“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
OMG. I will never do THAT again. This morning I awoke at 3:45 am to go for a run on the Charles at 4 before teaching the 4:45 am at Prana Power Yoga™ Newton. It was as if the Universe was like, “Taylor! Don’t do it!” But man, I didn’t listen.
When I was in graduate school at Columbia in my late 20s, I took a bunch of feminism courses and was a research assistant for a feminist studies professor.
Unlike eggs, dreams don’t hatch by sitting on them. Yes I believe in the law of attraction. Yes I utilize it daily. But action is also required
When you were little, you said and KNEW you were “SO BIG,” with your actions, your energy, your smile, your attitude, your expectations.
What changed?
Society teaches you to forget your dreams.
I teach the opposite. It’s NEVER too late to begin again.
Why is it that way after the fact, things that at the time SUCKED, seem comical? And how can we learn to speed up this process of laughing at things/situations/ourselves?
When’s the last time you LAUGHED? Really laughed? Out loud.
When something goes wrong your friends don’t need an explanation and your enemies won’t believe your explanation so don’t bother.
Remember that Smith Barney ad where the old gentleman said, “Smith Barney makes money the old-fashioned way, they earn it.”?
When Philippe and I got married I put a plastic bubble gum clock on our registry. Philippe said, "No one will buy that for us." One of my best friends did. She knows me so well...
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”- Albert Schweitzer
When we moved into our white castle five years ago the day before Thanksgiving, I was pregnant with Dakota and Montana. We had just opened our raw vegan restaurant three doors down from Prana Power Yoga Newton. ...
"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."
- Robert Brault
Be grateful for the little things and moments, because:
A. This moment is your life
and
B. One day you will realize that the "little" things were the "big" things.
Don't wait to:
~ do that thing
~ begin
~ give that hug
~ give that kiss
~ give that smile
~ say, "I love you."
~ say, "I'm sorry."
~ say, "I was wrong."
~ say, "You are a-mazing."
~ say, "I'm proud of you."
~ say, "Let's begin again."
~ say, "I'm in! Let's do it!"
~ say, "Ya! Let's play!"
~ think/dream big . . . you're going to think anyway, so may as well think BIG.
I'm rootin' for ya!
Have the best day ever!
Namaste!
Taylor plus 5
“Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.”
― Paulo Coelho
We can't change the cards we are dealt, but we can change how we play the hand.
It's all about how we play our cards. Take inventory of what you have been dealt, decide who you want to be, decide what you want to do, decide how you want it all to feel, and then give it up to the universe and allow it to unfold. Remember to focus on what you do want and not what you don't want. When you focus on what you don't want that is called distraction. And it will pull you down a different path, so be mindful.
Have the best day ever!
Namaste!
Taylor plus 5
"One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say."
- Bryant H. McGill
Are you a good listener? It's astonishing how many people aren't. When you are talking with someone are you waiting for them to finish talking so you can get your two cents in? This ain't listening, btw.
The next time you have a conversation, set the intention to actually LISTEN to what the person is saying. And watch your relationships -- and life -- transform.
Have the best day ever!
Namaste!
Taylor plus 5
“Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”- Oprah Winfrey
I've noticed something. If I slack in doing something, it never behooves me because in the end I need to go back and redo it well anyway.
It came to me this morning during my 4:30 AM pre-dawn practice at Prana Power Yoga Newton, because if I don't give myself fully to my practice and really breathe through and go deep in each pose of the Prana Power Yoga Flow, my body feels tweaky after my practice and I need to go back and do those poses fully.
This is the gift of having a tweaky low back. I am so in tune with my body that I feel it kinesthetically if I slack. I need to open up all of the energetic channels in my body fully to feel as amazingly alive as I do as I walk my path.
This is of course a metaphor for life. As is everything in your yoga practice.
So just do it well --from the start.
Have the best day ever!
Namaste!
Taylor plus 5
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
― Albert Einstein
The universe is always at work.
The universe is on it.
The universe has your back.
Let the universe control and just focus on your vibration.
The photo above might seem unremarkable to you. But to me it is a miracle. It is yet another example of the magic of the universe. How it just brings things together in a way that you or I could never plan or anticipate.
I was just inspired to move a few things around in my white castle. On the walls, in the rooms, etc. I do this a lot. I love change and moving energy and clearing energy and finding a better way. I have so much fun finding a better way.
So I hung this hand painted moon and star mirror, hand made star mirrors and hand painted moon mirror in our basement lavette.
Dakota, age 4, made one of the star mirrors. Montana, age 4, made the other one. Madison made the hand-painted moon mirror at age 6 - she is now 17. I snagged the hand painted moon and star mirror at a yard sale a few years ago.
The four pieces together look like a set. They look like they were made for each other and with each other. I did not plan this when I was inspired to pull one piece from here one from there et Cetera and hang them together. I had no idea. I just felt inspired to do so and I always follow my inspiration.
Please note that one piece was handmade by Madison 11 years ago, two pieces were handmade by Dakota and Montana this year, and one piece was handmade by a child I don't know and bought at a yard sale.
You can live life one of two ways. As if nothing is a miracle, or as if everything is a miracle.
I choose the latter, all day every day.
Have the best day ever!
Namaste!
Taylor plus 5
I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.
— Anne Lamott
I got this text from a Super mom after my 17-year-old daughter babysat for her:
"Madison was amazing today and a trooper! You should be proud of her. You have raised a very kind and caring daughter so congrats to you on a job well done."
This. This is it. This is all I need to make my heart sing.
Because, at the end of the day. What else really matters?
Have the best day ever!
Namaste!
Taylor plus 5
"After all is said and done, more is said than done."
- Aesop
My daughter told me the that she likes her new art teacher better. When I asked her why she explained, "My other art teacher spent most of the time telling us the rules and what we could not do. She talked a lot. We didn't do much art. Our new art teacher lets us create art. That's what we do during art class, instead of talking."
I read a quote once that said, "After all is said and done, more is said than done."
Rules are important. Especially with children. They need boundaries. But we all need rules and in some sense, they make us feel safe.
Talking is important. Communication is key.
But be mindful that you are not out of balance regarding what you are saying you are going to do -- versus what you are actually doing.
Have the best day ever!
Namaste!
Taylor plus 5