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Rest and Renewal Retreat, Dec 4-6, 2009

November 2, 2009Sunada Takagi

Recharge your batteries with a weekend of calm and relaxation! Join retreat leaders Amala and Sunada on this residential retreat — where you can relax, be taken care of, and regain some perspective on your life. You’ll rejuvenate body and mind with wholesome vegetarian meals, meditation, yoga, and massage. You’ll also learn ‘take-home’ skills to help you manage stress and enhance self-care in your daily life at home.

The retreat is open to anyone who is suffering from burnout, stress, overwork or who feels disconnected from their ability to enjoy life.

Activities include:

Meditation
Deep relaxation
Massage & Reiki bodywork
Restorative Yoga
Voice and sound
Creating community
Sharing your story with others
Bringing your life

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New superintendent praises unique Oakland school

September 2, 2009Wildmind Meditation News

KCBS: A unique Oakland elementary school is getting some high marks from the new district superintendent.

This comes as school district officials contemplate deeper cuts in education.

Students at Lafayette Elementary School in West Oakland begin each day with meditation and yoga. Principal Karen Haynes likes to take a holistic approach to education. “We start with the mind and the body and spirit and if you lay that foundation first then everything else falls into place,” she explained.

Peace signs adorn the hallways and classroom doors.

KCBS’ Dave Padilla reports (audio)

As he toured this unique school, new superintendent Tony Smith was thinking about the cuts he will have to make in education. “Leading …

Workplace yoga and meditation can lower feelings of stress

August 4, 2009Wildmind Meditation News

Physorg.com: Twenty minutes per day of guided workplace meditation and yoga combined with six weekly group sessions can lower feelings of stress by more than 10 percent and improve sleep quality in sedentary office employees, a pilot study suggests. The study offered participants a modified version of what is known as mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), a program established in 1979 to help hospital patients in Massachusetts assist in their own healing that is now in wide use around the world. Read more here.

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“Your Breathing Body” by Reginald A. Ray

May 23, 2009Sunada Takagi

When Reginald Ray speaks of “touching enlightenment with the body”, he isn’t just saying that we can touch enlightenment with our bodies. What he really means is that there is no other way to do so. Sunada just finished her first pass through his 20-disc meditation CD series, Your Breathing Body, and gives it her ringing endorsement.

I first encountered Reginald Ray’s approach to meditation when I read his most recent book, Touching Enlightenment (excerpted elsewhere on this site), and attended one of his retreats on the same subject. As a yoga practitioner and a kinesthetic learner, I immediately took to it like a fish to water. And so I decided to …

Rest and Renewal Retreat, June 5-7, 2009

May 1, 2009Sunada Takagi

Recharge your batteries with a weekend of calm and relaxation! Join retreat leaders Amala and Sunada on this residential retreat — where you can relax, be taken care of, and regain some perspective on your life. You’ll rejuvenate body and mind with wholesome vegetarian meals, meditation, yoga, and massage. You’ll also learn ‘take-home’ skills to help you manage stress and enhance self-care in your daily life at home.

The retreat is open to anyone who is suffering from burnout, stress, overwork or who feels disconnected from their ability to enjoy life.

Activities include:

Meditation
Deep relaxation
Massage & Reiki bodywork
Restorative Yoga
Voice and sound
Creating community
Sharing your story with others
Bringing your life

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A Room of One’s OM

November 25, 2008Wildmind Meditation News

Yoga Journal: A growing number of yogis have created a dedicated space for practicing yoga and meditation at home. A few have built a true studio space; some have converted an extra bedroom; and others have created a soothing sanctuary in the corner of a room. Regardless of the approach, making physical space at home for your practice can have a profound effect on your life. Read more here.

Yoga for happier pupils

June 24, 2008Wildmind Meditation News

Gulf Daily News: SPECIAL needs children have taken up yoga and meditation in a bid to relieve stress and make them happier. More than 15 youngsters from the RIA Centre, Adliya, have just concluded a five-day course led by the Art of Living, which also focused on improving self-esteem and their learning abilities. Read more here.

Mixing meditation, yoga, and money management

April 10, 2008Wildmind Meditation News

US News and World Report: Brent Kessel, cofounder of investment firm Abacus Portfolios, isn’t your typical money manager. He wakes up around 5 a.m. to meditate for 45 minutes and then practices yoga for an hour and a half before making his way to his desk. In his new book, It’s Not About the Money: Unlock Your Money Type to Achieve Spiritual and Financial Abundance, Kessel, 40, combines his wealth management expertise with his yoga and meditation practice to encourage readers to solve their financial problems by turning inward. U.S. News interviewed Kessel about his unique background and approach to personal finance. Read more here.