This. Is. AWESOME.
yoga anatomy!
(Source: cranbarrier)
Do the things that scare you the most. Get to know yourself before you get to know others. Follow your heart and your gut, tell your brain to shove it. Laugh often. Love unconditionally and without expectation. Fail as much as you can. Stop, and breath. Keep moving. Be feisty. Be humble. Surrender. Just be.
@monicavanleer: By June 2013
@monicavanleer: http://youtu.be/_f_lzj4Gy6w
@cyclingyogi: I’ve got some reservations with the concept of goals
@monicavanleer: hahaha
@monicavanleer: goals are just a broad horizon in the distance
@cyclingyogi: As long as you don’t think that not reaching them is a failure, they are great
@monicavanleer: you can’t ever “get there” you just keep aiming that way and keep going
@monicavanleer: cause once you get there, there’s something else to do
@cyclingyogi: right, if your goal is always the horizon, it’s great
@monicavanleer: #deeptalkfridays
@monicavanleer: love it
Show me a person who says out loud “I love myself” and I will show you a person who finds flaws in others. Show me a person who admits their vulnerability but doesn’t flaunt it, and I’ll show you someone who teaches others what it truly means to love themselves.
There is a student I see every Tuesday night at the studio. Last night, after he got out of class, I asked him how it was.
“It was FANTASTIC.’ he exclaimed. ‘Every time I come to yoga, my mind is blown. I feel like it keeps changing how I see the world. But then I have to go ride a shitty train home packed with people and I feel like everything I learn just melts away, and then I want to punch someone on the train in the face. I hate it, I don’t know why I live in this city.”
“You live here because you love people.”
He stared back in disbelief, “Um…You just heard me right? The train sucks! It’s packed with people who are inconsiderate, and rude, and just shitty and I have to deal with that every day.”
I smiled. “You don’t HAVE to do anything. You choose to live here. If you didn’t love to be around people, if you didn’t crave human interaction and excitement, you wouldn’t live in New York City. Because that’s what this place is, it’s a city full of people. And you are one of them.”
A stare and a cracked smile. “Fucking yoga.”
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Going On - Gnarls Barkley
What is it about letting go that is so difficult? I’ve seen what happens when you do let go, when you stop over analyzing every little bitty thing and just live as opposed to thinking about living or planning how you will live. But it is still scary to dive into an abyss of no control and surrender to the world around you. A deep rooted belief in yourself and your qualities makes all the difference. And while reading those words, or hearing them spoken from anothers mouth let alone my own, sounds foreign, rich, foolish and full of conceite - it is quite possibly the most freeing and beautiful experience one could have.
It’s funny, being stuck. You think you could never get out. But as soon as you drop the list of failures and successes you keep tucked away for easy reference, as soon as you stop expecting everything and expect nothing except your commitment to your dreams, the moment you begin to trust yourself, the world opens it’s doors to you.
It is said that God helps those who helps themselves. Then, and only if he has time, does he help those who help others.
Life will never be easy. But it can be enjoyable if you get out of it’s way.
Life is be-you-tiful.
(h/t Alex)