Giving Naam

Open your heart through meditation 💛

Any person can meditate at any time they decide to. Their life will benefit and there are a variety of meditation methods available. With Naam, meditation is practiced through music and mantras, using the repetition of sacred sounds and the power of the Word.

NAAM stands for Neuro Activating Advanced Meditation. This does not mean you need to be an experienced practitioner, but rather that the results are advanced. Through sound, you can deeply meditate in a way that allows your mind, heart, and spirit to connect with Divine wisdom. This type of meditation can quiet mental chatter and clear obstacles.

Meditation is a chance for you to connect with your essence and the essence of the Universe – a chance to open your heart.

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NAAM News ✨ Week Roundup + Free Community Classes - https://mailchi.mp/givingnaam/1217newsletter-9094321

“The shortest path to happiness is to open the heart, and the fastest way to open the heart is with Naam.”

“El camino más corto hacia la felicidad es abrir el corazón, y el camino más corto para abrir el corazón es Naam.”

- Dr. Joseph Michael Levry
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Expanding with Partnerships ✨

A highlight of our Partner Outreach Program has been the relationship with Cancer Support Community Los Angeles. Dr. Allyn Cioban has been teaching a weekly Naam class at their location, serving close to 100 people so far with breathwork, movement, and meditation since April. This has led to special events, new partners, and program growth.

In July, Cancer Support Community Los Angeles hosted an online lecture with Allyn, How to Thrive Through Unwanted Change. This free webinar included Naam breathing exercises, sound vibration meditation, and it increased awareness of her weekly Naam class.

Also this month, CSCLA added livestream access to Allyn’s in-person sessions. This hybrid offering is now on Tuesdays from 10-11am PDT, on location at CSCLA and Online. Class is open to people having a cancer experience, whether it be their own diagnosis or supporting a loved one. Register for class using this link: https://cscla.gnosishosting.net/Events/Calendar?eviid=63826

Additionally, through CSCLA, Allyn was invited by Tower Cancer Research Foundation to teach Naam Breath, Movement and Meditation at their Cancer Survivor’s Day in June. This event served 30 students and she will teach another in-person class for Tower Cancer on Friday, July 26 from 12-1pm in Beverly Hills. Link to register for this event: https://cscla.gnosishosting.net/Events/Calendar?eviid=63876

Service 🤝

Service to others is an act of love and therefore a practical way to open your heart.

Some benefits of serving others are:
• Helps us focus our mind and our emotions in positive results
• Pulls us away from negativity
• It’s a tangible way to make a difference
• It feels good

This month, we invite you to find a way to be of service – it might be helping a family member, a friend, your community, an organization you care about, or a part of the world in need of assistance.

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Giving Naam Newsletter ✨ Friday, July 19, 2024 - https://mailchi.mp/givingnaam/1217newsletter-9094295 Programs and Progress – Read our newsletter about Partner Outreach, Community Classes, and Giving Naam Wellness.

“The heart is the center of unconditional love.”

“El corazón es el centro del amor incondicional.”

- Dr. Joseph Michael Levry
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Exercise as a tool for your heart and brain 🧠 🫀

Cardiovascular exercise brings important benefits to your heart by making it stronger and improving circulation. Using exercise as support, you can prevent and even reverse cardiac diseases.

Our brains also benefit from physical exercise. It can stimulate the creation of new neurons, improve the ability to process information, influence memory, and help us regulate our moods.

Regardless of your age, weight or physical fitness, exercise is important for health. Whether it’s taking a walk, practicing seated breathwork, or doing a class such as The Naam 5, movement is key to life.

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☀️ Join Courtney Miller on Friday, July 19 at 7-8am PDT / 8-9am MEX / 10-11am EDT for the 19: Sun Ritual - Divine Partnership (replay to follow). Traducción al español disponible.

• Develop and strengthen your relationship with your heart, mind, and soul.
• Practice the science and art of prayer.
• Strengthen the habit of acknowledging that life is a partnership between the seen and unseen worlds.
• Experience the Wisdom of the Heart/the Solar Path/the Middle Path.
• Understand your Pentagrammic nature, and methods to awaken this power in you.

Register for the Single Event or the Monthly Subscription to the 19: Sun Ritual channel. Click here for more info and registration!

https://givingnaamwellness.org/p/19-sun-ritual

Giving Naam Wellness Members receive 10% off single event enrollment. Use code MEMBER10 at checkout!

NAAM News ✨ Divine Partnership + Inner Peace! - https://mailchi.mp/givingnaam/1217newsletter-9094259

Free Community Classes offered by Giving Naam, our not-for-profit organization.☀️ LIVE Shakti Naam at Palisades Park in Santa Monica, CA (Ocean Ave, just south of Idaho).

Shakti Naam Yoga classes include basic movements, breathwork, and mantra meditation. It’s a practice that combines the ancient spiritual wisdom of eastern yoga and meditation with western science.

Come join us! We currently meet 3 days a week. Bring a mat and water.
🔹Sundays 9-10am
🔹Wednesdays 9-10:15am
🔹Fridays 2-3:15pm

Free Community classes are supported by your donations. If you’d like to donate click here: https://givingnaamwellness.org/p/shaktinaambydonation

Donations go directly to support programs and initiatives to improve lives and health through Naam.

For timely updates on Community Classes in Santa Monica, join the Beach View Yoga what’s app group!

https://chat.whatsapp.com/2goQ8lTdVMZ8WtyUKALyou

Rhythm ✨

The heart represents your body’s rhythm. Your breath influences this rhythm. When the rhythm is balanced, it can help realign the rest of your body. Setting your heart’s rhythm is possible by using breath as a tool.

Conscious breathing exercises will help you modulate or modify your rhythm. A rhythmic technique — such as box breathing— practiced for 7 minutes or more each day, can help. Here are the steps to follow:

Box Breath
• Inhale for count of 5
• Hold breath in for count of 5
• Exhale for count of 5
• Hold breath out for count of 5

You can increase the amount of time you work with each section. Keep in mind that the goal is to have each part last an equal length —so if you inhale for a count of 10, you also increase the other parts of the sequence to 10, too. This creates balance.

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NAAM News ✨ Welcome July + Teacher Spotlight! - https://mailchi.mp/givingnaam/1217newsletter-9094198

“When your heart is open, you can touch the light of your soul.”

“Cuando el corazón está abierto, puedes tocar la luz de tu alma.”

- Dr. Joseph Michael Levry
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Hello July, a month for opening your heart ❤️

One way to do this is to work with your heart chakra. Chakras are energy centers in your body located along your spinal column. Each chakra has specific functions connected to a certain area of our lives and a group of our organs.

Because of its central location, the heart chakra has a particular role as it allows connections to be made between the other energy points. When the heart chakra is open, it creates a flow between chakras.

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Spiritual Tools for the Modern World 🌎 Join Alyssa Gaustad on Friday, July 5 for the livestream of 🌛New Moon Ritual: Free Yourself🌜at 12-1pm PDT. Replay will be available shortly after the livestream!

Use this two-week period when the moon grows from zero visibility to complete fullness to take action, launch projects, start a job, or embark on any new beginnings. This is a time when the moon’s energy supports growth and expansion.

🔹 Members: Giving Naam Wellness members will find New and Full Moon Rituals in their member bundle.

🔹 Non-Members: participate in moon rituals one of 3 ways -
1. Become a Member
2. Subscribe to all New and Full Moon Rituals
3. Register for the Single Event

Click the link in bio to be directed to the New and Full Moon ritual course!

Note: Paid programs and memberships on Giving Naam Wellness support the free Community and Partner Outreach programs offered by givingnaam.org and help cover operational expenses.





https://givingnaamwellness.org/p/moon-rituals-program

NAAM News ✨ Free Yourself + Serve Others! - https://mailchi.mp/givingnaam/1217newsletter-9094157

“Our mind must become positive so we can become light, and share the light of positivity with others.”

“Nuestra mente debe ser positiva para que podamos convertirnos en luz y compartir la luz de la positividad con otros.”
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Serving others elevates your vibration

When we serve others — whether it be getting involved in a cause we believe in, supporting loved ones, contributing to our communities, or aiding strangers — we open our hearts. This increases our own happiness and fulfilment. Serving others helps us focus our minds and our emotions on positive results and keeps away negativity.

If you are experiencing personal challenges, one way to persevere, shift your energy, and rise from a negative circumstance is to find ways to serve others and take action. It feels good to do good.

Who can you help today?

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NAAM News ⏰ Solstice Activities TODAY! - https://mailchi.mp/givingnaam/1217newsletter-9094114

“When the mind is positive, the universe shall serve you.”

“Cuando la mente es positiva, el Universo se pone a tu servicio.”
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Community Solstice Celebration — join us on Friday, June 21 for this free event in Santa Monica at Palisades Park. We’ll begin at 2pm with a special extended class taught by Dr. Emily Hoda. She’ll lead us through movement, breathwork, and Solstice-specific meditations. This is a time to release the past and prepare for the future ✨

Class will be followed by social hour and community potluck (bring a snack to share). We can’t wait to connect with you 🌳

Sign up for potluck: https://forms.gle/rt9ZYCN2vhVkaHPw6

This event is part of our Free Community Class program, sponsored by Giving Naam and supported by loving donors. We offer community classes 3 times a week at Palisades Park on Ocean Ave, just south of Idaho (towards Washington). Regular class schedule is Sundays 9-10am, Wednesdays 9-10:15am, Fridays 2-3:15pm.

Positivity through Gratitude

Gratitude allows us to find a blessing in all our experiences. This makes it a useful tool for staying positive.

This month, we encourage you to practice gratitude by selecting three or more experiences from your day and giving thanks for them before going to sleep or waking up in the morning. We lovingly invite you to be grateful for each day.

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Celebrate Solstice 🎉☀️ Join us on Friday, June 21 for the livestream of Full Moon Ritual: Victory + Solstice Blessings with Alyssa Gaustad at 12-1pm PDT. Replay to follow.

As the Moon’s brilliance begins to wane over the course of two weeks, these rituals will help you usher in a profound and transformative cycle. This is an ideal time for preparation, meditation, introspection, and releasing patterns that no longer serve you.

What to expect: Breathwork, meditation, and sound vibration expertly guided by Alyssa Gaustad. Each ritual has a theme that works with specific areas of our human experience.

Members: Moon Rituals are included in the Giving Naam Wellness Membership bundle.

Non-Members: Moon rituals are also available by drop-in or subscription.

details and registration here! https://givingnaamwellness.org/p/moon-rituals-program

NAAM News ✨ Rituals + Events to Honor Solstice! - https://mailchi.mp/givingnaam/1217newsletter-9094050

“You need a positive mental attitude regardless of what you are faced with.”

“Debes conservar una actitud positiva a pesar de lo que enfrentes.”
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The 19: Sun Ritual ✨Solstice Edition✨ with Courtney Miller on Wednesday, June 19th at 7-8am PDT.

During the Summer Solstice in the northern hemisphere, the sun reaches its peak fullness of light. Prepare to receive all of that light and turn yourself into the brightest version you can be! Rituals are created to provide the structure to connect with the beyond, to go through initiation, to experience transformation, to leave behind what no longer serves you, and open yourself up to a higher vibrational reality. There is no better time in the year, then when the sun is at its peak to experience the potential of the power within you, your spiritual power!

Register for the Single Event or the Subscribe to the 19: Sun Ritual course! Giving Naam Wellness members receive 10% of single event enrollment.

details & registration ☀️

https://givingnaamwellness.org/p/19-sun-ritual

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Keep moving to generate positivity

Exercising generates multiple benefits for your health. Along with removing stagnation, movement improves your mood and encourages the release of hormones associated with happiness.

During this month, make a conscious effort to move your body — whether you go on a daily walk, practice The Naam 5, or some other form of exercise, keep moving.

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“A positive mental attitude will bring positive things in your life.”

“Una actitud mental positiva traerá cosas positivas en tu vida.”
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NAAM News ✨ 3 Part Breath + Community Gathering! Read the Newsletter https://mailchi.mp/givingnaam/1217newsletter-9093993