One of the most valuable lessons that yoga can teach us is to observe our reactions to the world. When we practice, we pay attention to our breath, we are aware of physical sensations in the body, we notice our emotions and we watch our thoughts leaping and dancing about in the mind. In the watching, we begin to see space between thought and action. We begin to understand that we can choose our action. This gift of yoga could lead to the single biggest leap in evolution we could next make as … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2008
On the power of paying attention to your words
by Kara-Leah Grant All around us lie opportunities for us to take our yoga off the mat - not just in a physical way, but in the way in which we relate to everything around us. When we practice, we listen to our breath, we let it guide us into postures, we accept ourselves right where we are, and we surrender into our body. When we live our lives, do we take the time to stop and listen to our breath? Do we allow our breath to take us into situations that we might find stressful? Do we … [Read more...]
Top Eleven reasons to start practicing yoga TODAY!
You have just ONE body to carry you through life from birth to death. This body is the only way that you can get around on our material world. It's the only way you can perceive ANYTHING. Because if you couldn't smell, taste, feel, see or hear... what would you be experiencing? (Pure consciousness, that's what. But that is another article.) So how do you treat this wonderful personal transportation device of yours? … [Read more...]
How to find true love
Somewhere out there in the world is the perfect person for you. Someone who will love you unconditionally, and meet all your needs, and shower you with love. Right? Absolutely. And you already know this person. In fact, you are extraordinarily close to this person. For this person is you. You are the one responsible for loving yourself unconditionally, for meeting all your needs and for showering yourself with love. And when you do this, you will discover something … [Read more...]
How to Harness the Natural Flow of Life
by Kara-Leah Grant Have you ever noticed that a tree never needs wonder about what to do? Or who to be? No, the tree feels within when the time comes for budding and blossoming. For bearing fruit and blooming. And when the time comes to shed the old and dig in for the hibernation period. Trees follow the flow of internal energy as they respond to external reality. There is much we can learn from this way of being. For there are times in our lives when we need to hunker down and … [Read more...]
What Causes Depression?
by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat What causes depression? No one knows. No really - not even the medical profession. Do a quick google search and see what comes up. The best they can offer is a few theories of biological factors combined with environmental and behavioural issues. They can estimate how likely someone is to experience depression based on this, but they don't know the root cause. Makes it hard to heal something when you don't know what is causing it! So we DON'T treat … [Read more...]