“Bringing yourself together”

To educate oneself is VERY empowering…

Listen to your heart ♥

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“As strong as an ox”

This episode resonated very strongly with me. In my mind, I am as strong as an ox. When I am physically unable to do something, I visualize my body performing the action. I am, most definitely, a thinker – quite often something of a philosopher. “I’m a thinker, I’m very curious.” Yes. I am both. “Get to know yourself, and have the courage to be yourself. Once you surrender to the process, you don’t need courage. It just takes you.” Very, very true – at least in my experience.

Listen to your heart ♥

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“San Kalpa”
A positive resolution

During meditation, the mind should be clear, sharp, vigilant and ALIVE. The practice is about feeling and accepting. Feeling the way things are at the moment, acknowledging them, and letting them go with full acceptance and surrender. The heart chakra (Anahat) contains this element of letting go. For a deep experience in meditation, there must be trust in the physical body, breath, and emotions.

Listen to your heart ♥

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“If you focus, you can tune in.”

Yes. When you focus with intention, a whole new world opens – a brighter, lighter, more peaceful world. The monkey mind takes a break and it’s chattering ceases. It’s all a matter of practice.

What an excellent introduction to the path of yoga. Ordinary people with extraordinary insight. You can almost feel the warmth of the sun on your face and the wind whispering through your hair. The main nugget of wisdom is to be in the PRESENT.

Listen to your heart ♥

View it at: http://www.sangayoga.org/

Batchawana Bay, Ontario

Thunder Bay, Ontario – Amethyst Mine

The word Yantra is derived from two Sanskrit words – “Yam” (support) and “Trana” (freedom). There are two types of Yantra: pictorial – a symbolic diagram used to assist meditation, and magic square/numerological Yantra.

A Yantra is a form of a mandala.

Benefits of working with mandalas/yantric images include:

• Aids in dealing with emotional problems
• Teaches patience, the ability to deal with limitations
• Finding self-realization
• Providing a calm and focused mind; better concentration
• Harmonizing the flow of energy
• The ability to enter a trance-like state from colouring or meditation on them
• Developing perfection – the link between the spiritual path and the desire of medicine to heal

I selected this yantra because I have had a long-standing fascination with the traditions and the accomplishments of the Druids. Stonehenge is so magical and fantastical that it is almost other worldly. When I was writing and reflecting on this, I intuitively put on Matt Ender’s Ancient Isle and was transported back to another time and place. I close my eyes, breathe, and find myself among this ancient energy…