“This particular teaching on the Four Limitless Ones, on maitri, compassion, joy and equanimity is really a teaching on how to take the situations of your life and train- actually train- in catching yourself closing down, catching yourself getting hard, and training in opening at that very point, or softening. In some sense reversing aContinue reading “Reading from Class: Discomfort with Pema Chödrön”
Yearly Archives: 2014
Reading from Class: Choosing Gratitude
“Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend… when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that’s present — love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits thatContinue reading “Reading from Class: Choosing Gratitude”
Reading from Class: Happy Thanksgiving!
“Humility and gratitude go hand in hand. The feeling of gratitude is an interaction between the mind and the body. Both will benefit from it. Awareness increases so that we become grateful for everything we are given. We have to learn, literally learn, to be grateful for what we receive day by day, simply toContinue reading “Reading from Class: Happy Thanksgiving!”
Reading from Class: Important Reminder by Shantideva
“It is not possible for me to restrain the external course of things But should I restrain this mind of mine, what would be the need to restrain all else?” — Shantideva (Śāntideva)
Reading from Class: Discipline by Ajahn Sumedho
“To practice we must start exactly where we are. Of course, we can always imagine perfect conditions, how it should be ideally, how everyone else should behave. But it’s not our task to create an ideal. It’s our task to see how it is and to learn from the world as it is. For theContinue reading “Reading from Class: Discipline by Ajahn Sumedho”
Reading from class: Emerson on Practice and Non-attachment
“Don’t waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour’s duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson This reminds me of this quote : “My life has been full of terribleContinue reading “Reading from class: Emerson on Practice and Non-attachment”
Reading from Class: “Pain as Teacher”
“Pain is your best friend. It is infinitely more honest with you than pleasure. Despite what you might think, the painful experiences you have had benefit you far more than the pleasurable ones, even though most of us spend our lives trying to duck and hide from them. But when you can center yourself andContinue reading “Reading from Class: “Pain as Teacher””
Reading from Class: “Welcome the Unexpected…” by Lizelle Reymond
“You must learn to welcome consciously the most unexpected events of life, to be entirely transparent in front of them, without any motive, either right or wrong. At that moment avoid all judgment, for you do not know what law is in operation.” -Lizelle Reymond The last four weeks have been emotionally challenging to sayContinue reading “Reading from Class: “Welcome the Unexpected…” by Lizelle Reymond”
NEW EVENT STARTS NEXT WEEK: Foundations — Alignment Flow Yoga Basics Workshop Series
I’m excited to offer this opportunity through Majestic Yoga Center. A great opportunity to build a solid and safe foundation to a sustainable yoga practice. Open to complete beginners and those looking to clarify or strengthen the base of their practice. Foundations: Alignment Flow Yoga Basics Workshop Series @ Majestic Yoga Center in Cambridge, MA 6-Week SeriesContinue reading “NEW EVENT STARTS NEXT WEEK: Foundations — Alignment Flow Yoga Basics Workshop Series”
Playlist for most of Sept 2014
For more information on the beautiful “Sarvesham” by Jack Harrison that I used during Savasana, see this blog post from last year.