Bikram

  • Who has Control?

    My expectations of the New Year aren’t about the New Year but rather about me. The New Year is neutral, a pile of days linked together, and many hours in which we live our lives. What we do within those… Continue reading

  • Joined them back together.

    The way I described this past Christmas was an ugly beautiful one, where inside I was so dark and the outside so light, how mental psyche steers my world, not the decorations on the outside. I was clearly shown that… Continue reading

  • Yoga is the Winner this year.

    I began this year with a promise to do 60 days of yoga in a row, and I did. I then decided to do another 60 days in a row and I did, I believe I did 4 back-to-back 60-day… Continue reading

  • Yoga Heals a Loveless Self

    “The purpose of yoga is to heal. Most people start practicing Bikram Yoga to flatten our stomachs, stretch our tight hamstrings, and/or to prevent future injuries. And yes it will do all of that, but those are the secondary benefits… Continue reading

  • Love of Self

    A good friend responded to my post on Sprouting Self Hatred, with a great visual, a thought that I could picture. “That picture is: yoga being poured as if out of a fancy vessel and killing the sprouting self hatred–over… Continue reading

  • Thy Will Be Done

    A thought came to me last night as I lay down to rest, “Being a Victim is easy….”   Being a victim requires NOTHING from you, you get to just sit and wait for the world to change.   Victims… Continue reading

  • 254 days and counting….

    Today is day 260 on my yoga every day this year, and I missed 6 in the last two weeks.    Each of those days seemed impossible for me to either gather the mental strength or the physical stamina needed… Continue reading

  • Naturally relaxed….

    The more yoga I do, the deeper I go, the more places of stored tightness I find.  It is like there is a bottomless pit of resistance. When it comes time to relax and go to sleep these muscles flex… Continue reading

  • All the Gifts Awareness Brings!

    One hundred and four days into a new habit, the habit of being aware, of being responsible for my response to life, of knowing that I will always get the results I want depending upon my actions.   My actions… Continue reading

  • Relaxation Response.

    When I began doing yoga 92 days ago, the view was to make it to 60 days, yet I knew that 60 days of doing yoga and then returning to my old life, wasn’t what I needed.  I needed to… Continue reading