Did you feel plugged into high energy frequency or was it much lower?

Rate your self-talk based on this scale.

Energy Scale

Enlightenment…………..700 to 1000
Peace…………………………600
Joy……………………………540
Reason……………………….400
Acceptance ………………….350
Willingness ………………….310
Neutrality ……………………250
Pride …………………………175
Anger ………………………..150
Desire ……………………….125
Fear ………………………….100
Gr ief …………………………..75
Guilt …………………………..30
Shame ………………………..20

When you spend most of your time in the low level energy levels, it is impossible to
attract the good that the Universe has for you.

Most people want to be at least attracting at 500.

Note: Only people like Mother Teresa attract over 700 consistently.

Moving up the vibrational scale results in positive outcomes in your life.

For example, today I am frustrated at work. If I continue to hang on to this frustration
and negative self-talk, I resist the good that the Universe has for me.

Just by letting go of the frustration and negative self-talk, I am attracting what the
Universe has for me…. the good stuff.

Take baby steps. Remember, you are just learning these new skills and it takes time.
Give yourself all the time you need.

If you have had a great deal of trauma, you want to heal from the pain, abuse, addiction,
depression, anger and shame.

Fear is usually at the core for most people who have been through trauma.

When fear is present, the brain does not allow the good energy to manifest. Once these issues
are addressed, life takes on new meaning and purpose!

You do not have to wait until you are totally healed to experience a shift in energy.

It happens quicker than most people think.

This week, when you catch yourself getting caught up in negative self-talk, stop and
tell yourself one thing positive about yourself.

Then, ask the Universe to forgive you for rejecting yourself.

This alone will change your energy! 

Action is Magic, Do the work and the changes happen.   Love Deb

Love to hear from you comments, suggestions,  feedback  Email me deb@vitalsignsfitness.com

Our mind reminds us of all the negative thoughts that cause pain that we learned from life.  The mind then has us run to pleasure to soothe the pain…. pleasure at all costs.   It gets us on this pain pleasure ferris wheel called duality and it wants our complete attention all the time until we are held hostage and can’t get off!

Which is why meditation is so important.  It brings us into oneness.  No pain pleasure duality.  The mind quiets.

We need to learn to separate ourselves from our mind and meditation gives us that necessary practice.

When we’re seperated from our mind we can look at our thoughts and really see if what we think is true or not.

Einstein said “to solve a problem you have to move to a higher energetic frequency.” 

So when we surrender attachment to mind and  give that attachment instead to spirit you change your energetic frequencies to a higher vibrations.

When we attach to spirit, we move to our higher self,  then we not only see, but we know truth and can find clarity, ease and peace.

Attach to spirit, detach from the vagaries of mind, find freedom and salvation and realize that addiction was merely a mislead way of escaping mind.  

Wow, my brother and his 19 yr old daughter came to visit and stay at our place in NYC.   As an actor in his younger days and a very busy much sought after acting coach, living in Canada, he’s had a lot of success.  He’s raised three beautiful daughters, and is now putting them through college and being recently divorced he’s now putting his ex-wife through college while supporting her and paying for all their homes. 

He’s a yr and a half younger than me, and the gap in our levels of success is astounding.  I actually kind of chose to not have kids, because I felt it would have been way to overwhelming financially and emotionally (given my upbringing).  Why is his abundance mentality so different than mine?

His 19 yr old daughter took wonderful care of herself and he took wonderful care of her.  They shopped, dined out, went to Broadway shows while I opted to ‘stay home and get work done’ …actually to not spend all that money.  It eventually started to wear on me so much so that it started to trigger me into feeling bad and I had to really take a hard look at where my sense of lack came from. 

And then it came.  When I was 6yrs old, in grade 1 after school one day a new dime store opened up around the corner from where I went to school.  It was a Grand Opening and it was very exciting.  Their front doors were wide open it was spring and the mood was celebratory. 

I was by myself, which was unusual, so when I passed the store, I was completely mesmerized and walked in.  All these wonderful things to buy and I had no money.  I wanted everything, especially money, so I could buy it all! 

Then I came across this bin of balloons, all colors and shapes and sizes, Wow! So I looked around, there were no signs saying the price on the balloons, and there were no sales people around.  There were balloons blown up all over the store, so I decided the balloons must be gifts for all the new customers.  So I picked out a select handful, looked around again for a sales person, nobody showed up so I walked out of the store with balloons in hand thrilled that I got my free balloons.  I skipped all the way home I was so excited!

When I got home I showed them to everyone, blew them up and tied them around my youngest brother Joey’s high chair.  He was delighted, I was and everything was great.  Until Dad came home, and he asked where I got the balloons, I told him what had happened and he was very angry.  He told my mother to turn on the front burner on the stove and he placed a chair in front of the stove and told me to climb up.  When it was red hot he held my hands over the red hot burner.  I don’t remember anything after that except the next day being at school with sore hands. 

I had learned my lesson about wanting anything and I quicly learned to never want anything which also meant ask for anything.  So it was in that moment that I chose to never want and I lived a humble modest life since then.  Never ever asking for what I wanted.

Having this insight allows me to now release the unconscious block that has all my life told me its not ok to want or ask for anything.   Gratitude to my brother and neice for being my messengers to this insight.   Please contact me to get a free meditation to help you release your blocks (it takes 30 days of continuous practice and genuinely works).  Shanti  Deb

 Love to hear from you, comments, suggestions, questions  Email:  deb@vitalsignsfitness.com

Physiologically we change our PH level from a corrosive acid state to a healthier, longevity friendy alkaline state. 

The Longevity Solution focuses on these specific pranayama techniques: Apa Japa, Ujayi, Krama, Padadirsasana, Nadi Shodhana, Kaphalabhati,,Villoma, and in varied classes , Sitali/Sitkari, Murcha, Brahmri, Surya Bhedana, Chandra Bhedana, Bastrika and application of Mula, Uddyana, Jalanhara Bandha.

Beyond all of those benefits we also stretch out time by experiencing deeper.

If the philosophy that we are each allowed only so many breaths per lifetime is true bringing consciousness to each breath in its stretch ushers in a fuller lengthier experience.  As we practice and become more proficient the breathing becomes second nature and we take our yoga off the mat into life with heightened presence and authentic being. 

The class will be challenging with holding and flowing asana and core…as an ex-personal trainer I know how to find challenge but with an emphasis on the ease in the effort in order to balance sun and moon energies.
The Longevity Solution Yoga: stretch your breath,  your body,  your mind,  your consciousness, your life span and enhance quality of life moment by moment into the beyond.  Please feel free to contact me, ask questions, make suggestions deb@vitalsignsfitness.com

· the stressful tension of a deadline at work
· energy slumps in the afternoon
· trouble sleeping due to a racing, anxious mind before bed
· soreness in your back, neck, wrists and shoulders from working at a computer
· lack of motivation and inspiration
· frequent illness caused by stress or burnout

you could be affecting not only your own health, but your company’s bottom line. This is why Vital Signs Yoga/Fitness is bringing yoga to corporations, so you and your company can stay happy, healthy and productive .

The Benefits of Yoga at Work:
A recent evaluation of 16 studies reporting on cost/benefit ratios from workplace health promotion programs showed an average return of $5.93 per $1.00 invested (American Journal of Health Promotion).

That means that for every dollar a company puts into the health of its employees, it gets a nearly 600% return! Now that’s persuasive math.

Yoga:
· Provides practical tools for reducing stress and anxiety
· Boosts the immune system and improves overall health, resulting in less sick-days
· Improves energy, mental focus and clarity
· Increases motivation, positive thinking patterns and productivity
· Boosts morale and confidence
· Reduces back, neck and shoulder pain
· Improves breathing and reduces headaches
· Builds teamwork and positive relationships

Take action and take care of yourself and your business it’s a win for everyone.
If space is an issue you can try chair yoga in the boardroom.

A local studio space can be rented and incorporated to accommodate your space issues as well. Vital Signs can take care of all the details of setting it up for your convenience.

Rates and package deals are flexible and open for discussion.

Take action and take care of yourself and your business, it’s a win for everyone.

Are you a small company with less than 10 employees?
Are you interested in offering the benefits of yoga to your employees on a weekly basis?

Email me with your questions I’d love to hear from you! deb@vitalsignsfitness.com

Yoga Nidra  is a guided meditation that is practiced in Savasana, designed to be used after an abbreviated yoga practice.  It takes you to a state between sleep and dream also known as the hypagogic. We generally pass through this state before sleep for no longer than five minutes. Characterized by alpha brain wave frequency of 7-12c.p.s., yoga nidra trains us to lengthen the time we spend in this state. In this threshold of consciousness we have the ability to tap into the sub and unconscious, both of which govern our behavior.

Yoga nidra is derived from an ancient Tantric technique called nyasa. Nysasa, practitioners would hold awareness on particular parts of the body for prolonged periods of time to bring heightened consciousness to the body. Yoga nidra nysasa, is used to rotate awareness through the body, to both relax it and bring consciousness. Once deeply relaxed, pairing of opposites and visualizations are used specifically to clear the subconscious and unconscious from blocks/resistances and limiting beliefs. This deeper relaxation, creates greater receptivity to first cleanse and purify and then to develop and enhance memory, increase knowledge and creativity; to transform one’s nature.

Most of us are habitually tense, and we lack awareness of our own inner tensions. Even when we sleep our thought and worries continue to play out in our minds. We all know that feeling of waking up exhausted. To truly relax we need to release these inner tensions which govern our behavior.

Yoga Nidra benefits:

Physical/ muscular tension which accumulate in the body, nervous system and endocrine system, are released through the rotation of consciousness through the body.

Emotional tensions caused by dualities in our lives: love/hate, success/failure, happiness/unhappiness. These are more difficult to be aware of. Through the pairing of opposites such as heavy/light, hot/cold/ happy/sad, we balance the left and right side of the brain and release conflicting emotional tension.

Mental tensions accumulate from excess mental activity and life experiences. Often when we think we’re angry we presume it has to do with our external circumstances but more often it has to do with past impressions from experiences(of which we have forgotten or have little or no awareness) they are held in the sub and unconscious mind. In yoga nidra we release this mental tension through rapid visualizations.

By penetrating deeper recesses of mind we can release these blocks, and resistances thereby opening consciousness to receptivity of higher knowledge and enhanced learning abilities.

9 steps of Yoga Nidra

1. Ekagrata (one pointed focus)

• We plant an image on the screen of the mind anchoring the mind.

2. Asana with nyasa- premeditative asanas

• Releases tension from physical body including breath, muscles and joints (every joint is a chakra)
• Releases energetic blocks in body to allow energy to move more freely
• Mind becomes less reactive
• Creates new neural pathways
• Combined with nyasa focuses mind.

3. Pratyhara letting mind move from sound to sound externally and internally

• draws senses inward, separating consciousness from body

4. Rotation of awareness through body

• clears conscious mind
• relaxes physical body.

5. Nirodha- Counting breath backward from 11 to 1 or 54 to 1

• deprograms the mind
• brings mind into the present moment

6. Pairing of Opposites hot/cold, heavy/light, happy/sad.

• clears sub/unconscious mind
• releases emotional tension

7. Rapid Visualization – fast moving visuals

• clears sub/unconscious mind
• relaxes mind purging it of painful memories
• develops awareness of the big self
• induces mental relaxation.

8. Long Visualization which expands awareness

Frees one of being trapped from boundaries of time and form (maya)

9. Samkalpa –is the resolve, determination and good intention that resonates precisely in your core and aligns with your essence. It is fluid enough to insinuate itself through the semi conscious patterns of self sabotage, wounded self’s objections and ego discontent. It is a will power that is flexible enough to account for changing circumstances as the sankalpa begins to manifest in your inner and outer world. Yet it is precise enough not to be diverted by the core negative beliefs that stand against it.

Email me with your questions I’d love to hear from you!   deb@vitalsignsfitness.com

What my life lesson was from the ‘trauma’ of my 8 yrs old self.

 Re the incident (see about Deb bio)

First I learned that I had a very keen intuitive sense. I could have easily fallen into the seductions and allowed for this event to happen.  But  I intuited that Dad knew what he was doing was wrong and responded to that, and ran away.  I myself had no idea what he was doing was wrong, so I learned to trust my intuition.   For that I am grateful.

I’m also grateful that Dad gave me a ‘choice’…. by seducing me instead of brutally forcing himself on me sexually.  I believe under the circumstances he did the best he could to protect me.

Re the beatings

They were painful and punishing but I survived, them and they motivated me to build a strong body in order to ‘protect myself’.  This incentive kept me very healthy and  fit.  Eventually leading me on a natural career path that came from a love of what I did. 

I learned that I was powerful and could inspire and influence people in a very positive way. This passion eventually lead me to yoga, meditation, and spirituality which has further inspired me to fulfill and live my highest purpose.

I also learned that I am my own source for love…once I found love for myself I found love for others and attracted love to me instead of searching outwardly for what I needed inwardly.

The experience

This experience gave me an opportunity to effectively use this experience to help others.     My purpose is to help and inspire others with their pain and trauma to assist them in learning their lessons intended from the universe. (instead of falling into the endless abyss of self despair and pain.)

The insights:

I learned compassion first for myself, for all the crazy fears and defenses I had built around me in order to stay  ‘safe’ and ‘good’. 

An example of how my fears and defenses manifested:

Because Dad was authority who also berated and beat me… he instilled in me the (false belief) that all authority was bad and that I was a ‘bad’ …”evil seductress…etc”  Consciously I knew this wasn’t true but 85% of our actions are ruled by the unconscious holds!   The conscious mind maybe 15% doesn’t stand a chance of  overriding this false belief system.  So with any authority(bosses, teachers) I became self righteously indignant believing their intention was to take advantage of me. 

The self righteousness was I soon realized was also a shield to protect me from being discovered from the truly ‘bad’ person I really was!

Though I pushed authority away it also made me fiercely independent and kept me working successfully as an entrepreneur, …of course I could never have a boss! until the transformation!

More Gratitudes

Universe blessed me with this experience so I could learn forgiveness,  for myself and then for Dad.  As I consciously worked on forgiveness, one morning upon waking, he came to me as a young boy and I saw his pain.  He was hurting and afraid and I recognized that young boy in my older Dad.  I was profoundly touched and found forgiveness and compassion, reverence and respect, knowing and understanding that he did his best.

And Insights:

As I grew older I witnessed my fathers demise, his uncontrolled ways and how it undermined his health with diabetes, then dialysis and a myriad of other dis-eases and he taught me the importance of health and its maintenance, so much so that I became a health advocate.

I am grateful for the amazing family I have that my father sired.  I have an amazing relationship with all 9 of them and how I  love them all dearly. 

I am also grateful for my husband who  loves and embraces me and my family and helped me process the death of my Dad and my transformation.

About Addiction:

Addiction is just an misguided way of keeping the pain and frustrations at bay, a misguided way of avoiding dealing with the issue.  It’s a dead end though, because it resolves nothing but does create a second problem on top of the first.  So homey don’t go there!  If you are there give it up! You won’t transcend until you give up the addiction. 

Save your life, your future, the wellbeing of you and those around you.   Take responsibility and show up for yourself.  Feel free to email me for an appt and a free exploratory conversation. 

The light in me bows and honors the light in you.  Shanti  xo Deb

 Email me with your questions I’d love to hear from you! deb@vitalsignsfitness.com

Some cool facts:
–We gain weight and because what we eat is TOXIC–or has a high levels of acid. This explains why so many people diet but do not lose weight. The body creates fat cells to store acid and other toxins. For instance, almonds have 79% fat, whereas pork only has 58%. The difference between the two is that pork, as with all meats, is literally dead. When anything is in a state of death or decay it holds an acidifying effect on its environment as it breaks down. Pork in particular is at -38 on the pH scale, whereas almonds are at +3.42.
–Acidifying factors include hearing, thinking, or saying harsh/bitter/angry words; being in a traffic jam; feeling jealous or vengeful; over working; over-exercising; eating acidifying foods; inhaling, or being exposed to acidifying chemicals; and using electronics for too long (tvs, radios, computers, phones etc). This basically includes anything that reduces the amount of oxygen being delivered to the body (especially being in a stressful or fearful situation–wherein humans subconsciously begin to breath shallowly).
–Alkalizing factors include drinking fresh, pure water; breathing deeply; smiling or laughing; eating dark, leafy greens; eating citrus fruits; being in nature, singing or listening to/playing music, and thinking positive thoughts.

Email me with your questions I’d love to hear from you! deb@vitalsignsfitness.com

Sthula Sharira – Gross or Physical Body

Is the outer-most, the mortal physical frame. Unhealthy choices, eventually lead to a weakened body, lowered immunity and, finally, disease. Consequences of our actions are not manifest immediately. There may well be a time lag, but eventually, we reap the fruits of what we have sown.  The signs and symptoms of disharmoney remain subtle until they break.

Sukshma Sharira – Subtle or Pranic Body

Includes the individual mind and ‘intuitive’ mind, that exists within the physical body.  All of what we percieve from daily life feeds this level of our being affecting our mind and intuition.

Karana Sharira – Causal Body

This is the causal essence, our central channel (shushumna nadi)  where shakti is released up through the vibrating chakras to shiva in the beyond, enlightenment for our absolute essence of our jiva (individual soul).

How Does The Philosophy Work?

The key feature of this philosophy is, all three bodies either act in harmony, or they are disconnected. When connections are blocked or unempowered then stress, conflict, confusion, disease and other afflictions manifest. Yoga opens pathways. As practice deepens we go progressively into deeper reactivation and harmonizing of this intricate network.

Since this is an intertwined system, all bodies connected to each other. The acts of the physical body are influenced by the more subtle functioning of the energy body (Sukshma Sharira) as well as the quality of the passages to the causal body (Karana Sharira) and vice versa. In other words there exists a two way street between all three bodies.

In the beginning hatha yoga practices to tones up the muscles and internal organs. Then, through the practice or pranayama, we become aware of the subtleties of the Pranic body and start to cleanse the nadis (energy channels) of which there are 72,000. In so doing, we reactivate the dormant circuits. They align more harmoniously via breath regulation. And, we are purified,activated and empowered.

When we meditate, we start from the subtle body. This allows us to clear out the most subtle pathways that lead to and from the causal body, as the connections between the subtle body and the causal body are cleansed, harmony and attunement between the bodies flows naturally without effort, will, or decision.

Email me with your questions I’d love to hear from you! deb@vitalsignsfitness.com