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YOGA SHALA

WELCOME TO SOUL PAGES
The Amandari journal
Reflections on Mindfulness & Yoga
from past classes
for your inspiration


Preparing for Yoga Nidra
Hello lovely people. I've put together some suggestions on how to set up for Sunday and a quickie explanation, in case this is your first...
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The Anatomy of Insight
In our practice, we often talk about, experience (and are possibly humbled?) by what we call insights. Today we’re taking a moment to...
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Don't Kill, Don't Steal and Watch What You Say – Skillful Minds Create Skillful Words.
There is something fundamental to our practice called the 'E ightfold Path ', which is a set of guidelines to help us navigate and ease...
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59 Zen Teachings / Lojong Instructions
POINT ONE -Resolve to Begin 1. Train in the preliminaries. POINT TWO -Train in Empathy and Compassion:Absolute Compassion 2. See...
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Laugh your way to enlightenment
We can use laughter and humour to help us along our spiritual path. – July 2022 The traditional Zen stories are full of funny responses...
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Problems are a matter of perspective.
First of all, may I say that usually, when I look at a problem I am having, it disappears quite quickly when I stop taking myself too...
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Do It Anyway - Zen version - work in progress
Often we think we don’t need to sit. Sit anyway. Visiting our sorrow, regrets or disappointment can hurt. Embrace it anyway. We cling, to...
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Do It Anyway - Mother Theresa
I found this on the site of David Brazier, a Pureland Buddhist teacher, who in turn found it on website of Japanese artist, Margareth Osju.
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Exquisite Simplicity
Based on class notes "Concentration and simplicity: 14 June 2022" If asked “what generates happiness”, it isn’t immediately obvious that...
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Winter booster shots - Ayurveda style
I was talking to a few people over the weekend about how to use Ayurveda to help support our immune system during the winter months, and...
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The Posture Called 'Life' - Try it Without Effort
No effort / don’t try too hard – thoughts on infinity In the west we have a cultural bias against the idea of no effort or not trying...
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Create Your Own Heaven by Letting Go ...
NIRVANA – “UNBINDING" Usually nirvana is interpreted as heaven. But directly translated it means “putting out fire or unbinding” (or...
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What Do You Place Your Faith In?
Smriti and Saddha - Mindfulness and Faith (notes on today's meditation) A little while ago we touched briefly on the topic of faith, so...
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Zen Mind
(This class is based on the teachings of Shunryu Suzki-Roshi. The full teaching this refers to is the previous article posted, together...
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Shunryu Suzuki - Our Practice
Lecture to Professor Lewis Lancaster's visiting class BY Shunryu Suzuki-roshi TASSAJARA MARCH 1, 1970 I CAME THIS MORNING without...
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