Month: June 2017
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Life After….
My logical brain says that it is time to start to prepare for life after: full-time yoga training constant stress of M’s situation worry about paying people back fretting on how to pay the next bills For almost 18 months or maybe even close to two years, it has been a life of stress and…
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200hr Kaya Yoga YTTC = Finished!
It was a lovely weekend overall, though I guess I am a bit tired from it. This is normal for me, but it was the end of a part of my yoga chapter. These beautiful ladies all graduated from the 200hr Kaya Yoga Teacher Training held in Abu Dhabi at the Bodytree Studio from January to June…
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TWWs
After a week and weekend of overdoing the TV time, I think that it is necessary to have an upping on my working out even if that means a lot of yoga! By the end of this week, I will have completed my 200hr Yoga Teacher Training course making me a full-fledged RYS-500 yoga instructor!!!…
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Karmic Cycle….
Often we talk about karma in the world of yoga. It is more than just what we understand as what comes around goes around. Karma relates to the deeds – good or bad – that you do, have done, will do as well as those of your ancestors going back to the beginning of the existence…
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Sutra 3.9
3.9 Nirodha parinama is that state of transformation of mind where it is permeated by the moment of suppression which appears and disappears between incoming and outgoing samskaras. (vyutthana nirodhah samskara abhibhava pradurbhavau nirodhah ksana chitta anvayah nirodhah-parinamah) ~Sage Patanjali It is fitting that on the last weekend of my 200hr Teacher Training that I spend…
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See-Saw
It seems that the world and life in general is a game of see-saw. Up and down. If someone pushes stronger, the other person goes higher. If one person weighs more, they go lower. See-saws were not meant to be balanced – otherwise what would be the point of them? So, is the idea of…
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Looking Up
Just a short update – things are starting to look up at last. Yesterday I read a horoscope that a friend had posted on FB. The link doesn’t work anymore for some reason, but you will have to take my word for it that it said that the struggles of the last two years will…
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Step 2: Make a Decision
Remember how just over a week ago I said we were saying YES to options? Well, the interesting thing is that the options we thought we would have to decide upon are not the ones that we decided….That’s a confusing sentence! Lemme break it down. When I started sending out CVs I got immediate positive…
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The World of Binging….
Meditation has taught me to control my mind, to sit no matter if my feet are falling asleep or a thought is not desired, to have patience with myself and to understand that all things pass. In our teched up world of instant gratification, desire for immediate feedback and sense of self-importance, we can see…
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TWWs
Starting the week as the beginning of Ramadan and a good opportunity to use it as a way of getting myself back into regular practice for myself even if it is a short session. I need to get my meditating on too, so will see how we go this week. May 28th (Sunday) 35′ light…
