October 31^st 2007

Hello everyone,
Christmas is coming faster than your breath
but don’t worry it will pass too!

 
Thanks for your contributions,
some of them will be addressed in this edition.

 
Thanks Jen for the muffins!
(And if anyone has an overflowing lemon tree
we’d love your giveaways!)

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Fact: Lemon helps clean the liver
and is ideal for flushing out toxins.
A lemon water every morning makes a happy drunk!

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TOPIC FOR THE WEEK:
 

CELIBACY - AN EXCURSION IN ENERGY

Many of you know I recently became Celibate,
and this provided many interesting discoveries.
It was not a decision made out of Control,
but rather, an inclination that occurred naturally.
Complete non-engagement with all thoughts sexual,
feelings, and a harnessing of energy up the spine.
The Kundalini aspect of sexual energy is an ancient study.
To me it was all an amazing experience
to engage differently with a world
that for many people is compulsively hooked into the other sex.
At least for my world, it was a change, 
and there was a great freedom of energy. 
I felt much more a ‘master’ of social space
and was daily drawing the root chakra energy up the spine,
and with tongue touching the roof of the mouth,
back down the front (to keep it cycling).
At least one effect was a dramatic increase in dreams.
Media had a much smaller effect on me (!)
and the social scene seemed at times a bit inane.
I am personally interested in the ‘maya’ concepts of
social interdependence,
the almost assumed necessity to find a ‘mate’;
and even beliefs in the primal cellular training
that says we are programmed to mate.
All of these concepts, as energetic fields,
and the ‘normal order of things’,
did not appear to me so fixed.

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HEALTH TOPIC OF THE WEEK

Thank you to Mr.X, who requested the following:

 
“Dear Doctor Qu’ac,
can you please talk about living with/
dealing with a Hypochondriac (!).”

 
Doctor Qu’ac says:

 
Well I only live with Louise the fat cat 
who certainly is self-obsessed but easy to placate with food!

 
Seriously, anyone who has lived with a hypochondriac
knows what it is like to be dominated by dysfunctional behaviour.
The hypo always wins, but really,
those living an internal struggle of
mental and physical health are not winning.
And if it is true that only the strong feel ready to give,
certainly the hypochondriac does not feel inwardly powerful.

 
While Compassion is a beautiful and difficult thing,
pandering to a neurosis does not really work either.
Allowing someone to dominate a relationship is still a Choice
actively made, and resentment often breeds underneath.
Being honest is usually my inclination - 
tempered with understanding and a willingness to stand for support.
Most self-obsessed people are unaware of the impact they have on others
…so let them know what its really like for you
(ideally, as a 2-way discussion rather than as a criticism!).

On a consciousness level, the person in your room
is merely reflecting what you are needing to resolve
- so the hypochondriac in your life is an opportunity
to practise love for others as well as your Self.
Calling a person into responsibility is an offer
to empower them. Otherwise leave?

 
FOR FEEDBACK OR REQUESTS, 
PLEASE WRITE TO DOCTOR QU’AC.

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PRANAYAMA: WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT?

 
The breath is the key to your Health.

 
A body that does not have wonderfully clear movement of breath
not only through the lungs but also the sinuses
is much more likely to have high blood pressure,
muscular stress, mental stress (guaranteed!),
emotional stress (guaranteed!), and differing versions of ill-health.

 
Pranayama means ‘the extension of the dimensions of Prana’
(which can be understood as Breath)’.
It is the study of subtlety in and around the respiration system.

 
Most people are completely unaware of how restricted
their own breathing is.
A class in Pranayama is a simple way to expose this.
And then to correct it.

 
Massive breakthroughs can occur once the breathing is understood. 
These practises are far more effective than the Yogic stretching - 
especially for therapeutic purposes and advanced illnesses.

 
Every Thursday 6.30-8.00am is a Pranayama Only Class.

 
It is gentle, thoroughly relaxing and refreshing,
and often enlightening.

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SPECIAL EVENTS:

Enter the Yoga Dream - this Sunday 4^th November.
10am - 3pm. Cost - $24/20.
The first normal class ends at 12, we have a drink break and chat.
Then we go back in, to go deeper, and take the next steps.
Anyone can do this, it is not any harder,
just a chance to expand.

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A Day in an Ashram - by Yosephine Deans.
Click Here for this great article. Yosephine is living
at the Satyananda Ashram in Rocklyn Victoria
and has described her personal experience.
Thanks Yos!

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SPECIAL OFFER:

 
Yoga Meditation: A Deep Relaxation CD.

This CD takes you slowly through a Yoga Nidra practise,
Relax your toes, etc… Lasts about 50mins.
Great for stress, insomnia…just lie down and put it on.
Bargain - $10 each. For the month of November.

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Thanks everyone for your feedback,
it’s a great time to do Yoga lately with the warmer weather,
usually a much deeper practise.

 
Try not to take too much care,
lots of love Toby!