Day 26: Yoga Mantra

onthemat • December 26, 2015

Just (inhale slowly as you say it) be (exhale slowly as you say it). Just be. Just be. Just be. Just be. What is a mantra anyway? To me, in its simplest meaning, it is a word or a sound repeated to aid your concentration in meditation. In the whirlwind days of December, or January, […]

Just (inhale slowly as you say it) be (exhale slowly as you say it). Just be. Just be. Just be. Just be. What is a mantra anyway? To me, in its simplest meaning, it is a word or a sound repeated to aid your concentration in meditation. In the whirlwind days of December, or January, or February, etc, it’s helpful to find a mantra and repeat it until you find focus in your mind, calm in your nervous system, peace in your soul and love in your heart. And of course, sleep. You can also add on…. Just be thankful. Just be generous. Just be calm. Just be brave. Just be honest. Just be good. Just be humble. Just be peace. Just be hope. Just be love. Just be grateful that shopping days are running out. Just be joyful that the kids behave better than ever in the days before Santa arrives. Just be hopeful that your in-laws will be thankful and grateful and peaceful always. Just be optimistic that snow will arrive before Christmas. Just be merry when you receive a gift that isn’t exactly what you wanted. Just be a better person every day.

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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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