Five years ago today, Tiana (and my sister), made me an Auntie! I'm celebrating by sharing a post I wrote for her 1st birthday. At the time, when we would say "Happy Birthday," she would say "Happy Day!" It was so adorable and really inspired me to look at what makes each day a happy day. I love how much the "littles" have to teach us.
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As we arrive at the shortest day of the year and the holiday season, I'm reminded of the practice of contentment. It's easy to get caught up in the endless doing and searching. However, when there is a letting go of grasping, searching and complicating life, then contentment can be uncovered.
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"In daily life, we tend to remain within a familiar but limited comfort zone by staying away from both our physical and mental edges.
Your skill in yoga has little to do with your degree of flexibility or where your edges happen to be. Rather, it is a function of how sensitively you play your edges, no matter where they are."Read More
In this post, you'll find a description and sample of Yoga Nidra.
Yoga Nidra is a yogic technique, often referred to as "Yogic Sleep", which encourages deep relaxation by bringing one to the state between awake and asleep. Yoga Nidra has many benefits which may include relieving stress, improved memory and brain function, releasing undesired patterns or habits, healing past trauma or illness and improved sleep patterns. These are just a few of the many benefits that can come from a regular, full Yoga Nidra practice.
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