The age old Yin-Yang symbol of balance can be applied to life in so many ways. One of the ways that truly resonates with me is this. Yin is the feminine energy of receiving, being and accepting as it all unfolds. What if we used the Yin energy to approach all things external- other humans,… Continue reading Yin Yang- balance
Author: Smriti
Grow your inner garden- sow your seeds today
If you had an inner garden, what would it look like. Close your eyes and make a mental picture of your inner garden; visualize it to shape up exactly as you wish, the very garden that would bring you joy. What would you sow in this garden? I would have seeds of freedom, kindness, acceptance,… Continue reading Grow your inner garden- sow your seeds today
Self-worth and value
When our sense of self-worth and value are attached/dependent on anything external to ourselves, we are guaranteed a lifetime of pain, suffering and never feeling like we are enough. I have always loved this affirmation. I am enough. I have enough, I do enough. It offers such definite clarity to the external expectations and confusion… Continue reading Self-worth and value
Experience Quotient
OK, so all that we are truly doing here is Experiencing. All that happens to us, around us, to others, around them, etc. We simply experience. Ego then jumps in and labels the experience as joyous, or sad. Ego wants more of the experiences it deems joyous, and less of the sad ones. Imagine a… Continue reading Experience Quotient
The Emotion behind Creative mind
Our mind is such an interesting entity. It has the capacity to make us feel a whole variety of emotions all at once with the stories it makes up, or reminds us of events that may have happened, or could possibly happen. If we live a mostly unconscious life, we are rocked back and forth… Continue reading The Emotion behind Creative mind
Pace yourself
As we live our cherished busy lives, if we introduce space in the busyness, and pace ourselves well, we get to indulge in small doses of constant self-care and continue to do the things we want to, be all those personalities we need to. A conscious practice of taking a break, in exactly the ways… Continue reading Pace yourself
Let be, Let go, It is Written
As we are at times gripped tighter by worry and anxious thoughts about what will be, how things will turn out, will the best choices be made, if not what mistakes/accidents will these lead to… and on and on and on. We can return to the present moment with the trust that all that is… Continue reading Let be, Let go, It is Written
Self….
The focus on SELF has become the current culture. Maybe it has been the case, but in the present time it seems to be in the center stage in every realm. To focus on self is being taught to kids in school, in playgrounds, at university, in families and in friendships; and wow, am I… Continue reading Self….
Diana’s platter project
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CblCCGEoN-k/?utm_medium=share_sheet check out this post by my dear friend Diana Mayorga about how we fill our platter and asking why I have certain things on my platter. I have posted before about dropping that ball, its a similar yet more powerful analogy of truly letting go of those things no longer serving us, yet continue… Continue reading Diana’s platter project
The anxiety gap- Eckhart Tolle
In his book The power of now, Eckhart Tolle discusses the origin of fear. In the picture above, these lines especially jump out at me- “You are in the here and now, while your mind is in the future. This creates an anxiety gap”. While this may sound simple, its that one thing that keeps… Continue reading The anxiety gap- Eckhart Tolle