Do you believe you are moving toward abundance?

It might seem like a loaded question, but when was the last time you stopped to really ask yourself if you’re making positive changes in your life?  For some of us, this question might come up more often than we’d like to admit. 🙂   It is natural to evaluate choices.  Part of learning requires some…

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Karuṇā: Real Compassion in a Virtual Age

We live in exciting times. There are so many modern conveniences right at our fingertips. Due to advances in machine learning, and human-machine teaming, distributors know our likes and preferences before we do. Companies are becoming so adept at interpreting the algorithms of the human mind that they can stock warehouses full of goods from…

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Beacon of Hope

Becoming deaf & blind as an infant in the 19th Century, in her biography Helen Keller said she lived, “at sea in a dense fog.”  Despite great odds against her, she successfully navigated a series of remarkable events, and became a beacon of hope despite the darkness.   + Keller’s mother was so inspired by a…

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Setting Your Intention

Finding it hard to set your intention for your practice? Choose Love. Choose to reconnect with that thing within yourself – within your soul – your purpose – your best self. This is a choice you can make.   Believe that love resides within. Focus your concentrated attention – your Drishti. Meditate on this point.…

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To Lead is To Serve

It takes unique levels of empathy & humility to acknowledge that someone else’s path might be the best way for them.  Then, going beyond acknowledgement, to serve as their traveling companions, guides, or stewards can be a real struggle.  Sometimes the tendency of our own ego is to step in, assert ourselves & project our…

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Choose Happiness

Anne Frank died at the tender age of 16.  The diary she kept, while hiding from the Nazis from the ages of 13-15, is full of wisdom and optimism.  Decades later, her private thoughts are an inspiration, bringing happiness to people of any age, race, color, or origin. This particular quote carries such a powerful…

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Finding Balance Amidst Chaos

Lighthouse surrounded by crashing ocean waves.

Distractions surround us. Stay balanced. The average American checks their phone 80 times a day (every 12 minutes), and about 24 hours surfing the internet each week.  The Pew Research Center recently reported that only one quarter of rural Americans have a problem accessing high-speed internet.  Access to TV and the internet seems virtually unlimited and…

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Why are Standing Postures SO Important?

According to the American Chiropractic Association, over 31 million Americans suffer from lower back pain.  A recent study released by the Bone & Joint Initiative earlier this year finds that, “Back pain accounts for more than 264 million lost work days in one year—that’s two work days for every full-time worker in the country.”  If you…

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BE Victorious!

  It’s important to include a warm up in your yoga practice. As you warm up your body, you should also warm up your breath. This may sound a little odd, but it’s a great way to focus on the most essential element of life – your breath, and each one is Victorious. Ujjayi and…

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