“Stubborn problems always require a shift in paradigm.” ~ Chris Prentiss, Zen and the Art of Happiness So exactly what is a paradigm? Well, my friend, it’s your pattern of thoughts, beliefs and habits that control your behavior, actions, and life. Do you like the results you’re experiencing — life as you know it? If not, you…
“The current paradigm is so thoroughly established that the only way to change is to start over again.” ~ Donald A. Norman So what if you had to start over again? What would that start look like? If you had your life to live all over again, what would you be and do? What if this…
“Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler did not solve an old problem, they asked a new question, and in doing so they changed the whole basis on which the old questions had been framed.” ~ Ken Robinson Maybe this is the key to busting the paradigm, my friend. What pattern in your life can’t you seem to…
“Just because something has always been done in a certain way is never a sufficient reason for continuing to do it that way.” ~ Clarence Birdseye How would we ever evolve if we just kept doing everything the same way? We wouldn’t! Though we know that things have to change, it doesn’t necessarily make it…
“The process of change requires unlearning. It requires breaking the habit of the old self and reinventing a new self.” ~ Joe Dispenza This unlearning, my friend, this process of breaking the old habits takes work. Even when you’ve consciously made a decision to change, the pull of the familiar old habits is strong. It’ll…
“The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.” ~ Deepak Chopra While Easter may still be a few weeks away, we’re all experiencing a long, drawn out crucifixion of sorts. The paradigm of life as we’ve known it is being destroyed.…
“You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution. Change is inevitable, personal growth is always a personal decision.” ~ Bob Proctor Like or not, my friend, life as you’ve known it is no longer. Are you ready to change with it? You can do it consciously, with your…
“…They deny the need to change by making up all sorts of ideas about why their own [structures] are better than others. This has always been the Sufi critique of religious or cultural institutions: These institutions are human creations, intended to serve human development and happiness. The real religion behind all religions, according to the…
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” ~ Carl Rogers As we teachers teach a Bikram Yoga class we see who is able to focus on themselves in the mirror and who isn’t. When necessary we will subtly, continually remind everyone to focus on themselves…
“When you focus upon an unwanted aspect of something in an effort to push it away from you, instead it only comes closer, because you get what you give your attention to whether it is something that you want or not.” ~ Abraham-Hicks Know why you feel so relaxed after a Bikram Yoga class? Because…