Cleanliness is Next to Godliness
Cleanliness is an important yogic tradition, as a personal practice of the second limb of yoga (From the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali)....
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carrieklees
Oct 29, 20232 min read
Noise and Silence.
Yin and yang. Darkness and light. Each cannot exist without the other. Observing the noise, we become aware of the silence behind it....
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carrieklees
Oct 14, 20233 min read
"Life Shrinks or Expands...
...in proportion to one's courage." Anais Nin The path of yoga is one of opening. Yoga always demonstrates: Wisdom opens. Fear closes....
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carrieklees
Oct 8, 20233 min read
The Gift of My Anxiety
We can accidentally be addicted to harsh, harmful, and negative thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and emotional responses. This dependency is...
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carrieklees
Oct 7, 20233 min read
Corpse Pose: Playing Dead
(Instructions at the end) While yoga practices vary in content, they almost always conclude with Savasana—Corpse Pose. Lying still. It is...
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carrieklees
Aug 27, 20232 min read
An Impeccable Life...
…can only be experienced in an impeccable moment. The quality of each moment determines the quality of each life. Life is a chain of...
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carrieklees
Jul 29, 20232 min read
Stuck in the Comfort Zone
Or Unstuck in the Discomfort Zone. Life is uninteresting, dissatisfying, and mediocre when we engage in the usual life distractions. The...
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carrieklees
Jul 16, 20232 min read
What's Love Got To Do With It?
Love is a major theme in life. It’s an integral part of most spiritual and religious practices. It's a complex and vague emotion, with...
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carrieklees
Jul 12, 20232 min read
Discipline Me
Discipline is a cornerstone of yoga, and an important tool for self-care, self-awareness, and self-fulfillment. I’ve learned what works...
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carrieklees
Jul 4, 20231 min read
Really Whole
“Be really whole and all things will come to you.” Lao Tzu Struggling with an ill-conceived idea for a blog post, I glanced up and saw...
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carrieklees
Jun 27, 20233 min read
Play Attention
(With practice tips below) In the ancient Yoga Sutras, Patanjali tells us that Yoga is both the outcome and the practice: Quieting the...
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carrieklees
Jun 19, 20232 min read
A Freedom Day Moment
Today is a holiday celebrating freedom. It’s easy to get lost in the unfair and un-free conditions of the outside world, and neglect our...
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carrieklees
Jun 18, 20233 min read
The Rush of Rushing
There are many ways we stress ourselves: rushing, worrying, angering, clinging, resisting,and so on. Our systems are made to respond to...
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carrieklees
Jun 3, 20232 min read
A Bundle of Nerves
The definition and goal of yoga is one and the same, according to Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras: Quiet the contortions of the mind. To me,...
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carrieklees
May 31, 20232 min read
Supremely Alone
People say they are lonely, as if that’s a bad thing. When I thought I was lonely, it felt like a bad thing. I suffered with the lonely...
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carrieklees
May 7, 20232 min read
A Human Blob
The more I focus on operating in partnership with Wisdom (the best, most courageous, kind, honest, smart, and “supreme” version of...
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carrieklees
May 4, 20232 min read
I Would Rather...
….be kind than right. I learned that long ago, working with people with cognitive disabilities. It just made sense. By giving up the need...
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carrieklees
Apr 22, 20233 min read
The Breathe-Easy Miracle Cure
People have peddled "miracle cures" for human discomfort, dis-ease, and inner turmoil throughout human history. There is a powerful tool...
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carrieklees
Apr 12, 20232 min read
The Religion of Reality
A friend was surprised to know that I don’t believe in past lives and reincarnation, since I’m so “spiritual.” I explained my position to...
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carrieklees
Apr 9, 20233 min read
Returning to Ourselves
It is said that the body doesn’t bring us to the yoga pose. The pose brings us to the body. Sounds right to me, and here's a quick story...
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