December 2011
82 posts
2011: top 15 yoga blog posts →
Some really interesting articles here on yoga and the culture (especially online) that has surrounded it this past year. Commercialism, the Occupy movement, Seva (service) and yoga snobbery are all topics explored, in an articulate, interesting, humorous and personal way, plus, i love reading the way that different teachers relate yoga philosophy to life (and into their lives) by exploring current...
10 Ways to Love Others →
Great advice for living and loving!
thelittlesea:
Some guidelines for loving:
1. Tell them about their brilliance. They likely can’t see it and they don’t know its immensity, but you can see it, and you can illuminate it for them.
2. Be authentic, and give others the gift of the real you and a real relationship. Ask your real questions. Share your real beliefs. Go for your real dreams. Tell your...
May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...
– A beautiful quote for the year to come- much better than a resolution!
Neil Gaiman (via boxofoctaves)
When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For...
– John Lennon (via oniverse)
An amazing fusion of photography and dance, a crazy, creative vision. Surreal, sublime, eerie and a little bit naked so probably not safe for work.
Sam In Wanderlust: True Religion →
saminwanderlust:
Do you know what religion is? It is not the chant, it is not in the performance of puja, or any other ritual, it is not in the worship of tin gods or stone images, it is not in the temples and churches, it is not in the reading of the Bible or the Gita, it is not in the repeating of a sacred name…
This is so beautiful.
Yoga is not about touching your toes, it’s about what you learn on the way down.
– Judith Lasater (via palmheart)
Lilie Zen Coach: The five regrets →
This is a wise, powerful and humble article by a palliative care nurse, sharing what she learnt from her patients. It’s a beautiful thought that the lessons they learned at the end of their lives live on, to help us through our own journeys through life…. simplyisis:
1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
When people...
Life is not a problem to be solved, nor a question to be answered. Life is a...
– Alan Watts (via lucifelle)
A heart warming article about Todmorden- A town... →
‘This is a revolution,’ she says. ‘But we are gentle revolutionaries. Everything we do is underpinned by kindness.’