“Imagine all the people, living life in peace” – John Lennon I feel like there is a movement within American culture that seeks to control and shape the society. This movement has created a whole segment of people who are suffering from a sense of false enlightenment. I say “false” because this form of enlightenment […]
Category: yoga
Soul
You satisfy my soul (satisfy my soul) Every little action (satisfy my soul) There’s a reaction (satisfy my soul) Oh, can’t you see what you’ve done for me, oh, yeah I am happy inside all, all of the time Bob Marley We talk about the soul often “satisfy my soul”, “soul searching”, ‘”soulmate” but what […]
Spiritual Pride
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 About 4 years ago I hit a wall in my relationship with my God. I felt like there was something between […]
React or Respond
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies out growth and our freedom.” Victor Frankl My friend was pulling out of the driveway with her son in the car. Her sweet husband was in the yard and noticed that the dog […]
Discomfort
…Discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level. Diana Nyad “Are you uncomfortable yet?” the yoga instructor asked. Sweat rolled into my eyes, right leg burning, shoulders screaming. Yes. Yes, I am uncomfortable. He told us that there is a difference between […]
Self love
I was lying in savasana and my throat was all tight, tears were threatening to come pouring out of my closed eyes the thought came, “I did this to me. What is wrong with me that I would eat myself into 20 lbs? Don’t I care about myself at all?” After class I broke down […]
Harmony
“I’d like to teach the world to sing/ in perfect harmony.” I was in yoga class the other day and the teacher played a track of music and asked us to chant with it. The whole class was chanting in unison, matching the same pitch as the leader, but her pitch was higher than my […]
