January 2012
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Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It...
– Rumi
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Stay Grounded Through Difficult Journeys
Calm your breath - Notice when you’re holding your breath or taking rapid, shallow breaths, and make an effort to focus on your inhalation and exhalation. A few breaths with a present can change not only your day, but your entire outlook on life.
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There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that. In one well You have just a few precious cups of water, That “love” is literally something of yourself, It can grow as slow as a diamond If it is lost. Your love Should never be offered to the mouth of a Stranger, Only to someone Who has the valor and daring To...
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Recently, I wrote a guest post for my friend Dena’s blog about the benefits - in terms of wisdom and personal growth - of practicing yoga. I was barely able to scratch the surface of my experience, but I am grateful for the opportunity to share this with anyone who cares to listen.
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Carl Sagan
“We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.”
Baller
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my heart beats: Remembering stillness... →
premashanti:
I have taken on a practice of calling upon “dynamic stillness”. This was an exercise we were asked to do in yoga teacher training (The Sattva School of Yoga) and it has stuck. When life gets hectic or my emotions get out of control I call upon these two words and rest into thought.
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One months, two months, one year, two years, ten years. No use. Whole life....
– Pattabhi Jois (via mattersofsomeimport)
FYYOGA: This will be my answer when people ask me, “So how long have you been practicing again?”
30 Day Challenge- DAY 10
lifeismyantidrug:
Side Plank
This picture was taken in November by Good Ol Ben Cooper, and I think it deserves a reblog:
And a little variation:
What one thing have you not done that you really want to do?
I really want to go skydiving. Very, very badly. Maybe I can pull off Vasisthasana mid-dive?