Take control of your health!

Today Sunday as I sit here on my lanai in this beautiful island of Hawaii, I feel blessed, blessed for my health, my wealth and my prosperity.  I accept myself for all that I am and all that I have.   This is not the way it has always been for me.  In my quest for good health I have learned many things and most importantly learned to accept those I cannot change. When we live with illusions we cannot heal.

There are three main illusions that plague us in our quest to heal our lives, bodies and souls.  The first of these illusions is that we are this body.  We identify with this body.  When we do this we use the theory that we are “Finite”.  This is the furthest thing from the real truth.  We are not this body, we are beautiful souls housed in this body that has been on loan to us for our time here on this earth.  It is our temple our temporary home during our journey here on this finite land.  We must learn to accept the fact that we are more than what we can see in the mirror.  We are beautiful light beings.   The second illusion is that our quest in life is the pursuit of happiness.  The problem with this myth is that our understanding of happiness is confused with pleasure.  Pleasure is not happiness.  Pleasure should not be confused with happiness.  It is in this confusion that we become ill.  We become disillusioned with life.  We are seeking and never finding.  We become entangled in a cyclical web of self destruction.  The more pleasure we seek in the aim of happiness the less we find it, and so it goes.  Happiness goes much deeper, it goes to the soul, to our true being-ness.     The third illusion is Power.  The power to be happy, to be healthy, to be what we need to be to have it all.  The illusion of seeking power is been with us since our inception.  Have we not learned from the cartoons of old that always depict the villain as the one seeking all the power at any cost, thinking all along that this power will bring them happiness, only to find that at the end the bigger they are the harder they fall.  We fall into thinking that power is infinite and we go in search of this infinite power, we seek it through material things, we acquire many things.  Then all of a sudden we realize that things, power and other such illusions are not the answers.  Falling into these three illusion will only serve to keep you in a state of stasis.  This place of cyclical unhappiness and illusionary feelings.   We need to learn to love and accept ourselves totally, unconditionally and lovingly.  Love is the only answer for healing.  Love is the true power.  Love in its purest sense if the real healing.  Love yourself, accept yourself and begin to heal yourself from the inside out and this will heal your mind, your body, and your life circumstance.  We must learn to give love, receive love, share love and accept love.  When we can truly do this will be able to begin our healing.  The healing of our body, lives, spirit and most importantly the healing for this land we call mother earth.

Aloha  and Namaste!

I am making an all call to all of you especially all my yoga students– Help me send Reiki healing energy to Haiti.  This Sunday Jan. 24th at 4PM pst– Join me in a simple meditation for 15 min– Myself and a group of Reiki Masters-
Here is the meditation prayer:    May all those who were adversely affected by the earthquake in Haiti be deeply healed and guided to the resources and help they need. May all those providing aid including food, water, medical care and shelter and those involved in rebuilding the infrastructure be filled with the love, strength, perseverance and organizational skills needed to fulfill their purpose.
Please lets set aside ourselves our egos and please please join me to help these beautiful folks heal!

Please sit in a quiet place, begin by closing your eyes and feeling love inside your heart.  Once you are in that space begin your prayer.  You will help me in sending love and healing to a place that need it most right now.

Namaste,
Marti Angel

This is an unusual blog post for me, but I am increasingly finding myself amazed at the frenzy folks are working themselves into.  I think this period we are going through right now as individuals and as a society is a time for growth and spirituality.  It is my opinion that the last decade has been one of living beyond our means and growing our businesses, personal lives and spiritual lives through the competitive mind, at any cost.  It was all about who had more or who could climb the highest ladder for the highest position.  It was about keeping up with the Jones’ no matter what!   This attitude may have cost some thier physical health.  We took our health for granted for one thing, as well as taking many other things for granted like our relationships and lives.   I am not one for citing the biblical phrases but this era that has just come to a screeching halt was  the 21st century version of “Sodom and Gomorrah“.   This all had to stop, and stop it did!  But, and this is the point we are all missing, this is a time for reflection, growth and spirituality.  As Marianne Williamson says in a couple of her audio books and presentations, “the Universe will always give you a second chance to get things right.”   Folks, that is waht we have right now right here! a second chance to see the error of our ways!  A chance to get back to basics and rebuild society, friendships, relationships, businesses, health and of course our lives throught the Creative mind, not the competitive mind.   It is a chance to help our neighbors!  Perhaps we alson cannot buy a home, but we can always pool our resources toether and buy one with a group, and then we can all rent it out or live in it.  It sure beats being homeless!  We must value our health first, come to realize that without that noting else matters!!!  If someone has bad credit due to unforseen circumstances then we can help them by cosigning or something more creative.  It is time for all of us to think out of the box and begin to create a society that we can all be proud of!!!  We can train others to learn to be better employees, business owners, and entrepreneurs.   We can all benefit from this time.  You will always have choices to make through these times but it is about time that we make those choices more consciously and presently, As we begin to do this we will all begin to see our world change for the better.   As my friend says ” This too shall pass!”  But let it pass with us being in the present moment and uniting our creative minds to ee how we can help others first, the rest will come!!!   Your mantra for this recession should be

“How may I serve?”  and when you do this the universe will serve you with all positive things!  Stay well my friends!

Namaste,

Feb. 14th, 5:00 am eastern time and 7:00 am Pacific time.  We ushered in the “New Age of Aquarius”.  If you remember a long time ago the “5th dimension” used their music to convey just that message to us to foretell a coming of a beautiful era. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EegRh8Z4H-o&feature=PlayList&p=0433DEF616F340F8&playnext=1&index=21 

When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars

This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius!  Aquarius!

Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind’s true liberation
Aquarius!  Aquarius!

When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars

This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius!  Aquarius!

Let the sun shine, Let the sun shine in
The sun shine in

—Lyrics —-

We are ready for change.  We must remember that we need to be the change we want to see.  If you want to see more compassion in this world then seek first to be compassionate.  If it is more abundance we want to see in this world then seek first to be generous.  If is is more love we want to experience in this world then we must seek first to be more loving.   In this era we must be true to ourselves, our inner self s.  We must launch our businesses with an intent to provide a service without competitiveness only creativeness.  We must educate for more peaceful living and creativity to thrive and regenerate that what was lost.  We have had our values compromised, by our gluttony in this society, our need to have and be more by using and stepping on each other can no longer keep this economy, and world afloat.  We must rethink our values and begin to search within for the love we have lost.  The love for all human and animal kind.

“The “New Age” is actually a synthesis of many different beliefs and currents of thought, the emphasis being on a rejection of the limitations of reductionist materialism and an emphasis on the way that one can alter one’s personal reality through the application of belief, visualization, and positive affirmation. In a sense it is a spiritual awakening, an activation of the “theosphere”, an integration of holistic healing, alternative spirituality, esotericism, environmental sensitivity, alternative life-styles, awareness of other dimensions of existence, and attunement to the cosmos.  We will be more accepting of others with special gifts and talents. “In the New Age we break free of centuries of false doctrines, destructive indoctrinations, absurd ideas, and children’s stories about God, education, medicine, and love. The corrupt foundations of false society crumble. This time of crises is not the signal of the end of the world. What comes is not the end, but the beginning. The dream humanity has lived for centuries ends and we awaken to a bright new day, a bright new way .

Now in the Age of Aquarius, everything becomes unified. All our differences, all our dualities mix together like the fragrances of a flower shop, with all of the different flowers adding their bouquet to the overall mix until they are inseparable. Each individual flower remains distinct and individual, each one’s fragrance is unique and discernible when you come up close to it, yet joined together in unity with the others in the wonderful mixture that is the smell of the shop.” 1

Our individual worth comes from inside, from what we have inside, through our development, our evolution, and what we can give to society. Now our drastic differences dissolve and we integrate into the whole. We integrate and unify with the energy of the universe, with the great cosmic spirit.
With this comes healing as well, we begin to heal our minds, bodies and spirits.  It is my hope and vision that we hear this:  ” Hi, honey this is dad, let mom know when she is done with her meditation that I am stopping off to get my Chakra’s balanced, and I will be home soon!”     I for one am ready for this beautiful change, come with me as we all take part in the healing of our universe.

Namaste,

The Om Diva

1. Dan Costian (Ph.D), Bible Enlightened, 1995, p. 254-61

Today I was reading through my emails.  I have been very blessed to continue receiving emails from all my yoga students who would like to continue to  share the experience with me.  One of the emails seemed to me to be very fascinating, it spoke about a yoga class that was going to be offered to all who wanted to partake in the experience and that all donations were going to be given to a charity of choice or to the Obama campaign funds.  It spoke about how if the participant was not in favor of the candidate that we should all share in an experience for PEACE.  As I was reading this email, I very humbly received guidance from my source that told me that perhaps there was merit and meaning to this endeavor.  I searched  for videos of Barrack speaking on the net, I found some and I began to watch intently. I muted the sound so that I could feel his energy without  being swayed by the words.  I wanted to see the aura behind the energy of his words.  So, as I watched I began to feel a sort of compassion, I felt peace and I began to see colors coming from the energy behind the words.   Then as I was watching the energy of the people who were supporting  him, I saw the energy that they were emitting and from that I got the words “Change, hope and peace”.   I then noticed that his supporter signs reflected the words ” Obama, for change.”   I began to realize that the email I got had more in it than intended.  You see,  we  practice yoga for change, to expereince a change within our mind body and spirit.  The change we get from practicing yoga is one of peace and beauty of life.  We practice yoga to be at peace with the universal source that guides us as humans and as spiritual beings. I was amazed at the energy that this presence “Barrack” emits with only his presence.   So today I will do Yoga…… Yoga for Obama….. Yoga for change…. Yoga for life.   May my energy be the peaceful source that sends love, blessings and compassion to all those who are lost in this time of  chaos.   I invite you to practice Yoga, Yoga for life…. for change… for you.

Namaste,

Today, I was contemplating this ” I am only one… may I become many”, This is one of the many meanings of “OM”. To be only one, how can I become many? What does this mean? I took this into meditation with me today. As I began to focus, I saw in my minds eye the vision of myself flying over a beautiful mountainous region. High above the sky, I could literally feel myself flying and having wings like an eagle. I soared high in the air and I felt the rush of adrenaline go through my body like the feeling you get from a roller coaster ride on the way down the track. It was at that point that I had to take in a deep breath as if to catch myself from falling. As I looked down into the mountains I could see a deep gully with a meadow beside it, there was plenty of green lush vegetation, flowers were blooming and the wind was blowing gently. The leaves of the highest trees were catching the wind between their branches and whistling sounds came abounding from the trees as if to whisper my name. I could feel the warmth of the sun on my back as my clothes were catching the wind and breeze from my flight. I felt free and alive. Then I heard the murmuring of many voices, although they were soft there was a certain knowing that I felt and I turned to look. What I saw was marvelous! I had a tail of angelic beings traveling behind me,They were connected to me, when they saw me look they smiled at me. Although their lips never moved, I heard their voices loud and clear. They said “We are one. You are many!” Wow, It was an extension of myself in all my images, as I looked more closely I saw all the folks I had ever met in my life, all the ones whom I had grown fond of, all the loves I had had in my lifetime, my childhood friends, my beloved friends whom I thought I had lost, my family members who had left this plane for a better place. We were all there! We were all flying in unison and it was as though I was wearing a long angelic robe with tails of colors that were crystalline blues and pinks. I was in heaven, I must have been for I felt unlike I have ever felt before, a feeling of euphoria came over me and I became overwhelmed with emotion, and although the tears were streaming down my cheeks I was happy, I was fulfilled, I was at peace. I felt love and I was love. I knew then exactly the meaning of OM, this was truly the epitome of being OM.
In my meditation I was only one but I had become many. So as we go through life thinking that we are only one, when we open our hearts and live through love, unselfish in our quest and bringing compassion to all, then, we become many………. all of those souls that have ever touch our life most deeply are always connected to us……… We are many.

May your meditations become so fulfilled as mine. I am blessed, I am love, I am the “OM Diva!”.

Namaste,

Everywhere you look these days it is all about the 3 candidates for President. You can see and hear them playing dirty politics with each other, they claim to care about you the voter but in reality, they, do not even know that you exist! So why do we struggle with which one is best? Do we not know that we create our own reality? Do we not know that the only one that can save us from ourselves is us?  So why struggle?  You will vote for the right one when you have taken time to hear each of their ideas, listen to what they have to say and making absolutely no judgments about any of them fill in your ballot.   Simply listen and take in the essence of their words.  Give them each a chance to speak, hear the comments of each about the state of affairs.  Then go within and make your own choice based on your inner guidance.

The process may take practice but you truly know all the answers to all your questions, you simply may not like the answers, or more correctly your ego may not like the answers.  This being the truth, know that you can choose the right person for the job.   Here is a good way to do this.  Open your mind.  After you have listened to each of their voices and their words begin to close your eyes.  Find a quiet place to sit, somewhere that you feel safe and comfortable.  Take about 5 deep breaths with your eyes closed, begin to relax, then place your hands gently on your solar plexis and feel your energy.  Notice how your breath makes your mid section dance.  Clear your mind of any debris, put all your focus and attention to your hands as they move along with the belly rhythmically breathing.  When you feel relaxed, begin to say the name of each one of the candidates one at a time.  For example, start with Barack Obama, repeat his name, keep your eyes closed your hands on your solar plexis and as you repeat the names tune into the kind of feeling you get with each.  When the name you say feels good, your inner spirit will know it.  You will feel something inside smile.  We always feel this way when something is good.  Some of us don’t notice the shift in energy, but once you begin to tune into your center, you will know how to make the right choice for you.

Believe you can do this and you will.   You do not need to look outside yourself for any answers.   You and only you can feel what is truly best for you.  All you need to do is stop and listen, cultivate the sense of knowing your true source.  If we all do this, the best candidate for the job will be chosen.  It will be guided by the higher source for the highest good of all.  You must practice this process with an open mind. You must have the true intention of cultivating your inner guidance.  Do this and you will have all the answers to all your questions?  Remember having an open mind means putting aside your thoughts of prejudice, anger, hostility, vengeance, greed and fear.

As you all know I have been meditating for a while, I have purchased lots and lots of meditation Cd’s from many sources.  So far I have not met up with any that truly call me from within my source.  I have tried many techniques, and I teach many techniques.  But the other day I was in my meditation mode and  this time I did not use any realia ( you know,  props).  I was just inspired to sit and ask the question ” What is it I need to know?”  So I asked this question over and over again then I just sat and waited for the answer, after about three deep inhalations followed by great sighs, I began to feel as though I wanted to sit there for a very long time.  There were no words just a great feeling of deep content.   I relished in this feeling for as long as I could then I slowly opened my eyes and began to move about.  The phone then rang and it was a family member who always seems to work her life from a negative perspective.  I know that I must be prepared before I can actually carry on a conversation with this member of my family.  The conversations that involve myself and this person are usually very full of  negative things that seem to happen to her.  I know that if I allow her to drag me into those conversations by agreeing or adding to them, that I actually can cause this being to spiral more and more deeply into the negative worm hole.  I am not helping anyone rise to the level of great consciousness when I agree or add to the conversation.  So here is how I handle those conversations, and this is how I handled this particular phone call.  I answered and then I excused myself by saying ” Hold on a second, I will be right back.”  Then I covered the  speaker and said to myself ” It is my intention that this conversation go in a positive direction and that I am used for the highest good of all involved and that I be a channel for positivity.”  I then got back on the line and continued this conversation.  Well, lo and behold we had a beautiful conversation and it went in a very positive direction.  The conversation ended with my family member having a smile on her face as we ended.  This was a miracle a small one but still a miracle!  I connected with my source by setting my intention before I allowed myself to be swept up into the negative abyss.  This is why I firmly believe that when we take time to connect with our source, set our intention we can achieve miracles.  My wish to you all is that you connect with your source so you too can experience these small and meaningful miracles.

Namaste,

Sometimes we feel like giving up. We feel as if we have done all that we can and then something throws us for a loop. This is what happens to us when we allow life to live us. If we are deliberate in our daily intentions then we can avoid these feelings. We can begin to be in the drivers seat of our own life. You can decide when to put it in drive and when to put it in park. You need to know that life goes on, no matter what. We can choose to be carried through life on this earth like a tumbleweed in a sandstorm, or we can deliberately choose to live life with full intention and awareness of our every move, like an ocean wave crashing on the rock, spitting out of its belly that which it does not want and taking into the ocean that which it does. So when you are at your “giving up stage” watch this clip that expresses the true power of our inner being. The power of “keep going” and you will have with deliberate intention and creation that which you truly want.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vB59PkB0eQ

Namaste,

What is the true meaning of Yoga?  Well that depends on where you look.  When you search the web you get this definition: The word yoga means “union” in Sanskrit, the language of ancient India where yoga originated. We can think of the union occurring between the mind, body and spirit.
When you search for the meaning in the Yoga books or as they say
In Yogi language you may get, “yoga” can be more accurately described by the Sanskrit word asana, which refers to the practice of physical postures or poses.  When you look for the fitness definition of what yoga  is you get, Yoga is a series of movements that help the alignment, flexibility and balance of the body.

As a yoga professor and avid practitioner, I find that I am an eclectic sort.  I tend to believe that Yoga is a journey into the mind, body and spirit that reflects outward as it creates the aura of the person whereby the soul has an outlet of expression into our physical realm.
Yoga provides us a chance to heal our souls and allow emotions to flow. When we practice yoga mindfully we find ourselves in a journey where if done with full intention and focus you begin to express the emotions that have been suppressed within our body.  The emotions surface, find an outlet and begin to flow as we move through the poses.

This is the epitome of “being Yoga”.  When there is a union of
the body, mind and spirit, your Yoga has found its true meaning within you.   Yoga is very much about “You” the practitioner.   What it looks like when expressed by your physical body may not be what you will find on the cover of “Yoga Journal” but it is by all intents and purposes an expression of your own form “ the true meaning of Yoga”.  It is to be practiced not performed, simply by the mere fact that Yoga is a journey from within you can see how it uses the physical body for expression of itself.

Sadly in our western world we have taken Yoga and done what we “westerners” are so great at doing.  We have commercialized it and turned it into competition.  We compete with ourselves for that perfect pose.  We have taken out the element of creativity and replaced it with the element of competition.  You see this so clearly in the Yoga classes at your favorite gym, where yoga is all about the perfect twist, the higher leg and the longer hold. This is absolutely NOT what Yoga was meant to be.

The true meaning of Yoga comes from within you. Yoga may have found its way into your life because of illness, dis-ease of the body or the need for an emotional expression of your soul.  Whatever the reason for your
Yoga practice, the journey has just begun.  As with any other journey you take you need to listen to your body and do what it tells you to do within each pose.  Find the place within your practice and take the time to bring
your mind and spirit into your body. Find and feel the space within you that is meant to house your soul. Do this with complete and utter awareness of the body then the mind and spirit will follow.

Seek the space within your soul that allows you to experience the essence of the life force that commands your body.  When you do this you will have found within you “ The True meaning of Yoga”.

Marti Angel, MA
“America’s Health and Expert Lifestyle Coach”

Marti is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Yoga Professor, RYT, Yoga therapist AYTP, Reiki Master level 3 Certified WATSU water therapist, Certified Meditation Instructor, Certified Metabolic Typing Advisor (Health Excel, Inc), Certified Nutraceutical Consultant, Certified Health/Lifestyle Coach, Motivational Speaker and founder of the number one alternative therapies site on the web, http://www.angelhealthinc.com — Get a free meditation sample at http://www.angelhealthinc.com

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