Back in June of 2012 I sought out Hot Yoga to build some muscle and lose weight. I had been doing a regular yoga class once a week at my gym and thought I’d give Bikram Yoga a go. My first class was so hard and hot that when Nora Jeanne said, “see ya tomorrow,…
BeneFIT member Spencer Conklin is back practicing Bikram Yoga again for almost a year after a long hiatus. As a very competitive athlete in his younger years his body took a lot of beatings and the accumulation of injuries had taken its toll. Since being back in the hot room and sweating through the Bikram…
“Be careful what you think. Your cells are listening.” ~ Emmy Cleaves, Principal Teacher, Bikram Yoga headquarters Are you listening to what you’re thinking, my friend? Chances are you’re not. But get this, when you think a thought you create a vibration. When you create a vibration you subject every cell in your body to that…
“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt To live is to grow, to progress forward. That’s just how the universe works. Change is simply unavoidable. When we idle for too…
“A miracle is nothing more than allowing an old grievance to become a current compassion.” ~ Dr. Lee Jampolsky You know, my friend, the miracles, the blessings, they are all around us just waiting to happen — waiting for us to let them happen. And all it takes is a shift in our energy, a…
“You know why it’s hard to be happy? It’s because we refuse to LET GO of the things that make us sad.” ~ Bruce H. Lipton, Biology of Belief You know, my friend, our natural state is one of happiness. It’s light, easy, playful, fun. That’s what Life is like when it gets to flow through…
“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate…
“A memory without the emotional charge is called wisdom.” ~ Dr. Joe Dispenza Our lives are vast storehouses of experiences. Every experience we have provides opportunity for us to learn and grow and, though we may not know it at the time, the knowledge gained will in some way serve us in our future. But…
“The happiness of one’s own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one’s happiness, the happiness of others.” ~ Paramahansa Yogananda While on an intellectual level the notion of being independent and self-sufficient may seem admirable, the isolation these qualities bestow on the heart level is far from…
“It is very important for every human being to forgive herself or himself because if you live, you will make mistakes — it is inevitable. But once you do and you see the mistake, then you forgive yourself and say, ‘Well, if I’d known better I’d have done better,’ that’s all. So you say to…