Yoga master Max Strom is one of the world’s leading proponents of healing with breath. This clip is the introduction to Max’s groundbreaking DVD entitled: Learn to Breathe, to Heal Yourself and Your Relationships.
Did you catch this two minute (surprisingly inspirational) video by Trey Parker and Matt Stone? Entitled Music and Life, it features the voice of Alan Watts. Watts, who passed away in 1973, was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, who held both a master’s degree in theology and a doctorate of divinity.
A time comes in your life when you finally get it…when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out – ENOUGH!
I almost didn’t read this blog post because it said he was an “endurance sports” coach. You see, I really don’t think of myself as an endurance sports-type-a-gal. I mean I just don’t see myself climbing Mount Everest any time soon. But I sure am glad I took the time to read these tips from [...]
1. STOP.
Stop whatever you are doing. Stop whatever you are trying to accomplish. Just stop. If you are driving, pull over. If you are at work, go into the bathroom, outside, or another private area. Allow your energy to catch up with you so you can become centered.
2. Breathe.
Breathing helps your nervous system calm down. [...]
A human being is part of the whole, called by us “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole [of] nature in its beauty — Albert Einstein, 1950