Reading: Buon Natale 2016!

“La vita è come un albero di natale, c’è sempre qualcuno che rompe le palle.” — Proverbio Italiano   “Life is like a Christmas tree, there’s always someone who breaks the balls.” — Italian Proverb   Inspired from the teaching of Loving Kindness Meditation during the last teacher training weekend, the Metta and meditation ofContinue reading “Reading: Buon Natale 2016!”

December 2016 Playlist: Most Requested

Ludovico Einaudi Discovery at Night   Emiliana Torrini Today Has Been Ok   The xx Together From Baz Luhrmann’s Film The Great Gatsby   RY X Deliverance   Smoke & Jackal Fall Around   Emiliana Torrini & The Colorist Orchestra Speed of Dark   Tei Shi Bassically   Sigur Rós Lúppulagið

Reading: Happy Thanksgiving 2016!

“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 andContinue reading “Reading: Happy Thanksgiving 2016!”

Reading: Fear as guide

“Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our rule of thumb: The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it. Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to theContinue reading “Reading: Fear as guide”

Reading: Perspective by Proust

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” — Marcel Proust   One of the aspects I love about this quote in relation to Yoga is in how we practice.  The more present we are, the greater opportunity for openness…and new eyes.  Allowing for curiosity in practice…allowing room for playContinue reading “Reading: Perspective by Proust”

Reading: more T.S. Eliot inspiration

“To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.” — T. S. Eliot Inspired by the last quote from T.S. Eliot.  I love how practice, presence, intention, discernment and right action and vulnerability makes enough possible.  From his book The Use of Poetry and theContinue reading “Reading: more T.S. Eliot inspiration”

Reading: T.S. Eliot

Was reminded of this as I prepared for my current Teacher Training — such a beautiful reflection for Yoga and life. “We shall not cease from exploration  And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time”  — T.S. Eliot I first recall hearingContinue reading “Reading: T.S. Eliot”

Reading: Metamorphosis — Happy Fall!

Gil Hedley, Integral Anatomy posted on Facebook 9/1/2016: “Sometimes we need to re-tool ourselves. The way you have operated no longer serves you or those around you. How you will function without those old ways you haven’t a clue. Still, any more action based on that dated operating system is untenable, grating. It takes aContinue reading “Reading: Metamorphosis — Happy Fall!”

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