Top-Down Yoga, NYC
Welcome to Top Down Yoga, New York City
WATCH Lorin's TDY intro video from this event at
http://www.remyc.com/Deepak/coalition_for_onevoice.html
Dear Friends,
One of the most exciting events of the year is coming October 15th. It
will be a major networking event and a chance for all the spiritual
communities and like-minded individuals to meet each other, exchange
information and see how we can form local alliances for various causes.
Our local meeting is connected to happenings both nationally and
internationally with an organization called The Alliance for a New
Humanity. Its president Deepak Chopra will be with us in New York to
speak about the unfolding process at this point in our collective
evolution. Deepak will be joined by Andrew Cohen, Alex Grey and all of
us to see how we can create a new order of humanity. I will be the MC
for the afternoon as we weave together the various different and unique
strands of our collective communities.
So be there with a "Passion to Connect' and lets see what we can do to
make a difference. Please pass this on to everyone you know in order to
make this a truly wonderous meeting of like minds and souls.
Thank you,
Alan Steinfeld
newrealities@earthlink.net
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Inviting all the "conscious communities" in New York City and
surrounding areas to come together!
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With Deepak Chopra
Andrew Cohen
Alex Grey
Judy Martin
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15TH
2PM TO 6PM
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at SPIRIT NEW YORK
530 WEST 27TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY
(between 10th and 11th Avenues)
A donation of $10 cash at the door to pay for expenses
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The Social Engagement System
And Top-Down Yoga
Recent understanding of a third branch of intelligence in the autonomic nervous system, by Dr. Stephen Porges and others, has led to the confirmation of a neurological basis for what Porges has termed "The Social Engagement System." This framework and other developments in the understanding of the biological underpinnings of human consciousness have led to the development of a user-friendly and precise method of beneficial self-regulation called Top-Down Yoga. This innovative tool for strengthening the Social Engagement System provides a means whereby people across social and political divides can overcome the many impediments they face to peace, economic and ecological viability and personal and cultural fulfillment.
The gentle movements of Top-Down Yoga release constriction at key anatomical points to free the meuroanatomical structures of the Social Engagement System to operate at their best. The ensuing chemical changes translate into a positive and dynamic state of consciousness. Easy to learn and simple to perform, Top-Down Yoga can be used by anyone almost anywhere, sitting in a chair, standing or lying down.
Here's how it works: the cranial nerves, identified as a part of the Social Engagement System, emerge from the brain stem. If the deep muscles of the neck are chronically tense, they become irritated and their function lacks adequate coherence to provide an alternative experience to separation and conflict. By gently releasing these structures, changes in the the tissues and fluids of the body foster a felt sense of security and openness within the flux of the dynamically emerging universe.
The Social Engagement System is a synergistic functioning of five cranial nerves that coordinates and integrates head-turning, looking, listening, vocal communication and facial expression with cardiac output. Freed to function optimally, the SES works to ground the human experience and expression in love and social bonding. Dr. Jim Oschman states, "Social bonds" are scientifically described as a powerful form of learning regulated by long-lasting changes in the brain and endocrine system. Regulation of cardiac output induces a positive state of stasis [immobilization] that conserves precious life energy and establishes the primacy of the warm-blooded current of heart 'consciousness' as the bodymind's central organizing mechanism.
Top-Down Yoga works to unify the most primitive neurological organizations of the brainstem with the most evolutionarily advanced organization of the Social Engagement System. It is an embodiment practice that encourages the optimal flow of cerebrospinal fluid while activating the potent neuropeptide "messenger molecules" that coordinate almost all physiological and emotional processes of the body at the cellular level.
When the cranial nerves of the Social Engagement System are not functioning optimally, the nervous system becomes overloaded with messages from the structures of the reptilian brain, driving the whole toward dualistic thinking and mood collapse. A large majority of humanity suffers from chronic stress, anxiety or depression.
The upward shift of neurological organization fostered by Top-Down Yoga transforms these conditions at their root level, generating an instantaneous shift towards the perception of wholeness and freedom from the chatter of lower brain dominance. Most people feel immediately soothed and calmed. Practiced with regularity, these
feeling states become habitual and self-renewing.
A new model for evolutionary advancement
The established model of the autonomic nervous system describes only two branches: the sympathetic and parasympathetic – a representation that has been shown to be incomplete. A third branch of intelligence, appearing first in mammals, introduces an autonomic alternative beyond the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems, one that sparks and maintains the higher-level social functions of mammalian – and human –
existence.
Humanity, expressed individually, as society or as a species – as chronically stuck in a less-than-optimal autonomic state that compels competition and divisiveness -- simply lacks the resources of energy, awareness and inspiration necessary to adapt to internal or external challenge.
Alternatively, we can come from a position of wholeness and connection. We can merge without loss of individuality to collaborate creatively. We are a field-like property of natural light that is the evolutionary body of humanity.
Top-Down Yoga directly activates the most potent, positive neurochemistry of human being. The simple movements and postures of the practice create a novel context from which to explore one's own experience. The results are individual growth and evolution and the development of the collective wisdom. Perhaps more invitingly, they also serve as an excellent aid to the rest and the equanimity of deep meditation. Moreover, Top-Down Yoga offers the mind training necessary to embody dynamic wholeness. Perhaps, by using a practice that binds our primitive impulses together with our evolutionary potential, we may, in the words of Dane Rudhyar, "begin again together."
TOP DOWN YOGA LINKS
and, tdynyc.50megs.com,
Contact Lorin at
805 252 0244
For more on Top-Down Yoga, see
and
Harmonic Continuum
http://harmoniccontinuum.50megs.com
Would you like to become more resilient? Relieve chronic stress? Or refresh yourself on the go? Or face your challenges with more serenity? Who wouldn't?
Top-Down Yoga is a self-help technique for everyone who wants to manage stress and find more balance in life. You don't need to be athletic or spiritual to benefit from these simple psychophysical exercises. Anyone can do it! And you can learn it easily and apply it anywhere you are, immediately. There are no convoluted positions to master and no theory necessary for its application. You CAN do it at any fitness level, well or sick! and gain immediate benefits. You perform it on yourself, by yourself. Take back control of your mindbody and experience the joy of being pro-active in your self care management. Mobilize your Inner Healer.
Contact Lorin Kiely at 805 252 0244,
topdownyoga@gmail.com
http://topdownyoga.50megs.com and
http://harmoniccontinuum.50megs.com
TOP DOWN YOGA in NYC
Please explore www.topdownyoga.50megs.com , www.harmoniccontinuum.50megs.com, and, in construction, www.tdynyc.50megs.com, Contact Lorin at topdownyoga@gmail.com, or 805 252 0244
Energy Therapist & Speaker, Lorin Kiely
