Empower Yoga

 

EMPOWER YOGA is an approach to yoga not a new style or technique. The focus is to learn how to gain control of the mind and body through the use of physical postures, breath work and meditation.

 

EMPOWER YOGA follows these three simple principles:

• Yoga is a life long learning process and my teachings fully embrace what you bring to the mat today and will peak your curiosity about the mind and body.
• Your smile is an essential element of your practice. Your time on the mat will be fun because, as I often say, "it's just yoga!" When you are joyful, it opens the mind to growth and learning.
• My teachings focus on blurring the line between life on and off the mat helping you to shift your perspectives on life and open you up to new paths and opportunities.

 

The goal of EMPOWER YOGA is to hug life in a big way and to inspire you to live your life with health and happiness.

 

 

Empower Yoga Wisdom

 

How Often Do You Look Under Your Bed?

I got the instinct to look underneath my bed today. Boy was that a mistake! Several dust bunnies the size of a small grapefruit were lingering about.

 

Well, then I got the urge to clean. I sometimes feel like Monica on Friends, although only in the cleaning department. And why wait for Spring to get this done.

 

But, this was a process. In the tiny space of the bedroom I had to shift a lot of stuff to get to the cridders: the twenty pillows on the bed, the layers of bedding and our ultra thick mattress bought on sale at Walmart. I had to remind myself of the sale to ease my mind while the weight of the mattress was becoming a burden on my shoulders.

 

When I reached nirvana, I mean the dust bunnies, I was struck by the clear lesson that was calling out to me. Wasn't this an analogy of my life? Under the bed, where it's dark and where things often get lost was the sight of this accumulated ball of dust. But in my own life, to be able to let go, I had to go where it's dark (close my eyes) to see where things often get lost (my past).

 

Then Einstein's words came to mind... "I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be."

But was this where the journey ended or began?

 

I feel each time I close my eyes, I sense the journey beginning again. I see each meditation as a cycle - feeling a sense of renewal when I come out of the stillness.

 

I powered on my Shark Cordless vacuum and made the dust disappear . I won't be seeing them anytime soon. And I can say the same of my past.