Something To Think About

One of the greatest things I've learned is to "STOP" analyzing ~~ the brain / ego / conscious mind
always wants to know "why" ~~

When I first moved to Dallas in '95, I was literally "bed-ridden" for a full year in a VERY deep depression (more on that in another issue).    At the end of that year, my small savings was completely depleted, my rent was due in two weeks, and I had absolutely no "idea" (brain / ego / conscious mind) how I could possibly find a job & make enough money for food (not to mention rent & gas) within two weeks.

As I was driving down Beltline (with the car windows rolled up & feeling completely hopeless), I suddenly found myself screaming at the top of my lungs:  "GOD!! You're a hell-of-a-lot-bigger than me.   You can see the big picture ~~ I can't!!  What in the hell am I supposed to be doing anyway!!    Help me, damn it!!   I give up!!"   (Hind-sight  ;-)    ~~    Let Go & Let God ~~ Ask & Receive)

That same afternoon, I saw an ad in the paper for a Fitness Instructor at a "new" Larry North Fitness facility that was opening on Beltline & the Tollway (where 24-Hour Fitness now exists).     Within two weeks, I was booked solid with "personal training" clients from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. . . . and . . . was teaching 6 Body Sculpting classes per week (6:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. & Saturdays)

Could my "brain / ego / conscious mind" have ever figured that out from "past experiences or programming"?    Not likely ~~ Two weeks (after coming out of a year-long depression) to find a job & make enough money??
 

Every time you begin to dwell, worry, or try-to-figure-out-why, just catch yourself, stop, and
decide to just "allow" whatever is happening in that moment.  No matter what it is ~~ let it
be O.K.      Let yourself "feel" whatever is happening . . . and . . . let it be O.K.

(i.e.   I finally resolved a chronic "rash" situation by saying:  "O.K. God/Universe/Higher Power, I give this rash up to you ~~ I'm going to go about my business and if there is something (you) want me to do, let me know.   In
the meantime, I'm just going to allow this to "run-its-course".   There's apparently something I'm processing, and rather than look at it (perceive it) as "bad", I'm choosing to see it (perceive it) as transformation, transition . . . and . . . "good".

By the end of that same day, I had a "light-bulb" moment ("God -- my Higher Truth -- talking to me?) ~~ I made a decision about "my style of yoga", "my intimate relationship", and "taking care of myself" . . . and . . . the
rash disappeared completely for the first time in a little over two years!!)

Note:  It doesn't matter if you're dealing with a physical ailment, depression, money, a relationship, career,
self-esteem ~~ whatever.

The more "awful" a situation in life seems, the greater the "experience" you are about to have ~~ Kinda' like the parable of Job in the Bible.    Being the wealthiest man of his time in all areas ~~ money/land/resources, family/relationships/friends, happiness ~~ he loses everything . . . and . . . just when he "almost" loses even his "faith" ~~ but DOESN'T (finally "lets to & lets 'God') ~~ he receives everything back x 10!!

Your Conscious Mind (Ego / Brain / Free Will) gives you equal "choice" to EVERY Spiritual (Faith / Knowing / Gut Instinct / Inner Wisdom) decision you make.

You can choose to believe that you are broke, your rent is due in two weeks, and there is absolutely no way you will find a job & enough money by then (conscious mind / ego / brain / free will -- trained by past experience ONLY) ~~  OR  ~~

You can choose to "let go" ~~ have Faith / Knowing  (without any "past programmed" evidence of how or why).

All this said, your "Conscious Mind / Ego / Brain / Free Will" is a tremendous blessing & Gift ~~ The "past-programming" that serves you (i.e. not running a red light, not having to "re-learn" driving a car, brushing your teeth, dressing, etc.) makes your conscious mind the ultimate "computer" & "servant / tool" for you.

Your "exercise" now is to learn to keep this as you "tool", rather than allowing "it" to control you ~~ be more "aware / discerning / awake" . . . and . . . make decisions from BOTH choices ~~

"Is this a situation where it is appropriate to listen to my brain/ego/conscious mind . . . .  or is this a situation where it is best to just "let go" & "have faith" ~~ "put-it-out-there" ~~ KNOWING (without programmed evidence) that exactly what I desire is "just-around-the-corner".    ;-)

    Enjoy a BIG piece of "real" Chocolate (no hydrogenated stuff) today!!  And . . . enjoy it completely!!   If you eat it unconsciously & with guilt (stuffing emotions ~~ while driving, working, etc. ~~ it's-gone-&-you-hardly-knew-you-ate-it),you'll feel fat & bloaty almost immediately.  If you eat it with joy & awareness, savoring the entire experience of every wonderful melting morsel ~~ the calories are trulynon-existent.
 

1.    Upcoming Events  ~~

    February "Events Calendar"   --  (Attached -- Print OFF!)
    The February "Events Calendar" is attached.   Please "print off" if you have the capability so as to save printing costs at our Studio  ;-)

    Bad Weather
    A message will be left on the Studio phone "greeting"  --  (972) 934-3905, #4  . . . AND . . . posted on the web-site (www.totalhealth-balance.com -- click on: DynamicPowerYogaPLUS!)  --  up to 1 1/2 hours prior to Class Time  --  as to anyclass changes due to bad weather.

    February Vinyasa Schedule
    Monday, February 3  ~~  5:30 p.m.
    Tuesday, February 11 ~~ 5:30 p.m.
    Wednesday, February 12 ~~ 9:00 a.m.
    Saturday, February 15 ~~ 10:00 a.m.
    Tuesday, February 18 ~~ 7:15 p.m.
    Wednesday, Februray 19 ~~ 7:15 p.m.
    Saturday, February 22 ~~ 8:30 a.m.
    Tuesday, February 25 ~~ 9:30 a.m.

    February Technique's Class
    Saturday, February 22    ~~ 12:30 to 3:30 ~~ LIMIT 20 people ~~ $25 ~~ Led by Suze & Jennifer

    FREE Classes w/ Suze
    Tuesday, March 18 ~~ 9:30 a.m. & 7;15 p.m.
    Wednesday, March 19 ~~ 7:15 p.m.
    Saturday, March 22 ~~ 8:30 a.m.

    Life Balance Workshop  ~~  ONLY Two (2) Workshops Per Year
    Saturday & Sunday,  April 26 & 27 ~~ Two (2) Full Days with Suze ~~ $250
    Learn & experience EVERYTHING Suze has done to maintain her physical, mental, emotional & spiritual HEALTH for over 25 years.
    Suze personally covers(in depth):
    1)    nutrition / toxins, yoga (physical)
    2)    mental well-being (from depression to "catching & re-training" thought patterns)
    3)    emotional release (without years of therapy), and
    4)    finding "your" truth (spirit)
so that you can CREATE your "own" Life Balance.
 

2.    Services  ~~

       Jennifer Metevier -- "On-Site" Licensed Physical & Yoga Therapist -- Are you are "beginner" . . . suffering from "chronic pain" . . . or . . . ready to take your body to a "new place"??  Contact Jennifer @ (972) 386-4671.

        Student Network  -- "Network" with Integrity ~~ Find a Service . . . or . . . Advertise your Business with like-minded people (your sweat-mates).    Go to: www.totalhealth-balance.com & click on 'dynamicpoweryogaplus!'.

        Yoga Clothes -- So you like Tricia's new yoga pants?   "YOGA" in powder blue across her tushie  ;-)    If you missed the yoga clothing display in the hallway after class a couple of weeks ago, Contact Marla with Bodhi Designs @ (512) 947-5120 .  . . or . . . visit her web-site @ www.bodhidesigns.com.    She is out of Austin, TX.

        The Marlin Day Spa  --  Take care of yourSELF ~~ LOOK & FEEL young, energetic & healthy ~~ Take advantage of Mary Van's new BioVisage facial (literally renews your face from a cell level) ~~ also, great nails/pedicures, micro-dermabrasions/peels, massage(s), chiropractic, "Girls' Night Out", professional make-up (Mary does the "big" Celeb's herself  ;-)   Contact them @ (972) 247-8348.    (Located just north of LBJ on Web Chapel)

       Robyn Foster Photography --  Interested in having your "best-dress" YOGA outfit (beads / scarves, etc.) portrait taken??     Many of you have probably seen the gorgeous books out there ~~ How about your own "Great Look"   ;-) Contact Robyn @ RBaloga633@aol.com.
 

3.    Support ~~

      Breast Cancer "Patient Protection" Act
           There's a bill called the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act which will require insurance companies to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients undergoing a mastectomy.      It's about eliminating the "drive-through mastectomy" where women are forced to go home hours after surgery against the wishes of their doctor, still groggy from anesthesia and sometimes with drainage tubes still attached.

Lifetime Television has put this bill on their web page with a petition drive to show your support.  Last year over half the House signed on.    http://www.lifetimetv.com/health/breast_mastectomy_pledge.html
 
 

       Help Keep Vitamin & Herbal Products FREE (without prescription)
         Did you know that European and International legislation is proposing to:

¨       Ban over 300 natural ingredients from free sale
¨       Restrict the dosage level of 'approved' nutrients to levels that will render them ineffective
¨       Ban herbal remedies for no other reason than that they don't have a 30 year history of use
¨       Ban any statements about the effectiveness of nutrients in dealing with disease
¨       Give governments the right to re-classify safe and effective natural remedies as medicines - at will

The website http://www.dr-rath-foundation.orgoffers a 115kb program for download that will enable you to
send your personal letter as an email to all Members of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. It just takes a
few mouse clicks to do that!

As someone who values their fundamental human right to make a free choice about how they look after their
own health, you owe it to yourself and your family to protect that right by writing these letters now - and by
forwarding this email to all the names in your email address book so that they can do the same.
 
 

4.  Recommended Reading / Listening  ~~

        "Suze-On-The-Radio"  --  FREE@ Front Desk

        Order "WISDOM" channel with your Cable TV
        Volumes of alternative health care / modern-day ecological updates / taped Workshops of famous "Personal Development" teachers

        Caroline Myss audios / CD's   -- from   Sounds True catalog
        (800) 333-9185 . . . or . . . www.soundstrue.com
        - Why People Don't Heal
        - Energy Anatomy
        - Energetics of Healing
        - Spiritual Power
        - Spiritual Madness

        The Isaiah Effect  by  Gregg Braden
        God and the Evolving Universe  by James Redifeld and Michael Murphy
        Discover Your Hidden Powers   -- Get Psychic -- by Stacey Wolf
        The Power Of Now by Eckhardt Tolle
 

5.    Alternative Care  ~~

        www.bodyzone.com  --    Locate an Alternative Health Care Practitioner in your area
        www.babyzone.com   & www.conceivingconcepts.com  --   Drug-Free Birth Control  --  "Ovulens"  &   "The DONNA"
        www.prolonews.com)
        www.iptcancer.com  )        --        Alternative to "joint injury" surgery
        www.sportsprolo.com)

        www.centerpointe.com     --     Change Old Habit Patterns / Eliminate Depression
 
 

6.    Products  ~~

            Towels  --  $3

             NYO-Shoos  Foot Jewelry  --  $22

             Sticky Mat -- $30

             "Cotton Weave" Yoga Mat -- $40
                     * lay over sticky mat -- for those of you who sweat like "me"  ;-)

             Power Balance 1 CD - $20
                     * for those of you who travel -- do your practice in your hotel room
                      *  Your entire practice is guided by Suze's voice not only giving
                                  "call-outs" as each pose changes from  one to another, but also her
                                  detailed instruction & inspiration as you "HOLD" the pose  ;-)

              'Relaxing In Reality’ Audio Tape - $20
                     * Enjoy a break in your day as Suze guides you through a 20-minute
                                  "head-to-toe" . . . . and . . . "inside/out" relaxation.    It's an amazing
                                    stress-reliever, boost to the immune system, and an  opportunity to
                                    reconnect with yourSELF  ;-)

                                    After work, get in your car, pop in the tape, lay the seat back . . . and . . .
                                      float away.

                                      20 minutes  later you will be brought back to "reality" refreshed and ready to
                                                   experience whatever the rest of  your late afternoon/evening has to offer.

             Amazon Rain Forest Supplements
                Suze has been presented with and experienced ALL forms of herbs & supplements over
               the past   several years -- The Amazon Herb Supplements are by far the
               most amazing product to date:

                                  Organic
                                  Complete (no more taking 20-60 capsules per day)
                                  Cyclical Positive Energy (everyone benefits

                  -- the Rain Forest tribal peoples make a living by harvesting the  plants -- no plant is
               ever up-rooted; the Owner of Amazon gives 10% back to the preservation of
               the Rain Forest; we receive the benefits of a totally toxin-free product)

                  Call Erin Staples at toll-free# is 800-935-5563 ext. 00.  or  e-mail her at emstaples@yahoo.com or
visit her
      web-site at www.e.staples.home.attbi.com.