15
Feb
2020
General
The Winding Road of Yoga
I like when things go according to plan. We all do. No one likes when your best plans go haywire, when flights get cancelled, when it rains on a day you planned for the beach or when nothing seems to work. It’s even more frustrating when this happens in your yoga practice. You might not…
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31
Jan
2020
Yoga Challenge
Challenge Day 31- Yoga is Home
Home is where the heart is, or at least that’s what they say. But, really, what does home really represent, to you, to your heart? The very idea of home is a feeling of belonging, a sense of deep connection that transcends the daily grind. In a world increasingly more connected, more and more people…
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30
Jan
2020
Yoga Challenge
Challenge Day 30 – Yoga is Freedom
I live in the U.S.A.—land of the free and home of the brave. We think we are free, but everywhere we are in chains. Our thoughts, especially the most habitual ones, drive us forward through repetitive cycles that lock us into a level of reality that can often be quite painful. Despite our conscious desire…
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29
Jan
2020
Yoga Challenge
Challenge Day 29- Yoga is Spirit
“I am of the nature of consciousness. I am made of consciousness and bliss. I am nondual, pure in form, absolute knowledge, absolute love. I am changeless, devoid of desire or anger, I am detached. I am One Essence, unlimitedness, utter consciousness. I am boundless Bliss, existence and transcendent Bliss. I am the Atman, that…
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28
Jan
2020
Yoga Challenge
Challenge Day 28- Yoga is Shantih
You have probably heard Sanskrit chants that end with Om Shantih Shantih Shantih. These are appropriately called the Shantih mantras. Shantih is the Sanskrit word for peace. Om is the syllable that represents the entire world, past, preset and future. The belief that what is said three times will a reality is called trivaram satyam. …
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27
Jan
2020
Yoga Challenge
Challenge Day 27- Yoga is Stillness
When a storm sets in, the surface of the ocean rolls with waves and visibility lessens. The mind, the seat of consciousness, is like the vast expanse of water. When thoughts brew like storms the turmoil concludes the innermost nature of being. Only stillness reveals the depth. This is the teaching of yoga. Yoga citta…
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26
Jan
2020
Yoga Challenge
Challenge Day 26- Yoga is Prayer
Everyone prays. Just like everyone worships something. Even the atheists. Just think about the last time you were about to miss a flight. The words, “Please let me make it”, easily roll off the tongues of even the most ardently faithless. Who exactly are you speaking to in that moment? God? The universe? Fate? And…
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25
Jan
2020
Yoga Challenge
Challenge Day 25- Yoga is Forgiveness
Forgiveness is easy to understand as a concept and hard to apply in reality. We all get it in theory, that holding on to grudges only harms ourselves and that operating from anger and resentment is the least likely mindset to achieve one’s desired result. It makes perfect sense. So, why is it so hard…
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24
Jan
2020
Yoga Challenge
Challenge Day 24- Yoga is Refuge/Sanctuary
The world can sometimes be a baffling place. Bad news arrives unexpectedly. Good news comes sporadically. Nothing makes sense. Triggering news headlines, traumatic life events, troubling relationships arrive uninvited. The daily grind has everyone running in place to fruitlessly try to finish a race where the goal posts just keep moving further and further down…
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23
Jan
2020
Yoga Challenge
Challenge Day 23- Yoga is Love
Love is both pervasive, spiritual, essential and sometime also utterly cliche. Emblazoned on tank tops and spouted as a kind of pop culture religion, love has many meanings, some of which are useful for spiritual growth and some of which are not. One thing that anyone knows for sure—despite how obvious it may be, we…
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