Flip Open The Lid Of Your Mind! Over this past month, within an active yoga writing study group, we've all been diligently focusing on our given monthly theme of: "Make the Mind Your Friend." The lessons from these monthly reflections present themselves to us in unexpected and surprising ways. Of late my daily practice of meditation has been to tune myself into a peaceful mantra recording, while being happily ushered off into the beautiful, mystical inner world, slowly slipping into a deep-slumber relaxing the remnants of fatigue and stress of a long day of work. However, it was on this one unforgettable occasion that I quite abruptly woke up; amidst the gray shadows of full moon and an adrenaline-rushing-tickling-scurry across my back, I was instantly on-the-spot convinced it was one mother of a beady-eyed hairy black spider! This is Australia after all, the land quite famous for many bizarre, creepy and dangerous creatures. Fortunately, it was at this precise and most critical fight-or-flight moment that my mind was not entirely against me and it intuitively decided that I must not scare this creature, for then it would more likely wish to bite. So, slowly and gently I rose up to carefully poise myself for a most swift brush-it-off move!! Read More |
