Mental Health

SELF CARE IS NOT SELFISH

You’re allowed to make yourself feel safe. Self care is not selfish.

JNANA YOGA: THE IMPERMANENCE OF THOUGHTS

Thoughts and beliefs often change very rapidly. The moment we are presented with new information they can shift.

JNANA YOGA: WHY WE PRACTICE COMPASSION

Compassion practices teach us to release the resentment, anger, hatred, or disgust we hold close to our hearts.

JNANA YOGA: DIFFICULT EMOTIONS

There is no getting around hard feelings. We have two options: repress them or enter into them. Repressing them only saves them for later.

MOVING THROUGH INJUSTICE:THE LOTUS BLOOMS FROM MUD

My emotions are like the mud at the bottom of a pond. An upsetting occurrence is like a rock thrown in -all the mud gets stirred up.

THE SACREDNESS OF BOUNDARIES

Upholding boundaries can be difficult, isolating and scary, particular with abusive people who experience boundaries as a threat.

FLOWER CONTEMPLATION

Imagine yourself as a flower. How do you feel? Fresh and new? Does it feel withered? How can you nourish this flower-self?

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