Doesn’t this Persian rice dish look like a full moon – it’s made by my chef extraordinaire friend whose name means “BRIGHT” in Persian. How does this rice get this golden moon like hue? It’s the Saffron she winks:) Ketogenic diet attempt becomes futile… but what’s better – to say no to a dish a friend made with great care and infused with love to lose few pounds that yo-yo’s up and down anyway; OR to enjoy a well balanced whole foods, nourish body and soul – and be filled with sense of gratitude. Then comes renewed resolve and a boost of motivation to exercise more:) Rather than to be repressed, suppressed, dogmatic, rigid, and closed resembling hyper-vigilance and discipline; we are receptive, open, kind and flexible to go with the flow. This is a person speaking who has lost 40 lbs in my past peak adult weight to the past lowest to the current 123 … so “not dieting” really works.
Sunday … it’s time for reflective meditative practice.
Some words of wisdom to share on a rainy evening where the full moon hides behind the rain clouds…
As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgments but rain your kindness equally on all.
– Buddha
Meditate
Live Purely
Be Quiet
Do your work with mastery
Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds
Shine !
– Buddha
Do you see the subtle change in before and after images? Straining vs. Opening; pushing vs. giving-in; torquing vs aligning; lengthening vs. crunching; sagging vs. lifting; At the hands of a great teacher, Judith, we become balanced and open.
Use of sandbags in standing poses … We cannot sit and meditate if you are physically tight and hardened; energetically stagnant. Improving the inner flow through series of asanas … standing, sitting, supine to finally be able to … sit quietly without twitching, wiggling, heaving heavy breath … to come to that lightness of being.
It’s a process. A Practice.
A stop over returning to the Bay Area – so much driving looms ahead – definitely need to yoga tonight. Will be seeking that healing from – Stiff shoulders and neck; achy lower back; tired eyes; tight sore hips; sore cranky legs … a remedy to sleep better. Yoga works.
