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Self-Transformation

We all have a choice - stay the same or change and grow.  Given adverse circumstances, we have a strong motivation to change ourselves, our attitudes and beliefs, jobs, friends, associates, hairstyle, exercise program, diet... the list is endless.  We can choose new and better habits or go down a dark path of self-destructive behaviors.  Most of us fumble around trying one thing after another, attempting to escape pain or to heal from a physical or emotional wound.     
For me, my path to healing was through the body - massage, yoga, energy healing, singing, and body-centered psychotherapy.  Touch was a gift for reconnection with my true nature, and my body was the route to inner peace and spiritual growth.  Women's spirituality is a tradition of being in the body and connected to the earth.  Through our bodies and our breath we can achieve transcendence over the mundane world and our small selves. 
 
Consider what calls you to yourself and a path of peace and inner calm.  Have patience and be gentle with yourself and others.  Practice the art of compassionate living.
 
Namaste,
Honor the Light Within,
Sue Redding
 
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Yoga for These Times-
Workshop with Joel Kramer and Diana Alstad
July 13 & 14 at Holiday's Yoga at the Hawthorne Wellness Center. 
 
"This talk will present a vision of yoga's relevance for modern life. People usually begin with physical yoga, its most tangible doorway. Yet in its fullest sense yoga deals with mind, body, spirit, and one's relation to the world....." 
- For more information:
www.holidaysyogacenter.com
 
Yoga as Self-Transformation
by Joel Kramer
 
"For thousands of years, yoga has been a tool to open the mind and body, bringing transformation. At its core, yoga is a process that involves confronting your limits and transcending them. It is a psychophysical approach to life and to self-understanding that can be creatively adapted to the needs of the times...."
 
- Read this and other articles:
www.JoelKramer-DianaAlstad.com
  
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"The important thing is this:  to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become." 
   Charles Dubois
  
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
   Peter F. Drucker
  
"Good judgment comes from experience, and most experience comes from bad judgment."
   Will Rogers
 
"There is no Saint without a past, no sinner without a future."
   Ancient Persian proverb
 
"There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft.  I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships as well."
   Joyce Brothers
  
"Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have."