Aversion
This week in classes I am talking about the 4th Hindrance of the Mind, Dvesa or aversion. This is the part of us that resists or pushes...
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Veronica Carpenter
Jul 29, 20212 min read
Build A Better World
With all of my heart I believe that each individual can make a contribution to creating a better world. It begins with each person...
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Veronica Carpenter
Jul 27, 20212 min read
Freedom In Letting Go
When we hold things lightly and live unattached to expectation and judgments we are more in tune with the nature all around us. When on...
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Veronica Carpenter
Jul 26, 20211 min read
3 Minutes On Attachment
What is Attachment? Why should we live unattached to things? A little 3 minute run down on this Yoga philosophy concept....
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Veronica Carpenter
Jul 26, 20212 min read
Attachment
This week in classes I am talking about Raga or Attachment. We are all attached to things. Some things we attach to inspire us- such as a...
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Veronica Carpenter
Jul 21, 20212 min read
Ego vs Spirit
Ego says- I need to be more than what I am. Spirit says- I am enough as is. Ego says- Success is measured by notoriety, money, power....
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Veronica Carpenter
Jul 20, 20212 min read
We All Have An Ego
Yoga Sutra 2:6 tells us that "Egoism is the identification, as it were, of the powers of the Seer (Spirit) with that of the instrument...
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Veronica Carpenter
Jul 19, 20212 min read
This Week's Dive
According to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali there are 5 Hindrances of the Mind which cloud our understanding of who we really are. This...
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Veronica Carpenter
Jul 18, 20212 min read
Egoism Explored
This week's philosophy theme will be the 2nd Klesha or "Hindrance of the Mind" written about in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, which is...
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Veronica Carpenter
Jul 13, 20212 min read
Practice. Practice. Practice.
The quote pictured was written in a letter to Ram Dass by the Tibetin Lama as he was dying. I found this quote in a talk by Ram Dass on...
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Veronica Carpenter
Jul 12, 20212 min read
Shine Awareness
This week is the beginning of the 5 week dive into the Hindrances of the Mind or the Kleshas. In an ancient text, The Yoga Sutras, the...
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Veronica Carpenter
Jul 11, 20212 min read
Magnificent Mess
It took me a long time to truly love myself, mostly stemming from rooted trauma in my brain through the earliest years of my human...
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Veronica Carpenter
Jul 8, 20212 min read
Superbloom
Moment of bliss brought to you by Blissful Butterfly celebrating how much hard work I've put in to heal from childhood trauma that led to...
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