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The following was a homework assignment while in Yoga teacher training. As I work on learning to post to my Blog there will be a mix of new and reused writing for a month or so. Enjoy and please leave comments. essay: week 3 om work Curtis G. Aikens Sr What does Savasana mean to me and how I will guide my students through it and out of it? When I first started the practice of yoga or should I say practicing yoga, I had no idea what Savasana was about. I had just gone through this intensive mental and physical work, I started practicing hot yoga. Then the final part of the class, at the end of all that work, I along with all those in class with me, told to lay totally flat on my back and try to think about nothing. I can remember like it yesterday, Read More…

Love Sun, May 27, 2018 8:02 pm Love wow! I look at my youngest son tonight Memorial Day eve. So many things going through my mind how much I love him. How much I love his brother how much I missed them when they are not around. my brother Jeffery who passed away years ago, my father passed away a decade ago how much I love them how much I miss them. Love I look at my mother and my sisters and my brother my nieces my nephew and Cole’s significant other and I just wish They knew how much I love them. I wish I could let them all know how much I love them. You can tell them love you, however no one really knows how much you love them because they aren’t you. Tell them, tell them until you cannot anymore…

Old Fashion Beef Stew 3 Pounds of beef (chuck) cut into 1 inch cubes 1/3 cup all purpose flour 1/3 cup salad oil 1 large onion, chopped 1 garlic clove, minced 4 cups water 1 tablespoon salt 2 bay leaves ½ teaspoon of thyme ¼ teaspoon pepper 1 cup each cut up carrots, turnips, celery 4 cups cubed potatoes Coat stewing meat with flour. In Dutch oven over medium-high heat, heat oil and add meat. Brown meat thoroughly, turning often. Add water, bay leaves, salt, pepper and thyme and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 2 ½ hours. Add vegetables and simmer for an additional 30-45 minutes. Serves 8 -10 Beef Stew for the New Millennium 2 Pounds of lean beef cut into ½ inch cubes ¼ cup all purpose flour ½ teaspoon paprika 1/3 cup olive oil 1 large onion, chopped 1 garlic clove, minced 4 cups Read More…

Wednesday, May 23, 2018 6:16 pm Today I had planned to do an original blog sharing what I have learned about breathing how to Calm oneself down, how to ground oneself through breathing, first time I was introduced to this concept was from a therapist Sophie Otis back in the day. I love you Sophie! Later or was it before I met Sophie? Wait as a young person in my 20’s I start to branch out looking for ways to connect! You know to the Universe, not Drugs… Crystals and minerals, mud baths, soaking in hot streams. Light therapy and Rakia, plus I started to look into meditation, however, my mind and my spirit may have been just too young at that point in time. It is funny I look back through all my explorations and discovery one thing was constant each person each mystic each whomever I spoke with Read More…

The Daily Blog I am working on posting and just getting use the process! I will be Blogging New and old no no VINTAGE writings of mine Namaste Today’s Blog post was a home assignment while in Yoga Teacher Training Curtis G. Aikens Week 6 om Work Tirumalai Krishnamacharya Many yoga teachers students as well as scholars refer to him as Father of modern yoga. The more I learn of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, the more I want to know. I look at the Photograph and feel something, warm, safe and steady. I can only Pray, study, and work on self, as well as my practice to become a teacher with just a little of the impact this human had on his students and the world. I have been told one cannot change the world, I don’t Believe that. I look at the impact of humans such as Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Read More…

The Re-boot check that the re-blog😀 Thu, May 17, 2018 7:28 pm So the last few weeks I’ve been dabbling with Blogging, have investigated how to start my own blog, been talking with bloggers, checked out Wix.com looked at word press. Have even toyed with how to build websites! All that  stuff and I laugh as I think about this because I realized I have a website with a blog page and all I have to do is post!!! Lightbulb over my head! So, I put a call into my Web manager Michelle Norwest, Norwest Designs and we did a training session today! Now, here goes my first post it’s a short one.  I think I will add a poem to it , see how it goes and maybe a picture Namaste spread love! I love you A poem by Curtis G. Aikens Sr Tue, May 15, 2018 3:20 pm Read More…