Day 6~ Yoga Non-Sequiturs

onthemat • January 7, 2017

I am not sure I am capable of putting down a cohesive thought, so instead for my post today I have compiled a list of non-sequiturs: 1) I am finding being grateful, joyful and having a bit of humor while on my mat is so SO much better then having running internal commentary around what […]

I am not sure I am capable of putting down a cohesive thought, so instead for my post today I have compiled a list of non-sequiturs:

1) I am finding being grateful, joyful and having a bit of humor while on my mat is so SO much better then having running internal commentary around what I can/can’t do.

2) Today a good friend of mine was in front of me in class, and at one point I saw her do a little dance to the music with her shoulders. It made me so happy to see her enjoying herself so much.

3) I told the instructor today that I was coming back to her class EVERY week. A little stalkerish perhaps?

4) The assist during savasana today was magical. MA.GI.CAL.

5) I really enjoy balancing poses because I find that I can be very present….and I can actually do them. Hope that does not constitute a humble brag, but when child’s pose is a struggle, you have to take what you can get.

6) I love that there are so many options at OTM to participate in different types of truly excellent classes. And no, I was not paid to say that. The only perk I have received for writing this blog is being allowed to chose the pose of the month. Quite a powerful moment by the way.

I hope everybody enjoys their weekend. Namaste.

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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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