Here is Growing Younger podcast #6 where Regula talks about recent experiences with Sung Baek, Glen Phillips, tantra, and wholeness.
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Here’s the latest podcast, Growing Younger #5: Commitment to Life
Regula and I sat down this evening to record Growing Younger #4, where we discussed her statement “I get excited when I see health,” her way of teaching, her upcoming volunteering with the MS Society, and the questions “Do you want to heal?” and if so “How?”.
It was just about a year ago that Regula started talking about her MS for the first time (after more than 25 years). She started telling her students, her friends, talking with her family, telling people in her life. That talking led us to local MS support group meetings, her moxa treatment, this blog, and to an activation of Regula’s long-held desire to help others with MS. The problem with not talking, of course, is that you can’t help others and they can’t help you, because neither one of you knows you both have the same disease. Now that Regula’s been talking so much, and acting on that desire to help others, including putting MS Fit classes on her studio schedule, people with MS are drawn to her, either directly through Google or through their friends and relatives. Its really fun to watch! I encourage you to talk as well, and act.
Regula’s been back to work for a few days after her Restorative iRest (Yoga Nidra) retreat and this conversation is about integration (back to work and iRest into her work).
Regula is back from her Yoga Nidra retreat. We talk about her experience there in this netcast. Please let us know what you think!
Regula and I recorded Growing Younger #1 this afternoon. The plan is for this to be first in a series, where Regula talks about her life with MS, what she’s learned, and what’s happening now. Please add comments to this post to tell us what you think, or if you have questions you’d like to us to cover in a future episode.
Moxabustion
This is a photo I took of Regula burning moxa on her belly. I’ll let her explain what this is all about. I can tell you that she’s burning 9 of these piles per day, on that spot. The pile is about the size of her pinky finger from tip to first knuckle.
Regula has been telling me about Eric Small, an Iyengar yoga teacher in his 70s that was diagnosed with MS back in the 50s. His website refers to his teacher trainings, which Regula has talked about going to, but the dates there are for 2006. Today, when searching the web for more information, we found this page by Roger Nolan, Yoga Therapy and Multiple Sclerosis, who apparently works with people with MS as well. Maybe Roger is someone for Regula to talk with about developing her own practice with folks with MS. In fact, a little more digging yielded this by Roger: Yoga for MS. Interesting person!
By the way, I wanted to share a surreal image that I saw on Monday during this procedure. Regula was sitting in a chair with John Neighbors standing over her, placing herbs on her head and lighting them with a cigarette lighter. I was sitting in a chair next to Regula, but facing her. After John would light 4 piles of herbs, he’d move away and I was looking at her profile from below, in such a way that I could not see the herbs, but I could see the smoke rising from her head! She’s on fire! Over and over and over again. Wild.
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