Bliss Yoga Norwich

22/01/2026

You are worthy of beautiful things happening to you - today and every day.

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With love
Fiona
www.earthmonk.guru

09/01/2026

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.

07/01/2026

HOW TO PROCESS YOUR FEELINGS (Without Being Controlled by Them)

Feelings are not problems to fix.
They are messages to understand.

Most suffering doesn’t come from emotions themselves —
it comes from resisting them, suppressing them, or becoming lost inside them.

Here’s how to process your feelings with awareness, not avoidance:

1. PAUSE
Before reacting, pause.

Take a breath.
Slow your body down.

This pause creates space between what you feel and what you do.
In that space, wisdom can arise.

In Buddhism, this moment of pause is mindfulness —
the ability to see clearly instead of acting blindly.

Not every emotion needs an immediate response.
Some only need your attention.

2. NAME IT
Give the feeling a name.

Anger.
Sadness.
Fear.
Disappointment.
Joy.

Naming an emotion takes away its power to overwhelm you.
What is named becomes observed, not possessed.

You are not “angry.”
Anger is arising within you.

This subtle shift reminds you:
You are the observer, not the emotion.

3. FEEL IT (WITHOUT JUDGMENT)
Sit with the emotion instead of pushing it away.

Don’t label it as good or bad.
Don’t rush to escape it.
Don’t shame yourself for feeling it.

Feelings are like waves —
they rise, peak, and fall if you don’t fight them.

In Buddhist practice, this is equanimity:
allowing what is, without clinging or aversion.

What you resist persists.
What you allow, softens.

4. ASK WHY
Gently explore the root.

What triggered this feeling?
What expectation was unmet?
What attachment was touched?

Often, emotions reveal hidden truths —
unhealed wounds, unmet needs, or false stories we tell ourselves.

This is not about blaming yourself or others.
It’s about understanding.

Awareness turns pain into insight.

5. RELEASE
Once understood, let it move through you.

Breathe deeply.
Write it out.
Speak to someone you trust.
Sit quietly and watch it fade.

Feelings are energy.
If they are not expressed or released, they become stored tension.

Release does not mean forgetting.
It means not carrying unnecessary weight.

6. SHIFT
After release, gently redirect your energy.

Toward calm.
Toward kindness.
Toward something constructive.

Not as an escape —
but as a conscious choice.

This is wisdom in action:
choosing peace over rumination, growth over repetition.

FINAL TRUTH.

Feelings are temporary guests.
They come to teach, not to stay forever.

Suffering begins when you cling.
Freedom begins when you observe, understand, and let go.

You don’t need to control your emotions.
You need to befriend them — and know when to let them leave.

🧘‍♂️ Nothing that arises is meant to be held onto forever.

04/01/2026

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🌹🧘‍♀️🌹Advanced yoga isn’t about how complex the pose looks — it’s about awareness, stillness, and mastery of the basics. True progress begins when strength meets calm and the mind learns to rest.

30/12/2025

Your words are not harmless sounds. They are instructions your mind listens to and your body follows. What you repeat daily becomes the lens through which you experience life. When you constantly label yourself as exhausted or lacking or emotionally low, you are not describing reality, you are reinforcing it. The mind accepts repetition as truth and slowly shapes your energy around it.

Shifting your language is not denial. It is direction. Gratitude trains your awareness to notice what is working instead of what is missing. Growth begins the moment you stop narrating your limitations and start acknowledging your potential. Speaking life into yourself is an act of self respect. It is choosing encouragement over self criticism and hope over habit.

The way you talk to yourself sets the tone for how you move through the world. Gentle words create space for healing. Empowered words create momentum. When your inner dialogue changes, your confidence deepens, your actions align, and your reality responds. What you speak consistently, you slowly become.