when i avoid or 'change' my life because of feelings, i'm essentially denying those feelings. feelings are natural and loving. judging feelings creates a feeling of need. and judging life because of my feelings creates feelings of need (a desire to alter reality). its this judgment connected to the feeling that distorts my perception of the feeling and attaches the result to me. when i release the judgment, then i see the feeling for what it is. i see the hurt, the pain, and the anger in perspective. and it is less that i'm hurting or angry and more that i have to avoid feeling unlovable. i feel powerfully that i need to do something to 'change' reality, to protect myself from the protruding judgment that i'm bad or unlovable. I do this to myself and so do the people that i love. i dont want to feel unlovable or bad. i dont want it confirmed. these are the deep roots of judgment.
zimmerman blogs
my daily practice
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dandasana (staff pose) don-DAHS-anna instructions: brad's iyengar yoga notebook - yandara institute14 years ago
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*anger towards self* for being so unreliable. i didn't do what i needed to do today. didn't do what i said i would do. didn't answer the phone. didn't eat ...15 years ago
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phone convo with mike - we talked about hospitalizations and the habits that've put us there. i remembered claudette to him. he seems to be through the wor...15 years ago
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for me it helps to think of the extreme that i'd be if i "give in to the feeling". my habit has been to minimize the effects, consequences, ramifications, ...15 years ago
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yama 'death', is a rule or code of conduct for living which will help bring a compassionate death to the ego or 'the lower self'. yamas comprise the 'shall...15 years ago
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hello folks "hello" am i doing too much? "no" thank you am i living my life yet? "yes" am i avoiding life? "yes. its natural." i'm filled with grief? "yes. f...15 years ago
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Cathy Breshears
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Savasana, the corpse pose in yoga, is the rest at the end of your yoga practice. Its not really about being dead or even acting like the dead. It is restin...
