17/01/2018
'Those who live passionately
Teach us how to love,
Those who love passionately
Teach us how to live'
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
β€ In 2018 I will remain Love β€ First post here this year, Im back again # # #
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27/12/2017
I know it looks pretty gangster! It actually is... This is the Lotus Flower Hand Mudra.
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In Hindu, Buddhist and Egyptian religions, the lotus is considered a sacred flower and metaphor for spiritual enlightment.
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Because the lotus rises from unclean mud water and search for the sun light to blossom as a pure, uncontaminated flower and it is a symbol of purity.
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In the same way the lotus flower goes through much in its growth before emerging from dirty water to become a beautiful flower, the individual consciousness does the same on its path to enlightenment. From darkness to light. From not knowing to knowing. From ignorance to knowledge.
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The thousand-petaled lotus signifies spiritual illumination. In this case, each opening of the petal (each of oir life experiences) is the gradual unfolding of our consciousness.
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11/12/2017
Vulnerability is not weakness. Vulnerability is to take responsibility. It's our greatest measure of courage. Vulnerability is about the willingness to show up in the world and to be seen, even when there is no guarantees - BRENE BROWN
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21/11/2017
The way you see yourself it will reflect on your experiences, your relatioships, your life and the way you see others. Starts within you. So lets be mindful of our self talk first. By being gentle on ourselves we support the healing of everyone else around us π
π· PHOTO CREDIT: Li (thank you Angel!!!)
22/10/2017
My practice is my priority, it doesn't matter what is happening at the world around me, but to work on my internal peace is necessary so when life is not so fun I still have the ability to remain steady.
16/10/2017
I find that the Spiritual journey is to unlearn all the fear, hate, resentment and life conditioning that acts like a 'filter' stopping us from seeing the truth, love, inner power and trust. Before some of our life experiences (like when we were kids) our hearts were pure of joy, inspiration and dreams. At what point did we stop? At what point did we chose that we would rather be safe than living a fullfiled life?
It is worth saying, that to burn through our own Karma its not all rainbows and butterflies. If you chose the Spiritual path it won't be smooth. It actually hurts. But nothing dulls life more than to simply accept suffering. Self knowledge is the path, and meditation is the medicine to rewind the mind from patterns of thinking.
It calms my heart and gives me hope to know that all the contentment that I look for in life already exist inside me, since I was a little kid. The path is to train the mind so it can pass beyond it's self limitation.π
18/09/2017
βDo not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time." β B.K.S. Iyengar
09/09/2017
Exactly 3 years ago I was doing a yoga teacher training here in Bali.
Now Im doing the same thing again, but completely different approach/mind set... what I know is that we can't stop growing, if happens that we stop, we get bored and dull on the inside.
To grow is often times to face those 'edgy bits' of us, those parts of us that feel uncomfortable to deal with, to be ready and understand that resistance towards new paths is very normal, so we dont give up on the first (or 10 times) trial and to have the stability, strenght and capacity to integrate ourselves with the new journey and discoveries. If we want to see the sparkle of life and shine through, Face what is stopping you! Boom!
03/09/2017
Both Practice and Non-reaction are required to still the fluctuations of the Mind.
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01/09/2017
Yogi family all cuddling up together after the Balinese Cleansing Ceremony!
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Teacher training begins today - wish me luck! π€