Living From The Heart | Go Red For Women

"Living From The Heart" was the topic for
of the Educational Panel Discussion for New York City’s Go Red For Women Luncheon this year.  I was delighted to be able to attend and  reflect on the whole month of February for heart health awareness.

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"Living From The Heart - Moderator:
Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum – Director of Women and Heart Disease, Heart and Vascular Institute, Lenox Hill Hospital, North Shore-LIJ Health Systems
Panelists:
Dr. Jennifer Mieres - Professor of Cardiology and Population Health, and Senior Vice President, Community and Public Health, North Shore-LIJ Health Systems
Lisa Oz - Producer, writer, actress, and frequent co-host of The Dr. Oz Show on Oprah & Friends’ XM radio telecast
Agapi Stassinopoulos- author, speaker, Huffington Post regular and author of Unbinding the Heart
JuE Wong – CEO, StriVectin
This panel is an opportunity to further educate and engage women about heart healthy living, with an intimate discussion around specific topics. Our passion is to educate women on how true health stems from living a heart-centered life. 

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Check out this week's episode of Yoga Flava TV for the highlights of "Living From The Heart":

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Camel Pose For Your Heart Health

Camel Pose by Robin Downes of Yoga Flava in Red Dress 

Camel pose is a strong asana for your heart health.  The pose opens up your chest area, exposing you, making you vulnerable and more open to giving and receiving love.  I put on my red dress to pose for the picture in support of Go Red For Women.

February is Heart Health Awareness Month and I have really been learning a lot, even taken steps to improve my own heart health with the inspiration by the Feel Rich Goes Red team.

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One of the most challenging things in life is to be vulnerable. As we grow older we become more closed and constricted. We have been hurt many times and we feel the need to protect ourselves.
Physically, we rotate our shoulders forward, we push out our chin and round our upper body to protect the heart.

This constricts the flow of prana to the heart and creates an imbalance in the heart chakra.
Camel pose is a strong asana that opens up your chest area, exposing you, making you vulnerable and more open to giving and receiving love.
This yoga asana stretches the entire front of the body, abdomen, chest, and throat, as well as deep hip flexors - the psoas muscle. It strengthens your back muscles and stimulates organs in the abdomen.

1. Kneel on the floor with your legs hip width apart. Release your weight down through the knees and legs into the earth.
2. Press your shins and the tops of your feet into the floor. Place your hands on the back of your hips. Inhale and slowly lift your heart up at the breastbone and allow your hips to move forward.
3. Draw your shoulder blades back as you move into the position.
4. When you can't go back any further, reach with your fingertips towards your heels.
5. With full control, take your head back - don't let it "drop" - the key word here is "with control".
6. Draw the shoulder blades together.
7. Stay in the position for 3 complete breaths.
8. This is a challenging position for your lower back, you should now release your lower back in child's pose.

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Camel Pose by Robin Downes of Yoga Flava

 

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February is Heart Health Awareness Month and I have really been learning a lot, even taken steps to improve my own heart health with the inspiration by the Feel Rich Goes Red team.

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As I was becoming more aware I found out that my dear friend / High School of Music and Art Alumni, Juliette Fickling had suffered a stroke.

Recently, I spoke with Juliette and her daughter,  Dominique Andriese   They were very clear that the power of prayer was the main healing factor.  Now they are sharing her experience and educating people about "Stroke Awareness and Prevention" - A stroke or "brain attack" occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body) or a blood vessel (a tube through which the blood moves through the body) breaks, interrupting blood flow to an area of the brain.  When either of these things happen, brain cells begin to die and brain damage occurs.  Juliette is recovering well and grateful for all her blessings.

Check out the highlights from my visit / mini relaxation Yoga session with Juliette and Dominique on this week's new episode of Yoga Flava TV:

For more information and to support Juliette and Dominique's mission to promote "Stroke Awareness and Prevention" please go to: http://www.juliettefickling.com

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Live Interactive Online Class | Heartfelt Desire | Feel Rich Goes Red

Join Robin Downes of Yoga Flava For A Live Online Interactive Class - Heartfelt Desire:Sensual Healing. Feb. 9t at Noon.

"Frequent pleasurable lovemaking will cut your risk of heart disease, stroke, battle stress and improve relationships" - Dr. Oz

Check out the Yoga Flava TV highlights from our "Wear Red Day" and the invitation  "Heartfelt Desire: Sensual Healing Online Interactive Yoga Flava Class:

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Join me from the comfort of your home, via computer, for a live stream, online interactive, afternoon of Yoga Flava's Sensual Healing. Let's warm up with YOGA FLAVA for a hot sexy Saturday night as we spice it up for the countdown to Valentine's Day.

UPDATE: Email: robin@yogaflava.com for private registration details to access this online interactive class. The fee will be $25.00 for the one and a half hour session. Email Subject Line: Heartfelt Desire

or...

Once the fee is paid you will be given the information to log on to this live interactive event.

A one hour Yoga Flava session with a half hour of questions and answers via the live interactive video - EXCITING!

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Spirit - Mind - Body

Join instructor Robin Downes of Yoga Flava, as she guides you on a spiritually sensual healing journey through your energy centers (chakras). This session will uplift the body’s root energy and sacral energy to the heart energy and then to the third eye for right decisions through intuition.

An easy-going, free flowing, meditative session that gets you in touch with the subtle essence of your sensual energy. Based on the ancient teachings of The Kama Sutra (“Kama” is love and “Sutra” is teaching) – The Art Of Love. Also the eastern teachings of Tantra (A spiritual method or system that takes into account the “inner” and “outer” realities)

Take the time to cultivate a state of being that opens your heart with a sequence of Yoga Poses, that provide ancient moves to contemporary grooves. Once your heart is open you can begin the journey that leads to an invitation to intimacy.

Join the group on this event page on Facebook.

Robin Downes of Yoga Flava is the spokeswoman for
"Feel Rich Goes Red" and this event supports a passionate, emotional, social initiative from http://www.feelrich.com/ and the American Heart Association - "Go Red For Women", designed to empower women to take charge of their heart health.

Hair and makeup provided by
Marylou Liriano, courtesy of the Kori J. Group
Wedding & Event Planning Co.
Korijinc@gmail.com

Catering provided by Fluffn' Stuff - http://www.fluffnstuff.com 

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In the spirit of having heart health awareness and being hot for your Valentine - I have several events to help get you in sync with the season. Check out the Facebook event pages below and join the journey - ENJOY!

1. Winter Yoga Flava Program 2013 - Private and Personalized.
https://www.facebook.com/events/389208147838627/

3. Sensual Healing "Online Live " Interactive Playshop "Heartfelt Desire": Feel Rich Goes Red
https://www.facebook.com/events/193026254155230/

4. Valentines' Singles Happy Hour
https://www.facebook.com/events/301497893286883/

Sending positive vibes - - - Robin 
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Robin Downes Spokeswoman For Feel Rich Goes Red

Robin Downes of Yoga Flava has been selected as a spokeswoman for a campaign titled FEEL RICH GOES RED in association with GO RED FOR WOMEN for The American Heart Association.

Go Red For Women will be celebrating 10 years of National Wear Red Day on February 1, 2013. The organization continues it’s mission to spread awareness that heart disease is the No.1 killer of women.

The fact is: Heart disease kills one in three women each year – that’s approximately one woman every minute. Yet, only 1 in 5 American women believe that heart disease is her greatest health threat. What’s more, African American women have almost two times the risk of stroke than Caucasians, and more likely to die at an earlier age when compared to women of other ethnicities.

Below is a list of few unsettling stats:

‐ Heart disease kills nearly100,000 African American women annually
‐ Of African American women ages 20 and older, 46.9% have heart disease
‐ Only1in 5 African American women believes she is personally at risk
‐ Only 50% of African American women are aware of the signs and symptoms of a heart attack
‐ Only43% of African American women know that heart disease is their greatest health risk.

Check out the Yoga Flava TV Video Snack: "Heartfelt Desire":

Plans are underway for :

Yoga Flava and Feel Rich Goes Red

Presents

Sensual Healing Workshop: 

"Heartfelt Desire"

Click Here For More Details on the Facebook Event page: Sensual Healing Workshop "Heartfelt Desire"

Twitter: #FeelRichGoesRed

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