If only it were that easy. But for many of us these days it’s getting harder and harder to have that “peaceful, easy feeling”.
We all go through periods (sometimes even years!) where life can be a bitch; and then, of course, we all do die. But most suffering in our lives comes from being out of sync: our bodies become internally mis-aligned or even dis-eased, our emotions bump into each other constantly, the way the world is usually doesn’t match how we think it should be, and the way our world will end scares us.
But the good news is that coming into alignment on all of these dimensions and finding peace is a skill. We can actively create the conditions for our peace to emerge, just like a rainbow appearing after — or even better yet — during the storm.
This is a skill that we can develop and get better at over time; one that can improve every aspect, every moment of our embodied experience; and one that millions of others before us have discovered. Many of those have left roadmaps.
As your trusted scout, I offer them to you here so that we can journey together. So please join me in engaging with Practicing Peace:
o playfully experiment with some of things demonstrated in the free videos;
o click through to the authors of any quotes you resonate with;
o come to one of my classes;
o get in touch with me about bringing yoga to your office, or for a private session;
o join or start a posted conversation and become a piece of the peace;
o tell us all about the art and groups that you find useful as resources;
o stream one of the dozen or more online yoga classes;
o simply send me your thoughts.
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See you on the Practice field.
“If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, in our entire society, will benefit from our peace.”