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Less Yoga Pop, More Yoga Culture: Yoga and Visual Culture Symposium Lectures
If you’re looking for a little less yoga pop and a little more yoga culture, the Freer and Sackler Youtube page has some lectures up from the Yoga and Visual Culture symposium held in November 2013. H/T to The Confluence Countdown … [Read more...] about Less Yoga Pop, More Yoga Culture: Yoga and Visual Culture Symposium Lectures
Fitting In is Overrated: Living Your Sva Dharma
“I think fitting in is highly overrated. I’d rather just fit out… Fitting out means being who you are, even when people insist that you have to change. Fitting out means taking up space, not apologizing for yourself, and not agreeing with those who seek to label you with stereotypes.” ― Golda Poretsky Fitting in is overrated. I finally embraced my terminal weirdness when a friend told me frankly that I will always stand out. I suddenly liked the sound of that. In the past, I would have rebelled … [Read more...] about Fitting In is Overrated: Living Your Sva Dharma
Going Creative – Meditation and Creative Consciousness
Humans are conscious beings. We are able to both analyze the creative spirit, discuss it intellectually — and also experience it. When we meditate, we come home to our own creative fount, a sense of oneness that evaporates the ego-centred perception that we are separate beings adrift in a phenomenal world, doomed to die. In meditation, we experience how humans are both creations and creators, and also how creator and the created are inseparable, one and the same. That we are about as separate … [Read more...] about Going Creative – Meditation and Creative Consciousness
Defeating Unhappiness
At times I have felt defeated by life. All I ever wanted was to be peaceful, happy, and free. I went about attaining it by deconstructing myself and my life and seeking spirituality to bring about peace and happiness. With spirituality figured out and practiced daily I waited for the immediate result that failed to appear. It wasn’t until some years later that I realized I was attempting to cheat the system. I was trying to become enlightened to see the light. Unfortunately that’s not how life … [Read more...] about Defeating Unhappiness
Another Kick in the Pants from the Universe
I love it when the universe sends me messages. But sometimes I can be a little dense, and it takes a few repeats or beats over the head for the lesson to finally soak in. The perfect example of this occurred a few weeks ago in my Wednesday yoga class as I was sharing a few passages from the book Soul to Soul by John Mundahl and read this quote by Anthony DeMello: “There’s only one reason why you’re not experiencing bliss at this present moment, and it’s because you’re thinking or focusing on … [Read more...] about Another Kick in the Pants from the Universe
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