“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”
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Reading from Class: The Power of Freedom (Presence) by B. K. S. Iyengar
“If there is anxiety in the body, the brain contracts. When the brain relaxes and empties itself, it lets go of its fears and desires. It dwells neither on the past, nor the future, but inhabits the present. Freedom is about dropping the shackles of fear and desire. When freedom comes, there is no anxiety,Continue reading “Reading from Class: The Power of Freedom (Presence) by B. K. S. Iyengar”
Reading from Class: Being Fully Present by Pema Chödrön
“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 transparent and we see that there’s actually space, there is unlimited, accommodatingContinue reading “Reading from Class: Being Fully Present by Pema Chödrön”
Reading from Class: Openness by Thomas Merton
From Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander: “The things we really need come to us only as gifts, and in order to receive them as gifts we have to be open. In order to be open we have to renounce ourselves, in a sense we have to die to our image of ourselves, our autonomy, our fixationContinue reading “Reading from Class: Openness by Thomas Merton”
Reading from Class: Happiness by Noah Levine
“We are addicted to pleasure, in part because we confuse pleasure with happiness. We would all say that deep down, all we want is to be happy. Yet we don’t have a realistic understanding of what happiness really is. Happiness is closer to the experience of acceptance and contentment than it is to pleasure. TrueContinue reading “Reading from Class: Happiness by Noah Levine”