I just watched this video this morning.....I love my Guru! I miss seeing him and taking class from him. Talk about keeping it real!
I am so grateful to be carrying on the lineage of my Guru and sharing this wonderful yoga to the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjJzaArEYfA
I am a Teacher and Lover of Bikram Yoga. I am also a Kick Butt Ceritifed Life Coach, Health Coach. I am always inspired by inspiring others and being a beam of light. My true divine purpose and passion is to inspire others to design and live a life they are in love with along with being in love with themselves. Author in the making!!
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
100% Responsibility
I've been thinking about this concept of being 100% responsible for EVERYTHING that happens in my life. Every choice that I make has an outcome, a reaction, a consequence, a result. We cannot always know what these will be, but we have many choices to make everyday. Recently, I have been dealing with making decisions that have been challenging my weaknesses. I know intuitively how to handle them and know what I want to do, but I find myself reacting to my fears about not being liked or others not truly understanding where I am coming from.
Bikram talks about not changing or cheating in a posture to conform to our weaknesses because ultimately, at this point, the benefits go out the window. He asks" Would you rather suffer for 90 minutes or 90 years?" This is so appropriate for me to read today, I will meet my fears head on and do what I feel is right in my heart. It's never to late to start from scratch once again. I love that!
Bikram talks about not changing or cheating in a posture to conform to our weaknesses because ultimately, at this point, the benefits go out the window. He asks" Would you rather suffer for 90 minutes or 90 years?" This is so appropriate for me to read today, I will meet my fears head on and do what I feel is right in my heart. It's never to late to start from scratch once again. I love that!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Watermelon Soup Recipe
For all of you that loved the recipe, here it is......
BUY ORGANIC INGREDIENTS
1 BIG Watermelon
1-2 mangoes
15 leaves mint (or more)
2 tbsp ginger
1/2 cup lime juice
you can play around with these ingredients and measurements to your taste....enjoy!!
See you all soon!
Namaste ;-)
BUY ORGANIC INGREDIENTS
1 BIG Watermelon
1-2 mangoes
15 leaves mint (or more)
2 tbsp ginger
1/2 cup lime juice
you can play around with these ingredients and measurements to your taste....enjoy!!
See you all soon!
Namaste ;-)
Monday, July 6, 2009
All I need is Within Me Now
What has motivated me, at certain times in my life, is thinking about looking back on my life and seeing all the things that I could have accomplished but didn't. I know this may sound kind of strange, but it's definitely set me into action at times when I have felt stuck. It makes me shudder to have that thought....I imagine that would be the definition of hell for me.
Why am even talking about this? It is because I am not unlike many other people that at times in our lives, we feel as though we don't know what inspires us, what our purpose is. However, I have a new insight on this. I believe that we do know what we want, it is that there are so many fears and false belief systems going on that we become stuck underneath the pile of you know what that we have buried ourselves under. Isn't it true that when we are in a positive and great state of mind that we tend to be more creative? We become busy doing things we enjoy. It feels as though nothing can stop us....that is because we can see the truth in these times and we automatically "do" our purpose.
Just a thought for the day...................All you need is within you now!
Why am even talking about this? It is because I am not unlike many other people that at times in our lives, we feel as though we don't know what inspires us, what our purpose is. However, I have a new insight on this. I believe that we do know what we want, it is that there are so many fears and false belief systems going on that we become stuck underneath the pile of you know what that we have buried ourselves under. Isn't it true that when we are in a positive and great state of mind that we tend to be more creative? We become busy doing things we enjoy. It feels as though nothing can stop us....that is because we can see the truth in these times and we automatically "do" our purpose.
Just a thought for the day...................All you need is within you now!
Friday, May 29, 2009
Resistance is Futile
“Resistance is futile” - Carl Jung
I absolutely love this quote. In my life I have seen so many times and situations where I have chosen to resist. Resist learning the lesson. Resist hearing what I was given to hear. Resist what was right in front of my eyes to see. Lessons upon lessons that my higher power, or the universe was gifting to me. These things were going to be there for me to learn when I was ready. So, over and over, lessons would repeat in my life because they were lessons I needed to learn to move forward . I believe life’s lessons are opportunities in our life to learn in the exact areas where we need growth and change and more importantly, to learn our given purpose.
One of the things that my yoga practice began to work on in my life almost immediately, was my ability to listen. I’m not just referring to the act of listening to someone talking to me, but truly seeking out the deeper meanings in everything that I was coming into contact with in my life.
One of my first yoga teachers and mentors, taught me pranayama. In a Yogic point of view, proper breathing is to bring more oxygen to the blood and to the brain, and to control Prana or the vital life energy. Pranayama Yoga also goes hand in hand with the Asanas. The union of these two Yogic Principles is considered as the highest form of purification and self-discipline, covering both mind and body. I felt immediately that I both wanted and needed self discipline and he worked with me everyday with this practice of pranayama. After about 3 days, I began to see my whole life change. I began to gain new insights into my life every single day. I began to feel that I was more calm. I began to hear what people were saying to me. I came to him one day and told him that I thought I was a telepath because I felt ultra sensitive. I felt I could feel how others felt without them telling me. I started to feel people just by being in their presence. I always knew that this sensitivity existed within me, but I never accessed it like this before. He laughed and said “you are sweeping the mind of clutter and now you have stillness.” I knew that this was my gift. We have to be very present in our lives everyday to receive all the gifts, signs and symbols that are presenting valuable information to us.
The greatest benefit I began to see, hear and learn was that it was my purpose to teach and to teach, I knew that I had to do this work on my self everyday. The mind is very powerful, and the discipline of all the limbs of yoga give us the tools to tame the mind on a daily basis. I have accepted that to gain the benefits of yoga, I must practice everyday. I need to experience stillness and presence of mind everyday. I don’t want to waste time resisting my purpose and what it is I am supposed to be seeing, feeling and learning. Why would I resist such an incredible gift?
What is your purpose? What is your gift? Are you listening or are you resisting? Start on the mat. Just breathe. Just listen to the dialogue that the teacher is giving you and allow all the mind’s chatter to fade to black. You will see as you discipline yourself to this practice, your purpose will appear. Invite it in, welcome it like a long lost friend. It will be your greatest gift and you will have endless gifts to give others for simply seeing it.
I absolutely love this quote. In my life I have seen so many times and situations where I have chosen to resist. Resist learning the lesson. Resist hearing what I was given to hear. Resist what was right in front of my eyes to see. Lessons upon lessons that my higher power, or the universe was gifting to me. These things were going to be there for me to learn when I was ready. So, over and over, lessons would repeat in my life because they were lessons I needed to learn to move forward . I believe life’s lessons are opportunities in our life to learn in the exact areas where we need growth and change and more importantly, to learn our given purpose.
One of the things that my yoga practice began to work on in my life almost immediately, was my ability to listen. I’m not just referring to the act of listening to someone talking to me, but truly seeking out the deeper meanings in everything that I was coming into contact with in my life.
One of my first yoga teachers and mentors, taught me pranayama. In a Yogic point of view, proper breathing is to bring more oxygen to the blood and to the brain, and to control Prana or the vital life energy. Pranayama Yoga also goes hand in hand with the Asanas. The union of these two Yogic Principles is considered as the highest form of purification and self-discipline, covering both mind and body. I felt immediately that I both wanted and needed self discipline and he worked with me everyday with this practice of pranayama. After about 3 days, I began to see my whole life change. I began to gain new insights into my life every single day. I began to feel that I was more calm. I began to hear what people were saying to me. I came to him one day and told him that I thought I was a telepath because I felt ultra sensitive. I felt I could feel how others felt without them telling me. I started to feel people just by being in their presence. I always knew that this sensitivity existed within me, but I never accessed it like this before. He laughed and said “you are sweeping the mind of clutter and now you have stillness.” I knew that this was my gift. We have to be very present in our lives everyday to receive all the gifts, signs and symbols that are presenting valuable information to us.
The greatest benefit I began to see, hear and learn was that it was my purpose to teach and to teach, I knew that I had to do this work on my self everyday. The mind is very powerful, and the discipline of all the limbs of yoga give us the tools to tame the mind on a daily basis. I have accepted that to gain the benefits of yoga, I must practice everyday. I need to experience stillness and presence of mind everyday. I don’t want to waste time resisting my purpose and what it is I am supposed to be seeing, feeling and learning. Why would I resist such an incredible gift?
What is your purpose? What is your gift? Are you listening or are you resisting? Start on the mat. Just breathe. Just listen to the dialogue that the teacher is giving you and allow all the mind’s chatter to fade to black. You will see as you discipline yourself to this practice, your purpose will appear. Invite it in, welcome it like a long lost friend. It will be your greatest gift and you will have endless gifts to give others for simply seeing it.
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