October 13, 2015

I have been a bit absent in blog-land lately. In the last while, I have been contemplating how to use the blog as a forum for a deepening contemplative practice. I have a desire to be part of a community of individuals wishing to live authentically, to seek out truth and to delve into their shadows in service of the Light. I want to share the teachings and philosophy of yoga in a way that invites meaningful change and transforms the mundane into the extraordinary. I want a dialogue with others who are investigating, examining and engaging their lives in order to live with more freedom, joy and truth.

How does insight into our self develop? Insight is a flash of understanding that turns on with the flip of a switch that lights the light bulb. Insight is the slow arising of understanding that builds as water rises with the melting of ice. Either way, insight develops with care and attention to it.

To that end, I am inviting you to join me in active contemplation and to share your ideas, reflections and insights with the intention to deepening our individual experience and to inspire others to connect with their inner wisdom.

There are no rules for this venture. I will regularly post short vignettes that include personal experiences, yoga philosophy and questions with which to engage. The idea is to spark an interaction of you with yourself and of individuals within a community of like-minded others. You may sit with the questions and wait to responses to arise from within (either informally or in a more structured meditation sit). You might choose to write or use the questions as themes to focus on throughout asana practice or over the day in general. You may choose to keep your reflections private, share with close friends or summarize your thoughts on Facebook.

You may choose to join for one or two reflections, commit to work with all 108 contemplations or find a place in between these examples. I do suggest that you make this a conscious decision as best you can (recognizing that life happens). This is mainly because there will be contemplations that you immediately connect to and others that you think are pointless. Both may offer rich grounds for growth and increased understanding which is the purpose. By not clarifying the way in which you will participate, it will be easier to check out from the moments that may be helpful.
It is my hope that we come together as a community interested in developing self-awareness and understanding and together evolve the collective consciousness. Care to join?