“Practice can be understood as a willingness to return to the reality of this very moment, that is, to observe with dispassion and clarity exactly what is–right now… …relying on paying attention to the thoughts and sensations of the moment will give me a chance to respond to life less from my patterns of defenseContinue reading “Reading: Practice Living Your Yoga”
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Reading: Maitri
“The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves…It is said that we can’t attain enlightenment, let alone feel contentment and joy, without seeing who we are and what we do, without seeing our patterns and our habits. This is called maitri – developing loving-kindness and an unconditional friendship withContinue reading “Reading: Maitri”
Reading from Class week of 4/9/2013: Georg Feuerstein on “Mindfulness”
From Yoga Gems: “So long as we are on automatic, we are propelled by our own habit patterns, and this merely reproduces our state of unenlightenment. The moment we introduce mindfulness, however, we can control undesirable thoughts, motivations, emotions, and actions and activate their positive counterparts.” – Georg Feuerstein With renewal of spring, I was inspired by the illuminationContinue reading “Reading from Class week of 4/9/2013: Georg Feuerstein on “Mindfulness””