Entries Tagged as ‘A New Earth’

June 7, 2008

Yoga IS Love, Truth, Beauty: Here, Now.

As I was building my website over at yogaeveryday.org and typing my slogan, I was struck by how it read differently in that commercial setting. True, it’s also a yoga website. And it’s my business, how I let people know what I have to offer. And in that context, it suddenly struck me: am I [...]

April 30, 2008

Inner Purpose: aligning with the present moment

Chapter 9 of a A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle is entitled “Inner Purpose”.  We’ve brought our reflection on pain bodies and time and flowers and ego and roles to this chapter . Our inner purpose is all the same, according to Tolle:  ”to align to the present moment”, “say yes to life”, “say yes to now.” [...]

April 22, 2008

Reflections on Eng’s take on A New Earth and Yoga

I was listening to Elizabeth Lesser’s discussion after A New Earth aired last week (I download it on iPod for my walking pleasure) and was so taken with Kim Eng’s integration of the spirit and silence evoked in the book on which the web class is based. She teaches movement based awareness, and counts yoga among [...]

April 14, 2008

Inspiration, Instruction and Ideas for Daily Practice: Awaken in Every Moment

 

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  “Why do you run towards that which you have never taken a step away from?” ~Dogen
 
 

 
New yoga class times – different locations!
Sunday evening at YogaNow! 6pm, stay after for Sangha, chanting and mediatiom  (Sangha suggested donation of [...]

April 8, 2008

A New Earth Chapter 6 Discussion – Noon Eastern Today!

A New Earth Chapter 6 Discussion – Noon Eastern Today!

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You are invited to join in a live discussion today at ANewEarth.Gather.com, just one in a weekly series in conjunction with Oprah’s sponsorship of Eckhart Tolle’s webinar on his recent book. We’re up [...]

April 3, 2008

Fall back into your Self

Yesterday my practice was crunched between writing and dog walks and getting off to work, quick sun salutations to warm and move me. The familiarity helps me connect to contentment and stay open for the surprises of my body and my day.
I’d just finished writing on Gather about the pain body Eckhart Tolle talks about, so [...]

April 2, 2008

What does Eckhart Tolle’s book _A New Earth_ have to do with yoga?

  The focus of this book is precisely yoga, only he uses different terminology. He approaches union with self from a truly philosophic – wisdom loving – perspective, discussing time relationship, elements of consciousness, relation of self to its capacities and authenticity.  Like philosophy used to be done, when it was a practice in community, in [...]

April 2, 2008

Sustained Practice

By sustained practice of all the component parts of yoga, the impurities dwindle away and wisdom’s radiant light shines forth with discriminative knowledge.
Sutras of Patanjali II.28(tr. Stiles)
Wait…. let me get the last of this sand out of my ears… oh, never mind, I kind of like the reminder. Just returned from a vacation on [...]

March 3, 2008

A New Earth, Chapter 1: The Flowering of Human Consciousness

Tomorrow evening kicks off the webinar with Eckhart Tolle and Oprah at 7pm MST. Check the website to arrange to be a part of this truly groundbreaking 10 week series.     Each week is focused on a chapter, and the first sets out the book’s purpose:
“Can human beings lose the density of their conditioned mind structures and [...]

March 2, 2008

yogaeveryday.gather.com

You can find our dedicated group for discussion of Eckhart Tolle’s new book A New Earth at yogaeveryday.gather.com.
The cool thing about joining the group – aside from being quick & easy – it becomes a co-blog. You can comment on what others write or make your own article (blog) reflecting how you are digesting your experience.
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