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Game Changer

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I was eight months into my Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training course, and ready to quit. I loved the practices but the teachings seemed too dogmatic.It was right at this critical moment that I met my mentor and soul sister, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa. What was the game changer? It was when she played a Beatles song right in the middle of our yoga practice. It was so foreign to play anything other than Sanskrit or Ghurmeki mantras that I was blown away. I was surprised but also reconnected to what I found in yoga. It reminded me why I had started my journey in the first place…to bring me back to joy.

I’m honoured to be hosting Gurmukh at Semperviva this weekend. She has kept me on the path of yoga and inspires me to never quit…to never give up, ever!

Come dance, sing, sweat and reconnect to joy, http://www.semperviva.com/events/gurmukh-kaur-khalsa/

 

 

 

Breakdown or Breakthrough?

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Breakdown or breakthrough? What’s it going to be? It’s up to you to decide.

When things intensify, breathe deeply, steady yourself and remember that you don’t grow in your comfort zone so you are being pushed to the edge for a reason.

This is when you need to decide you want to fly.

“Come to the edge.”
“We can’t. We’re afraid.”
“Come to the edge.”
“We can’t. We will fall!”
“Come to the edge.”
And they came.
And she pushed them.
And they flew.

Guillaume Apollinaire, 1880-1918

( thank you Margarite Paul for sharing this poem with us on our  Greek Island Yoga Teacher Training)

 

Your Truth

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TruthYour truth is simply that…”your” truth.

Or maybe it’s only just “your” opinion.

Saying it louder, saying it stronger, doesn’t make it more true.

At the end of the day, it is still only “your” truth or “your” opinion.

Ask yourself, “do you want to be right or do you want to be happy?”

Today I choose and pray for peace.

It’s Now Tomorrow

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You know that thing you were going to get started on tomorrow…it’s now tomorrow!

Every time you let yourself down, you train yourself that you don’t matter.

When is your life going to start being important to you?

If you allow yourself to live your best, most fulfilling life, you give permission to others to do the same.

The time is now.

 

 

 

Relax Fast!

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How much of your energy is tied up in what happened yesterday? Drop it, let go and relax fast.

You don’t know what is coming next and how will you be ready for it, if all your energy is tied up in yesterday?

There is nothing you can do about yesterday.

Dragging yesterday into today will ruin your tomorrow. Learn how to relax quickly. The minute you find your breath become erratic, figure out why, and then drop it. Don’t tie your energy up in what is already over.

Relax fast, and be ready for life.

 

Procrastination is an Addiction

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Stretch PoseStretch Pose

For 10 years I avoided teaching stretch pose.

And then, one New Years Eve I made it my New Year’s Resolution to do stretch pose every single day.

Unfortunately, or rather fortunately, this means my students do A LOT of stretch pose.

What’s the big deal about this pose?

Nothing happens for us in life until we develop our willpower and our stamina.

We start something and then we quit. Or even worse, we never even get started.

If there is something you’re avoiding in your life (HA!), start your day with stretch pose.

It will give you the strength and stamina to see things through.

Don’t quit, EVER, because guess what? Quitting becomes a habit.

That’s right, procrastination is an addiction!

 

Be Open To What Life Wants To Bring You-reflections on a Yoga Retreat

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DSCN0699There is a magic that happens when we finally allow life to happen…when we ALLOW ourselves to receive what life wants to bring us.

When we do yoga or practices that put us in “our zone,” we fall into a place of acceptance. We stop struggling against life so that we can see clearly how it is we are living. We become fully present so that we are awake and engaged in life and can  make the best choices to create our best life.

If we are constantly struggling against life, we’re not fully present to shape the life that is ours.

“Remember, life always offers you a second chance, it’s called tomorrow”