February 2011
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“you took the right road and ended up in the wrong place. begin again. you...”
– philosophy, “begin again”
January 2011
21 posts
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wise words from mother.
my mom: let's be happy every moment and help each other to be happy
my sister: i don't know if i can be happy every moment
my mom: of course that is not easy... but try~
sad, depress and stress make a sick and die
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“i believe that we learn by practice. whether it means to learn to dance by...”
– martha graham
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my grave error.
The other day, when I was about to get off the train, I saw a woman burdened with several heavy bags. My first instinct was to immediately offer assistance - surely she could use some help carrying them to her car. My second instinct was to stop and think about it - what if I came across as creepy and/or weird? What if she didn’t want any help? How should I ask her? Before I knew it, the...
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“all the possibilities of your human destiny are asleep in your soul. you are...”
– john o’donohue
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ideas.
Our lives are created and pieced together by a series of ideas: ideas about who we should or shouldn’t be, ideas about what we should or shouldn’t do. Ideas have the power to shape our thoughts, and thus to shape our mind. In this sense, an idea can be a very dangerous thing.
Often, our damaging and self-destructive actions arise from the mistaken idea that we are somehow not right....
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8 tips for committing to a daily yoga practice.
1. Tell your most critical friend about your yoga commitment. The friend who never supports anything you do, the friend who believes yoga is for new-age hippies who do nothing but sit around braiding flowers in their hair all day. Imagine the satisfaction you will feel when you prove him or her wrong! Conversely, tell your friend with the best memory – you know, the one who will stand up to make...
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“desire is a manifestation of power.”
– wallace wattles
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“sometimes our only available transportation is a leap of faith.”
– margaret shepard
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redemption and renewal.
Hello, friends.
Thank you for sticking with me. I’ve been falling off the map (and mat) a lot lately, and I’m here to explain. You see, I recently made a big change in my life and entered the corporate world. Every day for the past few weeks, I’ve sat on the train and looked around as I watch people fussing with their Blackberries or reading their newspapers, completely...
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“the deliberate attempt to produce moments of clear, undistorted perceptions -...”
– tracol
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the golden rule.
The other day, I received a spontaneous text message from a friend who I haven’t heard from in quite a while. It was a lovely surprise, and one that gave me great pleasure. I love receiving these types of messages and phone calls; they are a small but significant reminder that someone, somewhere, is thinking of me.
After I quickly sent back my enthusiastic response, I realized that I am...
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yoga and happiness.
Recently, I read somewhere that happiness appears to be directly related to growth - that is, the more one is challenged and stimulated, the happier he or she will be. In fact, Yeats once wrote, “Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that, but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing.”
It dawned on me that one of the reasons why the practice of yoga makes...
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“[yoga] is a technique ideally suited to prevent physical and mental illness and...”
– yehudi menuhin
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chris chavez yyoga teacher training. →
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in celebration of me - rainer maria rilke
I am so afraid of people’s words. They describe so distinctly everything: And this they call dog and that they call house, here the start and there the end.
I worry about their mockery with words, they know everything, what will be, what was; no mountain is still miraculous; and their house and yard lead right up to God.
I want to warn and object: Let the things be! I enjoy listening to...
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“the great arises out of small things that are honoured and cared for....”
– eckhart tolle
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new year, new beginnings.
Ah, 2011. There’s something thrilling about the start of a new year, isn’t there? To so many, a new year represents a new beginning - a fresh slate, and the resolve to change for the better. Yet, I can’t help but feel like there’s a false sort of hope in the new year’s resolution; a small, unwarranted belief that changes made on January 1st will somehow be more...