We all walk on this planet.. some of us, having found the path.. leave footprints, signs of guidance, inspiration and knowledge all the way..to make it easier for others who are on the journey to follow through!! We all are walking on the same journey- you are and will always be along, like you said... “We are all just walking each other home”!! ~ Ram Dass

“When you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward” ~ Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist ~ A wonderful read!!!

If you think you are free- you are free, If you think you are bound- you are bound! It’s all in the mind!!!

Be empty of worrying
Think of who created thought!

Why do you stay in prison
When the door is so wide open?

Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking
Live in silence.

Flow down and down in always
Widening rings of being

~ Rumi

Our thoughts, opinions and judgements about ourselves and and others limit our potential and how we perceive others. We see ourselves and others with the limitation of labels we have created. We can, we can’t, they are, they aren’t etc
Our thoughts, opinions, feelings, judgements are not the truth, but just a passing state created by our fleeting emotions. Our thoughts and opinions are changing all the time, depending on how we feel!

Try this today ~
Observe how every time we are meeting someone, talking to someone or even seeing a stranger on the street how our mind is popping opinions.
Observe how, we are only believing what we think is true and creating a false reality around us.

Now that you are aware of thinking, judging and limiting mind...detach, practice and see~

Thoughts as ‘just thoughts’
Feelings as just ‘feelings’
Emotions as just ‘emotions’
Judgements as just ‘ judgements’

This awareness activity can help you to access greater freedom from  the limiting thoughts!

Food for thought~ for all the teachers around the world!!!

I have come to a frightening conclusion. 
                                         

I am the decisive element in the classroom.

It is my personal approach that creates the climate.

It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
As a teacher I possess tremendous power to make
A child’s life miserable or joyous.
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.

I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations it is my response that decides
Whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated.
And a child humanized or dehumanized

~ Haim Ginott 

Stressed!

Stress never gets over..      
We have to learn to get over it!!

Gift experiences and connections over things this holiday season!

Let them go!

On a positive note ~ Can’t agree more!!! Things I absolutely love about winter:))

And..watching with love, wonder and curiosity as our daughters build their snowman every winter ~ followed by the tradition of freshly baked cookies and hot cocoa!

Acceptance is the key for handling life well!!

When we don't accept an undesired event.

It becomes Anger;...
When we accept it,

It becomes tolerance...

When we don't accept uncertainty,
It becomes Fear;
When we accept it,
It becomes Adventure....

When we don't accept other's bad behavior towards us,
It becomes Hatred;...
When we accept it,
It becomes Forgiveness....

When we don't accept other's Success,
It becomes Jealousy;...
When we accept it,
It becomes Inspiration....

Acceptance is the key for handling life well...

~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Arjav~ Living in harmony with ones thoughts, words and actions!

Whenever we are not in harmony with what we are thinking, saying, and doing, we end up causing more friction in our mind, thoughts and heart. This ultimately leads to conflict, agitation, anger and tremendous suffering.

Arjav is a Sanskrit word that means living in harmony with ones thoughts, words, and actions.

Incorporating the knowledge of Arjav in our self care yoga practice everyday provides with  a wonderful opportunity to dive deeper and look within ourselves. 

Checking- in with ourselves, our thoughts and feelings without applying any filters of judgements. Keep asking yourself again and again (Punah Punah)- 

What is it I really want? 

How am I feeling? 

What’s causing me suffering? 

Reset, again n again! 

🌹Peace, Love n Grace

Shikha

Nourish ~Knowledge and handout from my today's self care workshop

Settle into stillness with self Inquiry!

Tune into the present moment awareness!
~Close your eyes
~Take a deep cleansing breath in and relax as you breath out. 

~Become aware of the feeling of breath coming in to your body...as the air becomes your breath. 

~Become aware of the feeling of breath leaving your body..as your breath becomes the air.

When you feel settled and still ask yourself~

Who am I?

Why am I here?

What is the purpose of my life? 

Where am I going? 

Am I happy? 

This inquiry into self is a very simple act of contemplation and introspection which can take you to experience deep stillness. Don’t be in a rush to look for the answers, carry the questions with a wonder in your awareness, just stay with the questions and let the answers reveal.

Our present holds a seed of our future..what happens now, in this present moment influences what happens next!!!..Live well, Choose well!!

The problem begins when things created by our mind start ruling over our minds...

Happiness is....

Be an architect of your future!

Take a moment everyday to pause and reflect if your thoughts, words, actions and choices in alignment with the person you want to be?

Drive all blames into one!

This is advice on how to work with fellow beings. Everyone is looking for someone to blame and therefore aggression and neurosis keep expanding. Instead, pause and look at what's happening with you. When you hold on so tightly to your view of what they did, you get hooked. Your own self-righteousness causes you to get all worked up and to suffer. So work on cooling that reactivity rather than escalating it. This approach reduces suffering-yours and everyone else's
 ~🌹Pema Chodron

Be grateful to everyone!

Others will always show you exactly where you are stuck. They say or do something and you automatically get hooked into a familiar way of reacting-shutting down, speeding up, or getting all worked up. When you react in the habitual way, with anger, greed, and so forth, it gives you a chance to see your patterns and work with them honestly and compassionately. Without others provoking you, you remain ignorant of your painful habits and cannot train in transforming them into the path of  awakening.
🌹~ Pema Chodron

Introspection for self care ~ Organize Internally!

Take a pause every now and then for a moment...

Check-in with your own self.

Hello me! How am I feeling in this moment today?

Observe your true feelings, thoughts, arguments in mind, contentment, frustrations, anger, boredom as they are in this moment with wonder and curiosity!

Ask yourself...Why am I feeling this certain way? What is it that I truly want? Take a stock of where you want to go.. and where you stand today..

Make sure you take a pause and understand yourself, your motivations and intentions today!

🌹 Shikha Pasrija

Happiness is the new rich, Inner peace is the new success, Health is the new wealth, Kindness is the new cool, Live simply!

Logic depends on knowledge and since your knowledge is limited, your logic is also limited. If you can recognize this, you can take a a leap into the unknown, otherwise you are stuck in a whirlpool.

Sri Sri@www.artofliving.org