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May 2020
A no-nonsense way of going about finding peace:
First things first: have faith (shraddah) that peace is attainable for you.
Cultivate vitality (virya) — it’s hard to feel good when you feel like shit! Do the things that nourish your ability to be present in the moment.
This means some responsibility is in order: You have to wake up to noticing yourself feeling good— which also means waking up to when you feel bad so that you can note the difference. Then, when you notice yourself feeling good and maybe a bit happier or peaceful, your mission is to remember (smriti) it! It can help you have
faith that those vibes are legit.
Once you get good at noticing yourself vibing right, try to stay with it for longer periods of time— it’s totally possible. It’ll grow! You gotta try and stay present!
Lastly— once we’re able to be present for longer periods of time, things have a way of sorting themselves out. We suffer less, seemingly paradoxically by just being awake to all of our feelings as they come in. Somewhere inside the good and the bad is the truth— and it doesn’t done from rejecting any of it. And the truth brings wisdom... and the wisdom is how we can stop this process of self delusion and hurt making.
So there you have it: holding space inside of yourself for a personal experience of wisdom truth revelation means not rejecting, but experiencing. Not controlling, but observing.
We can wake up to love. We can wake up to now. We can wake up to wisdom (prajna). When these truths start showing themselves, you don’t wanna miss ‘em. It’s on the back of these truths that we can ride into a lasting peace. (Yoga sutras 1.20)
First things first: have faith (shraddah) that peace is attainable for you.
Cultivate vitality (virya) — it’s hard to feel good when you feel like shit! Do the things that nourish your ability to be present in the moment.
This means some responsibility is in order: You have to wake up to noticing yourself feeling good— which also means waking up to when you feel bad so that you can note the difference. Then, when you notice yourself feeling good and maybe a bit happier or peaceful, your mission is to remember (smriti) it! It can help you have
faith that those vibes are legit.
Once you get good at noticing yourself vibing right, try to stay with it for longer periods of time— it’s totally possible. It’ll grow! You gotta try and stay present!
Lastly— once we’re able to be present for longer periods of time, things have a way of sorting themselves out. We suffer less, seemingly paradoxically by just being awake to all of our feelings as they come in. Somewhere inside the good and the bad is the truth— and it doesn’t done from rejecting any of it. And the truth brings wisdom... and the wisdom is how we can stop this process of self delusion and hurt making.
So there you have it: holding space inside of yourself for a personal experience of wisdom truth revelation means not rejecting, but experiencing. Not controlling, but observing.
We can wake up to love. We can wake up to now. We can wake up to wisdom (prajna). When these truths start showing themselves, you don’t wanna miss ‘em. It’s on the back of these truths that we can ride into a lasting peace. (Yoga sutras 1.20)
in imageFear
Khalil Gibran
It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.
She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.
And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.
But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.
Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.
The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that's where the river will know
it's not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.
Khalil Gibran
It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.
She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.
And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.
But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.
Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.
The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that's where the river will know
it's not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.
Wear your fucking masks -- especially if youâre biking or running. Youâre making the rest of us who mindfully go outside look like selfish pricks â and youre endangering others, too.
April 2020
80 weeks ago. 80 weeks ago 80 weeks ago 80 weeks ago 80 weeks ago
in image80
casual
weeks
ago
casual
weeks
ago
foundations 7:45 (mild)
power hour 11 (spicy)
power hour 11 (spicy)
in imageDo not be daunted by the enormity
of the world's grief. Do justly now.
Love mercy now. Walk humbly
now. You are not obligated to
complete the work. but nerther are
you free to abandon it.
- The Talmud
of the world's grief. Do justly now.
Love mercy now. Walk humbly
now. You are not obligated to
complete the work. but nerther are
you free to abandon it.
- The Talmud
"quarantine" In the worst hour of the worst season of the worst year of a whole people
a man set out from the workhouse with his wife.
He was walking—they were both walking—north.
She was sick with famine fever and could not keep up. He lifted her and put her on his back.
He walked like that west and west and north.
Until at nightfall under freezing stars they arrived.
In the morning they were both found dead. Of cold. Of hunger. Of the toxins of a whole history.
But her feet were held against his breastbone.
The last heat of his flesh was his last gift to her.
Let no love poem ever come to this threshold. There is no place here for the inexact
praise of the easy graces and sensuality of the body.
There is only time for this merciless inventory:
Their death together in the winter of 1847. Also what they suffered. How they lived.
And what there is between a man and woman.
And in which darkness it can best be proved.
From New Collected Poems by Eavan Boland
a man set out from the workhouse with his wife.
He was walking—they were both walking—north.
She was sick with famine fever and could not keep up. He lifted her and put her on his back.
He walked like that west and west and north.
Until at nightfall under freezing stars they arrived.
In the morning they were both found dead. Of cold. Of hunger. Of the toxins of a whole history.
But her feet were held against his breastbone.
The last heat of his flesh was his last gift to her.
Let no love poem ever come to this threshold. There is no place here for the inexact
praise of the easy graces and sensuality of the body.
There is only time for this merciless inventory:
Their death together in the winter of 1847. Also what they suffered. How they lived.
And what there is between a man and woman.
And in which darkness it can best be proved.
From New Collected Poems by Eavan Boland
in image"quarantine"
In the worst hour of the worst season
of the worst year of a whole people
a man set out from the workhouse with his wife.
He was walking-they were both walking-north.
She was sick with famine fever and could not keep
up.
He lifted her and put her on his back.
He walked like that west and west and north.
Until at nightfall under freezing stars they
arrived.
In the morning they were both found dead.
Of cold. Of hunger. Of the toxins of a whole
history.
But her feet were held against his breastbone.
The last heat of his flesh was his last gift to
her.
Let no love poem ever come to this threshold.
There is no place here for the inexact
praise of the easy graces and sensuality of the
body.
There
is only time for this merciless inventory:
Their death together in the winter of 1847.
Also what they suffered. How they lived.
And what there is between a man and woman.
And in which darkness it can best be proved.
From New Collected Poems by Eavan Boland
In the worst hour of the worst season
of the worst year of a whole people
a man set out from the workhouse with his wife.
He was walking-they were both walking-north.
She was sick with famine fever and could not keep
up.
He lifted her and put her on his back.
He walked like that west and west and north.
Until at nightfall under freezing stars they
arrived.
In the morning they were both found dead.
Of cold. Of hunger. Of the toxins of a whole
history.
But her feet were held against his breastbone.
The last heat of his flesh was his last gift to
her.
Let no love poem ever come to this threshold.
There is no place here for the inexact
praise of the easy graces and sensuality of the
body.
There
is only time for this merciless inventory:
Their death together in the winter of 1847.
Also what they suffered. How they lived.
And what there is between a man and woman.
And in which darkness it can best be proved.
From New Collected Poems by Eavan Boland
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Are you feeling stressed? Hungry for no reason? Irritable?
How about overly sleepy? Lethargic? A feeling of general malaise?
You might need to relax your system-- and I'm not talking in a shmaltzy bubble-bath-y way (please note: I love a bubble bath).
If you're nervous system is all high-strung right now, it might be so high that you can't even tell except for some of the above... you're just kind of in a bad mood. Sound familiar?
If you've had trouble getting back to a feeling of being centered, I recommend putting a tool in your toolkit that ca help.
Here's a strong technique that works.
How about overly sleepy? Lethargic? A feeling of general malaise?
You might need to relax your system-- and I'm not talking in a shmaltzy bubble-bath-y way (please note: I love a bubble bath).
If you're nervous system is all high-strung right now, it might be so high that you can't even tell except for some of the above... you're just kind of in a bad mood. Sound familiar?
If you've had trouble getting back to a feeling of being centered, I recommend putting a tool in your toolkit that ca help.
Here's a strong technique that works.
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in image@dcfray Yoga tonight at 7pm HMU for a pass!
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Thank you for a great class
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ANGELA C.
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BALARGE BUDTCAMP
NCHELLE R
PILATES FUSION
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EXPRESS
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Love this.
getting at
the stuck bits
the stuck bits
working to
maximize
time
under
tension
maximize
time
under
tension
🔈 Ganesh &
Split Squats
Split Squats
in imageGanesh & Split Squats
in imagePee
#tfw you
look
behind you
to
make
sure your feet are
still
there before you do
#kapotasana
TICMIUNILO
SEP 12, 2019
#tfw you
look
behind you
to
make
sure your feet are
still
there before you do
#kapotasana
TICMIUNILO
SEP 12, 2019
to somehow feel more
and suffer less.
and suffer less.
doing some homework. primary
tomorrow
at 9
tomorrow
at 9
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at 9
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tomorrow
at 9
Thursday:
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7:45
(good for beginners!) ashtanga power hour
11
(lets get sweaty)
link in bio
foundations
7:45
(good for beginners!) ashtanga power hour
11
(lets get sweaty)
link in bio
cooking at home like
in imagecooking at home like
Learn how to
make sushi
First, delicately roll up the
rice and salmon in the nori
seaweed, and then....
Fuck, you ruined it, just
like you ruin everything.
This sushi is like your life,
you do everything wrong
You start a bunch of things
and never finish anything.
Nobody loves you.
Learn how to
make sushi
First, delicately roll up the
rice and salmon in the nori
seaweed, and then....
Fuck, you ruined it, just
like you ruin everything.
This sushi is like your life,
you do everything wrong
You start a bunch of things
and never finish anything.
Nobody loves you.
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Start time
Mon April 20, 2020
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8:30 am
5:00 pm
6:00 pm
Maggie Lively (2)
Becca Mayer
@ashtonganashville
@mikeybs34
@livelyogini
Mike Stefani
Winston Harrison
Aerin Higginbotham
Cory Bryant
Cancelled Today
When things start to look a little skewed, it’s good to notice. Perspective is a helluva thing.
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