LIVING YOUR YOGA

Living your yoga assignments are given out in Aparna's classes each week.If you missed one you can also find them here.

AUGUST  2019

Week I - This week let go of what no longer serves you and your truth.

Week II - This week relinquish the desire to have what someone else does.

Week III - This week allow things to be what they are and embrace the moment.

Week IV - speak, think and act mindfully in everything that you do.

Dearest yogi & yogini,

 
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act,

it is a constant attitude.”
- Martin Luther King

Fact : It takes a lot of energy to keep a grudge alive. The longer there is a lack of forgiveness, the more bitterness, anger and self-pity poisons the blood and eats at the heart.

Fact : Forgiveness is not always easy. At times , it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness. Forgiveness doesn't excuse their behavior. Forgiveness prevents their behavior from destroying your heart.

Fact : Relationships don’t thrive because the guilty are punished, but because the wounded are expansive enough to be merciful and let go.

Fact : There are different kinds of forgiveness. Decisional forgiveness is a sincere decision to change the way you intend to behave toward someone who has wronged you, even though you may still feel negatively towards the person. Emotional forgiveness is a change in the way you feel towards the person - resentment giving way to positive emotions like empathy, sympathy, compassion and loving kindness.

Fact : There is no such thing as a "broken family." Family is family, and is not determined by  birth certificates,marriage certificates, divorce papers, and adoption documents. Families are made in the heart. The only time family becomes null is when those ties in the heart are cut. If you cut those ties, those people are not your family. If you make those ties, those people are your family. And if you hate those ties, those people will still be your family because whatever you hate will always be with you.”

Fact : You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

Fact : Sometimes its beyond our own little self to find the heart and courage to let go. At these times we have no other choice than to hand it over to a higher power to show us the path to forgiveness and letting go.

Fact :  Your forgiveness is incomplete unless and until it includes forgiving yourself. As well as asking forgiveness of those you have hurt so everyone can move on. Don’t underestimate the power of the words ‘I am sorry’.

Fact : In truth forgiveness is never about the other person. It’s always about us. It’s about allowing ourselves to heal, to move on and to let the experience change us in a positive way. There will always be love & light if we open that door. When we allow ourselves to finally move on and make peace with a situation that cannot be changed, we give ourselves the freedom to love others and love life again.

Fact : Everyone says that love hurts but that’s not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Everyone confuses these things with love. In reality, love is the only thing in this world that covers up all the pain and makes us feel wonderful again. LET GO. MOVE ON. KEEP LOVING.