tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31482299542481387292024-02-07T04:34:14.035+02:00Mad About YogaWarning: Yoga is very addictive!Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-66084333855972962062013-07-08T12:38:00.001+02:002013-07-12T15:50:08.721+02:00Clarity Creates Certainty (a blog post from my coaching website)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Clarity creates certainty, once you are clear on what you value, what your drivers are, you can update the old ones. Change only happens with real conviction and it is what you believe that will drive your actions (or lack of action).<br />
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Change for the sake of change is difficult to sustain! The proof is in those many perceived failures from past attempts.<br />
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Know your "why"! Clarity creates certainty, the strongest certainty always wins!<br />
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I struggle a lot with making decisions (especially the important ones). And the more I dig into clearing my lack of clarity, that has recently come to light, I wonder how many of you might benefit from or resonate with my latest insights?<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><br />
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<li>Know what you want. Every one is running on some sort of blue print, conscious or not... which side do you want to be sitting on; conscious or unconscious?</li>
<li> If actions are run by your unconscious beliefs and you aren't too sure of what your values are... Well, you guessed it, you'll be wading through misery when the life you want doesn't match up to your actions.</li>
<li>Making changes that someone else prescribes AIN'T going to work either (not unless it's deeply aligned with your values & vision). Another reason that might not work 100%, is because even though the person prescribing advice is experienced... you're unique and you are the only one who will listen to you in the end. You ultimately, are the expert in your life.</li>
<li>Lack of clarity on ones values (your own not those which are prescribed to you by your minister or mother) = low conviction for change.</li>
<li>Therefore; a lot of the frustration we modern folk face; might be due to the fact that we make too much compromise on our authenticity & autonomy (who we are) and what we want.</li>
<li>We chase interests without really knowing our true values because of the above and are swayed from here to there like drifters, never surmounting to much more than the state of tedium on auto-pilot & ultimately perpetuating more of what we don't want.</li>
<li> Change is directly proportionate to the degree in which you value the change your looking for. Or shall I rather say it like this: you will not change something about yourself until it is valuable enough to do so - to the point of outweighing the cost for staying the same. I.O.W.: How can you ELEVATE the change you're looking for to a higher statues of value?</li>
<li> Figuring out this s#%t is scary, because it means that you are actually in the drivers seat if you want to create the life you would love more deliberately.</li>
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You say you want to change... but what is the perceived cost?<br />
How willing are you to pay the price?<br />
What's the price for staying right where you are?<br />
Red pill or Blue pill?<br />
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Think of the "the Matrix" he's talking about as a metaphor for your beliefs and perceptions as a lens through which you "see" through; creating the world you experience.<br />
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Know what you want! This is the big "why".Find a way to align you actions to your values in creating what you want! This is perhaps the best kind of motivation and it is something you are intrinsically.<br />
Can you see your purpose, your dream/vision, the life you would love to have?<br />
Key: How certain are you that it's going to happen?<br />
Can you visualise, taste, smell, hear, touch it?<br />
What's the first thing you can think of to do to get clear?<br />
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It is my purpose, my mission to help others reconnect the disconnection that can run on autopilot and through coaching those who are ready in empowering themselves to be conscious creators of the lives they'd love.<br />
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Crate your life deliberately.<br />
Are you mad about your life... Or are you Mad-Crazy-In-Love About your life? It's a choice,<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Work with Me:</span></h3>
I invite you to view my coaching options and consider becoming a beta (guinea pig) client if you'd like to be coached for getting clear and deliberate in any area of your life. Pick up you'r phone and give me a call or send me a text or e-mail.<br />
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m@delain.co.za<br />
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Madelain<br />
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-1156529758681329922013-07-03T11:08:00.003+02:002013-07-24T10:58:30.415+02:00Become a Beta Coaching Client! Mad About My Life: Coaching with Madelain Burgoyne<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm looking for Guinea Pigs to experiment on (sounds suspicious... I know right)!If you don't know already... I'm currently studying towards my coaching credentials (too excited as it's really my BIIIIIG dream becoming ACTUALISED)!<br />
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Anyway, my course requires that I accumulate some fieldwork hours (around 100 paid hours - I'm aiming to do even more, 'cause I'm just like that)!<br />
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If you think you or know of someone who would like to be my experiments at a really good rate and want to know more about what Coaching is. In-box me: madlifecoach@gmail.com<br />
So far I have two really brave people to practise on... I'll be updating the insights from my experimental clients (with their permission of coarse).<br />
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I'm working on different lifestyle packages to rock your world, but the basic beta coaching package starts @ R180 per 1 hour coaching session.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Quick Life Coaching Summery: </span></h3>
Just in case you've been living under a rock and wondering what that's about<br />
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In the coaching relationship... it's all about you! It's a synergistic process where, you're the expert and I'm your sounding board. It's all about you taking responsibility for the life you have (look at where you currently are) and want (Where you'd like your life to be) and everything in it. It the process, we discover the miss-match , find your core values and dreams and through deliberate collaboration, we design (you design) the steps to move you in the direction to making whatever part you want into a reality. the coaching process includes thought provoking questions (curiosity gets you into solution seeking prospective= more empowering), feedback, re-framing & accountability.<br />
Through the process, you start learning these awareness skills and develop more emotional intelligence and capacity to expand into your full potential.<br />
This is a totally open, non-judgemental & confidential space.<br />
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I'm not going to sugar coat it for you (even though the above sounds pretty sweet); it takes guts to own your s*%t and to see that happiness isn't all positive thoughts and roses. But through the process you fine the coherence and congruence and presence to see everything (both the negative & positive forces of life) as perfectly balanced and exactly what you need to step into your value (what you've here to do/your potential). I's about not being ruled by emotional overwhelm or circumstances, but taking your life and creating more of what you want ON PURPOSE. Life no longer happens to you.. it starts happening for you.<br />
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It requires: courage, letting go to attached stories of your past (shifting perspective), experimentation (stepping out your comfort zone), finding the skills you need to adopt to make change (adaptability), accountability (setting yourself up to be held accountable DELIBERATELY - useful for those days of doubt), planning, self awareness, measurement, re-assessment.<br />
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It's not therapy, counselling or anything of the sort. I deal with the current blocks and move you forward until you can learn the process and take the momentum over.<br />
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Once again... inbox me if this sounds like something you'd like to try out; check out the website, Facebook page, come and say hi.<br />Web: <a href="http://madaboutmylife.blogspot.com/">http://madaboutmylife.blogspot.com/</a><br />Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MadAboutMyLifeCoaching">https://www.facebook.com/MadAboutMyLifeCoaching</a><br />
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-35771727221803890152013-06-28T15:41:00.002+02:002013-06-28T15:45:55.612+02:00Your Action Plan for the Rest of the Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's time to re-evaluate the year as we approach the half way mark of 2013.<br />
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something I've come to appreciate through experience is how important planning and action is. I keep seeing what I would love to create for myself by the end of the year as a milestone, yet I've found that when my planning and implementation slacks... Well, I can't really complain about not having what I want if I'm not doing the work.<br />
When Things slack off, it's because I get sloppy in my focus, end up not recording my milestones and re-evaluations. Planning and implementation is pivotal.<br />
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So if that resonates with you, here are some questions to think about to help you become a little unstuck:<br />
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<li>How can you get clear with what you would love to have by the end of the year?</li>
<li>How detailed is your vision of it?</li>
<li>Can you see, hear, taste,smell it... Can you visualise you BEING it?</li>
<li>Right; what does you're schedule look like? Is what you want written in there anywhere? (What you schedule and stick to is a good indication of weather or not it's actually a real priority vs an interest). Sure many of us are interested in improving our health, but when it comes down to the dirty work, we find ourselves making excuses. What can you do to turn that interest into a top priority?</li>
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So, here's an action step plan for your goals: <br />
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<li>Write down what you would love to have by the end of the year in detail (use your 5 senses as you describe it).</li>
<li>Now that you know what you want, think about what resources you have available to you to accomplish it... Or what skills and resources you need to acquire.</li>
<li>work out your action plan. Open your diary, decide how much time you are going to dedicate to working towards your goal in a week. <br />Now goals might need to be broken up in parts so that overwhelm doesn't set in. What the is priority step? What can you scrap, delegate or put away to work on later?<br />If you need to acquire a skill, that is a clue in priority of taking action... Research it, inquire and get stuck into it.</li>
<li>You need to keep track of it; find a way to measure what your doing. Recording voice notes, writing in a journal on the experiences each time, feed back, insights, milestones. Without this step, you won't be able to see the progress you're making. </li>
<li>Be consistent and stop listening to that inner critic and those negative fears. These voices appear because we're attached to past experiences and want to avoid pain... The weird thing is that when you want to quite the most... is the breakthrough point. </li>
<li>Be mindful of the chatter that happens inside & follow through despite the negative talk... It's just talk after all and not really the truth. Test the chatter by going through it and recreate a better experience so that you can reach the potential you're longing to reach.<br /><br /><i style="color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold;">“Your days are your life in miniature. As you live your hours, so you create your years. As you live your days, so you craft your life. What you do today is actually creating your future. The words you speak, the thoughts you think, the food you eat and the actions you take are defining your destiny – shaping who you are becoming and what you stand for. Small choices lead to giant consequences – over time. There’s no such thing as an unimportant day.” ~ robin Sharma</i></li>
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">"The hours that ordinary people waste, the extraordinary people leverage" ~ Robin Sharma</span></b></blockquote>
The neurobiology works like this in a nutshell: you make a consistent focussed effort towards your goals (self directed attention & effort) = even more momentum as the process now releases dopamine (Measurable Feedback) = more motivation, energy/drive to do more of the same (re-enforced Purpose) = Success! <br />
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Now this runs either way, you can use the same auto setting to stay unchanged and wish your life away... which force are you going to apply your focused awareness to? Best thing about this is you can shape your reality at the drop of a decision - no excuses.<br />
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If you're needing some help on discovering your values or what you would love to create in your life (personal growth and lifestyle wise), consider becoming a beta client of mine for Life coaching... to find out more about Mad About My Life: Coaching with Madelain Burgoyne, send an e-mail to m@delain.co.za<br />
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-78551244432756263842013-06-18T20:57:00.004+02:002013-06-18T20:57:44.196+02:00Mad Love ~ By Meghan Currie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-52898318508705736902013-05-13T15:51:00.000+02:002013-05-17T10:39:07.707+02:00Ladies night out with a difference!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You know why? I dig it because you get to know others, you step out of your comfort zone, you practise doping any judgements in the hopes of not being judged yourself, almost always being welcomed in return. It's part of reconnecting with what is often disconnected (but that's a topic for the next blog). Communities are wonderful!<br />
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I don't know if you know the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SleekGeekSA?ref=br_rs" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Sleek Geek SA community</span></b></a> here in Cape Town? It's where all the health nuts or people who want change & who need a support community are flocking to. It's quite phenomenal. There are amazing stories to see, amazing transformations both in body and emotionally. More than ever, people are becoming tired of being sick and tired.<br />
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Anyway, I like hanging out with people who embody stepping up the quality of life; stretching, testing, taking risks to grow and connect.<br />
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On Saturday night, I was delighted to attend the Sleek Geeks Ladies Night out at Primi in Tableview. What an amazing experience it was.<br />
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Here I'm going to highlight some of the may discussions we had around the table and I want to share this because finding the right community to support ones higher potential is important.<br />
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<li>One of the first discussions we had was around how almost all of the girls showed up solo. The thought process on wanting to join in and check out a community, but the doubt behind weather to join or not was quite fascinating to me. Many of these thoughts might be based on fears of feeling out of place because they don't know anyone else going.</li>
<li>Guess what, I got a lot of feedback that curiosity and the pull towards wanting to connect was a greater force than any negative talk that went on in the head before arriving. It is brave... And I would encourage you to always challenge that negative talk... Test it, challenge it, even walk into any fears around it 'cause it ain't the truth until you at least try to disprove it!</li>
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<li>Acceptance that we are all different, but have a common value; our health.<br />We all want to be accepted for who we are. We all want to feel like we belong. We all have different interests, but that makes for an even richer and broader network of knowledgeable women around one table. Sure, sometimes we wish that "we had what she has" but someone else around that table is admiring you for your uniqueness.</li>
<li>We had cross-fitters there, people who eat paleo style, vegetarians business owners, mothers, people who have totally transformed their bodies; all who had something interesting to say.</li>
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<li>There was lots of discussion around ditching old friends who weren't happy about the changes we make to improve our lifestyle and replacing them with friends who keep us accountable (support) when it comes to living out the goals we set for ourselves.<br />I heard from more than one woman around the table that when they started improving their health, many of their family members and friends were not very supportive. I couldn't help wondering if that was because many resist change and don't feel as bad when you're justifying their lifestyle by being the same. Like I said, we all want to belong to a supportive network that validates who we are or what we choose to do or how we behave, think, move etc.<br />Often people who are resisting change will really do just that... resist. If you are in that situation as you are trying to improve the quality of your life, just remember, it has nothing to do with you; it has everything to do with what's going on inside of them.</li>
<li>We, of course, also talked about Cape Town's notorious reputation to how difficult it can be to crack into any social group if you're new. I definitely feel that there is some sort of revolution going on. People are becoming more open to making new friends by putting themselves forward.</li>
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This was a nice way to get together... not over hot chocolate and cake, but I found that it was easier to make the right kind of menu choices when a bunch of health Geeks were sitting around the table!<br />
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These women are all amazing!<br />
There was one woman who lost 45kg since last year March, another who lost 20kg in 6 months, both of whom are super sexy mamas and feeling super happy about it. There were women who are on their way, women who are strong, women who are new and just getting started... just a table of all-round amazing women which filled me with inspiration to step up my game on the health level for real!<br />
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The really special thing about connecting on this evening like this is; it took us all out of the disconnection we feel into the embodiment, engagement, the openness that is the miracle of connection<br />
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Thanks Elan <b><span style="color: #a64d79;">(<a href="http://www.sleekgeek.co.za/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a64d79;">founder of Sleek Geek SA</span></a>)</span></b>, for creating a wonderful community! Rock on!<br />
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I look forward to the next ladies night social... we are already talking about that.<br />
Check out the <span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;"><a aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="js_16" data-ft="{"tn":";"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/group.php?id=412878065477461&extragetparams=%7B%22hc_location%22%3A%22stream%22%7D" href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/SleekgeekLadies/?hc_location=stream" id="js_17" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">Sleekgeek Bar Babes</a> </span>Facebook page.<br />
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If you want to start your revolution, and you happen to have an aversion to movement, check out my other <a href="http://madaboutyogacpt.blogspot.com/p/about-classes.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">pages here on my blog for some yoga coaching</span></b></a>... and yes, I teach other kinds of movement that will help you shed the excess if that's what you desire.<br />
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Today I decided I'll be stepping into the 12 week <b><span style="color: #a64d79;"><a href="http://thevitalityconcept.com/services/vitality-lifestyle-plan-2/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Vitality Lifestyle Plan</span></a> </span></b>by Dr. Greg Venning from The Vitality Concept. A friend and I have decided to do it together so that we can be accountability partners through our transformation. The free talk about it is happening on the 29th<br />
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As I work my way towards becoming a life coach, what I learn from participating will be my way of holding myself accountable for the ultimate health goals I wish to see embodied in myself (not to mention my friend who'll be adding another layer of accountability - it's bullet proof). Not only will this allow me to do more of what I preach about (walk my talk), but I KNOW that I'll be learning a ton through having this experience and therefore help coach/consult my own clients on their journeys towards what they wish to embody for themselves too!<br />
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What did you enjoy most about our ladies night out? I wanna hear what insights you gained from this evening I wanna hear all about it in the comments below.<br />
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If you haven't joined us yet, I wanna hear what kind of community you're looking for or if any of this resonates with you.<br />
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-43413158382677327392013-05-07T10:55:00.003+02:002013-05-07T11:00:19.939+02:00Mad MAY Give-Away Competition: Win a Fun Yoga Session for You & Your Friends<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The draw will happen at the end of May 2013. So you’ll want to subscribe to</span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/madaboutyoga" target="_blank">the Mad About Yoga Facebook page here</a></b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">, and </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">leave your comments about why you would like to win a free semi-private yoga session</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> for you and your friends. Get your friends to fill out the survey and leave their comments on the Facebook page too and stand an even bigger chance of winning.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I'm always looking to improve the quality of the services I offer here with Mad About Yoga. It's important to me to collect your honest thoughts and feedback from your experiences doing yoga with me or even just to find out if yoga would be something you’d like to try if you have not done it before. The only way to improve what I offer and meet your needs is through feedback.</span><br />
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-21092180051523824072013-05-07T10:40:00.001+02:002013-05-07T11:00:01.818+02:00May 2013 Free Workshops with Dr. Greg Venning: Fit for Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So if you're a regular Gym goer or you stay clear from the "e-word" and hate the gym, this will be the workshop for you.<br />
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I really love movement and since entering the <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/welcome-to-marks-daily-apple/#axzz2SUm1Qctx" target="_blank"><b>Paleo</b></a> world, I've learned many more concepts & principles to apply behind movement. Through moving my body through yoga, I've both injured myself or learnt more body awareness, built strength, flexibility and agility. The fact is, that if you become stagnant in your movement, well the result will be an unresponsive body. Use it or lose it... but the good new is that wherever you are, you can do something about it to improve it!<br />
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Here is some information Eilidh from <a href="http://capetownchiro.com/" target="_blank"><b>Vitality Chiropractic</b></a> & <a href="http://thevitalityconcept.com/" target="_blank"><b>The vitality Concept</b></a> send me for the upcoming free workshop... this time it's about ways in moving your body beyond going to gym.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">We know many people who are fit for the gym but are not fit for everyday life and we would love to help them achieve a balance of both. We also know the idea of exercise puts a lot of people off which tends to lead to a sedentary lifestyle. In this workshop Dr Greg will show people how to integrate movement into their daily life, without using the "e" word.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">The 3 fundamental types of movement that are required for health will be addressed: Move moderately, move heavy, move fast.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">Reduce body fat</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">Enhance posture</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">Improve memory</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">Balance hormones</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">Upgrade flexibility</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">Gain focus</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i style="color: #a64d79;">Beach body for life...”</i></span>I'll be there, I hope I see you there. Details her in the picture, so be sure to book your seat.<br />
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If you're looking for a fun new way to start moving your body, come join an early morning yoga session with me at the Dojo. First class experience is free; <a href="http://madaboutyogacpt.blogspot.com/p/about-classes.html" target="_blank"><b>check out the info on my page here under Yoga @ the dojo</b></a>.<br />
If you're looking for more of a private movement situation that will be designe specifically for your level; Check out some info on what I offer here under <b><a href="http://madaboutyogacpt.blogspot.com/p/about-classes.html" target="_blank">Types of Private Yoga Coaching Programs:</a><br /><br /><span style="color: #a64d79;">I've just put up a new page section on my blog website; check out what some of my students have been saying here: <a href="http://madaboutyogacpt.blogspot.com/p/testimonials-from-mad-clients.html" target="_blank">Mad Client Testimonials</a></span></b><br />
Here's to your ultimate health and well-being.<br />
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-68681397846531425792013-05-01T14:34:00.003+02:002013-05-07T10:56:54.451+02:00Feedback from today's Free Mad Body R-evol-ution Yoga Session<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
What a great turn out for only two days notice! 15 people today... all who were willing to give up sleeping in this dark morning to be at the Dojo Studio at 06:30 am!<br />
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My only regret is that I didn't get a group shot of this. Anyway, we had many new faces here today. What a pleasure to meet so many new delightful faces and to have my usual students keep returning for more. Here are some of the things these guests had to say on their way out from the guestbook:<br />
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"I enjoyed the movement; the energy & the challenge of going upside down." ~ Pauline<br />
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"Great new experience, very informative way to learn about the body." ~ Fatiema<br />
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"I enjoyed the fluidity of the class, I never thought my body could do most of those stretches." ~ Jade<br />
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"I enjoyed the rolling back sequence and twisting. Meditations was a great ending." ~ Kayleigh<br />
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"Great start to the day & very relaxing. thank you very much!" ~ Tim<br />
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"I need to work more on releasing the pressure in my neck and shoulders. I loved this mornings class. Thank you so much!" ~ Charmaine<br />
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Thank you all for being so super cool and coming!<br />
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-85859682395506158672013-04-29T16:37:00.000+02:002013-04-29T16:38:16.989+02:00Free Mad 90 Minute Public Holiday Yoga Session!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Just because I feel like it... Join me for this<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">FREE</span></b><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span>Wednesday 1st May 2013 for a totally free 90 minute Mad Yoga Session! You're totally invited!<br />
The theme is: Mad Body R-evol-ution.<br />
Stepping up the quality of your movement to evolve your body reaching it's highest potential for your well-being... and to just have a ton of fun!<br />
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This might turn into a movement workshop sometime in the near future. I'm just scoping it out as a first time free event..But in the meantime be sure to TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">What we'll be doing:</span></b></span>* "Prep & Wake Up Stretch" <br />
* " Mad Twilight Salutations" to welcome the day<br />
* "Squat & Give Me Slow Flow" sequence<br />
* "Turn it All Upside Down" Sequence (exploring foundational and practical applications tips & techniques)<br />
* "All Twisted Up Sequence"<br />
* "It's All Downhill from Here Baby" Relaxation sequence<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">Free Give- Aways:</span></b></span>**Walk away with the Mad "Feel More Gratitude" coherence meditation method & the "Squat & Give Me Slow Flow" sequence chart... RSVP by calling <a href="tel:0827623350">0827623350</a> to avoid dissapointment so I can print enough of these hand outs!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">Details:</span></b><br /><b style="color: #333333;">BOOKINGS BY TELEPHONE ESSENTIAL!</b></span>Place: Samurai Karate Dojo, Stadium on Main Centre, Ground Floor, Main Raod, Claremont, Cape Town.<br />
Date: 1 May 2013<br />
Map Link: <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/5VX4W">http://goo.gl/maps/5VX4W</a><br />
Time: 06:30 -08:00 am<br />
Cost: FREE (so rope a friend in)<br />
RSVP Contact: Madelain <a href="tel:0827623350">0827623350</a><br />
e-mail: <a href="mailto:m@delain.co.za">m@delain.co.za</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br /><b><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">What to bring:</span></span></b></span>* Yoga Mat<br />
* Sweat Towel<br />
* Water Bottle<br />
* You're enthusiasm & Playfullness<br />
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-3456110362957438792013-04-25T20:50:00.001+02:002013-05-07T10:44:22.515+02:00Fun Stuff we do with Mad About Yoga!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So this is the video I mad last year (the first one I ever made) demonstrating most of the things I get up to, from rehab yoga, some free yoga that I used to teach, to private one-on-one yoga, semi-private yoga to the very intense Mad Interval Yoga etc. The video is pretty self explanatory. </div>
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Initially, I made it to run as a loop video for the 101 Things to Do in Cape Town Expo in November last year, but it defiantly has a place here for you to get a look into how I like to play.<br />
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If this looks like fun to you ('cause it really is) check out the schedule for class option or the private yoga coaching options I have here on the site.<br />
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I love being creative and playful with the yoga I teach. I hope you enjoy the video. <br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Mad About Yoga ~ Yoga Coaching in Cape Town:</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">* One-on-one private yoga coaching</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">* Semi private yoga coaching</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">* Early morning Group classes</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">* Free Group Yoga in the Urban Biodiversity Gardens (postponed till further notice)</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">* Mad Strength Vinyasa Yoga Flow</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">* Mad Interval Yoga</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">* Yoga for athletes</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">* Yoga for post pregnancy recovery or just alone time</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">* Yoga for rehabilitation & maintainence </span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">* Meditation</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">* Yogic sleep & Deep relaxation</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">* Yoga with friends and much more<br /><br />WARNING: This Yoga is very addictive!</span></div>
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-86924665500555491682013-04-15T22:47:00.002+02:002013-06-25T13:42:26.201+02:00Thoughts on Quantifying the Quality of Day-to-Day-Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I write about the things I need to learn most. It’s my way of putting it out there so that you, as my audience can hold me accountable for the things I want to achieve. In a way you can say I'm using you as my accountability partner, because I know you’re watching. I learn this trick a while ago because sometimes “will” or discipline can be a weak motivator to step into action. When I discovered that I was a talker and not the walker (or at least I perceived myself to be so); it freaked me out! More than anything I want to be the person who does what I say and this is a technique (among many that I know) that I use to keep myself in check or on target.<br />
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When it comes to seeing change, you need a clear overview. You need a way to measure you actions so you can see if whatever you are doing is bringing you the desired results. This is what this post is all about. MASUREMENT… A necessary way of tracking to build clear insight to the results you receive by action or inaction.<br />
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I'm into challenging the status quo; the concept behind my brand (and what I have planned for the future of my business) is to introduce a new status quo, questioning how we quantify the overall quality of our day-to-day lives. As the word "yoga" means "union"; how do we really feel about the lives we lead... since we are just that resonant energy that all our systems exist upon?"<br />
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proposition) by the use of <i>all</i>, <i>some</i>, etc., e.g. ‘for
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Synonyms: <a href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/appraise"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">appraise</span></a>, <a href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/assess"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">assess</span></a>, calibrate, <a href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/check"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">check</span></a>, compute, <a href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/count"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">count</span></a>, <a href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/determine"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">determine</span></a>, <a href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/estimate"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">estimate</span></a>, <a href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/evaluate"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">evaluate</span></a>,<a href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/figure"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">figure</span></a>, <a href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/gauge"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">gauge</span></a>, look over, <a href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/rank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">rank</span></a>, <a href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/rate"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">rate</span></a>, <a href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/size"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">size</span></a>, <a href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/specify"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">specify</span></a>, <a href="http://thesaurus.com/browse/value"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">value</span></a>, weigh, measurement,
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The thing that will serve us so well… is if we were consistent
at quantifying our actions or inactions.<br />
If we were reflective over the things we quantify, we’d be able to shift a
perspective in order to gain the result we desired.<br />
You've done it before… gains a desired result from consistent action… I bet it involved some sort of method of recording!<br />
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Once upon a time I used to write in my journal everyday… yep, every day. It’s actually
pretty addictive one you get into the flow of it.<br />
The one thing that I suck at the most is being consistent at recording things
that are important… like how many grams of carbs I ate in a day or keeping
record of where I spend my money. Let’s face it… most of us are sloppy when it
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… Or are they important? Here’s an idea: if I claimed that I
wanted to be wealthier financially, wouldn't it make sense to keep a record of
how much money I have, how I spend it and how I earn it? I used this example in
an earlier post.<br />
If I wanted to lose weight and get into a state of ketosis, the sweet spot for
train my body to be a fat burning machine, wouldn't it make sense to keep a
food log (carb log haha) to see what’s going through my system when I feed my
face?<br />
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I claim I want to be abundant… but perhaps I haven’t learnt how to value money
consciousness enough… and deep down it stems from a place of feeling the value or the worth of the work I do (or lack thereof). Perhaps if I valued and trusted what I have to
give more, and felt abundant inwardly, then perhaps I would value the green.<br />
But “perhaps” suggests a concept to be toyed with. When does the “action”
happen?<br />
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You make it happen... right now you can
choose to it, be it, even if you weren't it 10 minutes ago…but you have to
choose it. There is never a comfortable moment to stretch OUTSIDE of your
comfort zone… It’s not meant to be comfortable. Committing comes at the cost of letting go of that "pay-off" you get from not committing... are you with me here?<br />
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You know what I am pretty consistent at? Heading towards the uncomfortable… It’s
my saving grace quality. Facing the discomfort got me to a level of capability
in my yoga practice that even I’m proud of. <br />
What scares me more than risk or heading towards discomfort is stagnation and
an unfulfilled and meaningless life that offered no value in this world. We all
have those things we want to see realised… <br />
So what’s yours?<br />
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This is why measuring your life or your actions are so important. Life slips by
way to easily… <br />
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I love <b>Robin Sharma’s big
idea:</b> <br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">“Your
days are your life in miniature. As you live your hours, so you create your
years. As you live your days, so you craft your life. What you do today is
actually creating your future. The words you speak, the thoughts you think, the
food you eat and the actions you take are defining your destiny – shaping who
you are becoming and what you stand for. Small choices lead to giant
consequences – over time. There’s no such thing as an unimportant day.”</span></i></b><br />
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</span>Without anything to quantify your life by, how will you reach your markers,
small targets towards your bigger picture? Without a record how will you be
able to see that your current actions won’t deliver you the desired results… How will you re-work a new action plan without the “perception” to see the change that is necessary or working? More importantly... how are you going to be able to see ALL YOU HAVE accomplished? We can come down hard on ourselves at times... but acknowledging your own efforts puts to ease the need for acknowledgement from outside ourselves as well; and that's an added bonus... don't you think?<br />
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This is why I keep recommending Susan Alexander’s app4 mind map. The 4 M-word
principles that help you to succeed at your endeavours: Mindfulness, Motion, Mastery, <b>MEASUREMENT</b>. Head on over there to
her website and imprint the concepts into your brain! YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO
DO WHAT YOU DREAM OF DOING! <b><a href="http://app4mind.com/">app4mind.com</a></b><br />
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The days slip into weeks, the weeks slip into months and months into years…
what’s it going to look like in 1 years’ time, 2 years, 3 years… 5 years?<br />
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Get excited to be alive, soak the marrow out of life, so that your days (your
journey) will leave a wild legacy. Journal and start small so you
don’t get journal-burn-out! And journalling counts as quantifying your sh*t lol…
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">“Journaling builds self-awareness. I also use my journal to write daily goals,
plan and record what I'm grateful for,
and capture and process new ideas along with lessons learned…”</span></i></b> </span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">“As
you live your days, so you craft your life.”</span>
</i></b>~ Robin Sharma<br />
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So I know what it is I need to do to step into action… I'm going to get real
clear with what I'm trying to create more of in my life rather than what I don’t
want… that starts with “Mindset” like any successful person will tell you
throughout the ages… and they are spot on.<br />
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So what’s your big picture, how can you quantify the overall quality of your
day to day life so that it counts and so that you are more Mad-Crazy-In-Love
with your life?<br />
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You are a co-creator of life... Just take record as you go about doing your thing<br />
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ox<br />
Mads<o:p></o:p></div>
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-5321528090490973732013-04-15T14:57:00.000+02:002013-04-25T19:02:04.665+02:00"app4Mind" & Embodiment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thanks to those of you who got up at sparrows to come out to class this am. Monday flow classes can be very challenging. Remember, if you have any questions around any aspect of your yoga practice, give me a shout out, I'll give you tips and any info I know to help you out.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I promised to share the app4Mind principles with you, so attached is the PDF sheet with the summary on the four M principles... This is simply just too good not to share with everyone.</span><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"> "<span style="font-family: PT Sans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;">Everything we do is </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.59375px;">behaviour.</span><span style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"> Our </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.59375px;">behaviour</span><span style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"> in large part, makes us who we are. The problem is that we don’t know how to change our </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.59375px;">behaviour</span><span style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"> when we need to, or want to. So we’re stuck doing </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.59375px;">behaviour</span><span style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"> that </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.59375px;">doesn't</span><span style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"> <wbr></wbr>serve us, and in some instances, hurts us. It </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.59375px;">doesn't</span><span style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"> have to be that way. Because now there’s an app for that.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: PT Sans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;">app4Mind </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.59375px;">distils</span><span style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"> into </span></span><strong style="font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;">4 principles</strong><span style="font-family: PT Sans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;">what actually happens</span><span style="font-family: PT Sans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"> when people make sustainable change, fused with the world’s wealth of research and insight on </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.59375px;">behaviour</span><span style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"> modification."</span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />Reminder:</span></b></span><span style="color: #222222;">This Thursday the 18th is the talk on conventional confusion; common nutritional myths and mistakes and how to correct them. Be sure that you have booked your seat. If you have replied to the Facebook event, they have already booked your seat for you. If you have not replied on Facebook, I would just give them a call to book your seat. (Details are on the attached flyer).</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;">This is going to be a really great talk, Dr. Greg is as big on stepping up the quality of day to day life as I am... Check out his post to get a taste on what he'll be addressing: </span><a href="http://thevitalityconcept.com/914/why-conventional-wisdom-on-nutrition-is-crap-and-is-actually-conventional-confusion/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Conventional Confusion</span></a><br />
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I've Been on a very interesting journey over the years when it comes to my own body. We all have our personal journeys when it comes to our tangible selves. I'm starting to fuse the idea that I am not separate from my body. An obvious thing right? Why is it then, that we choose to treat it so poorly and expect it to perform for us?</div>
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For example; If you are not currently happy with the performance output your body is giving you, & if I were to challenge you to record all the food that passes through your mouth in a day for a week, what do you think that would look like at the end of that week? Do the same for your emotional and mental health... and you'll eventually put the puzzle together on why performance is mismatched to one's <wbr></wbr>expectations.<br />
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If you've been living with some sort of pain, annoyance, discomfort etc. in your body for a while, Why aren't you doing anything about it... Are you ignoring it until it gets bad enough so that you cannot ignore it any more? Are you waiting for it to go away or self correct?<br />
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I'm sure you can come up with your own personal example.<br />
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Now I'm a big believer in self rehab, because the body has an innate ability to reach a state of homoeostasis (balance), but if you have whiplash, you'll need help. Yet again.. we tend to think that drinking that magic pill will make it go away... Yet again, another way to drown out the body's intrinsic wisdom for correcting the source of the problem.<br />
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Pain is there for a reason. Its a protective mechanism, a warning system if you will... It's not meant to be ignored. this is why I love yoga. Apart from the stretching, Yoga holds will illuminate the things that are weakest in the body. It also MAKES you sit through a tough hamstring stretch where one would usually give up before any benefits form doing it in the first place will start manifesting. It makes you OWN your body... Cause no one else is going to take responsibility for it while your breathing there on the floor.<br />
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So back in high school I messed up my feet. Every time I run, the nerve gets pinched at the metatarsals as my foot rolls onto the ball of the foot. To describe the pain: it feels like blood fills the toe and wants to shoot out through the end of my toe... (sorry for the visual LOL) now I have that in both feet, but its prominent in the one foot... Guess how long I chose to ignore that for???<br />
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10 YEARS!!! Now I have a range of different injuries and have been saved and rehabilitated from a few by doing yoga. I've also been injured by doing yoga (because I was a stubborn-dumb-ass) and I have rehabilitated my right shoulder rotator cuff doing yoga. You can injure yourself doing anything... But what's worse is being sedentary and ignoring the relationship you have with your body.<br />
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After having my son, I hit an all time low with my fitness & mental health. The two are inter-related. Ignore the one aspect, it will flair up in the other. They are not separate.<br />
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The visual I have that keeps me reaching for my goal is this: I picture a strong capable body, that is absolutely powerful, agile, free in all its own unique ways. I imagine feeling vibrant, energetic, strong and charged. I keep asking myself... what's it going to take to make that a self-fulfilling prophecy? What do I need to get in touch with to show myself that, that potential can be my reality? What habits are keeping me stuck instead of moving me forward? How much much do I actually value this body of mine and what can I do better to serve it instead of just taking/demanding from it?<br />
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I.O.W. How can I make sure I'm nurturing myself well enough in working my way to my envisioned potential?<br />
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I'll leave you with a similar thoughts from someone I look up to:<br />
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<i><span style="color: #a64d79;">"<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Most people have a strange relationship with their bodies.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">They live separately from their bodies. They ARE and their body IS but not together.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Modern lifestyle has brought us to this point, technology, society, comfort, modern food & jobs, etc.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">It is funny to hear the phrase 'my body betrays me' - it is YOU who betrayed your body FIRST.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">But the disconnect is so strong - we feel as if the body l</span><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">ets us down. We take no responsibility.<br /><br />For all of you who have such a relationship with your body, I suggest you treat your physical<br />and Movement practice as EMBODIMENT. Its a word I learned from my good friend Aaron Cantor.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">What I mean is that Movement can be used to reconnect with your body. To take responsibility. </span></i><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">To become whole again.</span></i><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />And you know me - I don't think some 'fitnessy' 45 min X 4 times a week training session is going to do it - it will have to be a comprehensive Movement solution. A paradigm shift. It has to be in your mind all the time.<br />You have to incorporate it into your life. In your job, with your children, with your loved ones, when eating, when waiting, when answering the phone, etc... Movement is all the time there - its just a question of which type, its effects on you and where you want it to take you.<br />You design your new body and mind - with every moment's decision. It is happening NOW.<br />Good Movement practice should be helping you with Embodiment, but many Movement practices (mostly coming from the Fitness world) work exactly the opposite - they further distance you from your body. You may be sweating and burning calories but you are mindlessly working into oblivion. BE WARNED."</span></i><span style="color: #333333;"> ~ </span></span><span style="color: #222222;">Ido Portal, Movement Culture</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">We all have something to improve... that's just how we were made... we want improvement, but being stuck is way too easy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">Sooo, check out the app4Mind chart I've got a picture of it in one of my earlier posts, </span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><a href="http://madaboutyogacpt.blogspot.com/2013/04/interactive-action-steps-to-help-you.html" target="_blank">check it out here</a></b>!</span><span style="color: #222222;"> Then head on over to the website and read up some more about it. There is a detailed explanation behind it, and Susan (the creator of app4Mind) has tons of useful posts to get you started on tackling your goals, whatever they are, see how you can apply these principles with your goals.</span><a href="http://app4mind.com/mindset-why-the-biggest-change-is-also-the-easiest/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Mindset 101: Why The Biggest Change Is Also The Easiest</b></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Head on over to the </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/madaboutyoga" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Mad About Yoga Facebook page here</span></b></a><span style="color: #222222;">, or post a comment below, letting me know how are you deciding to step up the quality in your life or share with us what actions you've recently taken that's helped you to do just that!</span><br />
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-85343163358898398102013-04-05T18:14:00.000+02:002013-04-08T12:45:35.348+02:00Free Well-being Workshop on Conventional Confusion with Dr. Greg Venning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I met Greg in February... I attended his talks and free workshops and they deliver. What do the deliver exactly? the hard to hear truth on how we've become a self inflicted sedentary human zoo, eating all the wrong kinds of food, and suffering with a lower than usual EQ. Well at least that's my take... <br />
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It is really hard hear these things and if you are the health concious type; you know what I mean when I say that it's hard to see your loved one's suffer from lifestyle choices. <br />
But more than ever people are standing up and proclaiming enough is enough. Her'e your chance to be more proactive in creating more "Vitality" in your life... you can start by booking your seat to this free workshop. <br />
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Now if you are really a fitness freak, come hear some very interesting concepts that might not have been brought to your attention yet. <br />
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I've been waiting two month for this one... I hope to spot you there! Bring your friends & family!<br />
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By: Dr. Greg Venning from Vitality Chiropractic Cape Town.<br />
Date: 18 April 2013<br />
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Check out the flyer I have attached to this e-mail and book your seat?<br />
Still need more convincing?<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"> C</span></span><a href="http://thevitalityconcept.com/914/why-conventional-wisdom-on-nutrition-is-crap-and-is-actually-conventional-confusion/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">heck out Greg's latest blog post about this topic here: </a><br />
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I love this topic... It's the theme behind my brand: <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b>questioning how we quantify the overall quality of our day-to-day lives and how to step it up until we're Mad-Crazy-In-Love with life as opposed to mad about life.</b></span></span></span><br />
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Have you reflected on the quality of life you envisions v.s the standard your living in? Do they match up? Challenging your current Status quo is a concept that's been spinning in my head for a long time (think years) and it's one we all unknowingly feel at time when there's a disconnect. It's funny, because I keep meeting people who have reached similar conclusions around questioning the quality of their lives. There's this realisation that they are actually free and can do whatever they want.<br />
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Wherever you've arrived in life, there is always something we are wishing for, working towards and there will always be that expansion. I mention this because we mostly live according to what the norm is v.s creating the actual thing we want more of or to be part of.<br />
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1) the kind where you do (work towards a meansto an end) and never seem to arrive or in the hopes of arriving; never receive enough (the lacking state); and <br />
2) the kind where growth and exploration (doing and learning) lead to more of this flow and sassy fire that drive you (abundance).What questions start turning in your brain as you read that?<br />
The first thing that comes to mind is: attitude or perspective.<br />
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When it comes to the actual things we fill our day to day life with; it's easy just to accept what we are told about how to go about it all or to fend off any sort of necessary change.<br />
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What are some of the rationalisations we feed ourselves when it comes to doing something that will rub against the grain... even to one's benefit?<br />
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<li>How about these two all time favourites? "I can't afford to eat better." or how about "I wish I had more time to think, let alone exercise". Don't beat yourself up about it... just notice when these rationalisations appear. they usually appears when something inside tells you you "should" be doing something... Mindfulness is a great place to start.<br /><br />Follow these leads and uncover the resistance to the change you're yearning for. You'll see that some of these rationalisations are really just safe scripts we use to resist the unknown change. Evolution requires a bit of discomfort sometimes.</li>
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<li>"I just can't take that holiday... The world will fall apart, I'm just to busy right now". <br /><br />Well, what do you think will happen when you push yourself against the same brick wall? Yep, you guessed it.. the same ol' unwanted results... I'm just saying! I aint even the first one to say it!<br />My hubby owns a software development company... he works himself silly... and it has almost pushed him over the edge to the point of shut-down. It's time for a holiday. do something different.</li>
<li>"I can't start a business with my real interests, I'm too old", or wait, how about: "I'm too under-qualified, too young, too dumb, too thin, fat, short, skinny, shy, brash..." blah blah blah.<br />Even if you only had 30 years of life left in you, wouldn't you want to see what happens when you reach into the curiosity/dream pocket? <br /><br />Leave the fearful lizard brain (as Seth Godin calls it) behind and play on the risky side a little... even if it's alongside something else your doing as a safety net. What you value always breads more energy and time... you just have to stoke the fire a little.</li>
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If you find yourself constantly swimming against the stream in your endeavours create your own culture/ movement/ tribe, your own rules, your own adventures exploring the things that fuel your soul and values. Sure, you'll attract nay-sayers, even from those you value most, but what's better than that is, you'll also attract others who share the same interest and what's better than creating a community/friends that supports, shares and gives value in return? <br />
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Nothing worthwhile is really ever accomplished alone!... find an accountability partner.<br />
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Doing otherwise (doing something else that's not aligned with a little or more of what you want to create) will create more of a mismatch and disconnection... and that's no way to build autonomy and confidence.<br />
The truth is that you are capable of doing whatever you want. How dirty are you willing to let your hands get? ... And I mean that in a hard-work way.<br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;"><b>Drop the concept that instant "right" actions breads instant "desired"results or that one little action in the wrong direction won't bare any consequence or set you back from progress.</b></span> Funny; how paradoxical and Ironic is that? Yet these are two concepts that we couple together all the time and they wreak havoc!</div>
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We only complain when we aren't getting what we want... So what do you want and what are you going to do about it?<br />
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Interactive Spoiler: The Vitality Concept.<br />
If you're looking for something a little more interactive and you happen to live in Cape Town, I would encourage you to come to a free workshop on the 18th April that talks to the concept of settling v.s reaching your potential. <br />The Vitality Concept. Dr. Greg Venning will be dispelling any conventional wisdom (more like conventional lies) around nutrition. This workshop is FREE.<br />
I've been to two of Greg's other free workshops and it's worth the hour of information that will just blow your mind. Greg talks to building more Vitality, reaching a potential that exceeds the norm of just settling ... And I'm down with that! Are you?<br />
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More about this workshop in the next post! (yeah, it deserves a post all for itself)!<br />
Check out Dr. Venning's most recent post about this here to get a taste on what he'll be going a little more in-depth with: "<a href="http://thevitalityconcept.com/914/why-conventional-wisdom-on-nutrition-is-crap-and-is-actually-conventional-confusion/" target="_blank">Why Conventional Wisdom on nutrition is crap and is actually Conventional Confusion</a>" (lol, got to love this title)!<br />
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So to end this post, <strike>I stumbled upon</strike>... no wait I lie... I followed the leads and found it actually. This is a great tool to utilise when it comes to trying to follow through with anything you're trying out. It can be applied to anything. The woman who created it is SUSAN ALEXANDER and it's called app4Mind, check it out:</div>
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Here is the link for more about the steps: <a href="http://app4mind.com/about-app4mind/">http://app4mind.com/about-app4mind/</a><br />
I suggest that you head on over to her website, sign up for the newsletter and receive your copy of this chart.<br />
I really loved how she speaks about "tracking" or keeping stock of the actions we preform. <br />
Many have included this as one of the keys to following through and success. If you don't track it; how will you gain perspective and quantify it?</div>
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Perhaps a simplified analogy I can use is running a business. You can't not have an accounting system of some sort in place. You'll be able to account for the fact that money is coming in, yet won't be able to account for how it was spent.... leaving you wondering 1) where the profits were spent and 2) how will you know which investment generates the most return for your buck (effort)?<br />
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You might be well on your journey in creating more of what you want... It's a good practice to check in once and a while to see if what you're presently doing is still aligned for what you're creating. As anything that moves forwards, adjustments are definitely inevitable. When you follow the right clues and leads... It will open up into a level that surpasses what you thought you were ever capable of. </div>
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I always share my findings on my Facebook Group page: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/331162586974322/" target="_blank">Mad About My Life: step up the Awesome Setting </a>here. You're welcome to join and subscribe... I share my findings there too.<br />
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To help you back into movement you're Mad about, click through the rest of the blog site and come try out some Early morning Yoga group classes at the dojo, Private Yoga Coaching or Semi Private Coaching with some friends.<br />
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Here's to being unstoppable in reaching what you want to create more of!<br />
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-17511813419394192352013-03-27T17:33:00.004+02:002013-03-27T17:33:52.062+02:00Mad Easter Yoga Salutation Chart Give-Away<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's Easter Weekend, and I'm feeling like giving something away, just because I can.<br /><br />If you'd like to receive your copy of the Mad Salutation Yoga Chart... Send your request to m@delain.co.za with "Mad Salutation Chart" in the subject line.<br /><br />This way there's now way you'll forget to practice your yoga over the weekend while indulging on your spoils from foraging for Easter eggs on the hunt! Keep moving yogi's!<br /><br />LOL How much more primal can you get right? Yeah... Easter eggs must be primal!<br /><br />ox Madelain</div>
Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-79445504073291622092013-03-11T14:51:00.000+02:002013-03-12T11:05:15.146+02:00The Biggest Time Waster and It's Power to Degrade Life & even to Kill! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I had to laugh at myself this morning...I get so worried about how fast the months are rolling on that I really forget to enjoy the present moments. <br />
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This morning I had to catch myself saying that to my early morning yoga students. I think I said something along the lines of: "Wow, this month is just flying past; I keep feeling like I have to accomplish something big to make the month sink in." We get so caught up with worrying about the future... and I really think that is precisely what steels time. Do you know that feeling? <br />
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So on my way home from class this morning, I started wondering... What are the things I have to do in my life to make it feel like it counts? What am I engaging in so much that makes me feel like there are better things worth spending my time on and where can I replace the "time-waster-activities" to get to doing more of what I want to be doing?"<br />
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Have you heard of the saying: "The things that get done are the things that take priority in your life"? <br />
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Much of the time, we run on standards that aren't our own. E.g. "I should exercise more", so I'll set a goal and yet time and time again, I'll fail at becoming consistent at my exercise program. It really can be any of those things that we tell ourselves, that have the word "should" in it. And yes... moving your body really should be a priority if you want to remain limber, strong, flexible and in good health. <br />
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It's my understanding that those "should" things never get done until it becomes important enough for one to really make the shift and do something about it. So I find myself asking questions to myself; "How much do I actually care about feeding my body the right nutrition? What is it inside that tells me that my health is not priority? Which old outdated belief system am I hanging onto that needs to shift?" Perhaps it's time for re-evaluating my core values and priorities.<br />
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I know that I should practice meditation more consistently, If I did, I know that the benefits of doing so would help me to be more present, enjoy each moment as it comes instead of my attention being drawn to some future worry that isn't even real. Worry is one of the biggest stresses to deteriorating health... and yes, stress kills... every day!<br />
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So the moral of this story is that If I value my mental and physical health (which adds to the everyday quality of the life and happiness I perceive and experience) then I must find the time, consistently, in my schedule to be more present, calm my nervous system, so that the right chemical processes take place for my enjoyment, relaxation and quality of life. <br />
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It boils down to taking responsibility for one's overall experience of life. <br />
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So what have you been wanting to do but never really getting to it? How important is it to you... REALLY? Are you willing to make space for it in your day for it to become part of your life? Or should you stop placing that added anxiety about that "should" and drop it altogether? <br />
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-52825211757764466192013-02-18T15:03:00.002+02:002013-02-19T13:32:44.259+02:00Emotional Intelligence & Feel More Gratitude Meditation <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Let's face it, no one deserve to be subjected to
over powering anger and rage... it' seems to be a big issue these days. There
are too many people feeling dissatisfied over their lives with a sense of lack
of control/power resulting in behaviours that spring out of control in a moment
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With Black Friday happening and that Valentines tragedy with former Olympian
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 14.65pt;">I am so deeply fascinated with why we, as humans
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It is my <span class="fbUnderline" style="text-decoration: underline;">guess</span> that things got a little heated between the two of them and his "passions" & impulses took hold over his sensibilities and well, you know what the end result was. I know it's probably not the best intro or way to start a meditation, but I do so to illustrate a desperate point which is this:</div>
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Society really is starting to unravel at it's seams and at a greater speed and with so much demand on our performances and achievements. We seem to treat each other meanly in traffic, we see adults in full blown temper-tantrums over little things that just rub us the wrong way, we are defensive, take things personally, we have little regard for how we say things, listen to others and a lack of empathy for the experience of others when we interact, because we are too busy with our own agendas. Too much meanness of spirit looms around... and to me a lack of emotional intelligence plays a huge role in how we experience day to day quality of life & create experiences with those we interact with.</div>
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<strong>Impulse is the medium of emotion, Daniel Golman describes it as </strong><em><strong>"the seed of all impulse is a feeling bursting to express itself into action. Those who are at the mercy of impulse - who lack self-control - suffer a moral deficiency: The ability to control impulse is the base of will and character."</strong></em></div>
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<strong>So what is emotional <strong>intelligence</strong>?</strong> </div>
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In a very short description, it's the ability to understand your emotions, where they stem from & why, what their uses are etc and the ability to evaluate and adjust. It is the ability/ aptitude for articulating it within yourself and recognising it in others.</div>
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The thing our society seems to need more of is self-restraint and more compassion... this is where Meditation comes in handy... 'Cause let's admit it, we all get into heated arguments, we can get totally irritated and defensive with those who live closest to us... Right? We all share these instincts that have evolved over millions of years and even with a more developed brain, the old structure still seems to over-ride all sensibilities where we sabotage the lives we actually do want to live.</div>
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Perhaps I'll write a bit more on the physiological happenings about our emotions and responses another time, but here is a meditation that is a heart rate coherence method that marries the limbic brain (where our instinctual impulses stem from as well as our emotions) & the cognitive brain (more modern brain for logic, analysis & order etc) so that when things feel like they might get a little out of control (think emotional high-jacking taking place), one can train the nervous system to calm down. I.O.W. deal with things in a more peacefull, coherent manner.</div>
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The key lies in... the way you breathe! That simple... The body is so inter-connected that the emotions we feel can be embedded and felt in our physical body through our nervous system; either creating stress or pleasure. This is why I include a lot of breath retentions in my yoga classes to relieve muscular-held tensions in the body.</div>
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Body language can also kick in certain moods. The most calming emotions are very interconnected/ related: 1.Gratitude, 2 Appreciation & 3. love. I feel Gratitude in my chest... a very expansive physical feeling which is wonderful to experience. </div>
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<strong>The Feel More Gratitude Meditation by Madelain Burgoyne:</strong></div>
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<strong>Stage 1 Focus:</strong></div>
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<li>Be willing to put aside the usual personal concerns, distractions & agendas for the next few moments to give your heart and brain the time it needs to recover & rebalance.</li>
<li>Begin by taking two deep, very slow, deep breaths. They will immediately stimulate the parasympathetic system into applying the ‘breaks’. Then allow the breathing to be more relaxed and less manipulated, but still breathing fully.</li>
<li>Relax the shoulders as you extend the spine long.</li>
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<li>Once the exhalations are complete, pause for a second before the next breath inwards starts on its own.</li>
<li>The point is to let your mind float with the out-breaths up to the point where it lightens up becoming mellow and buoyant inside your chest. ( Take several breaths or as long as you like)</li>
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<strong>Stage 2 Breathing through the heart centre:</strong></div>
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<li>Now follow your awareness and breathe into your heart.</li>
<li>Imagine that you are breathing through the centre of your chest A.K.A. your heart centre.</li>
<li>Visualise and really feel each inhale and exhale as though it is passing through the heart centre in your chest.</li>
<li>Imagine that each breath-intake nourishes and each exhale rids the body of what it no longer needs. (let your attention rest here for a few moments before moving onto the next stage).</li>
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<strong>Stage 3 Foster the feeling of Gratitude:</strong></div>
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<li>Now as you breath nice and easy; draw on or call up any feeling of gratitude and allow that feeling to fill your heart centre. (E.g. nature, doing something that makes you calm, another person, whatever works for you.) Stay there for several breaths or as long as you like.</li>
<li>As you re-call or re-experience this thing you're grateful for, notice if there are sensations of warmth or expansiveness that is developing in your chests. See if you can expand the feeling to the very edges of your body. Notice where else in the body, the feeling of gratitude can be felt. </li>
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<li>Slowly draw your attention to the surrounding noises in your environment without opening the eyes too quickly. You want to come out slowly as not to disturb the stillness you have created for yourself.</li>
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To take this meditation further, one can draw up feelings of appreciation & love one after the other, just breathing and fostering it through the heart centre before ending the practice with stage 4.</div>
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This centring meditation should be practised at length least once a day, but is also particularly useful to practice for short durations and frequently throughout your day to help train/ re-train the mind, brain and autonomic nervous system into more coherence and congruence.</div>
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You can also practice this method at the beginning of a yoga session or at the end during your final relaxation position, spending more time in each stage of the method if you have the time. Otherwise take 2-5 minutes doing this throughout the day should be just as effective.</div>
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This method will help you to reduce stress, manage emotional flares, help encourage hormonal balance, develop emotional articulation (emotional intelligence) and rebuild healthier ways in dealing with tense situations or just to build a more resilient way of feeling and reacting.</div>
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-34959510829104338142013-02-07T11:10:00.000+02:002013-02-07T11:12:39.559+02:00Free Community Vitality Event Workshop 21 Feb 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><b>Important free event you just can't miss out on!</b></span><br />
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If you are interested in health, nutrition, wellness on some level of the subject of well-being, then this event is well worth you attending.<br />
What I care about is sharing what I know, my resources, my knowledge, my precious nuggets that will rise the standard of YOUR life! Why? Because I want the same for me, and when I discover something I want to share it! This is the purpose of Mad About Yoga, to help you step up the awesome setting in your life, even if it means I share other events that I am not creating myself for you... This is just like that. <br />
I'm always meeting new people who have the same interests, in this case, I met Greg & Eli from The Vitality Concept who are reaching out to the community here in Cape Town and helping/educating others into reaching their goals for a well rounded and happy life.<br />
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I'm really imploring you to make an effort and attend the following free workshop... no strings attached for attending. This is a community based project that is given once a month to share information about the aspects of wellness; including nutrition, mental and physical health. Invite your friends and family, all are welcome. Don't think about it too hard... Just decide you'll be coming! Here are the details!<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Free workshop talk:</b></span> Create Generations of Vitality - Easy Steps to Raising Healthier Families<br />
<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Date: </span></b>Thursday 21 February<br />
<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Time:</span></b> 18:30<br />
<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Event Organizers:</span></b> The Vitality Concept<br />
<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">About:</span></b> EVERYONE has an Innate Potential for Vitality.Discover easy steps to helping you express YOUR Vitality.<br />
<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Who is this for:</span></b> Newborns, toddlers, children, teens, students, parents, aunts, uncles, grandmothers, grandfathers... Bring your whole family.<br />
<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Bookings Essential:</span></b> Call now to book your place: <a href="tel:021%20671%203303"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">021 671 3303</span></b></a><br />
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If you are on Facebook, here is the event link to RSVP to:<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/563132847049609/?ref=14" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Creating Generations of Vitality</b></span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Address:</span></b> Vitality Chiropractic Cape Town; 5 Colinton Road, 7700 Cape Town, Western Cape<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Map address:</b></span><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&pc=FACEBK&mid=8100&rtp=adr.~pos.-33.978166261292_18.460174122135_Vitality+Chiropractic+Cape+Town_5+Colinton+Road%2C+7700+Cape+Town%2C+Western+Cape&cp=-33.978166261292~18.460174122135&lvl=16&sty=r&rtop=0~0~0~&mode=D&FORM=FBKPL6&mkt=en-US" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Follow this link, click here!</span></a></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Website</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">:</span></b><b style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> </span></b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><a href="http://thevitalityconcept.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr>thevitalityconcept.com/</a> </b></span></div>
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-30081997336052583602013-02-07T09:59:00.000+02:002013-02-07T10:01:47.265+02:00Risks & Grace<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So M.A.Y. has turned 1 years old in Jan, I can't believe how time has just flown by. <br />
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In the beginning of 2012, I really didn't know what M.A.Y. was going to be about, I just knew that I had to follow that calling within to serve with the fire I have for creating a business and life I love. So I simply headed into that sort of direction and sometimes all one need is to take that opportunity that shows up when you make that kind of wish... do you know what I'm talking about?<br />
Opportunities are easy to miss when it doesn't show up in the way you imagined it would. I really think that's the point anyway. Opportunities can show up as risks or uncomfortable moments that require you to show up (courage), testing to see if you are ready for what you're asking for! <br />
Sometimes life will decide you're ready and the opportunity will show up anyway and you know what; it's okay to start a journey before you're ready. This = growth.<br />
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And so, when I started M.A.Y. last year it lead me on a journey, my own yellow brick road and I found so many amazing people along the way. When you follow your leads, more leads and key people enter your life. As I did this, my purpose became more defined, what I have to offer became more detailed and best of all my flame started burning more fiercely!<br />
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I did something (a lot of things actually) that required a lot of courage (yes there were many fears and still are); starting up a small yoga service. I wanted to experiment on taking a chance to see if what they say about life is true. You now... have a little faith and the way will show up? Well, I discovered that if I did my part (deliberate consistent action) life would open up the rest; and it did.<br />
I'm no longer too afraid of taking risks that require a little faith because I learned to trust myself by showing up and partly knowing that divine Grace (life) hooks me up the rest of the way. By the way, risk can be anything, even showing your vulnerable side to someone for instance.<br />
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How has life hooked you up when you showed up? What's been nagging at you that's requiring a little leap of faith? Where can you apply more faith in your life and allow Grace to show up and do the rest?<br />
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I'd love to hear What you think about Risk and Grace and how it's showed up in your life. leave a comment below.<br />
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-87415056545509197952013-01-21T15:51:00.001+02:002013-01-28T13:15:32.713+02:00New Year’s Resolutions? How to Get Down and Dirty With the Follow-Through <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We are more than half way through this first month of the year and I am so tired of hearing about New Year's resolutions from every e-mail subscription that I subscribe to... Aren't you? It's enough to make me unsubscribe!<br />
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If you are like me, I never set New Year's resolutions... Nope, not ever! Is that a strange idea to you? Let me explain why I never set resolutions... my husband describes it best in a Twitter feed he posted at the beginning of Jan: "My New Year’s resolution: nothing. I never wait for an event to create change in myself. I am constantly evolving." ~ @robburgoyne<br />
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The best way to get what you want is consistent applied action... Key word here is CONSISTENT! This requires planning to some degree and which is different to New Years resolutions.<br />
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Let me explain a little psychology here about the state of unhappiness we put ourselves in when we mope around about the things we feel bad about... Like failing to fulfill those New Year resolutions lol.<br />
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You see; when you have a vision for your life you want and the reality of the life you're living don't match up; there is a huge disconnect. You just can’t seem to figure it out and so you get discouraged and get demotivated, sad, numb to caring or whatever it is you tend to feel when life or a particular part about your life just doesn't match up to your higher ideals... What's the end result? We give up; get sad, blame others and our actions don't get near to matching this "blue print" of the life we really want.<br />
Does that make sense? Does it resonate? Which areas in your life are you unhappy with and have accepted that "this is just the way it is" nonsense? If you really want to shift something in one or other area in your life, you have got to step up the attitude to match... and if you read my updates, you know I'm all about stepping up the quality of life!<br />
Negativity emotions are there for a purpose, mostly to remind you get get your self into gear. But sometimes we forget how to harness the negative feedback we play over in our heads like a stuck record Toney Robbins calls that the "Crazy-Eight" model. If you can turn that negative inner critic into your inner friend, the whole dynamic shifts. Instead of punishing yourself with thoughts like "You failed, yet again" you become a friend who holds yourself accountable and instead you'll say: "Well, that didn't work out so well, lets try it this way". You are no longer the victim of your circumstances, but the master and creator of you life.<br />
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I can hear you saying..."So how do I do that Madelain?"<br />
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Here are some actions steps you can take (an emotional coherence method) to steer you back into reaching your ultimate happy potential when you get to the low, discouraged place:<br />
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Getting Down and Dirty With the Emotions = More Follow-Through:</h3>
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1) Identify where you live emotionally in that low place:</h4>
What’s the pattern? What thoughts plague you mind... You can hear yourself saying not so awesome things to you. You want to identify the things you say to yourself and then identify the emotion it makes you feel. Like I said, don't make the negative wrong, just understand why it's there to address the core issue.<br />
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So I'm a mom and an entrepreneur, sometimes I can get it into my head that I'm selfish and an bad mom for wanting to work and not stay home with my child and that makes me feel the emotions of: guilt, confusion, insecurity, dividedness... and at time I get real defensive about it, think dragon lady! Umm hmm, it aint pretty! It's so easy for me to get so caught up in these emotions that can actually make me sad and depressed.<br />
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So what do you think about in this way; what gets your buzz down? Write it down... What thoughts trigger it and what the emotions are associated with it. Good!<br />
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E.g. to get myself out of that bad emotional rut, I think about the antidote emotions to those I listed above.<br />
•Guilt = Purpose. I know that the work I do is only a few hours in a day. I also know that I am always going to be there for my son. I also know that I'm a better mother for fuelling and fulfilling my need to add purpose and help others to bring more meaning into their lives and by so doing, teach my son by example to do the same. Wow... perspective can really blow all that guild right out of those clouds in my mind!<br />
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•Confusion = Clarity. I remind myself that I have always known that I would have a purpose larger than myself and that being a mother is only one aspect to the growing person I am. I am never more fulfilled when growth is at large. I know the proof... Once upon a time I felt stagnant in this area and my family suffered for it. I can serve them better when I serve my purpose.<br />
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•Insecurity = Security/ Groundedness. I remind myself that my fears are not reality and that every moment; I can choose to change things for the better. This is a broad one as insecurity comes from a line of the rights we believe we are or are not entitled to.<br />
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•Divided = Unified. I can make a conscious effort and play and spend quality time with my son. If I fill his need for engagement and love with me, the relationship we have will be more meaningful... emphasis on Full!<br />
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Perhaps here you can make a list of two columns: A) all the tough emotions you tend to get stuck in & B) all the antidote emotions on this side as the counter parts to column A).<br />
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<b>Tip:</b> The emotion of Gratitude is an all-rounder... this is one of the best emotions that bring us back into congruence and can be used as the counterpart to most negative emotions we tend to feel.<br />
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You can even try to get yourself into that foul mood: Do what the body physically does (do the body language that goes along with your not so great emotions), hear those pesky thoughts and once you're there, just slam on those antidote emotions. Physically you want your body language to match the antidote emotion; body language is definitely huge here! So Smile... How fast did it work?<br />
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If you need a little more than just thinking... do as I demonstrated above in step 2) and write it out. Write the emotions you feel out on a piece of paper; then write out the antidote emotion, but elaborate on the antidote emotion. e.g. "I know that... I... Because....” This one is very effective.<br />
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The more you practice, the faster you can access and tap into your happy state and get out of that crazy nonsensical state and carry on with the vision you have for yourself, whether it's loosing that weight, getting up and coming to my early morning yoga classes, starting a healthy eating habits and sticking to it, dealing with paying off that nagging debt etc.<br />
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About Your Blue Print:</h3>
Sometimes your blue print needs tweaking or updating. As we grow as individuals and if you happen to hit your mark time and again... we do develop new Blue Prints. This is our nature; growth.<br />
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Learning to match your emotions to the life you want (intentions or your blue print) will help you to match the actions because this will be your resolution full time. In that case, right now is a good time to start!<br />
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<b>Remember:</b> That life is full of challenges as you reach for your marks; it is these challenges that will grow your aptitude and resilience for life, psychological strength and an immunity that is open to even more growth. This sort of persistence will guarantee your success.<br />
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<b>Bonus</b>: If you like my article and find it useful, please take a moment to go to my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/notes/mad-about-yoga/new-years-resolutions-tsssk-thats-for-sissies-how-to-get-down-and-dirty-with-the/458144567572544" target="_blank">Facebook page post here</a> post a <b>comment</b> underneath this post including your <b>e-mail addres</b>s of how you found this newsletter useful <b>and share it;</b> I'll send you a free digital coherence meditation method. Much obliged!<br />
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-7720960875294555802012-10-01T11:41:00.004+02:002013-01-18T12:30:49.953+02:00The Yoga Coach behind Mad About Yoga.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="font_8" style="border: 0px; color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="bold" style="border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />My passion is to show you how to relieve stress, anxiety and depression; turning life from a lacking state, into an abundantly thriving state. It gives me great meaning and purpose to reach out and equip others with the tools they need to heal through natural methods and techniques for these purposes. I believe that no-one is really broken… We’ve just forgotten how to connect. The body is a store house of your mental, emotional and other traumatic (known or unknown) experiences. Living in a modern world, there has never been such a high demand to perform non-stop, leading to a huge mass of general unhappiness, dis-content and disease! As these demands unceasingly build up, our inherent abilities to re-connect self-sooth, heal and wind down have become lost, forgotten or neglected. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charmaine & I goofing around at the Spirit Fest Africa in Stellenbosch, March 2012</td></tr>
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<span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I offer private and semi-private yoga coaching
sessions in various packages. Be sure to take a look at the rest of this web blog site
(website currently under construction) for all details. Learn the art of
attention through fun and creative yoga movement, meditation and relaxation.
Yoga is adaptable to anyone, become the best version of yourself ever!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Yoga came into my life while I was suffering from
post natal depression in late 2008. Since, I have not looked back. I have used yoga movement to ignite my passion
for life, lose weight, gain self-confidence and inspired others to do the same
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international first level yoga certification in 2011. I became certified to
teach Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga <sup>TM</sup> with Sadie Nardini. I teach 3 early morning public classes per
week out of a Karate dojo in Claremont for the heck of it. I focus on coaching private and semi-private
sessions all over Cape Town. I teach yoga at the Sports Science Institute of
South Africa on the Old Mutual Estate in Pinelands. Read my full Bio under the "About" page.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4em;">Be sure to click on the "contact" page at the top! Yo can always give me a call or drop me an e-mail. I'd love it if you called to ask me questions if you have any or even if you just want to say hi and talk about how awesome life is.</span><br />
<span style="color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4em;">Find </span><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/madaboutyoga%EF%BB%BF" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Mad About Yoga on Facebook</span></a><span style="color: #666666;">;</span></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4em;"> be sure to share it and invite your friends to the page. Come try out an early morning yoga class. It's fun in a relaxed and informal setting.</span><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4em;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I Love standing on my head ~ Table Mountain 2012</td></tr>
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Mad Groupon Deal in Cape Town!</h2>
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C<span style="background-color: white;">hoose from one of the following deals:</span></h3>
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<li>Pay R228 for 1 month of yoga (12 group classes @ the dojo) + 1 Private Yoga Session + 1 Complementary Body Analysis, valued @ R570.</li>
<li>Pay R287 for 2 month of yoga (24
group classes @ the dojo ) + 1 Private Yoga Session + 1 Complementary Body Analysis, valued @ R820.</li>
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Click here to see or purchase the <a href="http://www.groupon.co.za/deals/cape-town/Mad-About-Yoga/10391952" target="_blank">Mad Groupon Deal</a>. Hurry... There are only of this moment, only 14 hours left to purchase this unique deal.<br />
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<li>06:30am - 07:30am These are morning classes. It is stipulated so on the deal. M. A.Y. does not take any responsibility for any interpenetration for the times. So please make sure that you are okay with your purchase. You are welcome to send Madelain and e-mail or even better, give her a call if anything is unclear. She'd be happy to help you out.</li>
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<li>Monday to Friday from 08:30am - 18:00pm.</li>
<li>Saturdays: 08:30am - 12:00pm</li>
<li>Appointments can be held at the dojo or place of your choosing. Please enquire upon booking.</li>
<li>Bookings by appointment only and booking for private session can be made only after you have attended your first yoga session at the dojo (handed in your Groupon voucher).</li>
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September is National Yoga month in the USA. I'm our eyes here at M.A.Y. it should be an International Yoga month... or at least a National Yoga month here is South Africa too!<br />
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Check out the new deals that we have been thinking of over for the last while. We want you to have fun getting fit @ more affordable rates too.<br />
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One-on-one: 1 hour @ R320<br />
Semi-private: With a friend/family member under 4 people @ R256 p/p ( 20% discount p/p)<br />
Semi-private: with friends/family members 4 or more people @ R100 p/p (75% discount p/p)</div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><i>So can you gather 3 friends or family members to join you for some yoga coaching?</i></span><br />
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*All private sessions by appointment only of course.<br />
*All sessions come with a complementary wellness assessment.<br />
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Check out the <a href="http://madaboutyogacpt.blogspot.com/p/about-classes.html" target="_blank">"About"</a> & <a href="http://madaboutyogacpt.blogspot.com/p/fees.html" target="_blank">"Fees"</a> pages for all the details, then give Madelain a call and claim your complementary wellness assessment.</div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><i>We want you to share the love too! Convince your friends that they need to do some yoga with you. You really won't find a better deal for such a great rate.</i></span><br />
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Happy spring lovely yogis.<br />
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From<br />
Mad Abut Yoga<br />
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148229954248138729.post-42923035107177660562012-04-09T14:41:00.003+02:002013-04-25T21:04:41.244+02:00Latest news<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Save your mula big time! M.A.Y. has reduced general class rates @ the dojo! </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 drop in class @ R70</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 classes per week in one month @ R250 (12 classes/month works out to plus minus R20/class)</span></li>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>YES! Rates have been reduced considerably and here's why:</strong> </span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I would rather have my yoga students at class than not coming at all. </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I'm not interested in keeping up with local yoga studios, because I am not really a dedicated yoga studio, I offer yoga classes out of a Karate dojo for just because I can. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My vision is to see more people being able to afford what they really want; a good challenging workout as well as a way to wind down, let go and balance out our modern life-styles.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The vision is for M.A.Y. to be a place where all are welcome to learn the art of attention through the movement of a regular yoga & meditation practice. Here @ M.A.Y. I </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WANT</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to offer you the best rates so that your yoga practice can be more than a once-a-week occurrence. </span></li>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love to reward M.A.Y. student, introduce 5 friends to M.A.Y. and receive 6 classes free.</span></div>
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Madelain Burgoynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654292466808808144noreply@blogger.com