Reposturing Classes at the Living Well Expo

Hey Friends!

For those of you who wanted to know if I ever teach Reposturing exercise classes-- I will be leading the Reposturing Yoga workout at the Living well Expo in San Jose on September 8 and 9 starting on Saturday at 3:00pm and Sunday at 2:00pm.

I could use some help in the booth, would you like to join me?

Join us at the Wisdom Festival

Please join us at the Wisdom Festival where we will be giving mini-Reposturing treatments and postural assessments. We will be there on Sept 15 and 16 at Fort Mason Center's Herbst Pavilion.

Dear Vitality Man,

There is a lot of talk about meditation to reduce stress and for general health. What exactly is meditation? How does it help? How do you meditate?
-Sam in Palo Alto

Dear Sam,
Throughout the centuries, cultures throughout the world have used some form of quieting the self for various purposes. The reasons can range anywhere from to pray for rain, to connect with the inner voice of one's deity, or to just take a breather away from the stress and noise in our daily lives.

Most meditating cultures have rituals surrounding their meditation, such as washing the face, hands and feet, or singing a song, or chanting a verse or mantra. I've even seen people close their eyes and meditate at parties.

I've come to the conclusion that there's no rule for why, what, or how to meditate, or how long under what circumstances. However, here are some guidelines that might be helpful as you consider meditation for yourself:
(1) Ask yourself: "If I had a quiet voice that could tell me something that would be helpful, under what circumstances would I best be able to hear and understand the messages from that voice?" (2) Ask yourself: "How long would I need to go offline to hear that voice, at least for that situation." (3) Ask yourself: "How often do I need to do this, given my lifestyle, workstyle, and priorities." (4) Finally, don't make any rules or consequences around taking time to go offline to connect with that quiet voice.

In my opinion, ideally, one's daily life and livelihood should reflect the nature of their inner self and spiritual journey. Hence, the less your lifestyle and workstyle are attuned to your highest expression of self, the more you would "need" to meditate to retune yourself with your inner guide.

Conversely, the more your life and workstyle allow you to truly express who you are inside in a way that makes a meaningful difference in the world, the less you need to take separate time out to "meditate". In an ideal world, our meals would be a "meal-meditation", our walking would be "walking-meditation", and our work would transform into "working-meditation" and so on. And the world would be a better place for all of us for generations to come.

SenSpa Review

A couple of weekends ago, Alicia and I took an afternoon and went up to enjoy our time at Senspa. Senspa is a relatively new day spa in San Francisco in the Presidio located right across from Lucas Studios. The surroundings once you walk inside are immediately grounding. It was as though I had gone through the experience of all the stress and anxiety to catch a plane and when I finally get seated-- I exhale. When I arrived in Senspa, I exhaled, letting out all the pent-up tension and stress of pushing deadlines, projects, and plans forward at The Vitality Center.

After we arrived, the attentive staff gave us a tour that made us feel comfortable and very much at home. The surroundings are serene with earth tones and with open quiet spaces. There is a feeling of opulence without the ostentation. Other guests I encountered in the waiting areas were friendly and unpretentious.

By the time we took a 10-minute steam and showered in the high-tech 5-point shower, I was ready for my deep-tissue body work session. On the spa menu of services, there were at least half a dozen different types of treatments you could get. I received a session called, "Legs, legs legs", where the therapist focuses on the lower body. That's something I've never seen on any other spa menu. It was certainly pleasurable and made my legs tingle with new circulation all weekend long. Alicia got a different treatment that helped her relax from her busy time at Que SeRaw SeRaw.

In every nook and corner, there were small Zen messages that remind guests of how important it is to take care of the inner you with healthy thoughts, healthy choices, and healthy food. They even have exotic tea and healthy munchies in the cooling off area after the treatment. All-in-all, I give Senspa 4.5 out of 5 stars. The other half star would have been valet parking.

DEAR OPRAH...

Dear Friends of Reposturing,

Over the years, many of you have offered to write a letter to Oprah Winfrey with testimonials about your experience of Reposturing Dynamics or the Reposturing Yoga workout. Now that my books are out and my licensees are ready to teach the Reposturing Training, I would like to accept your offer.

If you have a brief story (more than 100 words) to tell about your experience of being Reposturized, or working with me as a trainer, coach, massage therapist, etc., please send your story to Oprah Winfrey's website and CC to US!
Thank you for your ongoing support.