Wisdom and learnings to support your practice for a total wellbeing.
What are you resisting?
What shows up on your mat as you practice is what shows up in your life.
Resistance can show up in many forms, often deceptive ones.
It is usually the one that makes you inwardly groan when the teacher calls it out... "I don't want to...I can't do this one...I know this is good for us but..."
The transformation happens when you drop all these fighting. Because when you fight, you are fighting with your survival basic instincts.
Every pose is a new opportunity, each and every time.
In life, we so often resist what we don't like or don't want to do. Here, on your mat, is a safe opportunity to see what's on the other side of that. Physical asana is a measure of some higher possibility.
And it all starts with acceptance, a choice that we can embrace and empower ourselves to generate some new results in our life.
~ Inspired by BARON BAPTISTE
Books
The Power of Now: A Meditative Approach to Living In the Moment by Eckhart Tolle
This book is for people who feel stuck in their past, people who can't get out of their own head, and people who feel like they're waiting around for happiness to come to them. It's also for those that catch themselves complaining too often, and those that feel constant anxiety or worry on the daily. If you have interest in meditation as a practice, or have never tried it but want some of the benefits, this book might be right up your alley. This book is probably not ideal for people who have no interest in zen teachings, think meditation is silly (it's really not), or find little value in philosophical lessons and their application in life.
How to Live a Good Life: Soulful Stories, Surprising Science, and Practical Wisdom
How to Live A Good Life IS NOT Just a book to be read; It’s a path to possibility, to be walked, then Lived. It is is your antidote; a practical and provocative modern-day manual for the pursuit of a life well lived. No need for blind faith or surrender of intelligence; everything you’ll discover is immediately actionable and subject to validation through your own experience.
Drawn from the intersection of science, spirituality, and the author’s years-long quest to learn at the feet of masters from nearly every tradition and walk of life, this book offers a simple yet powerful model, the “Good Life Buckets”—spend 30 days filling your buckets and reclaiming your life.
Each day will bring a new, practical yet powerful idea, along with a specific exploration designed to rekindle deep, loving, and compassionate relationships; cultivate vitality, radiance, and graceful ease; and leave you feeling lit up by the way you contribute to the world, like you’re doing the work you were put on the planet to do.
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles
The Biology of Belief will forever change how you think about your own thinking. Stunning new scientific discoveries about the biochemical effects of the brain’s functioning show that all the cells of your body are affected by your thoughts. Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., a renowned cell biologist, describes the precise molecular pathways through which this occurs. Using simple language, illustrations, humor, and everyday examples, he demonstrates how the new science of epigenetics is revolutionizing our understanding of the link between mind and matter, and the profound effects it has on our personal lives and the collective life of our species.
Videos
Brené Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.