"Niagara Community Coming Together for the Health of OUR Community in a Healthy Experience"

'Think Outside Your LunchBox' Yoga on the Square, Front Lawn of Niagara Falls City Hall; Queen St., Niagara Falls) May 28th ~ September 24th 2010

This a project I have been passionate about since we started building our business here last year and Niagara Falls City Hall has generously aligned with. I would like to encourage your team to come participate in our events. We will be gathering offerings for different charities every week, these items whether it be food, clothing, monetary, etc... will be given to the recipient right at the 'Yoga on the Square' event weekly.

Recipient:

July 30 NO Yoga on the Square

is requesting monetary donations, we thank you!

*We are so excited to share with you the amazing facilitators in yoga and sound healing that are coming to Niagara at the YO2GA Studio here!  Thomas Ashley-Farrand (Namadeva) (August 20-22)...

Saturday, July 17, 2010
According to the 13 Moon Natural Time Calendar this 'Yellow Solar Sun' Day Guided by INTELLIGENCE affirmation is:

We Pulse in order to Enlighten

Realizing Life

We seal the Matrix of Universal Fire

With the Solar tone of Intention

We are guided by the power of INTELLIGENCE...

Level I / II Alchemic YO2GA PLUS Dinner!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 6pm
EQUINOX
COST: $48 incl taxes; but not gratuity. Lungs, Large Intestine & Skin will be the focus of this yoga class and a specially prepared meal by Joseph with healing teas to support these systems and movement plus detoxify! The Air element is upon us as we breathe in the AIR of the Fall Equinox. The asana practice will hold our positions to flow deeply into the meridians that move the AIR element energies. Learn about the emotional balance of the AIR element as well in this unique complete experience.

Coupling Yoga while on Oxygen simultaneously benefits the source of life for every cell in the body. Oxygen heals our wounds, kills germs and bacteria, and ensures the strength and vitality of all living tissues. Blood is what carries oxygen throughout the body, and physical activities like yoga raise the heart rate and increase the circulation of oxygen-rich blood. What makes yoga particularly beneficial is that it also boosts blood circulation to often-neglected areas of the body like joints, connective tissues, and internal organs. Deep stretches, twists, backbends, and muscular contractions signal the body to send blood to those specific areas. *By Reservation please call: 289 296 5632

Location: Mide Bistro & YO2GA Studio, 4333 Queen St., Niagara Falls, ON
Contact: Kassandra 289 296 5632

"In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us."
Thich Nhat Hanh

Form and Matter, Energy, force and Motion...  Let us stay present in our form and matter to move with great force sustaining our natural energy we are all blessed with at every moment.  Let this motion be one of peace, joy, happiness, love and bliss knowing that when you adopt the viewpoint:

"That there is nothing that exists that is not a part of you, That there is no one that exists that is not a part of you, That any judgement you make is self judgement, That any criticism you level is self criticism, You will wisely extend to yourself an unconditional love that will be the LIGHT of YOUR World!"  Harry Palmer

How to get the men in your life to hit the yoga studio

Posted By Sympatico/MSN
Posted 6 months ago


Once upon a time, when you spoke to men about yoga, they almost immediately had images of Lululemon-clad women chanting verses of Sanskrit while bending their bodies into impossible positions.

For the hockey-playing, basketball-watching, sports-obsessed male species, the practice of yoga was about as appealing as watching a Julia Roberts romantic comedy -- twice.

However, times -- and old-standing stereotypes -- have changed thanks, in part, to the evolution of male-specific sport versus female-specific sport. More women are tackling the football field while more men are doing the downward dog.

Yoga has become the new cross-training for men looking to increase their flexibility and improve their muscle conditioning so the next time they hit the field or the rink, their bodies will bend into nearly impossible positions -- willingly.

Paul McQuillan, a yoga instructor at Toronto's Bikram Yoga Centre, has been practising yoga -- specifically, Bikram or hot yoga, a style of yoga that takes place in rooms heated to about 40 C -- for three years. Yoga has improved both his physical and mental strength, he says, while revitalizing his energy levels. Here, he explains the advantages of yoga and how men can benefit from it.

1. Yoga works the entire body

In sports such as hockey, tennis or football, you tend to utilize only 10 to 15 per cent of the body, whereas yoga provides a workout that covers every muscle, joint and organ. The practice oxygenates the blood, creating more energy when you finish the exercise as opposed to depleting the body of it. You work every system: cardiovascular, skeletal, muscular and endocrine.

2. Yoga has benefits in the bedroom

Guradasana, or Eagle Pose, is a posture that sends fresh blood and oxygen to the sexual organs, so this is a particularly beneficial exercise for men in revitalizing their bedroom prowess! Trikonasana, or Triangle Pose, is a marriage of the heart and the lungs, two organs that don't usually interact. Not only does this posture increase cardiovascular endurance, but it is also the only known yoga posture that utilizes every organ, muscle and joint in the body.

Read the whole Article at the Sudbury Times

Aligning in the principals of nature The YO2GA Studio is an organic experience of Yoga on Oxygen, where you inhale approximately 80% oxygen from a delicate nasal tube that effortlessly moves with you while you move through your yoga poses. Initially, the sole purpose of practicing yoga was to experience spiritual enlightenment. In Sanskrit (the ancient language of India), yoga translates as "yoke" or "union," describing the integration of mind and body to create a greater connection with one's own pure, essential nature.

The benefits are vast, coupling Yoga while on Oxygen simultaneously benefits the source of life for every cell in the body. Oxygen heals our wounds, kills germs and bacteria, and ensures the strength and vitality of all living tissues. Blood is what carries oxygen throughout the body, and physical activities like yoga raise the heart rate and increase the circulation of oxygen-rich blood.

What makes yoga particularly beneficial is that it also boosts blood circulation to often-neglected areas of the body like joints, connective tissues, and internal organs. Deep stretches, twists, backbends, and muscular contractions signal the body to send blood to those specific areas.

Yoga on Oxygen  PER Class ~ $25;  Unlimited Monthly ~ $95 per month

Yoga PER Class ~ $14;  Unlimited Monthly ~ $75 per month

Join us for a Crystal Labyrinth Walk.  The power of the Labyrinth is amplified by the power of the crystals and their orientation on the Labyrinth!  Stay tuned in our calendar for the next Crystal Walk "The walk of the Light"

Intentions of New Beginnings begin with a first step... 

The Labyrinth at Knossos burned to the ground in the 15th century BC, yet the idea of the labyrinth survived. Through the centuries, in Greece and throughout the Mediterranean, a common symbol began to be associated with the labyrinth and its legends. Known today as the Cretan or 7-circuit labyrinth, it consists of a single path winding back and forth to a center point in a series of seven concentric rings.The origins of this symbol are somewhat mysterious. It may have spread quickly—and lasted for so many centuries—because the secret of how to draw it (using a seed pattern construction technique) was passed on from generation to generation and civilization to civilization. More intriguingly, the shape of the 7-circuit labyrinth also mirrors the motion of the planet mercury in the sky over a long period of time. Did some ancient astronomer record this motion, and create the labyrinth symbol based upon it? We will probably never know.

The earliest known use of the 7-circuit labyrinth symbol occurs on a clay tablet from the Mycenaean palace at Pylos in Greece. A fire destroyed this palace around 1200 BC, baking the clay tablet and preserving it for archaeologists. The labyrinth was probably a scribe's doodle, because the other side of the tablet was part of the palace records, and lists a number of men who were each owed a goat!

In the following centuries the identical labyrinth, however, turned up on an Etruscan wine jug in Italy, on rock outcrops carved in Spain, on a roof tile of the Parthenon and even as graffito in an Egyptian quarry. The labyrinth also begins to be associated with another Greek legend, that of the fall of the city of Troy, around this time.  This walking meditation graces us with great gifts of peace and harmonic balance.

NEW MOON Crystal walk... 

Quartz crystals transmit, store and amplify energy as well as hold memory. When stimulated with heat, electricity or even thought forms they react and amplify the energy put forth. The Cretan labyrinth is fully lined with 800 quartz crystals which are specifically laid out with the terminated ends (pointed ends) pointing in one direction so that energy flows one way - towards the center key of the labyrinth. In the center, a cluster of quartz crystals are placed with an arrangement of citrine crystals. Four Lemurian crystals are placed in the four directions. These crystals are found in the sand in Brazil and Madagascar unlike other quartz crystals which are found in clusters. It is thought that the Atlantean civilization left these Lemurian crystals planted in the sands of South America containing memory from their civilization in the hopes that future Light Workers would be able to decode their information. These particular stones have striations up the sides that compare to the lines found on our CD's or old vinyl records. As the Atlantean civilization communicated telepathically, this was their means of storing information and the stones that are being found today are no less than an Atlantean library. The entire labyrinth is charged with sound using a clear quartz hand-held third eye (Note "A") practitioners bowl. The vibration from the sound activates every crystal in the labyrinth. When walking the New Moon labyrinth it is important to set new goals and have positive thoughts when inside as your intentions will be amplified. This is a powerful, yet gentle and positive experience. 

Oxygen Therapy for Headache Pain

For the nearly one million Americans who suffer from cluster headaches, relief may be just a breath... of pure oxygen... away. Cluster headaches are acutely painful headaches that come in waves... with several short headaches a day over a period of weeks or months. It's not known what causes them nor what might cure them... but a recent review of research suggests that oxygen therapy, in particular what's known as "normobaric" (normal pressure) oxygen therapy (NBOT), can effectively relieve the pain. This is good news for sufferers of cluster headaches, as NBOT is an easy and natural alternative -- and, perhaps most importantly, it works really fast. 

RESEARCH FINDINGS

The lead author of the meta-analysis, Michael Bennett, MD, associate professor of medicine at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, explored the effectiveness of two kinds of oxygen therapy for prevention and treatment of headaches -- NBOT, which involves breathing 100% oxygen from a portable oxygen tank with a mask... and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), which involves breathing oxygen at higher than normal atmospheric pressure in a sealed chamber. Dr. Bennett reviewed nine small clinical trials involving 201 participants, noting that 76% of patients experienced relief when treated with NBOT for their cluster headaches and not much from HBOT. He also found evidence, though nowhere near as strong or compelling, that HBOT relieves migraine headaches. While NBOT is "cheap and easy to apply" as a therapy for cluster headache patients, Dr. Bennett expressed caution about the use of HBOT for migraines, given its "high cost, poor availability and inconvenience," saying more research needs to be done. The study was published July 16, 2008, in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Alexander Mauskop, MD, a board-certified neurologist and director of the New York Headache Center, who uses oxygen therapy in his practice, explained why this treatment is helpful to people who suffer from these very particular headaches. (Note: Oxygen therapy is not currently recommended for relief from any other kind of headache and should never be attempted on your own.) 

OXYGEN USE

According to Dr. Mauskop, up to 70% of cluster headache patients can attain relief within five to 10 minutes of breathing in 100% oxygen. For oxygen therapy to work, the oxygen must be inhaled through a mask at high flow (between 8 to 10 liters per minute). It is believed that oxygen helps by offsetting metabolic changes that cause pain and vasospasms due to oxygen depletion. 

Effective as it is for cluster headaches, Dr. Mauskop notes that this therapy probably will not be helpful in alleviating any other kind of headache pain. Visit a neurologist for a headache evaluation if you think you may have cluster headaches and might benefit from NBOT. And by the way, it should be noted that NBOT is distinct from other oxygen therapies that are available in spas and at trendy oxygen bars. In those, the concentration of oxygen is likely to be much lower than 100% -- in fact, those "oxygen treatments" are typically just a few percent points more than the usual 21% we breathe in the air. 

Source(s): 

Michael Bennett, MB, BS, MD, is an associate professor in the faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Bennett is an experienced clinician and researcher in both Anesthesia and Diving/Hyperbaric Medicine.

Alexander Mauskop, MD, is the director and founder of the New York Headache Center. He is a board-certified neurologist and has published numerous articles in scientific journals. Dr. Mauskop is author of The Headache Alternative: A Neurologist's Guide to Drug-Free Relief (Dell) and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Migraines (Warner). 

 

• THE PERFECT COMBINATION TO EXERCISE IS OXYGEN
• OXYGEN POST EXERCISE AND DURING EXERCISE DISSIPATES LACTIC ACID AND BENEFITS THE SOURCE OF LIFE FOR EVERY CELL IN THE BODY
• OXYGEN HEALS OUR WOUNDS, KILLS GERMS AND BACTERIA
• OXYGEN ENSURES THE STRENGTH AND VITALITY OF ALL LIVING TISSUES
• BLOOD IS WHAT CARRIES OXYGEN THROUGHOUT THE BODY, PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES RAISE THE HEART RATE AND INCREASE THE CIRCULATION OF OXYGEN RICH BLOOD
• HEIGHTENS CONCENTRATION, ALERTNESS AND MEMORY
• 90% OF OUR ENERGY COMES FROM OXYGEN, AND ONLY 10% FROM FOOD AND WATER
• OXYGEN IS VITAL TO YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM, MEMORY, THINKING AND SIGHT
• PROMOTES HEALING AND COUNTERS AGING
• STRENGTHENS YOUR HEART, REDUCING THE RISK OF HEART ATTACKS
• CALMS YOUR MIND AND STABILIZES YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
• SPEEDS UP THE BODY'S RECOVERY AFTER PHYSICAL EXERTION
• PROVIDES A NATURAL REMEDY FOR HEADACHES, MIGRAINES AND HANGOVERS
• RELIEVES TEMPORARY ALTITUDE DISCOMFORT
• IMPROVES MUSCLE STIFFNESS, SUPPORTS PRE-ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
• LESSENS CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME AND GIVES YOU BETTER SLEEP PATTERNS
 

NEW innovative Yoga sequence to conquer stress at the source and look your best from the inside out on your special day!

 

Hi All,

Welcome to my new blog where I can talk about all the wonderful things that yoga makes possible.

Kass