Self Mastery

If you want to distract yourself and raise your thoughts, what do you think about? Do you consider the elephant, contemplate the heavens, or something similar?

We can experiment with wise innocence. We can choose to see the world and ourselves with fresh, pure eyes in any moment. Who knows what opportunities might open for us if we do?

One interesting aspect of human nature is our tendency to pat ourselves on the back for being good, and then turn around and do something bad.

When my mind has such a hold that i cannot breathe, Reiki returns me to my breathing. The brief practice I'm using here is Reiki, which helps us breathe, combined with breathing, which helps us sleep.

We are all capable of refining our seeing and listening so that instead of moving through our day in a state of reactivity, dread, or disappointment, we can remain open, available to something higher.

Leadership expert, triathlete and mother of quadruplets, twins and three other children, DeeDee Myers is never without lipstick in her purse. She's always prepared, always presentable, no matter what.

Myers says that we can locate virtues inside our bodies. For example, she houses courage in her diaphragm. That's where she goes to find the energy to do a handstand in Yoga.

The process of placing our attention on the doubt and fear - and learning what we need to see in order to bring balance to this life - is the process of awakening that brings us toward that evolution again and again.

My partner, Will, felt I had shared something that was meant just for us. For me it was a daring investigation into how I see and live with my body, a personal test.

When we're attentive, our interior environment resonates as easeful exterior experiences.

Has mastery become an old-fashioned notion? Mastery takes time, something most of us have trouble finding. It takes discipline, a quality in short supply today.

"To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." William Shakespeare In response to m...