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Meditation: You Say 'Tomato', I Say 'Tomayto', You Say 'Meditation', I say...

Particular states of mind are accompanied by emotions which influence health and well-being. Past states of mind pre-dispose us to experience particular types of thinking in the future and particular emotions follow. These pre-dispositions are imbedded in what we call our personality.

Many spiritual leaders, philosophers, psychologists and yogis have suggested ways we can work with our own mental processing to liberate ourselves from constraints born of past experience. 

Raja Yoga is the yoga for mental development. Many of the tools of psychotherapists such as ‘affirmations,’ constitute in effect, a Raja Yoga practice. Use of quiet space where perhaps you burn incense is in effect, a Raja Yoga practice. Meditation is also, in effect, a Raja Yoga practice. 

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Classes at Phenomenal Mind Studios are in-formed by a specific Raja Yoga practice developed by Diane Kern. Raja Yoga Refreshed™ weds quantum theories of consciousness to the wisdom of the yogis. She teaches students to hold particular mental states that unleash Mind Power. These states of Mind represent a revolutionary way of relating to our physical form that liberates consciousness fromvthe constraints of our personality.

It is a mental yoga not a physical yoga. Classes are held in a class room setting. Contemorary Science regarding Mind as an Information Management System is made simple. 

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New class series offered by Phenomenal Mind Studios beginning Sept. 19-October 24. For more information about classes visit www.phenomenalmind.com. For information about quantum theory and consciousness visit www.phenomenalmind.com/blog.


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