Oct 24 2008
Yoga Epiphanies in Maui
Technology amazes me. Living in Maui, floating on a rock in the middle of the sea and still global teachings reach me. I have been enjoying the Oprah Winfrey Soul Series. Oprah recently stated, during her unprecedented 10 week interview series with acclaimed author Ekhart Tolle, “I don’t think there’s anything more important than awakening now and knowing what your purpose is.” Ekhart Tolle responded: “Yes. And the answer may not immediately come. A very important part of asking life, so that you can be ready to receive the answer, is to practice inviting moments of stillness into your life so that you’re not continuously absorbed in the incessant mental noise that we call thinking; most of which is unnecessary and repetitive.” This is yoga. Learning to still the thoughts.
So what do we do to change from a life of over-scheduling our time, over-spending, eating poorly, and worrying about what will happen next in our lives? How do we move from living in a world of what if’s? When there is news of financial crisis on every news channel, radio station, and newspaper and the emotional upheaval invoked is relentless. How do we experience the stillness within, where all solutions are found, during this time? It begins with simple steps. One of which is eating differently. Eating for our awakening. Nutrifying the natural intelligence in our cells is a critical part of our personal and planetary transformation. We have been duped by large corporations and media for generations promoting foods and substances that dumb us down, numb our creativity and annihilate our full self expression. All of which are the necessary tools to navigate current change. I ask you to ask yourself this question. What if you were born for this time? Are you fully living the gifts & talents that are meant to reveal through you? What if you were born for this time? What if now is the time to face your fears? What if the world outside is the world inside you? What if your expression is the wing upon which the world awakens? Like the caterpillar changing into the butterfly….