Blonds on Computers

A friend was over the other day, and was frustrated with the sudden appearance of a window on her computer, containing a large-breasted blond. It seems my friend's hubby had been visiting porn sites , and suddenly, there was the blond. She demanded payment for continued membership in her site. No matter what they did, they couldn't get rid of her.

Great was their frustration.

I suggested CounterSpy, a quite amazing and inexpensive spyware remover. I receive Sunbelt's security updates, and of course run CounterSpy myself.

They tried the software (it's free for 15 days) and low and behold, the blond disappeared.

It's important to have adequate protection - in many areas. There are so many viruses and trojans and spyware about, and it's just silly not to use excellent software. Have a look at CounterSpy!

A Healing Commitment

Over the years, I've noticed that clients seem hell bent on taking short cuts, or finding ways to delay dealing with issues. Typically, clients make themselves both uncomfortable and sick.

I'm lately working at helping my clients to notice "a little sick" and "a little distressed" as good points to do something different. This, as opposed to talking things to the extreme of actual physical illness or extreme mental distress.

It's very "western" to put things, including our health, in boxes, or categories. One friend wrote a while back and said she'd had migraines for several days, and chalked it up to exams. I'm like, "You gotta be kidding! Let's do some Bodywork and get past that!"

I've included a Chakra chart today, which is a pretty good guide to different areas of the body that get affected by specific stressors. Hopefully, you'll find it helpful. If you want more detailed descriptions of the Chakras, you can go here.

Yoga for Life

Darbella and I have always done some form of Eastern physical practice - Ninjitsu, Tai Chi, Ki Gong, whatever. Back in September, a friend suggested we check out her yoga class. We'd done some yoga back in 1987, and we loved it, so off we went to a beginner's class.

Not that it means much, but I'd never heard of the style before. Iyengar yoga was an eye-opener. Named after guruji Iyengar, it's "yoga with props." The props are used to get you into the correct position. We absolutely love the class, and the instructor Fay Gascho, is amazing.

You can get a good description of this style here.

Class is this evening, and I woke up with a stiff lower back. As it turned out, the cosmos provided. I subscribe to a daily e-zine from Yoga Journal, which had a decided Iyengar slant. Today's article was on yoga positions for stretching at work. I gave them a try, and poof! My back feels better. Check it out here.

Much on Mindfulness

In my book, This Endless Moment, I make much of the concept, "The Way It IS, Is the Way It IS." Jon Kabat-Zinn is perhaps the best known recent proponent of this idea, and he writes about it in a series of books on Mindfulness.

If you'd like to read a bunch of mindfulness quotes, have a look here.

New Course at The Haven - Maybe Britney Spears will come!

Darbella and I will be leading a course at the Haven this summer, August 14-17.

It's called "Simple Presence," and it's broadly based upon my book, This Endless Moment. Have a look at the course description, and come join us for four days of learning, interacting, and fun.

Oh. And if you haven't read my book, here's your chance. Click here to read about it, then go to our store and enter the code CPN4780722959 and you'll get any version (paperback, audio book or pdf downloadable) for 20% off.

Last but not least, I got a mention in The Star Magazine. I know. How did I ever pull that off? I had a half hour interview with a staff writer... on the state of Britney Spears' marriage!! Rather than explain, just go read the quote…

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