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Evanston, US

62 year old divorced female, lives in Chicago area, works in large Chicago hospital doing psychiatric consults to medically ill patients, has 3 grown daughters.

 

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My Occupation is
Advanced Practice Psychiatric RN. CNS. Also have a Ph.D. in Psychology and Religion

My hobbies/interests are
Vegan cooking, photography, Buddhist meditation and dharma, reading, movies, yoga

One secret that helps me to stay healthy is
Meditation helps me stay centered, we have within us all we need, you can tap into the whole by going inside thus being connected to all

My wellness goals are
Maintain a healthy weight, meditate daily, do yoga daily, do meditative walking outside when ever possible, relieve suffering of all sentient beings

I see myself achieving my wellness goals by
I follow Dr. Fuhrman's Eat to Live diet, meditate with others when possible, joined Yoga Online Now

My inspirations are
Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Mandela, Julian of Norwich, Thomas Keating, Thomas Merton, Pema Chodron

A little more about me
We are all connected and need each other

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    • I just jointed the online My Yoga Now and this is my first post

      November 20, 2010 at 10:20am

      I am a 61 year old woman who is not very in shape. I love yoga and have been told anyone can do it. I want to do yoga for health, meditation, and spirituality reasons. Does anyone have suggestions on how to get started? I am vegan so that part is already in place. I do like to be active.

      • britlyn
        britlyn

        Try searching up the beginner level yoga classes: http://www.myyogaonline.com/search?q=beginner yogaReading about the importance of breath can also be good background: http://www.myyogaonline.com/community/blog/the-breath-of-life-yoga-in-true-practiceand http://www.myyogaonline.com/community/blog/find-the-tone-of-your-yoga-breath I see you're also interested in meditation, so you might find an interest in these, that focus on breath in meditation and yoga: http://www.myyogaonline.com/search?q=pranayamaIf you like being active, ashtanga yoga is the more high paced intensive yoga type as far as I know: http://yoga.about.com/od/typesofyoga/a/yogatypes.htmGood luck and enjoy :-)

        2 years ago in Oslo, NO

      • synergy05
        synergy05

        As for starting, you can look at the "restorative" practices when you search the yoga videos. They are nice because they are slow and generally offer suggestions for many alternative poses... If you just watch one first you'll see what I mean.I see you enjoy vegan cooking... Last night I made the best vegan chocolate chip cookies from my Joy of Vegan Baking cookbook. It was my first time making them and at first it looked as if they weren't turning out right, but when they were finished they were amazing! Do you have any good recipes?

        2 years ago in Richmond, US

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