Namaste

Pastor Eddie D. Smith Sr. shares what Namaste means. =)

I recently went to a yoga lecture with Phillip Goldberg,  where he shared this video.  It's simply fantastic!  I love it so much! We must all honor ourselves and each other in this world, across all races, religions, ages... beyond circumstances, beyond all the stuff that may happen in this world.  We are all connected in a divine way, deep within, let us honor that part of us.  I like how Pastor Smith places his hands on his chest when he explains the word namaste.  It's from that heart center where we will find our true self.  We have been mistreating each other for much too long.  Let's treat each other with respect and kindness.  And don't forget about yourself too! I hope we can let go of whatever it is that is keeping us from who we really are and keeping us from each other.
Namaste.

International Yoga Day

Last December, the United Nations declared June 21st International Yoga Day!  Hurrah! This is the first International Yoga Day and in honor of it, I will be leading a free class. Come celebrate! Everyone is welcome. Namaste. XO. Love. Peace.

 

David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?

I just stumbled across this video, and it almost had me in tears.  Sometimes I feel a little sad and certainly a little crazy because I'm living differently from the people around me.  From the center of who I am I know that I am here to do good and be good.  I surrender to gain strength, and I'm living from my actual self.  The more I practice, the closer I get.
It's really hard to live from the center of ourselves when everything around us says we must live for success.  Sometimes living for that external success makes us cold and calculated, we give to get instead of give to give.  We must give without expectation, because from the center of ourselves we are here to do good.
I'm not saying that career is unimportant, because it is.  It is a big part of how we move along from day to day.  It provides us with the means to live but it does not define who we are.  I am grateful and blessed to do a job that I absolutely love and continues to thrill me each day.  But aside from being a costumer, I practice being a good human being. 
And through this life, let us be saved by hope, faith, love, and the ultimate love- forgiveness.