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Swipe through💚 Link in bio to join the Feb 21 w Swipe through💚 Link in bio to join the Feb 21 workshop! Slides read: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison on the invention of the light bulb But he did fail, didn't he? If his goal was to create a functioning light bulb, then he did fail 10,000 times. My question: why is failure a 'bad' thing? We have been conditioned to believe that binaries are mutually exclusive. In this example, this shows up as the belief that failure and success cannot exist at the same time. Well friends, we get to continue to dismantle that unhelpful and untrue conditioning! Binaries are two sides of the same coin, and BOTH are helpful on your liberation journey. Join the Binaries of Action workshop tomorrow at 7pm PT! We will be examining action through an unlearning lens, with a foundation of rāja yoga. The first quarter lunar energy is guiding you to take action and build momentum towards your dharma. In this workshop you will dig into dualism, binaries and discover what action means to you. [Image IDs: Each slide has an almost-transparent background photo of a rope with incandescent light bulbs hanging from it. The glass on the bulbs is tinted orange and the bulbs are not turned on. The rope of lights moves from the foreground to the background of the picture with the second of four visible bulbs in focus. The lettering on top is dark brown and the exact text is noted in the caption. My company logo is centred at the bottom of each slide and reads “From The Hearth,” with a dark brown arrow to the right in each slide except for the last one which has a heart in its place.]
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗜 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘁, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀. Two nights ago I went to bed in tears. Life was life-ing. Last night I went to bed with fiery purpose and a remembrance of my relentlessness in my body. What changed? We have all heard that ‘time heals.’ Well I have something more clear to offer you which brings me much comfort and understanding in times like these. In yoga, there is no such thing as time. There is only the changing predominance of three qualities called the guṇas: tamas, rajas and sattva. You can think of these like the three primary colours: blue, red and yellow. 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨, 𝙨𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙪ṇ𝙖𝙨. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘷𝘢, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦. So when I’m lethargic, I am so for no other foundational reason then my experience contains relatively more tamas than the other two qualities. 𝗜 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗚𝗢 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗜'𝗺 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. When this happens, all I get to do is wait for the inevitable shift of these qualities (change is the only constant). Or, I can take the driver's seat and practice some of the tools in my yogic tool belt that are specifically designed to sattivicize my experience. Continued in comments👇🏻💚
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱. This is something that really landed for me this week. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻. Neurons firing, chemical reactions occurring. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹. In the study of yoga we learn about the Pañcakośa (pronounced ‘Pancha Kosha’) Model, which presents 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵. In this model, there are five sheaths that make up your full Self. Only one of these sheaths is the physical body – the annamayakośa. The third sheath - where your mind pervades - is your manomayakośa. In this moment, as you are reading this using the sense organ of your eyes, you are engaging your manomayakośa. And your manomayakośa is facilitating the storage of this information in your memory throughout your body. Here are two thought exercises for consideration: What is a past memory that cropped up recently for you? What was the response in your body that came with that memory? When has your body guided you to do something different than made ‘logical’ sense? Did you listen? What happened? 𝘈𝘴 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘨𝘢, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴. 𝗗𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀? 𝗢𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀? 𝗡𝗼. 𝗪𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿. Continued in comments👇🏻💚
This is your Saturday morning reminder that 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲. "𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭. 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘖ṃ Śā𝘯𝘵𝘪, Śā𝘯𝘵𝘪, Śā𝘯𝘵𝘪" - 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪ṣ𝘢𝘥𝘴 You are a Divine spark that is untouched by the mundane world. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭. 𝙎𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚, 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙧𝙚-𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜. Surround yourself with people, places, and things that remind you of your fullness. This is a practice of yoga. In every moment, re-membering. I wish you a beautiful weekend, sending you love, Tara [Image Descriptions in comments]
Today I am grateful for the opportunity to be insp Today I am grateful for the opportunity to be inspired daily. It’s hard work. It comes with sacrifice. It comes with pain. And it comes with levity. It comes with expansion. It comes with grace. There is meaning to this madness of life!! I believe. I trust. I surrender. What are you grateful for today?? 👇🏻👇🏻 Image Description: Tara sitting outside on a cloudy day. There is a wooden fence in the background, soaked with recent rain. She is sitting on the ground on the grass in front of the fence on her raincoat to stay dry. She is wearing a light grey hoodie with the hood up, and a dark grey vest over top.
While getting my Sunday glow-up on this morning, I While getting my Sunday glow-up on this morning, I thought of something I read recently: "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 - 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴." - Michael N. Nagler on the Īśopaniṣad Please read this again, slowly, and let it sink in. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨. So when I start the day with a ritual cleanse and then give myself a full body rub down with coconut oil and essential oils (Petitgrain, Tea Tree and Wild Orange were my choices today!), I am investing these resources of consciousness in myself. I am showing myself love and respect, and am giving this practice meaning. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗜 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁. 𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚? 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙬!! Sending you an abundance of love, respect and meaning, Tara Image Descriptions 1: Tara sitting on her couch wearing a red t-shirt and a grey hoodie. Laughing as the light from the window above streams down and catches the camera. She is enjoying the alignment of the glow of this photo and the glow-up message of the post that it was taken for. 2: A white background with translucent red/orange flames emerging from the bottom extending up to the mid point of the picture. Layered over top and centered are the words "’There is no scarcity of love, respect, and meaning - these are the resources of consciousness.’ - Michael N. Nagler on the Īśopaniṣad" in dark brown text. At the bottom and centered is my company logo that reads "From The Hearth."
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