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It Is What It Is
MONDAY MANTRA: It is what it is, but it will be what you make it. Our minds are constantly labeling our experiences as good or bad–this is human nature. But what would happen if we simply accepted...
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Change The Story
MONDAY MANTRA: Change the story. In yoga, one of the highest values is satya (truthfulness). The concept of satya is far-reaching; it teaches us to honest with ourselves, as much as we are honest with...
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Be Here Now
MONDAY MANTRA: Be here now. The only way to be truly happy is to live in the present moment. The worries, doubts, and fears that rule our minds are often founded in repetitive thoughts of prior...
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We Can’t Get Happy, We Can Only Be Happy
MONDAY MANTRA: We can’t get happy, we can only be happy. What’s the one thing everyone wants in life? We all want to be happy. We chase happiness, as if it is a material possession that we can claim as...
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Trust Your Struggle
MONDAY MANTRA: Trust Your Struggle One of the highest values in yoga is the concept of tapas–the heat that is created through refinement. Tapas is created when we stay in a difficult pose, even though...
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The Other Side Of Fear
MONDAY MANTRA: Everything you want is on the other side of fear. Fear is the great deceiver. It amplifies our doubts and toys with our imagination. The more we believe our fears, the less likely we are...
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Rejoice In The Way Things Are
MONDAY MANTRA: Rejoice in the way things are. There is an important distinction between happiness and excitement. So often in life we think, if I only had this or that, I would be happy. The truth is...
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I Am Not My Circumstances
MONDAY MANTRA: I am not my circumstances. Sometimes life is so wonderful, that we believe this is how it always should be. Sometimes life is overwhelmingly difficult, and we wonder what we did to...
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Feed The Faith, Question the Belief
MONDAY MANTRA: Feed the faith, question the belief. As a new year begins, we feel a renewed sense of hope for what lies ahead. We make resolutions to do better, and be better, but what can we do to...
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Seek The Truth Relentlessly
MONDAY MANTRA: Seek the truth relentlessly. We all have stories about who we are, and what we can or can’t do. We repeat the stories so often in our mind, that we start to believe that they are the...
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Three Things I Learned When I Almost Died
Celebrating my birthday with family and friends in the spring of 1998–one of the few times I actually left my bed, while recovering from a near fatal car accident. Nineteen years ago today, a man...
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How Yoga Teacher Training Changes Lives
Amber Barry discusses the transformation she experienced through her teacher training course, and announces her upcoming Fall 2016 Yoga Teacher Training at Westside Yoga in Atlanta.
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