Chai with Gloria

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Preparation for Valentine’s Day

When we think of love, we tend to think of the flow of love from another to ourselves but love is really a vibration that emanates from your own heart out to others. Love for another exits regardless of whether that other person does something for you or not.
There has to be an openness in [...]

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LIFE’S ESSENTIALS

Boarding a flight last weekend, a fellow passenger, looked at the mat I was carrying and commented, “I see you’ve brought your essentials.” It made me stop and reflect that my yoga mat, which represents my yoga practice, is a life essential. You’ll often hear me say, “yoga is my life line.” Yoga gives me the [...]

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WHY RETREAT?

1re·treat
noun \ri-ˈtrēt\
Definition of RETREAT
1) : an act or process of withdrawing especially from what is difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable
2): a place of privacy or safety : refuge
3) : a period of group withdrawal for prayer, meditation, study, or instruction under a director
I’ve blended the definition above to come up with this definition:
RETREAT: The act of [...]

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Freedom

As I watched the seagulls, I thought, “that’s the road to take; find the absolute rhythm and follow it with absolute trust”- Niko Kazantzakis

 
 

Your Teacher

“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.”
Swami Vivekananda

Be Yourself

“As a physician, I’ve found that in the course of treating illness, it often comes down to the core issue of being oneself. We do not have to do anything to be ourselves; all we have to do is stop trying to be someone else. The secret is, don’t discover yourself, don’t transform yourself and [...]

COMMITMENT

“Put your head underwater and keep it there for a while.
You’ll soon realize that you’re 100% committed to breathing.
Notice that you don’t make excuses not to breathe. Notice that you don’t worry about motivating yourself to breathe. Notice that you don’t need to justify your desire to breathe.
You just breathe.
Commitment is action.
No excuses. No [...]

Dream

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.-Paulo Coelho