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Welcome
to the Winter Awakenings Newsletter which contains:
- Gaining Better Health Through Raw Food
- Bio-Protective Systems - 'The best gift for all your loved ones'
- Upcoming Yoga Workshop 24th Feb 2008 - 'Fluid Movement from Embodied Awareness'
- Yoga/Meditation Class Schedule starting Jan 2008
- Interesting Stories
- Cygnus Book Excerpt - 'The Genie in your Genes'
- Inspiration
Thank
you for taking the time to review this newsletter below and I hope
you enjoy it...
I would also love to
hear from you. So please send your comments, thoughts, inspirational
experiences etc. to yoga@mitashah.com.
Gaining
Better Health Through Raw Food
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Chances
are that you've probably heard people talk about a raw food diet and how
healthy it is for you, but did you ever wonder exactly what it is they're
talking about?
In fact,
a raw food diet is simply eating food in its natural unprocessed state. You
probably already are on part of a raw food diet. If you snack on fruits and
vegetables without cooking them, then you've eaten raw food.
Raw
food, or unprocessed food is much better for you because the act of
processing the food strips it of a lot of its vital nutrients. You've
probably heard that cooking vegetables can leach out a lot of the vitamins
and it can also destroy the important food enzymes as well. Packaged foods,
that have been processed in some way to make an easy package meal not
only have little nutritional value, but your body simply isn't made to
process these foods.
Raw
foods are packed full of vitamins, minerals and food enzymes. These food
enzymes are important, although you don't hear a lot about them. One of the
things they do is help you digest your food and getting enough enzymes can
help your body with the digestion process which takes a lot of energy, and
if your body is spending less energy on digestion it will have more energy
for you to do the things you like. Did you ever wonder why you feel so
tired after you eat a big meal of cooked foods? One of the reasons is
because food enzymes are destroyed by cooking, so there are no enzymes to
help your body digest that big meal you just ate.
People
in a raw food diet eat about 75% of their food as raw and whole foods. This
includes fruits, vegetables, sprouts, raw nuts, seaweed and other foods in
their natural form.
Raw
foods can be prepared in a couple of ways. One of the most popular is
juicing. Many people go on a juice fast where all they do is drink the
juice of raw organic fruits and vegetables. Even just drinking fresh juice
in the morning can give your health a boost.
Another
way that people eat raw foods is to use a food dehydrator. This takes all
the moisture out of the fruits and vegetables so they can be easily stored
for long periods of time without going bad. A food dehydrator uses hot air
to dehydrate the food but it keeps the temperature under 116°F so that the
vital food enzymes are not destroyed.
You
don't have to all of a sudden start eating 75% of your foods as raw foods
in order to enjoy the health benefits of the raw food diet. You can
gradually increase the amount of raw foods you eat as time goes on and you
will notice how much more energy you have and how healthy you feel. Remember,
you are what you eat!
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Bio-
Protective Systems - 'The best gift for all your loved ones'
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Electro-Pollution
Is Everywhere!
We've got wireless
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communication
towers,
satellite GPS systems, computers and other household appliances, mobile
phones and cordless DECT phones etc in our environment!
Indisputably,
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connected to various wireless communication applications such as WLAN or
Bluetooth are indispensable tools for today's
'mobile' society.
Green 8 Radiation Protection for ALL Your Electronics,
Yourself, Your Family & Your Environment...
Ask
Yourself ... safety is a basic requirement, whether you are
buying a car tyre, purchasing life insurance or selecting your groceries.
What about the Safety when it comes to radiation emissions to which we are
exposed to on a daily basis in our technology-oriented world.
SPECIAL OFFER for all Awakenings readersuntil 7th Dec
2007, a 10% DISCOUNT on all telephone/email
orders.
For more information please visit: www.bioprotectivesystems.com
email - enquiries@bioprotectivesystems.com
tel - 0116 2676599
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Yoga Workshop with
Amanda Latchmore - 24th Feb 2008
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'Fluid
Movement from Embodied Awareness'
Priciples of
Body-Mind Centering and the Practice of Yoga
This workshop is
an opportunity to learn principles which will create greater ease and fluidity
in movement, enhancing the flow of prana through the body. The day will
begin with breath awareness excercises and gentle exploratory practices,
gradually moving towards a dynamic Viniyasa Flow sequence.
Amanda has
practised yoga for over 30 years and taught Ashtanga Viniyasa initially.
She has a BWY Teaching Diploma, has trained extensively with Donna
Farhi and holds a Diploma in Integrative Bodywork and Movement therapy
- based on the principles of Body-Mind Centering.
This workshop
will be an invaluable opportunity for participants to deepen their
practice.
Venue : Rosary Priory, 93 Elstree Road, Bushey
Heath, Herts
Date
: Sunday 24th Feb 2008
Time : 10am -
4.30pm
Cost :
£50
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Yoga/Meditation
Class Schedule Jan 2008
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St.
Andrews URC Eastcote Pinner
9 weeks
- £81
Wednesdays 9 Jan
- 12 Mar 08 (excl. 13 Feb) 9.30 -
11.00am
Thursdays 10 Jan
- 11 Dec 07 (excl. 14 Feb) 8.15 - 9.45pm
Sindhi
Centre Kenton Harrow
14
weeks - £126
Tuesdays 8 Jan
- 8 April 08 7.15 - 8.25pm or 8.30 - 9.45pm
70
Carlton Ave Kenton Harrow
10
weeks - Yoga For Teens - £80
Mondays 7 Jan
- 17 Mar 08 (excl. 11 Feb) 7.45 - 8.45pm
6 weeks - Meditation Course - £70
Mondays 14,
21, 28 Jan, 4 18 25 Feb 9.00 - 10.15pm
For more
details please click here
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Interesting
Stories
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Contributing to Middle
East peace - through yoga: Thousands of
miles away from their homes, some 150 Israeli, Iranian and Arab youths are
together learning meditation and yoga techniques in India which they hope
will contribute to peace in the troubled Middle East.
Learn About Yoga For
Kids - Childrens Yoga
Children today are under a lot of stress. Homework, pressure to compete
with other children, endless after-school activities, over-scheduling -- it
all adds up. And just like their parents, kids today are turning to Yoga to
help them relax.
Meditation helps
expectant moms - Studies show stress can take a
toll on mother and baby and may have repercussions like low birth weight
and attention issues later in life.
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Cygnus
Book Excerpt
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The
Genie in Your Genes
Dawson
Church
Over two
thousand years ago, the Buddha declared: 'We are formed and moulded by our
thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when
they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.'
Today's research is reinforcing what wise students of the human condition
have known for millennia. Neuroscientist Candace Pert PhD tells us that,
'the molecules of our emotions share intimate connections with, and are
indeed inseparable from, our physiology... Consciously, or more frequently,
unconsciously, we choose how we feel at every single moment.' Practices for
health and wellbeing that were once the exclusive prescriptions of sages
and priests are now being reinforced by the discoveries of today's
geneticists and neurobiologists.
An
unlimited supply of wishes
In
the tales of the Arabian Nights, when Aladdin rubbed the magic lamp, the
genie appeared and granted him three wishes. In the story, once he makes
his wishes, the magic vanishes. He had to think long and hard on which
three things he chose to wish for.
In the real world, given the lamp of our understanding and the genie in our
genes, we have an unlimited supply of wishes. Whatever wishes we put into
the lamp manifest genetically. If we fill our lamps with healing words, our
genes rush to fulfil our wishes - within seconds. If we fill our lamps
with poison (negative thoughts and emotions), we damage the ability of our
inbred genetic servants to heal us. While the mechanisms by which such
differences occurred may have seemed like magic when viewed through the
lens of allopathic medicine - the conventional system of treating
symptoms with agents that produce an opposing effect - the results are
not. In The Genie in Your Genes, we look in detail at the precise
genetic and electromagnetic mechanisms that make such healing magic not
only possible, but scientifically predictable.......read more
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Inspiration
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"When you can act lovingly despite your mood,
your 'evidence' about the world, and your situation in life, that is when
you can become completely aligned with your destiny - nothing can stand in
your way, and nothing can keep love from finding you."
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feel free to forward this newsletter to anyone who may be interested.
With
Love and Light,
Mita
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