Shanti Yoga PORT DOVER

01/28/2026

01/27/2026

01/02/2026

What you are really suffering is memory replaying what has ended and imagination projecting what may never happen. The mind keeps dragging you backward into regret, guilt, and unfinished conversations, or pushing you forward into fear, anxiety, and endless “what ifs.”

🌿 The mind is a powerful storyteller — but not always a truthful one.

It convinces you that revisiting the past will fix it.
It tells you that worrying about the future will protect you.
In reality, both steal your peace right now.

Buddhist wisdom teaches that suffering arises when the mind abandons the present moment. When awareness is lost, the mind wanders — and suffering follows.

🧠 Memory is not the past.
🧠 Imagination is not the future.
They are thoughts happening now.

The problem is not thinking — the problem is believing every thought.

✨ Freedom begins the moment you stop living inside these stories and return to what is actually happening.

Right now: • You are breathing
• Your heart is beating
• Your body is here
• Life is unfolding in this very moment

This moment may not be perfect — but it is real.
And only what is real can be worked with, healed, and lived.

🧘 Presence doesn’t erase pain — it prevents unnecessary suffering.
🕊️ Awareness doesn’t change the past — it loosens its grip.
🌱 Being here doesn’t solve tomorrow — it gives you strength to meet it.

Life is not happening in yesterday’s memory.
Life is not happening in tomorrow’s fear.

Life is happening now — quietly, steadily, patiently waiting for you to return.

When you stop fighting time and start inhabiting this moment, something softens. The body relaxes. The mind clears. Peace becomes possible.

Come back.
This moment is enough.

12/30/2025

12/30/2025

A New Year's Blessing

May this new year unfold with light and promise.
May your body feel strong, your mind feel clear
and your heart remain open to possibility.

May you awaken with purpose in your breath
and rest at night knowing you did enough.

May opportunity meet your effort,
patience walk beside ambition,
and challenges sharpen you
without ever hardening you.

May laughter arrive often and stay awhile.
May love, old and new, grow deeper, truer.

May you give freely without losing yourself,
and receive fully, without hesitation.

And when the road bends without warning,
may you trust the strength you’ve earned
and the wisdom you carry to guide you.

May this be a year of steady growth,
honest joy, and gentle courage,
a future that feels not only hopeful,
but open and welcoming too.

~ 'A New Year's Blessing' by Spirit of a Hippie

✍️ Mary Anne Byrne

~ Art by Olya Haydamaka

12/22/2025

Happy Winter Solstice ❄️
Thank you for your support throughout 2025 🙏
We look forward to seeing you in 2026
Happy New Year 🎆

Tap for full view ♡ 💫 Blessings for peace and new beginnings for everyone and certainly our wildlife.. 💫

12/18/2025

Don’t skip 🎅🧘‍♀️🧘

12/11/2025

❤️

12/07/2025

Namaste 🙏
You are beautiful

12/03/2025

“What do you want to exhale today?”