01
Dec
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Posted by: nasimmaani
Welcome! I am so thrilled to share with you my music!
Please, feel free to listen to the songs on my new album.
The selection of pieces on my debut album released in December 2011 is about a topic that I was reflecting on for some time … this sensation of longing so characteristic of the human heart. What does this longing mean and where does it take us?
It seems to me that we all long for something … for riches, for fame, for knowledge, for love, for safety, for happiness, for a sense of belonging, for world peace …we all share this longing! This makes us united in our search and that in itself makes it exciting for me to share my perspective with you gleaned from sacred writings and inspired poetry through the wonderful vehicle of music.
These musical meditations have touched my heart and my hope is that they will also touch the hearts of my listeners with their messages of peace and unity. Maybe the object of our longing is closer than we ever imagined.
I would love to stay in touch more regularly and update you about my music, so:
19
Feb
Posted by: nasimmaani // Category:
yoga Therapy
INTEGRATIVE YOGA THERAPY
tools for balance and healing
Nasim Maani, BArch, E-RYI 500, PYT
W i n t e r 2 0 1 3
Dear friends in yoga,
Wishing you a belated very very happy New Year 2013!
Firstly, let me thank you for your support this last year and the many kindnesses you extended, the smiles you gifted and the lovely energies you have brought to class every week. I am filled with true gratitude, as you are my true teachers!
May this new year bring you health, joy and the coming closer to your heart’s desire! How wonderful it is to open ourselves to listening to our hearts more closely this year... our hearts possess a particular intelligence and yet most often we allow our minds to lead.
At this time of new year’s resolutions, I invite you to explore the concept and tremendous value of reflection ... of letting things arise from the deep recesses of our hearts and souls. And so I decided to share with you quotes on this topic for you to reflect and meditate on.
Together let’s find the courage to clear our heads and go inward to listen to our hearts! Have a fabulous 2013!
“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself.
The challenge is to silence the mind.”
-Caroline Myss
“Take up one idea.
Make one idea your life - think of it,
dream of it, live on that idea.
Let the brain, muscles, nerves, and every part of your body
be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone.
This is the way to success.”
-Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
So long as the thoughts of an individual are scattered he will achieve no results, but if his thinking be concentrated on a single point wonderful will be the fruits thereof… Once the sun shineth upon a concave mirror, or on a lens that is convex, all its heat will be concentrated on a single point, and that one point will burn the hottest. Thus is it necessary to focus one’s thinking on a single point so that it will become an effective force.
-‘Abdu’l-Bahá (1844-1921)
Here is where you can find us:
PRIVATE SESSIONS
Healing Pathways [map] www.healingpathwaysaz.com/yoga
By appointment through Nasim at (520) 360 4013 or through
the Healing Pathway website above for a time and a practice,
that works for you!
Stone Canyon Fitness [map] www.stonecanyon.com
By appointment through Stone Canyon Fitness Center.
If you are a member, there are 2 classes a week available to you, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 -10 am OR a time that works for you.
PUBLIC CLASSES
Alive Fitness [map] www.myalivefitness.com
Only $8/class
Soulful Yoga
Mondays 10:00-11:15 am
Hatha yoga with a focus on meditation and personal transformation.
Exploring qualities like peacefulness, fearlessness and vitality through postures, breathing and meditation. Please, bring a blanket.
The Yoga Tree [map] www.theyogatreeaz.com
Yoga Nidra
Mondays, 12:00-12:45 noon
Yoga Nidra can be best translated as “The Sleep of the Yogi”. It is a practice, similar, but far beyond, a guided mediation that allows you to systematically bring about physical, mental and conscious relaxation.
Yoga Nidra can help you learn how to relax, develop self-awareness, change deep-seated habits, allow you to experience positive changes in your sleep patterns, develop a positive and balanced outlook on life, enhance your creativity and manage your stress levels. A regular practice of Yoga Nidra helps to awaken your true nature. You will leave completely relaxed, with more energy and clarity ... a beautiful lunchtime practice. You can even come in your regular clothes.
The Yoga Tree [map] www.theyogatreeaz.com
Hatha Yoga, all levels
Wednesdays & Fridays 9:00-10:15 am
Namaste - Nasim
20
Dec
Posted by: nasimmaani // Category:
Music, Baha'i Faith
Dear friends, honored to let you know that I'll be performing this
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012 at the
Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference
(
www.grandcanyonbahai.org ) in between the two keynote speakers! It's a wonderful venue, as several hundreds or even thousands of people are assembled, wanting to learn and share experiences on how to change the world through community building and focus on our own spiritual growth! Great energy! Hope to see many of you there!!!
15
Nov
Posted by: nasimmaani // Category:
Music, Baha'i Faith
Hi, I'm sharing with you the work I have been involved in for the last year ... it is very similar to my music as it is all about peace and healing.
This work is truly fascinating and I hope to hear what you think.
At the end of the newsletter you will also find an updated list of my class schedule.
INTEGRATIVE YOGA THERAPY
your path to balance
Nasim Maani, BArch, E-RYI 500, PYT
F a l l 2 0 1 2
Dear friends in yoga,
What a joy it is to share this newsletter with you for the very first time!!
My intention is to share with you my personal journey as a student and teacher of yoga as well as to aid us in exploring the healing discipline of yoga therapy. In addition you will find out about classes, and workshops I teach in Tucson, and about my private practice in yoga therapy.
Thank you for being part of my journey and my learning and I look forward to our path together starting right now. This is what you will find in this newsletter:
• What is Yoga Therapy? – a very short personal summary
• What exactly happens in a Yoga Therapy session?
• Overview of classes with brief descriptions – new class !
I. What is Yoga Therapy?
You are all students of yoga and very much aware of the benefits that yoga has brought into your life. Next to the physical benefits of greater flexibility and strength in your body, you have probably become aware of other more subtler sensations within you, like a sense of peacefulness and relaxation after practice, the awareness and connection of breath in lessening the effects of stress, the concept of equanimity and balance that we can draw upon in difficult times in our lives, and the reality that our essential nature is spirit. All of these insights bring us closer to the understanding of ourselves, that we are so much more than just this physical body, much more than just our thoughts and feelings, but a sum of different elements culminating in our true essence.
Little by little, the lessons of yoga class begin to show up in our lives, and more and more and we see the healing effect of these learnings on ourselves and the people around us. So when I heard about the discipline of yoga therapy, I became very intrigued. As I began this journey and started to use the tools of yoga therapy on myself, I was very touched by the approach of Integrative Yoga Therapy that teaches the therapist to empower the individual to seek out their own healing, their very own path towards balance without having to rely on outside sources.
Yoga is in fact one of the oldest forms of healing therapy, having been practiced for 5000 years now. It is only in recent decades that medical science has started to catch up on the healing capacity of yoga and has verified yoga’s healing effects through scientific study. So yoga therapy is a discipline that has evolved out of combining yoga principles and western medical science. Its methods are tailored specifically to the needs of the person who is perhaps suffering from physical or mental illness or just going through life changes and transitions.
Here is one definition of yoga therapy by my teacher Joseph LePage (Integrative Yoga Therapy):
Yoga therapy is that facet of the ancient science of Yoga that focuses on health and wellness at all levels of the person: physical, psychological, and spiritual. Yoga therapy focuses on the path of Yoga as a healing journey that brings balance to the body and mind through an experiential understanding of the primary intention of Yoga: awakening of Spirit, our essential nature.
II. What exactly happens in a Yoga therapy session?
The session is participated in by the client/yoga student and the yoga therapist and begins by an assessment of the client’s conditions and aims.
And as the healing journey is unique to each individual, a specific practice is designed, adapted and modified, using asana (postures), pranayama (breathwork), mudra (handgestures), yoga nidra (guided meditation) and meditation, appropriate for the individual with respect to age, culture, religion and specific physical challenges so that optimal health for body and mind can be facilitated.
Here is where you can find us:
PRIVATE SESSIONS
Healing Pathways [map] www.healingpathwaysaz.com/yoga
By appointment through Nasim at (520) 360 4013 or through
the Healing Pathway website above for a time and a practice,
that works for you!
Stone Canyon Fitness [map] www.stonecanyon.com
By appointment through Stone Canyon Fitness Center.
If you are a member, there are 2 classes a week available to you, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 -10 am OR a time that works for you.
PUBLIC CLASSES
NEW!
Alive Fitness [map] www.myalivefitness.com
Soulful Yoga
Mondays 10:00-11:15 am
Hatha yoga with a focus on meditation and personal transformation.
Exploring qualities like peacefulness, fearlessness and vitality through postures, breathing and meditation. Please, bring a blanket.
The Yoga Tree [map] www.theyogatreeaz.com
Yoga Nidra
Mondays, 12:00-12:45 noon
Yoga Nidra can be best translated as “The Sleep of the Yogi”. It is a practice, similar, but far beyond, a guided mediation that allows you to systematically bring about physical, mental and conscious relaxation.
Yoga Nidra can help you learn how to relax, develop self-awareness, change deep-seated habits, allow you to experience positive changes in your sleep patterns, develop a positive and balanced outlook on life, enhance your creativity and manage your stress levels. A regular practice of Yoga Nidra helps to awaken your true nature. You will leave completely relaxed, with more energy and clarity ... a beautiful lunchtime practice. You can even come in your regular clothes.
The Yoga Tree [map] www.theyogatreeaz.com
Hatha Yoga, all levels
Wednesdays & Fridays 9:00-10:15 am
Namaste - Nasim
08
May
Posted by: nasimmaani // Category:
Music, Baha'i Faith
Hi, just letting you know that my
new music video, titled
"True Lover", is out!
You can check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZJ0ka_1hZc
The powerful
words of this piece are taken from the writings of
Baha'u'llah, the Founder of the Baha'i Faith and the beautiful
music was written by
Grant Hindin Miller (New Zealand)! The song was lovingly arranged by
Daniel Rubin (Austria). The video was filmed in the gorgeous city of Budapest, Hungary, a country I was lucky to call my home for a year. It was
filmed and edited by a very talented
Nadji Hedjazi and thoughtfully
directed by
Ajang Farid (Hungary).
I look at it as a meditation on mystical love, the journey to the true Beloved.
Below you will find the text again and its translation into German.
A Spanish and Hungarian translation will follow soon :-)
Enjoy and feel free to share!
"O SON OF JUSTICE!
Whither can a lover go but to the land of his beloved? And what seeker findeth rest away from his heart's desire? To the true lover reunion is life, and separation is death. His breast is void of patience and his heart hath no peace. A myriad lives he would forsake to hasten to the abode of his beloved." - Baha'u'llah
"O SOHN DER GERECHTIGKEIT!
Wohin kann ein Liebender gehen ausser ins Land seines Geliebten? Und welcher Suchende fände Ruhe fern der Sehnsucht seines Herzens. Für den aufrichtig Liebenden ist Vereinigung Leben und Trennung Tod. Seine Brust kennt keine Geduld, sein Herz keinen Frieden. Tausend Leben gäbe er hin, um zur Wohnstatt seines Geliebten zu eilen."- Baha'u'llah
17
Apr
Posted by: nasimmaani // Category:
Music, Baha'i Faith
Just wanted to share with you some thoughts on the 8th track of "The Longing": Song of Badi.
This piece was written by a very talented and insightful Stephen Miller, himself a young man then, describing the process of transformation and change within one individual alone, which immediately affected his surroundings and the world. He uses the example the true story of a young man, named Badi and his life of courage and sacrifice. He recognizes his Beloved in the person of Baha'u'llah and every fiber of his being becomes a new creation.
I was introduced to this song in my youth and it touched me deeply the moment I heard it. I wanted to sing it. Firstly to internalize this story of courage and encouragement for myself and secondly, to share it with anyone I would meet: we all have the power to affect change, to better ourselves and the world around us.
Right now the whole world seems to be in turmoil wherever you look and as individuals we might feel torn about the recent watchword of change. On the one hand we welcome and look forward to change because we know that the world cannot continue on its path of selfishness and destruction. On the other hand we might be unsure about what change would entail and whether that change would be positive.
Eckhart Tolles writes:“Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.” In my album I have dedicated this song to my family in Iran and all my young Baha'i brothers and sisters, who despite daily persecution hold that space of a new world united in thought and spirit and action in their heart! May you soon be free to follow your dreams and fulfill your potential!!!
11
Jan
Posted by: nasimmaani // Category:
Baha'i Faith,
Events
Dear friends, Thank you so much for all your support the last 30 or so days since my debut album "The Longing" was released!!!
The Grand Canyon Conference
www.grandcanyonbahai.org in Phoenix, Arizona was an amazing experience with 2600 people gathered from all over North America as well as places as far as New Zealand! The conference was all about community building and about how we all play our crucial roles in that process, as small and insignificant as we may feel at times. There were beautiful and dynamic presenters, as well as super-talented musicians from various musical traditions. It was a joy to experience them and to get to know many of YOU personally!
I was able to contribute twice with my music during the course of the conference and on the last day our music video "Peace Is Light" that was filmed in Budapest, Hungary this summer by N. Hedjazi and A. Farid,
was shown. Budapest was blessed by Abdu'l-Baha's presence a hundred years ago ... so fitting as the words of this piece are by Abdu'l-Baha!
My next 2 events scheduled are:
January 17th, 2012 Dr Martin Luther King Celebration, Town of Paradise Valley, Arizona
March 17th, 2012 "Playing For Unity In Diversity Music Festival", Tucson, Arizona
Check this festival out at
www.playingforunityindiversity.com
Keep shining your light,
Nasim
30
Nov
Posted by: nasimmaani // Category:
Music, Baha'i Faith
Hello dear friends!
This is my first blog post. I'm looking forward to sharing more on here about my music and my life as an artist.
