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[zionmesenjah]

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. ~ e. e. cummings

[zionmesenjah]

Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. ~ Muhammad Ali

[fridakahlo-blog-blog]

[zionmesenjah]

Te quiero Frida

[zionmesenjah]

Delicious & raw 2 cups of sunflower seeds, soaked 6hrs, drained and rinsed. 1/4 cup of carrots 1/4 cup minced red onion 1/2 cup filtered water 1/4 lemon juice 1/3 cup minced celery 1/4 cup parsley 1 tbspn dried dill 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 teaspoon kelp powder ----------------- Place all the ingredients in your food processor. Feel free to add some ingredients to your liking. The emphasis is on enjoying your culinary creation. Chill in the refrigerator, and then get busy!

[zionmesenjah]

Congrats to the Graduates from the Class of 2014 & Ceremony Attendees

Out of the night that covers me,       Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be       For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance       I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance       My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears       Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years       Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,       How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate,       I am the captain of my soul.

Invictus BY WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY

[zionmesenjah]

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities, But to know someone who thinks and feels with us, And who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, This makes the earth for us, an inhabited garden. ~Goethe

[maza-dohta]

[maza-dohta]

The roots of my parents grow from two different orchards, their seeds have been planted within me.

I was born outside of both of their countries, and was left to grow roots of my own.

For those of us whose bodies are full of foreign flowers, we long for the home that was cut...

[zionmesenjah]

From center we set our intention with an open heart *namasté* awareness and compassion.

And, most of all, continuing to breathe through any challenge, on the mat or out in the world.

A true practice of a yogi begins in the here & now *atmá namasté*

[zionmesenjah]

At all times, keep it movin'

[zionmesenjah]

Congri Como Yo

[zionmesenjah]

Love is life and life is living

[zionmesenjah]

Some days it's like it was written specifically for mi

[zionmesenjah]

Yoga Narasimha Narasimha was an avatar of Vishnu who appeared on earth to slay the evil ruler Hiranyakashipu, who believed himself to be invincible after tricking Brahma into granting him a protective spell. Narasimha is venerated as an embodiment of valor and martial strength; here, he assumes the pose of a meditative yogi after successfully outwitting and slaying the evil king. Narasimha is thus praised as the bringer of peace and order to the world of men. As a meditative yogi, Narasimha assumed Vishnu’s four-armed form and would have carried Vishnu’s weapons—the discus (chakra) and conch—in his raised hands; his lower hands rest passively in meditation.

[zionmesenjah]

un corazón de león humilde, no tratando de ser mejor que nadie y suficientemente sabio como para saber que soy

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The perfect way to cap a perfect day.

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Ever strong

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Me, myself and I

It is the tensile strength of a life to stretch without snapping. In these last few months of working with the team there was a niggling, an actual yearning to be somewhere else. I wanted to walk away—leave the armor to a life past–but doing so felt like fear so I lived in-between. Nobody else can take off [our armor] because nobody else knows where all the little locks are, nobody else knows where it’s sewed up tight, where it’s going to take a lot of work to get that particular iron thread untied. You have to do it alone. (Pema Chodron)