This week’s Body Connection we’ll focus on Yoga as it relates to our theme, The Practice of Love.
Physical practice is a form of self-love and to feel the vibration of Joy that lives within our soul. The word “yoga” means to yoke or to bring together two things that appear to be separate.
This week, get physical, move, dance and connect this “yoke” to the spiritual and set your intention to elevate your love and joy vibrations.
“The Practice Of Love” Affirmation: Just for this moment…just for this breath, I am the love energy that blesses the planet. I move from a place of love and my life is good. And so it is.
Peace and blessings,
-Skip
Skip dives deep into an unconventional approach to therapy with leading clinical psychologist, Dr. Denee Jordan. We’ll discuss the founding of her; “Already Well” program and how it it answers society’s pull on dictating how we should feel or what we should become. Don’t miss it. Listen On-Demand
Dr. Denee Jordan takes pride in her idea that we begin where we are when it comes to therapy and life in general. She believes that we all are already well and shouldn’t let society dictate how we should feel or what we should become.
In addition, we’ll look into Dr. Jordan upcoming performance later this month at the Lounge Theatre in Santa Monica California that focuses her “Already Well” program, Already Well, called ‘I Am Already Well’. Visit her website at AlreadyWell.com and to see her show please visit Brown Paper Tickets to get yours today.
Dr. Denee Jordan has been a practicing psychotherapist for 25+ years. She is both a CA. Licensed Psychologist and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She has an extraordinarily broad and varied background as a Mental Health practitioner, lecturer and trainer as well as former professional dancer.
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Love is the highest state of consciousness and it is the awareness of God in action. Being in a state of love is releasing the human condition of : lack, limitation, disappointment, fear, and worry, which block the flow of Love. This week we’ll aim for The practice of Love, to help free ourselves from the human condition. Love is connecting with the light within you and with someone else. The sorrow of the human condition would have us believe that love is not possible. That is a lie of the ego.
One of the intentions I speak about in yoga is opening up the heart and allowing yourself to love again. We must set the intention to practice Love. If there is a religion that I subscribe to, it is the religion of Love and Kindness.
Remember, what you send out is what you get back.
This Week’s Action Plan: Today, set the intention to The Practice of Love. When you find yourself operating from a place of fear, shift your thinking right away. Give yourself permission to love yourself. Allow your heart chakra to be open and filled with love. Forgive yourself for the fear that consumed your thinking and begin again.
Blessings,
-Skip
Welcome to The Lotus Kitchen, the title of my upcoming book with co-author Gwen and a place where yoga and vegetarian cooking entwine. This week’s recipe is Vegetarian in The 7th Moon House Rolls. These house rolls make the perfect snack or appetizer and the hot mustard dip is a natural decongestant, aids in circulation and helps restore bacterial balance. This dish warms you up inside with the heat and flavor of the ginger, garlic, and mustard.
This week’s yoga pairing is Sun Salutation (Suryanamaskara), which is used to heat the body. The Sun Salutation is designed to pay homage to the sun that heats the planet, and to activate our own internal sun from within.
Looking forward to your comments.
-Skip
Heat wok (or stock pot if you are wokless) over high heat until very hot. Add oil then garlic and ginger. Cook for a minute and then add the vegetables and cook about 6 minutes more, stirring frequently. Transfer to a bowl and add sake, rice vinegar and hoisin sauce, chili sauce and cilantro.
To make Moon Rolls, place 2 to 3 tablespoons of vegetable filling in the center of the wrapper. Using your fingers or a pastry brush spread egg all around the edges. Fold in half and pinch the edges tightly. They will resemble little half moons. Wipe the wok clean. Heat 3 cups peanut or sunflower oil on high heat. Drop egg rolls in batches of three and cook for one minute, or until golden brown. Remove with slotted spoon, place on a cookie sheet lined with paper towel to drain oil and serve immediately with dipping sauce.
Serve with: Chinese hot mustard. Everyone can create their own dipping sauce by blending the two.
Sun Salutation (Suryanamaskara) Instruction: Stand at the front of your mat beginning in Mountain pose. Inhale; raise your arms above the head. Exhale, and hang from the hips to a forward bend. Inhale and lift the chest half way. Step back into plank position. Exhale and lower the body to the mat in a push-up. Inhale to Upward Facing Dog pose. Exhale, and push the body back to a Downward Facing Dog pose. Inhale and lift the heels, then exhale bending the knees, and step or hop forward with both feet. Inhale the chest half way up. Exhale and release the chest to the legs. Inhale the upper body to a standing position, and exhale the arms to Mountain, the first pose. During the Sun salutation, visualize the sun heating your body from the inside out. Also notice that each pose will move you in a complete 360◦ circle.
When deciding on a workout or routine, choose workouts that help focus your body connection intentions. If you set the goal to be the best you can be, choose a practice that anchors the intention. The physical should always be in alignment with the mental and spiritual goals. Set the intention to always remember your truth.
Friday Affirmation: Friday’s are a great day for me as I take a moment to reflect and affirm.
Just for this moment…just for this breath, the qualities of God is my life. I “remember to remember” my purpose.
Peace and blessings,
-Skip
Welcome to The Lotus Kitchen, the title of my upcoming book with co-author Gwen Keannelly, and a place of being and a space of the mind where yoga and vegetarian cooking entwine. This week we visit the lentil, full of fiber, protein, iron, and vitamin B and also focus on Camel Pose.
Lentils are inexpensive and make a great meat substitute or side dish. lentils can be; soups, curries, salads, fritters, and more. Today’s recipe we’ll make a Lentil Salad.
Enjoy,
-Skip
Ingredients:
1 cup lentils, cooked and chilled
1 cup brown rice, cooked and chilled
1 pint golden raspberries
2 blood oranges, peeled and roughly chopped
¼ cup parsley
½ cup green onions
In a large salad bowl toss together and chill for at least one hour before serving. Dress with Blood Orange Garlic Vinaigrette. Four servings.
Blood Orange Garlic Vinaigrette
Great with the lentil salad, and equally harmonious with a big salad of mixed greens and any vegetables that you have on hand.
Directions:
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
¼ cup blood orange juice
Zest from one blood orange
2/3-cup olive oil
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 tablespoon finely chopped shallots
2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh parsley
2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh chives
Salt and pepper to taste
Whisk together vigorously. Keeps in the refrigerator for 1 month.
The Practice: Because our life is so much about going forward and sitting hunched over, the yoga practice is used to bring the body into harmony with itself. The backbend creates balance and harmony within the body, by opening the front, which is naturally forward. The camel pose activates harmony within the body by expanding the anterior part of the body. It is a pose that helps fully stretch the front of the body.
Camel Pose (Ustrasana) Instruction: Begin in a kneeling position with knees at hip distance apart. Place the back of your hands on the top of the buttocks. Drop your head back with out straining the neck, and lift your chest to the sky. Option is to place your hand on the heels of the feet to expand the chest.
Waking up is one thing, but staying awake is a completely different practice. As we approach the end of the first month of the year, we’ll tackle the theme of Remember to Remember for true change.
Remembering to remember our divine self can be more challenging than experiencing “Ah-Ha” moments. Each and every day there are eye-opening insights that activate evolution, but then comes the action required to implement true change. Once we begin the journey to shift, we must continue the work in order to remember. This could come from prayer, meditation, sacred study, fellowship, and self-contemplation. Set the intention to “remember to remember” every day.
For this week’s Remember to Remember Action Plan we want to set the intention to stay awake. A quick mantra can always help: “I am one with God.” Create your mantra that keeps you on track. Commit to a practice of aligning yourself with the one power of God.
– Skip
Skip talks exercise, alternative medicine, how to avoid colds during the height of season and more with Kathleen Bywater of Revive Juicery and Emill Kim acupuncturist on the latest episode of The Shift With Skip Radio.
Discover easy ways on how to avoid feeling fatigued, unwell or unmotivated as Emill and Kathleen share their excellent tips into loving your body naturally, fueling it with foods for the soul, and adding exercise can dramatically change your quality of life.
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Kathleen Bywater: Founder and Owner of Revive Juicery who’s 100% Locally Grown Organic Produce are made Unpasteurized into Cold Pressed Juice and Smoothies. Revive Juicery drinks are available throughout Southern California.
Emil Kim: Is a second generation acupuncturist living in Los Angeles, he spends most of his time practicing yoga, studying the intricacies of energetic medicine, and finding ways to live a long, healthy, more efficient life.
Skip’s segment with Kathleen and Emill is available on On-Demand here
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