11/24/2019
Weekly words 11.17.19Psychologist Viktor Frankl was the sole member of his family to survive the Nazi death camps. Nevertheless, he found a path of healing in spite of this suffering.
Frankl wrote, "We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number but offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." Homework: Read Chapter 1 of "The Wise Heart" by Jack Kornfield, beginning with the story of the gold Buddha. This week invite the Golden/Orange Zone of Possibility! 11/13/2019
Our Weekly Words 11.13.19On 11-10-18 our Shala community committed to one year of the Metta Meditation. The intention of the practice was to raise the vibration and light in our lives and the lives of our families, friends and community. It has been a powerful year of transformation and love.
On this anniversary, 11-10-19, let us all commit to another year of raising the light and vibration! Sit in silence. With eyes closed, imagine a light coming from a huge, extravagant source. See the light move through the top of your head and into your entire body, filling and surrounding you with vibrant light. When you feel the energy in and around you, offer your prayer: May I be filled with love and kindness. May I be safe from inner and outer danger. May I be vibrantly healthy in mind, body and spirit. May I be at ease and at peace. May I receive this light and be a light in the world. See and feel the light around you grow and expand to a larger orb of energy surrounding you. Welcome the ones you love. Invite your family, friends, pets, people you love on the other side into the light. Offer your prayer: May you be filled with love and kindness. May you be safe from inner and outer danger. May you be vibrantly healthy in mind, body and spirit. May you be at ease and at peace. May you receive this light and be a light in the world. Extending the light beyond your orb of loved ones. Include people you feel have hurt you, misunderstood you, those that have a different perspective on life, those you find a challenge to love. May you be filled with love and kindness. May you be safe from inner and outer danger. May you be vibrantly healthy mind, body and spirit. May you be at ease and at peace. May you receive this light and be a light in the world. Together our prayers and energy will make the world brighter. "Go through the day as if you were the Dali Lama undercover." -Jack Kornfield Homework: Join us and commit to practicing our Pacific Ashtanga Metta Meditation through this new year. Receive and send love and light daily through this beautifully simple but powerful practice. Observe with gratitude when shifts begin to show up. Namaste. 11/9/2019
A Visit from Diana’s Dear FriendsDavid Swenson and Shelley WashingtonComing 10/02/20- 10/04/20 Weekend Workshop With David and Shelley
Coming Fall 2020 October 2 - 4 at Pacific Ashtanga Yoga Shala #205 Learn More: David Swenson and Shelley Washington Workshop 2020 David Swenson HERE Shelley Washington HERE 11/9/2019
Path of Light Ashtanga Teacher Trainingwith Diana Christinson 50-hour option: Ashtanga Teacher Training Primary Series Intensive
100-hour option: Ashtanga Teacher Training Primary Series Intensive and Practicum with Internship (reserved for approved TT participants only)
Location: Ocean Front, Pacific Ashtanga Yoga Shala and Pacific Health and Wellness Center 34700 Pacific Coast Highway, Ste. 205 & Ste. 209 Capistrano Beach, CA 92624 11/4/2019
Our Weekly Words 11.4.19Inspired by Paul Manship’s Sundial ~Time and Fates of Man Lean into your future of possibility with outstretched arms, extend your heart and throat, take risks. Stand strong and firm in the present moment of now, and release the past. As John O’Donohue said in For Longing : “May your heart never be haunted by ghost-structures of old damage.” I Wish You More
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld I wish you more ups than downs. I wish you more give than take. I wish you more tippy toes than deep. I wish you more we than me. I wish you more hugs than ughs. I wish you more WOO-HOO than WHOA! I wish you more will than hill. I wish you can than knot. I wish you more snowflakes than tongue. I wish you more pause than fast forward. I wish you more umbrella than rain. I wish you more bubbles than bath. I wish you more treasures than pockets. I wish you more stories than stars. I wish all this for you, ‘cause you are everything I could wish for... ...and more. |