MOTHERHOOD

"About every true mother there is a sancity of martyrdom-
and when she is no more in the body, her children see her with
the ring of light around her head."

Godey's Lady's Book, 1867

THE ART OF DOMESTIC BLISS

.....in a time lacking in certainty and filled with anguish and despair, no woman should be shamefaced in attempting to give back to the world, through her work, a portion of it's lost heart. -Louise Bogan
“And there are my children!
My darling, precious children!
For their sakes I am continually constrained
to seek after an amended, a sanctified life;
what I want them to become
I must become myself”.

~ Elizabeth Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Yoga Poses for Hormonal Stimulation and to Rejuvenate the Body

The Supported Headstand (Salamba Sirsasana)


This yoga pose is not for beginners and should not be performed if you have a heart condition, are on your period, have neck or back problems, are pregnant, have high or low blood pressure, or have a headache.

If you trying this yoga pose for for the first time, do not hold this pose for more than a few seconds.

  1. Get a floor mat and lay down in child’s pose (see below for how to do child’s pose).
  2. Keep your forearms on the floor and clasp your hands together, placing your head between your hands.
  3. Take a deep breath in and pull your legs off the ground, closer to your head.
  4. Breath outwards and pull your legs upwards, heels pointing up, using your thighs to stretch.
  5. Stretch your legs until they are completely straight against the wall. Do not bend your knees.
  6. Hold this pose for 10 seconds if you can.
  7. To come back down, do this pose in reverse and finish with the child’s pose.

The Bridge Pose (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana)

For this yoga pose you will want to get a thick blanket to put behind your head and neck to prevent injuries.

  1. Lie flat on your back with your feet together and the soles of your feet touching your buttocks and your knees bent.
  2. Breathe out and push your feet and arms into the ground while gently lifting your buttocks off the floor.
  3. Lift your chin, and lengthen your spine.
  4. Stay in this position for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Exhale and slowly lower your torso back on to the floor.

Yoga Poses for Hormonal Stimulation and to Rejuvenate the Body

The Child’s Pose (Balasana)


One of the simplest yoga poses, child pose helps the body to release any tension, stretch the shoulders and improve the breath.

  1. Sit on your knees with your arms at the sides.
  2. Inhale and while exhaling, bend your body forward over your knees with your chest touching your thighs.
  3. Touch the floor with your forehead and keep your hands along the back of the body by the side.
  4. Continue breathing and only release this pose when you feel all your stress draining away.

The Bound Angle Pose (Baddha Konasana)

An excellent pose to stretch the inside calves and to stimulate the ovaries.

  1. Sit on the floor with your legs stretched out. Next, bend your knees and let your heels touch at your pelvis. Lower your knees as much as possible.

  2. Use your fingers grab each of your toes while keeping the outer edge of the soles firmly grounded.
  3. Stretch your upper torso and keep the shoulder blades firm.
  4. Continue with this pose for 1 to 5 minutes. After that, exhale and extend your legs to the original seated position.

Yoga Poses to Aid the Abs and the Reproductive Regions

The Lotus Pose (Padmasana)


Although you will not be able to do this your first try, with practice you will be able to easily do a lotus pose.

The lotus pose centers the body, aids the abdominal muscles and reproductive areas.

  1. Start by sitting down cross-legged as you normally would.
  2. Then slowly lift the right leg, bending at the hip not the knee.
  3. Place the right foot lightly in the bend of your left arm and the right knee in the bend of your right arm.
  4. Relax and slowly put the right foot over the left thigh with the right knee touching the floor.
  5. Repeat the sequence with the left leg.
  6. Let your index and thumb fingers of each hand touch and rest each arm on your legs.

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An Island of Security....A Mother at Home

Very largely does the wife hold in her hands, as a sacred trust, the happiness and the highest good of the hearts that nestle there. In the last analysis, home happiness depends on the wife.
  • Her spirit gives the home its atmosphere.
  • Her hands fashion its beauty.
  • Her heart makes its love.
And the end is so worthy, so noble, so divine, that no woman who has been called to be a wife, and has listened to the call, should consider any price too great to pay, to be . . .

the light,
the joy,
the blessing,
the inspiration,
of a home.

The woman who makes a sweet, beautiful home, filling it with love and prayer and purity, is doing something better than anything else her hands could find to do beneath the skies.

A true mother is one of the holiest secrets of home happiness.

God sends many beautiful things to this world,

many noble gifts;

but no blessing is richer than that which He bestows

in a mother

who has learned love's lessons well,

and has realized something of the meaning

of her sacred calling.










~ J. R. Miller, "Secrets of Happy Home Life, 1894" ~