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Psychology,Spirituality& Health30| Stealth Infections: Yeast,
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Michael >>Cheikin | MDis a holistic physician, BoardCertified in PM&R ("Physiatry"),Pain Management and licensedin Medical Acupuncture. Hehas studied alternative healingfor over 30 years and designeda multi-dimensional evaluationand treatment process to identifyand heal the “root causes” ofobscure and chronic problems.Contact him at 610.239.9901or www.cheikin.com.Stealth Infections: Yeast, Lyme,Parasites, Virusespage 30
<< KristenButeraE-RYT500, CYT
is the Editor of Yoga LivingMagazine and writer ofeducational articles on Yoga.She is also the Manager of theYogaLife Institute, where sheteaches weekly classes & trainsyoga teachers. Contact her [email protected] Yoga for a Healthier& Happier Pregnancypage 18Book Reviewspage 59
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has an MS in herbal medicinefrom Tai Sophia and practicesherbal medicine, homeopathicmedicine and nutrition inMedia, PA. Learn more abouther practice online atwww.providencehealthandhealing.comPlant Healing for Kids: Herbs for aHealthy School Year page 44
Betsy >>Ostrow | MDis a board certified Pediatricphysician who did her internshipand residency at Children’sHospital of Philadelphia.Currently in practice at MainLine HealthCare Great Kidsin Exton, PA, she has been onstaff at Paoli Hospital since 2001.She is also working on her 200 hryoga teacher certification at theYogaLife Institute in Devon, PA.Yoga and Meditation for Healthy Kidspage 24
Mia Bosna >>is the cover artistfor the magazine this issue.She is a freelance illustrator,graphic designer and shamanicpractitioner in Phoenixville.Her artwork and designs areseen in advertising, publishingand fine art galleries.Commissioned art and printsof her work can be found atwww.MiaBosna.com
<< RobertButeraM.DIV., PH.D.
is the director of The YogaLifeInstitute in Devon, Pennsylvaniawhere he trains Yoga teachersand Yoga therapists. A boardmember of the InternationalAssociation of Yoga Therapists(IAYT), he is also the authorof The Pure Heart of Yoga(Llewellyn Worldwide, 2009)and the publisher of YogaLiving Magazine. Learn moreat www.yogalifeinstitute.com.Meditation for Your Life: ManagingExpectations in Practice page 14
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is a yoga teacher and peaceeducator based in San Diego,CA. She is passionate aboutpromoting peace and sees yogaas a fundamental way we cancultivate peace in ourselves andin the world. Contact her [email protected] Yoga of Food page 26
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Randi >>Coen GilbertRYT500is a yoga teacher, certified doulaand mom who specializes inPre & Postnatal yoga. She hasa Masters Degree in DramaTherapy and has worked as atherapist, counselor and childadvocate. She considers hertwo children to be her greatestZen Masters and is constantlylearning from them. Contacther at [email protected] Yoga for a Healthier &Happier Pregnancypage 18
<< Linda Lynglives, writes, and teaches inKimberton, and may be reachedat [email protected] Bypassing: A New Term toDescribe an Ancient Human Tendencypage 42Book Reviews page 59
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Anthony >>MichaelRubbo | MHSis a consultant to education andindustry, and the author ofbooks on personal leadershipand meditation. He is currentlywriting a novel and collaboratingon a production that promotesthe spiritual lifestyle. If youhave questions or comments,you can contact him [email protected] Sage Within Youpage 34
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YogaLivingYour Healthy Lifestyle Guide
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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow.Learn as if you were to live forever.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
Your brain is a thinking organ that learns and grows by interactingwith the world through perception and action. Mental stimulationimproves brain function and actually protects against cognitive decline,
as does physical exercise. The human brain is able to continually adapt andrewire itself. This amazing concept, called neuro-plasticity was popularized in a 2007 book titled The BrainThat Changes Itself and is arguably one of the most important breakthroughs in the field of neuroscience.
In yoga, we have the concept of Svadhyaya as one of the basic tenants of a yoga lifestyle. Sva refers tothe individual self and adhyaya can be translated as study or education. The literal translation of thisword then, is self-study or self-education. Some schools of yoga take svadhyaya to mean study of thesacred texts or scriptures, while others believe that it is a life long process of self-inquiry and adaptationbased on observation. I personally believe that it is both.
In the modern world it is good to read ancient texts and study books by wise teachers that guide theprocess of self-realization – that input is vital and not to be underestimated. Yet reading and intellectualstudy has it’s limitations - it is very different thing to understand a concept intellectually than it is to havean applied or realized understanding of it. As Albert Einstein said “Any fool can know. The point is tounderstand…it’s not that I am so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.” In this way,svadhyaya becomes a life-long journey that holds the potential for multiple layers of experience andunderstanding within the self.
How else can one practice Svadhyaya? Of course, a regular yoga practice or some other form ofcontemplative movement is an excellent way to turn attention inward and observe the mind. Meditationis powerful tool that is also intended to cultivate a deeper understanding of self.While I am fond of theseapproaches, I also believe that they are not the only ways self-study can be practiced.
There is a tremendous opportunity for evolution every time a person goes out of his/her comfort zone tolearn something or interact with new concepts, ideas, cultures or people that are unfamiliar or differentthan their everyday norm. With the proper intent and awareness, doing things like traveling, taking anight school class, learning a new language, going to a weekend seminar, watching an educational TVshow, learning a new form of movement or doing service based projects can be engaged in as a processof self study and development.
In its most pragmatic definition, self-study could also be described as a process whereby a personintentionally examines his/her actions, behaviors (or lack thereof), emotions, dispositions, repetitivepatterns, etc. in order to understand the inherent strengths and challenges of their personality. Inviewing all learning and educational experiences as a form of self-study, every individual has thepotential to shift the momentum of their life towards understanding the inner workings of his/her mindand uncover his/her true nature and potential.
Whether it’s an article that advances your interest or awareness in a topic or practice, a connection tolocal holistic practitioner that allows you to better understand a health issue or the discovery of a localtraining or seminar that opens a new door of learning for you, we hope that you find this issue of YogaLiving to be a supporting tool in your process of learning and self discovery!
Your Editor –Kristen Butera, Editor
Letter From the Editor
Georg Feuerstein
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Georg FeuersteinBorn 1947, died August 25, 2012"We cannot change people. We can only provide the conditions facilitatingself-generated change. Those conditions are compassion and a positive regardfor the other person, as well as the demonstration that we ourselves are willingto change and grow. Beyond this, we may have great faith in the possibility ofchange, for the universe blinks into and out of existence in every instant, givingus the opportunity to recreate ourselves." – Georg Feuerstein
As this issue of Yoga Living was getting ready to go to press, we were informed of the passing of Dr. Georg Feuerstein, apreeminent Yoga scholar and author of over 30 books on Mysticism, Yoga, Tantra, Sanskrit, Green Living & Hinduism.He translated, among other traditional texts, the Yoga Sutras and Bhagavad Gita for Western audiences.
A scholar-practitioner of the first magnitude, Georg offered profound insights into the history and practice of Yoga and hislegacy of contributions to the global Yoga community are vast and awe inspiring, to which we all owe a huge debt of gratitude.
Yoga Living has a special personal connection to Georg through our publisher Bob Butera. Bob spent time with Georg inthe early 1990’s while he was in graduate school. He shares his personal memories here:
One day while writing my Yoga Therapy PhD dissertation, I was having trouble with a fewSanskrit terms and my CIIS professor was traveling in India and unavailable to answer myquestions. While referencing one of Georg Feuerstein’s books, I decided to try calling hisnon-profit organization to figure out how to write him an email and ask him instead of myprofessor. Well, Georg personally answered the call! 30 minutes later, I had all of myquestions answered and had discovered a new mentor. Georg took a few more calls duringthe course of that year and his insights helped to sharpen my dissertation on how atherapeutic Yoga program could help those living with HIV and AIDS.
What started as mentorship evolved into a friendship, and during my years in San Francisco,Georg and I cultivated a positive relationship around our mutual interest and belief in thepower of a Yoga lifestyle. The Yoga community was small at that time, and as my connectionswith others in the community grew, I learned that Georg made himself available to justabout everyone who asked for his help. He passionately wished to communicate theteachings of Yoga to the fullest extent possible. He once said to me, “if I can help a person even take a small step forward on theirjourney, I want to help in any way I can.” That was the kind of guy he was – generous of heart and mind – and a true scholar,communicator and supporter of all people interested in the Yoga tradition.
In ancient times, the yogin looked to natural worldand within themselves to cultivate understanding intheir goal of self-realization; today, we have thebenefit of books that transmit the teachings,channeled through minds such as Georg's. For thosewho ask what they can do to honor Georg, therequest is a simple one: put into practice theteachings of Yoga that he spent his life exploring andinterpreting for our benefit and understanding.
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EXPECTATIONS CAN BE DISASTROUS INMANY AREAS. When we project what wethink an outcome should be and later have
to face the reality that the outcome was out of ourcontrol, we feel the sting of broken expectations.We wish to control reality to make it what we wantit to be, but the only things that we can actuallycontrol are our actions and reactions to reality.Expectations set us up for failure when reality hitshome – and reality often hits pretty hard!Acknowledging what you know but being opento what you do not know is one step towardovercoming the delusions of our expectations. Thisarticle intends to help individual practitionersilluminate their own expectations of meditationthrough real life examples.
EXAMPLE #1:I HEARD THAT MEDITATION IS GOOD FOR HEALING.After struggling with a health condition but findingno remedy from other sources, Melanie turnedto meditation after reading an article about itshealing effects. When a month passed and nothingchanged, she felt let down once again. Meditationwas no different than anything else Melanie hadtried. She later learned from a psychotherapist thatmeditation is a piece of a larger lifestyle that wouldimprove her health – a lifestyle to be maintained insickness and health.
Lesson: Make an inner spiritual principle the goal and letany physical effect be a welcome by-product. A clearermind does give us a greater awareness of our body’scondition and a compassionate relationship to it, but becareful not to add pressure to your meditation practice tofix a specific health issue.
EXAMPLE #2:MEDITATION WILL REDUCE MY CHRONIC PAIN.After trying just about everything else to alleviaterepeated bouts of back pain, Jane decided she wouldmeditate after learning from books on meditation
that it could diminish pain. But Jane soon discoveredthat meditation was more difficult than she hadexpected and that sitting for long periods of timeactually hurt her back. She was more than a littlelet down. How could she hope to do this beneficialpractice if she was not physically able to sitcomfortably? Fortunately, Jane subsequently learnedthat slow walking meditation, deep breathing andrelaxation exercises provide similar effects tositting on a cushion. Lucky for Jane, she wasresourceful enough to continue exploring when heroriginal expectation was not met.Lesson: Relaxation of the mind-body complex decreasesthe tension on nerves that often decreases pain as well.The expansion of consciousness, however, will also help usto accept pain with a new perspective, which also changesour experience of it.EXAMPLE #3:I HOPE TO HAVE BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WHEN IAM CALM AND COMPOSED.Despite his hope, Carl’s meditation practice alonedid not improve his marriage. It improved Carl’sstress quotient, but his wife still had the samecomplaints. During a marital counseling session,Carl realized that he was not really listening to hiswife; he was listening to his thoughts, not hers.When his mind and heart opened to her feelings,his marriage was saved. Meditation helped Carl tobecome more aware, which allowed him to seebeyond himself and listen to another’s point of view.Lesson: A still mind adapts better because its awarenessis expanded.EXAMPLE #4:A FRIEND WHO MEDITATES DOES NOT STRUGGLE WITHSTRESS; MY STRESS WILL VANISH IF I MEDITATE TOO.Throughout the years, Sally admired Joan, hergenuinely calm and positive neighbor. Eventually,Sally joined Joan at her weekly meditation classes,and in time, Sally learned from Joan that she
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move because they thought the relocation wouldbe fun and realized they could always return totheir hometown in the future.Lesson: When answers to questions are not clear, allowthe answers to find you in their own time. They will findyou when you are open enough to receive them.EXAMPLE #7:I HAVE BEEN MEDITATING FOR A FEW MONTHS, BUTNOTHING IS HAPPENING.After a few months in the meditation training class,Betty told her teacher that nothing was happeningin her practice. Betty reported that she meditatedevery day at the same time, using the same technique,but months had passed and she still had not seena light or heard an inner voice – the kinds of thingsshe had read about in some of her New Age books.Betty’s meditation instructor reminded her of whatmany of the meditation teachers throughout the ageshad said about becoming distracted from the trueSelf by extrasensory phenomena. She also directedBetty to explore her experience and interpretationof “nothing.”Lesson: It is helpful to have a meditation mentor to consultwith because it is tough to measure progress in meditationduring meditation.EXAMPLE #8:I THOUGHT MEDITATION WOULD DECREASE MYTHOUGHTS, BUT THEY HAVE INCREASED!At the last Introduction to Meditation class, Ralphannounced to the group that he had regressed duringthe course. Instead of a calm mind, he found he washaving more thoughts now than when he had startedthe course. Although he did not say it aloud, hewondered if he could get his money back. But thenthe teacher surprised him by announcing to the class,“Ralph has, in fact, successfully begun the meditationself-discovery process. If anyone else has also discoveredthat he or she has more thoughts now than at thebeginning, know that it means your consciousnesshas risen above the thinking mind. In order to realizethat your mind has a lot of thoughts, you must havearrived at a place from which you can observe yourown mind. When you come to understand theroots of your thoughts, they will begin to subside.Great work Ralph!”Lesson: We see much turbulence when we are seated inthe eye of the storm. �
Article based on the new book Meditation for Your Life: Creating a Plan that SuitsYour Style by Robert Butera, PhD. Published by Llewellyn Worldwide, 2012.
frequently sees a counselor and regularly studiesliterature about cultivating peace. Joan also exercisesdaily and eats a healthy diet. Sally realized that ifshe wanted the equanimity she admired in Joan,she too would have to do more than meditate.Lesson: Meditation is one tool for stress managementamong many that together create a lifestyle of well-being.EXAMPLE #5:MEDITATION WILL HELP ME DOUBLE MY SALARYBECAUSE MY CREATIVITY WILL BE ENHANCED.John is a workaholic who knows that overworkleads to diminishing returns. He chose to meditatein hopes of maximizing his productivity. Hisunemployed buddy Bill also meditates, believing itwill manifest a job for him. Both men are meditatingbecause they have misunderstood the popularizedlaw of attraction: Focus on what you want, and youwill attract it into your life. But John and Bill havenot examined the essence of what they want. Onthe surface, both wanted better careers and financialgains, but deeper reflection enabled them to seethat what they wanted was a happy, peaceful andsafe existence for their families. In time, Jon andBill let go of their desire for material measures ofsuccess and instead started to cultivate theirinternal experience of success. They simplifiedtheir lives and used their money more consciously.Lesson: A stable mind can see what the real problems andsolutions are, and what is truly needed or desired.EXAMPLE #6:MEDITATION WILL ANSWER MY QUESTIONS WHENEVERI WANT IT TO.Greg was at a standstill: Should he accept a promotionthat would force him to move his family to anothercountry, or should he pass on the promotion andkeep his family rooted where they are? The familylisted the pros and cons, but they were surprisinglyequal. No one could see into the future, so Gregdecided to find the answer by meditating on thequestion. But his meditations were full of disruptingthoughts; his ego persisted in its attempts to solvethe situation. Finally, one day he let go of the ego’sdrive and stopped searching. A few weeks later, Gregshared this insight with his family: “Our happinessas a family will have to be found within each oneof us. We can be happy here, and we can be happyin South America.” The family finally decided to
