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5/23/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi

Do you, my friend? Have you ever allowed yourself to truly resonate with any of these expressions?

Even if this is not something that you do regularly, I’m sure that at some point in your life you’ve resonated with at least one of them regarding someone you know. But have you ever directed any of these to yourself?

If you’re like most the answer is probably not. Well, what if you did? Why not try it, my friend? Take a moment to resonate with each expression and then direct it to yourself.

How does that feel? Sit with this feeling for a bit.

Hmmm… So, would you say that you have more to give another when you give to yourself first? Yeah, I thought so.

5/22/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“I am a lover of what is, not because I’m a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality. We can know that reality is good just as it is, because when we argue with it, we experience tension and frustration. We don’t feel natural or balanced. When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.”

~ Byron Katie, Loving What Is

Life isn’t always the way we want it to be. It can be frustrating, painful, irritating, and even infuriating at times, but it is what it is and, as you might have noticed, when we fight it it just gets worse.

Every bit of struggle and suffering we experience is a result of resisting what is. Now, not all struggle and suffering is bad; after all this is how we discover our current limitations and build resilience. It’s just that our limitations don’t change by fighting them, they change by acknowledging, accepting, and surrendering to them.

Think of BeneFIT’s True Fix class as your training ground for dealing with life’s unpleasantries. Notice the pattern of finding your edge, struggling to go deeper, suffering in the moment, and then surrendering into Savasana. If progress isn’t tangible within class, say from first set to second set as it often is, you know you can count on it to be there eventually. And meanwhile, you get to bask in the bliss of the yoga high after every class!

5/20/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.”

~ Desmond Tutu

Might it be your pride, my friend, that keeps you from the greatest discovery of all?

Being humbled could have its blessings. I’m just sayin’…

5/19/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“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 vibration.

Your body’s natural state is that of well-being. It knows how to be well and it wants to be well. But just as you can’t escape your surroundings, the cells in your body can’t escape theirs either.

Think of it, what kind of environment do you do best in? A positive one or a negative one? Uh-huh, and now, what kind of environment are you creating for your body?

Positive, my friend… Be positive and help your body thrive.

5/17/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“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 long, we bring on decline. In essence, with your thoughts you are either choosing growth or decline, life or death.

So have a vision of a future you wish to behold, a future for yourself, your family, your community, the world, one which inspires your growth and propels you into your future.

Excitement, adventure, challenge… Wow! What’s it gonna be?

Bring it on, my friend!

5/16/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“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 shift in perspective, from one of anger or resentment to one of acceptance and forgiveness.

When you realize that everything is just a matter of perspective and there are always multiple perspectives you can view from, doesn’t it make you wonder how many ways you cause yourself to suffer unnecessarily?

Why not just let the grievances go, my friend? Give it a try. Drop the negative judgment and see if you don’t allow more blessings to flow your way.

5/15/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“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 us uninhibited.

What is it that keeps you from allowing that grace to flow? What makes you sad? What is keeping your life serious, heavy and restricted? Could you let it go? Are you willing to let it go? Does it have to be exactly as it is?

Sometimes all it takes is just a simple shift in how you view something and all that sadness can drain away. And you know what’ll happen when you release the sadness? You float right back up to your natural light and happy state.

You deserve to be happy, my friend. Give it to yourself.

5/13/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“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 our lives.”

~ Henry David Thoreau

Your mental muscles, like your physical ones, take time and repetition to develop. Awareness of your thoughts, awareness of how your thoughts make you feel, and conscious effort to direct your thoughts always to something that makes you feel better is the foundation upon which you’ll build a happy and healthy life.

As with everything in life, mastery of your mind takes practice. Fortunately for you, Bikram Yoga helps you build your faith, concentration, determination, discipline, and patience. These are the core mental muscles you must develop first.

Don’t give up on yourself, my friend. Every effort spent in this regard reaps rewards — a happy and healthy you. Just think of it!

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