January 3-4, 2015 weekend words, and thoughts...

"Compassion is a beautiful flower born of understanding." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
“Dreams and restless thoughts came flowing to him from the river, from the twinkling stars at night, from the sun's melting rays. Dreams and a restlessness of the soul came to him.” ~ Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
Friend of the Universe (Visvamitrasana)
"Give up all resistance, in order to learn how to love the world, in order to stop comparing it to some world I wished, I imagined, some kind of perfection I had made up, but to leave it as it is and to love it and to enjoy being a part of it." ~ Hermann Hesse Siddhartha
 Hermann Hesse Siddhartha
Knowledge can be conveyed, but not wisdom
Listen, hear the whisper, Let go of all thoughts
Move into the flow... My power and strength are within 
Notice how I choose and Not choose to express myself
Om! The enchantment, which had happened inside of him in his sleep and by means of the Om, was this very thing that he loved everything that he was full of joyful love for everything he saw. And it was this very thing, so it seemed to him now, which had been his sickness before, that he was not able to love anybody or anything." ~ Hermann Hesse Siddhartha

Prayer: Be the Gardener of my Soul

http://www.dweidlich.com/prayer-be-the-gardener-of-my-soul/

Queen of all virtues : love
Relax - Rest into existence - Receive and then accept
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse click here for full AudioBook
"Unrelated things get activated when in spatial or emotional proximity." ~ JK email
Visvamitrasana (Friend of the universe) a yoga pose to play with. Thank you Rebecca.
What is Waiting inside to be fully
eXpressed? eXpand and eXpress it, naturally. eXpressing the Joy of life!
"You are the sky; everything else - it's just the weather" 
thank you, Carmen

Jan 2, 2015 - Sankalpa - J.O.Y.

Bhujangasana: Cobra pose 
‘Cleansing Breath’ incorporates chest breathing rather than abdominal breathing.
December 2001 Yoga Journal image:
https://books.google.com/books?id=H-oDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq=yoga+opening+to+life&source=bl&ots=89fL9nDboS&sig=gUGUSq8h5laTlRxk7U8GycDr2eo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WX2mVLn9OIqpyQTPo4GoAw&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=yoga%20opening%20to%20life&f=false
Emphasize the Exhalation Each time....Slowly Exhale.
Focusing on your breathing from the heart chakra region opens and balances and opens it.
Green means Go for it!
Happy Heart
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, 
then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, 
pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. 
You’re doing things you’ve never done before, 
and more importantly, 
you’re doing something.”
 ~ Neil Gaiman
"Joy is an "obligation" because it is an expression of our full potential. Only if we commit ourselves to loving life, do we come fully into our wholeness." ~ Tara Brach
Kapalabhati breathing exercise is used specifically for clearing the chest of tension and blockages.
Sankalpa 2015: J.O.Y.  Joy with an Open-hearted Yes to life!
Thank you, Kristen, for inspiring me first thing this morning with your post from Elephant Journal
Utrasana (Camel pose) stretches the front of the body and improves spinal flexibility.
Visvamitrasana
Walked with Misty and Janice today already
eXpand
Yes!
Zagzrenski, Pam, awesome artwork
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202532714112801&set=a.2258335791587.2090202.1644165430&type=1&theater

First post of the New Year - 2015

Creativity and Communication
Don't know what video it was that I had placed here and it is not accessible now

Finding the Flow, Finding Wisdom
Gingerbread with a kick of espresso
"Hear the birds' song without attempting to render it into nouns and verbs." ~ Emerson

Joy of life. Journey on Purpose: Jim Carrey
Koans disrupt the linear-thinking mind that always searches for logical solutions

Queen of all virtues: Love
Reason is powerless in the expression of love. ~ Rumi
Seed-sound meditation practice for the chakras
Tap into the flowing energy of expression
Undo inner knots that stop you from relaxing. #906 of 1,001 Pearls of Yoga Wisdom
Vajrasana: Thunderbolt Pose is a good alert pose for meditation
eXercise?? love this for today's "Y" and "Z"