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Dear Gloria,

 

Thank you so much for the quotes and the inspiration. I am going to print

those out too.

 

For those who are just starting Kundalini yoga, here is how I got started.

I came home for Christmas vacation 1968 and found my mother very cheery.

She announced "I have discovered yoga!" I said, " What is that?" She

showed me some basic Hatha exercises. I was amazed at how good I felt. I

went back to school with a tape of 3 basic exercises. I did Hatha yoga

everyday for 8 years. Then I discovered Kundalini yoga and have done it

everyday since then. (With very very few exceptions when I was too sick to

get out of bed.)

 

Basically I am addicted to feeling good. I just can't stand feeling bad. I

could state other reasons, but it all comes down to I want to feel as good

as I can and enjoy my life as much as I can. And that is possible when I do

my yoga every day.

 

TIP--Do something every day that makes you feel physically vital and happy

to be alive.

 

Sat Nam,

 

RAttana

 

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Attar, Gloria <gga

<Kundaliniyoga >

Wednesday, October 20, 1999 8:40 AM

RE: busy's a given

 

 

> "Attar, Gloria" <gga

>

> I got this from an article in an issue of Yoga Journal. I wrote it down

and

> pinned it to my wall next to the bed so I could see it every morning.

>

> "One day you simply arrive, not at some special place, but the most

ordinary

> of places -- your regular up-and-down, always busy life -- just as it is.

> But now, it is your own for the first time. There is within you a place

of

> quiet and surrender, a place from which you get up in the morning and

> without the need of inspiration or optimism find your way to the cushion

or

> the mat and offer yourself just as you are -- sleepy, fresh, grumpy or

> cheerful -- to the moment as it arises. You are alive and at peace."

>

> I used to feel this way when I was practicing everyday in Chicago. Talk

> about a busy life. I had a home based business, a 9-5 job and scheduled

> volunteer duty every weekend and 2 nights a week, but every morning, I'd

> drag myself to that mat and yes, sometimes I was grumpier than h*ll and

some

> mornings I'm not sure I even opened my eyes while walking from the bedroom

> to the livingroom, but I did it... absolutely, every morning, I did it.

And

> it changed the way I felt and looked at everything.

>

> Here's another quote I look at every morning (and sometimes I swear it's

my

> mother saying this to me):

>

> "The commitment is the most challenging thing. It must become

> non-negotiable. When you commit to it, it starts to change your life."

>

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