ARTFUL GATHERINGS

Summer is here.....yeah!

Beach Life

I love being at the beach. The Hydrangeas are stunning. So many places to walk to anytime of day....The coffee shops open by 6 a.m.. 

Beach days with my two sisters,7 kids and three dogs. Two of my children are with me but I left my dogs at home. Thrilled not to have to worry about my critters for a couple of days only to be adopted by my sister's dog who also likes my bed.

Life

Just as the limbs on the butterfly connect into the same body (yoga), all eight limbs of yoga affect a person simultaneously. You can’t really disconnect a person from their natural aspects or limbs. So yoga is operating in our lives whether we’re aware of it or not. Brooks Hall

Last weekend I am completed my second twenty hours toward my 200 hours RYT at Sol Yoga. 

In between reading about yoga and spending time with my family, I am trying to clean up my garden and my house.

As I am studying the Yamas and the Niyamas(The first two limbs that Patanjali describes are the fundamental ethical precepts called yamas, and the niyamas. These can also be looked at as universal morality and personal observances. Yamas and niyamas are the suggestions given on how we should deal with people around us and our attitude toward ourselves. The attitude we have toward things and people outside ourselves is yama, how we relate to ourselves inwardly is niyama. Both are mostly concerned with how we use our energy in relationship to others and to ourselves. William J.D. Doran) I am now realizing how these precepts correlate to my daily life. Everyday is a new learning experience.

Weekend

I have not been posting as much because life has been busy. School ending, dance ending, and summer beginning. I love this picture, the boys cooking. I wish it happened more because they are both good cooks.

Bunny is getting big and I do not know what to do with his cage for the hot summer months.

Eight  grade formal was Friday night.

I just finished my second weekend of yoga teacher training and I am thoroughly and completely exhausted. When people ask me why I am doing this I find myself unable to explain my inner devotion to yoga. I thought I would share why others do yoga.

WHY PRACTICE YOGA?

 

“I did not come to yoga to stretch. I came to live.” Maya Breuer

 

“Practicing asanas began to teach me about myself. The body is such a great school of learning. It makes you pay attention.” Lilias Folan

 

“The challenge, and the opportunity, that Yoga presents to us is the possibility of breaking the conditioning cycle. We do this by becoming aware of the depth and pervasiveness of our patterns and, at the same time, by working to change them. And true transformation begins at the moment that we become aware of our actual condition.” Gary Kraftsow

“What I want to say is that there is a strong relationship between yoga on the mat and yoga off the mat. I’ve really come to believe that the energy accumulated in practice has a lot to do with my ability to get clarity about the reality of things.” John Friend

ON HOW YOGA HAS CHANGED THEIR LIVES

 

“People sometimes ask me what difference practice has made in my life. The answer is it’s changed everything for me. And, in a funny way, it’s changed nothing." Lama Surya Das  

 

“The most profound benefit of yoga and meditation for me has been a natural relaxing into my life. Obstacles are not so scary. I am more fluid, more curious, and at the same time more patient. I have more options for happiness because I don’t require specific conditions. It is a relief to discover that I can be happy even if the world doesn’t revolve around me or my agenda.” Cyndi Lee

 

“When I started doing asana, the yoga postures, I had a very strong feeling of many unnecessary things dropping away – especially tension and inadequacy.” Patricia Sullivan

 

My Weekend

I had a lovely weekend. I spent many hours gardening. I love my flowers, bushes and trees. After so many years I think my garden is finally flourishing.

New

A new scanner and some art.