Day 3~ Game On!

onthemat • January 4, 2017

Here is a little nugget I completely forgot about: shorter classes does not mean less rigorous. Somehow I completely forgot this important information as I strolled into an hour long class where I was instructed to hold plank for at least 30 minutes straight. (OK, it is possible that I may be exaggerating, but nonetheless […]

Here is a little nugget I completely forgot about: shorter classes does not mean less rigorous. Somehow I completely forgot this important information as I strolled into an hour long class where I was instructed to hold plank for at least 30 minutes straight. (OK, it is possible that I may be exaggerating, but nonetheless it felt very long and there was some intensive wobbling of the muscles going on.) There was also talk of two minute chair poses at future classes. Two minutes can feel very long when there is actually no chair.

Here is the thing though, I am all in. Yes, I can’t lie it felt a little discouraging to come face to face with the ground I have lost since regularly attending yoga, but I will be back to this class next week. There is not where to go but up and no way to get there unless I return. Game On!

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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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