Tag: Yoga Nidra

Syria and the Mother Of All Sleep: Yoga Nidra

April 24, 2017September 25, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Yoga Nidra literally means yogic sleep Mother’s Day gifts of Yoga Nidra are helping The Circle of Health International keep the Al-Iman Hospital open in Syria By Eileen Fleming When we practice Yoga Nidra we are gifting ourselves and benefiting others. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been killed and eleven million displaced since the chaos began six years…

American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Health, Palestine & Jordan

Meditating on Soul Whispers and Yoga Nidra Communities

March 13, 2017October 30, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Meditating means to think deeply or focus one’s mind for a period of time in silence Yoga Nidra offers an effortless way to meditate The term Yoga Nidra comes from two Sanskrit words, yoga meaning union or one-pointed awareness, and nidra which means sleep. By Eileen Fleming As a spiritually driven political activist, I…

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Yoga Day and Yoga as a Discipline

June 22, 2016June 23, 2016 USS_Liberty Info 2 Comments

Millions unite on 2nd International Yoga Day By Eileen Fleming India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s brainchild inspired the United Nations to establish June 21 as International Yoga Day, which united millions on Tuesday On the 2nd International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Modi led 30,000 people in a 45-minute yoga session at the Capitol Complex in…

Arab World, Bloggers, Health

Baby Boomer Overuse Syndrome and a Wabi Sabi Yogi Recovery

May 29, 2015October 13, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

By Eileen Fleming Baby boomers are approaching what they thought they never would be: old! The incidence of injuries caused by overuse of joints, tendons, ligaments and muscles has exploded in recent years among the generation born between 1946 and 1964. According to a recent report from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, boomers…

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Family Maters: Addictions and Yoga #SuicidePrevention #JimKaz

March 12, 2015September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

By Eileen Fleming VENTURA, Ca.- Before the brother of the first non-Arab reporter for The Arab Daily News committed suicide on Feb. 11, James A. Kasmir wrote about his struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and prescription drug addictions in short stories, plays, poems and autobiographical files in a computer at Straight Up. Straight Up is…

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Breathing in a new life in 2015 and Exhaling 2014 with a Deep Sigh

December 29, 2014September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment

By Eileen Fleming The first thing we take in life is a breath and the last thing we give up is a breath. But unlike any other function of the body, breathing relies equally on the voluntary and involuntary nervous systems. In the West, most of us never focus on even one of the 20,000…

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10 Days at Amrit Yoga Institute and Missions from God

October 27, 2014September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

10 Days at Amrit Yoga Institute and Missions from God By Eileen Fleming Jesus said, “This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”-John 13:35 Nestled under a canopy of towering Live Oaks in the Ocala National Forest in Salt Springs, Florida, the Amrit Yoga…

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The Third Eye Medical Science and #YogaNidra

October 2, 2014September 24, 2018 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

The Third Eye Medical Science and #YogaNidra By Eileen Fleming There is a lot of controversy over the importance of the Pineal Gland. What medical science knows is – it is the source of Melatonin. –John S. Fleming, MD The Amrit Yoga Institute writes: Modern science now confirms what yogis discovered thousands of years…

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Yoga Nidra Can Free You From Insomnia and Pain

September 18, 2014February 18, 2016 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Yoga Nidra Can Free You From Insomnia and Pain By Eileen Fleming Modern science and yoga share the idea that pain and suffering have roots in our past pain, trauma, stress, loss, and illness. Neuroanatomists explain the process of learning from past experiences as neuroplasticity or brain plasticity. Yoga uses the word samskara. Neuroplasticity refers…

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