Posts Tagged ‘Tracy Matthews Yoga’
Fresh Start
I heart September. No one is happier than me when the weather starts to turn from hot to crisp. The feeling of getting back into the swing of things is prevalent and we actually do get back into the swing of things. September is also National Yoga Month and a great time to jump start…
Read MoreThe Path
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one will. We ourselves must walk the path.- The Buddha I love this quote- I found it the other day when I was looking for some quotes referencing gratitude. This one was bundled with another fantastic quote (for another time) by the Buddha. I…
Read MoreRecommended Reading
As an avid reader, I love to share insight and information with my yoga student. I start off my classes by reading some of these insights and nuggets that I have picked up along the way. I am often asked by my students about recommended reading so I set up a page dedicated to this.…
Read MoreIts the Simple Things
Recently, I joined this- we’ll call it a movement- called 21.5.800, started by Bindu Wiles. I first heard of Bindu from my friend Kate Northrup via her newsletter and her new project called Glimpse TV. I was inspired to take on the project because, even though I have the intention, my commitment to writing my…
Read MoreAll You Need is (to) Love
As a yoga teacher, I spend a lot of time reading- finding inspiration to share with my students. Recently, I was introduced to an author and psychotherapist named David Richo, and started reading his book The Five Things We Cannot Change….and the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them (2006). With simple thoughtful words, David Richo,…
Read MoreOpen Mind
Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful,…
Read MoreFilling In…
I teach about 12 classes a week….sometimes more, sometimes fewer. Several of the classes are classes that I substitute for other teachers. When walking into someone else’s class to teach someone else’s students, I always try to offer a space where the students can keep an open mind, and I often verbally invite the students…
Read MoreA Bumpy Road
I found this quote this morning…I love, love… Life has no smooth road for any of us, and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to steadier steps, till the legend, over steep ways to the stars, fulfills itself.- W.C. Doane No one ever said it was gonna…
Read MoreBe the Love
Be the love you wish to see in the world- The Universe (tut.com) Many people come to yoga for a variety of reasons-to reach fitness goals, to increase flexibility and to fly, to engage on a spiritual path, to calm the mind- there are so many reasons why people start and why they come back.…
Read MoreProof is in the Practice
Do you ever have those days when you just can’t deal, you don’t want to motivate and you have a hard time moving forward or even being present? I seemed to be having one recently….and the last thing that I wanted to do was to motivate and practice yoga. I was tired, didn’t feel rested…
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