Oh yes.

Love Rules!

I love this video and not just because there is a fellow with "LOVE RULES" on his tshirt!


Just breatheeeeeee!

Gold.

There is something about meditation that takes me to a higher, more peaceful place where I feel directly connected to God and everyone in the Universe.


It makes me tingle, freshens my perspective.  It's become an addiction and I feel off kilter when I miss a day or two or three.


Here's one that makes my soul sing:

All is Well.

“All is well, and you will never get it done. Life is supposed to be fun. No one is taking score of any kind, and if you will stop taking score so much, you will feel a whole lot better – and as you feel a whole lot better, more of the things that you want right now will flow to you. You will never be in a place where all of the things that you are wanting will be satisfied right now, or then you could be complete – and you never can be. This incomplete place that you stand is the best place that you could be. You are right on track, right on schedule. Everything is unfolding perfectly. All is really well. Have fun. Have fun. Have fun!”

- Esther Abraham-Hicks

Join the Love Train!

Endurance.

I have been feeling a little stuck.  A little blah...and have been allowing the "monkey mind chatter" to overwhelm my golden flow.  So, I am taking a little time out.  Instead of letting myself be thrown off my course.  I'm using today to dig in, excavate and build something new.  This is major progress, in the past I'd let these feelings continue on until I was completely immobile and depressed.  We're talking years people!!!  But since I gave up depression in 2008 I have been learning to manage the "blahs" that take me away from my dreams.


How'd I get off focus?  Success.  I started coasting through, confident that "I've got this!" and not really doing the work (meditation, partaking of regular spiritual nourishment, walks and yoga) to maintain my success.  When I get lackadaisical about this stuff it is not a surprise that the chatter gets out of control and starts jumping up and down with all the negative shyte.  Today, I say, "Enough!"  and I'm giving myself a timeout so that I can get refocused on the love.


I was watching a Marie Forleo video this morning and she offered up something Rodney Yee said in a yoga class, "Your heart has infinite endurance.  Your mind and ego are very weak."  Lead with love.  That's the answer.  Well, it's my answer, anyway.


Here is Marie talk more about living through your heart instead of letting your mind and ego run wild.


 

Mandy Ingber's "Yogalosophy"

I read this article (written by Sarah Bernard) recently and  loved what Mandy Ingber had to say about learning how to lovingly accept your body the way it is...

Your motto is "Having the body you want begins with loving the body you have." Can you explain?"I believe in starting where you are. Once we have acceptance of where we are, we can begin to love ourselves right there. I have definitely been on the path of whipping myself into shape in that slave-driving, punishing way. But I get into just as great shape when I am saying positive things and loving my body right now. I think people get scared to accept it the way it is, because it means, "I wont change, I will become complacent," but my body responds to positive reinforcement more than the negative." 

Whats your approach to fitness?"Be consistent. Move your body in any way one hour a day. Sweat five times a week. Eat mindfully. Treat your body like it is the love of your life. The body is a gift, and the best way to express gratitude for a gift is to use it!"

Yogalosophy is a DVD which can purchase at Ms. Inber's website.