Day 22~ The Mental Check Out

onthemat • January 24, 2017

Just a little insight into my mindset today…when I arrived at class and was laying on my mat, the instructor walked in holding what I thought was a lit cigarette. Within moments I did realize that I was actually in a yoga studio where Marlboro Reds are not generally consumed and the teacher was actually […]

Just a little insight into my mindset today…when I arrived at class and was laying on my mat, the instructor walked in holding what I thought was a lit cigarette. Within moments I did realize that I was actually in a yoga studio where Marlboro Reds are not generally consumed and the teacher was actually holding incense. Unfortunately this lack of being genuinely present to my surroundings happens more frequently than I would like as I travel through daily routines. The good news is the class was too challenging for me to move through poses by rote and I was able to actually mentally arrive at the studio. As the teacher said in class, it is often when challenged that you become most aware and present to your circumstances. I will add in very tangible terms, there is no mentally checking out when you are trying to hold a difficult pose for what can feel like infinity.

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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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