Spiritual practices such as prayer, meditation, fasting and other centering exercises are especially useful for us as individuals.
If Ground and Center exercises seem to take too long, you may be trying too hard, or you may be achieving Ground and Center without recognizing it.
Remind yourself that the longer and harder you work at the barre, the stronger you will be for the center exercises.
Many everyday Wicca practices just take a few minutes, such as breathing and centering exercises, meditating for 10-15 minutes, or giving thanks for a meal.
These can include forms of treatment as diverse as acupuncture, mind-body centering exercises that increase the relaxation response, guided imagery to engage the mind in the healing process, and/or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing biofeedback.
America schools have brand new sport centers, exercise equipment, dining halls, residence halls, etc.
Here is a basic centering exercise from her book "The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer" (St. Martin's Press).
The leaders of the center exercised a great deal of control over the lives of their young charges.
Communities might also unite to press for construction of safe activity centers, exercise tracks, hiking and biking trails and community pools.
The $23 million conversion of the 17-story loft building on 32nd Street has produced a hotel with 171 guest rooms plus a business center, exercise room, meeting space and a breakfast room.
Debrief: At the end of this centering exercise, it is sometimes good for facilitators to draw attention to the fact that we seldom get to know about these little kindnesses because of the busyness of school, but they are going on around us all the time.
