First step – Learn how to meditate

First exercise – breathing visualization

Read these simple guidelines – to put these fallowing steps into practice and they will become quite comfortable and as a habit to you.

In your meditative space (area), do light up a candle and your favored and pleasant incense.

Then, before all other things, put in center of your mind a meditation for the next 10 to 15 minutes.

 No phone calls, no disruption, nothing from the outer world. Imagine that every moment, in which you practice mediation, is your golden chance, that you make a progress in your spiritual journey.

Every attempt, every time you do it, is always a little bit closer to your goal.

To the aim which you have set for yourself.

This will help you feel sincerity and to value your meditation exercise.

Sit comfortably with spine straight, to preserve alertness and keep your eyes half-opened, not wide opened, but half open, half closed.

This is called the lion meditation and allow us to focus the mind better.

If this is too hard for you, you could also close your eyes, but try firstly this method, since it has many advantages.

When creating a relaxed atmosphere, also music is desired.

Music has this advantage that could easily take our mind from thinking, and could easily take us into meditation mood.

Later, I assume, you would prefer silence. Just as a suggestion, flute is an excellent instrument for meditation.

In this exercise we will learn how to calm our mind with meditation, and by concentration on the breath.

If possible, it’s better to breathe through your nose.

To not lose courage, when your mind will be as washed away or when there will be an infinite number of thoughts running around in your mind.

This is totally normal at the beginning, at your start of meditation. Later on, you will teach yourself how to sweep away your thoughts.

Breath and mind are closely connected, and when you direct all your attention on breathing, your mind will slowly gather and focus.

Let all the other thing go, – the only thing that exist is a breath, the river of life energy, which in constantly flowing.

Within the breath feel a sense of calmness quality. If you imagine, than on tip of your nose is a strip, your breath is so calm down, that strip in hardly moving.

For a few minutes try to deepen the sense of calmness, breath is a very quiet move, and the mind slowly becomes more quite and your body motionless. 

Observed a current pause, at the end of your inhale breath, just before you exhale, at the end of your exhale breath, just before you inhale again, and try to extend this moment of calmness between each inhale and exhale breath.

In this way, the breath becomes a little deeper, slower and peaceful and prepares us for deeper breathing.

Now you can focus on different qualities of the inhalation, one after another.

The first is peace – when you breathe in, feel and imagine as you are inhaling peace in all parts of your being.

When you exhale, imagine that you are exhaling all the opposite from the peace – restlessness, stress, negative thoughts or feelings.

If it will help you, you can imagine that you are inhaling a clean, white light purity and peace. Exhale breath is gray from impurities or thoughts.

I would suggest, making it easier for you, that you focused on breath and quality of peace.

Feel how each breath pulls you into little more inside, in the beautiful interior space.

The best is the simplicity – the less thoughts and ideas we have in our mind, the better it is.

After a few minutes you will feel as you are breathing in a cosmic energy from the space, which purifies and feel with energy all your beings.

With each inhale, through your body is flowing a river, the river of life force and cosmic energy, which is replacing the fatigue, stress, negative thoughts.

Imagine that you are exhaling all negative qualities. Then you breathe in a quality of joy and happiness.

Feel how it expands inside you, flowing through you – imagine that even your face is smiling.

In next post I will fallow up some more advices for practicing meditation.

Each of us goes through many stories in our life, looking for happiness and personal fulfillment.

In many ways we are looking for ways and limitless possibilities of life to find satisfaction- in the people that we meet, in the cities which we visit, in careers that can provide some meaning and direction to us, – a inner happiness and inner freedom, by which we strive so they could shine in our eyes and our hearts, but although seems somehow out of reach.

Life then encourages us to look inwards to find joy in life, which exists independently from all external things that come and go – and that’s how or personal and spiritual journey could begin.

Finding happiness takes a new, unknown direction, inward journey leads us to seek deeper meaning in our lives and aspirations of the mighty happiness of being free inside you (figurative).

Meditation and how to start?

What are the first steps to start with meditation?

One of the most beautiful things about meditation is that we don’t need to know very much about it, to do it.

We do not fill and “educate” our mind with additional knowledge and different ways of techniques but quite contrary – we completely clear out / empty our   mind.

Furthermore, there isn’t any need for dogma or special believing (or any believing except the one of your own).

But there is one thing that you need to feel.

This is the feeling, that you could develop (blossom) into something more, higher, and that your own positive qualities in your nature or peaceful moments in your life, both could exceptionally strengthen (become strong) or multiply and increase.

Meditation is the transition to reinforcing the silence, inner peace and happiness of the soul.

However, in order to reach this inner level, you have the external life to create the conditions that will support this revelation.

The first secret is sincerity – no matter how difficult and busy your daily life is, you have to add the date and time for your own training and organize some special place at home, where you will practice.

The same as plant grows, when there is enough sun, also your special place will reserved time will be as sun which will worm up your soul.

Feed it, and relaxed it.

Do find a nice place, where you feel comfortable, or place which you find closer to you.

Then, put a low table in that place, decorate table with a white cloth, and put on the table a candle in candle holder or on the salver and add a flower or two in the vase.

If you which, you could also add a thing or two from your personal belongings or some object which have some special value for your or feels close to you.

It could also be a picture of your spiritual or mental guide, meditation statue, anything that connects you with the feeling of the spirit.

You can chose to sit on the blanket, footstool, chair or anything else that suits you.

Ideally is, that you sit one meter away, and point your view straight on.

Scents could also be very useful, therefore, if you prefer any scent of joss-stick, do use them; anything that will help you relax.

The thing is that no one knows you better than yourself. Therefore, think which things, feelings, scent make you feel relaxed and comfortable.

The scent will create special feeling and will add a little ceremony and devotion your practice.

Simplicity, Meditation Music – bamboo flute, singing with one voice, slow, quiet songs – could also embrace us in an atmosphere of serenity, which silence the mind and open heart. Any such small thing will help you to begin.

Lymphatic drainage massage

Did you jump up – when you read this title?

Most likely you said to yourself: “This is the key to success to beat my cellulite.”
And, you were right. But only partially. You asking why?

Often comes to erroneous or rather lack of knowledge erroneous or rather lack of knowledge.

The purpose of its use beyond are not only for beauty reasons, but also medical, but for which only few people know.

Therefore, hand lymph drainage is a type of body treatment, which women have often treat themselves with, often those who are aware of its effects.

But we do need to be aware, that even though superficial knowledge among women is present, the wider knowledge about lymphatic drainage is less known.

Hand lymphatic drainage and its benefits

Hand lymphatic drainage is a gentle technique, which effects on lymphatic system.

Lymphatic drainage was developed by doctor Voder and his wife in year 1930.

Lymphatic drainage works by activating blood circulation in tissues and stimulates the immune and parasympathetic nervous system.

The results of this operation are shown in particular reduction of oedema, body detox, restoring tissues (burns, cuts, scars, wrinkles),
it removes a number of chronically and half- acute inflammation (sinusitis, bronchitis and ear infections), eliminates chronically pain, reduce symptoms of chronic fatigue, eliminates excessive muscle tension, and more.

We could gain a good benefits in overcoming insomnia, stress, lack of vitality and a bad memory, but it also slows down aging and helps to remove cellulite tissue.

A well functioning lymphatic system is essential for human health and its effectiveness.

This system is discharging liquid, detoxifies and renews tissue, strain out toxins and foreign substances and helps to achieve a healthy immune system.

If the lymphatic system does not work the best, toxins in the body begins to accumulate, cell function is compromised, which can lead to physical problems (diseases).

Treatment technique and implementation of lymphatic drainage.

Lymphatic drainage is practiced with hands and fingers, with which create delicate, wave-like movements.

There is no pressing and exhausting movement, but light gentle touch. And who can practice /perform it?

Only a trained therapist. It is important to have good theoretical knowledge.

Voder’s School based in Austria is the one, in which you could obtain a good education.

Lymphatic therapist should have medical training, but participate in it should also be seminars and symposia.

It is important to know their limits and that knows how to dissuade customer from the therapy; those customers, which are not suitable (from medical view, contradictions) to have drainage.

What about the number of therapy that are recommended?

In lymphatic drainage is advisable to have ten therapies, which should be carried out daily or at least every other day.

Some sometimes need more treatments to react, others less.

Some patients feel drowsy immediately after treatment (because it affects the nervous system),

but soon after that they wake up, when the others were awakened and refreshed immediately after treatment.

Immediately after (especially if its done well) it is possible, that you will feel need to discharge water.

This is a logical consequence of removing of surplus fluids and toxins from the body.

What about the lymphatic drainage to win over cellulite?

Lymphatic drainage is successful in fighting against cellulite, especially when it is in the initial state of water stagnation.

Influence on the people on the proper functioning of the lymphatic system.

People can effect on the functioning of lymphatic system with enough drink and to have enough daily exercise.

Special jumping is one that affects the well-lymphatic system. The best recommended tool is trampoline and skipping rope.

See, it’s not necessary that you are falying of every day to the gym, and practice in crowd.

You can go out in the nature, or even practice sometimes at home, which skipping rope.

We all have it at home and why not use it.

But remember, sometimes, the simplest exercises are the best.

And, let me also tell you that, for most of them, when practices, you only need some practice mat to do practice on.

Any don’t forget – lymphatic drainage is also very very good for eliminating stress and organism recovery.

And it’s recommended almost for everyone.

Right food will benefit our health

Wherever I look, I see instructions on how to eat.

Healty food, with reduced calories, more tasty, but wholegrain, bio, no fat, no cholesterol, according to the food pyramid, the most recent and fastest and the best diet ever …

It seems to me that for any disease or other medical disorder there is so much advice, paths, miracle medicines and teas as well as for obesity with food.

And I wonder why, despite all these miracles there are more and more overweight people.

Young girls, almost children, everywhere, even (or even the most time) when buying clothes, they are talking about it.

How to lose weight, what is the best diet, which path celebrities are choosing… etc?

Overweighed and fat legs and buttocks, overlarge or to small breasts –and about this, how some “friend” have lose weight.  In one week.
And mother.

How serious she/he has gone again with dieting. And father.
Again he/she plays tennis as mad, just because she/he gains some extra weight over the winter.

And next year will return all again. Or even before.
But definitely before the summer.

Even in serious experts recommendations we a lot of times could found instructions on how to eat more “bio” food.

A lot of dietary fibers.
Whole grain rice. Whole wheat bread.

Wholemeal pasta. Brown sugar. Wholegrain meal.

At least 12 (!) Of portions of wholegrain meals a day. Every day.

And Mediterranean food.
And what is a healthy drink.

All must be free of bubbles (bubbles cause cellulite!). A whole barrels of fresh fruit juice.

Those bio once, with no sugar in it. It is almost obligatory to have a glass of red (why red?) vine per day.

If we fallow all these instructions, we will  be slim and healthy, happy and in accordance with the Food pyramid.

Hmmm what about food preparation?

Of course, oil with no cholesterol!  (Excuse me? Is it not cholesterol from animal source? Are there are oils without cholesterol?

Do not use butter. But do use olive oil, olive oil..

And once again olive oil. But do not heat it up! As it will become carcinogenic!

Recently, it is preferable to use rape oil. It is more bio. But does not use, under any condition pumpkin oil! (I must admit, I love it, and use it daily).

It is black and thick and very dangerous. It goes into your vanes. Don’t you just over look these recommendations, which so called “experts” are giving us daily?

And on the end, we should be very thankful for these advices. But if you look back, in old days, they eat all sorts of different food, there was no experts to advice, and even tough, there was less illness that in today time.

But, if ou are one of those “unlucky” people with overweight problem – then you should definitely separate carbohydrates and proteins. Uff, this doesn’t go together. And the best will be, that you are avoiding carbohydrates for good.

And when you are trying and trying.

Trying hard, and you inform your practitioner, who has for the last ten years persuade you, that the pain in your knees, increased pressure, abdominal distention  are all due to increased weight.

To not eat bread? And not pasta? Neither whole meal bread? And this for several weeks?

This is absolutely unhealthy. And inadmissible. Certainly will have consequences on health.

Diet without carbohydrates! (How is it? Is it not written in any serious textbook that starches and carbohydrates are not the same thing?

To the carbohydrates in abundance in fruits. And in vegetables. Even in the onions!).

Even the greater horror will fallow, if you succeed. You will lose thirty pounds.

Ok, I will get serious now – and let you know how it works.

The thing is, that all you need is, decide that this is for real.

And do set yourself real objectives, which you can achieve.

Do not set them to high.  You should distinguish between the ideal and healthy weight.

It is ideal weight is for beauty. That healthy one, can be a little higher. If you have some additional ten or fifteen kilogram much too you would not die.

Actually, is even better, because you will not have wrinkles. And you will look younger.
Ok. I will stop here and let you know some truth about thing that I have written above.

Truth about carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are a group of foods with the same energy value as protein.

They have fewer calories as fat. Reduced to half.

However, in addition to carbon and hydrogen contain oxygen (this means that the combustion or metabolism do not need oxygen from the outside) and because the human body is arranged in

the way that the metabolism and absorption of carbohydrates into the blood begins in the mouth (not as in fat and protein,

which is just beginning to digest in the stomach or even lower in the duodenum and small intestine), is an ideal fuel, and most important (and quickest) source of energy. Also stored out in the body.

They are always in stock and it’s easy to use for the body so we don’t fall into “hypo”, or we don’t lose blood sugar to the level, that we should eat something sweet immediately.

In carbohydrates group we count ib simple sugars (from one or two sugar molecules) that have a sweet taste, and made of sugar or starch (non-sweet taste).

We can enjoy one and the other should, but only quality once.

Now, with expert recommendation, we should not longer talk about all-over about carbohydrates, as a undesirable type of food, but we must sorted out,  to whether they are natural (eg vegetables, fruit) or processed (flour).

Ok, I will give you some rest after this post.. and will wrote more about carbohydrates in next post, as avoiding them is quite crucial to lose weight.

And once you get used to not use (eat) bad once, you will feel much better.

Hsin Tao – Shaolin’s skills rejuvenation and exercises workshop with mysterious regeneration Master named Ratzielom Banderjem

WHAT Hsin Tao?

Hsin Tao also known as art or Zen / Buddhist Yoga (designed by the famous Indian monk Bodidarma named also Da Mo) is an extremely effective art body rejuvenation, revitalization, mind calming and strength the spirit.

It’s consist from the light and body pleasant movements and its practiced today the same way as it was in Chine 1300 years ago.

The single thing, that have changed from then was, that Hsin Tao was spread outside the walls of the known Saolin monastery.

There are only two Saolin masters outside of the Monastery, which teaches simple and at the same time effective regeneration technique.

Who is RATZIEL Bandera, The Master  of Hsin Tao practice?

Ratziel Bander comes from Australia and is one of two Saolin masters who teaches and practice this art outside of Monastery.

Ratziel Bander is the only one that teaches openly Hsin Tao in the West. He is practicing yoga and meditation techniques from when he was fourteen.

From his 20 years he began to work with actors and dancers, he taught them various physical exercises, motor skills and breathing techniques.

In 1999 he began with an intensive practice of Hsin Tao art, because of serious health problems. Hsin Tao exercises have helped him to regain back his health and vitality.

These exercises also helped him to eliminate all the problems and pain from suffering for a severe form of muscle disease (Post-Polio Syndrome).

Ratziel is empowered successor of Chinese Master of Hsin Tao arts. He was also his follower and got his blessing to teach the art and become instructor.

Which exercises combine the Hsin Taoa art?

This carefully protected art has been primarily designed for adults to obtain a refund of health and vitality.
It shall have an effective system of exercises that take work of apprentice into a deep meditative state while he/she enhance the physical level.

Hsin Tao art of practice consists of trainable physical gestures, breathing and meditation.

Apply effective combination of circular movements and breathing which focus and regulate life energy in vital organs, improving internal awakening and metabolism and facilitates the achievement of internal balance and strong health.
Hsin Tao is divided into three groups of exercises as fallows;

1.    Body Rejuvenation
This type of exercise is carried out standing and takes training person in real relaxed state, while works deeply within the body.
Leads in the vital energy centers, »grease under ‘decisions, strengthens internal organs, and revitalizes the entire metabolism.

2.    Rejuvenates and rest down persons intellect and mind

This is type of exercises which are carried out while you are sitting on a chair or cushion.
It connects the breath with gestures, and it takes the practitioner to a very deep meditative state, and it takes mind into a state of deep calm and peace.
Exercises work strongly on the kidneys, spleen and spine.

3.    Rejuvenation of the Spirit

This type of exercise consists of simple breathing exercises, which recovered the ability to preserve energy in the center of the body while increasing interaction with the spirit of body and mind.
These exercises enable you to achieve a magnificent emotional balance, while you are improving your body stamina, vitality and mental clarity in a relatively short time.

What do you gain with practicing Hsin Tao art?

Hsin Tao works in beginning period of doing exercises, and it works at any specific individual, but it is conditioned and depends on health of each individual.  Noticeable positive changes are occurring at all levels, – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. It has a capacity of regeneration of the whole organism, by renewing the natural healing ability of the body.

Some of the positive effects which you gain with practicing regularly a Hsin Tao art;

1.   Mental calm, clear feeling of anti-stress action on the mind and body.

2. Mental clarity, clear mind.

3. Alleviates problems with back pain.

4. Relieve respiratory problems.

5. Elimination of emotional problems such as anger, depression, etc..

6. Beneficent impact on the problems with the spine, corrected posture, strengthen internal organs.

7. Increased resistance of the body and the final overall effect: welfare, robust health, physical vitality, and gaining more energy-vitality.

Ratziel Bandera is an experienced teacher of Hsin Tao, who will be presenting you this art in a effortless manner, playful humor and with knowledge of the skill.

To participate in the workshop you don’t have to be with a background or physical strength and flexibility.

Hsin Tao is carried out in a relaxed, effortless and playful without physical strain.

Have an open heart and sincere desire, to do something for you is the most important characteristic.

Therefore, if you will find out or notice, that Ratziel Bandera is having introducing of Hsin Tao art around your area, do go and explore with him.

It’s worth it and you will feel you received a lot.
Hopefully, you will also give a lot