Posts Tagged ‘Rāja yoga’
Connect to your strength below the surface
Life is like the ocean. There are calm days and rocky ones and all types in between. When our “ocean conditions” are rough we can get swept up in the turmoil on the surface or we can make the choice to go deeper. Two quotes together inspired my message last week. “In quietness and calmness…
Read MoreToday is the RIGHT Day for the PRESENT
Recently I have been inspired by the Breath (So Hum) and the Gaze (Drishti) as tools to help connect us more fully in our Yoga Practice. This past week my hope was to use these techniques into action together to practice the goal we all seek to attain; To be present in our LIVES…
Read MoreGaze Inside and find your Inspiration
A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to travel for a weekend trip to Arizona to celebrate my daughters 10th birthday. It was a special time shared with a close friend and her daughter (who was born 1 day after mine in the same hospital in San Francisco). The girls have been friends…
Read MoreThe 4 KEYS to Happiness
Last week my inspiration came from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali which is the text of Raja Yoga (Ancient Mental Science). Patanjali is considered the ‘Father of Yoga” and even though the Sutras (the word Sutra means thread), were written somewhere between 5000 B.C. and 300 A.D., these short two or three sentence “threads” of advice are applicable even today. My…
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