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As the dust settles…

July 24, 2018 by pmcrose

When I sit to meditate, my thoughts swirl blown by mind activity like dust in the wind.

In time, these breezes diminish, and the dust begins to settle to the ground, its home.

So too are we in mediation, settling to our ground of being!

In for a tuning

July 23, 2018 by pmcrose

What do you choose to resonate with?

Each day, I do yoga and meditation not as a compulsion but as a deep desire to tune my instrument.

An untuned guitar does not make pleasant music, nor a piano out of tune.

Our cars need a tune up to run right.

We are no different!

Harmonize with something greater

July 22, 2018 by pmcrose

Through yoga and meditation, the ego or small self can dissolve at points, even momentarily, into the universal Self.

This can bring the ego or self more into harmony with the universal Self.

Through yoga and meditation, we can literally come more in tune!

Life is a vinyasa… and don’t forget to breath!

July 21, 2018 by pmcrose

Life is a series of stages and transitions, a holding on… and a letting go…

a vinyasa, a flow.

Hands closed, hands opened.

We breathe, we move–on and off the mat.

All the while held and guided by the life force, the supreme Shakti.

“Leap, and the net will appear!”*

But don’t forget to breathe…

We laugh and smile, and cry and be sad…

We leap and let go!…

And, my dear friends, let’s not forget to breath!

*John Burroughs

Mirror, mirror!

July 20, 2018 by pmcrose

Yoga and meditation for me are like the most nuanced and honest of mirrors of my being and most intimately this human heart. They not only clarify the here-and-now but the vistas before me.

The mirrors of yoga and meditation are self (and Self), as well as life, illuminating.

With great love and respect, I welcome them each day on my yoga mat and meditation cushion.

“Mirror, mirror on the…!”

The impossible pose–another paradox…

July 19, 2018 by pmcrose

There is no “perfect” pose to attain.

Take this to heart!

This is a pose of a lifetime to learn!

The funny thing is it feels pretty good sometimes to try the impossible, knowing it’s really not possible.

You might just find you attain what you need!

And this, my friend, can feel pretty dang amazing!

Impossible alchemy!

July 16, 2018 by pmcrose

Yoga and meditation are like hugging a tiger. The once fierce and destructive tiger can come to be filled with warmth and affection.

So too yoga and meditation over time can tame and transform our destructive tendencies like anger, jealously, greed, and fear into compassion and love.

Fierce butterflies and hugging tigers… silence in sounds–through the practices, we come to see, feel, and be more at home with these mutually existing and marvelous paradoxes that somehow still the mind!