Mind + Heart Food
What happens when anger is suppressed?
It becomes stored energy…an electromagnetic footprint that builds in the mental body (rumination & vendettas), emotional body (seeds of suffering), physical body (tension & imbalance), and soul (deep attachments).
In this segment, you will learn powerful ways to work with anger. Simple tools like creating a pause, working with the Lion’s Breath, practicing patience, moving your body and releasing what no longer serves. Learn how to turn suppressed anger into conscious growth as the rising wood energy (spring) will guide you to what your value most.
Lion’s Breath, simhasana pranayama, is a cleanings breath that will help you clear emotional, physical (from the upper body, throat and head) and energetic blockages.
Simply put. Let it out. Inhale deeply through your nose and exhale deeply with your tongue out and mouth wide open. As you exhale, let it out not just the air but the emotions. Repeat the cycle for 8-13 times. Pause and repeat one more time if needed.
Pranayama and Suryanamaskar (Sun Salutations) ‘The results of this study demonstrated the beneficial effect of pranayama on pulmonary functions.’ Basically, bringing attention to your life force through focus (regular practice) there will be expansion from within. These integrated practices on and off the mat will support your well being. Both serve as a method to work out anger and any other emotions that are deminishing your overall state of being.
You know the saying, “Stop and smell the roses”. This is literally what mother nature is inviting you to do in the spring. Nature is encouraging you to slow down and appreciate life. The bonus is the aromas from the spring time flowers will support you in finding this happy place.
“When collecting volatiles, freshly harvested blooming Gardenia jasminoides Ellis are used to restore the state of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis emitting odors. Thermal desorption-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry is utilized to comprehensively collect plant volatiles. Physiological indicators such as EEG data, blood pressure pulse, HRV index, and psychological indicators like emotional factors of POMS and odor perception model scales are measured to visualize and quantify the changes in various human body indicators before and after the experiment. The results indicate that smelling Gardenia jasminoides Ellis can help relieve tension, anxiety, and promote the health of college students. College students have a positive perception and evaluation of the natural and suitable aroma of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis. It is evident that terpenes and alcohol volatiles, which are abundant, not only influence the odor but also contribute to enhancing human health.” ~’Benefits of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis’s floral volatile components on human emotions and moods’ study
As inspired, take a gentle stroll around your neighborhood and stop, engage with and smell the roses (flowers). Observe the changes in your state of being.
Mind You + Food
Poetry. Humor.
The Other Side
Neurospicy Here
All these years I saw chicken
Cross the road alive
He ran past all the traffic
Never did he die
In my neurospicy mind
-St 4.26
*Picture taken few days after I wrote this. Nature has a sense of humor too. As inspired, lighten UP.
How bison ‘reawakened’ the world’s oldest national park
“The herbivore’s return to Yellowstone is restoring ancient patterns and reshaping the landscape from the ground up…’It truly is a reawakening of what had been there in the past,’ said Hamilton, urging readers to consider how far landscapes had shifted from their original state. He added that Yellowstone grasslands are now ‘functioning better than in their absence’, offering ‘a glimpse of what was lost’ when bison were nearly wiped out in the 19th century.” ~Positive News
How a ‘dysfunctional’ English farm became a biodiversity hotspot
“In the beginning it was dead. “Depleted, polluted, dysfunctional” is how Isabella Tree describes the farm that she and her husband helped nature to recolonise.
Recolonise it has. According to a two-decade ecological review of the Knepp rewilding estate in Sussex, England – published this week – the 3,500-acre site has recorded a 900% increase in breeding birds.” ~Positive News
The Cambodian women rising up to protect their communal land
“Kimcheng (pictured in article), is among the women in the fishing community of Trapaeng Pris who are rising up to protect their communal land and its delicate ecosystem from encroachment. By carrying out regular patrols of its borders, they’re standing up to the private landowners, illegal loggers and fishers that threaten their way of life, as well as to the climate crisis, which has made the area more vulnerable to forest fires.” ~Positive News
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