Cat Stretches (Humans Can Do Them, Too)


One of the practical applications of meditating–of the yoga practice of looking within–is to be able to find beauty when things are ugly or challenging or enervating, etc.
Knowing how to find that beauty may not change what comes at us, but it can change our outlook and approach.
I am easier with the freezing rain knowing that I have invited an orchid to rebloom.
We cannot say we did not know. United States Supreme Court, January 29, 2020. Have you called your Senators (for those that have them)? Please.

I went to a two session workshop with Jessica Sandhu at Dupont Circle Yoga today, which, being New Year’s Eve, included an invitation to establish a sankalpa (which is something like setting an intention) and a yoga nidra practice to help instill it.
Then I walked home with the last of the afternoon sun and another spectacular sunset.

The Hindu pantheon has a trinity in which Brahma is the creator, Vishnu is the preserver, and Shiva is the destroyer. Have you ever wondered why it is Shiva, the destroyer, and not Brahma, the creator, who is represented by the lingam–symbol of the progenitor?
Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.