, protect, initiate and empower.”

LINK: to hear the White Noise hubby composed click on the link below. Feel free to try it to lull your bundle of joy to sleep too.

White noise to lull baby to sleep.

More: To learn more about the sleep school. Where, Who and What. Send me an email. info(at)venusyogalife(dot).com

(These were the days when I would have to lull Kaiun to sleep on my chest. Often I would sleep sitting up and he would slowly fall to a comfy place on my lap)

Mama Nidra.

Notes from my Venus Mama Diary.

I am a mama. I nurture. I protect. I initiate. I empower.

I see my son itchy his weary eyes. He only stops to stare, deep and blank faced I snuggle with him, kissing his smooth cheeks. It is time for bed. Soon, my challenge is to just let him be.

I place him face up in his nest. The angel besides me whispers , “Its Ok to let go”. I relax. I leave the room. I close my eyes and repeat my sankalpa. I send him positive sleepy vibes.

I am a mama. I nurture, protect, initiate and empower.

I hear my son crying. Self soothing, hand in mouth, singing a sad tune. He is yet to know the joys of sleep. He is yet to know the brilliance of dreaming. My challenge is to just let him be.

High pitched sounds fill the hallway drowning the “white noise” playing. My breasts start to pulsate…milk seeps I know he needs my help now. I enter the room. He has turned to warm his belly. His bottom, cute and round. I manage a half smile and pat his back . Pat, Pat, Pat.. Softly, strongly, gently with love. He will soon know the freedom of sleeping in his own bed.

I step away and bathe in the sleepy silence He has drifted into dreamland. The angel besides me whispers , “Its Ok to let go”. I let him be. I repeat my sankalpa.

I am a mama. I nurture, protect, initiate and empower.

Next to his nest is our bed. My husband’s welcoming hand pulls me in. I let my bones and body become heavy. With a kiss goodnight everything is light and we exhale out to our separate stars.

Now I am a woman. Alone, with her thoughts. my breath guiding me to sleep.

I am a mama. I nurture, protect, initiate and empower, my son and myself.

February 15th, 2012. Sydney.

(With gratitude to my mother for the bedroom pics).

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Yoga Benefit for Japan in Sydney. 10/3/12

Shivani — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:44:57 +0000

Yoga Benefit for the Tsunami Survivors in Japan
March 10th (Saturday). 6-8pm. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

How can yoga help to heal pain and stress?

How can we collectively make a positive difference to our world?

Join us for an uplifting evening blending yoga + mantra + live music + dance + meditation.

March 11 marks the 1st anniversary of the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.
Thousands of people are still suffering from the effects of these disasters not only in Japan but around the world.
In Japan a special event, ICHI@3.11, will be held to embrace the themes of ’harmony’ , ‘hope’ and ‘connection’.
Here in Sydney we will link with this event through these themes and healing sound using the Shumann Resonance.

Come along, bring your family and friends and be inspired by the positive intention of the healing and rebirth yoga can offer.

Date: March 10th (Saturday)
Time: 6pm-8pm

Cost: $25

Place: KMYOGA. Bondi Junction Sydney. http://kmyoga.com/

100% of the proceeds will be donated to children living in the worst affected areas of Japan.
Detailed information will be shared on the night.

Feel good. Do good. This is Yoga with a healing cause!

Event Facilitators.

Kathryn McCusker,
KMYOGA Founder + Director,

and Opera Singer will guide a healing circle

and share the power of Kundalini Yoga.

Sara Shivani,
lived in Japan for a decade where she created the female specific Venus Yoga.

She will guide mantras, a healing breath exercise and share information about the emerging

healing movement in Japan since the Tsunami.

Julie Geeti,
lived and studied in Japan for many years with the founder of ‘Kiryuho’ movement. She will share the power of this dynamic meditation style and guide a free style dance segment.

Guru Devi Kaur,
originally from Japan, will share with us a nurturing Kundalini meditation.

Prabhu S Acharya,
originally from India, will guide us through the meditations while playing the beautiful musical sounds of the ”Hang” drum.

Kiyo Nakano,
from Japan, has composed theme music for a remembrance event (ICHI 3.11 ) to be held in Japan on March 11. He has composed it using the vibrational pulse of planet Earth (the Shumann Resonance) to provide mental, emotional and physical rejuvenation. This track, “Inori Eclipse 311″, will feature throughout the evening. To hear “Inori Eclipse 31″ click http://www.eugenius.jp/ichi311/sound_e.html#performer

Ohad Rein

Ohad Rein, based in Sydney, is known for his musical project Old Man River.In 2008 his songs reached top chart success in Japan and since then Ohad visits and tours Japan frequently, consequently falling in love with its people and culture.After the Tsunami disaster Ohad initiated the 1000 cranes for Japan campaign, where fans and friends worldwide were encouraged to fold an origami paper crane and make a recovery wish for the people of Japan. The Cranes were personally delivered to school kids in the town of Minamisanriku in October 2011. To hear Ohad’s beautiful song supporting the Crane Project click http://www.1000cranesforjapan.net/

March 11th (JAPAN)
SPECIAL REMEMBRANCE EVENT IN OKAYAMA CITY

English website link.
http://www.eugenius.jp/ichi311/index_e.html