Find Your Middle Ground

Tag: being mindful

  • * Haiku – wait in gratitude

    ~ Find Your Middle Ground Surrender expectation Wait in gratitude ~   If you are new to this site, welcome! Follow these links to find out more about finding your middle ground and the steps to get you there.

  • Inspiration – shifting allegiances

      “We must shift our allegiances from fear to curiosity, from attachment to letting go, from control to trust, and from entitlement to humility.” – Angeles Arrien Imagine if we all did this, how the world would be different … Lets commit to shifting our allegiances by checking in with ourselves today and every day:…

  • * Silence your Inner Critic by Saying Yes

    ” Say yes to everything. Reject nothing, least of all something in yourself.” ~ Swami Prajnanpad Say yes to yourself every day. Acknowledge what you are feeling and what is happening in a neutral way. “Yes, I’m nervous.” “Yes, I am struggling.” “Yes, there is fear.” “Yes, I am being defensive.” “Yes, I notice resistance.…

  • * Breathe Well and Live Well

    Breathe well and you will find your Middle Ground. I love to breathe! Its what attracted me to yoga and keeps me passionate about how yoga and mindfulness can transform us. Without breathing fully, our yoga practice becomes simply a workout. Rather than calming the mind and soothing the body it can have the opposite…

  • * Inspiration – Interbeing

    “When we look deeply into a sheet of paper, we see that it’s full of everything in the cosmos: the sunshine, the trees, the clouds, the earth, the minerals, everything—except for one thing. It’s empty of one thing only: a separate self. The sheet of paper cannot be by itself alone. That is why the…

  • * Quick Relationship Tip

    Don’t put your “but” in the face of an angry person. Angry people are in a triggered reactive state. The ability to listen or think logically diminishes with the rise of  strong emotions. The animal or limbic brain takes over control from the reasoning pre-frontal cortex. Evidence also shows that when we grip our jaw,…

  • * Inspiration – getting clear about unhappiness

    “Inquiring deeply into The source of unhappiness, One becomes clear about unhappiness. When one is clear about unhappiness, One becomes clear of unhappiness.” ~ Wu Hsin In yoga philosophy, unhappiness is rooted in attachment to pleasure and wanting things to be a certain way … our way. It is also connected to aversion, when we…

  • Haiku – sacred bloom

    ~ Find your Middle Ground The sacred space within you is ready to bloom ~ If you are new to this site, welcome! To find out more about finding your middle ground, click on this link.  

  • * Inspiration – Life lessons

    Life offers its wisdom generously Everything teaches Not everyone learns ~ Rachel Naomi Remen It is all there for us, yet we continue to be blind. We find sparks of wisdom in conversations, walks, places of worship and classes And then forget once again when we leave that space. Be open to learn from the…

  • * Inspiration – heart and mind

    “Remember the emphasis on the heart. The mind lives in doubt and the heart lives in trust. When you trust, suddenly you become centered.” ~ Osho I recall reading this quote for the first time. I was doubting a choice I made and was unsure about the decision. I was tying myself up in knots…

  • * Inspiration – Gratitude

    “From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other— above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy.…

  • * Needs and Kindness

    “May we all recognize our own needs and have compassion for ourselves. May we all see beyond our own needs and have compassion for the needs of others.” These words came to me this morning.  As human beings we all need acceptance of who we are, to belong and feel loved, and to express ourselves…

  • * Flow into Your Being

    ~ Find Your Middle Ground Beyond the limits of time Connecting through space  ~ Touching you right here. It only takes a moment to pause and connect. ~ Let the warm embrace  of the divine universe flow into your being. ~ Knowing you are one Put aside the anguished self Set your Self free How…

  • * Thoughts like Bubbles

    When the Bubble Bursts Active mind seeks answers, quiet mind embraces silence. Beneath both, thoughts float like bubbles. Iridescence rises for a moment, then bursts, leaving nothing in its wake but open space. by Danna Faulds from and anthology called Root to Bloom I love how these words create shining images of bubbles floating. There’s a…

  • * Tao Inspiration – Excess

    On tiptoes is no way to stand tall. Walking over others is no way to get ahead. Showing off is no way to shine. Self-righteousness is no way to respectability. Boasting is no way to achievement. Complacency is no way to endure. Minimalism is the way of Tao . Too much indulgence, Too much interference,…

  • * Reflections

    “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are” Anais Nin Everything we see is a reflection of ourselves. We can only see in others that which we have knowledge of, based on our own experience. What we admire and love most in others is a reflection of the parts of…