Meditation Styles

Sorting through meditation styles can be a lot like sifting through yoga-class schedules when you are a new practitioner.

To begin:
Broadly defined, “mindfulness” refers to any practice in which you concentrate and try to remain aware of your experience moment to moment. That experience is anchored by an object (like the breath), a sensation (like walking), a sound, a visual, or more, and ultimately aims to cultivate mental stability. Some of the following styles of meditation relate to mindfulness, some take the practice further—to a deep level of inquiry—and some rely on different techniques like using an object or manipulating the breath to change your state of consciousness. Like mindfulness, some are rooted in Buddhist tradition, while others stem from a lineage of Hindu meditation practices.

If you are ready for enlightement
Try vipassana: This Sanskrit word essentially means “insight.” It refers 
to a variety of meditation techniques that help the practitioner access 
a deeper level of consciousness, see “reality,” and experience impermanence. In classical vipassana, a 2,500-year-old Buddhist tradition, you 
first focus on breath awareness. Insight may come naturally, once you’ve calmed the mind, or you can add advanced techniques that involve 
dissecting arguments and concepts, and using props.

If you want to practice at your desk
Try Dzogchen: This is a form of Tantric meditation that asks you to be aware of everything, meaning it is “object-less” or “nondual.” You practice with the eyes open and avoid labeling thoughts, feelings, or sensations.

If you need to find forgiveness
Try lovingkindness meditation: Popular in the West, this practice 
is similar to some Tibetan traditions around developing compassion, 
but is essentially a relatively new form of meditation. You repeat a mantra related to freedom from fear and suffering, shifting your intention to 
different people in your life and yourself.

If you want an out-of-body experience
Try Transcendental Meditation: A form of Hindu meditation, 
or Vedanta, the goal is to … transcend, or rise above all that is impermanent. While in a seated meditation pose, you focus on a mantra and actively change the breath in order to alter your state of mind.

If you are looking for more energy
Try Kundalini meditation: Kundalini is a yoga practice, but also a philosophy and the name of energy in Tantric yoga practices and Hindu spiritual practices. This energy rises through the chakras, from the base of your spine to the crown of your head and onward. In Kundalini meditation, you are using your breath to move energy upward in an effort to change your state of mind, while also waiting for that moment when energy is reduced to a simple, pure form, similar to when you sleep, orgasm, or die.

If you have trouble sitting still
Try qi gong: Similar to Kundalini, qi gong is a Taoist method 
of meditation that uses the breath to circulate energy through 
the body, and eventually alter consciousness.

If you need rules and guidelines
Try zazen: A very exacting Zen practice with prescriptions for 
how to maintain the eyes, hands, and posture, zazen is a nondual practice that means simply to sit, as the Buddha did thousands 
of years ago. You sit, without a focus on an object, until your innate ability to see reality emerges.

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Avoid Wrist Pain in Yoga

By nature, our wrists are particularly prone to injury. Learn how you can protect them in your yoga practice.
If your yoga practice involves moving into and out of Downward-Facing Dog Pose and Chaturanga Dandasana, wrist pain may be a current or looming problem. 
I teach workshops internationally to teachers and students who are serious about improving their practices, and about 25 percent of my students admit to wrist pain during vinyasa. And when you explore the anatomy of the wrists, it’s easy to see 
how these vulnerable structures might easily suffer from improper weight transfer and repetitive movement.

Wrist Anatomy
Your wrists have a lot of moving parts. They start where your two forearm bones, the radius and ulna, meet with three of the eight carpal bones on each hand. The rest of the carpal bones connect with each other and the fingers. An array of ligaments connects the many bones to each other, and muscles and tendons lie above and below the bones to move the wrist and fingers.

Common Wrist Injuries
With all this complexity, misalignments in bones, ligaments, and muscles 
during weight-bearing poses are bound to happen, which can trigger wrist pain and two common conditions in particular. The first, called ulno-carpal abutment syndrome, indicates pressure where the ulna meets the carpal bones on the little-finger side of the wrist. This may occur if the ulna bone has an unusual shape—something just a small percentage of us are born with—or if the wrist is repeatedly turned out toward the little 
finger in weight-bearing poses like 
Downward-Facing Dog.

The second syndrome, tendonitis, is characterized by tendon inflammation, often due to misalignment and weight transfer in poses such as Chaturanga 
Dandasana, where the wrist joint is in 
full extension. Chronic wrist injury is also common in yogis with relaxed or hyper-mobile ligaments, which can cause inflammation, pain, and ultimately arthritis.

The Surprising Secret to Protecting Your Wrists
The key to protecting your wrists is—surprise!—a strong core. Evidence-based medicine demonstrates that a strong core can increase the efficiency of the rotator cuff muscles. These muscles stabilize the shoulders and can thus decrease the load that is transferred to your wrists. On the flip side, low core strength or failure to engage the core in poses like Chaturanga Dandasana can lead to decreased trunk 
and shoulder stability. If the core is weak, strong shear forces transfer across the wrist, especially during transitions between poses. So picture the ubiquitous Down Dog-Chaturanga-Up Dog-Down Dog sequence. Each time you repeat it, your wrists bear weight throughout. Over time and without proper support, this can lead to the injuries described above. But when effort is well dispersed throughout the core and shoulders in a vinyasa-based practice, that force in the wrists is minimized

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Theology on Tap

Come join us for a drink..

The pastor of New Hope United Church of Christ invites you to join him at the local pub for some
stimulating conversation. New Hope is taking theology to the streets of DeLand—well, to a bar in DeLand anyway.

Come and enjoy something cold from the tap (or from the soda fountain) at The Abbey at 117 N. Woodland Avenue, Wednesday  6:30-7:30.

As you sip your cold beverage, be ready to chew on some hot topics.    Bring your questions, musings and open minds as we tap into spirit and spirits. Drop in any time.

For more information contact Pastor Earl at: ems348989@aol.com
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What makes the 1876 Heritage Inn Special?

What makes the 1876 Heritage Inn Special?

Location
Situated in Orange City, the inn is 2.5 miles from Blue Springs State Park and within 6 miles of Victoria Hills Golf Club and Colby-Alderman Park. Stetson Mansion and Stetson University are also within 6 miles.

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Property Features
A restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café are available at this inn. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, laundry facilities, a garden, a barber, and gift shops / newsstands are onsite.

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Room Amenities
All 30 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and TVs with cable channels. Free local calls, ceiling fans, and phones are among the other amenities that our guests find nice.

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The seventh chakra

The seventh chakra, called sahasrara, is located at the crown of the head. “Sahasrara” means thousand-petaled and represents a thousand-petaled lotus flower.

7th Chakra’s Natural Element: Thought
This energy center is associated with the element of thought, connection to spirit, universal consciousness, enlightenment, wisdom, unity and self-knowledge.

Life Motif of the Crown Chakra
Working with this chakra indicates an interest in a higher purpose and an elevated way of being. You are ready to let go of misunderstandings about who you are and why you are here.

Signs of Blocked Sahasrara Energy
Complications that come from this chakra can be confusion, imbalance, a lack of connection to the manifest world, unfocused, hyper spiritualization (aka too much meditation not enough laundry) and an inability to function practically.

Energetic Benefits of Aligning the Crown Chakra
Working toward enlightenment is a worthy endeavor for anyone. This is the gateway to super-consciousness where it is no longer possible to experience yourself as separate from anything or anyone.

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1876 Heritage Inn

The origins of the word "Volusia" are unclear, though there are several theories:

1 - The name came from a word meaning "Land of the Euchee," from the Euchee Indians who migrated into the area after the Timucua Indian cultures faded away in the early 1700s. The Euchees (or Uchees) lived in the area of Spring Gardens, about ten miles south of Volusia.

2 - The name was taken from the a British man named Voluz who owned a plantation located on the St. Johns River in the late 1700s.

3 - The name originated from the last name Veluche belonging to the French or Belgian owner of the trading post in Volusia. According to some, this was during the British regime, and according to others, it was around 1818. Over time, the name Veluche became anglicized to Volusia.

4 - The town was established by and named for Jere Volusia.

5 - The settlement was named by the Spanish after the celebrated Roman jurist Volusio, who wrote 30 books and tutored Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor and philosopher.

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The Scottish Rite: American Flag Retirement Celebration

Saturday, June 13, 2015
American Flag Retirement Celebration.
Sponsored by the Knights of St. Andrews. Come out and have a very special time.

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Come stay with history

Following the Civil War, however, famed author Harriet Beecher Stowe lived near Jacksonville and traveled up the St. Johns, writing about it with affection: "The entrance of the St. Johns from the ocean is one of the most singular and impressive passages of scenery that we ever passed through: in fine weather the sight is magnificent." Her memoir Palmetto Leaves, published in 1873 as a series of her letters home, was very influential in luring northern residents to the state."

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Two Pawn Guys - Come visit

Two Pawn Guys...We buy, sell, trade, and loan!
We deal in firearms, gold, silver, platinum, diamonds, musical
instruments, TV's, home entertainment systems, and tools in good condition.

We have handguns, ammo, and rifles for sale.

Stop by and see us today!

PLUS...We also offer concealed weapons classes!Two Pawn Guys regularly hosts a Concealed Weapons Class, it is generally from 9am to 1 pm. The instructor for the class will be NRA Certified Firearms Instructor. The cost for the class is $65.00. Please call ahead to reserve a seat today!

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Dinners at UCC Deland

Friendship Dinners
New Hope UCC - We meet at 6:30 pm
Our next dinner:
June 4
Half Wall Beer House and Restaurant
105 W. Indiana Ave, DeLand

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American Flag Retirement Celebration

June 13... It's a Saturday! Come out to the American Flag Retirement Celebration. Sponsored by the Knights of St. Andrews. For more information: www.srolando.org | 407-657-4550

MetroSurance: Your Port Orange Insurance solution

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Guest Medical Protection: Pays medical expenses for your guests who are accidentally injured on your property.

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Come visit the 1876 Heritage Inn

In 1882, the hotel was the sight of two days of negotiations concerning the city incorporation.

In 1886, owner of the hotel, Hugh DeYarman, serves as the fourth mayor of Orange City, serving a term of six years. Only five other mayors served terms as long or longer. Mr. DeYarman also served as postmaster of Orange City from 1889 to 1893.

Sometime during the early 1900’s, two additional wings were added to the west and east sides. The west wing addition added 10 hotels rooms, five upstairs and five with a shared bathroom between two rooms.

The East wing added a dining room and kitchen on the first floor and 8 rooms on the upstairs.

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Come visit the 1876 Heritage Inn tonight!

The Timucuan Indians were the first inhabitants of Hontoon Island. Evidence of their presence can be seen by a large shell mound that still exist at the end of the Hammock Trail, 1.7 miles one way, on what is mostly a shaded hike.

The Timucua were an American Indian people who lived in Northeast and North Central Florida and southeast Georgia. They were the largest indigenous group in that area and consisted of about 35 chiefdoms, many leading thousands of people. The various groups of Timucua spoke several dialects of the Timucua language. At the time of European contact, the territory occupied by speakers of Timucuan dialects occupied about 19,200 square miles, and was home to between 50,000 and 200,000 Timuacans. It stretched from the Altamaha River and Cumberland Island in present-day Georgia as far south as Lake George in central Florida, and from the Atlantic Ocean west to the Aucilla River in the Florida Panhandle, though it reached the Gulf of Mexico at no more than a couple of points.

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