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Club Quarantine

 

With most of us still stuck at home for the next couple of weeks I thought I’d share some cool content you can watch while waiting for better news from the outside.
The video above is from an interesting series created by The New York Times titled ‘Almost Famous’ by Op-Docs.
There are multiple episodes available on YouTube, and the first one I happened to stumble over was this amazing one (above) about Kim Hill, an original member of The Black Eyed Peas.

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My second recommendation is to catch The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel via Amazon Prime.
I’m super late to the party as the show launched in 2017 and is now on season 3, but better late than never!
Incredibly well made show about a housewife that decides to become a stand up comic in the late 1950s.
Shout out to my former classmate Bailey DeYoung who does an amazing job playing Imogene Cleary!

I’ve been dancing along with the Fitness Marshall since last summer when I first discovered his YouTube account.
He has so many amazing dance videos and they all feel good for the body - especially the spine; #bodyrolls! But the best part is his limitless positive energy!

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Hope anyone who reads this is doing well and taking care!

 

I learned transcendental meditation

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I’ve been an avid yoga practitioner for the last decade. Yoga can be a wonderful form of meditation, depending on your intention and awareness of that fact, when practicing.
And when I write and record my best music I also feel like I’m getting into an effortless flow-state, tapping into the subconscious and/or some creative source I can’t explain.

But I had yet to try a “100%” meditation-only technique up until recently when I finally took the time and signed up for a Transcendental Meditation course.

The reason I picked TM as my meditation technique was because I heard Ray Dalio speak so highly of it. 
I also watched an introduction video on TM by Bob Roth before signing up. Both of them left me with the impression that TM is a basic, no-nonsense meditation that works. All that is required is that you do it two times a day for 20 minutes.

There is also research that shows that TM has a positive effect on everything from reducing high blood pressure to minimizing anxiety. I don’t have high blood pressure or anxiety, but I’m curios by nature and I always want to try things that can make me be a better version of myself, so I signed up.

The official TM course is a four day course conducted by The Maharishi Foundation, a non-profit educational organization. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was the person who introduced TM to the US, so this is the reason behind the foundation name.

There are TM centers all over the world, and the one I ended up taking my course at was the Madison Avenue location in Manhattan.

The first of the four days is a one-on-on session with a certified TM teacher, and the three remaining days are group sessions. I enjoyed the experience and I’m so happy I took the time to learn something I can use for the rest of my life. I’d share more of my experience if it weren’t for the fact that when you sign up to learn TM you have to agree not to share too much of how exactly to do the technique. This is in order to avoid misunderstandings, which I can appreciate. If you want to learn TM the only place to do for real is via an official center, which you can locate on tm.org.

XO,

Seena

A new plant-based favorite

 
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Finally took the time to check out Le Botaniste and I’m so happy I did. Le Botaniste is a plant-based organic food & natural wine bar with three locations in Manhattan.
I tried their Chili Sin Carne which was delicious! The ingredients are: Brown rice, 3 beans, quinoa, chili sin carne, erzats sour cream, turmeric onion. textured soy protein, miso, onion, garlic, tomato, cilantro. Yum!

www.LeBotaniste.us

 

A glimpse into my favorite spa in New York

Here’s a short video with some shots I took at my favorite spa in New York; the spa at Mandarin Oriental.
If you’re looking for an oasis of zen in the middle of all the chaos Manhattan has to offer, this is definitely it!
The treatments are amazing and if you are lucky you get to have most of the facilities to yourself like I did this time around.
I recommend coming 45 minutes before your treatment is scheduled for,
so you can warm up your muscles in the Vitality Pool first!

My new track 'Energy' is out today

 

Yes guys! It’s another Thursday and you know what that means; a new R&B/soul jam from your girl Seena. This one is a real slow and sexy one, and it’s called ‘Energy’. Hope you like it, you can listen via these outlets:

Listen on Spotify here

Listen on Tidal here

Listen on iTunes/Apple Music here

Listen on Google Play here

Listen on Deezer here

 

2 minutes of inspiration

Hi guys! I just decided to make a series of short videos where I hope I can add a dash of good energy to your day. I personally love to watch all kinds of motivational videos on YouTube so I decided to make a few of my own. Hope you like it and if you don't at least you didn't waste more than 2 minutes of your time :)

The three first videos are pasted into this post (as you can hopefully see, lol). If you want to check out more of them go to my channel via the videos or click HERE.