family acroyoga

Posted on May 13, 2013May 13, 2013 by Rachel Dragon

Posted on March 18, 2013March 21, 2013 by Rachel Dragon

I appreciate this reminder.. it took me a long time to learn this and I find myself sometimes still stressing about the failures and failing to notice the small victories. I realize, though, it is the small victories that result in great accomplishments.. if we remember to acknowledge the little moments of success.

Bhava Ram's Sacred Practices

I’ve seen it happen so many times. A student awakens to the transformative powers of Yoga and realizes that it can have a profound healing effect on their lives. They drink in as much as they can and then ask the world of themselves.

“I’m going to get up two hours earlier every day, practice Yoga and meditate. I’m going to completely revamp my diet, change all my bad habits and transcend all of my insecurities. And then I’m going to….”

These are wonderful intentions, but they are too much to take on in the beginning. Our enthusiasm is often greater than our capacity to do all that we have required of ourselves. As a result, instead of experiencing the transformation we so desire, we experience a failure. This is incredibly painful, damages our self-confidence and self-esteem, and can end our journey of self-discovery, healing and personal growth.

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Moving Forward

Posted on January 19, 2013January 22, 2013 by Rachel Dragon

Nearing one week of 3 new daily practices and already I see positive changes happening in my life!

I am beginning each day with Sadhana; pranayama and yoga. I started with 10 rounds of Nadi shodhana and 5-10 minutes of yoga. Each day I find myself inspired to practice longer and to move deeper into the practice. I moved my practice from my living room to the practice room, from the rug to a yoga mat.

I have also joined a YAR (You Are Responsible) group and will, for 5 weeks, journal each day about my success and challenges in treating others how I like to be treated. We have a community page that we use to post our journal entries. It’s quite an interesting experience so far. I am becoming more aware of how my emotional and mental states have an energetic effect on the words that I use to communicate. I expect to learn many great things about myself and my methods of communication through this exercise.

My 3rd practice is a meditation offered to me by my beloved to help me to learn to digest “negative” energy that I take in from the people around me and transform it into compassion. I sit in silent meditation for 20 minutes each day. So far my mind wanders fairly quickly. I tend to think about a yoga flow that I’m practicing for a class I’ll be teaching in February. I’m not making a great effort to move my focus back to the meditation. It feels like it will happen naturally and my mind is wandering to a good place.

As a result of the introduction of these new practices I am feeling more inspired to spend time in my garden as well as the communal spaces at my home. I am motivated to attend every Deep Healing Yoga class that my schedule allows. I am breathing deeper and fuller throughout the day. I am less annoyed by my cat, Jeffrey and more connected to my partner and I feel more confidence when I teach.

Aho!