Jaya Yoga Virginia

in these bodies we will live

in these bodies we will die

where you invest your love

you invest your life

Sunday: A day of rest and reflection

Sitting, reading, watching the smoke flow from my coconut incense

Reflecting on things that are really important. My dad always says three things: God. Family. Work.

My days consist of working, prayer, family, with a slight chance of fun with friends on the weekend. Sometimes I think that my life looks a lot different today, but when I think back to even my school days or Kripalu days, my life has always been structured around these three significant things. God, Family, Work.

"where you invest your love, you invest your life"

What is important now to remember is pouring my love into all actions of life and knowing that this is it. This may be all I have. So make the most of it, smile, give thanks, and love without condition.

I arrived in the busy streets of New York City last week to undergo my second Landmark Education training. The first one ( Landmark Forum) was given to me as a gift from a company I was working for at the time (lululemon athletica---amazing company!). My intention for signing up for this Landmark session was to complete my wandering, assimilate back into the society, and create a future where I can thrive.
Here are some bullet points from my interpretation of the Advanced Course:

request powerfully and specifically what you want (usually we only ask for what we are willing to settle for, not what we really want)
you are not your thoughts, filters or stories
using the word "help", in reference to "helping" people is demeaning. It keeps you BIG and others SMALL
"if you have come to help me, you are wasting your time.But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us walk together."
your brilliance is dependent on others
you have to be responsible to be powerful
if you want to be extraordinary be unreasonable
participation gives vitality and power
"as human beings our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world- that is the myth of the atomic age- as in being able to remake ourselves." Gandhi
if your focus is on you being fulfilled, you're missing the game. shift from you, to others.
you're the most lit up when you're making a difference for people
thoughts, feelings, the past, logic--are not reliable tests for reality
if you are everything- nothing can stop you
inspired means to breathe life into an area that was once dead
don't give up on people
if you are living like somethings not possible, then it is not possible for humanity
anytime you have a lack of power- there is a lie underneath it
there is no suffering in reality
what is real is measurable, physical, relates in distance time and form, there is a beginning middle and end, and has finite edges
reality is a RIGHT NOW phenomenon
don't be stopped by "no's" in this life
a "no" just means no right now. keep asking
focus on others and you disapear
life is a full length mirror
take action- create results in life
are you happy? if not, change your mind
have a miracle happen to you
transformation isn't happening unless you're sharing it with others
so goes you, goes the planet
a person can create space or kill it
there's not a moment in life that you are not in a right now- except in your story
the world does not speak- only we do- therefore we create by speaking what is real
you are the space in which all things occur
life is a conversation
the future you're living into gives you your present moment
people occur in the clearing inside which you show up for them
if who you are is possibility then that's all there is
leave others touched, moved and inspired

"A person who is a master in the art of living makes little distinction between their work and their play. Their labor and leisure. Their mind and their body. Their education and their recreation. Their love and their religion. They hardly know which is which and simply pursue their vision of excellence and grace. Whatever they do. Leaving others to decide whether they are working or playing. To them they are always doing both."

Landmark Education is "transformational education". It is not about these notes or about "learning" anything. The experience actually changes you. So that after you are left with a new way of being and showing up in the world. Thank you to lululemon atheltica and Chip Wilson for taking a stand for my life. Thank you Landmark Education for changing the world. Thank you for everyone I have had the amazing opportunity to meet and create possibilities with in the Landmark Advanced Course and to Josselyn for being instrument of peace. And as always, thank you for the loving support of my family and friends.
www.landmarkeducation.com
www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Landmark-Education-Advanced-Course-September-2010
www.lululemon.com

If life is a game- I say, "GAME ON"