every day “Close your eyes. Fall in Love. Stay there.” Rumi It is safe to say that, coming from an Italian mother, I have always loved and appreciated food. I love…
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resting in what is true There is a spirit which is pure and which is beyond old age and death; and beyond hunger and thirst and sorrow. This is Atman,…
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home is [where] the heart [is] I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings….
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understanding the mind To understand the mind you cannot interpret it according to somebody else’s idea, but you must observe how your own total mind works. When you know the…
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embody your Self From the Buddhist point of view, we are each responsible for our own situation, whether we care to admit it or not. We are all active participants…
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focus on the content, not the container When you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are…
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guilt be gone When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it’s bottomless, that it doesn’t have any resolution, that…
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Yoga For People Who Think They’re Not Flexible Enough For Yoga | MindBodyGreen
Posted: January 3, 2017 by
“I am just not flexible enough for yoga” is not unlike claiming “I am just not articulate enough to speak.” We hear excuses like this over and over again, and…
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May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. Nelson Mandela Giving and providing for something or someone is a natural human instinct, and what better time to put this…
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When we are mindful, touching deeply the present moment, we can see and listen deeply, and the fruits are always understanding, acceptance, love, and the desire to relieve suffering and…
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Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into…
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The (Bhagavad) Gītā begins with a question that speaks to every one of us: “How are we to act in this world full of conflict and suffering?” The Gītā’s answer…
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