FB Live Meditation Level 5: Onu-Ora
This Saturday, June 13th, Doctor will be discussing Collective Meditation with a Group Intention (‘Onu-Ora’, which can be translated as ‘mouth of the people’ or ‘voice of the community’) and how it can benefit the world!
If you are brand new to meditation, we would suggest taking a peek at some of our previous videos but have no worries- Dr. Nchekwube makes this meditation simple for anyone to follow!
Easy Meditation
Meditation can be done anywhere and at anytime. Contrary to some beliefs, it is not “turning off the mind”. The mind is a powerful tool and it will not cease activity as long as we are living humans. Thoughts are completely normal but the goal is to ‘quiet’ the mind and focus on a specific thing. For example, in smiling meditation, Dr. always says “Smile at the baby” think of a baby smiling at you and naturally you will smile back. Today Dr. led the group to focus on specific body parts in sequence with the principles of Progressive Body Awareness, a non-pharmacological method of deep relaxation. You can attempt this at home as well! First, let us explain the basic and most frequently asked meditation questions:
What is Meditation?
Meditation is getting in touch with your inner self or your essence through a cultivated and discipline practice of silence and self-observation.
Why should we Meditate?
Meditation calms the mind, heals the body, and reconnects you to your real essence. Your real essence is often neglected out of ignorance or these days, busy-ness. Meditation can help to control:
- Anger
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Insecurity
- Fear of Old Age
- Fear of Death
- Lack of Creativity
- Stress
- and More!
How can we Meditate?
Meditating is a very simple exercise of focusing and refocusing your mind using different techniques such as:
- Focusing on and following your breath ‘in and out’
- Repeating mantras as in a short prayer, word, sentences, or group of sentences
- moving rhythmically
When Can we meditate?
A great time to meditate is anytime you feel the need to reconnect with your essence! Any time you have available to practice take that time, it can be
- upon awakening
- before bedtime
- after exercising
Where Can We Meditate?
Meditation can be done anywhere you feel comfortable!
- In nature or outdoors there is enhancement of the process
- dedicate a location in your house – decorate or keep this location pleasant with uplifting images to add benefit
How long Should We Meditate?
In the beginning, meditate for about 5 to 10 minutes. As time goes on, you will comfortable and naturally flow into longer sessions.
Regular Meditation:
It is important to cultivate the habit of regularly meditating. This is the hardest part of meditation! Meditation is like any other exercise that requires practice, practice, and more practice. Just like other exercises, you will build meditation ‘muscles’ and endurance through practice. Also, like any new habit, begin by meditating twice a day for 21 consecutive days. After these 21 days should you miss a day, you will find yourself missing and craving the experience of meditation.
The ever wandering mind thinks! All the time! That is the main design of the mind: to think. Let your mind think and you watch but let the thoughts go by without being attached to them. Bring your thoughts back to your breath, mantra, or chosen mode of refocusing the mind. Be kind and be patient with yourself. Don’t give up. Just be present
The 3 minute Power Smiling in Easy Meditation
- Take a comfortable position
- Sit down on a chair or lie down. The lotus position is fine, if it is comfortable for you.
- Try to focus your eyes on the tip of your nose
- Close your eyes gently and generate a genuine smile
- If you have a hard time generating a smile, visualize a smiling or happy baby you know. It may even be a loved pet or family member that you picture smiling
- Allow yourself to be drawn into the feeling of the smile completely. Truly enjoy your feeling generated by this interaction
- Direct your attention to your nostrils again
- Focus your attention on your incoming and outgoing breath
- If you prefer to use a mantra, repeat your chosen mantra in your mind
- If your mind wanders, bring it back gently by genuinely smiling at the baby and continuing to follow your breath
- In time, your mind will stop distracting your restful state
- Your breath and/or mantra will naturally create a break in the stream of your thoughts. Be Patient with yourself and the process.
- Deepen the restful state by continuing to smile and following your breath and/or repeating your mantra.
- I wish your mind stillness and peace so that you may discover and know your true self!!
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CANCELLED – March Seminar
Taking care of patients is at the center of everything we do. Even as we adapt in these times of rapid change, our priority – you – remains the same. Out of abundance of caution due to COVID-19, our March Seminar is CANCELLED. We plan to resume our regularly programmed seminars in April. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience during this time.
February 2020 Seminar Handout
10 Traits of Happy & Healthy People
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Rest for the Body (Sleep)
Sleep deprivation can negatively affect memory, learning, logic, etc.
NSF reports people who don’t get enough sleep were more likely to develop psychiatric problems and use health care services.
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Meditation (Rest for the Mind)
Meditation is also proven to help with internal energy, develop compassion, patience, generosity, and forgiveness. It can also decrease blood pressure, heart rate, stress, and slow aging.The art of meditation allows the mind to settle down to a state of deep restfulness and expand awareness. At this level of consciousness, research shows the meditator taps into unified field of energy of tremendous proportions and potential.
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Exercise
The National Cancer Institute claims the advantages of exercise include weight control, maintenance of healthy bones, muscles, and joints, lowers blood pressure and development of diabetes, and reduces the risk of premature death.
Exercise also promotes psychological well being (HAPPINESS!)
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Nutrition
Nutrition is crucial to cells and organisms of the materials necessary to support life.
Putting the right things into our bodies gives more energy- causing more productivity
Nutrition is shown to produce equal effects to antidepressants and antioxidants
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Exposure to Sunshine
Sunshine profoundly lessens the risk of breast, colon, prostate, and other major cancers
Vitamin D is also proven to dramatically reduce risk of osteoporosis and hip fractures, relieve depression, chronic pain, and low back pain, as well as control heart disease and blood pressure.
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Exposure to Fresh Air
Fresh oxygen can improve sense of well being, increase quality/rate of growth in plants & animals, lowers blood pressure, heart rate, and body temperature. Fresh air can also decrease the survival rate of harmful bacteria and viruses in the environment. Clean air has also been shown to improve learning in mammals.
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Water
The human body is 70% water! Blood is 80% water, Brain is 75% water, and Liver is 96% water! Our energy levels are directly connected to the amount of water we consume. A 5% drop in body fluid results in a 25% – 30% loss in energy.
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Work to serve
Do not work just for a paycheck! This is degrading and boring, your life has more purpose!
Let your work become a means to service humanity who benefits from your work.
Even Mother Nature freely gives her gifts to ALL creatures on earth; the food, the sun, moon, trees, flowers, and breath. We just wake up everyday and receive these gifts!
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Gratitude
Research shows that people with a grateful attitude are more:
- Energetic
- Enthusiastic
- Optimistic
- Determined
- Joyful & HAPPY
“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so let us all be thankful.” – Buddha
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Love
Love is said to be a virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection.
People are born with a need for relationships with other people, and with the need to be loved and esteemed by others.
Happiness Brings Healthiness!
The Fruits of Happiness:
- Stronger immune systems
- Fewer lifestyle diseases (e.g. alcoholism)
- Better cardiovascular health
- Younger genes (telomeres)
- Healthy behaviors (e.g., seatbelts)
HAPPINESS:
- IS JUST A THOUGHT AWAY!
- HAPPY THOUGHTS BEGET MORE HAPPY THOUGHTS
- AS YOU THINK, SO YOU ARE!
- “THERE IS NO WAY TO HAPPINESS, HAPPINESS IS THE WAY” – BUDDHA
- PRACTICE THINKING HAPPY THOUGHTS!!
- “No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.” -Epictetus (Greek Philosopher)
Coming Soon… Dr. Nchekwube’s March 2020 Seminar!
FOR MORE IN DEPTH INFORMATION/LITERATURE:
Dr. Nchekwube’s Feb. Seminar – 10 Habits of Happy & Healthy People
Have you ever met someone who was naturally always in good spirits and good health?
Were you curious or even possibly envious of this person?
Join us February 29th to discover how YOU can become a radiant and healthy individual as well!
At 2pm Dr. Nchekwube will cover the 10 Habits that happy and healthy individuals practice daily!
This knowledge will empower your Body, Mind and Soul.
Best of all – this lecture is completely open to the public at no cost, so bring a friend who deserves happiness as well!
**Please try to silence cell phones and arrive on time as to not interrupt other participants. Thank you!**
Light Body Healing Meditation
With such busy lifestyles, it can seem hard to find time to meditate. We’re here to help!
Join us February 29th as Dr. Nchekwube teaches the benefits and How To’s of meditation in a safe and friendly group environment.
Meditation is from 1pm to 2pm and is completely FREE! All we ask is please show consideration for others in the group by Silencing cell phones & try to arrive on time if possible to avoid distractions.
Why Meditate?
Meditation can help to control:
• Anger
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Insecurity
• Fear of Old Age
• Fear of Death
• Lack of Creativity
• Stress
• Blood Pressure
& SO MUCH MORE!!
We’ll see you there!
Detox & Fat Melting Seminar Recap
On behalf of The Wellness Shoppe and Dr. Nchekwube, we would like to humbly thank all of our wonderful patients who made it to our Seminar today! The large turn out caught us by surprise considering the gloomy snow storm we had and for that we are grateful! (We’re also grateful that we found more chairs!) Perhaps you were at work or got snowed in this Saturday but no matter the reason, we completely understand and we’ve got you covered! Read on to learn all about what Dr. Nchekwube covered at this month’s seminar. Don’t forget to mark February’s date in your calendars!
Light Body Meditation
Meditation can be done anywhere and at anytime. Contrary to some beliefs, it is not “turning off the mind”. The mind is a powerful tool and it will not cease activity as long as we are living humans. Thoughts are completely normal but the goal is to ‘quiet’ the mind and focus on a specific thing. For example, in smiling meditation, Dr. always says “Smile at the baby” think of a baby smiling at you and naturally you will smile back. Today Dr. led the group to focus on specific body parts in sequence with the principles of Progressive Body Awareness, a non-pharmacological method of deep relaxation. You can attempt this at home as well! First, let us explain the basic and most frequently asked meditation questions:
What is Meditation?
Meditation is getting in touch with your inner self or your essence through a cultivated and discipline practice of silence and self-observation.
Why should we Meditate?
Meditation calms the mind, heals the body, and reconnects you to your real essence. Your real essence is often neglected out of ignorance or these days, busy-ness. Meditation can help to control:
- Anger
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Insecurity
- Fear of Old Age
- Fear of Death
- Lack of Creativity
- Stress
- and More!
How can we Meditate?
Meditating is a very simple exercise of focusing and refocusing your mind using different techniques such as:
- Focusing on and following your breath ‘in and out’
- Repeating mantras as in a short prayer, word, sentences, or group of sentences
- moving rhythmically
When Can we meditate?
A great time to meditate is anytime you feel the need to reconnect with your essence! Any time you have available to practice take that time, it can be
- upon awakening
- before bedtime
- after exercising
Where Can We Meditate?
Meditation can be done anywhere you feel comfortable!
- In nature or outdoors there is enhancement of the process
- dedicate a location in your house – decorate or keep this location pleasant with uplifting images to add benefit
How long Should We Meditate?
In the beginning, meditate for about 5 to 10 minutes. As time goes on, you will comfortable and naturally flow into longer sessions.
Regular Meditation:
It is important to cultivate the habit of regularly meditating. This is the hardest part of meditation! Meditation is like any other exercise that requires practice, practice, and more practice. Just like other exercises, you will build meditation ‘muscles’ and endurance through practice. Also, like any new habit, begin by meditating twice a day for 21 consecutive days. After these 21 days should you miss a day, you will find yourself missing and craving the experience of meditation.
The ever wandering mind thinks! All the time! That is the main design of the mind: to think. Let your mind think and you watch but let the thoughts go by without being attached to them. Bring your thoughts back to your breath, mantra, or chosen mode of refocusing the mind. Be kind and be patient with yourself. Don’t give up. Just be present.
Relax , Meditate, and Heal with Light Body
With the calm of less traffic and coziness both thanks to the snow, it was a perfect day for mediating with Dr. Nchekwube. Dr. led the group in Light Body meditation as his Wellness Chill Out Essential Oil filled the air. Light Body meditation is a method of deep relaxation and meditation that can be accomplished with practice but may be easier to come learn on a Saturday for maximum efficiency. Dr. Nchekwube took the time to type Instructions for Relaxation Meditation with light body and Smiling in Easy meditation:
RELAXATION MEDITATION
Relax, Meditate, and Heal with Light Body
- Based on the principles of Progressive Body Awareness, a non-pharmacological method of deep relaxation
- What you pay attention to Thrives! Without attention, it dies or withers!
- It is based on the premise that muscle tension is the body’s psychological response to anxiety-provoking thoughts and that muscle tension blocks anxiety
- The technique involves focusing attention to specific muscle groups or body parts
- In sequence, attention is moved quickly to other body parts
- This releases tension and thereby causes relaxation
- One does not linger long in any one body part, to avoid wandering of the mind
- This is a form of meditation
- Start from the right or left big to then move your awareness to the small toes, then rest of the foot to the ankle, working your way up to the rest of your body
- Name the body parts as you move from one body part to the next
- Switch from the right to the left side of the body starting from toes to head, as if you are filling the body up with a water hose attached to the toes!
- When you reach the crown of the head, start Smiling in Easy Meditation Exercises
- After about 5-10 minutes, repeat the breathing into your body parts, rotation again from one body part to the next sequentially, this time using Light Energy and Awareness
- Focus on a light color and progressively pull this light of your choice from around you with your breath
- Fill your body with the light of your heart’s desire, as if you are breathing the light from Ether or the environment.
- Be aware of being filled with this beautiful brilliant light from your toes to the rest of your body with each breath.
- Once your body is filled with the color of your light of choice, see yourself glowing!
- Allow your light to fill the room
- Allow your light to fill the earth and the globe
- Allow your light to fill the universe
- Enjoy just BEING!
At 2pm, Dr. explained the benefits and guidelines to detoxing as well as fat melting. Of course we cannot fit all information but would like to share the main key points that Dr. Nchekwube went over.
The Benefits of Detoxing & Fat Melting
- Weight Loss
- More Energy
- Aids Internal Organs
- Strengthen Immune System
- Fresher Breath – No Halitosis
- Clearer Skin
- Improved Thinking
- Shinier Hair
- Slowed Signs of Aging
- More Pleasure from Food
Download Dr. Nchekwube’s Detox&Fat Melting Brochure
Supplements to Encourage Detox & Fat Melting
Detoxication Factors™ contains antioxidants & nutrients that defend against oxidation and free radical damage, compounds that bind and support the conversion of fat-soluble toxins for elimination, as well as vitamins, minerals, enzymes, botanical extracts, and other nutrients that participate in metabolic defense, repair, and restoration
http://wellnessshoppes.com/product/detoxication-factors
→ Take 2 twice a day during the Detox Phase
WELLNESS ANTI-STRESS SUPPORT FORMULA™
Wellness Anti- Stress Formula™ is a synergistic and comprehensive combination of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, herbals, and other nutrients, carefully formulated and specifically designed to support and boost the function of the body’s defenses against stress.
http://wellnessshoppes.com/product/wellness-anti-st…-support-formula/
→ Take 2 twice a day during the Fat Melting Phase
PROBIOLEAN™
Probio Lean™ supports healthy weight management, promotes gut barrier function, promotes intake of less calories, and supports reduction of body fat mass
→ Take one daily with water
TUNE-YA-UP™
Tune-Ya-Up™ supports healthy brain magnesium levels, promotes concentration, mental clarity, and focus, supports cognitive health, and promotes mental and physical energy increasing motivation to exercise.
http://wellnessshoppes.com/product/tune-ya-up/
→ Take 2 every morning
MOVE IT™
Move It™ supports digestion, assimilation, and elimination, promotes gastrointestinal motility, and supports final phases of detoxification.
http://wellnessshoppes.com/product/move-it/
→Take one to two capsules at bedtime with 8 oz of water
THYROID ENERGY™
Thyroid Energy™ Provides essential nutrient, herbal, and glandular support for production of thyroid hormones, resulting in Increased energy and a quicker metabolism.
http://wellnessshoppes.com/product/thyroid-energy/
→Take one capsule daily with water (away from food)
BodyAnew™ supports 5 organs that purify the body: Colon, liver, kidney, lungs, and lymphatic system. Easy to use drops allow the body to detox and cleanse, providing increased vitality, energy, and a feeling of restoration!
http://wellnessshoppes.com/product/body-a-new-detox-kit/
→ Use for up to 2 weeks. Add 30 drops or 2 half dropperfuls of each formula to 1 liter of water & consume throughout the day.