"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." Anais Nin

“The idea behind a kaleidoscope is that it's a structure that's filled with broken bits and pieces, and somehow if you can look through them, you still see something beautiful. And I feel like we are all that way a little bit.” Sara Bareilles

“Wasting time is a basic human need. Once we accept that, we can stop fearing our inner “laziness” and begin to build healthy, happy, well-balanced lives.” Devon Price

"Is the world a lying asshole, with bogus expectations? Or is there something wrong with us?" Emily and Amelia Nagoski

"When you reach your edge, soften. Soften until you slip through the constraints and can create a new rhythm, a new route, a new release. Water is soft yet powerful. Reach your edge, and soften." Victoria Erickson

“Just like a sunbeam can't separate itself from the sun, and a wave can't separate itself from the ocean, we can't separate ourselves from one another. We are all part of a vast sea of love, one indivisible divine mind.” Marianne Williamson

"Life is amazing. And then it's awful. And then it's amazing again. And in between the amazing and awful it's ordinary and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful, and relax and exhale during the ordinary. That's just living heartbreaking, soul-healing, amazing, awful, ordinary life. And it's breathtakingly beautiful.” L.R. Knost

“My love language is safety. And feeling emotionally safe means collecting evidence that I can be my authentic, messy, sometimes dysregulated and struggling human self, and still be valued, cared for, and not abandoned.” Daniell Koepke

“Unless I can discover the alchemical trick of turning this muck into gold. I am lost.” Nietzsche

"The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them. The hunt to discover those jewels - that's creative living.” Elizabeth Gilbert

“The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it's in the being." Ram Dass

"Let me bathe my soul in colours, let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow." Kahlil Gibran

Let's be clear equanimity is not about fake positivity

March 30, 2018

Equanimity of mind is yoga. Do everything centred in that equanimity and you will enjoy an undisturbed mind in success or failure. - Bhahavad Gita

I hope you are all enjoying our theme of EQUANIMITY this year. I have not only been sharing inspiration about it in class but also online via Facebook and Instagram.

Now I am definitely not an expert but before we go any further into it I just want to be very clear -

EQUANIMITY IS NOT...
Equanimity is not about fake positivity
Equanimity is not about putting on a brave face
Equanimity is not about repressing our feelings
Equanimity is not about avoiding pain and suffering
Equanimity is not about putting on a mask of cosmetic cheer (thanks Megan Devine for that concept)
Equanimity is not about escape it’s about truth

EQUANIMITY IS...
Equanimity is about being really present to reality
Equanimity is about being ok with not being ok
Equanimity is about connecting with that place within that is always unwavering and calm
Equanimity is about being content and at ease no matter what seemingly 'good' or 'bad' situations we find ourself in
Equanimity is about choosing to stay in a state of love rather than letting our cheeky mind take us to a place of fear

Equanimity is not about sugar coating the shit, it it’s about sitting in the shit with ease knowing full well it will pass soon.

So...

Take off the mask
Feel your feelings
Observe yourself without judgement
Release the tendency to dramatise
Make friends with fleeting discomfort
Embrace and encourage contentment
Stretch your comfort zone
Surrender to the unknown

And remember...

To see clearly we need to take off those rose coloured glasses.