Dear Yogis, Friends, and Family, Many blessings for the start of a new season. Autumn offers a beautiful opportunity for us to reflect on transitions and impermanence. This may feel especially relevant and challenging now given COVID-19 and all that is going on in the world. The closing of studios including Yang’s in Andover whereContinue reading “vitoyoga Autumnal Transitions Newsletter: New Classes and Videos”
Tag Archives: Vulnerability
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: 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: Stumblers
“… in a culture that consistently mistakes perfection for wholeness, we are discouraged from dancing with the brokenness, messiness, and imperfection of our interior lives — and yet only when do so can we begin to feel whole and measure our lives in terms of deep meaning rather than superficial success.” – Maria Popova ThisContinue reading “Reading: Stumblers”
Reading: Fearlessness
From The Sacred Path of the Warrior: “For the warrior, the experience of sad and tender heart is what gives birth to fearlessness. Conventionally, being fearless means that you are not afraid or that, if someone hits you, you will hit him back. However, we are not talking about that street-fighter level of fearlessness. RealContinue reading “Reading: Fearlessness”
Reading: Take Action
I tend to recall and share this every spring. “Do not wait for strength before setting out, for immobility will weaken you further. Do not wait to see clearly before starting; one has to walk toward the light. When you take the first step and accomplish that tiny little act, the necessity of which mayContinue reading “Reading: Take Action”