I’ve been writing about the Yamas for the last few weeks. If you’ve been keeping up recently, skip ahead to the next paragraph. If you want a refresher read on. Yoga is an 8-limbed path that when taken in order, leads to ultimate bliss. (yes, please). The first two limbs of the path are yama […]
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Satya
In my yoga classes recently we’ve been exploring yogic observances or restraints, referred to as the yamas. These recommended behaviors are the first of the 8 limbs in the yogic path. Ahimsa, non – violence, is the first yama. The second is truthfulness, Satya. “What’s so dangerous about the truth,” Carl Jung wrote, “a lie […]
On Ahimsa
Yoga is more than a workout. It’s an 8 limbed philosophy that lays over all cultural and religious belief systems. It doesn’t matter your nationality, your race, your economic situation, the 8 limbed path is for all people. One of the 8 limbs is the Yamas, a set of principles that when practiced allow the […]
On Being Forgiven
I’ve been working through Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero. He says that we can’t be spiritually healthy if we aren’t emotionally healthy. That’s kind of a no-brainer. I’ve been working on my spiritual and emotional health for the last 16 years, and I gotta say, it ain’t easy. If it were easy, everyone would […]
The Theme for 2022
I haven’t written in a while because life threw a big fat curve ball my way. I fell off a horse in the fall and broke both bones in my forearm. Well, I shattered one and broke the other. It happened two hours before my stepson’s wedding. You read that right. A month later, my […]
Self Inquiry
Those of us who walk the spiritual path do it because we want to live with relative peace and calm. We want to be reasonably helpful to others. When our shortcomings stand in the way of our serenity and usefulness, we are off the path, causing us discomfort, irritability, and sometimes outright pain.
Love > Fear
Peace in our land will come from the people choosing to love.
Alignment
When my thoughts, actions, and emotions are all in alignment, then the doing becomes effortless.
Gratitude Shift
. You want to be free of the COVID blues? Choose gratitude. Choose to shift your magical magnifying mind onto the blessings that surround you. Watch the blessings bloom.
Bigger
The only thing that will truly refresh the soul is the belief in something Bigger than All of This. Bigger than the President, the pandemic, the social unrest. Bigger than the election. Bigger than limited thinking. We need a bigger God.
Heather Dellapi 