BarefootAndUpsideDown

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 18, 2010

This is a GREAT time to practice METTA or Lovingkindness meditation. HAITI challenges us to step up to the compassion plate. Please try to offer some lovingkindness for not only the Haitians effected by the earthquake, but also for their families,the aid workers, and the governments involved that something may be done to ease the [...]

Category: Compassion, Meditation | 1 Comment »
Tags: compassion, earthquake, Haiti, lovingkindness, mantra, Meditation, metta practice

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 15, 2010

In class recently, a new student asked me what “namaste” meant. I answered simply, “It means that the sacred in me honors the sacred in you.” I didn’t tell her that in Bengal, they usually say “namascara” as my meditation teacher did. He had lived and studied in Calcutta Bengal India, so naturally he insisted [...]

Category: Compassion, Life | 1 Comment »
Tags: earthquake, Haiti, Namaste

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 8, 2010

During this season of intention-setting, it might be helpful to contemplate the mother-of-all-intentions: COMPASSION. And all compassion, from the grandest benevolent foundation to the tiniest gesture of human kindness, begins with oneself. During 2010, how can I treat myself with greater friendship, honor, and love? Can I develop kinder thoughts as well as healthier responses? [...]

Category: Compassion, VIDEO THURSDAYS, transformation | No Comments »
Tags: compassion, health, intention, kindness, love, new year

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | April 2, 2009

For this video I have to thank a Facebook friend. I was terribly moved by how radically the doctors changed lives in the rural areas. How? By contributing their gifts, what they do well, and offering that to others in need. A simple remedy for ennui. Duh, now.

Category: Compassion, Life | 1 Comment »
Tags: cataract surgery, Lisa Ling, Miracle Doctors, Mustang Nepal, National Geographic special

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 13, 2009

Yoga and prayer…do they go together…do YOU bring them together? Yoga asana IS prayer for me. It’s the prayer of the body in motion. It’s opening my SELF to the grace of the universe.It is working to create a sustainable body/mind/spirit and therefore family/friendships/community/nation/world. Sitting meditation – is it a prayer? Yes’m indeed. We sit [...]

Category: Compassion, Meditation, asana, transformation | 5 Comments »
Tags: ageless hippie chick, compassion, Imagine, John Lennon, Meditation, Prayer, White Cathy, yoga asana

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | December 18, 2008

As the days pass one after another and we tumble towards the holidays with all of the attendant socializing, as we are pulled from our routine and from our meditation and yogic practices, as we get swept up in holiday traditions that don’t suit our present lifestyle or values, it’s worthwhile to take a break [...]

Category: Compassion, Life, Meditation, happiness | 2 Comments »
Tags: blessings, Brother Steindl-Rast, gifts, Gratitude, holidays, Journal writing, lovingkindness, Meditation, pema chodron, sharon salzburg, tonglen