道 德 經

In the pursuit of learning, one knows more every day.

In the pursuit of the way, one does less every day.

One does less and less until one does nothing at all.

And when one does nothing at all,

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there is nothing that is undone.

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{Lao Tzu}

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~ Love & Nothingness from Yoga Gypsy ~

What Is Yoga (Part II)

The most important issue in Yoga is not flexibility

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but awareness.

Awareness of the body.

Awareness of the breath.

{H. David Coulter}

~ Love & Awareness from Yoga Gypsy ~

The Little Cracked Pot

There was once a water bearer who had two large pots - one hung on each end of a pole which - she carried across the back of her neck.

One of the pots had a CRACK in it.

The other pot was PERFECT, and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master’s house... while the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to her master’s house.

The perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect to the end for which it was made.

On the other hand, the cracked pot was very ashamed of its imperfection, and was miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.

Or so it thought.

The cracked pot, after two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream.

“I am very ashamed of myself.”

“Why?” asked the water bearer.

“What are you ashamed of?”

“For the past two years, I have only been able to deliver half of my real capacity, simply because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to the master’s house."

"Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, but you don’t get the full value from your efforts,” the cracked pot explained.

The water bearer said, “As we return to the master’s house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path.”

As they went up the hill, the old cracked pot did notice the sun shining on the beautiful wild flowers growing along its side of the path, and this cheered it some.

However, at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because it had again leaked out half its load, and so it apologised to the water bearer for its failure.

The water bearer asked the pot, “Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side?”

“That’s because I have always known about your cracked nature, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path for the return trip."

"And every day while we walk back from the stream, YOU watered them.”

“For over two years, I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my master’s table."

"If you are not the way you are, he wouldn’t have the flowers for his house."

Gratitude to Sabby for sharing this story.

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~ Love & The Way We Are from Yoga Gypsy ~

¿Qué es un viaje?

Un viaje es más que ir de un sitio a otro.

Es más que unas vacaciones.

Un viaje es un proceso, un aprendizaje.

Un descubrimiento.

Un viaje nos enfrenta cara a cara con nosotros mismos.

Un viaje sirve no sólo para conocer mundo,

sino para encontrar el lugar que ocupamos en él.

Es la persona quien hace el viaje,

¿o el viaje el que hace la persona?

Un viaje es la vida misma.

¿Dónde quieres que tu vida te lleve?

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~ Love & Journey from Yoga Gypsy ~

Ishvara

We are, each of us, angels with only one wing,

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and we can only fly by embracing one another.

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{Luciano de Crescenzo}

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~ Love & Embrace from Yoga Gypsy ~

From Which Nothing Is Hidden

One cannot see well except with the heart.

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The essential is invisible to the eyes.

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{The Little Prince}

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~ Love & Clarity from Yoga Gypsy ~

Burning Love

Everything is burning.

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The universe is burning.

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I am burning.

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{Jukti Takko aar Gappo}

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~ Love & Burning from Yoga Gypsy ~

Significant Insignificance

All the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of today.
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~ Love & Seeds of Love from Yoga Gypsy ~

Mus Tek Cyear A De Root Fa Heal De Tree

One learns to cure before one learns to fight.

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~ Love Every Way from Yoga Gypsy ~

Come & Go

There is only one thing more important

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than finding a great teacher
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and that is leaving him.

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{Rudi}

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~ Love & Left from Yoga Gypsy ~

Houhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun

How cruel

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A grasshopper trapped

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Under a warrior's helmet

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{Bashō}

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~ Love & Naturally Fresh from Yoga Gypsy ~

Lubricant Of This World

Important things are hard to say.

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Meaningless things are easy to say.

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~ Love & Small Talk-less from Yoga Gypsy ~

I Think, Therefore I Am Not

The important thing is not to think much,

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but to love much;

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and so, do that which best stirs you to love..

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{Saint Teresa of Ávila}

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~ Love & Love from Yoga Gypsy ~

Little Is More

A little knowledge that acts

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is worth infinitely more than

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much knowledge that is idle.

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{Khalil Gibran}

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~ Love More Ways from Yoga Gypsy ~

Seek and You Shall Not Find

When someone is seeking. . .

it happens quite easily that

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he only sees the thing that he is seeking;

that he is unable to find anything,

unable to absorb anything,

because he is only thinking of the thing he is seeking,

because he has a goal,

because he is obsessed with his goal.

Seeking means: to have a goal;

but finding means:

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to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.

{Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse}

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~ Love & Found from Yoga Gypsy ~

No Problem = No Yoga

Face the problem, not go around it.

Tackle the problem, not avoid it.

Otherwise there is no Yoga.

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~ Love All Ways from Yoga Gypsy ~

Is Your Corn Real?

If we dig precious things from the land,

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we will invite disaster.

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{Hopi}

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~ Love & Corn from Yoga Gypsy ~

To Infinity & Beyond!

Masters can and often are known to cross over into other dimensions of Time and Space when they no longer are needed here on this third dimension.

By definition, they have conquered all of the lessons that a third dimensional planet can teach as a “schoolroom of life.”

These lessons include the understanding and mastering of... unconditional love; patience; kindness; forbearance; temperance; spiritual discrimination; proper government; tolerance; practising the silence of meditation; the transmutation of all personal Karmic debts; the ability to materialise any material object from the universal ethers and the ability to heal with the mind or with a single touch to void the pain of another sentient being.

Their humility is true and rarely will they say,

“I am a Master.”

They are servants to all.

{The Akashic Records}

~ In Infinite Loving Memory of Master Sivaram ~

The Secret of the Golden Flower

Count your age only from the moment when you start living consciously and fully alert.

When each act has the flavour of consciousness, then you are coming closer to home.

Otherwise you are going further and further away.

~ Love & Timelessness from Yoga Gypsy ~

Heptachord During Eating

There are many exercises related to eating.

One of them involves being aware of one's physical sensations while eating.

Be aware of these designated points on the face and body:

1. Eyes while looking at food as it is lifted towards the mouth.

2. Nose while smelling food before putting it in the mouth.

3. Mouth while chewing food.

4. Throat while swallowing food.

5. Chest while food descends.

6. Solar Plexus while food arrives in stomach.

7. Navel when the meal is finished.

Breathe into the navel and sense the energy radiating to the extremities.


~ Love & Endlessness from Yoga Gypsy ~

Did You Know?

He who knows, does not speak.

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He who speaks, does not know.

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{Lao Tzu}

~ Love & Infinite Stillness from Yoga Gypsy ~

くずかごに頭を

Life is but a passing dream, but the death that follows is

eternal.

{Maester Seymour-Guado}

~ Love, Life & Death from Yoga Gypsy ~

Shall We Dance?

~ Love & Dancing from Yoga Gypsy ~

The Art of Peace is medicine for a sick world.

There is evil and disorder in this world, because people have forgotten that all things emanate from one source.

Return to that source and leave behind all self-centered thoughts, petty desires, and anger.

Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.

{Ueshiba Morihei}

~ Love & Peace from Yoga Gypsy ~

Not The Wind, Not The Flag

Two monks debated about a flag waving in the wind.

One monk says: "The flag moves."


The other says: "The wind moves."


Dajian Huineng, hearing the conversation, says:

"It is not the wind that moves.

It is not the flag that moves.

It is your mind that moves."

{The Gateless Gate, Case 29}
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~ Love & Mountain from Yoga Gypsy ~

We Are Life

Labour is blossoming or dancing where

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The body is not bruised to pleasure soul.

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Nor beauty born out of its own despair,

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Nor blear-eyed wisdom out of midnight oil.

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O chestnut-tree, great-rooted blossomer,

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Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?

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O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,

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How can we know the dancer from the dance?

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{William Butler Yeats}

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~ Love & Infinite Oneness from Yoga Gypsy ~

Meeting Remarkable Men

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by

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those who could not hear the music.

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{Angela Monet}

~ Love & Dance from Yoga Gypsy ~

Have A Heart

Our first teacher is our own heart.

{Cheyenne}

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~ Love & Heart from Yoga Gypsy ~

Got It? Drop It!

All the great masters say this, that one day you have to drop the method.

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And the sooner you drop it, the better.

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The moment you attain, the moment awareness is released in you, immediately drop the method.

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{Osho}

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~ Love & Let Go from Yoga Gypsy ~

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving he can outwit nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

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{E. B. White}

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~ Love & Respect from Yoga Gypsy ~

Are You Here?

Yesterday a memory.

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Tomorrow an illusion.

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Today is all that exists.

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Live Now. Be One with All.

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One is All. All is One.

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Zen wa Ichi. Ichi wa Zen.

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~ Love & One from Yoga Gypsy ~

To Surf Or Not To Surf

It is scary. And it takes courage.

To move from the known to the unknown.
To find out what you are made of.
To know who you really are.

The choice is here.

To make a commitment.
To jump into the waters.
To ride the wave.

To go with the flow.

Or just stand on the beach. And watch.


~ Love & Surf from Yoga Gypsy ~

Stop Stealing

Only after the last tree has been cut down.

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Only after the last river has been poisoned.

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Only after the last fish has been caught.

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Only then will you find you cannot eat money.

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{Cree wisdom}

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~ Love & We from Yoga Gypsy ~

Know Nothing

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True knowledge exists in knowing that you know

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nothing.

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{Socrates}

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~ Love & Clarity from Yoga Gypsy ~

ऎकपाद प्रसरणासन

Eka-pada Prasaranasana (The Lunge)

It's one of those words that Peter Thomson would describe as "a kid knowing full well how to spell 'banana' but not knowing when to stop."

This posture stretches the small intestine and the seminal vesicles.

With regular practice, The Lunge helps in correcting constipation and diseases of the liver. Thinness of the semen is also adjusted. Diseases of the throat are also relieved.

This video depicts Prasaranasana (with arms raised) as part of the Sun Salutes.

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~ Love & Lunge from Yoga Gypsy ~

Who can make the muddy water clear?

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Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear.

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Who can secure the condition of rest?

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Let movement go on.

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And the condition of rest will gradually arise.

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~ Love & Stillness from Yoga Gypsy ~

प्रकाश

This entire universe of which we speak and think is nothing but Brahman (Infinite Consciousness).

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Brahman dwells beyond the range of Maya (illusion).

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There is nothing else.

{Adi Shankara}

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~ Love & Consciousness from Yoga Gypsy ~

The Work

When one's body revolts against work

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(physical or mental),

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fatigue soon sets in;

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then one must not rest

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for it would be a victory for the body.
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When the body desires rest, don't;

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when the mind knows it ought to rest, do so,

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but one must know and distinguish

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language of body and mind,

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and be honest.

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{Georgiy Ivanovich Gyurdzhiev}

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~ Love & Work from Yoga Gypsy ~

はいく

Pluma a fuego. Feather to fire.

Fuego a sangre. Fire to blood.

Sangre a hueso. Blood to bone.

Hueso a tuétano. Bone to marrow.

Tuétano a cenizas. Marrow to ashes.

Cenizas a nieve. Ashes to snow.

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~ Love & Harmony from Yoga Gypsy ~

Don't Wait Till You Are Perfect

The Yoga Sūtras explain that whether you are young or old, healthy or ill - if you can overcome obstacles such as inertia and laziness, you will be contented and at peace.

Inertia is the tendency of the mind to resist change.

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Human beings are creatures of habit. The older we get, the harder it is to make changes and break negative habits.

Starting Yoga can be one of the most difficult obstacles to overcome. This is especially so if you have not been exercising or you are coping with a medical condition.

You may think that you have to get fit before practising Yoga.

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The beauty of Yoga is that it is for everyone - physical postures can be adapted to your needs with a qualified and trained teacher.

As you pick up Yoga, you embrace change as you learn to move with the ebb and flow of life.

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You break down old patterns.

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You awaken new neuromuscular pathways in the brain.

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You experience increased freedom and mobility.

With regular practice, the physical postures become steady and comfortable.

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This is the essence of "Asana".



~ Love & Begin from Yoga Gypsy ~

Make Up Your Mind!

So the mind is the maker and the mind is the destroyer.

On one side the mind is making you and on the other

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side it is destroying you.

You must tell the destructive side of the mind to keep

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quiet — then you will learn.

{Yogacharya Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar}

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~ Love & Rise from Yoga Gypsy ~

Sight Right Light

There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets

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{Leonard Cohen}

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~ Love & Sight from Yoga Gypsy ~

I Am That, I Am

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
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committed citizens can change the world.
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Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
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{Margaret Mead}

What?

To give the Old City of Jerusalem a "virtual world hug".

When?

On 6th April 2008 at 12:00 hours Eastern Time.

Where?

Here. There. Everywhere.

Why?

For thousands of years Jerusalem has been in conflict; many are of the view that it will someday initiate peace throughout the world.

How?

If you have seen "The Moses Code" or read the book, then you know what to do.

If not, here is a simple explanation:

• Create the emotion of peace within your heart.

You may choose to remember a time in your life when you experienced great peace.

Or you may imagine the people of this world living together in complete harmony.

• As you breathe with this peaceful energy, focus on the words "I AM THAT" as you exhale.

• Say or think the words "I AM" as you inhale.

Imagine yourself standing outside the walls of the Old City, hand in hand with the other people of the world offering this peaceful energy and love through you.

Who?

You.

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~ Love & That from Yoga Gypsy ~

Never Forever

Eternity is till time expires.

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~ Love & Truth from Yoga Gypsy ~

Why Do You Yoga? (Part I)

Happy is the person who knows how to distinguish

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the real from the unreal,

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the eternal from the transient,

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and the good from the pleasant

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by his discrimination and wisdom.

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{Yogacharya Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar}

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Practise Yoga for the understanding, not for the asanas.

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~ Love & Gratitude from Yoga Gypsy ~

The Secret

... is that there is no secret.

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Choose a positive thought.

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The conscious brain can only hold one thought at a time.

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Thoughts affect not only the mind but the body also.

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~ Love & Infinity from Yoga Gypsy ~

See You Soon

If something is hard, do not drop it.

It is an invitation to yourself.

You cannot protect yourself from yourself.

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~ Love & All from Yoga Gypsy ~

Smṛti

स्मृति

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Continuous awareness of the present without judgment.

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I often receive questions from friends, students and strangers. On being healthier. On being happier.

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Almost everyone wants fast solutions. Quick fixes.

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Yet most are ignoring the very instant answer they have.

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To accept and to live the present moment.

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Your mind is taxed with so many questions, you have no time to enjoy the answers that are right in front of you.

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Your happiness, your health starts with this answer.

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Be aware of now.

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Be mindful.

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Your past is gone. Your future is not yet here.

So what exist between them is the present moment.

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The here, the now, the present that connects what was and what will be.

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Your past was a series of present moments which brought you to this present moment.

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Your future will be a series of present moments linked to this present moment in which you are now living, being, observing, aware or unaware of.

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Mindfulness is being continuously aware of this very moment. And not judging, reflecting or thinking.

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Each breath is replaced by the next breath.

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Each present is followed by the next present.

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This is your present (pun intended).

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~ Love & Laugh from Yoga Gypsy ~

Downside Up

Inside Out.

~ Love & More from Yoga Gypsy ~