Short But Sweet 10 Minute Meditations for Healthy Aging

by Baxter

Even though I'm away leading a retreat this week, I'm thinking of all our readers at YFHA (kinda' wishing you were here!), as I'm focusing a good portion of our practice time here on developing a home yoga meditation practice. Since we have two yoga practice sessions a day here, we begin and end each if them with a 10-minute seated meditation practice. Monday was our first full day of practice together and the overriding focus was on the feet, anatomically, and the idea of "starting”—whether that meant starting something new, starting again, starting over—about taking the first steps on that new path. For me, the feet represent the base of our overall strength, as well as stability. So I suggested that the group might use the phrase "strong and stable" as their mantra (a repeated word or phrase for mental focus), during the final seated meditation of each class.

As you might have calculated, by doing four 10-minute meditations in class, my group is getting 40 minutes of time to practice this powerful method in manageable amounts of time. (I happen to have them doing two more 10-minute sessions on their own for a total of 60 minutes a day). This is a sweet amount of time, but at home, you can easily practice just one or two sessions in a day and still reap benefits. Try the "strong and stable" mantra for your sit today! I'll try to share other ideas this week as well.

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Yoga is a great thing but

by Nina 

Stop Sign by Brad Gibson

“Yoga is a great thing but it is not everything or the only thing.”

That’s the sentence that popped into my mind while I was practicing yoga yesterday afternoon (a very enjoyable backbend practice, by the way). In the back of my mind, I was obviously mulling over a post I read on the It’s All Yoga Baby blog (see when the yoga doesn’t work: depression, failure & the purpose of practice), in which Roseanne talked about her depression and her feeling that she is “failing” at her yoga practice.

“Underneath it all, however, is a vague sense that I’m failing at my practice, that I’m as broken and fucked up as I was before I committed to yoga (chronic and clinical depression was what drove me to practice in the first place), that the practice isn’t working. There’s also the vague sense that I’m not allowed to be feeling this way – there are many stories of miraculous healing from depression (and everything else) through yoga, but nobody talks about the relapses. I feel like I’m doing something wrong.”

I’ve already mentioned in a couple of previous posts (see Practice As Many As You Can and Authentic Yoga) how reading Yoga Body by Mark Singleton brought home to me once again that most of what we consider to be “yoga” these days was developed in the 20th century. This means that, contrary to what some teachers claim, the yoga we know and practice these days is not some thousands-of-years-old practice that is the answer to everything, including depression and anxiety, as well as physical injuries and illnesses (though it can definitely help with those things for certain people). And I think those in the yoga community who promote it as such, do us all a disservice. Because the result for people like Roseanne is that when yoga doesn’t provide the answer for them, they feel as if they are at fault, that they are doing something wrong, or that they have “failed” in some way. And the truth is, yoga was probably only used to treat depression and anxiety starting in the 20th century.

When I teach yoga for emotional well-being (including depression, anxiety, stress, etc.), I always add that I while I consider yoga to be a powerful tool for improving mental health, it may not be the only answer for you. In fact, you may need to use it as a supplement to western medicine, including drugs and/or therapy. And I recommend that if you are in a crisis, you should consult with your family doctor or a mental health professional. You need to do whatever it takes to help you get better. And, please, no guilt or shame about this!

The truth is, many years ago, before I became serious about yoga but while I was taking regular classes, I had two nervous breakdowns (the diagnosis was agitated depression), within a five-year period. And I’m convinced that, especially during the second breakdown, that my family doctor and the drugs she prescribed for me prevented me from being hospitalized. Later on, life style changes, including a regular home yoga practice, helped me reduce the stress in my life that seemed to be the main trigger for my illness. And I’ve been well since then. But just as important, I believe that yoga has also helped me come to a state of self acceptance regarding my condition. And this included both overcoming my feeling of shame about taking medication for depression (my therapist encouraged me to stay on a low maintenance dose) and starting to talk—and write—about my experiences as a way of possibly helping others.

I want to be very clear that I’m not here giving any medical advice here. This post is not intended to tell anyone what the best way is to heal from depression. I just felt that it was very important to state that as wonderful as I feel yoga is, I believe it has its limits. And there's no shame in that. Really, all I’m trying to say here is summed up by the sentence that I opened this post with:

“Yoga is a great thing but it is not everything or the only thing.”

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Looking for eye floaters cure but not sure of anything

Looking for eye floaters cure but not sure of anything? Here are the answers…

What are eye floaters?

These are small specks that the eye can see, if there is a change that takes place in the vitreous liquid in the eye, as a result of old age. These floaters will be seen when you rotate your eyes or when you blink them.

At first, when you notice these floaters, you will find that they are following the movements of your eyes. But later on you will see that these are starting to lag behind and they will also come to a halt, just a few seconds after your eyes stop moving.

Why you need eye floaters cure

These floaters are not to be taken lightly as they are very clearly visible when you will stare at the clear sky or at a white wall. People tend to confuse these floaters with light flashes, but these two are different.

Light flashes are actually taken as bright lights that happen to flash across the eyes. Mostly, people do not tend to pay notice to these eye floaters and they even go unnoticed as people do not find them to be troublesome. But the truth is that when they start to appear in excess, they must not be neglected and a doctor must be consulted.

What the doctor prescribes

Mostly, the doctor would prescribe antibiotics, to treat this problem. But, this kind of treatment is only prescribed, if the floaters have come about as a result of the white blood cells being present and causing an eye infection or eye-inflammation.

There are also various vitamins and many products that contain iodine, which is claimed to be a great cure for people suffering from these floaters. But of course, the effects of this are seen to vary from individual to individual.  Also, such results have not been proven clinically.

Other ways of getting rid of these floaters

Laser surgery is another method of treating these eye floaters. For this purpose, a laser that goes under the name of YAG is used. But, how effective this method of treatment is, is still left to be confirmed.

Vitrectomy is yet another surgical process that can be done to get rid of these floaters. But the truth is that surgery is not recommended to take care of this problem as even after surgery, the issue could come back. So, if you are looking for an eye floaters cure, the best thing for you to do would be to consult your doctor.

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