Let’s think about it: Being a kid these days is not what it used to be. If you grew up watching “Leave it to Beaver,” you cannot really relate to the current peer pressure, multi-tasking, sub-par education programs, and daily distractions that our children and grandchildren accept as part of daily life.

Family structure is not what it used to be either. Many children live in single parent households. This has become a painful fact of life for children to accept growing up without both of their parents. The family unit has changed and parents need practical solutions a lot more than criticism or a lecture.

Peer pressure in school is much more than just drugs, cigarettes, and alcohol. Children are harassed by their peers, over every issue, including the clothes they wear. These days, children are pressured into pretending they are rich or joining a gang. This causes children more stress, at an early age, than they need.

So, what is a caring parent to do? Kids Yoga is one answer. Yoga classes for children offer a positive refuge from life outside the Yoga studio. Just by stretching muscles, deep breathing, laughing, getting proper exercise, learning how to relax, meditating, and playing “Yoga games,” a child can be a kid again.

Kids Yoga allows a child to deal with daily stress. Each time a child enters a Yoga class for kids, he or she can “close the door” on negative feelings that stress overload brings. Children who attend Yoga classes have one common thread: Their parents care about their well being.

It is not easy for children to socialize with other “good kids,” at a time when physical education, recess, children’s programs, manners, and social skills are being placed “on the back burner.” Yet the structure of a Yoga class allows children to bond, socialize, learn, and improve their lives, with new life skills.

Yoga classes are usually non-competitive, but a parent can easily observe just to make sure. Competition is everywhere, but there is no need for it in Yoga or any form of Mind and Body health maintenance.

Lastly, Yoga has many benefits for both genders. Yoga is good for both boys and girls to learn. The physical skills and knowledge will carry over into other hobbies and sports. Most of today’s elite athletes learn Yoga for cross training purposes. An athlete, who is flexible, strong, and calm under fire, is a formidable opponent. This is the reason why so many of the world’s professional sports teams cross train their players and teach them Yoga.

Copyright 2007 – Paul Jerard / Aura Publications

Everyone is born with natural psychic capabilities and gifts but most people forget how to use them as they mature. Alternatively, they might never have been encouraged to explore their psychic abilities. But various tests and studies have shown that, when it comes to trying to learn remote viewing, anyone can learn how to do it. It is the ability to reach higher vibrations within our thought patterns.

Although remote viewing is a natural occurrence for everyone, there are no scientific reasons concerning the subject or remote viewing. Much like astral traveling and lucid dreaming, remote viewing is specific types of mind control encounters and is classifiable as paranormal experiences. The concept seems peculiar to some individuals, even though these are natural episodes.

Remote viewing has even been used by governments as part of their national security programs. According to declassified documents which have been released by countries who have since discontinued these programs, the individuals who participated in these programs were in most cases people who had no previous experience with remote viewing.

This means that you too can use remote viewing ? it just takes some practice; before long, you’ll be able to use this ability at will. The important thing is to be patient with yourself. Just as with any other skill, it takes some time and effort to become good at remote viewing.

Remote viewing does require the expenditure of mental energy on your part, so when you use this ability, you may feel a bit tired afterwards. It’s important to pace yourself and work your way up to longer and more difficult remote viewing sessions.

In order to achieve the best results it is vital to learn the various techniques of meditation and visualization to enhance your remote viewing experiences. These techniques help you to calm and relax your mind and body. This is helpful for bring the body into a more receptive state of experiencing an out of body experience. When you combine these different techniques of visualization, meditation and remote viewing, your ability to do so becomes much more enhanced and fulfilling.

If you want to become skilled at remote viewing, then you will need to devote the time necessary to get regular practice at it. Developing your psychic skills takes practice and dedication; but the rewards are more than worth the effort.

So what exactly is remote viewing? Remote viewing is the ability to be able to focus your concentration on a particular person, place or even item that is somewhere other than where you are. But it is more than that. Once you are able to do it you will be able to actually see that person, place or thing from wherever it is that you may be.

Most likely the images you will see while remote viewing appear to be out of focus and misty. However, it is very important that you mind be open to any type of image that you perceive when you are remote viewing.

The more you practice remote viewing, the more you will be able to understand the images you receive. Keep a log of your remote viewing experiences; this will be helpful in learning which methods are best for you in having successful remote viewing experiences.

You can visit any period in the past or future as well as the universe when you are remote viewing. It is much easier for you to tap into the universal mind while you are practicing remote viewing.

During your remote viewing sessions it is important that you remember to take special note of whatever you may see, whether you may see shapes or patterns, textures or colors. It might prove useful if you make quick sketches on a piece of paper of the things you see during your remote viewing if you wish to do so.

There are a lot of books and websites which can help you learn remote viewing. There is a wealth of information out there on the practice, as well as some other things which can help you get started. Hypnotic recordings are helpful; of particular usefulness are ‘binaural beat’ recordings -these can help tune your brainwaves to the proper frequency to use psychic abilities such as remote viewing.

Perhaps more commonly known as lucid dreaming, conscious dreaming includes the ability to realize that you are dreaming while you are doing so and the ability to take control of your dreams, dictating the happenings. Once you are able to realize that you are dreaming, you can go anywhere or do anything in your dream.

While having the ability to control your dreams may sound farfetched, it?s actually something which is within your reach. Lucid dreaming isn?t that hard to do and these dreams are a great place to express your true self and your desires. There are techniques which have proven effective at producing lucid dreams.

The first thing you should do is to figure out what your goals are in learning conscious or lucid dreaming. Do you hope to have more enjoyment from your dreams, or is conscious dreaming a vehicle for you to achieve some of your other life goals?

After you define the reasons for wanting to learn to dream consciously, you can learn the steps to get your mind on the right level. You need to be in the right state of mind to be able to lucid dream. A good place to start is recalling your dreams. This means to remember any dreams you have had.

Remembering your dreams is the first step in having conscious dreaming experiences. The easiest way to train yourself to do this is to keep a dream diary. Keep your dream diary right by your bed and as soon as you awake from a dream, write down everything you can remember about it.

You will soon find you are remembering your dreams more clearly and in more detail. You can use your journal to help you remember more. Once your mind is used to remembering your dreams you are ready for the next step and that is to be aware you are dreaming. You may wake up in a dream so to speak but still know it is not real and only a dream.

Together with a dream diary or by itself, hypnosis can be a valuable tool in dream recall and conscious dreaming. In just a few sessions of hypnosis, most people find that they can remember each and every little detail of their dreams. After this can be done, conscious dreaming will start to happen more readily.

You may wake up suddenly when you are having a conscious dream in the beginning. This is not unusual. Go over the events in your dream as you drift back to sleep. If you focus on them hard enough, you will go back into the same dream and perhaps control the events and the outcome of them.

A third way to train yourself to conscious dream is to awaken yourself a couple of hours earlier than normal, then falling back to sleep. You are able to stay more aware in your dreams in this period of sleep, in fact you may feel you are half-awake and half-asleep. You may feel as if you are lying in bed thinking or daydreaming. If you are able to do this regularly, you will find lucid dreaming will come easily.

Be aware of your sleeping habits. You?ll be able to determine when you are most likely to have lucid dreams. However, don?t lose too much sleep ? fatigue and conscious dreaming don?t mix.

You will be happy to know that lucid dreaming is helpful for insomnia as well as other sleeping disorders. If you can dream consciously, you can condition yourself to turn off nagging thoughts that keep you awake at night.

You may think that learning lucid dreaming takes years of practice, but in fact it?s not so hard at all to learn ? with just a little practice, you can be a conscious dreamer too!

In fact, conscious dreaming is something that everyone can do. Just practice and use these techniques to develop your own lucid dreaming abilities ? you?ll find that it has a lot to offer.

Past Regression – The interest in the topic of reincarnation, past lives and how to remember our past lives has been growing rapidly. A lot of people are looking for ways to bring back the events of their former lives.

One good way to begin is to start taking notes on anything which might be a part of one of your past life. Write down everything which could be a clue – your emotions may be the best thing to track. Also take note of any phobias you have which seem irrational to you; these may be clues and your notes may start to show patterns which can tell you more about your past lives.

The first things to enter into your notes should be your likes and dislikes, fears, aspirations and anything which you seem especially strongly attracted to places, cultures and the like. If you ever experience deja vu, this should definitely be added into your past life notes.

Another important detail you should record in your journal is when you dream. Although our dreams are also current they can still reveal important clues and information. Assuming you are able to recall your dreams, be sure to record all the details of them.

Past life Regression is something else which you could try.

This will involve paying a visit to a past life regression therapist. They will use hypnosis and other techniques to guide you through a past life regression as well as help you to interpret the things that you may experience. You can also try self-hypnosis in order to achieve the same effect.

Many people use Meditation as a way to find out about their past lives.

When meditating there is usually no professional assisting and so many people find it difficult to trust the information they get during their sessions. But trusting your feelings as well as your instincts is necessary with meditation.

Although many beginners feel that instead of meditating they are only daydreaming, important information can and does come through, so it is necessary to record what you experience during the meditation in your journal.

Things to help you in your meditation maybe things like music, a visual focus point or burning a pleasant smelling incense or a combination of them. Prerecorded guided meditation tapes maybe what you need or a soothing sound like water will be of help. If that isn’t helping this may.

Binaural Beats

With Binaural Beats you listen to different frequencies in each ear that help you to attain the same meditative state that Zen monks can reach. You should choose somewhere quiet and free from any kind of distractions and disturbances. Somewhere that enables you to sit or lie down comfortably.

It is important that you are relaxed and that you are not distracted by thoughts about everyday things. Simply acknowledge the thought so that it does not keep recurring, and so that you do not forget it, then put it out of your mind. Remember that meditation does not just happen, it takes practice before you will reach a true meditative state.

This technique maybe of help in resolving issues in your current life. Some people have found that sometimes the people in their current life they have shared with a life with them before. In this way, you can do some research to verify the information received.

The concepts of past lives and reincarnation are an important part of many religions, with some even espousing the concept of Karma, in which your deeds (for good or ill) will affect your circumstances in your next life. Knowing what has happened in your past lives can assist you in getting on a better course in your current life.

When you want to experience past life regression, the most important thing is to come to the experience with an open mind, ready to accept the images and thoughts which may come to the surface. To make the most of the experience, you should also be open to the idea of using what you learn from your past lives to improve your current life.

Many experts in these area feel that has very positive impacts on your life now due to fore mentioned, learning from the past and if you still don’t accept past lives your subconscious may free a block in your mind that has had a negative effect on your body. There are other benefits from having done a past life regression.

Using past life regression can help you to make better decisions in your life by learning from the mistakes you have made in previous lives and avoiding them this time around.

Past life regression can even bring hidden talents which you may have to the surface. For instance, you may find that you were a great musician in a previous life and find that you do indeed have quite a knack for the piano after all! These kinds of experience can dramatically improve your quality of life in the here and now.

Past life regression can be a very positive experience, as long as you have an open mind to the possibilities it can open for you.

A lot of people find that there are some things which are stumbling block sot them as they attempt to learn astral projecting. However, this is something which all of us can do – it’s a natural ability which every man and woman already has. Much like riding a bike, you don’t forget how; but you do have to keep in practice in order to do it well.

The biggest problem which many face as they learn astral projecting is learning to relax fully. To astral project, you have to be able to totally relax your body and your mind. There are a lot of different ways which you can relax – these methods include muscle relaxation and breathing techniques.

If you choose to practice your astral projecting in a relaxed environment you will have a much better chance of doing so successfully. Try the tips below in order to practice astral projecting successfully.

*Take off any jewelry and change out of any clothing which is restrictive or uncomfortable. Many choose to remove their clothes before astral projecting, but the important thing here is to make yourself comfortable so that you can relax fully.

*Make sure that the room you are going to relax in and practice your astral projecting is dark. Dark enough so that light can not be seen through your eyelids, but you shouldn’t turn off all the lights.

*Position your body pointing from north to south, with your head at the northern end. Use the sun as your guide if you are unsure which way is north. Remember, the sun sets in the west and rises in the east.

*Make sure that the clothing you are wearing is loose and comfortable. You want to be covered so that you are warmer the you normally are but you don’t want to be hot.

*You should be doing this at a time when you are going to be free from distraction. Which means that you want a noise free place and time to practice your astral projecting.

*Start using your relaxation techniques (you should also practice these outside of your astral projecting sessions). If you want to astral project, you have to be completely relaxed.

*Give yourself suggestions to help you remember what you see and do when astral projecting. Tell yourself at least five times before you begin “I will remember”. Having pen and paper nearby is a good idea, since you can then write down what happened as soon as you return to your body.

*Continue to practice your breathing.

*While you relax yourself with your breathing techniques, start focusing on the blackness in front of you.

*The next step is to place your focus on a point which lies around a foot from your forehead. Once you get your focus on this point, move it to another point which is about six feet away.

*After this, think of a line which runs perpendicular to your body from your focal point six feet away.

Following these simple steps will prepare you for astral projecting. It is important that we note that you also have to have mental control of what you are going to do. You don’t want your astral body to just go out and bounce through the astral planes with no direction. You can go anywhere, do anything so it is important that you have direction.

There are some astral projecting practitioners that are able to talk with loved ones they have lost. There are others that take part in activities that they are not able to do in the physical realm of reality. Contrary to what you may think, you have done this already. Now you need to have control over what is happening. Those dreams that you wake up and remember really well were actually astral traveling. Now it is time for you to learn to do it intentionally to reap the benefits of what astral projecting can do for you.