Transform Obstacles into Opportunity, An Invitation from Michelle Chua

What stories do you tell yourself about other's behaviors or day-to-day events?  How much of our mind's interpretations align with the truth of what we're observing?  How much of our thoughts, especially habitual ones, cause us suffering, with emotions like anger, resentment, jealousy, self-hatred, guilt, shame, etc, that we keep hidden in the dark side of our moon?  These questions were explored ages ago by wise sages, and their insights are still relevant in our common humanity.  Under the yogic belief that all is one consciousness, forgetting this as our true nature was identified as the main cause of human suffering.  In forgetting that we are not our bodies or even our minds, we succumb to other thought patterns that cause suffering: defining ourselves by our social or familial conditioning and fears, clinging to what's impermanent, resisting life's uncertainties and challenges and fearing death.  

So how do we regain clarity amid the mind's tendencies?  Cultivating self-awareness is an ongoing practice in yoga and mindfulness, and it's key to empowering our conscious choice to free ourselves from such suffering (as well as the suffering we may project onto others).  This light of clarity nurtures the courage and pure love within us to be who we truly are, without demonizing parts of ourselves or each other. Just as the moon is always full, despite our changing perceptions that it's less than, we are more than the thoughts that label or narrow us.   

This workshop session on Thursday, 12/17, is meant to plant (or water, depending on where you are in your journey) seeds of self-awareness, empower conscious choice and explore practical yoga and mindfulness techniques that help us to lead peaceful fulfilling lives, seeing beyond circumstance and allowing solutions to arise-- when we're in a state of grounded clarity and genuine self-love.  Let's work together to build unity consciousness, starting within.

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