The often-repeated saying is that time heals all. This simply isn’t true. Time alone does not heal. If you want to know how to heal, you must open yourself up to feeling it all. Healing requires feeling — a willingness to sit and go deep into the pain, and sit with it until it dissipates. […]
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The persistence of late bloomers is seldom celebrated, and these fine folks are often overshadowed by more precocious contemporaries. Some people mistakenly believe that if they haven’t found their gift by 25 or 35, then perhaps they’re doomed to a life of mediocrity. But a casual glance through history shows us otherwise. Late bloomers achieve great things […]
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“The more important a call or action is to our soul’s evolution, the more resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.” Steven Pressfield, The War Of Art Meditation often elicits strong resistance. It can be boring and make us face things we’d rather ignore. But it’s the single most important practice we can undertake […]
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Have you been feeling lethargic, uninspired, or unable to get out of bed in the morning? You probably need to rest. Resting isn’t something we discuss often in our hyper competitive society, but it’s an essential practice for optimal health and wellbeing. Think of your energy levels like a cup. All the things we do throughout […]
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Like Hansel and Gretel leaving a trail of breadcrumbs to find their way home, life gives us breadcrumbs to find our way in the form of signs. Follow signs from the universe and your life will unfold before you in magical, synchronistic ways. These signs could come in just about any form, from numbers you repeatedly see, […]
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The other night, gripped by anxiety about the changes (all positive) happening in my life, I impulsively tried a new remedy to relieve the anguish. And it worked. That powerful remedy was chanting mantras. Mantras are a word or string of words repeated to calm the mind and create instant peace. They’re typically Sanskrit, but you can […]
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Conceiving a new idea is like falling in love. Thinking of it makes your heart race and skin tingle. Your mind drifts off, daydreaming about 10 years down the road when you’re with each other everyday and it’s magic. Then reality sets in and your beautiful daydream has warts. Or setbacks. Whatever. Here’s how to keep going. […]
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Hi, my name is Suzanne. I’ve been hiding behind a mask for a while, the moniker Modern Yogi, which I told myself was just a brand name for the huge movement I was creating. It was actually a wall I built out of fear. Manifesting your dreams requires fearlessness. It’s time to rip off this mask and […]
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At the beginning of class, when the teacher asks you to set a yoga intention, does your mind race from idea to idea, evaluating an array of thoughts in hopes of choosing one that will magically change your life over the next hour of class? Mine has. In the minute or so of intention-setting, instead of visualizing peace or […]
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Yoga has eight limbs, the most well known of which is asana, the Sanskrit word for yoga’s physical postures. The yamas and niyamas, represent two other limbs. They offer powerful wisdom for transforming our daily struggles into peace. Eight Limbs Of Yoga: Yamas – How one relates to the world at-large Niyamas – How one […]
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