Easter baby

well Easter has come and gone, all the chocolate nearly eaten, we have eaten so much chocolate;
I think we look like a family sized block.
the meaning of Easter has not been forgotten by any means , but gee it has been nice.
Iam now  paying  for it acne wise , but hey ! it's  worth it as indulgences  like this is rare for us.
James and i have been bringing up a budgie from a pinky {no feathers} this budgie was approx a week old
when he was  kicked out of the nest by his mother , he was so small  that he fitted into the palm of my hand
and I saw him open his eyes for the very first time. You know he  couldn't even  lift his head!
I was so worried  he wouldn't survive, he took the syringe instantly with the formula called egg and  biscuit  from the pet shop , hells teeth  what a racket he made  when he was hungry every 2-3 hours which was when i had to feed him even throughout the night.A week later he had feathers  developing and could lift his head, he lived in a shoe box for the first 3 weeks of his life with a small towel  inside the tissue box for warmth .He still  has his formula and has developed before our very eyes  and faith is now 5 weeks old,he is now starting to nibble on seed and loves his cuttlefish .
James and i don't know whether faith is a boy or a girl as yet, because the part where the nostrils are above the beak is called the cere  faiths colour is a rose pink when this changes from this  it will either be blue for boys or brown for girls , faith is a beautiful  smokey grey round little fat thing  and is just gorgeous .
faith doesn't stop chattering  which is great  where as girls  in the budgie kingdom  don't chat as much weird eh?  so we think faiths a boy.
faith is now flying faith flew at exactly 1 month old so right on target  faith loves to sit on our fingers,nibbles on my hair  and makes a beeline for James's beard . faith is also quite the acrobat  and loves to be busy.
and now is sleeping he is a constant surprise and an absolute joy. and just in time for Easter,
our Easter baby now  we can  go back to our daily  routine and our yoga workouts which we both love.







NAMASTE.







{photos by james and chelle green}
except one  which is anonymous

yoga and meditation are they the same

My journey with yoga so far has brought me to a lovely place ,  a place of  peace and love.
I cant describe how i feel it is just beautiful., i feel as if i am walking on air.
I had no idea  yoga could  do such a thing !
In the beginning   i thought yoga was just a natural  way  to get in shape, but as i see now yoga is so much more.
i have thought for a while now that yoga and meditation are one and the same, so i researched this and discovered in a way they are,  they both have the same target   to reach . but  in entirely different  ways, this target is to self enlightenment . Meditation shapes your spiritual self , where  as yoga shapes, sculpts your body  on the outside and massages your internal  organs and muscles  on the inside.
I tell James Iam going to do a yoga workout, i say i am going to pamper myself for a while because  in the end that is how i feel, all that i need after my pampering is a good old fashioned facial which i do at home and then i feel fabulous.
I hate waiting for that hour to pass after i have eaten   to do yoga  because i want to get straight into it.
I didn't wait for that hour once  and i felt my meal coming  up  my throat  so never again  it was so uncomfortable ! it taught me a lesson a big one
don't rush!

Here is something to ponder on.

No one is enlightened
________________

" Enlightenment is the spontaneous recognition
that there has never been anything as a "you" or a "me"
instead there is only the unfolding of Buddha- nature
the persistent idea of being a "me" obscures our true
impersonal identity. the illusionary  separate self
is  no more than a passing  cloud
traversing the great open sky
of our deeper being."


NAMASTE.

(photos by James and chelle green}

anxiety and yoga

my mind is full of anxiety today and keeps the same old record
of what happened of late. This happens to all of us  when we grieve .
or when  our depression is bad. so i took my own advice for a change ,
and did a yoga workout, it was great during my  yoga workout the ruminating
was slowly stopping and eventually it did i went into a  wonderful meditative
state just  listened  to the instructions on the DVD  and emerced  myself into it
even the birds were quiet . which  was even better my mind is now quiet
,i feel so relaxed not anxious anymore i just feel  lovely and refreshed.
i am even getting my appetite back i had lost it today through the anxiety
i am still working on my yoga breathing  sometimes Iam spot on and other times
i am completely off it is so frustrating at times.
i will keep going  because the benefits of yoga are amazing
one thing i have noticed about yoga is yoga helps you through anything
it is always there for you if you want it, it is your one constant thing in your life
for example {your stability} yoga will never  leave you once start it you can always go back
to it.

yoga will never judge you our make fun or hurt you
yoga is here to give you peace,tranquility,
and love.

{ NOTE}
if you have depression , anxiety
always use your medication along

with your daily yoga workout.




{photos and art by james green }

the gift of meditation

when you  first start meditation you think you will be able to first go,                          
but that is not the case  it takes plenty of practice before you have any results.
 but be patient  don't beat   yourself up over it because it does happen.
and it really makes you feel good the benefits are amazing .
this is what i found when i first started meditation at 12 yrs old.
because of the bullying i was enduring at school, so after school i would take myself
into my room put my CD on and meditate.
i always have been  very sensitive and thought i would try  meditation

and this  is what i have found from my own experience through the years

• feeling happier
• refreshed
• calmer
• less seizures
• more energy
• being able to handle situations  better.

for those of a sensitive nature

• you become very sensitive to those around you
• pick up other peoples energies
• your perception is heightened 
• your visual skills become clearer.

meditation not only makes you feel good .
it also  gets  you to work out any emotional
issues you  maybe holding onto with this you may feel

• angry
• extra sensitive
• moods may go up and down
• feeling tired,depressed and sometimes all at the same time

but all this is normal old memories coming to the surface
that you thought you may have buried or got rid of just remember
it is just a process and once this finishes
you will find meditation is a wonderful thing to do.
i know i have !
james said to me this morning why did we ever stop all i could say was i have no idea
to me meditation is one of the wonders of life and a gift.
meditation is something  that has been given to us so use it and cherish it
 that is what we are doing so why don't you.....

i thought  i would give you something to ponder over

the test of zen is finding the still
center within, even during the most hectic
times of our lives.

{anonymous }


if you have  been
practicing silent
meditation but when
 you are in the midst of
activity your mind is still
not calm and free, this
means you have not
gained anything from
your silent meditation.



by { Dabui }


heaven and hell are in the mind.
when the mind is always empty, you journey
from place to place in the country of the
Buddhas.when the mind is always moving,
you travel from one hell to the next hell.

by{ Bodihidharma}

 NAMASTE.

 {photos taken by chelle green}

depression / and some wise words from the web of life

i had stopped yoga for a while because of my depression.
You know how it goes anything can trigger it off if the timings right .
And boy was this right !  what started  out as  beautiful  Christmas turned out to be a disaster.
well Iam not going to let this get me down it has got me down long enough this whole
business has hurt  my family and i  deeply .
with depression everything  comes to a holt and you can't  get motivated to do anything.
I have had a lot of therapy over the years  and the techniques  and the tools as the therapists call them
are  kicking in. i looked in the mirror this morning  and said as of today no more .
Iam not going to let this drama at Christmas  get to me, enough is enough  not now not ever,
the time has come to start afresh it is a new year and it is going to be a damned good one!
so as of tomorrow Iam going to  concentrate more on yoga.

Here is something  uplifting I saw a frog in our garden, I couldn't resist taking a photo of it and what a poser he turned out to be.

Here are some wise words  from the web of life.

All life is changing, all the forms of it, and we flow with the river,
we can digest it , as it were, as we flow, and feel no suffering.
Accept it and we are one with it,Resist  and we are hurt"

written by
Christmas Humphrey s



I had to put this in as well
I just couldn't resist

People are scared to empty their minds fearing
that they will be engulfed  by the void.
what they don't realize is that their own mind
is the void,"

written by
Huang- Po


NAMASTE.