MINDFUL LIVING: Contextualized for the modern life.

Tuesday, September 18, 2018
10:15 AM 11:45 AM 10:15 11:45

Library at Bown Crossing 2153 East Riverwalk Drive Boise, ID, 83706 United States (map)

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What does mindfulness mean for the modern person and how does it relate to those who want a deeper spiritual awakening? We will explore the foundations of mindful living and meditation as well as the contextualization of a deeper spiritual path vs. finding peace within--while not being mutually exclusive.

• What to bring:
A pen/paper (or device) if you'd like to take notes. A cushion if you prefer to sit on the floor.

• Important to know:
This is a secular exploration of topics around mindfulness and meditation. We welcome all respectful views and practice open-mindedness and tolerance for all participants.

David Eberly Room

Source:: https://www.meetup.com/Boises-Meditation-Mindful-Living-Group/events/254538113/?isFirstPublish=true

Lori Tindall

Wellness & Vitality Coach, focusing on holistic nutrition, meditation, mental skills, spiritual involution, and total wellness.

“Life is meant to be lived, open, and fearless, as Lori Tindall came to understand and embrace.”

— Stephanie Spence in her book, Yoga Wisdom

#Repost @drjoedispenza ・・・
Last year at our workshop in Tacoma Washington, we performed a study on gratitude whereby we took 120 people and measured their cortisol & IgA levels at the start and conclusion of the workshop.

Cortisol is a stress hormone, & when we are constantly on high alert or living in the fight or flight response, we mobilize an enormous amount of the body’s energy for some threat in our lives—real or imagined—and it causes our immune system to lower. In other words, if we are utilizing all the body’s resources for some threat in our outer world in order to defend ourselves from a perceived danger, there is little energy in our inner world for growth, repair, & internal defense. Thus, the lower our immune system, the more susceptible we are to sickness and disease.

As cortisol levels go up, a chemical called IgA goes down. This isn’t good because IgA is a protein, one of the strongest building blocks of life. IgA is responsible for the healthy function of our body’s supreme internal defense system called the immune system. It’s constantly fighting a barrage of bacteria, viruses, & organisms that invade and/or are already living within the body’s internal environment. Bottom line: IgA is better than any flu shot or immune system booster you could possibly take—and it’s totally natural.

During the course of our 4 day workshop, we asked our 120 study participants to move into an elevated emotional state such as love, joy, or gratitude for 9-10 minutes, 3 times a day, to determine if we could do the reverse. If we could elevate our emotional states, could we raise our immune system and reduce stress hormones like cortisol? We discovered at the conclusion of the event that the cortisol levels of our participants dropped by three standard deviations, and their IgA levels shot up on average from 52.5 to 86. These are significant, measureable changes.

What this tells us is that we don’t need a pharmacy or an exogenous substance to heal us—we have the power from within to upregulate the genes that make IgA. Something as simple as moving into an elevated state of joy, love, or gratitude for 5-10 minutes (see original post for more)

C O U R A G E. . . . . • “You never knew you had so much courage. The courage to wake each morning. To take each new breath. To feel each new surge of joy, doubt, frustration, anger, pain, ecstasy, moment by moment, broadcast in real-time, on the aware screen of life. To walk each new step, cross each unexpected threshold, never knowing where it all will lead. To cry when you cry, laugh when you laugh, fall as you fall, rise when you rise. Not necessarily to be unafraid, but to be even unafraid of being afraid.” An excerpt from the poem On Courage by Jeff Foster. •

#courage #morningmotivation #morningquotes #lifestyle #lifeofayogi #yogateacher #joy #breathe #love #jefffoster #energyforliving #bebrave #bebravebeyou

More photo memories with Sri Dharma Mittra! 🙏🏼🕉• • •
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