The Practice of Preparation
For many of us there will be times when it is hard to keep to the path and stay true to an ongoing revolution. There will be difficult moments, because that is how life flows. It helps if we can make peace with this truth and accept it, because then we can be more prepared […]
Healing Through Yoga
I’ve been teaching Baptiste Yoga for 11 years, but the event that served as the catalyst for me to become a yoga teacher happened over 30 years ago when I was a teenager. I was bucked off a horse and landed on my head. Fortunately I was wearing a helmet, so my head was not […]
Language Moves
If you want to reach someplace new, you have to do something different than you’ve always done. The same actions will only yield the same results. Authentic new actions occur only when the observer within shifts, bringing new possibilities into view. If new action is required for new results, then we need to make some […]
Being Yourself Opens Up New Space To Create
In order to create new pathways in any area of your life, you must get real wherever you haven’t been. Acknowledging what’s stuck and telling the truth about where you’ve been wearing a mask opens up new energy to flow in the present. The problem is that most of us refuse to admit that we […]
The Practice of Begin Again
The cycle of going unconscious and waking up is a practice of simply beginning again. We’re always in process with this. The moment you wake up and realize you’ve drifted off into thoughts and storyland, you simply connect to your senses, open your eyes and your ears, feel your feet on the floor, plug into […]
What are you ready for?
There is no “you” that can’t do something that seems possible. There are only thoughts and feelings that pop up and try to stop you. The truth is that you’re always ready, right now. The thing that inspires you deep in your heart is what you’re ready for. Anything else you believe is just a […]
Three Steps To Giving Something Up
We give something up, moment by moment as it arises through three steps: 1. Awareness 2. Acceptance 3. Declaration Let’s say fear shows up for you a lot. You can alleviate its effects by doing the following: The first step is to become aware that fear is present. Each time you do so, it’s an […]
1 Simple Practice To Help You Face Your Fear of Failure
For the most part, we have almost no training in how to deal with failure. Therefore, moving into the unknown is a threat to us. If we look up failure in the dictionary, it says, “The state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective.” How threatening does that sound? Not very, right? […]
Discover The 12 Laws of Transformation To Living Fully
The 12 Laws of Transformation are principles by which we can live and grow. They can act as a guiding beacon of light on the high road toward truth and whole-life health. The more closely we cleave to these principles and natural laws, the more effortlessly we will be changed. To the degree that we […]
A Practice That Matters: Sharing In Ways That Impact Others
Contributed by Chris Byford — My journey to Baptiste Yoga wasn’t a smooth one. I had just injured my knee playing basketball. I was depressed by the idea that my time playing basketball might be coming to an end and worried about what that meant for my physical and mental well-being. My first Baptiste class, […]