Tracy Matthews, Author at Tracy Matthews

Get Unstuck

As an avid reader, I am always trying to find interesting books to share with my students. I have so many that are my favorites. I just started reading a new book by Anneli Rufus called Stuck: Why we can’t or won’t move on. This book is a social commentary on the “things” that make…

Just Say YES!

OriginallyPublished February 25, 2009 I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping green spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. — e. e. cummings

Coexist

Originally Published October 20, 2008 Its funny, I have been teaching 5 yoga classes a week for the past several months and it seems as though my time to practice has been quite limited. I have made a point to practice in the yoga studio (alone) after my Wednesday morning class. It always seemed like…

Removing Obstacles

Originally Published September 24, 2008 Om Gan Ganapataye Namo Nama A sacred chant offered up the the elephant headed deity, Ganesh or Ganapatai. Cha nting this phrase over and over is considered a pathway to removing obstacles and reaching the fullest potential, in spirit, in prosperity and in success. Most of us have prayed in…

Happiness Smappiness

Originally Published September 11, 2008 Here is an excerpt from ‘Notes from the universe” from yesterday… “For those who ponder and wonder and wrestle with the idea of what it is that they really want, I have an answer that each would wholeheartedly agree with:”Happiness.” http://www.tut.com/ In the personal search for happiness, sometimes so much…

New Beginnings

Originally Published September 2, 2008 The change of seasons always offers an incredible opportunity for New Beginnings. Summertime is coming to an end and although we technically have a few more weeks of Summer, Labor day signals the end of the Summer Season for most of us. Here on the East Coast, the change of…

Forgive to Live

Originally Published August 15, 2008 Forgiveness is a heavy word…not just for the implication of what it means, but for the energy that is usually surrounding it. I had a dear friend who I had lost touch with recently say to me….”thank you for forgiving me”…. for events that had transpired years and years ago.…

Great!

Originally Published August 13, 2008 My grandfather past away this last year and I have written about him before…today when I was getting my morning coffee before I went in to teach my Wednesday morning class, I was thinking about his fantastic optimistic attitude. Whenever anyone asked him how he was, he always shouted with…

Namaste!!

Originally Published August 20, 2008 Namaste literally translates as “the light within me acknowledges the light within you.” A simple gesture and statement, sometimes finding our own light can seem daunting when our mind tells us otherwise. Marianne Williamson says it well in her book “A Return to Love” -‘We get in life that which…

Notes on Clarity

Originally Published July 28, 2008 The only way to get what you really want, is to know what you really want. And the only way to know what you really want, is to know yourself. And the only way to know yourself, is to be yourself. And the only way to be yourself, is to…