Tag: spirituality
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The Sixth Sense
Welcome to Sutra a Day Today we dive right in. I’ve got 15 minutes to think about this sutra. There are five? 6. Prmana viparyaya vikalpa nidra smrtaya. “They are right knowledge, misconception, verbal delusion, sleep and memory. You remember yesterday? We talked more about the concept of these mental modifications being either painful or…
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The Child Mind
Welcome to Sutra a Day. As I settle in to write this Monday, I recognize that I’m already thinking negative thoughts about some people, about work, about life. That there are a million things I want to do that I don’t know how to fit into my day, the day of the things I have…
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The Ocean
Welcome to Sutra a Day. Sunday has arrived and with it the beauty of winter sun which is somehow sharper than that found in the heaviness of summer. Sometimes I go to church, sometimes I listen online, sometimes I go to yoga, but for me, this day is usually one of some sort of attempt…
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Frenzied and Frozen
Welcome to Sutra a Day. It’s a Friday, the venerated end of the work week for those of us in 9 – 5 office jobs. It’s a day when we – if we have boundaries – leave work behind and head into the realms of pleasure, however we define it in our mind. I’m using…
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Destination Elation
In our final two weeks of yoga teacher training, we have to write a self-reflection. Here’s mine. As our yoga teacher training winds down, I recognize more starkly than when I started just how much I DON’T know. It reminds me of a long time ago when I studied martial arts. When I passed my…
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The Sound of Silence
Prior to the break between Christmas and New Year, we in Yoga Teacher Training were learning about the heart chakra, “anahata,” which relates to touch. Anahata, however, means “Unstruck Sound.” I was struggling to wrap my head around this concept of unstruck sound. What is unstruck sound but silence? Maybe Simon and Garfunkel’s Sound of…
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We Are One
Today, we return to the yoga teacher training after breaking for the holiday season. Happy 2023 everyone! This is our final month, which seems unfathomable. Will we really have 200 hours on January 28th? Impossible. Also, I know nothing. I have scratched the tip of the tip of the tip of the iceberg. Me, teach?…
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Isvara Pranidhana
I have to talk to my yoga teacher training class about what this means to me. So I thought I’d post my notes for all of you (all three :-)). Here we go. Isvara Pranidhana comes from a climate about as different from Wisconsin as you can get. But the theme of surrender applies universally.…
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