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 The Rising Sun
August 2005
Rising Sun Yoga’s Monthly News Letter
Rising
Sun Yoga
13350 Dix-Toledo Rd.
Southgate, MI 48195
734-282-9642
www.risingsunyoga.com
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Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our
countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular
job. It lies with each of us individually. Peace, for example, starts within
each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around
us. The Dalai Lama
How Bad Do You Want It?
Following the destruction of the World Trade Center, through the start of
wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and to date the world has rallied for peace in
greater numbers than any time in history. The press reports that the majority of
people in America now support the withdraw of troops from Iraq. Peace movements
are building with intensity and strategy like never before. Like minds are
coming together and expressing commonalities in values for life and spiritual
principles that transcend race, religion, and greed. People want peace and they
are letting it be known.
One of my favorite movie quotes comes from the Spiderman movie, “with power
comes great responsibility.” With millions of people joining together for a
cause they hold great power thus giving each individual an equally great
responsibility. If it is peace that we want we must cultivate peace in our
minds.
Try this little test. Take a moment to be aware of your thoughts as you
slowly read these words: enemy, terrorist, world leader, villain, oppressor, war
president. Now reflect on what kind of thoughts came to your mind? It’s ironic,
but many people that claim to want an end to war, that want peace, hold thoughts
of others that include anger, rage, hate, or despicability. To cultivate peace
on the planet we must first cultivate peace within. Our negative thoughts toward
others lead us away from peace and give power to those that hate and fear.
 Please take a
moment to reread that list above slowly taking note of anyone that comes to mind
and pausing to send them thoughts of love and light. If we want peace it is our
responsibility to create peace in our minds. We must be diligent in removing
negative thoughts of one another. If you believe we are all one then you must
treat all with love in action, thought, and deed. It is not enough to say that
we want peace, each of us must work to create peace in our minds, as our minds
collectively align towards peace mass consciousness will manifest. Paradigm
shifts happen when great numbers think the same way.
So many people coming together for a common cause provides a great
opportunity for us to create a shift in consciousness, but we must hold all in
love. Love is what will lead the way to our evolution. Love is the answer. How
bad do you want it?
Peace and Love to all,
Jim
“Great are they who see that spiritual is
stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.” Ralph Waldo
Emerson
Fall Yoga Retreat
Join us during the beauty of natures color change in northern
Michigan.
Enjoy a Chakra Workshop and yoga classes w/ Micha,
partner Thai Massage workshop, Tai Chi workshop, mountain biking, or a kayaking
tour down the Pigeon River.
October 14, 15, & 16
Lodging and workshop space is limited.
For more information visit www.risingsunyoga.com/Retreat.htm or call
734.282.9642
Karma Yoga
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did
nothing because he could do only a little. ~ Edmund Burke
Yogic philosophy teaches that one of the paths to enlightenment is selfless
service. Our Karma Yoga program gives you the opportunity to give of yourself to
the community or Rising Sun Yoga. If one of these opportunities speak to you we
encourage you to get involved.
Upcoming Project
Yoga For Peace August 13 Ford Field Dearborn
We looking for volunteers to help
us put together, organize, and host Yoga For Peace in August. We need people in
many various capacity before during and after the event. This will be a fund
raising event with proceeds going to the non profit department of peace
movement. Our aim is to create an awareness of and generate funds for this
movement. Your help will be greatly appreciated. We could really use someone
that would like to assist with activities for children.
Organic Harvest Festival September 24, 2005
Once again Rising Sun Yoga is
helping out with the Growing Connections Harvest Festival. Many volunteers are
needed in various capacities. Last year we really had fun with this event. The
booths are a great source of organic vegetables, raw milk cheeses, fresh eggs,
raw honey, and all kinds of cool products. The classes are a great way to learn
more about lifting your energy, boosting your immune system, and curing illness
through better eating habits. Sign up to help out at the studio. Learn more by
visiting www.htnetwork.org/growingconnections.html.
Announcing the Winner of our You Go Yoga Crazy Contest
Soon.
Congratulations!
Susan Salas
Winner of Our You Go Crazy Yoga Contest
Dog Days of Summer Specials:
*20 Visits - $145
(less than $8 per class)*
*Yearly Unlimited
with $2 co-pay just $696*
*Purchase of a Rising Sun Yoga Membership or Existing Membership Required, One
Package Per Customer.
We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom. Dwight D.
Eisenhower
Serious About Yoga?
Maybe it is time that you consider Yoga School.
Rising Sun’s next session begins August 21.
To learn more visit risingsunyoga.com/School.htm
or call 734-282-9642
What are We Doing?
We want to be healthier. We
practice yoga to build our immune system, strengthen our bodies, build strength,
balance, and learn to manage stress. For some it is just for fitness sake and
for others it is a vital piece of the puzzle necessary for spiritual
development. We learn to breath better, meditate, and select a diet that is
healthy. We don’t find information and studies that contradict the benefits of a
safe yoga practice, breathing, or meditation. But there is growing information
that what we think is a healthy diet is not. Are you eating or medicating to
control your cholesterol? Do you eat products labeled healthy/natural. Are you
eating soy products in place of meat? Are you eating food from a box, can, or
some other processed food? Are you eating or drinking “diet” products or tap
water? You might want to do a little research.
We have all heard stories of
people in this country prosecuted for adding small amounts of poison to food in
an attempt to make another sick or to kill them. Rightly so this should be
illegal. Is it any different if food companies or restaurants use products that
do the same thing? If you ‘ve seen the movie Super Size Me than you know that
fast food is basically poison and if you eat enough of it you will get sick and
possibly die. If you’ve researched high fructose corn syrup from credible
sources you know that it is a dangerous product and should be avoided.
See: westonaprice.org/modernfood/highfructose.html
“The Double Danger of High Fructose Corn Syrup.” Similar articles warning of
High Fructose Corn Syrup have also appeared in the Washington Post and Organic
Style Magazine. So what is different between and individual giving another
person something that makes them sick and a corporation that sells and
individual something marketed as healthy?
High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
is the major ingredient in soda pop and we have added vending machines in
schools through out the country for our children to consume. Over 90% of the
products in the grocery stores include HFCS. Sure it is less expensive than
sugar and corporations producing in are reaping huge profits. Sure the
pharmaceutical companies are benefiting from the increase in diabetes and heart
disease. The farmers that grow the genetically modified corn (officially
registered as a pesticide) that our tax dollars are subsidizing are insured a
market. And yes people in the know understand that the FDA has been bought out
to okay less than healthy standards for processing the food we eat. Why?
Don’t get me wrong it isn’t
just HFCS there are many things added to our food, and food and medical myths
that are robbing this country of it’s health. Why?
We have grown away from our
traditional food sources and substituted them with artificial products that are
bodies don’t understand how to process and are slowly sickened by. This
infrastructure of food production is so rooted that it is almost impossible to
eat real food. Why worry about nuclear proliferation, terrorism, or global
warming, when we can just poison ourselves into extinction? I apologize for
sounding so alarming and bleak, but what are we doing?
I hope you will
join us on September 24th at the Conference & Organic Harvest Festival. We need
to know, we need to share information, and we need to support those that produce
sacred foods and eat them. Please visit www.htnetwork.org/growingconnections.html
for more information. Learn about and join a CSA (Community Supported
Agriculture) in your area.
Live Long/Live
Healthy,
Jim
Yoga For Peace
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Movie Night
 August
26th at 7:30PM
Free Admission
Ram Das: Fierce Grace
A hippie guru learns to live with the challenges of old age
This is a documentary about the legendary Harvard professor,
Richard Albert, who experimented with LSD in the 60s, then went to India,
changed his name to Ram Das, and came back to become a guru for the hippie
generation. Now he's about 70, and, due to a stroke he suffered in 1997, is
wheelchair bound. "I never expected old age to be like this," he says with
difficulty, as his speech is slow now as he struggles to find the right words.
The camera takes us right with him on his daily routine. Aides help him dress
and drive him to his many therapy appointments and we are witness to his
acupuncture as well as speech and physical therapy sessions. Touching all your
emotions and enlightening.
It's Time
That’s right it is time to hear from
others in our newsletter. Do you have a testimonial of what yoga has done for
you? Would you like to write an article on the topic of yoga, peace, or CSAs.
Submit your short story or article to info@risingsunyoga.com. Writings are
subject to discretion and there are no guarantees of publishing.
More Free Yoga
Instructors from our teacher training program will providing a free class on
Sundays at 2pm for one hour August 7, 21,& 28 All Welcome
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