happiness

Courageously Commit to Your Life

March 25, 2012

“Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” – Henry David Thoreau* (Photo taken at Lululemon) What’s holding you back from committing with 100% energy to your dreams, passions, and goals? For me, I held myself back in a [...]

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Why is Happiness so Elusive?

March 21, 2012

Most of the suffering in our lives is the result of an ignorant understanding in what we think will bring us happiness. Some would argue that all of our suffering is a result of this misunderstanding. So listen up, because this post will help you understand where happiness is and where it is not. If [...]

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Why is Happiness So Elusive?

March 17, 2012

[Happiness] Most of the suffering in our lives is the result of an ignorant understanding in what we think will bring us happiness. Some would argue that all of our suffering is a result of this misunderstanding. So listen up, because this post will help you understand where happiness is and where it is not.

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Forgiveness Action Plan

March 1, 2012

Weigh out the cost of happiness and freedom versus anger, blame, and misery. What is your life – your very short and precious time in this body – worth to you? Will you remain comfortable with this reality that you have always known, even if you know you aren’t as happy as you could be? Or will you take the reins to your life back and steer yourself toward a joyful, peaceful, vibrant reality?

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Finding Forgiveness, Part II

February 29, 2012

Please visit the last post “Finding Forgiveness” for Part I of this journey. How the forgiveness journey begins: In week #1 (this week), Lama Marut asks us to look our pain square in the face. This might sound easy, but it does require the wisdom to know why it is essential in order to fuel [...]

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Finding Forgiveness

February 28, 2012

We can’t exactly get beyond our suffering until we examine it and understand it. And we can only be truly happy after we get beyond our suffering. Not taking the steps to free ourselves from our personal afflictions is like starving ourselves from love, from the nectar of life itself. We delude ourselves in believing that we are winning when we hold a grudge, or that being unhappy is somehow a sign of sophistication and success. These are prevalent and unhealthy delusions in our society!

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Gratitude Journal

November 17, 2011

Well, clearly I can’t get it right when working with WordPress. Can you forgive me in that I’m occasionally radically inept at using this software? If you have no clue what I mean, check out the last post I published when what I meant to post was this wonderful guest post from Fiona Murphy. Please [...]

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Gratitude Journal

November 17, 2011

This guest post is graciously provided to us by Dr. Fiona Murphy.: Following a suggestion that Frances made to her yoga students, I’ve been keeping a “gratitude journal” for several months–every night writing down ten things for which I am grateful (and trying to repeat myself as seldom as possible).  It’s a low-key behavioral technique [...]

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Back to Basics

October 7, 2011

No matter how much experience you have with yoga, all of us need a review of the basic tools from time to time. Before George Winston became a professional pianist capable of dancing his fingers through complex chord and tempo combinations, he started out the way any beginning piano student must start. He learned each [...]

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Love is a practice

May 4, 2011

Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generating that kind of energy toward yourself- if you are not capable of taking care of yourself, of nourishing yourself, of protecting yourself- it is very difficult to take care of another person. In the Buddhist teaching, it’s [...]

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