The Truth About Silk

Silk is perceived as a high maintenance, demanding

Expensive, high-class, and luxurious good

 

In the 80's silk was used for high-fashion and everyday wear.

You saw silk on high-fashion runways,

At the workplace, at parties, and at social functions

 

Nowadays people feel as if they need a

"Special" place to wear silk clothing to

 

The reality is that silk is very user friendly.

It can be chic and it can be casual

It can be worn to a wedding as well

As to the office, to a family gathering, or to go shopping

It's comfortable, it allows for the body to breathe,

It absorbs moisture away from the body and it drapes nicely over any figure

 

Also, silk doesn't need to be taken to the cleaners.

As a matter of fact, if you want a synthetic fiber to match up

To the lifespan of silk, you HAVE to take it to the cleaners.

Silk on the other hand need only be gently washed at home

 

As a silk artist it is my job to reveal the truths about silk

To my potential clients

However, it's very hard to convince people of silks durability,

Its usability and low cleaning maintenance

Because people have very strong believes about silk already

 

Sometimes I also feel like I have to fight the myth

That silk is for older people, for "moms", or for the aged.

Silk is for every age, every gender, and every lifestyle.

 

It has a very mysterious look, which makes everyone desirable



The Truth Is...

For ages and ages society, religion, and civilization have repressed the feminine, leaving us with hardly any clue about what true feminine power entails.

Feminine power comes from being able to choose for ourselves rather than letting society choose for us. Choosing our own path with confidence and not feeling guilt or shame for wanting to be true to ourselves.

Comparing ourselves to men and wanting to imitate the image of what a powerful man is leads us to ignore our feelings.

At a very early age us women are stripped of our right to choose in order to become acceptable, presentable, and fit nicely into society.

A women who knows what she wants is usually called demanding. If she's interested in having financial security she is called a gold-digger. If a woman doesn't follow the rules of society she is called a bitch.

It's time for women to stop being victimized by society and be our own self.

The highest value of a human being is freedom and if we're looking for world peace all the women in the world have to become free to choose.

To be powerful women we do not have to condemn men. It does not have to be one or the other.

Leyla Navab ArtSilk Meditation Cushions

Today, I had the idea of writing a blog about meditation, but as I was getting ready to begin typing something told me that a blog on meditation had already been posted. I searched through the archive and found the post Meditation Cushion, which is almost a year old. However, I do want to revisit the subject and share my opinion about it a bit more.

It seems to be that meditation is seen by many people as something "spooky" and "cult-like". Some people feel that practicing meditation will change their lifestyle, which is scary because change itself can be terrifying for some. One person shared with me that they practiced meditation for a long period of time but then quit. I think this is the result of not knowing the true meaning of meditation which results in unfulfilled expectations.

I try to define meditation in the most simple terms as a "stage of complete presence". This means that through meditation you enter a place of mental silence and stillness that results in total vitality; you don't feel fatigue, depression,  anxiety, nor boredom. Even though you do nothing, the mind is free, and it does not navigate through one's past nor future.

One of my personal experiences with meditation was when I decided to meditate next to the ocean for a month straight. I would sit next to the ocean and feel its energy and at the same time follow the flow of my breath. After the month passed I was able to release an emotion I didn't know how to face. Every time this emotion arose I felt powerless but meditation created strength within me to deal with it.

Meditation is being recommended by many physicians as a way to improve one's physical, emotional, and mental health. The Hammer Museum holds meditation sessions, which are free and open to the public, and even Dr. Oz says that meditation is one of the most powerful ways to release stress.

The most simple way to enter meditation is to follow the in-and-out of your breath. The breath is the only sign of life that is always with you and is ALWAYS readily accessible.

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