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Following is the last part of the inspiring Introduction from the latest book by renowned Power Yoga instructor Beryl Bender Birch - Boomer Yoga: Energizing the Years Ahead for Men & Women.
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Here's the second part of the Introduction from the fantastic book by Power Yoga pioneer Beryl Bender Birch - Boomer Yoga: Energizing the Years Ahead for Men & Women.
This book
is for all of us — the baby boomers — born between l946 and l964. Who are we?
Well, we are a powerful group, we do know that much because we sure get a lot
of attention from a lot of different venues. We know that we aren’t our parent’s
generation. We aren’t geriatric, at least not yet. We are healthier, we are
living longer, and we are doing stuff our parents never dreamed of. We have spent
a lot of time working on success. We have lots of nice things. We have beautiful
homes.
We’ve weathered tough times and survived. Our kids are growing or grown and having kids of their own. And now we are looking around thinking, Okay, I’ve done this “success” thing. I’m comfortable, I’ve prospered, I’ve accumulated some sense of “security,” but I’m not quite all that satisfied. There is something gnawing away at me, a restlessness, a subterranean yearning to know the deeper meaning of life. There is a movement we can feel, a perceptible but welcome shift. For all of you who are moving into the middle of life and noticing change — maybe for the first time, maybe for a while now, or maybe not yet — here is an extraordinary, simple, ancient methodology that will help you to know your True Self. This is not a one-size-fits-all-yoga-class. This is a means for evolution, your own evolution. Where it takes you is where it takes you. It will be different for everyone who climbs on board. Whether you have been doing an asana yoga practice for years and years or have always wanted to try yoga, this can point you in the right direction easily and gently.
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Beryl Bender Birch, the renowned yoga instructor who developed "Power Yoga", now brings us "Boomer Yoga" for practitioners "of a certain age." Following is an excerpt from the introduction from her book Boomer Yoga: Energizing the Years Ahead for Men & Women.
The whole
idea for Boomer Yoga started when I realized that I couldn’t exactly do what I used
to do in terms of physical activity. My body is changing. Oh my God. That was
one hell of a realization. I mean, I wasn’t exactly geriatric but there were
subtle alterations. And it wasn’t about discovering a gray hair or a wrinkle.
Those things don’t seem to bother me. Since my primary physical activity was a
pretty athletic form of the yoga asanas (the practice of the yoga postures)
that I had been doing since l980
and that had inspired my first book, Power Yoga, it was in my yoga practice that
I first began to notice changes to my body.
Those subtle changes had probably been going on for some time. And now they had become a little less subtle. In the past, I resisted change like mad and went ballistic when unfortunate things happened. I found that that really didn’t get me too far. After years of practicing being with what is, as yoga directs us to do, I sat down, face to face, with change. One day, just after coming out of rest at the end of my yoga practice, I sat up laughing. My right hip was really bothering me and restricting my range of motion. I thought to myself, Oh boy, I’ll have to start teaching boomer yoga, a practice for all of us whose bodies are changing. Boom, there ya go — that’s how it happens, a bolt fromthe blue — “boomer yoga.“ I’m a couple of years ahead of the first boomers, but as I sat there still chuckling to myself, it occurred to me that if this was happening to me, there were a whole bunch of folks out there, part of the most successful and prosperous generation ever, who were going to be coming up on some big changes. And all their money and “stuff,” their apparent security, was not going to bring them the satisfaction they had hoped it would. That satisfaction would only come from knowing who they are, and what really matters in their lives. And ultimately, that’s what yoga teaches.
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Yoga pioneer and best-selling author Beryl Bender Birch offers a clear and compelling introduction to the history and evolution of Mindfulness Meditation. In Part II of the program Beryl guides you through a meditation program, helping you to relax, focus, and be more mindful of whatever you are doing, not just during meditation, but throughout the day, every day.
Based on principles from a variety of meditative traditions Beryl's guidance offers a practice for quieting and focusing your mind, gaining a greater awareness of your "self", and connecting you with the present moment-where the true joys of life are lived.
Running Time:55 minutes.
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