My newest favorite book is titled, Wherever You Go There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn. The authors name just makes sense with the title. The book is the best book I have ever read about meditations. Of course, Shala used it in her Mindfulness training, that is where I got the reference for it from. It has so much information, so many meditations and so much common sense that I just can’t seem to put it down. If you are attending my classes, you will find me using it over and over again, sharing it’s wealth of knowledge and peace with each of you.

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So since I finally got this site up and running, I am able to release this wonderful post about my recent trip to Asheville for another yoga teacher training. This one was on mindfulness practices, with Shayla Worsley. It was amazing of course! We did some great activities to enable us to be mindful of the present moment. Just a few of the great things we did were viewing an apple and its process (how it came to our hands) before eating it (I couldn’t even mine, wasn’t hungry anyway, but felt bad after all that hard work was put into just get the apple to my hands), we talked about discussing problems and feelings with others and she mentioned a guy named Jerry Donahue that lives right across from the studio and does workshops on healthy/compassionate communication.  And, we did the coolest activity where we took a look at some of the most beautiful Mandalas ever as we participated in Yantra meditation. Look at the one (below) of  the one that I got in class. Isn’t it beautiful?

Of course, I took the picture of it after I meditated.

On Sunday afternoon, I participated in an optional yoga class called Fall Flow. It was awesome too. I didn’t really realize (until I took the class) that the fall season is all about letting go. That totally makes sense because, if you think about it, the leaves fall off the trees and they just Let Go! During the flow class we were able to listen to live music played by a local Kirtan band. It was beautiful and spritual.

To top it off, take a look at some cool pictures I took when I wasn’t practicing. You gotta love NC in the fall.

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