Gruninger: Yoga Therapy – The Psoas As An Emotional Placeholder (Part 2)
The iliopsoas muscles run along the lumbar spine, through the pelvis and attach at the lesser trochanter at the top of the femur. Courtesy photo
By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IAYT
Los Alamos
As I mentioned last month, the psoas is instrumental in our ability to move, walk and perform day-to-day activities. In some Buddhist, yogic and mental health practices, the psoas is said to be the seat of the soul, storing trauma, emotion, and tension. It can also play a big role in our flight, fight and freeze complex.
The iliopsoas muscles run along your lumbar spine, through the pelvis (the iliacus sits inside Read More
Fr. Glenn: The Humble Will Be Exalted
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Not infrequently you’ll see persons very actively lobbying for this or that deceased person to be declared a saint. But the person is a saint or not; our lobbying for such does nothing for his eternal condition. Some such activists might protest: “So that our town/region/state has a declared saint!” Well, if the intent is to have an example from “one of their own” persons can look to so as to realize the very real achievability of holiness, it is a good thing. The danger, however – as has happened often in the past – is boasting about “having” a local saint, vicariously basking in the Read More
Chandler: Let’s Use This Opportunity To Make Meaningful Change For Our State
By Rep. Chistine Chandler
Dist. 43, Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and Santa Fe
Last week, New Mexico received some big news. When our Legislature meets in January to craft our annual budget, we could have as much as $2.45 billion more than we appropriated this year. It’s a number that is tough to get your head around, but I think we can all agree that it is a lot of money. It’s also an incredible opportunity for New Mexico.
About two-thirds of this projected revenue stems from oil and gas. This means New Mexico’s budget is healthy when oil and gas prices are high. However, we must also keep in mind that Read More
Tales Of Our Times: Stories Told In Political Lingo Change Meanings In Translation
Tales of our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
Political behavior teaches us lately to distrust the political process.
The political forum deals with ever more alleged “lies” told by Party X, Party Y, or both of them. “Lies” are commonly pictured as more clear-cut than they really are. Lies have many forms, such as complete falsehoods, half-truths, and small truths that focus on smallish points.
The news is also muddled up with less obvious deceits. We need to admit out loud a rough-cut set of insidious devices that breed their own woes because they divert and mislead. Read More
All Shall Be Well: What Is ‘The Reign of God’?
Clergy from left, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Assistant Rector Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Courtesy photo
By Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb
ELCA
(a.k.a. Cinema Cindy)
“Mary Magdalene” in the 2018 film of the same name (on Netflix), describes to Jesus what it felt like when she and her brothers would hold their breaths, as long as they could underwater. Immersed, floating, surrounded, and embraced by calm… “Is that what it feels like to be one with God,” she asks him? This Jesus responds with a gentle smile, “No one has ever asked me that before.”
We hunger to be
Catch Of The Week: Patch To Keep Software Up To Date
By BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
What is one of the most important things you can do to increase cyber security at home or at work?
…Throw all your computers in the canyon and go back to typewriters
…Surround your computers with malachite to protect them from viruses
…Keep all of your operating systems and software up to date
Hopefully you all guessed that third option! For businesses, the best option is to maintain a “patch management life cycle” to keep everything up to date across your organization.
Why is this so important?
Perhaps you have heard of the Equifax data breach from Read More
Tarantello: What You Need To Know About Student Loan Forgiveness
By SHELLY TARANTELLO CFP®
Financial Advisor/Branch Manager
Wiemann Wealth Strategies/Raymond James
The details of the long-awaited student loan forgiveness program are more substantial than expectations.
Headlines will highlight the $10,000 forgiveness for borrowers with income below $125,000 and households below $250,000, but the income-based repayment change, including changes to the maximum monthly payments and changes to interest calculations, will have a far greater impact. “We will be watching changes to consumer spending as well as if tuition rate increases accelerate Read More
