YOGA BEAUTY WELLNESS

no expectations a spirit that lives in this world and does not wear the shirt of love, such an existence is a deep disgrace. be foolishly in love, because love is all there is. there is no way into presence except through a love exchange. if someone asks, but what is love? answer, Dissolving the will. true freedom comes to those who have escaped the questions of freewill and fate. love is an emperor. the two worlds play across him. he barely notices their tumbling game. love and lover live in eternity. other desires are substitutes for that way of being. how long do you lay embracing a corpse? love rather the soul, which cannot be held. anything born in spring dies in the fall, but love is not seasonal. with wine pressed from grapes, expect a hangover. but this love path has no expectations. you are uneasy riding the body? dismount. travel lighter. wings will be given. be clear like a mirror reflecting nothing. be clean of ...

i wrote this poem for the children of Sandy Hook Elementary School. i will forever carry them in my heart. i carry the bereaved families in my prayers, the people of Newtown, and this great country. tragedy is never welcomed, but when faced, it amazes me how we as a country come together. let's not let these children's lives go in vain. their legacy may be the start of real peace in this country. we owe that to them. - jehrod alain stolen LAMBS: crimes against humanity their young, childhood bodies lain against the floors of their classroom — slain. innocent blood splattered across the Christmas trees they were coloring and across the whiteness of the dry erase board. when their mothers prepared their lunch today, she had no idea it would be their last supper. when their fathers kissed their cheeks goodbye, he could not have known that would be the final one. gun shots ringing, cutting through precious bodies. an ending too soon for a beginning ju...

dates are important to us. birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and even days like today. they remind us of what's important in life and gives us reason to celebrate. while everyday is important, i want to talk about days like these. what do they truly mean? 12-12-12. is it magical? does it have some kind of divine significance? these are just some of the many questions that come to mind. i don't have the answers specifically, but i do want to share what i feel today can mean for us... 12-12-12: jump off the edge of your dreams. and by that i mean to stop dreaming and start working on the dream that is most important to you. so often we are inhibited by fear— when we fall, will we fail? jumping takes courage. you don't know what will happen as you free fall. but what we do know is that if we don't jump, we will stay right where we are. those of us who are dreamers can become paralyzed by continuous dreaming. you can dream so much that none of your dreams come tru...

beautiful things and moments inspire. it could be a good book, the falling of autumn leaves, jazz, a child hiding playfully behind their mother, or my favorite, dinner at the Parlor Market. these moments are all around us daily, but how often do we miss them when we are caught up in the mundanities of life. not noticing them is like fog covering a stunning view— although the view is still there, you aren't privy to it. in order to dispel the fog, one must make the decision to not only look for the beautiful moments but to create them. when you do this you open up to all that is good and pure and true. it is the essence of that Emily Dickerson quote that says "I dwell in possibility." although beauty is subjective, it's powers are limitless. no one can tell you what beauty is for you, you know it when you see it. you know it when you feel it open you up. such is its power. fashion for yourself a world in which you become intimate with the beautiful. if you have ...

I don't know about you, but it is my deepest desire to live in the divine flow of life. when there, you fret for nothing for you know that all that you need and long for will come to you. you put your trust in the fact that GOD will never lead you to where he can't carry you. that, my friend, is faith. so how do we begin to experience this flow? first you must understand that things are unfolding as they should be. don't fight with what is. embrace it. give thanks for it. i love how pastor Joel Osteen puts it, "all things are lessons GOD would have us learn." so in everything, give thanks. when you embrace what is, you surrender to the divine order that governs each of our lives. none of us are exempt, but many of us fight it or are simply unaware. this surrendering is the opposite of living in the darkness and limitations of our perceptions. it opens you up. just like the river heads into the ocean, so do we into GOD's divine purpose for our lives....