Personal Growth | pg.4

There’s a honk and then there’s a HONK!

Back from India, Colleen and I reflected on the nonviolent and nonetheless insane driving in the streets of India. Most of the time, you have to blindfold yourself in order not to jump out of your seat every 5 seconds.

Has Christmas become an annual nightmare? Has gift giving become nauseatingly decadent? Are family gatherings, or the lack of, a source of endless anxieties? Has the mind recorded all these unpleasant memories and does it seem to play them loudly at about this time of year?

Time to stop the madness … Time to record a different tune by digesting the old and opening up to what is happening right now.

Happy Holidays!

In the blink of an eye, one more year will be behind you. In 2008 you can continue on the path you’re on, or you can make a shift. What will you choose?

You know that to make your body stronger you must challenge it. It is the same for willpower and courage. To get more courage, you must face your fears. To increase willpower, you must use the power of your will.

Inhale, pause… Exhale, pause… The pendulum of the breath swings effortlessly back and forth, in and out.

On the first real cold day of the year, we may catch ourselves fascinated with the phenomena of the breath. And in your child’s first year, you may be constantly listening to his or her sleeping breath.

I just got back from filming two new Gaiam workout DVDs (”Kickbox: Core Cross Train” and “Dance: Core Cross Train” in the beautiful mountains of Utah.

Whenever you’re growing or entering new territory, you’ll feel fear. But the problem isn’t the fear — it’s letting fear hold you back. The beautiful thing is that fear can be greatly diminished in your life when you feel the fear and take action anyway.

Welcome to my the Stream of Consciousness Blog! Here I’ll share with you my passion and enthusiasm for living a life I love in a body I love.

Feeling good is so precious — and it depends on the choices you make every day. Every time that realization hits you, you feel empowered, alive and deeply proud of your choices that have made right now a moment when you feel good.