AHIMSA March Edition

1- yes, evidence has shown that when we Meditate, there is a definite physiological change In the way the chemicals and our blood flows through the channels of the brain. 2-OM is vibration that is thought to be the seed of all creation. It symbolises the unity and flow of all Universal energy. To keep chanting the OM brings about positive change. 3-Serotonin 4- The Buddha 5-Life Energy Cultivation 6- Sikhs would use a Gurdwara 7- Yoga 8- Being present is the purpose of mindfulness. When we&apos;re present, we can better make sense of life and its situations. 9- Feng Shui 10- True

Mind &amp; Body Centre and Yoga Studio - Bury

Right here at the Mind &amp; Body Centre is where the magic happens. Andrea &amp; Barry Todd have been transforming people&apos;s lives for 15 yrs - so when we say magic happens here, we absolutely mean it . But as I&apos;m sure Andrea and Barry will agree, it&apos;s the people who make the place. With a yoga studio, workshop -space, therapy rooms and more recently a lounge used as a breakout space, it&apos;s little wonder the centre is becoming increasingly popular for those with a holistic outlook. The Mind &amp; Body Centre provides lunches alongside holding special events such as candle light meditation and chanting. &quot;We owe the peaceful ambience of each room, to the building&apos;s ancient architecture&quot; says Andrea. It boasts original oak beams from centuries gone by.

When practised regularly, yoga can quickly have a positive effect on your life, and whilst your body becomes more flexible, the connection with mind becomes stronger. This alongside regular relaxation sessions will slowly introduce calm into your everyday way of thinking. The Mind &amp; Body studio also hosts various workshops - one of our most renown, being Hazel Raven&apos;s Crystal Course. Additionally there&apos;s on-site Massage training, Tarot workshops, Jackie Newcombe and Glennis Eckersley Angel Workshops, Sound Baths plus lots more. The small therapy room is used for a range of treatments from Reiki to Sports Massage, Physiotherapy &amp; Talking Therapy etc. Here at the MAB centre we&apos;re fortunate to have so many highly qualified and professional therapists working with us - which of course contributes to our exemplary reputation.

On the 2nd floor are the yoga studio &amp; training room, where a range of evening &amp; daytime relaxation and yoga classes take place. 

In other parts of the building we offer hypnotherapy NLP and Colour therapy alongside group therapies but one of our most wonderful attributes is our &apos;Couples &amp; Friends&apos; room which has two massage beds - wonderful if you want to have a massage as a couple or bring a friend for some pamper time.

These provide a full spectrum of experience ie, absolute beginners classes to IYN Teacher training certificates and yoga retreats.

Here are a few of the wonderful Crystals on Quentin&apos;s website but you can find lots more at <a href="http://www.rainbowavecrystal.co.uk">http://www.rainbowavecrystal.co.uk</a>

Quentin says...I&apos;m always on hand if you&apos;re looking for that special piece. Crystal Joy and Freedom Quentin D’silver 3

 will be only too happy to Rustle up some exquisite vegetarian and vegan food and when she is not available, Andrea also enjoys creating in the kitchen.

The ground floor Zen Lounge is where you&apos;ll truly find serendipity.

Rustle up some exquisite vegetarian and vegan food and when she is not available, Andrea also enjoys creating in the kitchen.

Yes I do agree with you Julian and as the Dalai Lama says If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims. Tenzin Dasal Julie Kelly

I know, and that is one of the reasons why I respect him and his beliefs. Science isn’t always right but it’s not a religion, it’s a practical system we use to find things out. There’s also still a whole lot we don’t know. Julian Smith

A beautifully relaxing space where our Buddha statue takes pride of place along with comfy sofa&apos;s, cushions &amp; rugs all designed for your total relaxation.

When you&apos;ve finished replenishing &amp; rebalancing the Mind Body &amp; Spirit, maybe a trip to one of the centre&apos;s Live Lounge music performances or a bite to eat. Our wonderful chef who also teaches at college, and once owned her own bistro, will be only too happy to

MInd and Body Centre and Yoga Studio 52 Bolton Street, Bury BL9 0LL Tel: 0161 764 1440 Subscribe on the website to the MAB email newsletter for the latest info. <a href="http://www.mindandbodybury.co.uk">www.mindandbodybury.co.uk</a> Put yourself on the email newsletter list here: <a href="http://eepurl.com/cO4l">http://eepurl.com/cO4l </a>For Hypnotherapy: <a href="http://www.andrealowehypnothera0py.co.uk">www.andrealowehypnothera0py.co.uk</a>

But if the mind is formless, how does it know how to form these perceptions - who tells it what things mean? Maurice Rumstol 

Rita is qualified under the British Wheel of Yoga which is a massive achievement but it doesn&apos;t stop there! She also has over 25 years as a qualified complimentary therapist.

What Rita doesn&apos;t know about yoga isn&apos;t worth knowing. With 30 yrs as a Yoga teacher, and a reputation that goes before her, it&apos;s little wonder she&apos;s constantly in demand. Rita teaches many styles of yoga to people of all age groups &amp; abilities looking to make positive changes to their mental &amp; physical health.

Despite being a busy lady, Rita has never stopped discovering &amp; promoting new and exciting ways of healing &amp; enhancing life. You can learn more about Rita&apos;s work on her website <a href="http://www.yogaforhealth.uk.com">http://www.yogaforhealth.uk.com</a>

About Yoga for Kids      &gt;-&gt;-&gt;-&gt;

Expert in the field of Indian &amp; Eastern healing, Julie Kelly&apos;s spiritual journey begins in 2010 after leaving her job as a social worker to travel India. Her many years in this wonderful oasis of Spirituality &amp; Culture has inspired the way she works today. Trained &amp; Qualified as an Ayurvedic Massage Healer, Julie now helps women across the UK to work through a range of health problems.

Julie also studied Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy in Dharamsala, at the home of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. As Julie explains, &quot;most health conditions whether spiritual, emotional or physical, are treatable by changing our mindset&quot; Ayurveda views the body like a circuit board, if one small connection breaks, everything starts to malfunction.&quot; Follow Julie&apos;s work or book your healing session on her Website: <a href="http://www.juliekelly.co.uk">http://www.juliekelly.co.uk</a> or at <a href="http://www.elephantjournal.com">http://www.elephantjournal.com</a> for published articles. Julie also has a range of books on Amazon you can also Contact Julie at <a href="http://kelly_julie1@sky.com">kelly_julie1@sky.com</a>

From time to time we all struggle to make sense of life. We need to look beyond the obvious for guidance &amp; answers. A TRADITIONAL Indian Oracle reading might be just what you need! Inspired by the ancient Hindu book the Bhagavad Gita, these amazingly powerful cards, have entered your life at just the right time. Experience a reading like never before! The Gita isn&apos;t a standard Tarot deck and the cards don&apos;t tell your &apos;fortune.&apos; The Gita oracle cards together with the strong intuition of the reader, provide the answers to many deep rooted issues holding you back in life.

Each reading costs £20 With Julie Kelly, Rochdale <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="http://kelly_julie1@sky.com">kelly_julie1@sky.com</a>

Quentin's Crystal Journey Something From The East: Ayurveda, Indian Oracle Readings Traditional Indian Massage Healing Yoga for Adults &amp; Kids Too with Rita Thompson Test Your knowledge - Ahimsa Soul Quiz Struggling to Calm the Mind? - Julie Kelly on Meditation Ahimsa Soul Quiz ANSWERS &amp; Spiritual Quotes Inspirational True Stories - Lesley Carter on Becoming a Healer Journey to the center of Bury for Mind and Body healing. Visit the Mind and Body &amp; Yoga Centre with Andrea &amp; Barry Todd Where is the Mind? Join Ahimsa&apos;s big debate

Struggling to calm the mind?

Just 15 minutes out of your day can be seriously life changing. 

Julie is based in Rochdale near Manchester, and is available

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We&apos;re always hearing about the benefits of &apos;quietening the mind&apos; but where exactly is it? This month Ahimsa held a Debate and here are some of your thoughts......

Tenzin Dasal Julie Kelly- Buddhism perceives the mind as a sense organ with many different levels completely separate from the physical body. A laptop connects to the Internet, but we can&apos;t physically see the energy making it work. The brain is physical, it controls all aspect of our body including the 5 senses. It&apos;s also matter and will be found if a surgeon cuts open the skull. Even though the brain controls these five things - It&apos;s the mind that forms perceptions and opinions on the information gathered. For example, I know Africa is a hot country. I&apos;ve never been there but I know for it&apos;s hot. My eyes have seen pictures of Africa, but my mind has concluded that Africa is hot. Buddhism sees mind as formless, untraceable to any parts of the body. If it were made up of particles and energies, it would have form.

Tenzin Dasal Julie Kelly- Yes I agree Julian. The Dalai Lama says If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims. Julian Smith- I know, and that&apos;s one of the reasons why I respect him and his beliefs. Science isn’t always right but it’s not a religion, it’s a practical system we use to find things out. There’s also still a whole lot we don’t know. Julian Smith- Let’s say an advanced version of Buddhism can be at peace with science, but that spiritualism is in trouble, as are fundamentalists in other religions. Tenzin Dasal Julie Kelly - I can agree to a point but spiritualism exists in Buddhism as does clairvoyance. HH has an oracle directing him through life on the advice of spirits. Maurice Rumstol - But if the mind is formless, how does it know how to form these perceptions - who tells it what things mean? Tenzin Dasal Julie Kelly - That&apos;s a great question Maurice. From a Buddhist perspective, the mind brings information called subtle consciousness when it enters each new life. Buddhism believes the mind or consciousness travels with us from one life to the next. So the things we know in this life, come from information we&apos;ve gathered in our past.

The aim of Ahimsa, is to reach out to as many people as possible, but it&apos;s difficult to do without your input. Some might say I&apos;ve got too much time on my hands😊 but I&apos;ve been thinking for a while now about how we need more spirituality &amp; healing in the world. The magazine is FREE to advertise and FREE to get, we just need your personal stories &amp; ads about the work you do. Maybe you discovered your gift of healing by accident, or in strange circumstances? Maybe you&apos;re just looking to promote yourself, and let others know what you do. Whatever your reason for wanting to share......Here&apos;s the place to do it! This month&apos;s magazine has been a great success, but it can only keep going if people contribute their articles, experiences and advertisements etc. If you&apos;re spiritually minded, or you want to share your spiritual experiences please get in touch at <a href="http://kelly_julie1@sky.com">Kelly_Julie1 @sky.com</a> or you can visit my website at <a href="http://www.juliekelly.co.uk">www.juliekelly.co.uk</a>

Here at Ahimsa it&apos;s such a great privilege to have someone as knowledgeable about Crystals as Quentin D&apos;Silver! Quentin&apos;s journey with the crystal and mineral kingdom has been an interesting one spanning over many years. &quot;In fact says Quentin, it&apos;s been both life long and deeply personal.&quot; Some time ago explains Quentin, I was asked what I wanted from the crystals and my reply was colour, joy &amp; more understanding of Mother Earth.&quot;

Hi my name is Quentin. I&apos;m the curator to the Crystals at RainbowAve Crystal. 1

Years later, the same question came but my answer was so different - &apos;Healing&apos; was my reply. There are many answers I could give ie, transformation; surrender, acceptance &amp; forgiveness. Honestly though, today the crystals symbolise truly meeting oneself in full glory. Every crystal on the website is hand chosen by its energy, not its appearance or size. My role today I consider to be - Keeper of crystals awaiting their guardians. The crystals are for collectors, therapists &amp; personal inner journeys.

More on Quentin overleaf -&gt; -&gt;-&gt;

This month&apos;s inspirational true story was submitted by a lady called Lesley Carter. Lesley contacted me at Ahimsa to ask if she could tell her story of how she discovered her own powers of healing, and with a story like this- how could I refuse? As Lesley explained. I&apos;ve always been skeptical about anything spiritual. In fact I would&apos;ve been the first to say spiritual or psychic healing was nothing more than a figment of the imagination or at least, coincidental. That was until my dad had a fall whilst out walking. He&apos;d always liked to stroll in the park, but over the years he&apos;d got quite bad on his legs. One day, the weakness in his legs became obvious when he slipped in the mud. Weeks passed, he became increasingly depressed. He was basically bedridden and loaded with painkillers. It was so depressing to see him like this. he seemed to be getting worse instead of better. Anyway one particular morning after he had his cup of tea, he quite innocently said to me &quot;Leslie get some of that oil your mum keeps in the cabinate, and see if you can do anything with your healing hands on this back of mine&quot;. My mother always kept a lot of different oils that she never used, so I did a bit of googling to see which oils were good for back problems. Anyway I blended some together and rubbed it into my hands ready to

Rita is available to bring Yoga into your school so if you&apos;d like to give it a try - Contact Rita Thompson on 07935 964137 or Message her on Facebook. You can find more about Rita&apos;s work at <a href="http://www.yogaforhealth.uk.com">http://www.yogaforhealth.uk.com</a>

Rita Thompson also teaches &apos;yoga for kids&apos; at a local school. The feedback has been incredibly positive. In the future, Rita hopes to introduce Yoga in as many schools as possible so that more children can share &amp; experience the wonderful benefits it brings. As Rita explains; &quot; Yoga not only improves focus &amp; concentration in our children, it also has huge benefits to physical, mental &amp; emotional health.&quot; Rita&apos;s yoga sessions are great fun too as she incorporates activities guaranteed to expand and develop the creative mind, alongside improving health. An ever increasing number of schools are now including Yoga into their curriculum.

What fun it&apos;s been putting everything together. The idea behind Ahimsa magazine, was born from the need to connect with the world on a much deeper &amp; spiritual level - What better way than through social networking? We&apos;re all light workers, every minute of every day we transform lives. A kind word, a smile or other types of healing all make such a huge difference. The word AHIMSA relates to Hindu/Buddhist tradition &amp; means &apos;non violence.&apos; In recent years however, we have inflicted so much stress on our minds &amp; bodies, mostly through trying to cope with the changing economic climate &amp; demands of life. Stress &amp; sickness levels have risen, particularly in the workplace which could be why more people are exploring alternative ways of living such as Mindfulness, Yoga &amp; Meditation etc. There are many great healers &amp; spiritual practitioners out there so why not connect with those who need your gift? Featuring in Ahimsa is absolutely FREE! Share your inspirational stories or details of the work you do with the world. Just email me the details at kelly_julie1@sky.com with a few pictures it&apos;s that simple!

Be kind to yourself, Every minute of every day. Just in case people forget to tell you Just how totally wonderful you are.

Ideally you should meditate for 20 minutes each day But ......if you're too busy, you should do an hour Zen Quote

STRUGGLING to CALM the MIND

Ideally you should sit in meditation for 20 minutes per day Unless you&apos;re too busy - then you should sit for 1 hour Zen Quote

1- Are there physical changes to the brain when we meditate? Yes/No 2- What does OM represent? 3- What Chemical is released when we laugh? 4- Who was Prince Siddhartha Gautama? 5- What do the words Qi Gong mean? 6- Who would use a Gurdwara for prayer? 7- What is being described here? a Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which, including breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures, is widely practised for health and relaxation. 8- Whats the purpose of a mindfulness? 9 - Some believe, the angles of your furniture impacts physical, spiritual &amp; mental well-being. How is this better known? 10 - White Light is made from every colour in the rainbow - TRUE or FALSE?

Ayurveda is the most ancient form of Indian health care. Unlike Western medicine which treats mental &amp; physical conditions separately, Ayurveda recognises the interconnectedness of all conditions. When we feel mentally off balance, there may be physical pain or discomfort &amp; vice versa.

massage my dads back, but something happened that I&apos;ve never been able to explain. Somehow I knew there was no need to massage his back but only to put my hand in the place that was hurt. Don&apos;t ask me how I knew because I really can&apos;t explain it - I just did. The feeling was like an overwhelming surge of love and compassion that almost reduced me to tears. A knot formed in the pit of my stomach, the kind you get when something is so overwhelming you can hardly bear it. To be honest I had no idea at that point what was happening to me, only that the energy would flow through my hands if I placed them on my dads back - so that&apos;s what I did. The affected area on my dad&apos;s back had a kind of glow to it underneath my hands as I placed them. It&apos;s really difficult to believe I know, I can hardly explain it myself but it happened. He complained that the oil I was using on his back was too hot, but in fact it was the energy coming through my hands. To cut a long story short, within two days he was out of bed and sitting on the sofa. Admittedly he could only sit for a short period of time before the pain started again but it was a start. This was far more than he&apos;d been able to do in the past few weeks, and so I continued until he was up and walking about again.

My belief in healing has changed, recently I&apos;ve tried it on another family member with the same results. This is something I don&apos;t like to use publicly, to be honest I&apos;m not yet at that stage but I wanted to share my story with your readers and to describe what the experience feels like

If you have a story to share - get in touch on Facebook or email me at <a href="http://kelly_julie1@sky.com">kelly_julie1@sky.com</a>

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