Green Tara Celtic Dreams

Living with scoliosis is a puzzle.  Often a person doesn't know they have it until some crisis brings attention to it.  For some it is mild, for others it is debilitating.  For me, It's a moody situation - some days I'm doing very well, others not so much.  I do my best by listening to my body and regularly engaging in weight training, stretching and Pilates.  Yin yoga and restorative yoga are my cornerstones in managing the pain and giving me a much needed mental and physical rest from it.   Having to deal with doctors is the worst part.  I don't want to see x-rays or MRI reports, and hate having attention called to the skeleton in my closet.  Doctors have, for the most part, been useless.  They give me mixed responses, none of them helpful unless it's a physical therapy referral.   So I joined a Facebook scoliosis awareness group to learn more, and most of what I've learned is horrifying.  The fusion isn't a once in a lifetime event; most patients have to

Introduction Like many of us with a meditation practice I have heard about affirmations and how they can be lifechanging.  I was introduced to the concept about 10 years ago by an acupuncturist who was treating my arthritis.  She is a holistic doctor who taught me that treating the mind and spirit is just as is important as treating the physical body, if not more.  She suggested I read up on Louise Hay , a popular motivational writer and the New Age guru of positive affirmations.   I signed her book, Heal Your Body , out of the library.  It did not float me, to be honest, but it opened a new line of thinking. As time went by the concept of setting affirmations would crop up here and there, but never really gelled until I discovered yogini Kassandra Reinhardt via her YouTube channel, Yoga with Kassandra .  Kassandra offers a lot of yin practices on her channel and is fond of incorporating positive affirmations.  With this gentle introduction, while I'm in a calm and receptive positi