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MINDFUL SOUL CENTER APRIL MAY 2020
https://themindfulsoulcenter.com
bi-monthly magazine
FEATURES CONTRIBUTORS in alphabetical order
Christine Boyd Miller, PhD Christine is a California mountain mama transplanted from the East coast. In The Yoga Diaries
she explores the obstacles &
challenges she faces as she learns new yoga poses, explores new
ideas
and
attempts
Needless to say that she's
not
writing
or
to
maintain
a
regular
practice.
The Yoga Diaries
she shares the benefits & joys too! When practicing
yoga,
frolicking in the redwoods with her son,
she
spends
her
time
hula hooping, cooking,
and helping her husband tend to their garden and bees.
Megan Nolan Megan
is
a
personal
trainer
and
yoga
instructor
with
over
14 years of experience. She has worked with hundreds of clients and
students
who
have
experienced
the
aches,
pains,
and
challenges of having to spend long hours at their desks. As an entrepreneur and
Movement is Vital
working
on
the
writer herself she spends pend a lot of time
computer.
She
has
come
up
with
a
plan
to
combat these difficulties and teach us that Movement is Vital with each issue teaching us how to deal with our life at a desk. She runs Vitality Wellness Maui and created the Yoga At My Desk program.
Deja Osbourne Deja
is
an
artist,
an
oracle
deck
creator
and
owner
of
DejaDrewit. Born in Russia and raised in NY, she now lives in California. As a young girl, Deja experienced bullying and as a result developed social anxiety. Drawing was her escape. As she healed she knew that she wanted to inspire and help people
Deja's Self-Care Corner
through her art but wasn't quite sure how. From 2005 until 2013, she
worked
as
a
graphic
artist
and
designer
in
the
fashion
industry. She left to raise a new baby and discovered a way to use her art to help others and started to create oracle decks. Check out her Self-Care Corner.
Brooklyn Storme, PhD Brooklyn is an alignment strategist who teaches entrepreneurs and private practice owners how to shift their mindset in order to create positive change in their business. The winner of the 2019 Health Practitioner of the Year Award in her region, her practice interests including anxiety, depression and relationships. She lives in Melbourne Australia in the seaside town of Hastings. She has worked in the area of the mind and human behavior for over 20 years. She writes the Mindset Matters column.
Mindset Matters
APRIL/MAY 2020
CONTENTS
14-17
SELF-CARE CORNER
Artist Deja Osbourne shares her monthly selfcare and personal power deck picks with us.
WE ARE ONE
You're a cloud. You're a star. We are one, even when it sounds cliche.
21-22 GET GROUNDED
24
Use your breathe, it's time to get grounded with Yoga at My Desk's Megan Nolan.
MOMENT TO MOMENT 29-30
The space where the past and present no longer exist. An exploration of mindfulness, meditation and mindful living.
THE YOGA DIARIES
34-36
Rooted together in a Redwood Forest Christine Boyd Miller, PhD shares her experience with us.
TREE POSE
25-28
Learn all about tree pose as the barometer for grounding and a how-to video too!
31
MP3 MEDITATION
Cord cutting meditation - cut away that which no longer serves you.
SUGGESTIONS FOR DIFFICULT TIMES
45-47 & 42
Start your day with a little morning routine and during your day you can practice gratitude too, here's how.
FOUNDATION
DELICIOUSNESS
Four recipes aka food deliciousness! This issue we bring you a dip, a salad, a soup and bread.
04 Masthead
INSPIRATION & POETRY
05 Editor's Letter 06 Contributors
18
You are gold! (TMSC)
08-13 Calendar & Goal Tracking Worksheets
20
Quote: Chief Seattle
38-39 TMSC Fundraising Effort for Dogs
23
Passage: Suzy Kassem [Mother]
43-44 TMSC Recommends: Books, Music, Podcasts
37
Quote: Jane Goodall
56-57, 64 Mindful Soul Center Podcast: 59-61 Shop the Back to Basics Yoga Collection 58, 62,, 63,
Support The Mindful Soul Center
52-55
40-41
The Cloud by Percy Bysshe Shelley
48
Quote: Jon Kabat-Zinn
49
Quote: Peter Levin, PhD
DEJA'S SELF-CARE CORNER
BEAUTY Dolling up every day can be a lot of work. If you’re a busy career woman or a mom you may not have much time to do that. When we do take the time to dress up, do our hair or put on makeup, it can make us feel amazing. Find a few minutes today to make yourself feel beautiful, whatever it may be. Go to a salon and get a mani / pedi or do it yourself at home. Put on some makeup or style your hair. Dress up or wear some heels.
DECK: MY QUALITY TIME SELF-CARE DECK
DEJA DREWIT Cards and messages by Deja Osbourne of Deja Drewit. Deja creates cards to inspire amd help women overcome obstacles amd fears. Learn more about Deja here.
H u mankind has not w o v en the w eb of life . We are b u t one thread w ithin it . Whate v er w e do to the w eb , w e do to o u rsel v es . All things are bo u nd together . All things connect . - Chief Seattle -
We Are One You're a cloud, you're a star and we are one even when it sounds cliche. By Amy Adams We
quip
and
spout
sayings
on
a
regular basis. Often, they can have deep meaning and inspire or on the other hand,
they can also be vague
or simply something to say without giving it much thought - “We
are
one.”
Yes, we are one, we’re all interconnected. That’s not some
magical
you’re
an
thinking,
individual
it’s
the
person,
truth.
You
separate
think from
everything around you. But in fact, you breathe in the
air
around
you,
taking
it
in
-
inhale
and
it
becomes a part of you. Exhale and you change the environment around you. You drink water and that water was once a cloud or a part of the sea or maybe it came from a natural spring from the Earth. Water and its interplay with the atmosphere, with us, with other sentient beings changes form - solid, liquid, and gas.
MUSIC
CHRISTINE AND
AGNES
THE QUEENS
OBEL click here to her
click here to listen on
music on SoundCloud
YouTube
A MUSIC MIX Click here to listen to a playlist of music that we love based on The Mindful Soul Center's listening habits. We think you'll love it.
P O D C A S T S INNER TRUTH David Newell like so many other people who were in the corporate world had enough and went on a journey podcast
of
personal
where
he
discovery. intervews
He
hosts
various
this
artists,
authors, and experts who add to the conversation of what it means to be human. Listen here.
YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT Michael
Hobbes
podcast.
'You're
and
Sarah
Wrong
Marshall
About'
host
examines
this how
media misconstrues stories and reports on events that
skew
bring
the
public's
humanity
back
memories to
stories
of
events.
and
the
They
hosts'
chemistry adds another dimension to their story telling. We love it. Listen here.
TMSC RECoM MENDS
Two practices.
Suggestions for challenging times every morning and every day. Every Morning: Wake-up Wake-up with intention each morning, preferably without an alarm and if you must use an alarm choose a pleasant sound for it. Smile. Think of one thing you are grateful for today. Smile. Stretch your whole body, extend your arms stretching them above your head and flex your feet. Smile. Gently rub your dear dog’s belly and give them a kiss. Smile. Or if you have children allow them to rest peacefully for a few more minutes and get to the bathroom. Pee,
fart,
morning
poop
then
whatever
after
you
it
wash
is
you
your
naturally
hands
and
do
in
brush
the your
teeth. Smile. Put on the cold water and splash your face with a lot of it. Wake yourself up! Smile. Look in the mirror and yes you guessed it, smile. Don’t look at your perceived flaws. Laugh. Force it if you need to and then maybe you will see how silly it is and laugh some more. Smile. Next, get to your day and don’t forget to smile some more.
Every Day: Practice Gratitude
Was it permanent? I did heal over a period of time and with the love and help fromothers but the first day in the hospital the tears started to flow. My
mind
went
thoughts Practicing
gratitude
can
have
a
profound
effect on your life. Sometimes we can forget how powerful it is as a practice. Frustration, fear
and
anxiety
periodically
but
will,
there
however,
will
be
more
happen room
buying your necessary supplies to hunker down and
something
you
wanted
isn’t
available turn your frown upside down and look for
a
substitute.
really
need,
acquire
If
reach
that
it
truly
out
thing.
to
Be
is
something
others
grateful
to
help
for
you you
what
is
available. Be grateful that people are working at the store to serve you. Don’t forget to say thank you to the people that help you or check out your order. Be present. Look at the person who is serving you and even if they are tired
are
problems. problem
facing Think
and
challenges about
give
the
thanks
for
and
real-life
situation
the
decided
first
and
was
to to
observe
and
futures. do
two
be
fully
everything
around me.
allowed
me
to
be
in
the
experience and see the beauty in the details.
Some
observations
include
noticing the inner light and genuine concern that radiated from strangers who
chose
to
help
others
as
their
occupation. The reflection in the tiles of
people
passing
by
as
I
was
travelling on the gurney to the x-ray room or the doctor’s office for results gave me a new perspective. The MRI tech who stayed in the room with me to allay my fears allowed me to know
the you
scenarios
more about the people and culture of
and cranky - say thank you and mean it.
If
I
The
present
That
For example when you are at the grocery store
home
when
things.
to
non-existent
for
joy, peace and calm in your life.
at
That’s
of
or
experience.
country
through
conversation.
Being present allowed me to find the second
thing
-
to
find
meaning
and
gratitude in the experience itself.
Ask yourself how this experience is informing you.
How
is
it
allowing
you
to
grow?
If
it
is
Dig deep and uncover the obscure gem - bring it to the surface and be grateful for it.
triggering you and your emotions are feeling out of control, take the time to look inward and work on you.
A short time ago I was hampered by a serious injury and was challenged by it. I had to rely on other
people
to
do
things
for
me,
and
the
physical pain was difficult. It wasn’t fun. I was unable
to
and
forbidden
by
the
doctors
to
climb stairs and had to miss out on the closing ceremony for teacher training. It was painful to hear my colleagues laughing and share stories
The lesson was there but I had to dig
- I couldn't hear their words. I was troubled and
deep
frustrated
of
appreciative for the lesson and even
Moreover,
more grateful that I had an experience
feeling
by
this
excluded
and came
childhood to
wounds
mind.
and
in
the
end,
I
was
there was a lot of fear around the idea that
of
perhaps this injury would radically change my
the
life and my ability to care for myself.
surface and be grateful for it. Here's a
a
lifetime. obscure
Dig gem
deep -
and
bring
quote by the Dalai Lama -
it
uncover to
the
"Everyday think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.”
– The Dalai Lama -
Well, we're all not the Dalai Lama, so here are a few practical suggestions to help you to practice gratitude daily:
Have a morning gratitude session. Make a gratitude list. Shift your perspective: Don’t get mad, get grateful. When you face a major challenge, be grateful for it. Which really means you are accepting what is in the now.
Listen to the podcast version
When you suffer a loss, be grateful for the life you still have. Choose happiness. It is a choice. Read my book Gratitude Shmatitude: Don’t just think it, do it!
When you practice gratitude take a moment to bask in the feelings of peace and joy that it brings to you. If you are so distressed that you are finding it difficult to practice gratitude, start small.