Modern Health and Spirituality

How much do we know about our brains? What is Brain Education? Our brain has enormous capacity for storage of knowledge, the power to unleash your hidden potential. What do we do to keep our brains from stagnating and thereby suppressing our potential.

I go to yoga classes and do meditation, but the yoga I do concentrates on the brain. The training is through HSP Yoga centres (in the U.K) and is known as Dahn yoga in the U.S and the far east. This form of yoga is modified from traditional yoga to concentrate on brain education.

The brain education developed of which I am a practitioner is known as  B.E.S.T (Brain Education System Training). It consists of 5 steps.

Step 1- Brain Sensitizing

In this the first step, you become aware of the brain as much of the work is done on a physical level and the connection between body and brain is strengthened. As well as regular yoga class, basic energy meditation techniques are used. Breath work is also used to help restore energy balance while releasing stress. In this step the benefits are as followed.

• Awaken the five senses
• Improve Physiological function
• Encourage Brain Awareness

Step 2 - Brain Versatalizing

Just as the muscles of the body need to be moved and stretched to become more flexible, so does the brain. This step takes advantage of “Neuroplasticity” the ability for the brain to adjust to new environments and to learn new things. This step is likely to have a profound effect on your life because you will learn to break destructive mental and physical behaviour patterns and create new, life-affirming habits. The benefits gained during this step are:

• Creates flexibility in brain circuitry
• Frees brain from rigid habits
• Opens the practitioner to new information

Step 3 - Brain Refreshing

This step is also referred to the rebirth for your brain. Throughout your life, you have experienced things that have lingered on as a kind of emotional residue that has affected your life. From this residue, you may have created the preconceptions and negative thought patterns that made you fall short of your full potential. The intention of Brain Refreshing is to release and clear away these memories for deep healing and renewal.

The benefits gained from this step are:

• Clears away emotional residue.
• Encourages positive life view.
• Develops emotional intelligence.

Step 4 - Brain Integration

After this stage you will be ready to ask yourself fundamental questions about life with sincerity. You will then accept new, positive information into the brain. As you would have learned to empty your brain of emotional baggage, ready to expand your awareness and transcend the boundaries of the ego.

This step is called “Brain Integrating” because all layers of your brain are working toward the creation of your ideal life. Through this deep exploration, you can discover the part of you that is truly meant to be in charge of your brain. The following benefits can be seen after this step:

• Unites diverse areas of the brain.
• Enhances communication between hemispheres.
• Releases latent abilities.

Step 5 - Brain Mastering

This is essentially a spiritual quest because it requires continuous attention to, and development of, the higher aspects of your character. Through the process of Brain Mastering, your brain will continue to transform and solidify neural connections that support the creation of a truly happy life. Your brain will be able to find creative, workable solutions to the basic problems of life. You will become more decisive and your mind will develop the habit of forming more peaceful relationships with other people and the world as a whole. The characteristics developed after this step allows us to:

• Empower authorship of life purpose.
• Enable greater executive control of the brain.
• Expedite decision making process.

HSP (Dhan) Yoga is more than just yoga, it is a philosophy a way of life, it’s a means to spreading peace and enlightment around the world. The mastering of the brain can be achieved within 2 years of practicing HSP (Dhan) Yoga. Apart from the regular classes thers are a number of workshops to participate in, these workshops are carried out during strategic times during your growth, one workshop leads onto another, your growth is always monitored by yourself as you go through the different workshops.

As I have said before I am avid and keen football supporter. Everyone in the footballing world is talking about this imminent transfer of Kaká, the young gifted Brazilian who is to be transferred from AC Milan to the newly mega rich Manchester city.

As much as I think that Kaká is a fantastic player, I don’t think anyone can justify a price tag of £100,000,000.  To me it seems ludicrous to be able to say a player is worth £x million.  Who dreams up these inflated prices for these players. I think that these inflated salaries and transfer fees is killing the game.

It really now really boils down to who can buy the best players. Having said that, having the best players does not necessarily mean that success is guaranteed or you have the best team, although it certainly helps.

To me it also seems to be a little insensitive in this current economic climate, where people are concerned about their livelihoods to hear about a footballer who will earn £500,000 a week.

I understand that people should be paid what they are worth, I don’t think that anyone can justify a footballer being paid that much a week. Yes they are entertainers and yes they have short lived careers but nevertheless I do not think their salaries are justified, the biggest winners in all this are the players agents.

I think the clubs need to review their salary structure, the governing body need to look at the transfer system, okay there is a lot of money in the game but with what has happened the division within the game will get wider and wider.

I feel that this level of investment cannot be sustained. It has already been inferred at Chelsea, with the massive drop in Oil prices, Mr Abromavich’s fortune is dwindling and so is his investment into the club, hence no transfer activity for Chelsea during this January transfer window.

What are your views on this? What should the Football authorities do? Can they do anything?

I have been living life following an holistic approach, looking after myself as a whole, not just any one aspect of my life. As part of this philosophy, I have done a number of courses to become a healer, which I practice on a voluntary basis. I also practice yoga and meditation and am a outreach instructor.

I have been instructing for a relatively short time, I am enjoying it immensely, it has a completely different energy to when you are following an instructor.

I have always liked the idea of working with children, I have now found an exciting challenge which I am looking forward to taking up. I have managed to obtain an opportunity to teach at a local primary school, however, it is not your everyday run of the mill school. It is a school for children with learning difficulties and in the Autistic spectrum.

Today, I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the school and meet the children. The school caters for children of varying ability, they have 2 classes for each year, 1 class deals with the autistic children whilst the other class is for children with learning difficulties and minor disabilities.

To teach these children yoga will not only be a challenge but it will also be a great honour and extremely rewarding for me. It will pathe the way for me to get closer to my goal and vision. It is an experience I will relish, it will go some way in my efforts to give something back to our society, I am really looking forward the challenge.

I must admit at the moment the prospect is quite daunting, I am currently trying to put together a program for the 2 classes I shall be taking. I actually start this on Friday 23rd January, for me it will be a momentous occaision, I can’t express the joy I am feeling.

Has anyone worked with children with Autism or Learning disabilities? Apart from having the patience, what other characteristics will I need to show with these children? If anyone can give some tips I would much appreciate it. I want to be able to do a good job, this will not only be an interesting position, it will also test my leadership skills and credentials.

I will welcome any feedback whatsoever to allow me to improve teaching skills and help me to grow further.

What is Inspiration? What inspires us? How do we keep a check on these inspirations?

There has been many people over the 20th Century who have inspired the community and people around the planet, they have ranged from politicians, sports men and women, actors and actresses, other dignitaries and public figures. What was it about these people that they were so much in awe by others? What made them different from everyday folk like the likes of you and me? What did they have that we do not? What is it that inspires us when we think of such people.

I have many people whom I have been inspired by, they include, Ghandi, Nelson Mandella, Martin Luther King Jr, Jesus, Mohammed to name a few. People like Jesus and Mohammed are beyond comparison as they take on a completely different realm of consciousnesses, inspiration, guidance and leadership.

Many people talk about Ghandi, Nelson Mandella, Martin Luther King Jr, but almost nobody put their principles into practice let alone their own.  Some people would say these were special men and we are not. I would say we are all special and can make a difference, I would say it’s not enough for us to say, I don’t like wars, racism, domestic violence, poverty, It’s not enough to write a poem about the war….etc. We are part of the all problems in our world. If we don’t act now then the all good work that went before us would seem to be futile and a tremendous waste which will  lead to further problems, issues and concern for the future generation.

From my perspective although I try to live my life by their and my own principles, they all had one thing that set them apart from the others, they had a clear vision, unwaivering belief and an abundance of faith. I don’t believe in this generation enough people have a cause strong enough to their principles or their desires that they are willing to give up or sacrifice their status quo to stand up and be counted. One man can make a difference if he has a clear vision and a goal, with the fire in his belly and a believe that is so strong it does not feel a sacrifice or a chore, he has to be selfless and see the bigger picture, he has such a conviction he could move mountains to make it happen.

What inspires you? What could or would you do such that you will become an inspiration to others? Do you have a vision that is greater than you? Could this vision be realised or manifested?

I believe it is now time to change ourselves for the better good, it is the time for enlightenment, self awareness to strive for world peace, we can still save ourselves and our planet. Start looking at ourselves, look deep into our soul and listen to what it is telling us.

There has been a lot said about the Law of Attraction.

• What is the Law of Attraction?
• Who has read or seen “The Secret”?

I have read the secret and was taken back by the philosophy and principles written in the book. After reading the book I had realised that I was somewhat trying to live my life by following the principles in the book, I recalled many people telling me especially a teacher at school that I was a dreamer and I would not amount to anything.

The law of attraction states that whatever we focus on will be drawn to us. The law of attraction can be explained in terms of quantum physics. Quantum Physics has shown or proven that everything is made up of atoms, and sub-atoms, all these are nothing but concentration of energy.

Everything in this universe is made of energy and that each particle or object vibrate at different frequency of the energy. It is clear that the reason why the same particles grow together is because they are vibrating at the same frequency.

The law of attraction works through thought, thoughts are vibrational energy, which means that it will attract to other energy with the same frequency, when we hold a thought in our mind.

We can activate the law of attraction by simply holding a mental picture of what we desire as long as possible and as often as possible. We must feel that we already have what we want with certainty. We need to believe we have it. It is also to make what we want as our reality rather than accept what is our reality as we currently see it. We have to take action both in thought and reality to speed up the process. We should not expect instant manifestations, the thought energy has already been put out there and there is a buffer between your thought and the manifestation of your desire, no matter what you must believe and it will be.

I am still not exactly where I want to be but I believe that I will be soon. For me it’s all about spiritual growth, I have taken many steps and am continuing to take these steps to get me to where I want to be and create the life I want to live.