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Positive Thinking is one of the basic principles of Yoga. It helps me respect and love my body.

“We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.”

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But the more important thing that core work teaches us is that when we take care of the things at the center of our lives first then the rest of our lives falls into place in a way that makes sense.

omg abs.

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2012 Yoga Sutras calendar featuring a beautiful yoga image each month, overlaid with text from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Makes a beautiful gift or stocking stuffer to inspire a teacher or your yogi friends and family year round. Pick it up on etsy!

New calendar time!

Is something keeping you from the things that make your life worth living? Get acquainted with your own resistance, and see what opens up with this Free Yourself Yoga Journal article. 

… You can live for years with a tendency to resistance that reveals itself in insidious ways: as an inclination to slide away from intimacy; a habit of avoiding difficult emotions by sleeping or watching TV; or simply the onset of restlessness, anxiety, or boredom that keeps you from resting in the present moment. Then, when you truly want to make a change, the wall of resistance can seem impenetrable.

This is an arena where yoga and meditation are of tremendous help. In my meditation practice, I’ve learned how to work with my own resistance to change, my tendency to hold back from moving deeper into any form of closeness, including closeness with myself. I’ve taken a hard look at my resistance to (read: fear of!) losing control and even accepting love.

(via itgivestime)

Lesson of the day: We, along with everything on Earth, the plants, the birds, the bugs, all have different tasks in life. But underneath it all, we all have one simple task; and that is to be. To exist simply. And to feel the unity with everything else living this task.

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SUTRAS 500-100 B.C

Literally it means a thread or line that holds things together and is derived from the verbal root siv-, meaning to sew.  Sutras sew meaning together.  

It outlines classical understanding of the mind.

196 sutras = threads of yogic wisdom

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On the absolute reality and its planes,
On that finest spiritual light,
We meditate, as remover of obstacles
That it may inspire and enlighten us.