The Blissful Body Yoga Blog has moved to http://blissfulbodyyoga.blogspot.com/

Namaste Blissful Body Yoga blog readers! The Blissful Body Yoga blog has moved permanently to the following address on blogger:

http://blissfulbodyyoga.blogspot.com/

And you can keep up with everything I’m doing by following me on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/BlissfullyTeal

Blogger has always been my main site for the blog, and I had been basically copying all my post from that blog to this one, and my Tumblr blog, but I have been doing SO many post it has gotten too difficult to keep up with. I hope you will go to http://blissfulbodyyoga.blogspot.com/

and subscribe to my feed there so that you don’t miss a thing.

A lot of new, great things are coming from Blissful Body Yoga this year, and next, including the premiere of Blissful Body Yoga audio download meditations, available soon on yogadownload.com!! I am so excited about these. They are my offering to you, to bring yoga to your home and to help it grow in your life.

In the meanwhile, you many not be aware of my other blogs. I also write the Daily Gratitude Blog which can be subscribed to here:

http://dailygratitudeblog.blogspot.com

Many of you are familiar with my fine art and work as a graphic designer. I started a blog to showcase my own work, and work of other independant artists, called the Teal Designs Art Studio Blog. It can be found here:

http://tealdesigns.blogspot.com/

Prints on paper and canvas of some of my fine art work is available on ImageKind here:

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If you need a graphic designer with 15 years experience in designing for print and web, look no further. You can few a portion of my portfolio on my Teal Designs site here:

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Or contact me directly at, teal@tealdesigns.net

And of course a lot of you have been visiting my CafePress site for yoga inspired clothing and gifts, and…ahem..funny t-shirts, mostly inspired by friends and my husband, Mike. Thanks for making this the Blissful Body Yoga Store on CafePress so successful.

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Thank you for all your support. If you love the Blissful Body Yoga blog please subscibe, and concider donating at my main site,

http://www.blissfulbodyyoga.com

or the blog

http://blissfulbodyyoga.blogspot.com/

May you be happy

May you be free from all suffering

Om Shanti, Shanti Shanti

Teal Marie Chimblo, Owner/Teacher, Blissful Body Yoga

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Continuing
our series on supporting your body and spirit as we transition into the
fall and winter seasons I have a few tips and products that will
support your respiratory system.

Both
autumn and winter can be very challenging to sinuses and the
respiratory system. The changing climate, seasonal allergies, and dryer
air are a few things that contribute. The good news is an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure;
if you do the right things to support and build your immune system you
will be much less likely to get sick. So, here are a few things to try:

Give Your Sinuses a Bath with a Neti Pot
If you don’t already have a neti pot,
I HIGHLY recommend that you get one. I use mine every day, sometimes
twice a day, and I almost NEVER get sick. If I do get something it is
always the lightest little version and it goes away quickly. Using a
neti pot regularly has also decreased my seasonal allergies by about
90%. I have very little symptoms anymore. Neti pots have been used in
India and in Ayurvedic medicine for a very long time; the term comes from the Sanskrit, jala net
out of the back of my throat as well. This may seem really gross at
first, but I promise you the results are worth it! i, which literally
means “to irrigate with water”, and this practice keeps the sinus cavities clean and clear. To use a neti pot dissolve a teaspoon of sea salt
in 2 cups warm water (don’t use tap water that is unfiltered, the
chlorine content tends to burn the nose a bit), and pour into the net
pot. Go to a sink and tilt your head to one side. Place the neti pot in
the opening of one nostril and begin pouring the water. The solution
will go up into your sinus, give them a flush, and then pour back out
the other nostril. Repeat on the other side. If you tilt your head back
slightly, the water will head toward the back of your throat and then
you can kind of hack it out. Sorry, no other way of saying it. I find
that helps to clear the gunk at the back of the throat. Youtube has A
LOT of videos on this, and I know Oprah featured neti pots at some
point so you many be able to find some video of that out there. Here is
one to get you started:

You can purchase neti pots from The Heritage Store, and they have another product that I highly recommend for respiratory care, called Alka-Thyme.
It is a wonderful, refreshing mouthwash and gargle that really cleans
and alkalizes the mouth. It can also be used as a topical pack if you
feel a sinus or respiratory infection coming on. Just soak a wash cloth
in Alka-Thyme and place over the sinus/forehead area, or over the
glands on the throat, and on the chest. This is also a gentle and
appropriate remedy for children, especially right before they go to
sleep to help relieve congestion. I have started adding a 1/4 tsp of
Alka-Thyme to my neti pot saline mixture and it is very refreshing.
Alka-Thyme contains sodium bicarbonate which is another substance
recommended for sinus irrigation.

Support Your Respiratory System Naturally with Mother Earth’s Respiratory Tonic
This is another favorite of mine from The Heritage Store.
It is a great support for the respiratory system and really helps
relieve the congestion and tightness associated with allergies and
colds. Their product description explains the active ingredients:

“Mother
Earth’s is a therapeutic combination of horehound, which soothes
irritated mucous tissues, wild cherry bark to alleviate respiratory
distress, rhubarb, which cleanses the system, and elixir of wild ginger
for toning the digestive tract, preserved with grain alcohol in a honey
and syrup base. This gentle, pleasant-tasting tonic is safe and
effective for children and adults, just as Mother Earth intended.”

This
is the kind of product I seek out and use because it supports the body
in it’s own wisdom and healing process, instead of bombarding it with
chemicals that only treat symptoms and often lead to rebound effects
worse that the original illness!

Humidify, humidify!…and Open Your Windows
One
of the reasons colds and flus increase in the fall and winter seasons
is that as it gets colder we tend to close up our houses, thus locking
in stale air, dust and germs. Even during the coldest months if you can
air out your house for a few minutes each day, you can prevent this
stagnation.

Running a humidifier, at least at night when you
sleep, is another big one. We do this for babies all the time, and it
is one of the best ways to keep from getting sick. When sinus passages
dry out the friendly mucus
that provides a barrier to germs is reduced. Keep your mucus healthy!
Humidifiers are very inexpensive and can be found online or at any drug
store or department store near you.

Well, I hope you find these
tips useful. Please share in your comments any favorites you may have
for keeping the body and spirit healthy during this turn of the
seasonal wheel.

Also, for more good information check out this episode from Vitamin Junkeys 5 Tips to Survive Allergy Season Ep 19.

And don’t forget about drinking lots of Yogi Tea! it is a great support for the whole body. Find ideas for nourishing, warming meals for the winter months, here.

May you be happy, may you be filled with radiant health!

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