So your relationship with Bobby or with the TV or with Facebook is MORE about where you are WILLING to offer your VERY PRECIOUS and LIMITED energy. The bar of your INTEGRITY and your INTENTION can be the compass of which you use to navigate your course. So if your Bestie is wasted EVERY Saturday night and calling you crying EVERY Sunday morning because she is the Mary to Bobby’s Friday night….is she REALLY your bestie? Are you allowing this kind of energy to encompass you?
Read MoreIt is much, MUCH easier to get wrapped up in my disagreement with Mary, my lust for Jimmy, if I am going to buy the Mac Book Pro or the Mac Air…than it is to sit quietly, and observe myself. It is ANNOYINGLY convenient to involve myself in the office drama, my friend’s divorce, or anything else I can find to complain about…than to ACTUALLY pinpoint what re-occuring thoughts and behaviors are CAUSING my own misery.
Read MoreI cannot fung shway the FUNK. There is no arrangement or re-arrangement of my unhelpful thoughts, habits, and tendencies that WILL MAKE them HELPFUL. Whether my eating disorder is hidden in the basement or displayed in the living room, whether it is hung on the wall, or placed high up on a shelf, it IS STILL my eating disorder and IT STILL resides in MY house. So EVEN if it is buried behind grandma’s christmas decorations in the attic, I still have the knowledge that it’s there. And HERE is where I believe the “HARD” part of yoga comes into play. NOW that I have both seen and acknowledged that it is NOT helpful, NOW, I have to DO something about it.
Read MoreThe massive confusion around our identities is directly linked to believing that we ARE whatever adjective comes after, “I AM.” Not only do we allow ourselves to adjectify ourselves, but even worse, we allow others to do it for us, and yes, we do it to others as well!
Read MoreIt’s kind of like believing that the piano is the same thing as the sound of the music coming out of it. Depending upon what chords are being struck, how hard, and in what order, the sound might be heavenly or dreadful…..either way, we must realize we are not the song, nor the lyrics, and quite often not even the composer.
Read MoreConsider the mind like a Kindergarten Classroom. The children are your thoughts and YOU are the teacher. If you don’t establish a schedule and clear boundaries, get ready for lots of half eaten glue sticks, all the Model Magic to be completely dried up, and a chorus of the word poop intertwined with fart noises, on repeat, escalating in volume.
Read MoreGoodness knows we have been inundated with no shortage of perceptions as to WHAT IS YOGA: “yoga is stretching, yoga is touching your toes, yoga is NOT for me, yoga is a cult, yoga is a religion, yoga is for bendy girls in tights, yoga is a fad, yoga is Indian men with beards standing on their heads,” and I’m sure you can offer me a few more after class….
Read MoreWhen we step back and look at what we have in our minds made REAL….it’s quite comical and tragic all at the same time. Comical in the sense that google is a common word in our vocabulary…just the word itself…google…. google (say it a few times and try not to giggle), most of us don’t even know how we lived before we had INSTANT pocket access to consult this magical ‘googley' kingdom which beholds all information…
Read MorePeople are going to die, pets are going to die, and yes, even YOU are going to die. It’s a given. So by trying to avoid suffering, aren’t we really just creating MORE unnecessary suffering? The avoidance gives birth to the dis ease, which gives way to symptoms that include but are not limited to: binge drinking, drugging, eating, not eating, shopping, watching, gambling, sexing, etc.
Read MoreIf we want to understand something that is arising within us, we have to be willing to inquire within, to graciously set the table with our finest china and invite ALL of the outcasts, demons, and dragons to the dinner party, not with cynicism or righteousness, but with humility and open arms. Why? Because we ALL just want to be seen, to be heard, and to be acknowledged.
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