Day 15~ Out of Balance

onthemat • January 16, 2017

One component of the 21 Day Challenge is investigating our basic constitutions. I would never attempt a more detailed description because I am still trying to understand the nuances myself, nonetheless, I have uncovered some core characteristics about myself. Essentially my middle name is NOT balance and I tend towards extremes. I am either racing […]

One component of the 21 Day Challenge is investigating our basic constitutions. I would never attempt a more detailed description because I am still trying to understand the nuances myself, nonetheless, I have uncovered some core characteristics about myself. Essentially my middle name is NOT balance and I tend towards extremes. I am either racing around like a crazy woman trying to get things done in a rather frenetic and sometimes temperamental emotional state. OR I am cowering behind a book trying to avoid my general feeling of being overwhelmed, hoping to sneak in a nice nap. While this of course is not always the case, this swinging between extremes does feel a little too familiar to be a rare occurrence. Here is the good news. I am also learning that dragging myself to my mat when I am feeling most reluctant and having strong hibernation inclinations revives me and gets me moving. On the other hand, when I am most frazzled and overwhelmed, hitting the mat can settle me down. It is possible with a regular practice I can find a little more balance. Maybe it is time to get rid of my yoga binging tendencies and instead make it a way of life?

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Heart~ Day #7 (Week #4)

By Linda Malcomb • May 3, 2020
“There is a light in the core of our being that calls us home—one that can only be seen with closed eyes; We can feel it as a radiance in the center of our chest. This light of loving awareness is always here, regardless of our conditioning. It does not matter how many dark paths we have traveled or how many wounds we have inflicted or sustained as we have unknowingly stumbled toward this inner radiance. It does not matter how long we have sleepwalked, seduced by our desires and fears. This call persists until it is answered, until we surrender to who we really are. When we do, we feel ourselves at home wherever we are. A hidden beauty reveals itself in our ordinary life. As the true nature of our Deep Hear is unveiled, we feel increasingly grateful for no reason—grateful to simply be.” —John J. Prendergast, PHD, The Deep Heart

SUN!~ Day #6 (Week #4)

By Linda Malcomb • May 2, 2020
Seems like it’s been rainy, windy, dreary for eons. Which may have helped us shelter inside a bit more. I remember reading years and years ago in a Seth book that weather can be influenced, and even created by mass human emotion. Why not? We are far more powerful than we currently acknowledge, and science is beginning to validate many phenomena that had seemed inconceivable before. Those seemingly endless days of “bad” weather seemed congruent with the emotional tone of covid her in New England. And now SUN! Glorious, warming, invigorating, hope-filled Sun! Today I will be outside basking and gardening and thanking. And I’m sure the whole neighborhood, and most of New England will go outside, stand with our faces to the sun and breathe a huge healing breath of joy. And maybe the collective energy of that will resonate out across the word as a promise of brighter days to come.
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