mymoksha

The conditions of my life are in my FACE the moment I wake up. And I'm fucking pissed. The continuing, ongoing, daily punishment are so far and beyond the magnitude of the crime - it is almost comical

Heartbreak is such a profound pain. It is completely disruptive. The connections we build with other people are 'the stuff of life'. People with rich social connections live longer. But there can be a

I've been betrayed by a double agent, and I'm really fucking pissed. I actually have to class my anger as a 'mental illness' in my own mind, simply because it is an unhealthy, repeating loop. It is true.

A year has gone by. Looking around... is your desk, room, kitchen and bedroom in better, more beautiful condition than it was a year ago? Dealing With A Life Of Non-Change, Static Struggle Lets face it,

Brain wave states are measures of state-of-consciousness. Miss-managed states-of-consciousness are, to varying degrees, states of mental illness. We all get pushed into some form or degree of mental illness

What is your Motivation in life? What is your reason for getting up in the morning? I struggle to admit that I've been 'away-from' motivated to a greater degree than 'towards-motivated'. That is, I'll

My practice of Yoga started as suicide prevention - and after nearly 500 classes in just over 1 year, wonderful and unexpected changes are just beginning to unfold. Yoga supported me through the anguishing

My yoga experience was for extreme grief management and perhaps for suicide prevention over the first several months of practice. Crisis in my life - that has yet to reach it's resolution, has pervaded

In happier days I was the optimist that told people to focus on the good, even in the worst situations.  And now I am reminding myself - sometimes without success - to FEEL gratitude for the small

The mind perceives the trauma and responds with signals and chemicals, the body receives the chemicals and signals from the brain. The body has a response to the electrical and chemical signals. The mind

If you have ever wondered what are the 40 moksha poses - here are the posture names in order.  Moksha Yoga Poses List This Moksha Yoga Poses List includes the common name and the Sanskrit name for

Just one moment can change everything in your life - or end your life completely.  The consequences of a single, unintended act  - can hurt all the people you love most, destroy a happy marriage,

Yoga Teacher Training is a spirited journey toward deepening one's personal relationship with yoga, and with one's self. The goal of becoming a Yoga Instructor may also be driven by the aspiration to provide

If you would agree that thought comes before action, and action can cause an effect - which influences results... then you must also agree that your past thoughts have directly influenced the options now

Today there was a new yoga instructor listed to guide the Moksha Flow Class - so I thought I would give her class a try. For today, it was not my preferred style of practice. Everyone and everything has

I am fortunate.  Not free of trouble, not pasted my crisis.  But I count myself fortunate to have the time to delve deeply into Hot Yoga (almost twice each day) and also to have quite time to

Too much of a good thing? Not every Yoga class can be at peak performance.  This evening my energy flagged, my back was sore, my muscles were stiff, and my concentration was hit-and-miss... even though

Happiness is something we feel.  Peacefulness is something we feel. They are emotions that we feel. The emotions we feel are largely a result of the thoughts we think.  Just as chronic stress

Neuroplasticity: the brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life.   The brain has the natural ability to form and reorganize synaptic connections in response

Can personal crisis help us focus on achieving our goals? Can the crisis itself provide additional emotional power to help us accomplish our life-goals? If you could look back on your life from ten years