tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7121609494816044082024-02-18T23:08:47.729-08:00dimitrayogadimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-90999761344801001642011-11-23T20:17:00.001-08:002011-11-23T20:49:49.299-08:00GratitudeThanksgiving Eve... This time of the year we get reminded of all the beautiful things we are thankful for, and I love that! This year it so happens to be a time where I feel lots and lots of gratitude... Gratitude because things are falling into place like crazy! It's a good year and I'm having an awesome time and I'm so very thankful for it all! I'm thankful for all the steps on this dimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-45331622463645383502011-10-19T02:23:00.000-07:002011-10-19T02:23:55.238-07:00Be ThankfulBe thankful that you don't have everything you desire -
if you did, what would there be to look forward too?
Be thankful when you don't know something,
for it gives you the opportunity to learn.
Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.
Be thankful for your limitations,
because they give you opportunities for improvement.
Be thankful for each new challenge,
because it dimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-66186379964437090762011-10-07T18:40:00.000-07:002011-10-07T18:53:25.832-07:00Our thoughts... Our mind...
Throughout the day thousands of conversations are taking place in our head. Make sure that the ones you focus on are the right ones...
Non-judgement,
Gratitude,
Love,
Compassion,
Forgiveness,
Love,
Peacefulness,
Freedom,
Love,
Non-cruelty
Calmness,
Love,
Faith,
Acceptance,
Love,
Love,
and more Love.
A Native American Legend
A grandfather from the Cherokee dimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-80591433763235529752011-09-20T20:06:00.000-07:002011-09-20T20:43:21.903-07:00
Some Greek philosophy...
This has been my weeks reading in class (not same place and students every time!)... Made my day when I saw it was Socrates :) Enjoy & maybe even try it out...
The Test of Three (Truth, Goodness, and Usefulness)
One day, Socrates came upon an acquaintance that ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one dimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-4466468216710459732011-09-13T19:45:00.000-07:002011-09-20T20:42:01.840-07:00
Ahimsa
When we practice yoga, we are speaking of ahimsa (of non-harming). In the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali says that non-violence is avoidance of cruelty, injustice and violence. Which is to have compassion, kindness and goodness, to others and ourselves.
Ahimsa isn't always black and white. Violence, after all, takes many forms. Thoughts, rude comments, pollution, pushing it to dimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-9360374218401993482011-09-08T10:14:00.000-07:002011-09-08T10:45:42.386-07:00How to change the world...
It's a beautiful day! With all the colors of grey in the sky, and its still gorgeous! A new yoga studio has opened up in the world and it will brighten up many peoples lives :)
My good friend Angela posted this the other day, and it just seems fitting to pass it back on.
I Wanted To Change The World
When I was young, I wanted to change the world. I found it was dimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-68526919612119215522011-07-23T09:45:00.000-07:002011-07-23T09:45:18.904-07:00Focus on What's RightThe following passage is really speaking to me at this moment in my life...
We are so incredibly well trained to notice what's wrong in any given relationship, work situation, or experience that it's easy to overlook what's right. That's not surprising, because our entire education system trains us to notice flaws and mistakes: in school, the wrong answers are marked, not the right ones. In dimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-20345260978347541572011-07-13T13:36:00.000-07:002011-07-13T13:36:23.718-07:00Surya Namaskar - Sun SalutationsSurya Namaskar - bowing to the inner sun: The Sun Salutations that initiate many yoga classes are rich in symbolism. Surya is chief solar deity who drives his chariot across the sky each day as the most visible form of God that one can see. It is also the ancient Sanskrit term for "sun", which in most ancient mythology is revered, as Richard Rosen (2003) says, "as both the physical and spiritual dimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-10741493286963164532011-04-30T09:38:00.000-07:002011-04-30T09:38:52.717-07:00the way of not knowinga sweet yoga student (thank you Jen!) passed on a book filled with meditations the other day, and today this one spoke to me...
"ideas and data make up the way of knowing. planning and predictability usually follow.
do you also know the way of not knowing?
the way of not knowing embraces surprise, enjoys the unexpected, and welcomes wonder and mystery.
in the way of not knowing, you let go dimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-31080356759799783722011-03-09T11:59:00.000-08:002011-03-09T11:59:54.429-08:00Website is launched!Wow! What a feeling! Feels so cool:)
I'm all excited and cant wait to hear all your comments... Please share!
Check it out!
Dimitra Yoga website!!
Love,
Medimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-47208572969568454502011-02-27T22:01:00.000-08:002011-02-27T22:01:22.470-08:00Website 3rd tryI've said it. I've posted it. Now I just have to make it happen. Actually, we will make it happen this time. With the help of my friend Sue, who's editing, pushing (gently!), and directing, this website has no choice but happen.
The first time was last February. It was me playing with my new computer's tools (oh, iWeb! that sounds cool!). Plus, I had plenty of time on my hands... (rememberdimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-48433651347965820262011-02-13T20:06:00.001-08:002011-02-13T20:06:57.102-08:00I love youIf It Is Not Too Dark by Hafiz
Go for a walk, if it is not too dark.
Get some fresh air, try to smile.
Say something kind to a safe-looking stranger, if one happens by.
Always exercise your heart's knowing.
You might as well attempt something real along this path:
Take your spouse or lover into your arms
The way you did when you first met.
Let tenderness pour from your eyes
The way the Sun dimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-50912514670790025712010-11-21T12:28:00.000-08:002010-11-21T12:28:04.900-08:00Dimitra Yoga Retreatdimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-66242275960396336532010-10-25T14:54:00.000-07:002010-10-25T14:54:15.876-07:00Namaste - I bow to youA word most of us wondered what it meant (and maybe still do), when we first heard it. Maybe it was in your first yoga class, maybe you heard it in a song, or maybe somebody greeted you with the word namaste. I use it at the end of my yoga class, and a lot of times I have new students asking me what it stands for.
Today, after visiting a good friend and borrowing some CDs to copy, I came up on dimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-40022553698549967792010-10-11T22:17:00.000-07:002010-10-11T22:17:35.628-07:00The five pillars of yogaRight exercise - mostly yoga & spin
Right breathing - going back to my breath, and various pranayama exercises.
Right thinking - trying my best, and for the most part I'm good. But... Sometimes I do slip...
Right nutrition - love to shop good food, to cook for friends and family, to eat yummy healthy food! Now if I could just stay away from Swedish candy too...
Right relaxation - I love dimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-47372589293392422152010-10-06T19:17:00.000-07:002010-10-06T19:39:55.803-07:00Progress.."Now, if it so happens that you have decided to progress and if you enter the path of yoga, then a new factor intervenes. As soon as you want to progress, you immediately meet the resistance of everything that does not want to progress both in you and around you. And this resistance naturally expresses itself in all the thoughts that correspond to it." - The motherdimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-27839281708197079182010-10-06T18:58:00.000-07:002010-10-06T19:02:17.667-07:00Ok, I'm back...I will give it another try. I will try better this time. I'm not stuck in the house because of a blizzard. It's just a new beginning. Another start. Hope for a good one. Actually, I will make it a good one! Here we go!dimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-80106064688970192912010-02-23T08:27:00.000-08:002010-02-23T10:59:51.088-08:00OM...Here's some beautiful info about the Sanskrit character OM that I found on my last trip to the book store. Breaking down OM shows you the journey this mantra leads you on - into the subtle, spiritual realms. Enjoy!"Find your conscious mind - Look at the top curve of the "3" shape. This is "aaa", signifying your conscious, waking mind.Drop to your subconscious - View the lower loop of the "3" dimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-253164546150882242010-02-11T06:24:00.000-08:002010-02-11T07:38:07.415-08:00Blizzard again...Blizzard #1 left us without power for four days... I am very grateful for my friends down the road who took us in day 2 'til we got our power back. We got to enjoy the snow & then get back into a warm, heated home with abundance of food, laughter & lots of reconnecting time. By day 4 I was going bonkers though. I woke up and tried to ground myself with my practice, which helped for most of the dimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712160949481604408.post-74762528655692016122010-02-06T19:47:00.000-08:002010-02-07T18:06:45.296-08:00Scattered thoughts...I've been thinking about this blog all day...We haven't had power since early this morning (blizzard with over 2ft of snow!) and I've had plenty of time to dream, read, think, surf the web, and brainstorm... In the end my body started signaling me to move, do something, act. So, in the midst of the turmoil that's called our family room, I rolled out my mat in front of the fireplace. Surrounded bydimitrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659974283597262255noreply@blogger.com0