Status Updates From Yoga Mind, Peaceful Mind: S...

"Although there usually are real challenges in life, there is enough support available to help you navigate your way through them in positive ways"

"Unresolved fear...expressed through your nervous system...To ensure your safety, your nervous system become hyper-vigilant, frequently scan the environment for signs of danger & startle at even slight rustling...Notice more what is going on around and less what is going on inside you, like the sensations associated with the touch of your feet on the floor, thus feel ungrounded, less safe."

"You can lessen your emotional need to fix or otherwise be in charge of others by stimulating your root chakra, which increases your sense of inner security. One way to do so is a yantra meditation, where you gaze at the image of a large land mammal who is strong and protective of its young -- the elephant."

"Peace arises naturally when you release your efforts to earn peace. Your innermost self is already peaceful. Nothing is missing; nothing needs to be added on. Therefore, the way to peace is emptying out, subtracting what is not needed. Peace is an inner diamond waiting to be discovered."

"You are close to your body. You feel it, see it, touch it, and your human life depends upon it, yet you are not defined by your body. You have many bodies during your time on earth. The body's tissues are under constant renewal and your skeletal cells are replaced every seven years. You live inside your body. It is important to honour and respect your body, to treat it like a holy place it is."

"You have a transcendent core that remains even when it has been covered over with thick layers of untruths. You many not be aware of your inner radiance, but it is there. Your task is to find it, to dig below the surface, to go beneath shame, doubt, and pain. Under the muck your inner essence is pure gold."

"Maltreatment can lead you to believe that you are not among the chosen...feel terribly alone and abandoned. Divine love's warmth penetrates the quiet depths of your heart, where it moves hurt out and let's compassion in. This profound love is always available to you. Your heart knows how precious you are because in your heart you feel the loving presence of the divine as an aspect of yourself."

"You live in your body, but your ever-changing body is not who you are. You live through situations, but they come and go and they are not who you are. You have thoughts, but the thousands of thoughts that pass through your mind are not who you are. Remaining always, as you and with you, is the eternal, unalterable witness."

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"Word can have powerful effects whether they are the opinion of others or your own thoughts. No matter what others say, you cannot be reduced to words or stories, yours or anyone else's. You are not a pile of words. You are a scared human being."

"One of the most revealing yoga practises is answering the question 'Who am I?' Until you run out of responses and you false self is exposed. Generally initial answers include your name, circumstances, roles and responsibility, prevailing moods, talents, and opinions. Continue on, saying all you can say, until your only remaining answer is 'I am' followed by silence. In silence you meet yourself."

"All of us, young and old, yearn to be recognised as precious. Unfortunately, if loving affirmations was in short supply, you may believe that you do not deserve to be treated with love and respect and you have little to contribute to others"

"All of us, young and old, yearn to be recognised as precious. Unfortunately, if loving affirmations was in short supply, you may believe that you do not deserve to be treated with love and respect and you have little to contribute to others"