“Relaxation is the single most beneficial thing you can learn to do in this world. So apply even more faith, self-discipline, determination, concentration, and patience to the Dead Body Pose. You are fighting body tension plus guilt and impatience to get to next pose. You are fighting unruly mind that persists in flitting like butterfly.…
“Your life becomes the thing you have decided it shall be.” ~ Raymond Charles Barker So, my friend, what have you decided your life shall be? Do you realize that where you are now, the conditions that define your life, are the ones you have decided upon by your thoughts? I ask that because many…
“When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.” ~ Tuli Kupferberg What are your normal patterns? What is your daily routine? What are your habits? How do you start your day? What do you eat daily? What you do drink throughout your day? And what are your thoughts? Are you even aware of them? So, my…
“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…
“You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.” ~ Ralph Marston We all hit frustration at times, my friend. But how we choose to deal with it is what varies. We might throw up…
“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.” ~ Saadi Isn’t it nice the way Bikram Yoga is always the same every time? The teacher doesn’t throw new postures at you and expect you to figure them out in only one go. Instead, it’s the same sequence of postures every time. With a…
“Your life becomes the thing you have decided it shall be.” ~ Raymond Charles Barker So, my friend, what have you decided your life shall be? Do you realize that where you are now, the conditions that define your life, are the ones you have decided upon by your thoughts? I ask that because many…
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” ~ Helen Keller Though we hate it, suffering brings clarity of purpose. And the desire for change coupled with the determination to make it real will follow on that clarity’s…