I am over a month into daily Sodarshan Chakra Kriya and over two weeks into my Standard Process cleanse. The changes I feel in my body, mind, heart, spirit, are astonishing.
First, the physical: My energy level has skyrocketed. I have lost 6 pounds and am about 3 or 4 pounds from my "best weight." My skin looks great. I have been doing yoga every day for the past week and have been craving movement in general.
I am most impressed with the internal shifts. I feel peaceful and present to what is. Things that normally would "hook" me--people not responding to me as they "should," a backhanded compliment, someone cancelling plans at the last minute, accidentally walking into a yoga class in progress, have rolled off my back without a second thought. When I have gotten "hooked" by my reactivity to a person or situation, I notice my response and recover quickly.
I feel more peaceful, more expansive, and more trusting that my life is unfolding perfectly. I feel hopeful and excited about the future. I am exactly where I need to be, right now.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Saturday, March 31, 2012
SCK Day 26/SPD Day 6
So, to my now-routine morning round of Sodarshan Chakra Kriya I have added the Standard Process Purification Program.
In a nutshell, this cleanse uses their supplements/protein powder daily.
No coffee, no black tea, no alcohol, no sugar, no salt, no condiments besides fresh herbs, olive, grapeseed, or flax oil.
For the first 10 days, you can have three shakes (made with powder, fruits and veg), all the veg and fruit you want, and oil. Oh, and I am drinking green and herbal tea.
After that, you introduce in fish/chicken, then grains, then eggs, etc.
The first three days were hellish. I felt like I had the flu. Headaches, mucousy, body aches, depressed. Days 4 and 5 I had flashes of feeling better than I have ever felt. Today I woke up feeling headache-y and sluggish again. My skin is also broken out; I embrace this with the hopes that toxins are leaving my body.
Rick Tamlyn is my inspiration for doing this, as he recently completed it and feels and looks fantastic. This spring for me is about hitting the "reset button"on my physical and emotional well-being.
During the two days where I felt so great, I was able to avoid getting into an argument (one of those "pattern" arguments--the kind that come up over and over and never go anywhere) with one of my nearest and dearest very easily. I just laid down my emotional weapons and relaxed. I know that this is a result of the SCK, as well as all the other work that I am doing this spring focused on SURRENDER. It felt so great to break a pattern, or as Henry Kimsey-House said last week in Atlanta, "just play a different note!"
In a nutshell, this cleanse uses their supplements/protein powder daily.
No coffee, no black tea, no alcohol, no sugar, no salt, no condiments besides fresh herbs, olive, grapeseed, or flax oil.
For the first 10 days, you can have three shakes (made with powder, fruits and veg), all the veg and fruit you want, and oil. Oh, and I am drinking green and herbal tea.
After that, you introduce in fish/chicken, then grains, then eggs, etc.
The first three days were hellish. I felt like I had the flu. Headaches, mucousy, body aches, depressed. Days 4 and 5 I had flashes of feeling better than I have ever felt. Today I woke up feeling headache-y and sluggish again. My skin is also broken out; I embrace this with the hopes that toxins are leaving my body.
Rick Tamlyn is my inspiration for doing this, as he recently completed it and feels and looks fantastic. This spring for me is about hitting the "reset button"on my physical and emotional well-being.
During the two days where I felt so great, I was able to avoid getting into an argument (one of those "pattern" arguments--the kind that come up over and over and never go anywhere) with one of my nearest and dearest very easily. I just laid down my emotional weapons and relaxed. I know that this is a result of the SCK, as well as all the other work that I am doing this spring focused on SURRENDER. It felt so great to break a pattern, or as Henry Kimsey-House said last week in Atlanta, "just play a different note!"
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
SCK--Day 16, and my body is trying to tell me something
Day 16 of Sodarshan Chakra Kriya, and I had to do part of it reclining (like a Goddess in Repose, I told myself). The knot and tension I carry in the upper-right side of my back just hurt too much this morning to simultaneously do this meditation and hold myself upright.
It was a clear clarion call from my clavicle: Get moving consistently, Shannon! I have been much less active for a while now, and I am starting to notice that I am less agile, more plodding, and now, more ache-y and pain-y.
It is embarrassing for me to admit that after being in peak physical condition, and even being a personal trainer, that I have let myself go. But here it is, the reality that just IS: I am no longer superfit. I am no longer even fit. I am deconditioned and I am struggling to start over.
The time is now. I forgive myself AND am not willing to listen to my own excuses any more. Look for exercise updates along with meditation updates.
It was a clear clarion call from my clavicle: Get moving consistently, Shannon! I have been much less active for a while now, and I am starting to notice that I am less agile, more plodding, and now, more ache-y and pain-y.
It is embarrassing for me to admit that after being in peak physical condition, and even being a personal trainer, that I have let myself go. But here it is, the reality that just IS: I am no longer superfit. I am no longer even fit. I am deconditioned and I am struggling to start over.
The time is now. I forgive myself AND am not willing to listen to my own excuses any more. Look for exercise updates along with meditation updates.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
SCK Day 13
Day 13 and I can really feel this morning ritual becoming a habit. It is helpful that I have been at the sublime Bend of Ivy assisting Co-Active Leadership this week--it is easier to leap out of bed early when such great learning, connection, and entertainment awaits; not to mention unbelievable food and breathtaking natural beauty.
I vow to re-enter "normal life" with the same level of commitment to this daily practice as I possess while I am here, working and living in a retreat center.
I vow to re-enter "normal life" with the same level of commitment to this daily practice as I possess while I am here, working and living in a retreat center.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
SCK Day 3: Anxious Mind
This morning's SCK practice was extremely challenging. I was distracted by thoughts of being on time (I had a packed morning lined up with a cab picking me up at 8am). I noticed anxiety about being late arising and watched it. It drove me to check the timer more than once.
Not surprisingly, this issue of BEING ON TIME has been very present in my life recently. Dating T, whose greatest challenge in life is time, has brought all my "stuff" around timeliness and the value I place on it and the assumptions I make about people who aren't roaring to the forefront of my consciousness.
I judge people when they are late. I assume that they don't respect me. I resent the fact that I am anxious about being on time and will do anything in my power to avoid lateness while they, I imagine, do whatever they want, carefree, until they feel like showing up. I am smug and self-satisfied when I arrive before others, and get irritated and judgmental when I have to wait. Yuck.
Today I finally got it: all the suffering I do over time, lateness, is self-created, all of it, and it rarely serves me. I am not even sure where the compulsion to be on time (and that is what it is) came from. I know that I will be more mindful of this moving forward.
Not surprisingly, this issue of BEING ON TIME has been very present in my life recently. Dating T, whose greatest challenge in life is time, has brought all my "stuff" around timeliness and the value I place on it and the assumptions I make about people who aren't roaring to the forefront of my consciousness.
I judge people when they are late. I assume that they don't respect me. I resent the fact that I am anxious about being on time and will do anything in my power to avoid lateness while they, I imagine, do whatever they want, carefree, until they feel like showing up. I am smug and self-satisfied when I arrive before others, and get irritated and judgmental when I have to wait. Yuck.
Today I finally got it: all the suffering I do over time, lateness, is self-created, all of it, and it rarely serves me. I am not even sure where the compulsion to be on time (and that is what it is) came from. I know that I will be more mindful of this moving forward.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
SCK Day 2
I woke before my alarm today, highly unusual for me. Even more miraculous, I had set it 20 minutes early in preparation for adding SCK to my morning routine!
Last night, in the hours following my first practice, I was exhausted. I couldn't stop yawning. This morning, I awoke feeling good and hit the cushion.
During SCK, I was restless and a little crabby. It felt like it went on forever and I had a lot of tension in my shoulders and upper back. At one point I stretched and felt and heard audible crackles and pops. I felt at times out of sync-drishti would be good, but stomach pumps off kilter; breathing perfect but mantra forgotten. I watched my mild frustration at my uncoordinated effort and my desire to be "done" and kept going.
When I went outside to face the day, I felt elated, clear, focused. I was more fully present than I have felt recently. I was aware of the birds, the feel of the air on my cheek, the blood moving through my body, the beginnings of buds on trees. Now, three hours later, I still feel the positive impact of the morning practice.
Last night, in the hours following my first practice, I was exhausted. I couldn't stop yawning. This morning, I awoke feeling good and hit the cushion.
During SCK, I was restless and a little crabby. It felt like it went on forever and I had a lot of tension in my shoulders and upper back. At one point I stretched and felt and heard audible crackles and pops. I felt at times out of sync-drishti would be good, but stomach pumps off kilter; breathing perfect but mantra forgotten. I watched my mild frustration at my uncoordinated effort and my desire to be "done" and kept going.
When I went outside to face the day, I felt elated, clear, focused. I was more fully present than I have felt recently. I was aware of the birds, the feel of the air on my cheek, the blood moving through my body, the beginnings of buds on trees. Now, three hours later, I still feel the positive impact of the morning practice.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Kundalini Yoga consultation and homework
Today, I had my second of two phone consultations with the wonderful Ravi Singh. After talking some of the core life issues that I want to resolve right now (my tendency to "fight" when challenged, some "stuckness" around aspects of my business, and my desire for a more consistent and deep spiritual connection and practice), and discussing some fascinating Tantric Numerology results, he gave me my homework.
22 minutes per day of So Darshan Chakra Kriya, not missing a day, for 90 days. I had suggested 11 minutes and he laughed at me. According to him, my Destiny number is a 10, the number of the Warrior (so I come by that "fight" naturally and just need to channel it more effectively). He said he was tempted to give me 62 minutes a day but told me to start with 22.
I am excited and a little nervous. According to the teachings of yoga, this kriya cleans out all your old emotional garbage and helps you resolve the core issues of your life. Bring it on!
Off to complete Day 1's practice.
ETA: Day 1 down. I am out of practice and felt it. Belly pumps were arduous, posture challenging, breathing felt all wrong, nose stuffy, mind restless. But I did it!
22 minutes per day of So Darshan Chakra Kriya, not missing a day, for 90 days. I had suggested 11 minutes and he laughed at me. According to him, my Destiny number is a 10, the number of the Warrior (so I come by that "fight" naturally and just need to channel it more effectively). He said he was tempted to give me 62 minutes a day but told me to start with 22.
I am excited and a little nervous. According to the teachings of yoga, this kriya cleans out all your old emotional garbage and helps you resolve the core issues of your life. Bring it on!
Off to complete Day 1's practice.
ETA: Day 1 down. I am out of practice and felt it. Belly pumps were arduous, posture challenging, breathing felt all wrong, nose stuffy, mind restless. But I did it!
Monday, January 30, 2012
Sublime U
I am hard at work on my new website and vision, Sublime U.
I have always loved the word "sublime." It means "Of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe."
Transcend the mundane. Be sublime.
I have always loved the word "sublime." It means "Of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe."
Transcend the mundane. Be sublime.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Bigger Game Boston: Join us on November 11th and 12th
All about the Bigger Game
Rick Tamlyn, my mentor, incredible leader, and wildly inspiring human, is co-leading the Bigger Game 2 Day Experience with me in Boston on November 11 and 12. Don't miss it. I guarantee your life will change for the better because of this simple yet profound model and the two days of learning, fun, and connection you will experience.
Sign up here:
http://www.ricktamlyn.com/register-boston-nov2011.html
We'll see you there!
Rick Tamlyn, my mentor, incredible leader, and wildly inspiring human, is co-leading the Bigger Game 2 Day Experience with me in Boston on November 11 and 12. Don't miss it. I guarantee your life will change for the better because of this simple yet profound model and the two days of learning, fun, and connection you will experience.
Sign up here:
http://www.ricktamlyn.com/register-boston-nov2011.html
We'll see you there!
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Air Dragon R5
I was so pleased with how designing and leading the Air Dragon's Retreat 5 went for me and for all of us. Here's a review from one of the attendees!
Air Dragon R5
Air Dragon R5
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