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Lorna Royle Yoga

Treat everyone you meet as if they are God in drag. Ram Dass #yoga #karma #ramdass #practice #seva #selflessservice #love

When you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree. The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying ‘You’re too this, or I’m too this.’ That judging mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are. Ram Dass #ramdass #yoga #bhakti #sadhana

Imagine feeling more love from someone than you have ever known. You’re being loved even more than your mother loved you when you were an infant, more than you were ever loved by your father, your child, or your most intimate loveranyone. This lover doesn’t need anything from you, isn’t looking for personal gratification, and only wants your complete fulfillment. You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don’t have to do anything to earn it. Your short...comings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here. Imagine that being in this love is like relaxing endlessly into a warm bath that surrounds and supports your every movement, so that every thought and feeling is permeated by it. You feel as though you are dissolving into love. This love is actually part of you; it is always flowing through you. It’s like the subatomic texture of the universe, the dark matter that connects everything. When you tune in to that flow, you will feel it in your own heartnot your physical heart or your emotional heart, but your spiritual heart, the place you point to in your chest when you say, I am. This is your deeper heart, your intuitive heart. It is the place where the higher mind, pure awareness, the subtler emotions, and your soul identity all come together and you connect to the universe, where presence and love are. Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It’s not I love you for this or that reason, not I love you if you love me. It’s love for no reason, love without an object. It’s just sitting in love, a love that incorporates the chair and the room and permeates everything around. The thinking mind is extinguished in love. If I go into the place in myself that is love and you go into the place in yourself that is love, we are together in love. Then you and I are truly in love, the state of being love. That’s the entrance to Oneness. Excerpt from Be Love Now by Ram Dass #ramdass

Ishvara pranidhana - surrender to a higher purpose. ‘Give’ up the outcomes of your actions willingly. When we attach to the results we miss the present moment awareness; instead make the action more about how it benefits others and less about how it benefits ourselves. In a challenging asana or situation in life LET GO and surrender to the discomfort, for this is where we learn how to dig deep and realise our true resilience and tenacity. Devotion reminds us that we are all one #yoga #manchester #devotion #peace #unity #practice #give #realiseyourtruenature

Not much that is truly worthwhile comes to us without effort. It is through perseverance, tenacity, commitment and hard work that we achieve our goals. Change happens with conscious and consistent effort over time... In yoga, tapas is the ‘heat’ generated to burn through the resistance and habitual patterns, to purify our bodies and minds. In alchemy fire is used to transmute, to positively transform something and move it further along its evolutionary path. The element of fi...re manifests as Agni, according to Ayurveda, governing the heart, blood, circulation and digestive system; transforming food into nutrients and experiences into wisdom. Tapas is the willingness to to do the work. Tapas is the will power to apply yourself. Tapas is the determination to succeed even through challenges. Find a NEW comfort zone... #yoga #manchester #tapas #purification #yogasutras #niyama #fire #vinyasa #fiercegrace See more

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Three yoga studios in Manchester are coordinating to bring a day of classes to raise money and honour our beautiful friend and fellow teacher who very sadly passed away from a short illness. Please spread the word and join the various donation based classes to offer love and support to her family.

O N L I N E C L A S S E S Yoga Therapy 10am Monday Vinyasa 1pm Tuesday Nourishing Flow 10am Thursday Mellow Moves To Meditation 9am Friday... Free Guided Meditation 8.30am Saturday To book for Mon & Thurs classes please visit https://oneyogastudio.co.uk/online-schedule/ To book for Tues, Fri & Sat please DM me for link. Classes are 5 and open to all levels. I look forward to connecting with you. x

FREE weekly Guided Meditation on Zoom: Saturdays 8.30am-9am. We will take a few gentle postures to prepare the body for sitting and some breathing exercises to prepare the mind for stillness. I will guide you through a 15 minute meditation session. Please bring anything you might need to support your sitting position and make it as comfortable as possible. Bolster, cushions, blanket roll etc.... Tell your friends... no experience necessary. Namaste Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89299347934 Meeting ID: 892 9934 7934

And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and grew gardens full of fresh food, an...d learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently. "And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal. "And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed." ~Kitty O'Meara https://www2.hse.ie//minding-your-mental-health-during-the