When your physiological and biological rhythms are in sync with nature’s—the movement of the earth, sun, moon, and stars; the cycle of the seasons, and the pull and push of the ocean tide—sleep becomes effortless.
―Deepak Chopra
Sleep is not over-rated; rather, its under-rated among most of us.
ZZZ
Note: credit to “wallpaperhi.com” for the lovely manga drawing.
Discovered that there’s someone who has virtually the same name as mine – yes, exact same last name and very similar, American vs. Japanese version of the same given/first name and … she gives off a “cool” intellectual image while leading an adventurous life profiled in a major journalistic publication. She could be me – Isn’t that so very strange? You are unique but the name you were given may not be so… which brought me to think of how there are so many people who share the same name – but each unique and different. What’s in a name? My name means … “Blessings from the Oceans & Mountains” – rather Native American-ish, isn’t it?
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)
Blessings from the Oceans & Mountains, for we are grounded and centered with each breath we take. We are blessed for we know how to live at ease, sensitized to the natural rhythm all around us. We are distinct and unique and diverse … but One.
I always felt this to be true ! That yoga practice aides our creative endeavors.
Yes to Savasana, the real kind, as Judith would say when you are in your “kunda” = as in your bowl shaped vessel at the core…
then … Yoga Nidra – both delicious.
Click Here for a very well written report backed up by science what I intuitively knew all along: Yoga turns the switch on (“let there be light”:) and gets the current going, juicing our creativity along with heaps of physical benefits.
And always remember:)
You do not have a soul, you are a soul.
-India Arie
