Yoga Mob Bay Area

A well worthwhile read for any parents or people looking to integrate spiritual practice into their relational lives.

Not to be missed - perhaps my favorite beach in North America and two wonderfully complementary yoga instructors... flow, stillness, strength, and grace all rolled into a week of sea, sand, and deep satiation. AWAKE & RELAXED: a Yoga Retreat to Nourish Body and Soul With Jen Burk Reynolds & Gizella Donald November 9th - 16th 2013... Shambala Petit Hotel Tulum, Mexcio http://www.twowingsyoga.com/retreats/

MEDITATION & VINYASA YOGA CDS... LAST CALL! I've just been contacted by the company that handles sales and distribution for my instructional practice CDs, and they've let me know that the remaining stock (which slowed significantly in sales when I was no longer teaching yoga full-time) will be destroyed in a month. These are the final copies of these CDs, and I believe there are only about 5-10 of each left. I recorded these CDs between 2005-2007, and for those of you that ...did not know me during that time, they do a pretty good job of sharing my perspective on practice and personal liberation at that stage in my own development. The two offerings that are overstocked and need to be cleared out (hopefully via someone purchasing them that would truly enjoy them) are: "Meditation Vinyasa Yoga: Movement of Body, Movement of Mind" "Learning To Listen: Simplifying Meditation" There is a third CD that might also be of interest, but it is not in danger of disappearing at this time; it is: "Simplifying Sanskrit Chant: Kirtan Practice for Everyone" All of the CDs can be purchased here: http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/JonathanReynolds I hope that these CDs might find homes that really want and could benefit from them. Thank you for your practices, Jonathan

A new study from the American Heart Association shows that regular meditation was correlated with a 48% reduced rate of death, heart attack and stroke. Blood p...ressure was reduced and anger decreased significantly among the meditation group. They also showed a trend towards reduced smoking. "It appears that Transcendental Meditation is a technique that turns on the body’s own pharmacy to repair and maintain itself." said lead researcher Dr Robert Schneider, director of the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention in Iowa. Dr Schneider added: "Transcendental Meditation may reduce heart disease risks for both healthy people and those with diagnosed heart conditions." "The research on Transcendental Meditation and cardiovascular disease is established well enough that doctors may safely and routinely prescribe stress reduction for their patients with this easy to implement, standardised and practical programme." The study was funded by the US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Studies on the effects of mediation have been done countless times, but this is by far the most prestigious and recognized study to date, proving that simply meditating 20 minutes twice a day can cut your chances of sudden death, heart attack, and stroke in half immediately. What man-mad pill can do that? Original study: http://circoutcomes.ahajournals.org/content/5/6/750.full Time Magazine publication: http://healthland.time.com//mind-over-matter-strongest-st/ WedMd summary: http://www.webmd.com//transcendental-meditation-may-lower-