Comments on: Connecting with abundance http://www.ashtangabrighton.com/ashtanga_blog/2008/07/25/connecting-with-abundance/ This blog is for the Ashtanga yoga community in the Brighton area to share and discuss our practice. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: gstar http://www.ashtangabrighton.com/ashtanga_blog/2008/07/25/connecting-with-abundance/comment-page-1/#comment-76 gstar Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:02:01 +0000 http://www.ashtangabrighton.com/ashtanga_blog/2008/07/25/connecting-with-abundance/#comment-76 Well done happyyogi for leaping out of the blogging shadows! Hey Louise, I checked out www.spaceoflove.co.uk and it does look interesting - and close by too! Well done happyyogi for leaping out of the blogging shadows!

Hey Louise, I checked out http://www.spaceoflove.co.uk and it does look interesting – and close by too!

]]> By: Louise http://www.ashtangabrighton.com/ashtanga_blog/2008/07/25/connecting-with-abundance/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Louise Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:52:22 +0000 http://www.ashtangabrighton.com/ashtanga_blog/2008/07/25/connecting-with-abundance/#comment-73 Wow, that festival sounds incredible - wish I'd been! I went to a festival that weekend too - in a beautiful location in the woods by a lake but revolving around alcohol and over-priced fast food rather than enlightenment. I'm definitely finding those kinds of festivals less and less interesting so was very inspired by the sound of Buddhafield. I found another interesting festival on the internet, 15-18 August - also alcohol and drugs free - there's more info on www.spaceoflove.co.uk - lots of raw food, bhajans, and a sweat lodge in the Sussex woods! Might be interesting to go for a day trip - anyone up for it? Wow, that festival sounds incredible – wish I’d been! I went to a festival that weekend too – in a beautiful location in the woods by a lake but revolving around alcohol and over-priced fast food rather than enlightenment. I’m definitely finding those kinds of festivals less and less interesting so was very inspired by the sound of Buddhafield.

I found another interesting festival on the internet, 15-18 August – also alcohol and drugs free – there’s more info on http://www.spaceoflove.co.uk – lots of raw food, bhajans, and a sweat lodge in the Sussex woods! Might be interesting to go for a day trip – anyone up for it?

]]> By: happyyogi http://www.ashtangabrighton.com/ashtanga_blog/2008/07/25/connecting-with-abundance/comment-page-1/#comment-71 happyyogi Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:52:36 +0000 http://www.ashtangabrighton.com/ashtanga_blog/2008/07/25/connecting-with-abundance/#comment-71 this excites me. this is the type of blogging that not only should be on here but i feel inspired to respond to. it is well too easy to get sucked into everyday life and to complain about the monotony and whatever. and believe me, i am an expert at it! the buddhists say we suffer just by being born...just by limiting our great expansive, sweet, loving spirits; confining them to our bodies, when all we really want to do is be free. i think it's just about choice of perception. we can chose to perceive our suffering as sad and depressing and not deal with our issues...or we can face them head on...jump head first into the fire..and learn to laugh...first at ourselves and the ridiculousness of the maya that we conjure up, and then laugh at the joys of life. truly laugh. and the ashtanga practice is a great place to play around with those feelings...we can perceive the pain and suffering with negativity, or with abundance. not to say there isn't pain. it is real. (alhtough it's not...but it sure damn well hurts!) or we can be gentle and kind, have ahimsa for ourselves, not push too hard (some effort would be nice!) and go with grace and laugh at these silly poses we make ourselves do everyday. feeling abundant is a practice itself...and one that i am going to bring back into my life! 1. i am grateful for knowing a likeminded community 2. i am grateful for love in my life 3. i am grateful for finding a spiritual path that brings me closer to god and my "self". thanks guy! this excites me. this is the type of blogging that not only should be on here but i feel inspired to respond to.

it is well too easy to get sucked into everyday life and to complain about the monotony and whatever. and believe me, i am an expert at it!

the buddhists say we suffer just by being born…just by limiting our great expansive, sweet, loving spirits; confining them to our bodies, when all we really want to do is be free.

i think it’s just about choice of perception. we can chose to perceive our suffering as sad and depressing and not deal with our issues…or we can face them head on…jump head first into the fire..and learn to laugh…first at ourselves and the ridiculousness of the maya that we conjure up, and then laugh at the joys of life. truly laugh.

and the ashtanga practice is a great place to play around with those feelings…we can perceive the pain and suffering with negativity, or with abundance. not to say there isn’t pain. it is real. (alhtough it’s not…but it sure damn well hurts!) or we can be gentle and kind, have ahimsa for ourselves, not push too hard (some effort would be nice!) and go with grace and laugh at these silly poses we make ourselves do everyday.

feeling abundant is a practice itself…and one that i am going to bring back into my life!

1. i am grateful for knowing a likeminded community
2. i am grateful for love in my life
3. i am grateful for finding a spiritual path that brings me closer to god and my “self”.

thanks guy!

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