“You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.” ~ Indira Gandhi When you watch champion athletes at peak performance you can’t help but notice their single pointed focus on only what they’re doing in the present moment. In a state of heightened awareness, only accessible…
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something sometime in your life.” ~ Winston Churchill You can’t always make everyone happy, my friend, nor should that be your aim. The best course always is to follow your heart, honor your truth, and trust that all will work itself out with time. Let…
“How can a doctor help us unless we show him our wounds? Our fearful places have to be revealed before they can be healed.” ~ Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love If you’re like the rest of us, when it comes to BeneFIT’s Yoga you love it and hate it. Sometimes it’s scary. Sometimes it’s frustrating.…
“We’re not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.” ~ Joseph Campbell How do you save yourself? You align with your Higher Self. You shift from thinking to feeling, from your head to your heart, and…
“When we take ownership for a problem and accept responsibility for our outcomes, we become agents of change as opposed to victims of change. When we resist the temptation to blame others or make excuses, we become part of the solution, not the problem.” ~ John J. Murphy, Pulling Together Blame and victimhood go hand in…
“When you act, if you have a personal motive or if you expect a reward, you build up a tension even before you start. There is expectation, and anxiety. There is fear of losing something. Instead, if the mind is kept free from any expectation whatsoever, and your action is done just for the sake…
“In cultivating loving kindness, we train first to be honest, loving, and compassionate toward ourselves. Rather than nurturing self-denigration, we begin to cultivate a clear-seeing kindness. Sometimes we feel good and strong. Sometimes we feel inadequate and weak. But our loving-kindness is unconditional. No matter how we feel, we can aspire to be happy. We…
“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…
“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need…
“Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi Be open to change, my friend. All it takes is a new perspective brought about by some life experience and all of a sudden…