Saturday Records...90 degrees and a Bear!

Northern Vermont finally received the hot weather we've been waiting for...90 plus degrees worth! Thurmond and I paddled our canoe out into Lake Memphremagog, to Rising Sun, our lovely old sailboat. Moored in a private and cozy cove, the boat is a great getaway. In the distance, we heard lawnmowers, as virtually everyone with a lawn scurried to mow today...as it was finally warm and dry.
Back home after 7 p.m., Thurmond hopped on his riding mower to get control of our tall grass, while I called Elliot, our son. Suddenly, I heard a thumping I couldn't figure out...where was it coming from? HEY! A BLACK BEAR WAS ON OUR SCREENED PORCH, WALKING AROUND. Elliot told me to take a video. AS I STARTED FILMING, OUR BEAR (HE OR SHE?) CAME UP ON HER HIND LEGS AND PEERED RIGHT INTO THE HOUSE.


Godcidentally, as I am posting this message, my husband sent me today's Daily Om, the subject is Bear Medicine. When we are awake to the Universe, such extraordinary moments are frequent and welcome.

Last fall, we had a lovely young female moose spend several days here on our land, munching down all the young apple trees and blueberry bushes. After we got over the loss of our orchard, we began to realize just how lucky we were to have such a visitor.

When wildlife presents itself, we are reminded that, in truth, we are the encroachers, the intruders. These woods are home to many species; we are just the most recent to take up residence. How wonderful it is to be able to share space with wild things, to live in harmony with them all. Mallards are raising their young in the pond. Goldfinches are at the feeder. Soon, the baby foxes will be running around the pond. We are blessed with such beautiful neighbors.

Please Be. Seated. Healed. Happy. FREE! NOW!

With great delight, we announce the online birth of Please Be. Seated. Healed. Happy., here, my book that explores the new world of Armchair Yoga. It was written in India, during the past two winters.

Learn helpful postures, breathing techniques and meditations for what ails you. Offered as a three volume set, the format allows readers to select and print just those parts and pieces most helpful for personal healing and well being:

1-Book One focuses on "Why Yoga?" for eliminating all the problems we Earthlings face. Background on yoga and the science behind proper breathing and meditation is provided. An entire chapter shines special attention on Constipation, considered one of the major causes, if not the main cause, of all illness.

2-Book Two offers a general routine for seated Yoga (hence the idea of Armchair Yoga) with demonstration photographs taken on my friend Suja's front porch. Share with your achy and rusty friends and family, to wake up their joints and shoo away pain and the blues. Yoga transforms.

3-Book Three is a handy alphabetized guide to handling today's most common ailments. Learn what you can do for your Asthma, Weight Problems and Headaches. Dozens of challenges we all face daily are listed, with some tips provided for what postures (called ASANAS), breathing (called PRANAYAMA), meditations and dietary changes can help.

The books are not prescriptive, not about medical procedures. Rather, the books are illustrative, about a Yoga practice that can restore your sense of well being and self control. Now is the time to stop looking outside of yourself for answers to your troubles. The answers lie within, and the power to make the change is yours. You are the warden of your prison, Yoga is the key. Remember, Yoga is a Practice. We call it our Yoga Practice, not our Yoga Perfect.

Please accept this invitation to browse our online bookshelf, and freely spread the word. What a thrill to have this medium for tossing words into the Universe! The word BROADCAST originates in the practice used when planting a field...one would BROADLY CAST the seeds, throwing them far and wide.

So, here we are today, BROADCASTING far and wide that the ancient, beautiful healing art of Yoga is available to all modern men and women, particularly those who cannot get down on the floor or back up again. Yes, you, too, can enjoy all the benefits of Yoga, without the floor.

A three volume set offered free, online:

Volume One

Volume Two

Volume Three

by Bethany Knight
March 2008

I wish to publicly thank my dear friend and computer mentor, Morgan Brown, whose patience and talents are the reason Please Be. Seated. Healed. Happy. could be introduced today. Morgan, I appreciate you so much. He tells me that google introduced Gmail (Google Mail) on April 1, 2004 -- four years ago. Thank you, google. And just as google assures its users, what we are offering is FREE and NOW (and this isn't an April Fool's joke!)