This morning while I was exercising on our stationary bike and praying, a way of working with the light and also building some arm and upper body muscle came to me that I would enjoy sharing with you.

I had read last week that choosing weights that really make your muscles work, even if you do less movements with them, adds more muscle more quickly. Your movements should be slow. The amount of repetitions should be less.

So I took one of my husband's 10-pound barbells in place of the five-pounders I had been using and as I was cycling I held the barbell at either end and created this routine which can be done standing or sitting as well as working out on a stationary bike:

1. Choose the heaviest barbell you can lift with both hands.
2. Grasping it with each hand around its ends, raise the barbell slowly from the base to above the crown chakra, focusing on each chakra as you move it upward.
3. As you raise the barbell, say, "Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women..."
4. When the barbell is above your crown, held at full arms length above you, slowly lower it all the way to the base chakra as you recite, "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come..."
5. You don't have to complete either prayer. Just say as much of it as required to raise and lower the weight.
6. Repeat this process, moving slowly and without over stressing your arm muscles.
7. Then holding the barbell at the heart chakra, extend it forward slowly as you affirm, "I am a son (daughter) of God." or "I am the Word incarnate." or "I am a son (daughter) of the Holy Spirit." or any affirmation related to the creation of the Christ Consciousness within the heart by the raising of the Mother light and the descending of the Father that you have invoked and physically dramatized with your exercise.
8. Repeat this movement out from the heart and back toward the heart a comfortable amount of times.

Anyone up for arm wrestling me at the summer conference? Ha!

My love, Carol Wells

Yes, Sounds great!

Lets have a competition... pitting the efficacy of "Feeling Energization Yoga" that I taught in Nashville verses Barbell Mantra Yoga"! :>

Causeless Joy... Elegance... and Limitless Truth of Openness... as Love!

Gregory Brinkley
http://lovejoyhealth.com