#amid safi

[julesofnature]

I wonder if we have confused hardness with the strength it takes to truly give and receive love. Let us praise softness.

Amid Safi 

 http://www.onbeing.org/blog/in-praise-of-softness/7659

[dk-thrive]

Sacred on this side, sacred on that side. Sacred to the right, sacred to the left.

The torii, the Japanese gate, is said to mark the threshold between the sacred and the profane. Yet the torii is famously open. Sacred on this side, sacred on that side. Sacred to the right, sacred to the left. And while the thousands of torii do mark the path that one is encouraged to stay on, there are also hundreds if not thousands of sideway paths into other shrines, other bamboo-filled forests to wander and reflect. Ultimately, all is sacred, all is illuminated. For the ones who walk on the path, it is all sacred.

~ Omid Safi | The Sacred Path Is The One We’re On (Onbeing, May 23, 2017)

[meditativeyoga]

The Roundup! Wintertime Challenges

Wintertime offers special demands to the exercising yogi: the stress of the holiday, investing additional time with friends and family, cool weather and diminished daylight. In this week's Yoga exercise Fundamentals Hyperlink Roundup we have actually collected some articles that will certainly help you react purposely to the challenges of wintertime.

• The Illness of Being Busy -- All of us understand the story of being too active too well. Amid Safi provides an intriguing remedy to encourage yourself and also others to pick up a moment and mirror on this straightforward concern: "How is the state of your heart today?"

• 4 Simple Ways to Decrease So You Do not Rush Through Life --"This is an invite from my further self to your own to reduce down, simply for a few minutes, to stop and breathe. Right here are 4 straightforward methods to do that."

• Reduce to Catch Up -- 'Wintertime has a means of gently advising, then in some cases requiring, a various speed through life. Slow, all things slow-moving. Which is counterintuitive for many in this hectic society where more is much better, as well as quicker, and also is far superior.'

• Wintertime Woe -- Sylvia Boorstein urges us to make the most of the darkness of winter to contemplate and also look deeply into the source of depression, the despair of loss then Seasonal Affective Disorder.

• Your Worth Is Not Depending on Just what You Do or Complete -- 'Deep, deep down, at my very core, I didn't believe I deserved decreasing, of being cared for, of really feeling excellent. I, by myself, unattached from all the important things that I did, had not been excellent sufficient. Then how could I be? I would certainly constructed my life, my whole identification, on doing a great deal, exceling in any way that I did, then searching for authorization outside of myself.'

• Robert Thurman: Love Your Adversary -- We've consistently liked the adage of "enjoy your opponent" but have had a hard time with how you can apply it. In this brief video clip Thurman eloquently details how you can unload and practice this sage guidance in a modern-day setting.