Reading from Class end of May 2013: Pema Chödron on being fully present

This is a real favorite of mine, that I love sharing: “It takes bravery to train in unconditional friendliness, it takes bravery to train in “suffering with,” it takes bravery to stay with pain when it arises, and not run or erect barriers… As we become intimate with these tendencies, they gradually become more transparentContinue reading “Reading from Class end of May 2013: Pema Chödron on being fully present”

Reading from Class weeks of 5/6 and 5/13 (Happy Mother’s Day!): Vyasa on Faith in Practice

I was inspired by these words on faith in practice also taken from the Letter “Faith and the Power of Practice” from Patricia Walden and her team — also found the nod to Mother’s timely.  Here they reference Vyasa’s commentary on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra: “Faith sustains the yogi like a benevolent mother. At its simplest and mostContinue reading “Reading from Class weeks of 5/6 and 5/13 (Happy Mother’s Day!): Vyasa on Faith in Practice”

Reading from Class week of 4/29/2013: Philippe Vernier

I read this quote in a letter titled “Faith and the Power of Practice” from Patricia Walden and her team.   This was a great piece written on the power of maintaining faith and practice through the recent Marathon tragedy and trauma in Boston. “Do not wait for strength before setting out, for immobility will weakenContinue reading “Reading from Class week of 4/29/2013: Philippe Vernier”

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