unintelligible lies.

lizzystewartdiary:

May 15th 2012

tis true.

“great minds have purposes, others have wishes.” — washington irving

exploring this today.

“ The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

— Socrates (via psychotherapy)

I want to tattoo this on myself.

(via metaconscious)

beautifulurself:

by danswenson on Flickr.

clouds are my most favorite thing.

YD 2.

i successfully completed day 2 of my 40 day mantra/meditation this morning. all though it’s only day 2, i’m quite proud of myself :)

at the end of my meditations, i visualize the moon in my left hand and the sun in my right. as i bring my hands towards my heart center, i pause and see the stars as well. this is one of my FAVORITE visualizations. the moon in the left symbolizes shakti, our cooling feminine energy. the sun in the right symbolizes shiva, our more powerful masculine energy. our world literally starts with the sun and the moon, and in this visualization, you hold both of these in your hands and then into your heart. what could be more grounding and beautiful than that?

yoga diary 1.

since february, i’ve been part of a dynamic classical yoga teacher training program. it’s been quite the whirlwind.

this weekend was our 3rd intensive weekend. weekend 1, i was super blissed out on yoga, meditation and the idea of change. weekend 2, i was super bummed because i realize i have SO MUCH MORE to learn about yoga than i could have ever fathomed. i also realized how out of touch i have been with my body. this weekend, i was a little more grounded. i’ve moved (slightly) past the excitement of teacher training and realized the path of yoga is one that i really REALLY want to be one. this weekend was transformational, expansive and very difficult.

i have been feeling a large disconnect between what i intend to do and what i actually do. that means wasting too much time drinking, hanging out, not sleeping. this translates to being cranky, tired and stressed. i realize what’s missing from the equation: yoga. however, i really haven’t been making the time for it.

now, i felt more committed than ever. i know that yoga is the conduit for necessary change in my life, i just have to show up and be present. every day is a choice and i want to start making choices that will enhance life every day; i will be accountable for my own happiness :)

just doubling up on my tea bag wisdom…

can this be my life?

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“ What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly and silently inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.

— Carl Sagan (via mirroir)

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