A Response Is Different Than A Reaction
A response is different than a reaction. A reaction is automatic—out of default—and a response is conscious. On the mat and off, it happens like this: some default thought arises, and if you immediately react to that thought, then you resist or quit, and there is not a single gap of time and space to […]
Savasana: The Practice of Non-Action
Savasana is the completing pose of yoga practice. It is an opportunity to come home to yourself— where you can see that there really is no “home” unless you find it within yourself. It is the place where your whole being is awakened, where you allow and accept all feelings and emotions to arise—comfortable or […]
Life Is A Wheel
The Buddha talks about how the wheel of life keeps on moving, and how the wheel turns around a fixed center. If you only look at the periphery of the wheel, you are looking at the outer form. If you become capable of accessing the hub, the core center, you will be able to connect […]
The Practice of Being Spontaneous
The practice of letting go of control and excessive planning and instead letting your intuition guide you is a very revolutionary thing to do. Over control and perfectionism are spiritually deadening. They leave no room for joy or for freedom. When we are in touch with ourselves, we are free to experiment and venture into […]
How To Develop A Daily Meditation Practice
Meditation is a lifelong journey. Checking in daily with this profound practice impacts all areas of life and takes us way beyond feeling better into being better. The following are some suggestions in helping you establish your daily meditation habit: You may experience all kinds of sensations—for example, you may feel fidgety, uncomfortable, or itchy—but […]
Shift Your Vision
As you embark on your journey of spiritual or physical transformation, it’s crucial to recognize that your thought process may be obstructing your ability to see the truth. Often, we tend to blame external factors such as other people or circumstances beyond our control for the obstacles we face. However, if you look closer, you […]
Give Up The Need To Know
We all want answers, right? The reason those late-night infomercials are so popular is because everyone wants a fix. Just give us the simple steps, the quick fix, the how-to process. That’s how we’re conditioned; answers make us feel secure. Whenever we encounter a situation that’s uncomfortable for us, we try so hard to figure […]
Don’t Rush The Process
There is a biblical saying, “Lord, Please show us the shortness of days so that we might have wisdom of heart.” Life is short. At some level we all know that, and so we rush to complete all that we think we must do in order to live a life of no regrets. We get […]
Carry Your Own Weather With You
Over reactive people are impacted and imprinted by their environment, thus soaking in all the stresses and pressures like a sponge and storing it all in their muscles and mind. Reactive people are often super sensitive to their physical environment. If the weather is good, they feel good. If it isn’t, it affects their attitude […]
The Whole Is The Goal
We don’t transform in parts. Every aspect of ourselves and our lives is interconnected with every other one. To paraphrase something Gandhi once said, “You cannot do wrong in one part of your life and expect to do right in all the others.” There are some things that are known only in their wholeness, that […]