Living life limitless

"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."
~ Jamie Paolinetti

As children it's easy to see 1000 different ways to spend our day. When the sky gives us rain, we splash in the puddles. When the air turns cold and snow piles up we build forts and have snow ball fights.

Children look at this difficult weather and make it into a joyous occasion and then they grow and we see it as a burden. We limit the world around us.

It's easy to get caught up in the humdrum of life and become so focused on one pinpoint spot in time we lose sight of all the wonders around us, and all the wonders that are inside of us. There is no right and wrong - there are only mistakes that teach us how to do it better the next time. Life is filled with fascinating lessons that we go through each day and what we get out of them should help us to see that the possibilities really are limitless.

All you really need is faith in yourself, the will to work harder than you ever have and embrace the passion that flows through you - and then you will see the glass ceiling wasn't really there at all.

"We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do"
~Dale Carnegie

Meditation

"I am free to be the person I want to be. The possibilities in my life are limitless."

Find a quiet spot to lie down - if the weather permits it, outside would be perfect. Lie on your back in savasana with your shoulder blades rolled onto your back, allow your feet to fall open naturally and your hands to rest on the ground next to you, palms open to the sky.

Allow your eyes to soften. Allow your jaw to relax. Feel your body sink into the ground below you. Notice each point of your body that is connecting with the earth and realize that you are safe, you are grounded, you can let go. Then begin to chant either in your mind our out into the air that surrounds you - "I am free to be the person I want to be. The possibilities in my life are limitless."

Breathe in and out the millions and millions of possibilities that surround you and the opportunities you can have it you simply ask. You are free to be the person you want to be. Your life is limitless.

Urdhva Hastasana (Upward Salute)

Come to stand in tadasana (mountain pose) with your feet hip width distance apart. Stacking your knees over your ankles, hips over your knees and shoulders over your hips - inhale - swan dive upwards, drawing your arms out to the side all the way above your head. Keeping your fingers wide and your hands active, gently bring your gaze to your hands.

On your next exhale, draw your hands together at your heart in Anjali Mudra (prayer mudra) and slightly bow your head.

The light and spirit in me, honors the light and spirit in you

~Namaste

Simply You

“Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.” ~John Jakes

It's easy to allow those we care about sway our thought process. Allowing their fears and anxieties come through and carry over to our own lives. But the truth is, on the road to happiness, you must take care of yourself first.

Some may say this is a "selfish" or "greedy" idea to have, but this is not the suggestion you see yourself better than those around you. No, it is a statement that if you don't stand your ground about the things that are the essence of you - you will never be the person you were born to be.

"OM"

The simplest mantra. The perfect sound. OM has not specific meaning, yet it means everything thing. It speaks of God, it speaks of you, it cleanses the air - it is the perfect mantra to clear away the cobwebs and clutter around our true self.

Pronounced A-U-M, each letter sung out through and through. It begins and ends most other mantras. It is many parts - yet still a whole, just like you. According to Sharon Gannon and David Life - the founders of Jivamukti, "The word OM beautifully expresses the four states of consciousness; jagrat (waking), swapna (dreaming), sushupti (deep sleep) and turiya (samadhi)... Each part of the symbol for OM represents a different state of consciousness."

That is why the very essence of OM is here to help you on your path. It is everything, just like you.

Anjali Mudra

Placing your hands together, at your heart and pressing your thumbs into your sternum - Anjali Mudra is synonymous with Indian Culture. Used to greet people hello and good-bye and it is the most common mudra used in meditation and most often accompanied with a bowed head.

In simplicity we will find freedom. The freedom to live, love and learn and the freedom to be ourselves.

Easy pose - Sukhasana - is when you come to sit in a simple crossed legged style. This pose has many benefits from stretching your legs and knees to helping you ground yourself. Finding easy pose may not be that easy, but once you find yourself centered - perhaps sitting on a blanket or a block. Pressing your hands together at your heart, allowing your eyes fall to close and inhaling deeply then releasing OM from the debts of your being.

Let go of the tensions of life.

Let go of the expectations of others.

Find your inner guru and just be.

~Namaste