As I managed to get back on the mat, I see my practise improve. Other than just following what is, this time I would like to add some direction in my practise. There are things causing me hardship. I would not be myself if I did not try to grow to resolve that. Life is supposed to be easy! And it will be, once I put some work into it.
A few words about my limited presence here. And how it is making my yoga practice better.
Equal does not mean the same and there are many constructive ways in which we can use our differences. Not just use them to bully each other. Yet the bullying happens anyway. The thing is, we can do something about it.
Some controversies I found related to femininity. At least the beginning of that, since there is much more to cover.
A few words about my resistance and struggle with being nice to myself
Is meditation already a hype? I remember trying to read Osho who wrote a book on how to meditate, without explaining how to do it. Let's not be Osho :)
I wanted to touch base on something quite prevalent, yet maybe from a different perspective than elsewhere. I am talking about misconceptions about love life.
Here's a few words about processing of trauma and dealing with addictions. Or using addictions to deal with trauma. Or the world around us.
Shadow self, denial and disconnection in extreme forms may cause serious underlying issues. And I didn't even get to the external reasons for serious problems!
Many a time have I heard from men about difficulties in comprehending female experience of menstrual mood swings. Yet chemical imbalance of the brain is a thing. It influences our behaviour and makes us attach to the wrong people. I hope to shed some light on this subject.
Being busy and having no time seems to be quite a common tendency in the Western World. Being short on time seems to be almost fashionable, it boosts our mood and plays well with our FOMO. Simultaneously, everyone knows prolonged exposure to stress has serious health-related consequences. It is hard not to think we fell into some kind of a trap.
Light comes when you do the work of transmuting that darkness within yourself first, understanding and coming to terms with it.
We are complex creatures.
This fragment is an excerpt from "Awareness" by Anthony de Mello. I kinda owe this bit to someone - with love :)
Life requires your participation. And all that, which influences our reality. See if you find anything inspiring here.
Whatever you do comes back to you, whether it's good or bad. Isn't the idea of some mysterious force being out there to get us within the realm of magical thinking?
In the old days, a poor and rather stingy Chinese counted his life savings (which he kept hidden under the floor tile) and realised that he had saved 30 gold pieces. So he went to the marketplace to buy something interesting for the first time after many years.
Relationships help us grow as individuals - in a different way than some of us think. They don’t guide us directly, only show us where we are wrong. We may hope that someone will show us the path, but the thing is, we need to find our path ourselves.
So I said earlier this blog is about my road from now to the future. I was also hoping to share some stories. So here is one, a personal story.
