Christina McPhail

A wound not fully felt consumes from the inside

The Invitation, Oriah

Our feelings may scream one thing while our minds demand something else, But our bodies, which are the storage units for our feelings, simply cannot lie. Whatever we feel in our bodies is our truth.

Living Your Yoga, Lasater

Everything is moving at the proper speed.

Living Your Yoga, Lasater

I forget that it does not matter how far or how fast I move, but only how much of myself I take along for the journey.

The Invitation, Oriah

Working within the limits of the resistance means that we let go into exactly how the body is in this moment. We must be willing to do the pose as it is today, not how we think it should be. We may not like it, but it is the bedrock truth for us in that moment.

Living Your Yoga, Lasater

When carving stone, the sculptor removes everything that is not the statue. The art of revealing beauty lies in the removing what conceals it. Our work is to chisel away everything that is not essence, not Self.

Living Your Yoga, Oriah

Love in its purest sense is not based upon what you get from the relationship, but on what the relationship allows you to give. the depth of your love is not reflected in what the other makes you feel, but in your willingness to give of yourself. Love’s job is to lead to intimacy with what is enduring in yourself and in others. Whether this

Find ways to speak that meet other person and the situation. If you ask alot of questions as a way to control, don’t. Notice your comfort level with our yourself and with the other person.

Living Your Yoga, Lasater

Joy scares her more than pain. Pain is familiar, Joy breeds dangerous hope and the potential for disappointment.

The Invitation, Oriah