THE FIVE MAIN COMPONENTS OF AN AY PRACTICE Self-discipline AY asana practices Concentration Mindfulness Deep feelings of Oneness Self-discipline, AY asana practices and concentration are at the foundation of the structure. But mindfulness and the feeling of deep oneness are at the core. FOUNDATION OF THE...
A philosophy of surfing that can be applied to our AY Practice is soul surfing. It’s the perfect art or icon of the peace that both Confucius & Lao Tzu taught. Soul surfing gives us the deep, peaceful stoke that both Confucians & Taoists seek...
Living in an awake way requires working from the inside out on a path of self-transformation. As we study ourselves through the lens of various wisdom perspectives—Yogic, Buddhist, Taoist, depth psychology—and apply holistic methods to an examined life, we become the artistic visionaries of our...
Adhittana means strong determination. I first encountered this word in 2009 when I did my first Vipassana Meditation. We held our sitting posture without moving any part of the body for an hour (total of 10 hours a day for 10 days = 100 hours)...
Make yourself at home in your own heart, mind, and body so that you won't be afraid to choose the solo path if the only alternative is to sacrifice parts of yourself. Learn to enjoy the presence of your own company, so that you can...
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." You might have read or heard of this passage from the French philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and you might have resonated with it at a very primordial level. At...
your art is not about how many people like your work your art is about if your heart likes your work if your soul likes your work it's about how honest you are with yourself and you must never trade honesty for relatability -Rupi Kaur...
Like focus, clearing the mind of unhelpful, unconscious patterns is something we can work on. Yoga and meditation, if practiced correctly, can help us clear our minds and see things more clearly so we can respond more openly from a space of truth and honesty...
I love the sea and it seems like every surfer has some kind of special relationship to it. Who wouldn't? The surfing experience is so simple, so essentially pure that riding a nature-made fun machine is truly one of the greatest joys of being alive. Perhaps...