Lidewy's Blog (10)

Although my intention was to put up a blog every day this year, the universe conspired to give me more time to spend away from the internet ;-) and more time on studying Naam Yoga, which is very powerful combination of universal kabbalah teachings and kundalini yoga. It will be for another time to explain the changes that it has set in motion and how it helped during surgery and recovery.



I needed to break (literally and physically) out of my daily routine in order to not just intend… Continue

The one thing that comes automatically to most of us is breathing. Yet the rhythm of our breathing is both a cause as well as a diagnosis tool of psychological and physical disorders.



From yoga practice I have developed a raised awareness of my own breathing rhythm but I'm increasingly aware of the breathing patterns of people around me.

I know that when I'm under stress I'm breathing in is less deep and the breathing out too short which, as a side effect, serves to poison the… Continue

In a book by Mary Summer Rain, "Ruby", she revives her old native American teacher "No Eyes" and mixes her with aspects of a goddess. The plot is quite interesting, although the writing itself is not that great, I kept reading and wanted to create a special moment/energy for reading the last chapter, which I did last night at a cafeteria in the center of town. Ruby is a visionary, a healer, a goddess dressed as a homeless person. Everyone she meets accepts that what she is and what happens when… Continue

Some days pass without a glitch, but also without anything memorable. Not today. I woke up without a headache (a first these days), the sun was shining, the mountains visible and work quite pleasant. A regular day indeed, until I received a message that Noa (Achinoam Nini) and Mira Awad are going to represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest.



I started to cry because this is momentous. It is significant not because an Israeli singer respresents her country, but because it's a… Continue

I was wondering today on how corruption seems to be everywhere. I'm not necessarily talking about financial corruption, which is but one exponent of the moral corruption.



In democratic countries, Governments, Religions, Schools, Hospitals, Researchers seem to have no moral dilemma to install fear in order to keep "at the top". I'm not sure why I was reminded of what I read some time ago in "The culture of fear" by Frank Furedi. Fear is used as a smoke screen behind which… Continue

That's what a friend asked just now. I think we do, but we seem to "eat" our care instead of showing it. My friend said that we have lost our citizen's courage, and this could well be true. But what causes us to lose our courage to speak up? Is it fear for being different, for being "left alone"? Or have we been reprogrammed during the ages when we believed that there were others who always knew what was best for us, religions, governments, scientists, teachers, doctors ... all telling us that… Continue

I've just returned from a Naam Yoga Class, followed by a healing circle. Naam Yoga is interweaving Kabbalistic and Kundalini Yoga. It is a unique merging and refining of the world's most powerful esoteric traditions. It is a spiritual science and art that merges the crowning yoga practices of the East with the unparalleled esoteric tradition of the West, which is Universal Kabbalah. The result is the most powerful distillation of the world's major teachings.… Continue

Today I realised how terribly fortunate I am to live my life in a peaceful, abundant area. I woke up with the first signs of a migraine, but was lucky to catch it on time, most often I tend to be too late, a few minutes longer in bed are enough.



I was reminded that all I had to do was take a pill that can be bought in any Pharmacy, unlike around 70% of my fellow human beings. The pain slowly disappeared, I took it easy and arrived at work a bit later than usual. Lunch at the Office… Continue

The only world I can talk about, the only world where I can choose what to feel is my own world. To remain in my own world without being egocentric is the only way for me to be able to show compassion, to be able to respect people and to care and share, to be peaceful without being a zealous dreamer. At moments when this is the state of my world, I often can't find words anymore to express what I see, what I feel. And as I experienced today at work, this is certainly not the perfect energy to… Continue

A new year, 32 days to set the tone, I'll be keeping a blog on trying to live life mindfully. 2009 is a year of transitions, changing old patterns, re-arranging them without forcing them.



2008 brought so many changes, the most important ones after I had an accident that literally threw me out of a depression I was allowing myself to sink in deeper and deeper. I gave up many a resistance, I am now more conscious of the ones I am still holding on too. I'm changing my old patterns, I'm… Continue