How to step out of the “Comparing Trap”
The Talk: When you are trying to do a balance pose in yoga, instructors often have you stare at a spot across the room, a drishti, to help you focus on one thing and tune out the rest. Creating a Life Drishti will help you focus on your own life and tune out the rest of the comparing.
The Meditation: This one can be repeated often if you desire to create a Life Drishti.
When it comes to big hurts, we need some empowering advice.
The Talk: Pratipaksha-bhavana is an active practice. It’s not ignoring or fixing. It’s empowering.
The Meditation: Using the power of opposites, to both heat and cool.
For When We are Lonely
The Talk: You may be feeling lonely, but separation is an illusion. We are all part of the same big wheel. Work your way closer to the center, and you will find that lonely space dissolving.
The Meditation: A centering meditation for breaking through to connectedness.
The Value of Feeling Free
The Talk: Sometimes we need to free ourselves. It’s about taking noticing of our reward-craving and acceptance-seeking. It’s about taking notice when we are clenching onto something or toward someone. Or onto a belief about ourselves. When we take notice of our attachments, we have an opportunity to realign and reorientate ourselves, to unclench our hands and find some freedom.
The Meditation: Using the sound of river water to notice our attachment feelings and find some freedom.
Is it really better to give than receive? A gratitude practice that might surprise you!
Developing a gratitude practice that may surprise you!
