Yoga to the People

"“We waste so much energy trying to cover up who we are, when beneath every attitude is the..."

Fri, 10 May 2013 23:20:17 -0500

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“We waste so much energy trying to cover up who we are, when beneath every attitude is the want to be loved, and beneath every anger is a wound to be healed, and beneath every sadness is a fear that there will not be enough time.

When we hesitate in being direct, we unknowingly slip something on, some added layer of protection that keeps us from feeling the world, and often that thin covering is the beginning of a loneliness which, if not put down, diminishes our chances for joy. It’s like wearing gloves every time we touch something, and then, forgetting that we chose to put them on, we complain that nothing feels quite real.

In this way, our challenge each day is not to get dressed to face the world, but to unglove ourselves so that the doorknob feels cold, and the car handle feels wet, and the kiss goodbye feels like the lips of another being soft and unrepeatable.

As you breathe, let each breath undress your being—of attitude, of mood, of history.”

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Mark Nepo

This is the forever exchange between me and my mother.

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:56:26 -0500

This is the forever exchange between me and my mother.

الشفاء قد لا تأتي بسرعة، ولكن سوف يأتي. “Healing may not come quickly, but it will come.”

Sat, 04 May 2013 14:14:10 -0500

الشفاء قد لا تأتي بسرعة، ولكن سوف يأتي.

“Healing may not come quickly, but it will come.”

"We are constantly encouraged to reject what is unpleasant, disappointing or difficult...."

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:32:13 -0500

“We are constantly encouraged to reject what is unpleasant, disappointing or difficult. ‘What’s all this suffering? Let’s be happy! Have fun!’ But our suffering is not our enemy. It is only through a relationship with my pain, my sadness, that I can truly know and touch the opposite—my pleasure, my joy, and my happiness.”

- Claude AnShin Thomas, “Conceptions of Happiness”

"The willingness to reside in our distress, no longer resisting what is, is the real key to..."

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:53:33 -0500

“The willingness to reside in our distress, no longer resisting what is, is the real key to transformation. As painful as it may be to face our deepest fears, we do reach the point where it’s more painful not to face them. This is a pivotal point in the practice of life.”

- Ezra Bayda

"Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled...."

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:35:04 -0500

“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.”

-
Ray Bradbury from “Farewell Summer”

"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future."

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:03:39 -0500

“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.”

- Paul Boese

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Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:16:34 -0500

"Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth."

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:13:20 -0500

“Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.”

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- Pema Chodron

OMG yessssssss!! theballetblog: Children audition for the...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:33:25 -0500

OMG yessssssss!!

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Children audition for the School of American Ballet

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Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:05:01 -0500

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Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:04:42 -0500

"Love… is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it, pays..."

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:54:03 -0500

“Love… is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it, pays no attention to a suffered wrong.”

- 1 Corinthians 13:15

"That one I love who is incapable of ill will, who is friendly and compassionate. Living beyond the..."

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:49:00 -0500

“That one I love who is incapable of ill will, who is friendly and compassionate. Living beyond the reach of I and mine and of pleasure and pain, patient, contented, self-controlled, firm in faith, with all his heart and all his mind given to me - with such a one I am in love.”

- bhagavad gita 12:13-14

"When your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow."

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:44:16 -0500

“When your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.”

- James 1:3

"Have devotion and knowledge will follow."

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:43:06 -0500

“Have devotion and knowledge will follow.”

- Bhagavad Gita

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Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:25:37 -0500

"You, alone, make a whole person. And if you feel incomplete, you alone must fill yourself with love..."

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:25:08 -0500

“You, alone, make a whole person. And if you feel incomplete, you alone must fill yourself with love in all your empty, shattered spaces.”

- Oprah

"‘Kindness’ covers all of my political beliefs. No need to spell them out. I believe that..."

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:37:29 -0500

“‘Kindness’ covers all of my political beliefs. No need to spell them out. I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.”

- Roger Ebert

"I was angry, so I went for a run. And things got better. I was confused, so I went for a run. And..."

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:49:03 -0500

“I was angry, so I went for a run. And things got better.
I was confused, so I went for a run. And things got better.
I was exhausted, so I went for a run. And things got better.
I was lost, unsure, empty, afraid. Certain that whatever was left of my sanity had snapped, had come untethered and floated away, to a place so high and remote that I would never see it again, and that even if I did, I wouldn’t recognize it.
So I went for a run. And things got better.
I felt like things could not possibly get worse, so I went for a run. And things got better.
(Another time, I felt like things could not get much better. I went for a run. Things got much better.)
After enough miles, over enough runs and enough years, I realized: No matter what, no matter when, or where, or why, I can find my shoes and go for a run and things will get better. And that realization? Just knowing that? It made things better.”

- Mark Remy (“So I Went for a Run”, Runner’s World)