Happy August! The return of the mythical newsletter or I’m back in email newsletter form. I want to start by apologizing for the delay in updates; there has been a lot to share since last fall. I want to start by saying I am really grateful to have you as part of my community andContinue reading “August 2013 Newsletter – announcing vitoyoga.com”
Category Archives: Readings
Reading from Class: “Welcome the Present…”
“Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. It is all we ever have so you might as well work with it rather than struggling against it. We might as well make it our friend and teacher rather than our enemy – Pema Chodron I believe I got this from my friend andContinue reading “Reading from Class: “Welcome the Present…””
Reading: Serenity Prayer
Continuing on the theme of True Happiness by way of acceptance and presence, I wanted to share the serenity prayer, which sums up a lot of what the practice has afforded me. “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And wisdom toContinue reading “Reading: Serenity Prayer”
Readings from Class July 2013: Presence + Acceptance = Happiness
“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach.”― Lucius Annaeus Seneca “We are addicted to pleasure, inContinue reading “Readings from Class July 2013: Presence + Acceptance = Happiness”
Reading from Class: Acceptance of the Ordinary
“We must be willing to be completely ordinary people, which means accepting ourselves as we are without trying to become greater, purer, more spiritual, more insightful. If we can accept our imperfections as they are, quite ordinarily, then we can use them as part of the path. But if we try to get rid ofContinue reading “Reading from Class: Acceptance of the Ordinary”
Reading from Class: Bhagavad Gita Ch.2 V. 40
Ch. 2 verse 40: No effort on the yoga path is ever lost, nor can any obstacle hold one back forever. Just a little progress on the path can protect one from the greatest fear.
Reading from Class: “I got the Power!” by Goethe
This is another favourite of mine to share that elicits a lot of response from students. Thanks to Willa for the reminder. “I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possessContinue reading “Reading from Class: “I got the Power!” by Goethe”
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”