Podcasts by Tenderfoot Yogi Podcast and Audio Blog: Perspectives and Insights for Ease in Your Awakening
Whether you have been on a spiritual path of awakening for decades or are just curious about waking up to a new way of being here, tenderfoot yogi offers short and sweet insights, ideas, perspectives, tips and tricks for gaining more meaning and incorporating sacred living into our daily lives. The tenderfoot yogi blog and podcast explores mindfulness, meditation, yoga, general spirituality, conscious choice and other topics that help us gain ease and lightness and freedom in all aspects of daily life. Also visit www.tenderfootyogi.com for all blog posts and to get your free eBook.
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You are surrounded by Divine Love with Francesca Ruini from 2018-09-28T00:53:32
Francesca Ruini is a certified Ananda meditation teacher. She is also a yoga teacher, artist and ballerina trained in her native Italy. She offers Love from a place deep within her heart, and sh...
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Don’t panic from 2018-09-21T14:31:25
This post is an excerpt from my next book, to be released soon… Listen to the Podcast version of this post below I had a panic attack when I was in my mid 20s. I didn’t know that it was a pani...
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You don’t need to do it alone from 2018-09-14T01:21:34
It’s not a mystery how we got to be this way. This way in which we feel we must be independent, self-sufficient, lone warriors on the battleground of our lives. That’s what ‘tough’ men and women...
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This is how I know you’re OK from 2018-09-07T01:18:03
This thing that has been on your mind, either recently or for as long as you can remember, that you believe is worth your serious attention? It isn’t. You might want to know how I know this. So,...
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Gabriel’s Blessing from 2018-08-31T14:13:36
At Christmas time last year, I found myself at church for a Christmas eve service. This is interesting for two reasons. First, I don’t usually go to church. I suppose that is not that interestin...
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Unblocking happiness with Alison J. Kay from 2018-08-24T01:07:33
Dr. Alison J. Kay is an author, holistic health practitioner, Reiki master, Qigong instructor, meditation and yoga teacher and creator of the Vibrational Upgrade System. In this conversation she...
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How to stop wanting and start having from 2018-08-17T01:42:37
Are you more committed to wanting that which you desire, or to having it? It’s easy to decipher the answer to this question – it’s in the results. If you look at your life do you mostly have the...
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It’s OK to notice what you think about from 2018-08-03T00:29:55
Have you ever noticed your mind? It comes up with some interesting stuff. When we sit back and take note of the thoughts that we think it becomes clear that our mind is simply passing the time. ...
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How anxiety fosters peace from 2018-07-27T02:00
It’s counterintuitive that anxiety, whether it’s a few nervous butterflies or a full-blown anxiety or panic attack, actually creates Peace. But that is exactly how it’s designed. Further the dur...
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You are not wrong from 2018-07-20T01:27:47
You’re not wrong for wanting what you want. The reason we feel wrong about something we have done or said or wrong about something that we want or wrong about who we are or who we want to be is ...
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How to fall in Love from 2018-07-13T14:20:45
Do you consider yourself a romantic? I do. Do you long for tender affection, deep connection, and sharing in joyful laughter? Me too. It seems there is a wide-eyed teenager within us who we neve...
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How to create inner peace and possibility from 2018-07-06T16:02:23
You’ve heard of the observer before. Even if you have never sat in meditation or spent much time thinking about it, you’ve likely heard this idea. This is the idea that we all have something wit...
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Let go of your hero and rise from 2018-06-29T01:29:50
Did you know that you were a super hero? You are. I’m getting to know this part of myself quite well as of late, and I’d like to introduce you to him, or her, because we all have a hero inside o...
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You are not losing your mind from 2018-06-15T01:43:37
It just feels like you are sometimes. No matter how many times you hear about the ‘monkey mind’ and the nature of your wandering mind and that you are not your thoughts, still sometimes that wha...
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How to have the right kind of patience from 2018-06-08T01:34:09
Patience is a virtue. Patience is also the name of an excellent hard rock ballad by Gun ‘N’ Roses. But when I looked up Patience in the dictionary I was disappointed. Patience is defined as “the...
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How to be kind to yourself when you make a mistake from 2018-06-01T00:52:04
Sometimes we make choices that we wished we had not made. And sometimes those choices affect other people. When this happens, we tend to be quite good at piling guilt and shame upon ourselves. A...
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Don’t let familiarity limit you from 2018-05-25T01:29:41
If we want to remain comfortable then there is nothing more comfortable than familiarity. But we can be more than comfortable. We’re both allowed to want more than comfort and designed to want m...
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Are your dreams about to come true? from 2018-05-18T01:00:10
It seems there is but one thing between you and your dreams. One thing between you and all that you desire. One thing between you and all that is meant for you. It may not be the answer we would...
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Reimagine the best shape of your life from 2018-05-11T01:15:38
What if the slim and trim vision that represents the ‘best shape of your life’ is but a fraction of what it means to actually BE in the best shape of your life? It is. There is a version of you ...
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Use these words for your highest potential from 2018-05-04T00:56:38
You’ve heard the phrase ‘words matter’ before. Most often it’s in the context of what human beings say to each other. The words that we choose when interacting with one another do matter, but wo...
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How to magically increase your free time from 2018-04-27T01:27:40
It is ironic that one of the most common reasons people offer for why we don’t meditate is that we don’t have enough time. It is ironic because one of the huge benefits of a sustained meditation...
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How to turn negativity into the good stuff from 2018-04-20T00:56:48
The idea of positive thinking can sound a bit Pollyanna. Can everything truly be cured, fixed, uplifted, turned around simply by thinking good thoughts? Actually, it has more to do with allowing...
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The path from surviving to thriving from 2018-04-06T01:26:25
Do you ever find yourself watching television or movies and wondering whether there is a different kind of life you could be living? A life that includes more? More money, more love, more ease, ...
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Hack your spiritual freedom with a mantra from 2018-03-30T01:21:03
At this point you’ve heard of mantras. But what exactly they are, what they do, and when and how and why to use them can get murky. Also, where does a mantra fit in with meditation, how is it di...
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What to do when you don’t know what to do from 2018-03-23T01:31:50
Sometimes we wake up in the morning and aren’t quite sure what to do. We find ourselves with many questions. It may seem that everything is a question. Past choices combine with decisions about ...
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Release yourself from isolation from 2018-03-16T01:24:41
Whether it is working out at the gym, a home yoga practice or your general approach to life and society, isolation does not work. It’s not the best approach for our physical bodies. It’s not the...
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How to concentrate, no app required from 2018-03-09T02:16:48
It is not a bad thing that western science and technology so regularly finds its way to supporting and reinforcing that which yogic science has known for centuries. Concentration can be learned ...
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The opposite of Love from 2018-03-02T02:20:13
It is completely possible to wake up each morning, breath in and out all day and participate in the world without being alive. It is possible to simply exist. But this is not you, not if you’re ...
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A new kind of love song from 2018-02-23T02:18:52
Boy I love a good love song. Who doesn’t? With the heartache, the longing, the passion and desire and joy – what’s not to love? Whether your idea of a love song comes from Mozart, Metallica, Elv...
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Do the work of your joyful soul from 2018-02-16T02:04:15
There are many definitions, interpretations and belief systems pertaining to a human being’s soul. But we need no definition, interpretation or belief system in order to begin exploring our soul...
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The boy who learned to speak from 2018-02-09T02:33:25
A long time ago there was a young boy who grew up in a small village. He was a fine boy, a smart boy, a boy with a big heart. He spent most of his time at home with his father. They did not have...
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How to awaken with ease from 2018-02-02T02:34:30
Some of us are awakened into this new way of being with a gentle nudge. But not most of us. It is all too easy for us humans to fall into automatic patterns, inherited belief systems and succumb...
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Don’t let your intelligence limit your awakening from 2018-01-26T02:10:04
We love our minds. We play trivia games. We read about history. We debate philosophy. We discuss politics and world affairs. So, it’s no wonder that it is completely natural for us to approach o...
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How yoga is different from meditation from 2018-01-19T02:26:46
Meditation must be one of the most misunderstood practices ever to reach the western world. With as much main stream press as meditation has received in recent years, and as common as it is for ...
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The purpose of life from 2018-01-12T02:31:54
The title of this post will seem less bold when the simplicity of the idea is revealed. Life is full of experiences, some bigger than others, and all of which can show us fear, joy, pain, gratit...
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How to get what you want from 2018-01-05T02:03:02
Chances are that right now there is something you want – a desire for something. It may be a material desire such as a vacation, or a desire for a particular outcome to a situation. Whether the ...
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The Food of Awakening from 2017-12-22T02:21:35
By now you’ve likely heard the idea that we feel more alive when we eat food that is more alive. But what is it that we really gain from eating this way, and why does it matter? And what does it...
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That person’s fear is not yours from 2017-12-15T02:23:13
Have you ever been called a ‘sensitive’ or ‘oversensitive’ person? I have. Being sensitive is a powerful thing. It opens the door to empathy, compassion, insight, passion, and deep awareness bey...
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Let go of your need to sacrifice from 2017-12-08T02:17:33
The history books are filled with martyrs. Human beings across the centuries who have sacrificed themselves for the benefit of humankind. Historically this is someone who endures great sacrifice...
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How meditation is different from prayer from 2017-12-01T02:23:14
It is certainly possible, and quite common, to practice meditation exclusively for the benefit of improved concentration, better focus, increased mindfulness and for general peace of mind. These...
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Focus, Peace and Autopilot from 2017-11-17T01:57:29
It is quite amazing to realize how many of the physical tasks that we engage in on a daily basis occur without any conscious thought. We brush our teeth, we put on our clothes, we shower and sha...
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How to give, How to receive from 2017-11-10T01:55:49
In our modern culture, labels tend to serve as our basis for understanding each other at the surface level. One example is that someone can either be generally a ‘giver’ while someone else is ge...
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Podcast special: We’re not meant to suffer from 2017-11-03T01:23:45
This week, instead of a post, we once again listen in on a portion of a conversation that I had with Alison J. Kay. She is an energy medicine practitioner, a holistic life coach, an India traine...
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Fire your judge from 2017-10-27T01:42:07
A few years ago when I was first waking up, I said to a friend that I had discovered both my observer and my judge. She quite wisely offered a subtle correction. She agreed that my observer was ...
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Anxious? Welcome home from 2017-10-20T01:31:38
What if anxiety is a good thing? Of course if you have felt anxious before or feel anxious right now, then you are most certainly rolling your eyes at me. No one will pretend that feeling anxiou...
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How to hear your intuition from 2017-10-13T01:11:23
Wouldn’t it be nice to be a decisive person? It’s no fun to waffle between ‘yes’ and ‘no’ and between various options. But there is no value in being decisive for the sake of decisiveness. We wa...
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Build your self-reliance and be free from 2017-10-06T01:07:29
Most of us rely on someone for something. It is good to have people in our lives upon whom we can rely – we all need support sometimes. Genuine friendship, good companions, and engaging social i...
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The right motivation changes everything from 2017-09-29T01:04:22
We always have a choice. Our direction in life, that which we achieve, that which we have, who we become and who we are is ultimately determined by the accumulation of our choices. But we can on...
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Will you let it be OK? from 2017-09-22T00:17:14
How far back would you have to go to recall a time when you thought that there was something wrong? If you are like me, and like most of us, then chances are you don’t have to go back very far –...
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What it means to be awake from 2017-09-15T00:51:41
What would it feel like to have a tangible definition of what it means to be awake – to be an awake person or to experience awakening? It’s a concept that we hear thrown around regularly, includ...
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For when your mind is noisy from 2017-09-08T01:33:07
Some days we just can’t seem to find quiet – when our environment is noisy and so is our mind. When one thought is competing with the next and we can’t seem to turn off the spicket. A few weeks ...
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Get some genuine spiritual nourishment from 2017-09-01T01:25:34
Have you ever heard someone say, or have you said yourself, “I’m spiritual, but not religious?” It’s an odd description, and one that opens the door to all sorts of unwelcome skepticism, but I t...
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What if the opposite is true? from 2017-08-25T01:09
I have been thinking this week about stories – the stories that we tell ourselves, and have told ourselves, that have created what we see as our truth. Our beliefs about what is true affect our ...
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Guilt, Love, and Meditation from 2017-08-18T01:30:33
Meditation is so simple, and so easy, that it’s hard. The simple fact is that it is hard to do nothing. But that is not the only thing hard about it. The real question is why anyone would do it....
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Keep calm and…what? from 2017-08-11T01:29:27
Am I the only one who has reached critical mass with the endless variations on the ‘keep calm and carry on’ sayings? My daughter just printed a sign for her room that says ‘keep calm and I am aw...
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Your new sense of humor from 2017-08-04T01:27:32
One of the benefits of cultivating some higher end self awareness is that we start to call ourselves out on the stuff that doesn’t serve us or other people very well. Not that long ago I became ...
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You’re allowed to feel depressed from 2017-07-28T01:14:18
You’re human. There are few words that provoke more fear in us than depression. I am of the opinion that this need not be. It seems that there is a subtle but important difference between feelin...
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Shake up some space in your mind from 2017-07-14T01:23:57
There is not a whole lot of freedom to be found in habitual patterns of thought. It makes it much harder to create the space that we need to grow and expand if we operate from the same blueprint...
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Purity is unhealthy from 2017-07-07T00:47:19
There are so many good choices that we can make for ourselves, but there is a trap woven into these choices that is helpful to note. We can choose to cook for ourselves, and we can choose fresh ...
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You’ve done enough from 2017-06-23T01:56:11
I’m not sure where it came from, this feeling that we have that we need to do everything. The feeling of needing to do everything inevitably leads to feelings of inadequacy because none of us ca...
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Move beyond false choices from 2017-06-16T01:15:48
Have you ever noticed how frequently the answer to a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ question is something other than ‘yes’ or ‘no’? More often than not the answer to these kinds of confining questions is ...
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Grow out of judgment with Alison from 2017-06-09T01:46:11
This week instead of a post, we have a podcast-only version of the tenderfoot yogi blog. Self judgment will hinder us, or stop us before we even get started in our meditation practice and in lif...
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4 Steps to lighten up from 2017-06-02T01:32:58
At some time or another we’ve all been told, sometimes pleasantly with love and other times less pleasantly with a degree of judgement to ‘lighten up already’. Wouldn’t it be excellent if lighte...
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3 conversations on Love and God from 2017-05-26T02:00:26
It’s no small reach to include the word ‘God’ in the title of a blog post. However there have been two conversations in the recent past which have stuck with me on the subject, and the third one...
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How to BE in a bad mood from 2017-05-19T01:44:46
It does not need to be a major life trauma that brings us down. It can just as easily be something small. Or a series of small things that has us feeling down in the dumps. It’s a familiar feeli...
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A cure for your wandering mind from 2017-05-12T01:53:14
Admittedly the word ‘cure’ is a poor choice regarding our wandering minds, because there is no cure, nor is one needed. You have a mind, as we all do, and it will wander. Quite neurotically it s...
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Are you bored? from 2017-05-05T01:49:28
Either at this moment, or in general? There is no human who is immune to it, and it’s not a great feeling, to feel bored. We can feel bored in general or with something specific. Bored at work, ...
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You don’t need to do what you think from 2017-04-28T03:32:14
What if every choice that you make is based not on real information, but on just a passing thought? And what if those choices have led to routines, and those routines to habits? If true, this is...
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Confidence is a sham from 2017-04-21T01:17:20
At some time or another, whether it’s just for a moment before undertaking a new task, or for an extended period of time, we humans all lack confidence. I remember a time a few years ago when I ...
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How we think about sleep from 2017-04-14T01:33:39
It’s one of the hardest feelings we human beings can experience. Laying in bed, staring at the ceiling, wondering when, if ever we will fall asleep. Most of us have experienced this is one way o...
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No Pain No Gain is bad advice from 2017-04-07T01:19:09
Lately the word ‘warrior’ has been jumping out at me. I saw a host on a food network show wearing a t-shirt that said spiritual warrior. I’ve heard the term peace warrior as well. And of course ...
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New ways of being, no crisis required from 2017-03-31T01:24:57
Years ago, when my younger brother graduated from college I bought him a book entitled Quarter-life Crisis: The Unique Challenges of Life in your 20s. Truth be told, I had not read the book. I o...
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It’s time to heal your ailment from 2017-03-24T01:35:53
Do you have something keeping you from optimal health? Most of us do. Physical afflictions small and large are part of life. For myself, it’s heartburn. Chronic acid reflux. GERD (Gastroesophage...
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How to relax as a corpse from 2017-03-17T01:34:53
Corpse pose, Savasana. In most yoga classes this is how the practice concludes. We lay down and do nothing. In some classes, and in even some home practices, Savasana is an afterthought. It’s th...
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How to be devoted from 2017-03-10T02:09:58
What if you could train your mind to wake up peacefully, and could carry that peace with you throughout the day? What if by doing this you could touch the timeless spirituality that lives within...
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Learn the intuitive YES and the obvious NO from 2017-03-03T02:31:27
Just because we have all heard the phrase be kind to yourself does not mean that we actually know how to apply it. We think that we do. We think that we take time for ourselves. That we nurture ...
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Five mind games that limit you from 2017-02-24T02:45:59
We all have something that we have thought of doing. Something that is exciting and fun and creative. Something on which we have not taken action. Chances are good that the reason for our inacti...
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What if you could let go of that thought? from 2017-02-16T21:01:58
If you take a moment, you can probably remember the last song that got stuck in your head. It was just yesterday for me – the classic 80’s rock ballad ‘The Search is Over’ by Survivor. When this...
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Use your neurons to create something new from 2017-02-10T14:30:06
The forming of new habits is what ultimately allows us to grow and change. With the myriad of healthy life changes available to us, the only way that any of them stick is if they become a habit....
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How to ride a wave of discomfort from 2017-02-03T19:28:32
I once heard Paulo Coelho, author of the widely popular book ‘The Alchemist’ say that we are not meant to be comfortable all the time. For a moment I was discouraged, as I realized the blissful ...
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Discerning entertainment from distraction from 2017-01-27T19:13:43
We seek comfort. I recall a time in my twenties when I (only half jokingly) responded to a friend who asked me how I was doing, “I’m good, you know, there is always is something on TV”. Silly ye...
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Two Simple‘Tricks’to Practice Mindfulness from 2017-01-21T02:38:40
We cannot escape the topic of mindfulness these days. It is a buzzword that has made its way onto the covers of mainstream magazines and runs as a topic on network news. It’s for good reason of ...
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Beginning a yoga practice–necessity or curiosity? from 2017-01-13T07:11:47
It seems that we human beings make our way to the yoga mat for the first time for a whole host of reasons. For some, a simple curiosity can open the door, and for some it clicks and the path beg...
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Authentic prayer from 2017-01-06T19:37:53
Of all things on tenderfoot yogi, I am probably least qualified to talk about how to pray. But that is changing, because now this thing that for the longest time simply felt inauthentic, has beg...
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Doing away with the constraints of labels from 2016-12-30T13:00:54
We seem to have an innate need to label ourselves as one thing or another. A runner, maybe a barefoot runner, a marathoner. Or, a vegetarian, omnivore, paleo. Or, a college graduate, a thinker, ...
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Allowing this new version of you from 2016-12-23T06:43:10
I think I’m a regular person. I cook, I do dishes, I work, I play with my kids and help them with their homework. I exercise. I cut my grass, I take my kids on a family vacation. I drink beer – ...
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Live beyond your mind and be enchanted from 2016-12-16T20:34:26
Have you ever had a song come up on Pandora, one that reminds you of a particular person, at the exact moment when you were thinking of him or her? Is this coincidence or something more? We need...
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Choosing sensory input that lifts us from 2016-12-09T23:16:27
The visual and auditory information presented to us in our daily lives is daunting. In the airport the televisions run CNN with all the latest world tragedies. Movie trailers for psychological t...
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Truth and the non-decision solution from 2016-12-02T14:45:11
We have large and small truths come up in all aspects of our lives. In our careers, our family and friendships. Our romantic relationships. Our wants and needs and desires. And as we begin to op...
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Search less, be more from 2016-11-25T16:01:06
My older brother recently asked me a question about searching for answers. We were on a walk near his home during a visit I was making to Florida – and I had not seen him for a while. He had bee...
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