Author: pmcrose

The quiet at the center of the storm moves with it until the storm starts to weaken and break up.

We venture into the eye of the storm via our yoga and meditation.

The calm center remains unaffected by the tumultuous winds until the strong forces dissipate and break up.

In the quiet and safe space, we can let go… and shift, rearrange some and gain a respite to move forward with renewed energy, with a new brightness like waking up for a new day after a good night’s sleep–refreshed and ready for what awaits us.

When the uninvited guests of death and fear show up at our door, we are often thrown into a discombobulated frenzy and may even frantically and compulsively try to ignore their knocking in hopes they’ll go away. However, instead, stop and cordially invite them to your table, and they will tell you a simple truth: Life as you know it is limited; live it fully with the now you are given.

And, at the same time, try to form a daily, active relationship with that which is unchanging. It will transform your perspective again and again.

This process of union of our lower self, the ego, with our higher Self, the universal, is yoga.

Animals find safe places to recover and lick their wounds. We too need space to breathe more easily, out of harm’s way, and recover from life’s trials and challenges.

Find refuge, and restoration, and solace in your yoga and meditation.

It is a safe place to really let go and to regenerate and feel more whole again.

Yoga has been defined as the union of the lower self, the ego, with the higher Self, the universal.

The peacefulness of the higher Self makes no suppositions of how life should be.

It knows no limits. It accepts all that arises, even that which cannot yet be fathomed.

It is always quietly and reassuringly there in the background like a friend for life.

In meditation, we can hear the echos of peace that reverberate against the canyon walls of our being.

May we feel them reverberate into our lives.

In the midst of strengthening our abs and making us more flexible, yoga and meditation can help remove the obstacles to our greater peace and contentment.

Greater peace and greater joy–now there’s a real reason to practice!

Like the water filter on your fridge, yoga and meditation can remove “impurities” or obstacles which hinder our experience of the universal, its peace and its joy.

Ahh, how refreshing!

The practices are like homing devices that bring us back to our center again and again.

There’s great inner peace and freedom in know we are so equipped with our regular yoga and meditation practices.

Perspective is everything.

An empty room… is full of space.

Even the slightest shift of perspective can totally change how we experience things.

This shift of perspective from yoga and meditation can motivate our regular practice.