I just came back from three months at the Bright Path Ishaya retreat in Spain. Waking up this morning in my little cottage in the UK is different, but wonderful. There was a real sense of peace and serenity and aliveness on the mountain there in Spain. But you know what? There is here in North Yorkshire too.
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I am halfway through spending three months in a retreat centre in Spain, teaching yoga and The Bright Path Ishayas’ Ascension meditation. Life is pretty darn good, as you might expect. The weather is sensational and we are surrounded by mountains and forests in which I get to run and explore on my days off.
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“Be the change you wish to see in the world” – Gandhi It is a fascinating and inviolable certainty of this world: What you give tends to be what you get.
Once upon a time, I tried living without desires. I’d been reading lots of Buddhist books and it seemed like they talked a lot about desirelessness and how that would make you happy.
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Did you know that bad days don’t just happen?
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Acceptance doesn’t mean giving up your dreams. It means knowing that right now the path to your goal looks a little different than you expected.
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In any situation you don’t like you have three options: You can change it. If you can’t change it, you can leave it. If you can’t leave, or – very importantly – if you choose not to leave, then you must accept the situation, as it is, completely and utterly.
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