Every day, I’ve practiced yoga and/or meditated for 46 years. This blog is an effort to celebrate these amazing practices, to share some of the fruits of these years of practice, and to explore what they offer us all.
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Hello out there!!
As we get to know the vital life force more and more through our practice, we feel more and more alive with its wondrous energy. You might feel like proclaiming its virtues from a high place, to share it with others and urge them along their paths, to celebrate it with them. This is my … Continue reading Hello out there!!
Yoga and meditation for the well-being of all
At the heart of our yoga and meditation is the desire for our well-being, whether it be to improve or maintain it. We wish for this same well-being for those we love, for those we care about. When we witness a tragedy, we extend a prayer or a wish for the victims’ well-being. We may … Continue reading Yoga and meditation for the well-being of all
Dependable happiness and joy
Relying on circumstance for our happiness and joy is, obviously, a very dicey thing. Good situations come and go (and so do bad, thankfully). If there is, as the yogic sages claim, a happiness and joy that just is independent of circumstance, then that’s for me. I’ll put my efforts in that direction. Yoga and … Continue reading Dependable happiness and joy
Which “hard” is for you?
Things can be hard. However, there are two kinds of hard–one through effort, the other through suffering. One is proactive, the other reactive. Putting forth the effort to do yoga and meditate can be difficult. We need to overcome tendencies to resist–whatever they may be… and show up for practice. The result is a happier … Continue reading Which “hard” is for you?
