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Habits of happiness

Joanna — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:07:23 +0000

An inspiring talk by Matthieu Ricard on an inward journey to find happiness.

Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth

Joanna — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:38:12 +0000

ratings & reviews An excellent book by Ina May Gaskin to get familiar with physiology of a natural birth. A half of the book is full of positive birth stories. It is written clearly and most of statements are supported by scientific studies.

It helps to understand the fascinating natural process of childbirth and moreover, at least for me, it implies positive emotions toward it. This is what I can say from the mental level about the book. However, I still can not speak out of experience , I would recommend this reading to any woman considering natural birth.

Live your dream

Joanna — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:44:34 +0000

…and share your passion.

Clever shopping with amazon stars counter

Joanna — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:31:04 +0000

We implemented a tool for making more informed (Xmas) shopping at amazon. If you found a product on one of the amazon sites and you are interested how it was reviewed and rated on other amazons this service can help you to figure that out additionally showing you a total rating (among all amazons).

Happy amazoning

Yoga Beginners with Esther Ekhart

Joanna — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:45:41 +0000

5 episodes of the beginner series by our favorite virtual yoga teacher, Esther Ekhart:

Foundational Poses (wake up, warm up sequence):
- mountain pose
- standing forward bend
- downward facing dog
- cobra pose
- child pose
- twist (Marichi’s pose)
Learn to Flow:
- combination of the position foundational poses (except the twist) and breath
  into a sun salutation sequence
Standing Poses
- a variant of a sun salutation sequence with the plunk pose
- warrior II
- extended side angle pose
- triangle pose
Energizing Practice
- a variant of a sun salutation sequence with
  - thunderbolt pose
  - warrior II
  - extended side angle pose
- locust pose
- bow pose
- child pose
- supine twist
- happy baby pose
- corpse pose
Relaxing Practice
- mountain pose with stretch and breath
- froward bend
- cat – cow pose
- fish pose
- seated one leg forward bend
- butterfly pose
- reclining twist

LibriVox: acoustical liberation of books in the public domain

Joanna — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:18:37 +0000

Since 2007 LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. Get the mp3 or ogg files into your own computer and enjoy listening.

“In December 2010, it had a catalogue of over 4,500 unabridged books and shorter works available to download and produced on average 90 audiobooks per month. Around ninety percent of the collection is in English, although LibriVox recordings are available in 33 languages altogether” — from wikipedia.

Why are we happy?

Joanna — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:07:19 +0000

Daniel Gilbert (psychologist), author of Stumbling on Happiness explains why happiness is independent from life circumstances. We synthesise happiness, so we do not need to seek for natural happiness. They are of the same quality!

The natural happiness is what we get when we get what we wanted.
The synthesized happiness is what we make when we don’t get what we wanted

So what is the best for being happy? Accept the things you can not change. “The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another.” Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments

Mini Medical School for the Public

Joanna — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:19:13 +0000

Mini Medical School for the Public is a collection of lectures presented by the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at University of California San Francisco (UCSF). They can be watched at youtube channel of University of California Television.

I watched a very interesting lecture on Psycho Neuro Immunology by Margaret Kemeny, professor of psychiatry at UCSF. There are many other lectures on topics related to the integrative medicine domain.

Enlightened Business Summit

Joanna — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:56:13 +0000

If you would like to harness the power of emotions to transform your business, your career, your life and the world, this free 5-day virtual event (November 7 – 11, 2011) maybe interesting for you. There are 30 speakers and among them one we’ve already presented at positive source and some we heard about. It looks interesting…

As I Began To Love Myself

Joanna — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:54:48 +0000

ratings & reviews An inspiring poem about authenticity, respect, maturity, self-confidence, simplicity, love of oneself, modesty, fulfilment, wisdom of the heart and life.

The origin of it is unsure: it is either a speech given by Charlie Chaplin on his 70th birthday entitled as “As I Began To Love Myself” or a poem written by Kim & Alison McMillen entitled as “When I Loved Myself Enough”.