A 21 Day Plan To Living Your Best Life
What are the thoughts you think about yourself, your circumstances, your life? Do they make you feel good? Do they inspire you? If so, BRAVO! If not, this post is for you.
Month: November 2015
Starting a yoga practice
For me, Yoga is a practice of connecting body, mind, and spirit. I am so grateful for this practice in my life. Some people ask if yoga is a religion. They are concerned that yoga will conflict with their beliefs. Here is my favorite response to that question: “To answer this question, I look to …
Gaining perspective
Don’t you just love images that use forced perspective? Forced perspective is a technique which employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. It is used primarily in photography, filmmaking, and architecture.People will sometimes ask me how I stay so positive.
The Alchemist
One of my all time favorite books is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. This book is full of wise tidbits intricately woven into an amazing, coming of age story. I have read this book on my own as well as introduced it to my kids. Obviously, I highly recommend it. If you are not a …
Letting Go…
“In the process of letting go, you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.” Deepak ChopraDamn. How many of us are holding on to a bunch of useless *ish from the past?Yes, we collect things like papers, and pictures and curios, but we also hold on to pain and guilt …
Real Talk about Loving YOU.
A photo posted by Angel Aviles McClinton (@angelawakened) on Nov 18, 2015 at 4:50am PST “Not everyone is going to love you. Most people don’t even love themselves.” ~ @badassvegan We can’t MAKE anyone like, love, support or understand us. We do our best to #love ourselves and also love others. The rest falls into place …
Connecting with Nature
I love to hike. Many of my travels include both urban hikes and walks through the natural areas I visit. The Trillium Falls #hike. AMAZING. A video posted by Angel Aviles McClinton (@angelawakened) on Aug 21, 2015 at 11:13am PDT If you don’t live in an area that is as lush as the Redwoods, find …
Namaste
My soul recognizes your soul, I honor the light, love, beauty, truth, and kindness within you because it is also within me. In sharing these things, there is no distance and no difference between us. We are the same. We are one. #namaste #wisdom #mindfulness
Kids and meditation
I am a huge fan of meditation. Research has revealed that meditation can actually change our brain. People in one study showed changes in gray-matter density in parts of the brain associated with memory, learning, sense of self, empathy, and stress. My kids learned to meditate in elementary school and it was really good for them. I am …