Wisdom from Signs

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Wisdom on a sign in front of a chiropractor's office:

Pain is not from an ibuprofen deficiency.

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Be Present Now

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Weirdo Week and a Rumi Quote

Last week was a weird busy kind of week. We saved a heap of baby ducks from a sewer drain on Tuesday (which I was just sure I could turn into a talk for this page), but then I got food poisoning on Wednesday (the vomitty kind), and I've been trying to get a lot of reading and artwork done while also searching nonstop for our first house to buy. I really like this Rumi quote I came across though, so I thought I'd share.

This can apply to your life plans or to your yoga practice in particular. Sometimes you go through a streak where you just wanna meditate all the time, or you can't get enough of handstands, or whatever. Follow these things through. Don't artificially hold yourself back because you think "real yoga" isn't like that or something. You'll feel better for it, and maybe you'll get stronger, or more centered... or something. Let's not overthink it - if your passion is something other than murdering then it will likely lead to good things.

via FuckYeahYoga

Look Into Your Own Heart

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. 

Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside awakes." 

- Carl Jung

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Two Dancers

“The sun shines down, and its image reflects in a thousand different pots filled with water. The reflections are many, but they are each reflecting the same sun. Similarly, when we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.” - Ammachi

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Shine Out!

via YogurtYoga

PS - you can totally do this pose way closer to the wall for a much smaller backbend and it will still feel delicious. To try it - get way up next to the wall (try 3 or 4 inches away) - kick up into a handstand and slowly lower your butt onto the wall. Hold for a few breaths - or a minute. Press back up straight to your handstand to come out.

Meditate.

via Awakened Lotus

Let Your Practice Bloom

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming. - Pablo Neruda

via FuckYeahYoga

both from Awakened Lotus (One and Two)

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Everything will be Alright

I love this saying I heard on The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. 

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Obstacles

Closed for Renovations

Taking the week off for oral surgery. 

No amount of pranayama could prepare me for the anxiety I feel about having teeth cut out of my jaw, but this is a fairly accurate representation of my wisdom teeth. Unfortunately for me - they've gotta go.

Picture not mine.

Consider this next photo a summation of what I would've said this week:

This pic, also not mine.

You Don't Have Time to Hesitate

It's a new year which means everyone is making plans and changes and looking forward. In case you're considering letting go of dreams and plans - here's a little advice via Pinterest.

Take a Moment

“But listen to me. For one moment quit being sad. 

Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you.” 

- Rumi

Breathe

Being in Love

"The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it's in the being. When I need love from others, or need to give love to others, I'm caught in an unstable situation. Being in love, rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. Being in love means seeing the Beloved all around me."

  - Ram Dass

Today's pics via http://pinterest.com/cosmiclila/yoga/

Flow Inspiration

Hooping is a movement art very much like yoga, and I can't get enough of it. This week I made a new Hooping board on Pinterest, so to celebrate - here's some inspiring pics and a Rumi quote sure to get you into the flow.

"We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars, the 

stars form a circle … and in the center, we dance." – Rumi

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/gabbi4/6004430240/in/pool-hoopers/

via (left) http://webbery.com/wp/ and (right) unknown atm

Heinlein on Freedom

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"I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."  

- Robert A. Heinlein

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Receive and Let Go

"Every breath is an opportunity to receive and let go. I receive love and I let go of pain." - Brenda MacIntyre

Today's photos via http://pinterest.com/cosmiclila/yoga/

My New Mantra

"There are things you can control & there are things you can't. 

When you know the difference you have arrived." - The Daily Love (via twitter)

via  http://yogachick.tumblr.com/post/29637511382/uttanasana-standing-forward-bend

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Tension

To release tension - you first have to create it. - Seane Corn