by jeanette | Jan 24, 2016 | Love, Meditation
Mettā (Pali) or Maitrī (Sanskrit) means unconditional loving kindness and friendliness towards yourself. It is a practice worth cultivating, as it allows us to live more fully in love with life and enhances all of our relationships. In this workshop we will explore...
by jeanette | Aug 21, 2014 | family, Love, Poetry, yoga
“Where is it, this present? It has melted in our grasp, fled where we could touch it, gone in the instant of becoming.” William James “I don’t know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down...
by jeanette | Mar 17, 2014 | Bhuddism, Love, philosophy, Quality of Life, thaimassage, yoga
The Triple Gem – The Three Jewels, also called the Three Treasures, Three Refuges, Precious Triad, or most commonly the Triple Gem Pali: त्रिरत्न, are the three things that Buddhists take refuge in, and look toward for guidance, in the process known as taking...
by jeanette | Feb 24, 2014 | Love, Uncategorized, yoga
I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome I want to be improbable, beautiful and afraid of nothing as though I had wings ~Mary Oliver Something changes the moment you decide you’ve found a person you are ready to reveal...
by jeanette | Jan 23, 2014 | Bhakti, Love, Meditation, patanjali, philosophy, Poetry, Yoga sutras
Ishvara Pranidhana Va ईश्वर-प्रणिधान Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.23 From a special process of devotion and letting go into the creative source from which we emerged (ishvara pranidhana), the coming of samadhi is imminent. (ishvara pranidhana va) “Worship does not...
by jeanette | Jan 21, 2014 | attachment, Bhakti, family, Long Term Care, Love, Meditation, philosophy, Poetry, Quality of Life
So, have you ever felt your heart break? Just right open? You know that sensation you feel. Physically. Is it sharp or dull? Does it run deep towards the pit of your stomach or high up in your throat making it so that you can’t breathe? I’ve felt it...
