Bec's Yoga

08/04/2026

21/03/2026

Stillness is vital to the world of the soul. If as you age you become more still, you will discover that stillness can be a great companion. The fragments of your life will have time to unify, and the places where your soul-shelter is wounded or broken will have time to knit and heal. You will be able to return to yourself. In this stillness, you will engage your soul. Many people miss out on themselves completely as they journey through life. They know others, they know places, they know skills, they know their work, but tragically, they do not know themselves at all. Aging can be a lovely time of ripening when you actually meet yourself, indeed maybe for the first time. There are beautiful lines from T. S. Eliot that say:

'And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.'

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from the book, Anam Cara,
25th Anniversary Edition.
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/anam-cara

County Kerry, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

13/03/2026

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11/03/2026

Dynamism in yoga 😎

03/03/2026

https://yogastudies.org/6bpi

09/02/2026

Love this. So much emphasis on the venue and the ambiance these days. It’s the inner ambiance needing cultivating more so than the outer, surely ….
❤️🌺

29/01/2026

Sleep was never wasted time. For Hemingway, rest was part of the work. Quiet hours when the noise dropped away and the mind reset itself. He believed in rising early, writing hard, and earning the right to rest. Sleep wasn’t escape. It was repair. A return to yourself.

“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?”

In a world that glorifies exhaustion, there’s something deeply radical about honoring rest, loving the stillness of night, and waking ready to do the work again. Sometimes the most disciplined thing you can do is simply close your eyes.

06/01/2026

Most people believe meditation means stopping thoughts.
That’s why they sit down, close their eyes… and feel like they’re failing within seconds.

The mind starts racing.
Plans appear.
Memories surface.
Worries knock loudly.

And people conclude: “I can’t meditate.”

But here’s the truth 👇

Meditation is not about forcing the mind to go blank.
It’s about changing your relationship with your thoughts.

At first, the mind is noisy — and that’s not a problem.
That noise was always there; you’re just noticing it for the first time.

Then something subtle happens: You stop fighting the thoughts.
You stop chasing them.
You stop believing every story they tell.

You begin to observe without reacting.

Thoughts still arise —
but they no longer own you.
They pass like clouds, while you remain the sky.

With time, the mind naturally settles.
Not because you controlled it,
but because you stopped interfering.

And in that quiet awareness: • Clarity replaces confusion
• Peace replaces restlessness
• Presence replaces overthinking

Meditation is not about thinking less.
It’s about being less controlled by thinking.

Sit.
Breathe.
Observe.
Let go.

The calm you’re searching for
isn’t something you create —
it’s something you uncover.