Strength with Peace

I’m halfway through my yoga teacher training. It’s become so much more than I ever thought it would be.  I’m reflecting on my journey, as I sit here in a semi meditative state after my yoga practice. There’s a powerful storm brewing.  Winds are picking up and I feel it’s force blow by me through the open windows in the usually calm space.  I see multiple flashes of lightning illuminating the dark sky, and hear the rain as it helps to enhance this meditative state that I’m in.

My instructor is always reminding us teacher trainees that we should always be at a place of Steadiness and Comfort in our yoga practice.  In my mind, for some reason, I’ve always replaced the words to Strength with Peace.  Today, with the powerful storm illuminating, my feelings of my newly gained strength, along with the steadiness and the comfort of my peace, seems magnified.  As if I am both stronger and softer at the same time. 

It’s wonderful to feel the peace within, but it’s also wonderful when you can go to a place that helps you to expand. My training has seemed like a retreat.  A place where I get to go and honor myself.  Taking care of me, for my health, and my own personal development.

I hope, if your haven’t already, find your own place of steadiness and comfort.

Just a thought…

Love, Goldi

 

 

Travel Light

Life seems at times to pass us by….days, weeks, and months seem to go by in an instant. We drive to work or school and wonder how we really got there, …aware that we weren’t really aware. Our minds are filled with thoughts, and life keeps passing us by.  In yoga we link our breath with our movements helping us to to stay  grounded, self aware, and present in our practice.  And, in my mind, with the hopes of keeping this presence after the practice.  Our minds must learn to flow like our breath,  keeping us in the present moment, and not worried about our past or what may happen in the future.  This is the hope of traveling light, free of everything except the present moment, taking hold of our lives – as it is now. 

 

Just a thought…

Love, Goldi

Into Your Soul

 …for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself. For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul.   – Marcus Aurelius
Your soul gives you unconditional love, and all the support that you can ever imagine.  Your soul can bring you the greatest peace.  It’s always with you, and it will never leave you.  It connects you to your spirituality.  It’s the light, the spark of the divine, that lives within.
You have the power, tune into the divinity of your soul, and listen for clear understanding, … for the peace, quiet, and freedom that you seek.
Just a thought…
Love, Goldi