Quite simply, the ‘you’ after you meditate is a nicer, better ‘you’. It’s accessible to all of us, this powerful practice. Start small with just 5 minutes a day. Notice the benefits, smile smugly and repeat!
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Start planning now and prepare to get the word out about your offering to the community to make your yoga classes an integral part of your students’ wellbeing plan for life. Design an attractive package, plan your marketing, and prepare to have your wonderful voice heard and loved by many.
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Sylvia teaches live online yoga twice a week and monthly online workshops. You can find out more on the events and workshops page or sign up for her newsletter on her home page. Pre-recorded classes are available to you any time, you purchase once and own forever. If you’re new to Sylvia or back to yoga after a break we suggest Hatha Yoga to start. Bundles include the Zen Collection, a variety of classes for every mood, and the Daily Collection, five half-hour daily practices. Please inquire about virtual Mindfulness in the workplace. We remain very hopeful for a return to outdoor yoga in Spring Summer ’21. Join us!
This is the script I use for the 'Rotation of Consciousness' stage of the Yoga Nidra practice. I love it! I never tire of it. It soothes the brain, it puzzles the brain, it intrigues, it lulls us.
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Let go of any expectation you might have of doing the practice ‘right’. We are not trying to be like Monks floating serenely through life. We are messy, imperfect humans and our practice is to embrace that, and teach ourselves how to keep coming back to living in the present moment so we can enjoy life to the full.
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“If you exude joy, you spread joy.” Roberta Gately.
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“There are two kinds of speakers. Those who are nervous and those who are liars.” Mark Twain.
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“We are meant to express how we feel about life. It’s like breathing: inhale the experiences of life, exhale how you feel about them. We are at our best when we can turn our impressions into expressions. The equation goes like this, impression without expression equals depression.”
Don Hahn.
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When we learn to ‘tune in’ to the space between the breaths we learn intuition, restraint, patience and calm. We learn to hear the moment the body is saying ‘too much’ … to much exercise, too much food, too much work, too much drink … what are your own subtle signals you respond to? Or ignore?
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Before we start, I have to confess, I love my grub. I love my dinner, I love my bread and butter. I love my wine. It is not effortless for me to maintain my optimal weight, far from it.
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Forgiving yourself and starting over is the whole game.
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