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January 11, 2011.  I cry at movies and commercials and youtube videos and people hugging at the airport and puppies playing and...well you get the picture. Even though I am not part of the action or in the movie to the brain it doesn't matter. The mind will fool us because our brains don't really work with the concept of reality.  That's why we can upset ourselves just by demoralizing thoughts or catastrophizing what can go wrong.  

So as Dr Dyer says, "as you think, so shall you be." You become what you think, in yogic terms you create your own reality from the inside.  In other words, the world is not created "out there" and then experienced internally.You can tell yourself what you want to believe and this in and of itself fools your mind into wanting it and believing it to be real.  And your mind will find a way to make it happen (because it thinks it has).  As Einstein says, the predecessor to every action is a thought.  

Affirmations work!  Pick one of these each day for the rest of the month and just say it to yourself all day long, write it down, email it to yourself, post it up.  Surround yourself with it for one day, each at a time.  And see for yourself that Affirmations are what yoga talks about in harnessing the power of minds, or our intentions and directing them in the direction of our best selves.  Love your day, love yourself, love your life! Silvia

 JANUARY AFFIRMATIONS

* I am a radiant being filled with light and love.

* I love and accept myself exactly as I am.

* I now express love to all those I meet.

* I am radiating love.

* I bathe in unconditional love

* Love radiates from me at all times.

* I love myself completely.

* Love comes to me easily and effortlessly.

* I give and receive love easily and joyfully.

* Others love me easily and joyfully.

* I now feel loved and appreciated by my parents, my friends.

* I express love freely

* As I give love, I am instantly supplied with more.

* I radiate love to all persons and places and things.

* People are just waiting to love me, and I allow them.

* I breathe in universal love.

* I attract loving, beautiful people into my life.

* I always deserve love.

* I am attracting loving relationships into my life.

* I project love to everyone I meet.

* I love and approve of myself.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010.  I am talking tonight in class about "radical affirmation of the fullness of experience" and how growth results from challenge and makes our hearts grow.  This has everything to do with the law of attraction which simply states that like attracts like.  This means what you think about your challenges is either an opportunity to grow positive energy which attracts more positive energy or negative energy which builds inertia.  The challenge is not the problem, the way we think about it is.  (The resistance to the disturbance is the disturbance.)

When you think about it, there is never any reason compelling enough to hold onto a single negative thought.  Not even one.  Why? Because we don't have time to waste our energy on negativity which only produces more negative energy.  Life is too short to live like that.  We will all experience challenge, it comes in countless forms just this week I have friends and students who have received a diagnosis, lost their jobs, are separated from their partner, kids acting out, are being harassed at work and the list goes on.  However, we only get to live today once.  And to focus on anger, fear or disappointment will only cause you to leak energy, the very energy you long for to make each moment count and help you meet the challenge with grace.

The key things to know about the LAW OF ATTRACTION are:

1.  you don't focus your thoughts they will end up scattered in all directions.  They will be circus like ping pong's stopping and starting and running about.

2.  if you make no effort in directing your thoughts towards something positive they will tend towards the negative and catastrophic (known as our hard wiring the "catastrophic brain") 

We practice yoga to focus our thoughts.  We practice these poses and breathing to see our habitual pattern of thinking and where we tend to be auto pilot negative.  We practice yoga to apply the law of attraction on the mat so we know how all day long.  What you say to yourself holding a poses is either positive or negative, rarely is it neutral.  And if you can direct your thoughts to be positive in an uncomfortable or difficult pose then you can certainly do that when you encounter challenges in your life. 

Finally, what I'd love for you to commit to memory about the law of attraction and keep forever and share with someone you love is the following:

1. The energy of your thoughts are like a magnet.  The more focused your thoughts are then the bigger your magnet and the more powerful they become at attracting similar thoughts. 

2.  The longer you are able to hold a positive thought in your mind, the more powerful the positive energy becomes around you.  

And brain science proves that eventually by holding positive thoughts longer and longer we don't need to try so hard and control so much of what we are thinking because we are constantly surrounded by the positive vibrations that draws more of what we want to us.  With positive energy hugging us in we find an easeful effort to remain positive. It becomes our way, in spite of life's challenges.  So today love yourself, love your day, love your life! Silvia, ERYT and ANUSARA INSPIRED teacher

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TODAY'S PLAYLIST:  Les Enfants Qui S'aiment,  Amoureux De Paris, La Serenissima, Loreena McKennitt, Fire, Coco De Mer, Elusinian Blue, Gabrielle Roth, Believer, M.I.A. MAYA, Nobody's Perfect, Madonna, Il Pescivendolo, Matteo Salvatore, I'm Outta Love, Anastacia, Prayer to Rudra, Krishna Das, That I Would Be Good, Alanis Morissette, Dedication, Kirby Shelstad, Silent Wings, Lifescapes

*1008 humble bows to the opening quote from John Friend at the Anusara Grand Gathering 2010

May 24, 2010.  I started class by showing this youtube clip of advanced Yogini Jessica starting out her morning with her own affirmation ritual.  She explempifies the power of intention!  She clearly is setting a high expectation for her day, herself, and her life.  You can’t help but be inspired by her.  The Yoga practice teaches us that YOU ARE ASKING FOR WHAT YOU WANT THROUGH YOUR DOING.  This life we are living right now is NOT as mere participants.  This is not a passive endeavor where life is being done to us. Instead it requires active living where life is being done FOR US.  If you start the day and intend for it to be amazing, you offer gratitude for everyone in your life and say to yourself I CAN DO ANYTHING GOOD, well that is you telling the universe what you want and because your message is so clear the universe will deliver.  Here is what Jessica had to say:

I CAN DO ANYTHING!

I LIKE MY HOUSE!

I LIKE MY MOM!

I LIKE MY DAD!

I LIKE MY COUSINS!

I LIKE MY SISTERS!

I LIKE MY HAIR!

I LIKE MY HAIRCUTS!

I LIKE MY PAJAMAS!

I LIKE MY ROOM!

I LIKE MY HOUSE!

MY WHOLE HOUSE IS GREAT!

I CAN DO ANYTHING GOOD, YEAH YEAH YEAH

I CAN DO ANYTHING GOOD!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR3rK0kZFkg&feature=player_embedded 

Dr Wane Dyer says, “Change your expectations for yourself: Expect the best, expect your fortunes to change, expect a miracle. Reacquaint yourself with that vision."  So today how did your thoughts and actions and THIS YOGA CLASS INSPIRE YOU TO BE MOVING TOWARDS MEETING YOUR EXPECTATIONS?

This is behind the idea in yoga of Tapas.  Tapas helps us to take action to fully participate and be awake to our lives.  To be active means we must articulate our intentions and practice with a solid determination to hold true to our dreams and visions for ourselves.  Through yoga which is a system for mental, physical, and spiritual health we have full, democratic participation.  On the mat we don’t even have to push ourselves to excel, all we have to do is show up and do the practice as best we can with full hearted effort.  Just take part in your life make it active, keep it active and forget about over perfecting it.  Remember YOU CAN DO ANYTHING GOOD!  Love yourself, love your day, love your life! Silvia

In celebration of the Autumnal Equinox:  Focus on Releasing, Reflecting, Receiving

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2009:  I AM READY FOR CHANGE

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2009:  I AM GROUNDED IN ACCEPTANCE

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2009:  I CREATE MY REALITY

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2009:  I ATTRACT AMAZING PEOPLE

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2009:  I AM OPEN TO RECEIVE LOVE AND HELP

Summary:

It is never too late to really be here

It is never too late to enjoy the moment

It is never too late to love and be loved

It is never too late to let yourself be helped

It is never too late to be wholly grateful

It is never too late to be who you really are  (Jack Kornfield A Path with Heart)

September 24, 2009:  This week we've been focusing on Mantra meditation in celebration of the Fall Equinox which offers us a highly opportune time to Release the old, Reflect on what we want and Receive support from the universe to welcome the new chapter of our lives.  It's been my experience that as much as we are all seeking to love others and be loved actually allowing ourselves to Receive has a learning curve.  Just like happiness is a learning curve.

Monday we focused on the Mantra "I Am Ready for Change" really letting go of the old stories, wounds, hurts, worries, fear of this last part of our lives.  We also worked on saying to ourselves early in the week “I Am Grounded in Acceptance” based around this contemplation of whether we are running away from our life or can we find the courage to face our difficulties and joys with equal acceptance.  Only once we accept can we really do the work of creating. We continued the week with the Affirmation "I Create My Reality" where it was time to be honest with ourselves and Reflect on what we truly want in our lives and which direction we wish to go next. 

Today our affirmation is "I Attract Amazing People." This represents our ability to receive support and love from other people as we allow ourselves to evolve towards greater experiences of happiness. And I assure you we are readier than we ever have been to receive and be happy.  I know this and more importantly you know this because in class when we breath more deeply into ourselves it feels wonderful! You guys, this reflects our willingness to breath in life, to be more conscious, more present, more receptive.

So today, just say to yourself I Attract Amazing People and do that for the next week as we transition into Fall, see what happens when you wholeheartedly welcome joy, love and happiness into your life!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for joining me on the mat on Thursday's. Love to you all!  Silvia

 (PS I welcome your stories of how this affirmation made a difference!)