This week is a good time to acquaint ourselves more with the Vedic archetype GANESHA. In Eastern countries he is revered as the Elephant-headed God. He is a mythical being of great wisdom and compassion. In other traditions he may be seen in the form of Thoth, or perhaps Odin. Regardless of the form, here are some of his attributes:
Ganesha is: 
-The most compassionate being
-The energy that can fulfill deires and remove obstacles
-Extremely intelligent: he can go to the centre of the universe and instantly get answers to problems
-The God of math: math is vital, everything depends on it: time, ability to organise, space
-A shiny being, like the other deities. If you contact him, he will come and help you understand what obstacles you may face, or remove ones as they come up!​

The reason I am bringing this forward now is that this is a traditional time to celebrate his birthday. The celebration began August 25, and will end September 5. As well as this special time, any 4th Moon phase is a great time to access his wisdom and help.

 
May God take all your Worries into His hands, your Cares and Troubles into His Wisdom,     your Path, Direction & Goal into His Love, And May you remain connected with the Divine Inside as well Outside.

Earthly Paradise is everywhere, May this source of Loving, Healing energy seen by every human being who is around us.  May the Inner eyes be open and blessed with inside Knowledge. May you have a Joyful day and a Shower of Blessings to your family & everyone around you my friend.
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A blessing I received from a friend Yogi Gill, and I wanted to share it with you!
Lorae

The other day I was at the gym doing a Zumba class, and in front of me was a grey haired, older woman who during our warm up was doing well and I was admiring her for being there doing the class. I noticed as the class went on, that the instructor was making the moves more complicating and the arm movements she did were in a pattern that was a challenge to repeat. The instructor just kept on the same arm routine and as a bit of time went on, I had the movements down pat.

What I noticed though was the woman in front of me -  I could see that it was very hard for her to get the arm movements and keep her legs moving. I could see that she was trying her best to keep it going, and then she just gave up and moved her legs only. It was in this moment that I realized how much the brain is also exercised when we do a dance class - that when we are using both sides and ends of our bodies that it makes the brain have a work out too!!

We can internally take all sorts of things to help our memory - Essential Fatty Acids - Bacopa - Lion’s Main - Gingko, however we also need to keep our brain active through our body movements. So I would say to you - if you want to improve your memory and keep your brain “young” get out there and join a dance class - have some fun and enjoy feeling young and full of energy.

If you are in a situation where your memory/focus is starting to decline - Bacopa by Himalaya is a proven supplement to help increase short and long term memory as well as focus. To pick up this supplement, you can visit any Community Natural Foods, Blush Lane or Planet Organic in Calgary, AB. For more information on this or any other supplement, contact our studio to set up a time to meet with Lisa Taylor, our Master Herbalist and Natural Health Consultant.

​403 879 1734 
www.dylstudio.ca/lisa.html
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By Lorae Marsten, Vedic Astrologer

Big News in the Sky This Week!

The Sun has now moved into kingly Leo , and then on the 21st, there will be a solar eclipse! Thiis will happen at 4° Leo, in the royal nakshatra (Birthstar) of Magha, and will be visible as a partial eclipse here in Canada. Eclipses always upset things emotionally, especially for those who have planets in their chart on or near the placement of the eclipse. Best to stay close to home and conserve energy for a couple days, if you can. ​

This eclipse is very special in a number of ways. Read on for more details.  

Secondly, there are a lot of planets in Leo right now. Mars is moving into Leo shortly, and will influence Mercury, which is retrograde in Leo till September 5. Mercury is the planet of finance, business and travel. Since it is being influenced by difficult planets, it will not be helpful for the next while. Better to keep reviewing ideas and make your plans, but implement them after September 5. 

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It's easy to recommend to someone who is emotionally charged  "don't overreact " or "think before you speak," but difficult to do.  Learn how to truly get control of your emotions with this easy NLP technique. ​

We all have our triggers and can related to times in our lives when emotions have run high. A time when you are really upset with a loved one because they have hurt you or do not understand your point of view. 

Once you notice you have been triggered you will notice some physiological responses (heart rate goes up, breathing changes, or muscles tensing). 

Your emotions trigger negative thoughts and fears and you begin saying what you are thinking and feeling and in unfavourable manner. 

Neuro Linguistic Programing techniques prove that when we can re-connect with the experience we can work with and easy shift all of our associated emotions and patterns and can easily replace these patterns with more desired actions. Our minds are remarkable machines that have much more control over our thoughts, feelings and actions then we tend to give credit for. 

The next time you notice these thoughts, feelings and physiological responses occur you may want to try the following technique:

1) When a person becomes emotionally charged their rational mind is not fuctioning properly. Therefore the first step is to neutralize the heightened emotions. Reflect on a time you had an argument Dissociate yourself from the experience. Richard Bandler and John Grinder often talk about looking at yourself from a third perceptual position as if you are watching yourself in a movie. Take a quick moment to remind yourself that each of you may be acting out negatively but with all negative behaviour there is a positive intention behind that behaviour. 

2) Desired outcome- take yourself quickly to a perfect desired state of mind you want to be in. If you could fast forward to the end how would you be thinking, feeling and what would you see once all was resolved and everyone was satisfied. 

3) Place the desired outcome like a small postage stamp in the corner of your image in your mind. Think of how your body, emotions and thoughts shift just before you are about to get upset. 

4) SWISH- You are quickly going to switch the main image of "about to be upset" with the small postage stamp to your left. Making the image of "about to be upset" go into the small stamp and drift off and the image of the positive outcome. Imagine it making a whoosh sound as it zips into place. At first, you'll probably do this slowly, taking a few seconds to complete the SWISH. Complete this swish process 5-7 times. 

5) Test- Now try and use the limiting thought or belief again. Notice how it has shifted and how you have to challenge yourself to think of what the orginial undesired response was like. You notice how neutral you feel. 

Then when you are having a similar argument with a person you will notice that you are not quick to have those old negative emotional triggers. You are able to stop and think about how you want to manage the disagreement that is occuring. 

This new state you have created will help you take some time to notice each side of the problem, ask the person questions about things that are not clear, listen and allow the person to say their side of the story, acknowledge your part in the situation and make plans as to how to best resolve the sitaution.   
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Lisa Woykin 
Family Counsellor & Hypnotherapist