Tag: Yoga for Strength and Flexibility II (Practice)

We cultivate our awareness of the world around us, day by day, finding the glorious diversity in the seeming sameness.

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Can we listen, really listen?

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Can we cultivate love even as we set aside the things that no longer serve us? Can we be so grounded in the here-and-now that we can simply let the past be the past?

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Sometimes we hold back from our lives out of fear of showing our true selves.

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We cultivate the ability to see the beautiful and the auspicious in each moment.

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Our words, our actions, they all have repercussions. What is the energy we want to send out into the world?

The three As are a guide in considering the quality of our actions, and the quality of the energy we send out.

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The sun is always shining somewhere. Most importantly, it’s shining within us, always.

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I once read that in Japanese, all the words for ‘thank you’ translate more literally as ‘resentment’. This appealed to my cynical, 20-year-old self–it’s a way to acknowledge a debt we didn’t ask for, like someone holding the door for us.

More powerful is to recognize that our gratitude is the payment, whether for someone holding the door for us, or each sunrise we get to see, for each moment we get to spend with our loved ones.

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Ignorance or marriage, apparently. If we eliminate ignorance, as being incompatible with sat and chit, that leaves marriage.

Marriage isn’t about always being chipper and happy. Marriage is about being in a relationship that is so strong it allows you to see yourself reflected in it, clearly.

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