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Four Ways to Incorporate Mindfulness Into Your Life —

by yogabike, posted in Uncategorized

Some great tips on mindfulness from a fellow blogger.

 

 

 

Going through a daily routine can be tiring, and can cause us to overlook things that can dramatically affect our emotions and moods. I know because I am guilty of this. Of those things is mindfulness. What is mindfulness? Mindfulness can be described as the mind being fully focus and aware to what you are […]

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Is your yoga like a pencil?

by yogabike, posted in yoga meditation breathing stress reduction relaxing

In the next series of blogs we will explore why your yoga practice is very much like a pencil.   Can a pencil really inspire us?  Discover five qualities of a pencil than can change your view of this simple writing instrument.  Write Read on! *

 

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(*This series is inspired by Paulo Coelho and his story The story of the pencil)

First Quality:  

You are capable of great things.  There is a hand guiding your steps. 

A pencil can do nothing until a hand picks it up, holds it, and writes with it.  The pencil is a tool and the hand uses the tool to do great things.  Yoga also is a tool that you can use to do great things for your body, for your mind, and for your spirit.

 

Having a guiding hand to help you is important on your journey.   It is still the best way to start a new practice.  So in the beginning of your journey,  finding a teacher to help guide you can be very important.  Be it that hands-on adjustment, a little verbal instruction, or exploring yoga at a  deeper level, finding a teacher is useful in helping guide you on your path of greatness.

 

But, at the same time, always remember – you are always your own best teacher.  Make sure you honor your own limits and find your own path to your journey.   Listen to your own inner voice.

 

 

Poem: Yoga Nature — Crow On The Wire

by yogabike, posted in inspiration, yoga meditation breathing stress reduction relaxing

I do yoga in the autumn woods. 
Nature is my teacher. 
The sky is my Om. 
The soil of the ground, my mat
that I lengthen in an upward dog.

The tree is my pose
that stables my imbalance. 
The black slate is my plank
when I feel weak and unsure. 
The leaves crackle under my feet
as I reverse my warrior.

I skim the stones of mindfulness 
across the shallow creek
of glistening waters. 
I breathe in the scent of pine and maple
with Ujjayi breath. 
I stretch and unwind
under an emerald-blue waterfall
to loosen the tightness
of my grip.

via Poem: Yoga Nature — Crow On The Wire

Keeping up a practice

by yogabike, posted in inspiration, yoga meditation breathing stress reduction relaxing

For a little inspiration on keeping up your practice read the story of the Three Meditating Monks.

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Three Monks are meditating silently in a cave.  A year passed.  They remained silent sitting and meditating.

A few more months pass by and there’s a noise outside the cave.

Six months of silence follows and the first Monk says: Did you hear that goat?

A year of silence follows when the second Monk says: That wasn’t a goat. It was a cow.

Two years later the third Monk says: “If there is going to be any bickering, I am leaving.  You are disturbing my silence!”