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January 24, 2025 		We go into change rehearsing the history that brought us to this point ~ Parker Palmer “Often we rehearse the truth until we find the courage to live it. When feeling the press of the patterns that govern our lives, …

January 19, 2025 		As humans we all experience various forms of suffering. While caught in the midst of our universal patterns of suffering we have a tendency to get stuck in states of mind that decrease our ability to process what is happening. …

January 13, 2025 		“You are being presented with a choice: evolve or remain. If you choose to remain you will be presented with the same challenges, the same routine, the same storms, the same situations, until you learn from them, until you love …

December 8, 2024 		“Smile, Breathe, Go Slowly..” This mindfulness mantra from Thich Nhat Hahn is powerful in its simplicity. Try it now and notice how it affects the state of your awareness in the body, heart and mind! There is so much expectation …

September 26, 2024 		“Freedom in the physical body is more important than material wealth. To feel or be fragile in your bones and joints is to live inside a shaky home. For some, tripping over in the garden would have dire consequences. For …

May 5, 2024 		“We live between the act of awakening and the act of surrender. Each morning we awaken to the light and the invitation to a new day in the world of time; each night we surrender to the dark to be …

July 6, 2023 		Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all …

May 17, 2023 		“Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.” ~Buddha

May 7, 2023 		Look well to this day, for it is life, the very breath of life. In its brief course lie all the realities of your existence; the bliss of growth, the glory of action, the splendor of beauty. For yesterday is …

April 26, 2023 		“When an asana (pose) is done correctly, the body movements are smooth, and there is lighhtness in the body and freedom in the mind. When an asana is felt as being heavy, it is wrong. You must try to impart …

April 2, 2023 		Take all that I say, And toss away Without a thought All that does not Strike within you A recognition. For you do not learn Wisdom and love You only encounter Catalysts to remember it. For it is all Within …

March 26, 2023 		“Integrity is a symbol of an integrated or whole mind, a mind in which there is no conflict and nothing is out of accord. Integrity is integral to yoga, and yet it’s a fruit of the practice. One does not have …

March 19, 2023 		“Yoga is not just repetition of few postures – it is more about the exploration and discovery of the subtle energies of life” – Amrit Ray

February 8, 2023 		“Something amazing happens when we surrender and just love. We melt into another world, a realm of power already within us. The world changes when we change. The world softens when we soften. The world loves us when we choose to …

November 11, 2022 		“When you realise that behind all the worry, complaint and disapproval that goes on in your mind, the sun is always coming up in the morning, moving across the sky, and going down in the evening. The birds are always …

September 21, 2022 		“The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.” – B.K.S. Iyengar

August 10, 2022 		“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.” –The Bhagavad Gita

July 13, 2022 		http:// via GIPHY Blessings to all Teachers  

July 2, 2022 		“I breathe in calmness, I breathe out stress. I inhale peace and tranquility, I exhale fear.” Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind. Now is a time …

April 14, 2022 		Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: At the first gate, ask yourself “Is is true?” At the second gate ask, “Is it necessary?” At the third gate ask, “Is it kind?” ~ Rumi.. .

March 11, 2022 		“Honour your body. Feed it wholesome food, hydrate it with pure fresh water, lovingly bathe and dress and ornament it. If you stretch and strengthen it, allowing it to have the unlimited nourishment of oxygen it craves, all the while …

November 10, 2021 		The mountains are my bones The rivers my veins The forests are my thoughts And the stars are my dreams The ocean is my heart It’s pounding is my pulse The songs of the earth write The music of my …

October 30, 2021 		” You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you.  What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make”  – Jane Goodall   …

October 17, 2021 		“To dance, to step into the fray of daily life and to keep true to our soul’s intention to live who we really are, we have to be willing to live both the reality of our separate individuality and the …

August 11, 2021 		“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.” – Buddha “Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that …

July 1, 2021 		“This being human is a guest house every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all. Even if they are a crowd of sorrows who …

June 4, 2021 		The poem is a powerful call to arms, reminding listeners that we only have one Earth and we must protect her. The poem ties into the Decade of Restoration, a United Nations initiative that will launch on #WorldEnvironmentDay, to prevent, …

May 28, 2021 		“Breathing in, I experience calm in me. Breathing out, I smile to the calm in me. Breathing in, I experience joy in me. Breathing out, I smile to the joy in me. Breathing in, I experience equanimity in me. Breathing …

May 19, 2021 		“What we really want to do is serve happiness. We want everyone to be happy, never unhappy even for a moment. We want the animals to be happy. The happiness of every living thing is what we want. We want …

May 9, 2021 		Mothers are the threads within the fabric of life that weaves all of mankind together. Without a mother… we would not be; Without your mother… you would not be. Love her, forgive her…She was doing the best she knew how. …

March 13, 2021 		“Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated …

February 24, 2021 		It’s a sleepy morning. The kind of morning that looks back on the day before, heavy and empty at the same time. Sedated by exhaustion birthed out of trying your very best and still coming up short. Readjusting the baggage …

February 17, 2021 		The arrival of autumn began to announce itself in the garden. The oaks and maples had slowly begun to strip themselves, dropping a leaf here and there on the green lawn surrounding the pond. A young couple, who used to …

February 11, 2021 		“Come in touch with yourself as being a child of the universe. Know that you are the beneficiary of all the universe has to offer, you need only be able to contact it. To begin, go to that place deep …

January 21, 2021 		“I am healthy and only do things that nourish my body”.  ” I am in harmony with the world around me”.  “In every encounter, I treat myself and others with kindness.”. “I flow through life with ease and grace”. “With compassion for my …

December 28, 2020 		No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life. There may be countless trails and bridges and demigods who would gladly carry you across; but only at the price of …

November 14, 2020 		“Diwali is a reminder of our inner light. When your mind is calm, your heart is open and you will feel that light, you will feel that love.” Sri Swami Vishwananda.  YTF wishes all our Hindu members a Happy Diwali! …

October 15, 2020 		“When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent, dynamic nature of your own being and of reality, you increase your capacity to love and care about other people and your capacity to not be afraid.” – Pema Chödrön

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July 25, 2020 		“If there is one fragment of my being that I haven’t accepted or forgiven, I will find that  fragment in you. You will mirror, precisely, that part of me that needs my love and attention the most. ”Love each other …

July 3, 2020 		It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to …

June 26, 2020 		“Acceptance means: For now, this is what this situation, this moment, requires me to do, and so I do it willingly.” – Eckhart Tolle

June 12, 2020 		Hot chocolate is always delicious, right? Yes, that’s right, but with this recipe, you can take it to a whole new level of delicious by sprucing it up with warm and comforting spices. Not only does it taste amazing, but you’re getting …

June 1, 2020 		“When you’re inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds.  Your mind transcends limitations; your consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world.  Dormant forces, faculties …

April 17, 2020 		Rather than being disheartened by the uncertainty of life, what if we accepted it and relaxed into it? what if we said ” Yes, this is the way it is; this is what it means to be human” and decided …

December 21, 2019 		As a yoga teacher, I’ve had many encounters with folks who promote abundance or manifesting spirituality. It’s really common in the yoga world. “If you visualize it, you can manifest it!”, “The universe is infinitely abundant!”, “Your thoughts create your …

September 21, 2019 		Now is always the best time for peace, let it start with you, now! Peace (Inner and External) is justice and tranquility for all. Peace in the world, peace of mind, in education, in personal safety, tranquility and harmony on all …

September 13, 2019 		I honor the place in you in which the entire universe dwells.I honor the place in you which is of love, of truth, of light and of peace. When you are in that place in you and I am in that …

September 11, 2019

July 5, 2019 		In life – there is no perfection. We do the best we can with the tools we have at our disposal. Given that we are changing, the tools are changing, the thing itself is changing – there must be a …

June 21, 2019 		International Yoga Day – 21 June – is celebrated each year to create awareness that regular yoga practice increases the level of overall well-being. 21 June was declared as the ‘International Yoga Day’ by the United Nations General Assembly on …

June 9, 2019 		“There are no random events, nor are there things that exist by and for themselves, in isolation. The atoms that make up your body were once forged inside stars, and the causes of even the smallest event are virtually infinite …

June 1, 2019 		Love is the spirit of the moonlight, the desire of the sunlight: holds all the mysteries of the night and intention of the Stars. Love directs the four winds, is the eye of the storm and the fragrance of the …

May 5, 2019 		“An image reflected in a mirror, a rainbow in the sky and a painted scene make their impressions on the mind, but in essence are other than what they seem. Look deeply at the world and see an illusion” “a …

April 12, 2019 		We spend much of our lives seeking the approval of others, not even realising that we are doing so.  When we reach the stage when we are more interested in our own motivations, then we can be objective in our …

March 27, 2019 		“I had at least begun to guess that my greatest need might be to let go and be free from the drive after achievement — if only I dared. I had also guessed that perhaps when I had let these …

March 20, 2019 		May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness. May all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering. May all beings never be parted from freedom’s true joy. May all beings dwell in equanimity, free from …

March 8, 2019 		After winning several archery contests, the young and rather boastful champion challenged a Zen master who was renowned for his skill as an archer… The young man demonstrated remarkable technical proficiency when he hit a distant bull’s eye on his …

March 6, 2019 		Stig Pryds is a Danish record holding freediver. He was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis in 2008, which disabled him so much that he lost his business. After 5 years of intense pain and increasing dependency on drugs, he decided to …

February 28, 2019 		” Sometimes we speak clumsily and create internal knots in others. Then we say, “I was just telling the truth.” It may be the truth, but if our way of speaking causes unnecessary suffering, it is not Right Speech. The …

February 10, 2019 		“You are all things. Denying, rejecting, judging or hiding from any aspect of your total being creates pain and results in a lack of wholeness.”  – Joy Page

December 14, 2018 		“Just for now, without asking how, let yourself sink into stillness. Just for now, lay down the weight you so patiently bear upon your shoulders. Feel the earth receive you, and the infinite expanse of the sky grow even wider …

November 28, 2018 		“Let go of the ways you thought life would unfold: the holding of plans or dreams or expectations – let it all go. Save your strength to swim with the tide.  The choice to fight what is here before you …

November 7, 2018 		J. Krishnamurti, the great Indian philosopher and spiritual teacher, spoke and travelled almost continuously all over the world for more than fifty years attempting to convey through words – which are content – that which is beyond words, beyond content. …

October 22, 2018 		” Surrender to what is.  Say yes to life – and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you” – Eckhart Tolle, The Power Of Now 

October 5, 2018 		“Truth is not something to be achieved. Truth comes into being when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it is there when the mind is very …

September 23, 2018 		It is a constant challenge to find our centre, our core, and stay there enough to uncover our capacities. Both require a steady movement inward. Yet all the while we are asked to face all that is disheartening along the …

August 31, 2018 		Wrapped within young leaves: the sound of water. ~ Soseki Wrapped within young leaves is the sound of water that will nourish them once they have opened. It’s already there prompting them to unfold and grow. To believe that this …

July 25, 2018 		” Make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life. An individual human existence should be like a river — small …

July 11, 2018 		” And now all of us simply give thanks that they are free. As the world fragments, here good people have got it together. The boys will still need much help. I know that trauma does not evaporate with news …

June 28, 2018 		“ When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds.  Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world.  Dormant …

May 25, 2018 		“Thus shall ye think of this fleeting world: A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream; a flash of lighting in a summer cloud; a flickering lamp; a phantom, and a dream” – Diamond Sutra    

May 17, 2018 		“When a human being learns to seek religion not in gods, but in his own potentials, then he will know that he is great and that within his greatness lies his happiness. When he rapidly unfolds the chapters of life’s …

April 27, 2018 		” I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer your friendship. I see your beauty. I see your need.  I feel your feelings.   My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us …

March 9, 2018 		“Why gaze down the sewers when there is loveliness all around us? One may find fault in even the greatest masterpieces of art, music and literature. But isn’t it better to enjoy their charm and glory? Life has a bright …

February 28, 2018 		“No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life. There may be countless trails and bridges and demigods who would gladly carry you across; but only at the price of …

February 7, 2018 		“The greatest gift we have to offer is our presence: unconditional, loving and affirming what is. In service, we come face-to-face with the Spirit of life and know its astounding capacity to triumph, as well as its delicateness in the …

January 24, 2018 		“We are travellers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a …

January 19, 2018 		“You should go home to your hermitage; it is inside you. Close the doors, light the fire, and make it cozy again. That is what I call ‘taking refuge in the island of self.’ If you don’t go home to …

December 22, 2017 		“Gratitude is a divine attitude in the wisdom traditions. It takes you out from the ego self and takes you into the higher self. That higher state of consciousness initiates self repair, self regulation and healing.” — Deepak Chopra

December 13, 2017 		“I want to beg of you much as I can to be patient toward all that’s unsolved in your heart, and learn to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms, or like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not seek …

October 27, 2017 		“It struck me as odd that it had taken me so long to reach a feeling of sureness that there was something in me that would get on with the job of living without my continual tampering. I suppose I …

August 16, 2017 		“ You may believe that you are responsible for what you do, but not for what you think. The truth is that you are responsible for what you think, because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice. …

July 19, 2017 		“In this interconnected universe, every improvement we make in our private world improves the world at large for everyone. We all float on the collective level of consciousness of mankind so that any increment we add comes back to us. …

June 27, 2017 		“First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words; Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher; Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation; And fourth, rely on the essence …

May 17, 2017 		“By refreshing yourself through silence and nature, you constantly revitalise the inner you. Dawn is your strongest hour. If you can rise in time to meet the day, that effort becomes a discipline that you use for establishing control. Use …

May 1, 2017 		” The dancer and the dance cannot be separated.So also the creator and his creation.” – Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

April 21, 2017 		For something entirely different and seeing as Freedom Day is just around the corner thought this piece of music entitled Madiba was apt.  Taken off the proudly South African,  Wouter Kellerman’s grammy award winning album, Winds of Samsara with Indian …

April 12, 2017 		“No one else can make us ‘high’ or ‘low’. We are our own masters, the creators or destroyers of our own happiness. Therefore, let us acquire mastery of ourselves. Let us acquire mastery of the present moment to acquire mastery …

March 18, 2017 		“There are many other small joys, perhaps the especially delightful one of smelling a flower or a piece of fruit, of listening to one’s own or others’ voices, of hearkening to the prattle of children. And a tune being hummed …

February 15, 2017 		“Love has no desire but to fulfill itself, To melt and be like a running brook That sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart And to give thanks for another day of loving …

January 25, 2017 		” A teacher is never a giver of truth: He is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself” – Bruce Lee

January 6, 2017 		“People often view the spiritual path as a search for the light. In truth, spirituality asks us to bring light and darkness together in wholeness. And in fact, this is the only possible solution. In our world of duality, any …

December 14, 2016 		“It is all too easy to feel caught up by the everyday, linear, personal perception of the world and personality. Stillness beckons with a Call so deep and intimate and immediate: ‘Stay with Me.’ Familiarity, complacency are subtle traps to …

December 7, 2016 		“When effort is needed, effort will appear. When effortlessness becomes essential, it will assert itself. You need not push life about. Just flow with it and give yourself completely to the task of the present moment…” ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

November 22, 2016 		“Your heart must be a sea of love.Your mind must become a river of detachment” – Sri Chinmoy                   N        

November 18, 2016 		“Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and carefully saved, all this must go …

November 11, 2016 		“A rigid or narrow minded person has difficulty in getting on with other people and with their own life. On the other hand, a broad-minded, flexible person will fit in anywhere. Being flexible, we will be willing to adapt, to …

November 11, 2016

October 26, 2016 		“Yoga believes in transforming the individual before transforming the world.Whatever change you want to happen outside should happen within. If you walk in peace and express that peace in your very life, others will see you and learn something”  – …

September 14, 2016 		“Like the wave can never be separate from the ocean. Individual soul can never be separate from the Divine. Yoga brings us to this realization.”   – H.H Sri Sri Ravishankarji 

August 31, 2016 		” Yoga begins right where I am, not where I was yesterday or where I long to be”  – Linda Sparrowe  

August 20, 2016 		We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love…..  and then we return home. – Australian Aboriginal Proverb    

August 19, 2016 		“I want to beg of you much as I can to be patient toward all that’s unsolved in your heart, and learn to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms, or like books that are written in a very foreign …

August 10, 2016 		“Our intention is to affirm this life, not to bring order out of chaos, nor to suggest improvements in creation, but simply to wake up to the very life we’re living, which is so excellent once one gets one’s mind …

August 5, 2016 		The perfect ending to a hearty meal during the cold weather we are currently experiencing Ingredients 1 1/2 cups (225g) self-raising flour 1/2 cup (45g) desiccated coconut 1/2 cup (100g) caster sugar 1 tablespoon finely grated lemon rind 1/2 cup …

August 3, 2016 		” When this twentieth century of ours became obsessed with a passion for mere size, what was lost sight of was the ancient wisdom that the emotions have their own standards of judgment and their own sense of scale. In …

July 31, 2016 		“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” —Mahatma Gandhi

July 6, 2016 		Know complexity but hold to simplicity. Know sound but hold to silence. Know action but hold to stillness. Know knowledge but hold to innocence. Know the manifestations but hold to the mystery. ~ Lao Tzu

June 24, 2016 		“Nothing exists in the way it appears, it is all up to our karma “- Padmasambhava

June 4, 2016 		 “You have no need to travel anywhere. Journey within yourself, enter a mine of rubies and bathe in the splendor of your own Light”  – Rumi  

June 4, 2016 		“Don’t go outside your house to search for jewels. Don’t even bother with that excursion, my friend.There are jewels inside yourself. Precious, profound and ready to be discovered.These jewels are just like flowers. Some are taking root. They are in …

May 20, 2016 		My beloved Divine Mother, Dance with me under the soft moon, Shining in the wide open fields far Beyond the toil and trouble of my busy mind. – Surren Pillay  

May 18, 2016 		” Nothing restores a semblance of balance to ones life better than a cup of tea and a slice of cake” – Anon Ingredients: 25g vegan margarine plus extra for greasing 3 dessert apples (Golden Delicious) 195g muscovado sugar 180g …

May 11, 2016 		It is a cosmic principle that we either live in imbalance or act to create balance. Though we may be comfortable in imbalance (which we often perceive as balance), we cannot grow in such a state. It is through shining …

May 4, 2016 		For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone. They are like lonely persons. Not …

April 19, 2016 		“The universe is like an ocean in perfect equilibrium. A wave cannot rise in one place, without creating a hollow elsewhere. The sum total of the energy of the universe remains identical from one end to the other. If you …

March 23, 2016 		The good life is lived best by those with gardens — a truth that was already a gnarled old vine in ancient Rome, but a sturdy one that still bears fruit. I don’t mean one must garden qua garden… I …

March 11, 2016 		  Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. – Rumi  

February 20, 2016 		” Hope is a beautiful thing. It gives us peace and strength, and keeps us going when all seems lost. As long as we have hope, we have direction, the energy to move and the map to move by.” Julie …

January 22, 2016 		“Don’t seek, don’t search, don’t ask, don’t knock, don’t demand – relax. If you relax, it comes. If you relax it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it. ” – Osho  

December 18, 2015 		“Teach me how to trust my heart, my mind, my inner knowing, the senses of my body, the blessings of my spirit. Teach me to trust these things so that I may enter my sacred space and love beyond my …

December 10, 2015 		“Smile, Breathe,Go Slowly..” This mindfulness mantra from Thich Naht Hahn is powerful in its simplicity. Try it now and notice how it affects the state of your awareness in the body, heart and mind! There is so much expectation at …

October 23, 2015 		“Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.” B.K.S Iyengar 

October 11, 2015 		Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together. – B.K.S. Iyengar  

September 18, 2015 		Talking about the bad day you had, being late for an appointment, getting caught in traffic, or missing the bus are all talking about what you don’t love. If you get caught up in talking about what you don’t love, …

September 9, 2015 		“It is part of the human nature always to judge others very severely and, and when the wind turns against us, always to find and excuse for our own misdeeds, or to blame someone else for our mistakes”  – Paulo Coelho …

August 12, 2015 		“Our several senses, which feel so personal and impromptu, and seem at times to divorce us from other people, reach far beyond us. They’re an extension of the genetic chain that connects us to everyone who has ever lived; they …

June 8, 2015 		“If you pour a handful of salt into a cup of water, the water becomes undrinkable. But if you pour the salt into a river, people can continue to draw the water to cook, wash, and drink. The river is …

May 11, 2015 		“It is the nature of the saplings to quake in the winds; hesitant, learning to hold their own places. But, the older trees, with their years of testing and being tested, they are the ones who, whether in the long …

February 11, 2015 		True love cannot be bought, bribed, begged, manipulated or forced. It can only blossom from deep within the heart. Love is simultaneously the purest and one of the most complex emotions we find. True love at its purest, is just …

November 19, 2014 		May the sun bring you new energy by day, May the moon softly restore you by night, May the rain wash away your worries, May the breeze blow new strength into your being, May you walk gently through the world …

November 12, 2014 		All mysteries when investigated are very simple truths.  They are only mysterious when enveloped in conjecture and shrouded in ignorance. The greatest mysteries seem to be ourselves. What is it in us that creates joy, hate, anxiety, sound, colour, beauty, …

September 5, 2014 		Spring comes with its flowers, autumn with the moon, summer with breezes, winter with snow; when useless things don’t stick in the mind, that is your best season – Zen proverb

August 31, 2014 		 Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.” ~ Zen proverb  

August 20, 2014 		As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”. As I began to love myself I understood how …

July 4, 2014

June 19, 2014

June 10, 2014 		To be happier, everything you need is inside you.Take ownership of your happiness. You’ll focus on solutions instead of problems, find the gifts in life, and make peace with yourself. Don’t believe everything your mind tells you. You’ll question the validity of …

March 21, 2014 		There is a Native American parable about a grandfather who says: “I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, angry one. The other wolf is the loving, compassionate one.” When asked …

March 3, 2014 		Wisdom of Babaji to wonderful rendition of mantra. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYwmGWTWyEo Created by Laura De Giorgio and Marge De Vivo.

February 17, 2014 		We are love We are One We are how we treat each other when the day is done

February 10, 2014 		Worth a visit. Loved the Mandala done at Jozi Lam Rim years ago.

January 29, 2014 		Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. Follow the three R’s: – Respect for self, – Respect for others and – Responsibility for all your actions.

December 13, 2013 		May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun and find your shoulder to light on – To bring you luck, happiness and riches – today, tomorrow and beyond. Irish Blessing

November 25, 2013 		Words to ponder as the global community heeds the call for 16 Days of Non Violence against Women and Children. “The source of love is deep in us, and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, …

October 28, 2013 		Videos on evolution of consciousness, spirituality and the hero’s journey…Shafin de Zane

September 16, 2013 		Studies show that babies who don’t receive some form of compassionate touch are 78% less likely to survive infancy. Scientists, doctors and moms tell us that we should have at least 3 hugs a day. Hugs have an important medical benefit …

September 2, 2013 		Yoga is dedicating our entire life to self-transformation even as we go through our practical day-to-day- affairs. So what tickles you? What will enrich your life every moment and give you the happiness you heart longs for? Are you in …

August 21, 2013 		20th/21st August: Aquarius Blue Full Moon has an extra bit of creative magic with the Sun in Leo. Blue Moon is the second Full Moon occurring in the same solar month, today it is at 28 degrees of Aquarius. (The next such moon will be June 2016.) …

July 11, 2013 		“If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.” These wise words, attributed to Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician, are so …

May 10, 2013 		“Mind can accept any boundary anywhere. But the reality is that, by its very nature, existence cannot have any boundary, because what will be beyond the boundary? – again another sky. That’s why I am saying skies upon skies are …

May 1, 2013 		10 Top Tips for Global Love Day! 1. Make an intention to ‘Be the Love’ – to commit to love in thought, word or deed, to be more mindful about if you are in your heart and coming from a place …

April 29, 2013 		“Love is our true essence. Love has no limitations of caste, religion, race, or nationality. We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love. To awaken this unity–and to spread to others the love that is our inherent …

April 12, 2013 		“Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.” — Blessed Mother Teresa of Culcutta, Roman Catholic nun

April 8, 2013 		Some things are worth repeating: wonderful words, music and visuals on this 2009 You Tube snippet. Hope you have the time to watch. Love, M

March 8, 2013 		Yoga has its seeds in the beginning of time, yet it still continues to evolve. It is a living, breathing art, inspired from the depths of nature. A rhythmic dance, movement synchronised with the flowing energy of breath and meditation, …

March 8, 2013 		A human being is part of the whole called by us “the universe”, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of …

March 4, 2013 		Top up your energy by doing what you love. Remember the glass being half full or half empty? The metaphore at the end of this snippet goes way beyond…

February 12, 2013 		A strange passion is moving in my head. My heart has become a bird which searches through the skies every part of me goes in different directions Is it really so… that the one I love is everywhere? RUMI  

February 5, 2013 		As long as space endures,  as long as sentient beings exist, May I also abide, That I may heal with my heart The miseries of the world                           …

December 1, 2012 		The Jewel In the Lotus The power and beauty of the diamond connection of the heart and head. Last year we experienced the powerful awareness of 11-11-2011; on the 22nd Nov 2012 brought more numerological awareness : 22 combines the spiritual …

November 30, 2012 		Hold your peace: Global energy focus on Co-creating Peace Meditation and final kick in the pants for this year: Full moon in Gemini and lunar eclipse with sun in Jupiter

November 28, 2012 		Out of the Rolling Ocean, the Crowd by Walt Whitman Out of the rolling ocean, the crowd, came a drop gently to me, Whispering, I love you, before long I die, I have travel’d a long way, merely to look on you, …

November 22, 2012 		All worlds are the effect of sound ( Alice Bailey ) Once emitted, a sound goes on eternally and travels through the cosmos,influencing all the beings it encounters. ( Patrick Bernhardt ) The Secret Music of the Soul

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October 1, 2012 		Meditation is the state of harmony and flow we aspire to that goes beyond the original topic, irrespective of how noble – ie mantra, yantra, creative visualisation or concept. Meditation: Tolerance is open mindedness rather than avoidance of responsibility.

September 28, 2012 		I do like Stillpower instead of Willpower!

September 19, 2012 		Auspicious Birthday of the Great Deity Ganesha,  For you to be able to enjoy this day to the fullest I have put together here below a list of Ganesha Mantra’s and their meanings for you to be able to invite …

August 29, 2012 		We see a world where mankind and womankind have learned, beyond all doubt and distraction, that we, both individually and as a whole, are best served by creating a peaceful, compassionate, clean environment for ourselves to live and love in. …

August 20, 2012 		“Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.” Paulo Coehlo

July 23, 2012 		“Love is our true essence. Love has no limitations of caste, religion, race, or nationality. We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love. To awaken this unity–and to spread to others the love that is our …

July 14, 2012 		Meaning of Bodhisattva: Bodhi means enlightenment, the state devoid of all defects and endowed with all good qualities. Sattva refers to someone who has courage and confidence and who strives to attain enlightenment for the sake of all beings. Those who have …

July 6, 2012 		“Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.”– Paul Theroux Resting is an art.  We continually try to relax but don’t really know how to do it. Often we feel that we should do more important things first, so that …

July 3, 2012 		In the face of complaints, look that person in the eye and imagine what it might have been like to be raised to see only what is wrong. In the face of selfishness, wonder what it might be like to …

July 2, 2012 		Guru Purnima Meditation for living in harmony with oneself, each other, and nature: Let’s send our coherent heart energy to the renewal of rainforests and animal species essential to the balance of Earth’s energetic fields and ecosystems. Visualize humanity and …

June 20, 2012 		We are water,  We are air,  We are fire,  We are earth,  We are spirit. Known in each reflection, vision of life, In the call sounding. All one now. Hear us.

April 17, 2010 		When your body is vigorous, Your mind clear, Your spirit exalted, Your blood pure,Your nerves disciplined,Your physique resistant to disease,When you have made your physical frame an instrument Worthy of the Divine Player, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF YOGA When …

April 7, 2010 		The thought manifest as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character; So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings…As …

March 16, 2010 		“I like to use the term alchemy, which is the soul of the world, or those of Jung’s collective unconscious. You connect with a space where everything is.” – Paulo Coelho, Brazilian lyricist and novelist

December 23, 2009 		“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” Dalai Lama May all beings have happiness and the cause of happiness.May all beings be free from sorrow and the causes of sorrow. May all never be separated …

August 19, 2009 		  “Words are mere bubbles of water, but deeds are drops of gold.”  

July 29, 2009 		 “The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.” – Victor Frankl (26 March, 1905 – 2 September, 1997), Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, well known holocaust survivor and founder of Logotherapy

July 21, 2009 		“To be in time is to be asleep : to be awake is to be in eternity.” Osho also known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (11 December, 1931 – 19 January, 1990), Indian professor of philosophy, public speaker, mystic and spiritual teacher.

July 20, 2009 		“Life is a paradise for those who love many things with a passion.” – Leo Buscaglia

June 4, 2009 		‘May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be.May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others.May you use the gifts that you …

May 2, 2009 		When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, When you want to smile but you have to sigh, When care is pressing …

February 3, 2009 		A man needs the silence to turn to his soul and listen to sounds of the birds. His goal is to find he is part of the Whole, that speaks in a voice without words.  Oh man, if you would …

March 4, 2002 		PATHWAYS TO PEACE SYMPOSIUM:  In August 2002 South Africans have the rare chance to meet a truly extraordinary Humanitarian, Peace Activist and Spiritual Master – Paramahans Swami Maheshwarananda, simply known as Swamiji. Swamiji is one of the worlds most revered and …