'Mystical poetry and sacred wisdom'✨️ This beautiful online session yesterday with Integral Yoga Institute S.F. was a deep dive into poetry and finding expression for the heart/soul. What a joy!
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This poem by Danna Faulds (read all below) describing our desire still to be ‘perfect’ really struck a chord. Year 2 in retirement and being a ‘compassionate mess’ (yep it still happens!) and a messy human, seems the antithesis in how life should be right now! But how strongly I can still get ‘sucked’ in by expectations in and of our society.
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Take a slow conscious read and let me know how it lands for you..
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-Awakening Now' by Danna Faulds
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The moment your eyes are open, seize the day.
Would you hold back when the Beloved beckons?
Would you deliver your litany of sins like a child’s collection of seashells, prized and labelled?
‘No, I can’t step across the threshold,’ you say, eyes downcast.
‘I’m not worthy, I’m afraid, and my motives aren’t pure.
I’m not perfect, and surely, I haven’t practised nearly enough.
My meditation isn’t deep, and my prayers are sometimes insincere.
I still chew my fingernails, and the refrigerator isn’t clean.’
Do you value your reasons for staying small more than the light shining through the open door?
Forgive yourself.
Now is the only time you have to be whole.
Now is the sole moment that exists to live in the light of your true Self.
Perfection is not a prerequisite for anything but pain.
Please, oh please, don’t continue to believe in your disbelief.
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A retired 😍 but still passionate yogi and yoga therapist🧘♀️inspired to continue sharing the wisdom of yoga for well-being, wholeness, courage and inner peace 🌸 whilst in transition 🫶 A Senior Yoga Teacher and certified Yoga Therapist, previously with a tranquil Studio space, now transitioning beyond teaching to share ALL the practices of yoga.
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This is my WHY in coming home to Melbourne in cold Winter…
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Bonds created through mutual interests nurture more than a deep connection with each other; they nurture the commitment to Self, the inner life, the purpose beyond ego.
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In the 2024 book, 'Just friends: On the joy, influence and power of friendship’ author Gyan Yankovich discusses how the strength of our friendships and investment in our ‘social’ world really is an important investment in ourselves.
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Care in friendship is about reciprocity - people don’t just ask how you are, they care enough to KNOW how you are. It’s in the remembering, the following up, the making of time, the knowing in the difficult times.
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She wisely states, ‘If care doesn’t sit warm in the hearts of my friendships, I’m not sure I want them at all.’
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Close friendships often hold us accountable (more than our partners!) for our actions, out of concern for our happiness and well-being.
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Do you press pause in the most inconvenient times for your friends? Just like you may wish them to do for you? I’d love to know..
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Create deep inner confidence and a natural feeling of light, sparkling radiance with Vajra (Diamond) Mudra.
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A diamond is indestructible, the essence of strong self-confidence. This is a mudra for increasing self-confidence and self-esteem.
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Vajra Mudra balances your own personal power at the third chakra called Manipura, the ‘city of jewels’.
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This influences how energy flows, allowing you to become more present in mind, body and spirit.
Let your presence, whether near or far, be a present to one who matters this week 🎁
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