| A
Lifetime of
Devotion
 The
Honoring Your Belly practice is my lifeline. Doing it,
I feel centered, confident, creative, upbeat. Yet
some mornings, a sly voice in my mind says "You don't
need to do it. You don't have time. Do something productive." Recently,
I let three weeks go by without doing the practice.
No surprise: I had a big case of the blahs. One
morning, bored with the blahs, I eased myself into Side
Stretches, Diagonal
Stretches, and on. Spending
no more than ten minutes on the belly-energizing exercises,
I immediately felt better: centered, confident, creative,
upbeat. Finishing
the sequence, I noticed I was humming a tune. Searching
my memory, I came up with the lyrics: “If
you feel like giving me a lifetime of devotion, I second
that emotion.” What's
more important than tending to the soul-power sheltered
in my body's center? The
voice singing out from my center of being serenades
me with the truth. Now,
with a grin, I move into my practice singing out "This
is dedicated to the one I love." Wishing
you well,
Lisa
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| Ancient
Connections... | ...offer
us a modern survival skill. Since
the publication of The
Woman's Belly Book, I've been studying aspects of
Egyptian temple science and Chinese practices in internal
alchemy. I
love how these ancient traditions affirm the power-centering
practice that developed, largely intuitively, from my
experience of yoga. Let's
look into an Egyptian connection. As
seen in the Rite
for Reconsecrating Our Womanhood, the 17th gesture
animates the five-pointed star. As we enact this gesture,
Rise
into Standing, we embody a new degree of freedom. Here's
the image of Hathor that illustrates this
gesture. 
Five-pointed
stars spangle the belly
and flanks of this image
of Hathor.
Thebes, Egypt. c. 1000 BCE
In
Egyptian tradition, Hathor is the "Great One of Many
Names," a goddess active in every aspect of life and
death. All
the Honoring
Your Belly movement and breathing exercises prepare
for and culminate in Alignment.
This gesture activates the "hara line," the column of
energy connecting universal spirit, your soul purpose,
your belly center, and the earth's center. 
Alignment
The
energy of Hathor and meditation on the hara line are
important elements in the work of acclaimed sound healer
Tom
Kenyon. He
suggests — and I agree — that cultivating
our connection
with heaven and earth through the body's central channel
enables us to prosper amid the profound natural and
cultural changes
likely to occur in the days to come. The
Honoring
Your Belly sequence empowers our alignment with
heaven and earth. It's a practice with ancient connections
— and modern application as a core survival skill. |
| New
Email Address | I'm
saying "bye-bye" to Earthlink. If your address
book lists: bellyqueen(at)earthlink(dot)net
lisasarasohn(at)earthlink(dot)net please
change those addresses to: lisa(at)lisasarasohn(dot)com Still
good to go are addresses at: lisa(at)loveyourbelly(dot)com
news(at)loveyourbelly(dot)com |
| | Memorial
Poems |  I'm
pleased to announce my newest service — crafting
Memorial
Poems to honor loved ones who have passed.
For
examples of poems, client comments, and details about
the co-creative process, see lisasarasohn.com/memorialpoems
How
do Memorial Poems relate to celebrating the belly and
its power? Our
ancestors knew the earth's center, and woman's center,
as both womb and tomb. New life emerges from the center.
When it's spent, life returns to the source in preparation
for rebirth. As
seen in the Rite
for Reconsecrating Our Womanhood, the power-centering
gestures enact the belly's capacity to give forth, receive,
and return life. Circular
Squat, for example, replicates the ancient icon
of the birth-giver. Releasing
to Ground animates the hook, the spiral's first
turning, carved into ancient grave markers. Squat
to Full Standing animates the lily, symbol of regeneration. Memorial
Poems honor both the living and the dead, offering
both completion and continuity in the cycling of life. More | | Honoring
Your Belly DVD | 
| Learn
and practice the power-centering moves with this updated
edition:
• menus & navigation
•
centering meditation
• full-body relaxation
•
poem & narrative:
"Naming
Ourselves Sacred"
"Ritual
of Creation"
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Liberating Experience!
"After
my first time with this DVD, I did my best writing ever.
After a year of struggle, I finally found my voice —
clear, purposeful, incisive, unapologetic, playful.
Every
woman deserves this liberating experience!"
Laura
Frisbie • Beat
Depression Naturally
Leicester, NC | More
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| | Belly
Laughs |  My
next adventure is a film that folds The
Woman's Belly Book into story form. Fun!
One
of the film's highlights: a benefit comedy show for
the local rape crisis center. Do
you have some favorite jokes on the theme of women's
power, sexual or otherwise? If so, send 'em on. The
jokes
I've gathered so far are mildly to moderately male-bashing.
Let's see if we can get some cruelty-free laughs going!
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