Cultivate “Being in the Moment” retreat

"You are here to enable the devine purpose of the universe to unfold. That is how important you are!" -- Eckhart Tolle. What does it mean to do a silent retreat for more than 5 days? My first reaction was, how lonely that must be, and could I ever do something like that? I finally …

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Active Laziness vs. Responsibility

"I decided that no matter what job I ever did, I wanted that same feeling I got when I first started in radio—the feeling of ‘I love this so much, even if you didn’t pay me I’d show up every day, on time and happy to be here’.” — Oprah Winfery. I always wondered why …

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Commitment

"Commitment is only one of two things - in or out" -- a quote from Mokshapriya‘s sunshine lecture.   My Guruji Mokshapriya, asked us to commit ourselves to meditation in one yoga retreat.  Without much thought, I made the promise to commit myself every day to meditate. Once I committed, my meditation practice started, and …

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