Lots of reassurance,hugs, and cuddles and watching that he’s not suffering undue stress during the day, and if you do not see changes, I would begin to seek professional help.

I had a friend in Florida whose son was also acting in ways that you describe and it was the stress he sufffered at school and the relationship with his father that brought the condition on. He would have nightmares and began even to develop twitches. But after the stress factors were removed he recovered beautifully.

Please keep me informed what happens. And…I’ll call you! Love, Your Sister

Watching the breath is a Powerful Technique; a technique to help you become more powerful. One technique you might try involves exhaling. Exhale and hold it out for a moment and look at the situation. If your breath is out of your body, in a sense nothing can effect you, because nothing can touch you, breath is the bridge. As a practice, just sit for five minutes a day and practice exhaling. Exhale and hold the breath out for a moment, then let the breath come in by itself. Repeat this for five minutes. The emphasis is on the exhale. And the inbreath comes in on its own. Try this and see how you feel. And when you’re in a situation that is disturbing you, begin to exhale and hold it a second and look at the situation, and you will be able to see you’re different than the situation, you can find way to respond, instead of react. It is the beginning of becoming Powerful! If you practice for five minutes a day, you will notice a great difference in your reaction time! Also, this technique is very relaxing for the body and mind. It is healing for the body and mind. Let me know if you try it! I’d love to hear the result. These simple techniques can be underestimated because they look so easy. Don’t let that fool you. They are remarkably effective!
Thank you, Sherry, for sharing.

So can you get a webcam; and figure out a way, I can see your class on line at night with you guys.

We ask the question: On a scale of one to ten, how much do you accept your physical body. Numbers were usually not over five. We looked into how we can find at least one way we can come to greater peace with our body. It can be very draining these little thoughts that we hold about ourself. The constant comparing we do to the ideal self.

We asked the same of the sexual and emotional. Both were usually rated less than five. This can mean we are functioning certainly less than optimal, and a great deal can be accomplished, in terms of saving energy, just by changing our attitude. And then, of course, finding little ways we can relate to ourselves that bring satisfaction and connection to what we are. These small changes in attitude, and the little efforts we make towards our bodies, our sexuality and feelings can literally change your whole world. And if done daily, there isn’t a way to calculate the difference it can make. Done daily, you will become Divine!

Naming a few things like cooking a nice meal, and placing flowers at the table, gardening were actually some of the ideas for increasing sexuality. Everyone has their way of expressing themself.

Emotionally learning to recognize the difference between their feelings and others’ feelings were discussed. An unusual amount of energy is lost in living other people’s emotions. Learning to let others have their emotions and you deciding what are yours, is a great energy saver!

Even though Zen, particularly zazen, is pure sitting, pure sitting, in this class we do explore other areas, so that ultimately our sitting will be successful! We sat and meditated for 20 minutes just on the three chakras, breathing gently into them, and coming into contact with the attitudes we hold. Then we also gently stimulate the mental, heart, social, throat, third eye and crown. We’ll continue to explore the chakras. And thank you so much for joining us!