“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.”
— Hafiz (via shastlivah)
May. 18 2013
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#wisdom #inspiration #living
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May. 17 2013
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#chakras
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vinyasatovino: mandyisdandy: This, forever this. Especially currently. keeping this in mind for when i go to CUBA next week

vinyasatovino:

mandyisdandy:

This, forever this.

Especially currently.

keeping this in mind for when i go to CUBA next week

May. 17 2013
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#wanderlust #travel #inspiration #quotes
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creativemornings: “Happiness is the product of your own decisions.” David Newell, “Mr. McFeely,” The Fred Rogers Company speaking at CreativeMornings/Pittsburgh(*watch the talk) today, let’s make decisions that are conducive to happiness!

creativemornings:

“Happiness is the product of your own decisions.”

David Newell, “Mr. McFeely,” The Fred Rogers Company
speaking at CreativeMornings/Pittsburgh(*watch the talk)

today, let’s make decisions that are conducive to happiness!

May. 17 2013
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#happiness
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summer reading

above image by julia drachman from yoga u: the college student’s tools for balanced living

it’s official: academically, i am done with my junior year of college. physically…that’s another story (today is packing day). yesterday, i had a marathon of a day where i took two final exams. it is 10:23 and i have been up for over an hour at this point yet i am still in bed. because that is what we need after long stretches of exhausting activity: rest. savasana. rejuvenation.

as i catch up on blogs and flipboard, i am also compiling my summer reading. it is time to read for pleasure. to let go of the “i have to read xyz number of pages before class tomorrow” mentality and embrace the leisurely read-by-the-beach mentality of relaxation and quiet learning. and i. am. so. excited!

so, without further adieu, here is my summer reading list (to be added to, of course):

  • Lonely Planet Cuba (Country Travel Guide) - i leave in a week from today!!!
  • Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
  • Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (the 99U book series)
  • Senior Theses (one on somatic educational praxis and another on the Cuban educational system under Martí)

  • Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks

    Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom by bell hooks

    Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope by bell hooks

    This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions for Transformation by Gloria Anzaldua and AnaLouise Keating

    Sister Outsider by Audre Lourde

    Frames of the Mind by Howard Gardner

    The Peaceful Classroom by Charles A. Smith

    The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt

    Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

May. 17 2013
#books #reading #summer

10 Ways To Be An Inspiring Teacher No Matter What's Happening In Your Life ➔

You’ve rocked Warrior I thousands of times. You’ve breathed into tough twists and big back bends. You’ve got this. You are 100% made up of asanas. Now trust it.   I’ve been

THANK YOU, Dana Flynn, one of my favorite teachers, for this inspiring article. Committing to rolling out my mat today (with finals happening in my life)!

May. 16 2013
#practice #teaching #teachers #asana #inspiration #articles
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more affirmations for the college yogi

from danielle, leah, and sydney from the yoga theory & practice student forum

I live in the present moment. I understand that I cannot change the past and the future is always unknown. I am comfortable benig here and now.
I will be kind to myself and others. I will talk to myself as I would talk to someone I love. I will dedicate my practice to those who treasure me.
I am enough. I know that whoever I am today is exactly who I need to be. External messages do not diminish my sense of worth.
Acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation unacceptable to me and I can find no serenity until I accept that situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
I treat myself with love and compassion. I know that I deserve respect and kindness just as much as everyone else.
Be kind enough to forgive yourself. “I wish I could have lived my life without making any wrong turns. But a path like that doesn’t exist. We fall. We trip. We get lost. We find our way back.” Don’t beat yourself up. You have to say “I am forgiven” again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself.
May. 15 2013
#affirmations
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Packing Tips - How To Pack A Carry-On Bag Suitcase ➔

This is an article that may as well have been sent from Ganesh, the remover of obstacles! I’m going to need all this wisdom infinitely when packing LIGHT for Cuba next week!

May. 15 2013
#travel #Ganesh #advice #wisdom

How To Become A Morning Person - Tips for Waking Early ➔

It’s finals and I find I do my best studying in the morning, when imbued with yoga, rituals, lots of light, coffee, and camaraderie…maybe you do too! Thanks, Refinery 29 for this article!

May. 15 2013
#finals #ritual
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affirmations for the college yogi

from sydney, leah, and danielle from the yoga theory & practice student forum final presentations!

1.  I believe in goodness.  Even when the going gets rough, I know that life is good and that everything will always turn out okay.
2.  I will be brave.  I will conquer fear with conscious joy.  I will experiment and play.
3.  I will be present.  I will follow my breath and remain focused on where my feet are planted.
4.  You are on your own path.  Don’t look sideways.  Someone else’s success does not make you any less successful.  Don’t be afraid to run your own race.
5.  “And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”  I look forward to the upcoming horizons, challenges, joys and chapters in my life without fear.  I face them with courage and expect great things.
6.  I will be present.  I will accept any change, no matter how small.  I will respect my body’s uniqueness and its limitations.
7.  I am strong and independent.  I own my choices and actions because I know that I am in control of my life.  
8.  I am intelligent and skilled.  I trust in my abilities and know that I continue to grow and learn.
9.  I stretch in the direction of being magnanimous.  “It’s harder to be magnanimous in your 20’s.  You’re generally less humble in that decade and this lack of humility is oddly mixed with insecurity and uncertainty and fear.  You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery.  Be a warrior for love.

Chakra Affirmations
1.  I am peaceful, protected and secure.
2.  I am radiant, beautiful and strong.
3.  I am positively empowered.
4.  I give and receive love unconditionally.
5.  I express myself truthfully and clearly.
6.  I am tuned into divine wisdom. 

7.  I am complete and one with the universe.

May. 14 2013
#positivity #affirmations #chakras
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