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Awareness of the Body, 2nd E-Newsletter

Welcome to the 2nd Stress Meditation Newsletter-
Awareness of the Body

This Newsletter contains 5 parts:
   1. HUMOUR
   2. BENEFITS of MEDITATION
   3. MAIN TOPIC - Awareness of the Body
   4. MEDITATION
   5. AUDIO TALK

1. HUMOUR:
Doggy Wisdom:
"No matter how often you're scolded, don't buy into the guilt thing and pout…"
"When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body."
Audio Humour: Please Click> Bells and Bears  (please turn on your computers speakers)

2. BENEFITS of MEDITATION:
"We use meditative techniques to enhance immune functioning of cancer, AIDS and auto-immune patients," Norris said. "Almost all of our patients use meditative techniques in learning self-regulation for disorders such as anxiety, hypertension and for stress management." Patricia Norris, Ph.D, director of the Psychophysiology Clinic at the Menninger Foundation.
For the full article: Please Click> The Physical Benefits of Meditation

3. MAIN TOPIC: Awareness of the Body
"We experience our lives through our bodies whether we are aware of it or not. Yet we are usually so mesmerized by our ideas about the world that we miss out on much of our direct sensory experience" Tara Brach
Short Topic: Please Click> Awareness of the Body
Long Topic: Please Click> Coming Home to our Body

4. MEDITATION:
The caring and awareness required for doing a body scan meditation, grounds us in the present moment.
Guided Meditation Please Click> A Body Scanning Meditation

5. AUDIO TALK:
Explaining the importance of 1st being aware of the bodies sensations, in this present moment.
Please Click> Embodied Presence (may require some downloading time)

*All the Best*, Heidi and ross

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