Holding The Space: The Power of Positive Mantra
When your mind changes, you change. When you change, what you project changes. When what you project changes, what you experience changes-- and this becomes what you see in front of you.
Cherimoya Gelato Recipe
This is that totally wild sounding flavor of Gelato I mentioned yesterday. I'm gonna give it a try sometime. Here's the recipe. There was also a great article about Gelato…
Recipe: Crostini with English pea purée and Greek yogurt
Got this from the LA Times food section. Great article about the demise of Farmer’s markets, Fresh Gelato (plus a recipe for gelato.) But what got my eye was this recipe for a tart made from yogurt and english peas.
Reprinted from LATimes.com, Food Section; April 11, 2007 (more…)
In The World, Yet Above
I was re-reading swami Rama's "Living With The Himalayan Masters." In it is a chapter entitled "In the world and yet above. " He talks about being a Swami in…
What is a friend?
From: The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with Thanksgiving. And he is you're board…
Mastering Effects of Meditation: How it works over time
I mentioned the lengths of meditation periods to my class and what a repetitive meditation can do in those lengths of time, but recently a student asked me for clarification…
The Military and Veterans Embrace Yoga
Yoga sweeping the nation and the world as a way to center and find peace from the inside out as well as keep the body fit. More importantly it is…
Positivity and The Law of Attraction: Do Not Expect Delays.
Writing is easy for me. I can say that now. I can embrace it. There was a time when if the writing came too easy I’d be waiting for the other shoe to drop. I wouldn’t accept that perhaps there was something that was easy; something that I could do with little or no struggle. Basically, I was taught that for something to be won, it must be hard won. (more…)
Connecting with the soul: Sacred Space
When you feel good, are in the moment and are creating your life as you want it, you're in sacred space. Joseph Campbell defines sacred space as any place where…
Chakras: Lower Triangle Vs. Upper Triangle
This is not at all like east coast rappers vs. west coast rappers, to be clear.
The first three chakras are often referred to as ‘the lower triangle.’ The heart is the fourth chakra where everything ‘bends’ as it were. Then there are the upper three chakras, often referred to as ‘the upper triangle.’
Chakras have basic archetypes:
- Survival
- Creativity & Sexuality
- Will power – Core directive power
- The heart – Compassion & Love
- The Power of spoken word – Throat
- Intuition & Wisdom – Third eye
- Humility & Divinity – Crown
- The Aura – Radiance of the True personality
The lower three correspond to earthly issues: Survival, creativity, and will power. (more…)