This month I’ve been…
…WATCHING ZIYA AZAZI’s DERVISH DANCE WORKSHOPS (WATCH HIM TEACH A CLASS HERE)
Dancer, gymnast and choreographer Ziya Azazi
Azazi is currently running workshops around the world, he was in southern Portugal earlier this month and will be teaching in various locations in both Turkey and Austria this summer. For more upcoming dates, see www.ziyaazazi.com
…(WATCHING AND) LISTENING TO THIS GORGEOUS TRACK “Rumi- Deep Listening” AS A MINI-MEDITATION DURING THE DAY
…READING DEEPAK CHOPRA AND DR RUDI TANZI’S BOOK SUPER BRAIN, ONE OF THE MOST HOLISTICALLY COMPLETE BOOKS I’VE COME ACROSS ON HOW THE (INSTINCTIVE, EMOTIONAL AND INTELLECTUAL) BRAIN WORKS, NEUROPLASTICITY AND HOW BRAIN CELLS CAN REGENERATE, AND LOTS MORE.
IT’S A PRETTY INTENSE READ (I HAVE BEEN READING IT IN SMALL CHUNKS AS THERE’S A LOT TO TAKE IN!)
“The key thing is that we are not our brains,
we are the users of our brains”
Deepak Chopra
DEEPAK CHOPRA SUMS UP THE KEY CONCEPTS BEHIND “SUPER BRAIN” IN THIS SHORT VIDEO
And now, from our heads to our feet…WHY MOST OF US NEED TO GROUND OURSELVES MORE!
So, possibly one of the worst inventions – ever – for our health was the invention of rubber soles (the Adidas/Nike sneakers boom started in the late 50s and 60s) which pretty much ended our bodies’ connection with the earth.
But now that the weather’s warming up, it’s easier to squeeze some much-needed grounding into our days by simply walking on the earth, barefoot. Even just 20 minutes barefoot/sitting in the park at lunchtime won’t just give you a Vitamin D hit, the earth’s negative charge will help rebalance your excess “positive electrical charge”. It’s sort of like an electrical detox/rebalancing session, if you like. Do this every day and you could well see a marked improvement in how you feel – and sleep.
And it costs nothing. Here’s why grounding – or earthing as it’s also called – is so important (particularly when we feel stressed or just a bit out of kilter, sit in front of a computer all day or have sleep issues!) For more on how it works WATCH The Science of Grounding
Also, here’s a concise intro on Modern Wellness which goes into the benefits grounding/earthing, including “THE BIG ONE” inflammation, which is the recurring main root cause and exacerbating factor in so many illnesses.
Watch “Down to Earth – The Science of Grounding”