Are you a small separate being - or are you part of something much bigger? Let’s explore Non-Dual Tantric Yoga philosophy and see if we come up with any answers….

 The universe doesn't make mistakes and so all of your idiosynchrosies, "imperfections", lumps, bumps, scars, and grooves are exactly as they are meant to be.  They make you who you are, and you are Well Made. 

Curiosity about your concealment partnered with seeking out solutions is the curriculum for your Awakening

As a householder/practitioner the goal is not to try to escape life, or to discipline life in anyway.  The goal instead is to meet Life on Life's terms

An awakened heart is one that lives and breathes.  To awaken your heart means that you can connect with a stream of wisdom that resides inside of you.

Is it really possible that more ease and balance could come from just paying attention to how I am feeding my body, mind, and Heart?  It seems too simple.  

Goal is about accomplishment, meeting expectations or achieving something.  Intention has more to do with the HOW I will meet my goals, and WHO I will be during that process.

Life is chaos!  There is so much chaos and so much beauty in real life.  There is so much chaos and beauty in being human.  It is not your job to fix the chaos.

The trouble comes when we think the imperfections are imperfect and disallowed.

 As Ashaya Yoga® founder, Todd Norian, often says, “It’s not how far you go, but how you go far” that matters here.

Sometimes the work is in the consistent tiny efforts -- that even those tiny little efforts build up into something more.

What is the lasting impression you want to leave on your students?

Yesterday, after 9.5 years, I taught my last class at a studio in town. I wanted to leave the students with a teaching that would serve them for years to come. And so I left with this:

  Have you ever focused on that one tiny negative thing in the sea of positives?  Or have you ever been struggling and then gone the extra mile to add in self judgement?  If so, then you exactly how I felt.

The workings of the Universe seems mysterious... I advocate removing as many blocks as you can within yourself and seeing what happens.   I encourage you to shift your perspective on your so-called problems.  

Here is someone that I value very much in my life. Someone I want to continue to get to know and to have know me.  And how do I show him that I value what he has to say? I talk over him every time he opens his mouth.  Gee Wiz girl.  I'm pretty embarrassed.

When I take a well-themed class I get the chance to remember and recollect some forgotten part of myself.  I walk away feeling more whole than when I went in.  The themes help us to remember.