Author: pmcrose

How can you let go of that which you never possessed? 

We all know love has the power to transform us.

Practice your yoga and meditation with love. . .   and be transformed!

Transform this world. . .   one person at a time.

*The End by The Beatles

Even the letting go of letting go needs to be let go of. . .   to let go!

Yoga and meditation help us negotiate this ever-changing flow of life we can never hold, contain, or possess.

It is in the letting go that we are paradoxically able to live more fully!

At times the internal harsh critic dominates the table.  It’s hard to get a word in edgewise. It clouds the table with a murky fog that dims any light from coming through.

However, if I can muster the courage to give it even a kind look, or a slight warm smile, this is certain to throw it off-guard.  It’s not used to any acceptance.  Its power is non-acceptance.  It lives through fear, and terror, and harshness, and anger, and shame.

It heretofore has not known kindness.

It softens some.  Maybe it surprises even itself with a little smile, a chuckle to itself.  It has a lot to learn from kindness.  Things may not be so bad after all.

It is somehow being transformed by its new friend–kindness.

When light comes to darkness,

what happens to darkness?

Last night I taught a yoga class on light with an unexpected result.  

Today I feel strangely lighter…. less heavy, not quite as weighed down and yet grounded.

Light a candle and try a home session with some candle gazing and meditation.

See if it doesn’t somehow lighten you up too!

Meditation and yoga are like getting on a train and taking a journey and returning to the embarkation station a different person.*

Toot, toot!  All aboard!

*Somehow refreshed, more centered, and a little more ready for what lies ahead.

Steady the breath, steady the mind.

Steady the mind, steady the breath.

They work and move in tandem.

Astounding love stills the mind

and absorbs us until

all that remains is astounding love.

Give up attachment to the comings and goings of the clouds.

The open sky is constant.

Yoga is evenness of mind.