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Its Kayleigh!! Walking the train tracks in Sri lanka <3 (https://www.facebook.com/kayleigh.r.carroll)

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Nabhi Kriya to Set The Navel Centre - Kundalini Yoga 

this kriya changed me. when I first started my teacher training course, someone advised me that to be a good teacher, it’s important to practice nabhi kriya for 40 days. despite finding it absurdly difficult at the time, i wanted to be the best teacher i could possibly be so i went for it. this kriya built my confidence, helped me to assert and project myself, motivated and inspired me, built my personal power, helped me find balance within myself, gave me a greater knowing of my own personal identity (and of course it gave me a stomach of steel!). some people have gone as far as to say this kriya has saved their life! if need be, half time the exercises and build up to the full time. close your eyes, do your best, and take a walk to the sky. good luck sweet ones <3

Nabhi refers to the nerve plexus around the navel point. This set focuses on developing the strength of the navel point. Times indicated are for advanced students. To begin practice, start with 3 to 5 minutes for the longer exercises. Together, these exercises get the abdominal area in shape quickly and activate the power of the Third Chaka.

1) Alternate Leg Lifts. On back, inhale and lift right leg up to 90 degrees. Exhale and lower it. Repeat with left leg. Continue alternate leg lifts with deep powerful breathing for 10 minutes.
This is for the lower digestive area.

2) Leg Lifts. Without pause lift both legs up to 90 degrees on inhale and lower them on exhale. For balance and energy, have the arms stretched straight up palms facing each other. 5 minutes.
This is for the upper digestion and solar plexus.

3) Knees to chest. Bend knees and clasp them to chest with the arms, allowing the head to relax back. Rest in this position for 5 minutes.
This eliminates gas and relaxes the heart.

4) Beginning in position 3, inhale, open the arms straight out to the sides on the ground and extend the legs straight out to 60 degrees. Exhale and return to original position. Repeat and continue for 15 minutes.
This charges the magnetic field and opens the navel center.

5) Leg Lift. On back bring left knee to the chest, hold it there with both hands and rapidly raise the right leg up to 90 degrees and down, inhaling up, exhaling down, for 1 minute. Switch legs and repeat for 1 minute. Repeat the complete cycle once more.
This sets the hips and lower spine.

6) Front Bends. Stand up straight, raising arms overhead, hugging ears and press fingers back so that palms face the sky or ceiling. Exhale as you bend forward to touch the ground, keeping the arms straight and hugging ears, and inhale up, very slowly with deep breathing. On exhale apply mulbandh. Continue at a slow pace for 2 minutes, then more rapidly for 1 more minute.

This is for the entire spinal fluid and the aura.

7) Totally relax or meditate for l0 minutes.

let all that hard work work for you x

As soon as  am able to bend my knee normally I will be doing this every morning <3 Happy healing

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freemindfreebody:

cs-k:

gogovegan:

never-no-more:

myownhell:

permalight:

namesofthedead:

roxannetixa:

thegirlwhocriedwolfe:

You know what, Tumblr? To hell with it! Hell I say! I will post multiple photographs of my face ‘cause my scars are fancy as fuck.

what’s the meaning for her? i allways look at this things very spiritualy, if it doesn’t have a meaning is just a lil stupid, fashion banalizes everyting

Um, no. People are not obliged to list the meanings behind how they choose to modify themselves just so you can decide it’s not ‘stupid’ and ‘fashion’. The motivations for modifying oneself are pretty often something that people aren’t comfortable talking about in public and that doesn’t diminish them in the slightest.

Ruby chose to scar her face because… she chose to scar her face. It looks wonderful and fits her perfectly and that is all.

Personally, I don’t talk about what my tattoos or scars mean because they are deeply personal choices I made for myself and frankly it’s not anyone’s business apart from the few people I am closest to.

^^^^

not only is this an incredibly beautiful piece of scarification work, but this rant about motives for modifications couldn’t be any more on point. 

Yep.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE DEEP INTENSE MEANINGS OR BELIEFS TO JUSTIFY CHANGING YOUR OWN BODY. 

If you think that it’s stupid that someone doesn’t have a reason (read: excuse) to get something done, then that’s cool.  Keep that opinion to yourself.  It’s my body, and the beauty of that is that it’s my body and I can do whatever I damn well please to it. 

Surprise, Suprise, Tumblverse…the vast majority of the things I have done to my body have very little to no meaning behind them other than fostering my love for art, creativity, individuality, and whatever else I happen to like at the time.  If something does have deep and personal inspiration behind it, I’d probably still just keep it to myself (because it’s personal, duh).  Disappointed?  Sorry, not sorry.  Don’t need to hear what you want (want, not have) to say about it!

I know this doesn’t follow what everyone else is saying (sammy, casey, etc… p.s. I totally agree you don’t need to have some fucking life changing story to get something on your body!! I have all sorts of things that do mean something to me or did at one point but don’t now…) BUT I’ve been wanting to see a photo of this piece’s healing progress! Looks amazing!! :)

pssshhhhh, people watch too much fucking Miami ink.

So, the three stars on your hip are dedicated to your hamster that died in the vietnam war and that’s why they’re better than this girls facial scar…

This goes for dreads too. I get it allll the time asking me why I have them and I reply with “so why have you dyed your hair red” or “why have you got a fringe”. Because i like em thats why :) Outward self expression is fantastic and to see the ways that people show their personalities through the way they modify and dress themselves makes this world all the more vibrant. Who wants to be a zombie, shirt and tie, the same boots and bag as the next Tom, Dick or Harry? Bring the colour, bring the diversity.

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poorartists:

Paige Bradley created one of the most striking sculptures I’ve seen in recent times. Her masterpiece, entitled Expansion, is a beautiful woman seeking inner piece but fractured and bleeding with light. “From the moment we are born, the world tends to have a container already built for us to fit inside: a social security number, a gender, a race, a profession,” says Bradley. “I ponder if we are more defined by the container we are in than what we are inside. Would we recognize ourselves if we could expand beyond our bodies?”

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dionnesyl:

So I came home from school to see my 7 year old sister putting skittles with my antidepressants, I went up to her and asked “Hey what you doing?” She looked at me, smiled and said “Skittles make me happy so I put them with your medicine that makes you happy so you can be extra happy.” That was the cutest thing i’ve ever heard.

that almost made me cry aw

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Malcolm Liepke, Woman’s Hips, 2013

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