Posts by GypSea
Relax Into Joy: Body Scan
Have you heard about Fight or Flight mode? Many people today live with an overactive sympathetic nervous system, in a constant state of imminent threat. In a time when we don’t have to worry about where our food comes from, or whether a tiger is chasing us, we expend a lot of our vital energy physiologically protecting ourselves…
Read MoreCreating the Life of Your Dreams
When it comes to results, are you getting what you want in life? Most of us have an innate desire for peace, joy, and for love. This is the highest burning desire to be the best version of yourself. Desire creates thought. Thought creates action. Action creates habit, and habits create demeanor. Your personality depends…
Read MoreWhat does it mean to “Hold Space”?
By attempting to “fix” someone’s problems we take away their power. By suggesting they need more information and giving them too much too fast we can overwhelm and embarrass them; this also takes away their personal power. Holding space means holding a deep knowing that we all arrive whole and remain whole throughout the journey…
Read MoreWhat is Raja Yoga?
Raja Yoga is the place where the many paths of yoga merge, in the regulation of mental activity. It is the science of controlling the mind. The emphasis is on strengthening one-pointed focus, concentration, for meditation and meditative absorption. There are many paths a yogi can take, karma (the yoga of action), jñana (the yoga…
Read MoreBiodiversity, Growth, Change
Did you know that Costa Rica only takes up 0.03% of the Earth’s surface, and boasts almost 6% of the world’s biodiversity? That means that life is EVERYWHERE! The jungle literally breathes you here. The rolling wheels of change were never more evident than deep beneath the towering canopy and swirling vines. During the summer…
Read MorePresence + Peace in 2017
The new year offers us a chance to pause and reflect. What has your daily spiritual practice looked like in 2016? Is it consistent? Is working? Yoga is a scientific approach to calming the undulations of the mind. You’ll know how effective your practice is by the degree of peace you feel moment to moment,…
Read MoreMinimalism
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” -Rumi Think about the ocean for a moment. How often do we see the ocean completely flat and calm? What about below? Is it ever not moving? How about life within the ocean, fish, invertebrates, microscopic plankton? We lose…
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