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  Warm up with Chi Gong. 4 full sun salutations Warrior 1 thru 3 on each side. Holding each for 5 breaths. 4 full sun salutations. Chair pose for 5 breaths. Palm tree pose for 5 breaths. Tree pose on each side, holding for 5 breaths. (Cross legged and full) 2 sun salutations, dropping into cat/cow on the second downward facing dog Floor: 6 to 8 Cat/cow stretches. Reach out into plank, hold for 5 full breaths Drop onto the belly and ready for cobra Cobra for 5 full breaths – slide the hands back into Upward facing dog for 5 breaths. Curl the toes into the floor. Transition to downward facing dog and rest for a few breaths. Bring the legs in and drop into child's pose for a few breaths. Come up to sit. Spinal twist, holding each side 5 breaths. Move onto the seat and extend the legs for staff pose. Hold for 5 breaths. On an inhale bend one leg to cross over the other twisting to the opposite side. Hold on each side for 5 breaths. Lie back into corpse pose and rest for 5 breaths. On a...

  My mind/body theory --- from Facebook, 2012 Looking at this dilemma from the point of view of the theory that “you are not your body,” I think I may have come to a conclusion as to how I can get through this thing best. If I am not my body, then this story of me saying, “Don’t let me die. I don’t want to die.” etc (bullshit, I, or MY MIND, never would have said in the circumstance) was actually this BODY not this MIND. Theoretically, the mind IS responsible for taking care of the body to which it is connected. the statements were the body expressing ITS desire not to die. Bodies without minds, of course, are the equivalent of bacteria, intellectually. So, do I believe that my body was fearful and expressing a desire to “live?” Sure, I can go with that.  It follows, then, that the EMOTIONAL issues are stemming from my mind (ME) being reconnected slowly with this body. This body KNOWS how much my mind (ME) despises it for this. ;-) Ultimately, the answer must lie, per this...