Are we seeing what is true or are we just deciding what is our truth?

I was reading this article about the owner of Dole Foods and the foods he is suggesting as powerful. On one hand there is advocating fresh natural eating leading to longevedy, then there is packaged canned and frozen foods being promoted and sold. It is not to judge him for what he does as this is no ones place to do but it is to see how we use this information for our own health and well-being. You decide it is best that way for you.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-h-murdock/a-recipe-for-longevity_b_205355.html

Yogi Cameron

That which exists today and seems real, will cease to be tomorrow. For this it can never be called true happiness.

Yogi Cameron

Milou asks- Is there any yoga pose which will boost or help with digestive problems?

YC - As many of the digestive issues we have come from negative foods we eat and drink, the first line of defense is to stop eating these toxic foods. This will eliminate the cause.

Then emotions coming from the mind and held in the stomach is another source of bad digestion.

As for the symptom and some postures for this. Try fish, boat, bow, shoulder stand, cobra. These you can find on the website and will help to build the fire in the stomach. Make it a daily practice and you will see so many benefits to your health.

The digestion, from an Ayurvedic point of view, must be protected by a good diet and thoughts. The key to good health is a strong digestion. People with weak digestion are susceptible to illness and are often sick.

Yogi Cameron

Today will turn out to be a funny and conscious day for us to become aware of how much we use the words sorry, excuse me, thanks, please and other gestures of so called gratitude. Instead of thanking and apologizing let’s not say anything and see how we feel and how others react. It has become a custom to thank or apologize continuously in our society and so much so that it is now not very sincere but just a gesture which we now expect others to acknowledge with a gesture back-otherwise they are considered unthoughtful or a complete jerk.

Gratitude should come naturally and from an open spirit which wants to show warmth in an instant when called for, without an expectation of anything in return. We are now in strange times that even when we brush passed someone too closely it is considered an invasion of privacy (my space) so we feel obliged to say a customary ’sorry.’  This day will be an eye opener to how many times you may have thanked or apologized, when neither were really necessary at all.

We do many things out of habit and we judge and expect others to do the same without really understanding the reason. We think we are being nice when we keep saying please and thank you for example in a restaurant or hotel. It becomes very fake and develops an air of trying too hard to show (on the outside) that we are ‘good people.’ We are either good or bad, and being courteous or polite does not make any of us better people. Use a smile, a nod or use the eyes to show appreciation but be aware of if you rally mean it or if it is just a normal reaction, like the cashier who always says ‘have a nice day.’

Have fun it will be an interesting day.

Yogi Cameron

Thought for the day.

Woke up and lit a fire this morning, went to my usual position to start my yoga practice and noticed my shadow staring at me on the wall in front, as the fire flickered at the back. It moved as I moved, it watched as I watched and It knew my thoughts before I had even thought them.

My shadow disappeared when the sun began to fill the room with its presence. As the sun rose and I stood in its way, God appeared behind me once more to offer support and guidance but never to take over. Then was I moving first or was God?

Is my shadow reflecting me or I reflecting it?

Is it that I being a reflection of my creator, am reflecting it in the material?

Is my shadow God watching over me?

Yogi Cameron

Hi Yogi, I was so handsome (not bragging) before my HIV status. Being very sick I ate and ate and was so afraid to be thin. After gaining 45lbs in a short 3 months, I can’t seem to lose it. I can’t afford the gym, but there must be something that I can do. On the other hand, reading about separating your mind from your body is so hard to do. I look in the mirror and hate what I see. I know the person that I am within, and he is a very nice person. Do you have suggestions on just what can move me in the right direction to taking this fat off. You have to admit, if you are good on the inside, and look “okay” on the outside……..life is great!

If you recognize that the inner person is good then focus on this. Once this becomes the focus and not just the outer skin then the outer and inner will balance out together. Never focus on outer physical, material or superficial level as this is only an affect of the inner life and how you feel about yourself. This is what needs changing first- the image we have of ourselves.

Yogi Cameron