The asanas as part of the 8 limbs of yoga I love a good study of Patanjali and this post deals with Patanjali’s asanas. This post is part of a series on the 8 Limbs of Yoga that Patanjali wrote about centuries ago. I’d heard of Patanjali through Wayne Dyer and others,...
Patanjali’s Teachings: The Niyamas, or, The Rules for Living In the book, “The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali,” there are the eight limbs of yoga. One limb is the niyamas, which concerns itself with the rules of living. This post is part of a series on...
Ted Videos That Stoke Mindfulness and Meditative Qualities I am continuing to learn lots about meditation and what it does to the brain (like how it helps to keep it young!) and thought I would compile some pretty incredible TED videos about mindfulness and...
Patanjali’s Teachings: The Yamas One of the books I’m reading right now is “The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.” It’s a powerful read. This particular version has a long introduction explaining Patanjali’s Teachings and the Yamas....
Pain Happens. Suffering is Optional. Frankl and Hudson Give Us Insights On How To Deal “Pain is a part of life, but suffering is optional.” –Ancient Buddhist Proverb Not a single one of us humans will ever escape the ebbs and flows of life. Yes,...
I was contemplating what sort of post (and if, in fact, I would do a flash fiction inspirational post this week in favor of some other inspirational/contemplative idea) to do this week when the lyrics to John Lennon’s “Imagine” popped into my head....
I am really enjoying writing these flash fiction stories. I love the potential inspiration they can imbibe. This particular story is less than 900 words. Flash fiction needs to be somewhere between 500 – 1000 words. This story may seem a little glib at first...
I was listening to a podcast by Abiola Abrams called “How to develop your intuition”. She has a spiritpreneur podcast and I highly recommend it if you’re interested in doing spiritual-things as an entrepreneur. It’s pretty awesome. I was...
No pressure, right? No, really. Living your life matters. Period. And where does the idea for this post come from, you ask? First, I read a book last year called The Traveler’s Gift by Andy Andrews. More recently, I read one of his other books, The Butterfly...
