I'm balding, need more sleep than when I was younger, am starting to grow hair in new and "fun" places like my ears, have all sorts of scars, and am getting evermore gray-haired and wrinkled. When I dislike such physical and life changes in myself or others, I suffer. When I yearn for something that used to be, or never actually was, I manifest hurt. If I live worrying about or longing for the future, I create pain for myself. Do you know what I mean? In The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle wrote: "To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness." A valuable life lesson I'm still learning is: Ruminating on the past, fretting about what's to come, and complaining about what IS, is wasted energy, time, and life. Instead, we learn from the past to forge a better future by being in the present and dancing with life as it is like a Jujutsu master! You know how the martial art of Jujutsu is about using the force and power of your opponent to your advantage? I hear Tolle as saying much the same. Go WITH the flow of life, and harness its tidal wave-like power to Love Big!
The more you and I are present in our body and breath, and the moment's sights and sounds with spirits of Love and acceptance, the more grace, ease, and lightness we receive. So, today I invite us to channel our inner Jujutsu master and dance with life as it is!
Come rejuvenate your body, mind, and spirit with me via yoga classes in Poulsbo and Kingston at Kitsap Hot Yoga on Mon & Thurs 6am + Fri at 930am, Ashes Yoga on Thurs 930am, and Sweet Santosha on Wed 5:30pm.
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It's said the two biggest, and interrelated, questions in life are "Who am I?" and "Who is God?" I don't know about you, but I find both endlessly fascinating and explorable. In answering them, and transforming the first, the philosophy of yoga, in my experience, is an incredible gift. For instance, while my abilities to focus, be equanimous (composed), and connected to others are gifts, when they're unbalanced, they become curses. Yoga's three gunas, qualities of energy present in everyone, helps us see, shift, and synchronize things like these in ourselves, so we can become increasingly full of life and Love! ... I invite you to check out my latest blog about this via the weblink in my bio 👆 on the "Blog" tab. :) #love #yoga #gunas #lovealways #knowyourself #unity #shine #bestlife #composed #connection #focus #rajas #tamas #sattva #balance #protestor #homebody #holdhands #energize #personalgrowth #transformation #grounded #centered #wholeness #selfawareness #kitsaphotyoga #sweetsantoshayoga #ashesyoga #blissology #blissarmy
Attendance at my classes seems to have dropped off in recent months. People say I'm a really good teacher, and usually I'm able to remind myself, it's not about me ... but occasionally I get frustrated and down that the lady teachers (i.e. most all the others) seem to have WAY more students in class and "likes" on social media.
Today was the first hard morning in awhile ...AND after class a yogi visiting from Tucson told me how wonderful it was. Thanks for letting me share friends! All is well, have a beautiful day, and I’d love to see you in class sometime! You won’t regret it!
Come rejuvenate your body, mind, and spirit with me via yoga classes in Poulsbo and Kingston at Kitsap Hot Yoga on Mon & Thurs 6am + Fri at 930am, Ashes Yoga on Thurs 930am, and Sweet Santosha on Wed 5:30pm.
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Where does wisdom come from? How did, and do, I know my wife Lisa was "the one"? My fingers and toes, heart, and mind all told me. What I'm saying is there's a divine brilliance within each and every one of us; and we awaken to this deep wisdom when we open the channels to, and balance the intelligences of our minds, bodies, and hearts. The knowingness of your wise guide on the inside, the Holy Spirit, your soul's intuition, or whatever descriptor resonates with you, comes most freely and clearly to you when the intelligences of your intellectual, physical, and emotional centers are all working together in harmony.
Wisdom is a total being endeavor, both verbal and wordless, simultaneously rational and beyond rationality, and characterized by clarity, calm, centeredness, and joyousness. While we're each born with a favored center of intelligence, the West has massively over emphasized our minds to the detriment of our bodies and hearts. Our physical knowingness is a felt sense honed by things like skiing, driving stick, playing an instrument, learning to type, yoga, and hugging. Your emotional brilliance is the way you can quickly take in and respond to life and others in an empathetic way. Finally, the gift of our minds is to, like Spock, logically and dispassionately evaluate and react to things.
What center of intelligence do you favor? I'm biased toward my brain. Who wants to join me in balancing and harmonizing the brilliance of our minds, bodies, and hearts, so we can more fully awaken to the powerful wisdom within? Warning, side effects include clarity, calm, and confidence, with an inner smile!
Come rejuvenate your body, mind, and spirit with me via yoga classes in Poulsbo and Kingston at Kitsap Hot Yoga on Mon & Thurs 6am + Fri at 930am, Ashes Yoga on Thurs 930am, and Sweet Santosha on Wed 5:30pm.
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