Again and again, when I return home, I encounter people who have never traveled. I am unsure what to say at times but I always try to offer them encouragement to get out there and see the world. In the USA and Canada many people go right into the work force once they are old enough to leave the family house or just after they finish school. Many who stay in school for an extra amount of time and are faced with the burden of student loans and a high cost of living when they join the working world.

In Europe, all countries have mandatory vacations for workers ranging anywhere form 2 weeks to two months. In the USA you are lucky to get a vacation at all and many times it is not a paid vacation. For women in North America , when children arrive on the scene a one week trip to Disney Land is the extent of their travels all to often

It has been said that half the road to enlightenment is traveled when you get out of the comforts of the first world, industrialized countries and spend time in the 3rd world developing countries. It’s there, amongst the heart people, who live off the land and live close to nature, where we realize what is important in life. When we see first hand how poor countries survive, get by and thrive amidst trying circumstances we become somewhat humbled but empowered at the same time. As we discover how truly happy these poor people really are, the deep emotions of compassion and empathy soar and our sense of entitlement dwindles.

I was teaching yoga at two different places in Thailand on the same island and my daily commute to my afternoon class involved a two mile boat ride into town. It was a very pleasant journey most of the time but when the seas kicked up the long tail boats which were designed for river cruising provided quite an adventure.

As we were heading back into shore after my class one day, a rogue wave knocked our driver sideways and the boat headed directly toward the rocks. I was sitting up at the bow and as the rocks came towards us I simply hopped out of the boat. The other passengers froze and wound up slamming into the rocks and got banged up a little bit. I stayed with the captain and we pulled his boat off of the rocks. Everything had spilled out of his boat, fishing nets and equipment that was stored under the floor boards were scattering across the bay and sinking down to the bottom. Worst of all, his engine came off and sunk as well. Those of you who know boats, know that engines submerged in salt water is not a good thing, in fact, many times it’s fatal. His whole life was turned upside down and hundreds of dollars were lost, probably more cash than he would make in two months and not once did I see him stop smiling.

After we gathered up what we could and got the capsized boat back to shore, his appreciation and gratitude for my efforts was overwhelming. I was blown away by how he kept everything in perspective and worked so well under pressure. We were getting slammed pretty hard by the waves as we dragged the long tail off the rocks and never once did we panic or show any fear, just clear and concise communication and effective action.

When you live life aware, switched on, in the “zone” or in the “moment”, there are no surprises. As life happens you become a witness, not a judge. You take action calmly and clearly with instinctive knowing. When a monkey is racing through the treetops, leaping and swinging from tree to tree, he is not thinking about how his hair looks or if he should go on a diet or just get the liposuction after all. He is at one with nature and has moved beyond thought into instinctive knowing. Believe it or not we can achieve that same state of ‘no mind’, with daily practice, patience and persistence.

One of the greatest things I did in the land of the Buddha was to attend a ten day silent retreat with the monks of the southern provinces. They teach awareness, or should I say they exude awareness. I remember upon finishing my first retreat and being able to talk again I asked if there were any meditation center in the USA. They opened the world directory and I suddenly realized there were three meditation centers within two miles of my apartment in Portland, Oregon.

My point here is this… Something can be lying at your feet, maybe one of the greatest gifts this life has to offer is staring you in the face, but if you are not open to receive it, these gifts will pass you by, time and time again. When we get out of our comfort zones we learn how to trust. Trust in one another and trust in ourselves. Trust in the universe and trust feelings of the heart.

Before I had the pleasure to visit, live, study and teach in the third world I lived most of my life in my head. I was young, ambitious, driven and loyal. I was a good person but I was not myself yet. I was living up to the expectations others had placed on me from my parents and teachers to the numerous coach’s, peers and guidance counselors who lovingly and in good faith tried to “show me the way”. I was always told you need to have this type of job and make X amount of money and have health benefits and a retirement plan of some sort. I even remember when I was between colleges my mom wanted me to apply to be a manager at a Wendy’s Hamburger Franchise because they had “benefits”… Yikes! Had I taken that job, chances are I would be needing those medical benefits.

If I had not been out of my safety zone I may have never found meditation which lead me to yoga, after all, I there three centers in my Southeast Portland neighbor hood where I had lived for the past 6 years and I never knew anything about them. If I had not felt the joy in the boatman’s heart that stormy afternoon, would I still be a compassionate and loving person? Who knows? What I do know is what I feel in my heart. My intuition, instincts, insight and inspiration have heightened because I take chances, because I try new things, because I embrace the unknown.

I am not saying you have to go to an impoverished village in Africa, help them irrigate their farm land, dig wells for water and build sustainable homes, but can you imagine what that experience might expose you too? Don’t live life in fear. If you’re not ready or able to fly to a foreign country then start by going to a strange part of your city that you have never been to before, eat some weird, stinky ethnic food and have a heart to heart talk with a local person from that neighborhood. Then go out and attend a lecture, see live music, check out a poetry slam or attend dance class in that area.

Try something new every day, read books and get curious. Put your television in the closet and start watching documentaries on the computer instead. There are so many great teachers out there, living and not living, and most of them offer recorded talks for free on YouTube. Maybe enroll in some classes about organic gardening, healthy cooking or natural building. Join a community group that volunteer’s time for cleaning up the beaches, planting and preserving green spaces or visits sick people in the hospital. Pull up your lawn and plant fruit trees, vegetable and flowers. When your harvest comes in, walk around the neighborhood, knock on strangers doors and give them food and seeds so they can grow a garden much like yours. If you think the world is a big scary place, you got it all wrong.

The earth is small and intimate. Every action, every thought, every idea affects everyone and everything. I like to compliment people on their dogs, their bikes, a nice shirt or whatever I think is genuinely cool about them. This practice is called spontaneous joy. Someone may be out on a rainy day, walking their dog, irritated that they are missing their favorite soap opera and getting wet because the dog had to relieve himself. They may not like themselves and they may be perturbed with their demanding pup. If you say something simple like, “What a great dog! What’s his name?” You can snap someone out of their funk. They may be surprised, but most times they will greet you with a thank you and then upon looking down at their lovely pet they think, “Yes, I do have a cool dog”, and the might even blurt out something like, “His name is Frank and I got him form my brother!” We have the power to change lives and raise spirits with such little effort.

Do what makes you nervous; bring a curious sense of mystery into your life. Try new things and don’t be shy. Shyness is thought to be a disconnection to spirit, just like phobias and superstitions. We are way bigger than we can ever imagine. Make it your practice to look people in the eye, smile and give them a nod ‘hello’ as if to say. “I am with you and I acknowledge you and you are not alone”. Every so often you will get a bright eyed, switched on, kindred spirit staring right back at you, nodding with a wide eyed sense of knowing and grinning a grin that says,” Isn’t life amazing?’ These are the people you want to be around. but you will never find them if you are looking down and ignoring life.

We are all connected and we need simple reminders. Give as many hugs as you can, it is okay if you make someone uncomfortable by expressing your love for them, your love for life. Blushing is a good thing. We were all born an original and most all us die a copy… Don’t be afraid to be yourself. And if you do get a chance to go to some place like Thailand, India or Nepal just go. Believe me when I say there is more danger in not traveling. Don’t be afraid to go to a place where you can scratch you itchy soul.

It has been said that most people die with their music still locked inside them. You are not one of those people. Let your voice be heard, let your heart be exposed and more often that not you will find yourself…, way out beyond your comfort zone…

Why do I practice Yoga?

I guess I can sum it up in one sentence. I do not want to feel the way I used to feel!

I found yoga in my early thirties.  I can vividly recall in my life prior to yoga, meditation and healthy eating.  During this time I was able to sleep in till 10am or even noon time.  I remember getting sick from time to time with hay fever and sinus infections that often would result in a series of sinus induced migraine headaches.  These headaches would last for 3 to 6 weeks, starting off very mildly in the first week, building up to gut wrenching pain in weeks 2 through 5 and then subsiding about a month and a half after they began. After 20 years of suffering and trying almost every medicine and alternative treatment, I one day discovered the Master Cleanse cured this condition almost immediately, every time. A vegetarian, yogic lifestyle prevents them from ever returning

I was raised in a family of workaholics and highly trained, competitive athletes. My father worked 70 to 80 hours every week driving a truck for a meat company. Somehow he still found time to play and coach ice hockey.  He had an eye for talent a scouted several junior players into the semi pro leagues in Canada where many of his prospects made it to the NHL.

Sports were my life growing up and I feel that all the hard work and sweat gave me a tireless work ethic and kept my physical body from falling victim to any serious illnesses such as diabetes, cancer or heart disease.  My Dad died at the age of 49.  At 47 he was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer and given his death sentence of 6 months to live.  The doctors told him to take some time off work, say goodbye to his family and prepare for his demise.

He was a fighter till the end and never gave up hope of recovery. Almost 2 years after the initial diagnosis he left his body.  He was in okay health until the last two months, when he was hospitalized and passed away in the ICU wing of the same hospital where i was born 20 years prior.

I was young and this ordeal had a profound effect on me.  My eating habits did not change right away but I began to train on my bicycle, riding long distances daily and I even toured long distances for days on end with camping gear as well.  I also took up weight training during that time and I worked out on 3 different styles of punching bags.  I also began long distance swimming and in my later twenties worked as a personal trainer.  This eventually led me into Tai Chi classes where I slowly began to “wake up”  The cycling, swimming and bag work were pure meditation to me… a place where time slipped away and I was at home in my body and fully aware of my breath, heartbeat and how quiet my mind became.

When I was 30 yrs. old I went to Thailand for two months and was blown away by the people, the culture and the laid back, land of smiles, lifestyle.  At this point I had been taking vitamin and protein supplements and was moving towards a full time vegetarian diet. I was vegan for months and in that period I would swim mile after mile in the Gulf of Thailand, going long distances up and down the coast and on occasion even channel swimming from one island to another.

I also did an internal cleanse at that time in Thailand and I remember drinking only juice and water during my fast. I was also taking herbs and drinking psyllium hulls and clay smoothies 4 times a day for almost a week straight. On day five I filled the toilet with 7 epic bowel movements, leaving behind the rancid, mucoid plaque that resides in each and every one of us and makes us sick.

A year later I returned and my life changed forever.  I enrolled at Wat Suan Mokh, A Buddhist Monastery which hosts up to 130 westerners the first of every month for a ten day silent meditation.  My best friend Troy, who brought me with him, said he liked to go up on top of the dormitory and practice morning yoga during the sunrise.  He said after yoga we could do some resistance training with rubber exercise bands that we had brought along on the trip.

My first yoga classes we done in complete silence following my buddy and listening to my breath. He would occasionally adjust me or motion with his hands if I was out of position but for the most part I instinctively followed his cues and listened to my intuition.

We spent about a total of 10 hours a day meditating and listening to talks and stories from the Ajahn, various monks and senior meditation teachers.  We were blessed to receive daily dharma talks from a world class speaker,  Brian Page Bauerle who founded the Asian leadership foundation,  Brian’s credentials and life experiences would take two pages to describe so lets just say this guy was switched on… he had a direct line to God. He was only able to be with us for five days and packed ten days of talks into five straight one hour dissertations before he headed back to Phuket to be with his son. So for an hour each day he spoke directly into our souls, no sensor, no filter, just straight up heart talk.

During this time, although we were not allowed to speak to each other, we were allowed to interview any of our teachers and I was able to interview Ajahn Poh, the head monk at Wat Suan Mokh. I was also able to sit down with Brian and ask him the big life questions.  The central theme of his teachings was appreciation and gratitude.  Gratitude is the attitude he would tell us, over and over again,

After his 5 days he left to return to his family and business and upon his departure I fell gravely ill.  My temperature rose to 105 degrees and my throat looked as if I had tried to swallow two golf balls at once and they got stuck in my neck.  I was diagnosed with strep throat and was put on antibiotics and sweat it out in bed for 2 or three days.  The whole time I was concerned that I had drank from communal plastic cups by the water fountain and that someone else may catch the strep throat that I was suffering from.

A few days later the fever broke, I suddenly felt better than ever and I was back on the cushion and practicing yoga with great vigor.  I floated out of that Monastery to where it felt as if my feet barely touched the ground.  Not only had i lost about 15 pounds but I had completely let go of any regret, resentment, bitterness, anger, grudges and fear. I was amazed at how many positive emotions emerged when the negative emotions are set free.

We made it back to the island late in the day and that night my friends coaxed me to into coming out late night for a dance under the full moon.  I danced for a bit and then I walked down to the waters edge and waded out into the still ocean to take in the enormous full moon that lit up the beach and reflected off the glimmering water. I stood and stared up at the moon’s incredible brightness and I started to experience waves and waves of joy, bliss and ecstasy.  My body was flooded with a warm, overwhelming feeling that made me shudder, writhe and shake with tremendous pleasure and knowing.  A feeling that i can only describe as a total in body and out of body orgasm that was not sexual, I was in complete oneness with a beaming smile and endless tears of joy streaming down my face.  I am not even sure how long this went on for, it may have been ten minutes or it could have been an hour and a half.

As I look back on it I realize it was my spirit coming deeply back into my body, into my being.  I don’t think that your spirit can actually leave you but i do think it can be stifled or dislodged.  I also think that if we numb out with substances like drugs and alcohol or submit to the programming of television and newspapers we disconnect from spirit and let the fear based emotions guide our actions. This numbing or fading out of consciousness also allows other entities or delinquent spirits to invade our being when our defenses are down.

Later on I found out that nobody else at the monastery got sick.  I did not catch anything; on the contrary I got rid of everything.  My girlfriend at the time, who is an intuitive spiritual healer, informed me that emotional releases come out through the throat.  The throat chakra is an emotional center and mine was blown wide open.

My life has never been the same since and I can never go back to the “old me”.  When the sun rises I am always awake, my energy is unstoppable and I cannot fall back to sleep.  I know that there are too many great things that need my attention, too many people that need my help and too many great places in this world to visit and experience.  Travel has been my greatest teacher and I continue to explore and discover new things on a daily basis. I make an effort to experience nature first hand every day and I make sure I swim in the ocean get my bare feet to touch the earth on a daily basis. I read books every day and search the Internet for advice, knowledge and inspiration.

Why do I practice every day? Because it keeps me connected to spirit, source, god, soul, creator, higher power or whatever term for universal energy you feel comfortable with.  When I do not do my practices i start to get tired, cranky, irritable and frustrated and I notice I have trouble getting up in the mornings.  If I move away from my vegetarian diet I start to feel congested, constipated and lethargic.

When you begin a yoga and/or meditation practice you are opening the ultimate can of worms.  There are so many worms you may feel at times that you have lost your mind and perhaps you have. This is not always a bad thing. Get curious!  Our conditioning, coaching, prejudices, judgments and fears get tossed out the window.  We make room in our hearts for a whole plethora of new emotions that steer us out of the gutter so that we may rise up and be of service to our brothers and sisters and the mother earth.

When we continue our daily practice we renew our vows each time we step onto our mat or sit on our cushion.  If you take up the practice of yoga, really take it up full force, with a vengeance. Study the Yamas and Niyamas.  Go on retreats, learn how to be silent and still the mind. Your brain will send you in a thousand directions; your heart will guide you back to the one, to the self, to source.  I realized on that beach, under that moon that there is only one of us, there is no separation, we are all intimately connected, What happens to one of us happens to all of us. What we think, how we act, how we express ourselves affects everything everywhere.

Your practice will bring you back home into your heart so you can make proper decisions. That daily discipline will allow you to feel instead of think, to love instead of shout, to breathe instead of clench. We are born helpless with no strength or defenses and must rely on others for one or two decades until we can fend for ourselves properly.  When we truly realize how much we have been given, only then do we realize we must spend the rest or our lives giving back.

Neem Karoli Baba, one of the highest, realized beings of our time left his body in 1973.  When his students asked him what they should do out in the “real world” after their time in his Ashram was up, his reply was, “Feed people and serve people”.  That’s it… period.  I practice because it makes me a better person, it reminds me to not judge and it helps me realize there is no higher calling than helping others in whatever way I can.

Yoga allows us share our gifts, it helps us sing out loud, dance in the rain and love till we can only feel…. Your story may be different than mine, your home may be on the other side of the world, and your family may not even be alive… but please know that I am you and you are me, separateness is an illusion created in the brain and reinforced by politics, religions, schools, governments, media, sports and advertisements..

If you have not started to do yoga, I hope these words will somehow inspire you to begin. No matter how sick, old, injured or defeated you think you are, you can always begin a practice. Your practice will never be perfect, that is why it is called a practice.  It will only get better unless you ignore it. Meditation is amazing but it is overly difficult without a yoga practice.  A vigorous yoga practice will allow you to embrace the postures and learn the bhandas or energy locks.  These locks will allow you to breathe deeply and that breath will ease you into a meditative state naturally. This four step process, postures, bhandas, breath and meditation are the four cornerstones for vinyasa yoga, laid out for us by Sri Krishna Macharya, who is known by many as the teacher of our teachers. He left his body in 1983 and his students have spread his teachings across the globe in many various yoga styles.

You can change the world but it starts by changing yourself.  If you don’t like your situation, change it!  Get positive, start a daily practice.  It does not matter what the practice is, as long as following the breath is the main focal point.  Tai Chi and Qi Gong, along with other breath orientated movements will also help you find oneness.  It is believed an ancient yogi traveled from India to Asia and inspired the people there to develop these practices.  Or maybe a master came from the Orient and gave his teachings to the people of India.  Nobody really knows for sure, although there are many great theories.  Lao Tzu, one of the great masters said, “That which is real is that which does not change…”   What we see, taste and touch is a matrix of spinning particles made up of protons and neutrons, consisting mostly of space.  The soul is in the only constant in our existence.

The only thing you can know for sure is what resonates in your heart.  A daily practice will help you listen to your heart feelings. The word inspiration simply means “In Spirit”. Have you ever written a ‘Love Letter” and noticed the words flowed like water? When life is really good, I mean really juicy, there is very little thought involved, your creative genius emerges and everything flows with ease. It almost feels as if you are not doing anything, you are just being done… My daily practice enables me to experience these states of bliss.

I practice because I am awake now, I practice so I can feel instead of think, I practice so I can live before i die.  I practice for all of you because you are me and I am you.  I practice so i can give back and be of service in the hopes of helping others wake up to experience the joy and bliss of being truly alive…

Blessings of Gratitude and Appreciation, Namaste

Why should I work at home?

When I was growing up as a child in the 70’s, life was pretty sweet. We built forts, played sports, went fishing, flew kites, took swimming lessons and skated on ponds.  My Dad worked long hours and spent an hour and a half commuting daily back and forth to work in the city 5 days a week. We saw him at dinner and on weekends.  I remember all of the new cars he bought and he drove for about 200,000 miles until they weren’t worth fixing any more. He was with that same company for 28 years.

My mom was a house wife for most of those years. She cooked and cleaned, gardened and landscaped and drove us to thousands of sporting events and practices.  She rejoined the work force when I was 15 years old to pay for the Prep school I was attending close to the city.  At first she drove just 10 minutes each way to her job, but when the company expanded and she was promoted, she drove over an hour each way to work for her last 8 years or here career. She stayed with that company until she retired 20 years deep.

These were the role models we were presented with. Most of the people I knew and grew up with were working for a company and putting in X amount of years to receive a pension so they could retire and finally relax and do what they really wanted to do.  Our parents somehow knew this was not all it was cracked up to be and made every effort to get their kids to attend college so they could do basically the same program but make more money and not have to do so much physical labor.  The workers looked up to their white collar bosses and wanted the same upper middle class outcome for their offspring. Maybe their kids would drive Cadillacs instead of Buick’s and live in a big home in the suburbs as opposed to an apartment in the inner city.

Our other career choices besides the military were to own and operate a small business, say a hardware store or a bakery or start a plumbing company or operate a beauty salon.  This kind of leap into entrepreneurship took a large investment, usually involved working for someone else for ten years before one had enough experience and confidence to go out on their own.  There is nothing small about a small business and with the rising utility rates, sky rocketing rents for commercial space, insurance, employees, benefits, taxes etc., most small businesses fail before they really get going.

I read a report recently where a journalist spent weeks in New York City Hospitals.  He would sit with the terminally ill patients and if it was okay with them he conducted interviews. He asked the dying people what their biggest regrets in life were.  Almost every person had these two statements.  1.) “I wish I didn’t work so much…” and 2.) “ I wish I spent more time with my family…”

The only people who lived truly well back then were born into vast wealth or those who had started or invented something that they owned the rights to and collected residual income.  We would often hear about the one guy who lives in that really big house on the hill… He invented the lock proof break pad that works in the rain and snow.  The term, “Living like a rock star” does not so much mean parties, super models, drugs and debauchery to me anymore.  It means that these guys are selling songs, lyrics and records and collecting income all around the clock, 24/7. Even when they are asleep their songs are playing on a radio stations or on a movie soundtrack somewhere.

We have been conditioned to trade our time for money and most of us top out at some maximum hourly wage.  The new paradigm of affiliate marketing along with online promotion has now made it possible to keep the family unit in tact. The latch key kid is becoming less common as more and more people now able to make phenomenal incomes from home. There is also no limit to what size income you can earn with our company! We had the occasional Avon Lady, Fuller Brush Man or Electrolux Salesman when I was growing up but even these people worked long, hard hour to sell their wares

Now with Online Marketing, you can promote your own business right from the comfort of your own home, working in your underwear and slippers while looking after your 2 year old daughter.  It prevents mothers and fathers from spending 10 or 20 hours a week in a car commuting to a job they don’t like that they are only doing for the money.  When you help someone improve their current business situation by sharing marketing tools, promotion strategies, SEO ranking improvements and automated mailing systems, you are not only helping them make loads of money but you help relieve a burden of stress and you assist them in creating an ease filled life for themselves and their families.  I believe that most businesses fail due to lack of exposure.

Location, location, location has been the old adage for a small business to succeed. What if the location for your business today was the top spot on page one of every major Google search category for you company and its products? I am not saying to quit your job, put a desk in the living room and you will be a millionaire in 6 weeks.  But I am saying that you can make the most of your spare time by following some simple steps put together by a few multi millionaire online marketing wizards.

The start up costs for your online business is extremely low and the monthly overhead compared to operating a storefront is a fraction of the cost.  It may take a few months or maybe a few years to leave your 9 to 5 gig but please know it is possible to build a reliable, consistent residual income that allows you to be around your family, take vacations, make your own hours and work wherever you have computer access. This could be on a beach, in the mountains or even overseas.

My pops spent 10,500 hours commuting in a car over his 28 year career. That is a staggering 437 days at the wheel for 24 hours a day.  Never mind that he drove a truck all day for a living. Studies have shown that many people are dying an average of about three years after retirement.  My Dad died two years before his 30 year pension kicked in. My mom spent 5,800 hours at the wheel commuting over a 20 year span.  Driving straight around the clock you would be on the road for 242 days 24/7 to match her distance driven while just commuting to her job.

Online marketing is looking better and better each day. People are working for themselves, spending time with their families and enjoying more hobbies and sports. Instead of angry, high pressure bosses, we have coaches, sponsors and trainers who we work with. These people do nothing but educate, encourage and help us succeed.  The system we use is proven, reliable and easy to follow.  Everything is laid out for you and there are dozens of strategies, training videos and live calls which will inspire and motivate you to take control of your business and start a new line of residual income. A steady stream of income will flow into your account by promoting these online marketing secrets to other entrepreneurs like yourself. It is a win / win situation. As you learn the keys and secrets to marketing and promotion, you can grow and expand you own business and you can share these systems and programs with other people and get paid in the process.

Tackling the Internet and the top 4 big bad giants like Google, Facebook, YouTube and Yahoo ( ranked #1 through #4 in that order), can be a daunting task. After spending thousands of dollars on so called computer experts who never produced results, I stumbled upon this info and in one short week I have learned all kinds of strategies to make the Internet work for me. Free online promotion is quick and easy and contacts and leads can be found quite simply. Paid advertising can give you even greater exposure for just a few dollars a day. This system will help you build customer lists and use automated follow up systems that keep your contacts well informed and eager to hear what you have to offer next.

If your business in not on the Web or if its ranking poorly in web searches, you may as well be in the back alley of bad neighborhood.  Our company not only allows you to promote and expand your existing business, but it allows you to earn 100% commissions by selling online marketing products that can generate residual income for you as well. You don’t have to store, insure, stock, buy, dust or package any of the products you sell. You simply direct people to your website( which is included with sign up) and they will add the products they like to their shopping cart.  When the client makes a purchase, commissions of up to 100% go directly into your account with very little effort.

It may take some time in the beginning, but by following this fool proof plan for online marketing and promotion, the fear is replaced by confidence and knowing. I did not have computers in school when I was a kid, so this does not come naturally to me, but I am learning new things everyday and I am excited to be connecting with so many positive people who want a better life with more freedom to sing and dance, to laugh and to play!

As I type this last paragraph I can hear the roar of the waves. I live on world class surf beach just up the road from Cabo Blanco National Park in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica.. I get to swim in the ocean everyday and play with my three dogs on the beach. My family is happy, there is no commute and we do not spend too much time on the computer.  We make sure to enjoy nature and appreciate the opportunity online marketing has provided for us.  Online marketing and SEO rankings used to intimidate me and I was confused when just talking about computer advertising. As I listen to the training videos, live conference calls and talk with my live business coach each week my fears are subsiding.

I invite you get to beach more often, to spend less time on the road and more time with the ones you love. Maybe I will see you here on the beach in Costa Rica this winter. Three simple steps will help get you here!  Pura Vida!

What I prefer to do is have a student go out and explore some different styles of classes, try different postures and find out what they like.   That way they can discover which poses seem to work and which ones make them feel uneasy.  What I like to do is help a student figure out and design a home practice which is just for themselves, a series of poses that addresses their injuries and limitations.  I also make sure to include poses, breath work and chanting that elevates their spirit.

You can spend your whole life racing from one yoga studio to the next giving your money to various centers in the hopes they will make you feel better. Or you can take your power back and develop a personal practice that helps you connect to spirit and allows you to listen to your breath, tune into your heartbeat and overcome your injuries and anxieties.  The word yoga simply means to ‘yoke’ or bind and connect mind, body and spirit.

A personal practice develops over time.  You will start out with a series of poses and as you get stronger and more capable you will add some poses and remove the ones which you outgrow. It is still good to go to yoga classes or workshops on occasion for the group energy and some expert advice and corrections, but you should not have to rely on a studio to do your practice. One should always have a practice they can do on their own, every day, which helps them feel great and raises their energy levels.

I can teach ten different types of classes but if I teach a private class, the time is best spent on building a daily routine for needs and time allowed for that person to fit a yoga practice comfortably into his or her day. Then the student can practice anywhere and not feel like you have to get to a yoga studio to feel good… You can feel great on your own with your custom designed series of asanas, pranayama breathing and chanting!  Filming the class may help you remember the routine and instructions and allow you to more easily keep up with a daily commitment

When we attend large classes we sometimes feel lost in the crowd.  Yoga is meant to be a teacher to student transmission, one on one.  In these modern times of commercial businesses, it is more profitable and time saving to have many people in one large room.   When you spend one on one time with a serious instructor, you will break through misconceptions and limitations more quickly and easily.  If you have never had a private class, I highly recommend it.  They are usually about the same price as a massage.  The experience can be eye opening if not life changing… see you on the mat!

Costa Rica, once you visit, you won’t want to leave..

Letter to a cancer patient

Here is a long seminar from Dr. Dyer that may be of great help my friend, 7 hours is a long time but it has some universal wisdom that is priceless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZnvPIBWJQs

I just listened to the first 30 minutes and at 16 minutes it got really good at that point. Our thoughts determine our outcome. I know in my heart, from my experience if you follow my protocol 4 stage to the ‘T’, for a good amount of time, all illness will eventually disperse. This guy, DR Wayne Dyer was cured of blood cancer, a.k.a. Leukemia, over the phone in a healing with John of God in Brazil. I showed you the Greg Braden video where in China three physicians repeating the mantra TSSAAA over and over again, which simply means leave or go away used their positive belief together in a spiritually focused manner to send away the cancerous tumor and cured a woman of terminal cancer in a couple of minutes. Check it out again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZpRP1FV0lE

If I had cancer I would either go to a Gerson Therapy clinic a.s.a.p., or i would go to Kabir Baug yoga therapy hospital in Pune, India, or I would go see “John Of God” who cures chronic diseases all day long, often energetically through telephone conversations. Most likely though, I would buy the Gerson Protocol home therapy kit and follow their regimen of nine fresh organic juices a day and several green coffee enemas a day for several months or go to China to one of the energetic, non medicine clinics.

I personally feel trying to kill cancer with chemo and highly toxic drugs is like trying to kill a mosquito in your house with an M16. Chemo can kill cancer cells, yes, but also kills lots of other healthy cells. We do not get cancer because we did not get enough radiation and now you need more. I would also look into spending time studying and being trained by Gabriel Cousens and David Wolfe, two raw food pioneers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVeyHsC4P20

We are bombarded with radiation all the time and just the testing for cancers with MRI’s and CAT scans make us more vulnerable to getting cancer. We do not get cancer because we have too many organs or glands and now we have to take one out. We get cancer through poor eating habits mostly, but also negative thinking, not breathing deeply in a meditation or movement practice, because we not loving or being loved enough or we are working too hard for money and not being able to help people or the earth in a positive way. This is how we bring on cancer or attract ‘dis’ease. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EueaffkCbHs

We really must all give ourselves what we are lacking and put the heart, body, mind and spirit at ease or simply we must come back to our natural, meditative state. We must allow our subtle body energy to flow naturally so we can move through our lives with divine grace. When there is a mosquito or some other pest is in your home, you really just need to open your doors and windows, (aka your heart and mind) and whisk the pest back outside naturally where it belongs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRBpvsYmffQ

I know that sounds completely crazy given the thoughts and beliefs of the sleeping people you are surrounded by. But just know that a belief is simply just a mental thought that you have repeated over and over and over again, until it become true for you. This does not mean it is true, valid or even real. It is just a repetitive thought you grabbed onto somehow, usually given to you by some outside source or ill informed entity. Have any of your MD’s tried to get you to change your water, change to a plant based raw organic vegan diet or do a strict vegan cleansing protocol to excavate the excess, rancid, mucoid plaque that is clogging your intestines and making you ill??? If they did they would lose a customer for life.

There is too much money in treatments for them to ever expose a natural cure that cannot be patented by pharmaceutical companies for massive profits. I believe I told you that all cancer patients breathe in and out once a second. That is a half second inhale half second exhale or 60 breaths a minute. I have gotten my meditation pranayama breathing down to 60 second inhales and 60 second exhales. That is one breath in 2 minutes… Breathing is our most trans-formative tool… Period. Those who never learn to breathe, live their lives at a different level from those who have made the breath their life’s primary focus.

When your body is full of live living nutrients, when your mind is calm due to repetitive, meditative, diaphragmatic breathing movements and practices, when you drink 2 to 4 liters of water at a natural 7.4ph spring water or higher PH alkalized water, when you stay positive through living a life of service, when you are surrounded by loving friends and family and high minded spiritual beings, when you live in a non harming, non toxic, non-radio wave or non-radioactive environment, when you avoid being exposed elite owned news media, TV shows and advertisement programming, and when you practice appreciation, gratitude and forgiveness with every breath then you will always be at ease… And ‘dis’ease will never over take you.

You will begin to recognize and be aware of the early symptoms of illness like sniffles, stiffness, swelling and aches etc, and then you will do something about it and send it away before it becomes a tumor, an ulcer or a chronic condition.
Cleansing is the best way to do this. If you keep doing what you have always done, you will get what you always have gotten. Once again MD’s create customers not cures. I was a great customer to them for 20 years, for the last 20 I haven’t needed any western doctors advise or toxic medicine. I know better now, thank goodness.

In Japan they embrace natural cures, they eat a mostly plant based diet, they have Kangen alkalized water machines are in every single hospital along with healthy food and they have administered high PH clean and mineralized water to all hospital patients for about 40 years now. We are made up mostly of water. You probably drank city tap water at your American hospital full of chlorine and sodium fluoride. In Japan the people live to an average age of 89 YEARS OLD!!! We in America till 76 average….And our physical condition at the end is very poor and usually not enjoyable.  I have been drinking Kangen water for several years now and started drinking alkalized water in Canada in 2009. Here is a video showing intestinal tracts of patients with various illnesses, before and after a proper living foods diet and alkalized water regimen.                http://water-mania.com/

What could you do with 13 more years of life??? Or what could you do with 50 more years of life for that matter? What amazing things could you accomplish? My dad died at 49 of colon cancer, something that can be easily cured by diet and natural plant based medicines…  Sometimes I wish I knew then what I know now I could have saved him. But would he have listened to me? Who knows?

All I can do is keep trying to inspire and help others live a full, happy and joyous life. Go the chemo route if you feel you need to. If those ill informed doctors have convinced you it is the only way, then do what you have to. Just remember chemo is a quick fix at best and you have to change your ways. If you love donuts, processed food, hamburgers, booze, cigarettes, television, negative thinking and being spiritually disconnected more than you love life, your family, helping others, earthly joy, bliss and wonder or connecting to spirit, then just do what you have always done and you will get what you always have gotten.

But if you really want to be around for a long time so you can fulfill your life’s purpose, if you desire help and give back on a deep, deep level, if you want to profoundly inspire others in truly meaningful ways that you haven’t even begun to imagine yet, then I suggest you walk the path of a spiritual warrior, embrace the natural plant food and medicines. True healing takes deep digging into our internal and eternal self. Summoning up our true power, embracing natural energy healing practices and honoring the gifts given to us by God/ The Creator/ The Great Spirit/ Jesus/ Buddha/ Mohammad,/ Krishna/ Moses/ Gandhi/ Mother Teresa or whoever you look up to, revere, emulate, respect and admire will set you free.

John of God who lives in Brasil cures every kind of disease and he is worth looking into.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJJAunRqVE8

Take the plants, gifts and messages they gave us, and use these gifts to naturally heal your body, lift your spirit, change your thoughts and inspire your deep motivations. I feel you will live a long and purposeful life full of endless joy and boundless bliss. Your work is not done, now is not your time to leave. Do the work, read, study, research, dig deep, listen to within and your heart will lead the way back to optimal health and well being. There is great Love & Joy here for you…  <3