Dear Yoga Teacher, I’ve got something I need to say to you and I’m going to sound like a party pooper. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I can’t remember reading anywhere in the Bhagavad Gita that a fine glass of Merlot goes down well after a challenging Vinyasa class and I don’t think […]
Rachel Hanberry
My vision and promise today is to continually improve myself, my family, my community and my world through yoga and being mindfully connected. My message that will guide my teaching, writing and healing is for us to speak our own truth to evolve ourselves. When we have the courage to speak the truth, we stop lying to ourselves and we are able accept love unconditionally. We are able to thrive, overcome and live freely from fear.
http://www.rachelhanberry.yoga
Look for the GOD in everything
God. A white man with a long white beard who lives on a cloud? Some presence to be feared, that is always checking up on you? Growing up, I was drawn to Church. I liked the idea of something bigger than me on which I could rely to guide me in my life. Each time […]
Your Presence Here Shapes Your Presence Everywhere
This morning I picked a healing card from Elena’s cards as I do every morning. However today I didn’t like the one I chose. As I looked at it, I thought I’ve picked this one recently, it must be a mistake, I don’t have anything to learn about this right now. I wanted a new […]
Yin’ing at Life
Do you love to run headlong at life? Do you feel guilty if you don’t put 100% into everything that you do? Do you have to be the best at everything? I know I do, it’s the only way to get results right? Well, not exactly. In fact running headlong into life, full steam ahead […]
Nice Girls Do Not Listen to their Intuition
Your boss belittles you for something you didn’t do, but you don’t stand up for yourself because you don’t know how to without getting into trouble with her. Your intuition tells you something is wrong here but you ignore it. I was born into a family where we were taught to not stand up for […]
Evolution
Our existence is ever changing. Things that we thought were impossible coming true. People caring more and more for material things rather than each other. Better car, better house, better spouse, then I’ll be happy…. Consuming more, caring less. Our planet heaving, warning us with every passing day that we will be our own demise. […]
Should I run a TTC?
I’ve just emerged from running the first TTC at Yoga Beach House as the lead trainer, an experience that has plunged me deeper into my yogic lifestyle and transformed the lives of 8 other yogis. For a few years I asked myself the question should I run a TTC, as I started to have a […]
The Way In
The voice is relentless, the pain is deep, the anxiety real. The wound open and raw. My heart exposed and open for all to see, beating out of my chest. I can feel my throat tighten with each passing thought. Tormenting myself, inflicting more pain, I create my own prison in my head. My anxiety […]
Dedicated to your Divine Feminine
She decided to love her two halves as a whole, Accepted and nurtured as one. As her light shone out of her darkest secrets, Exposed they were no longer shunned. They strengthened her, showing her wondrous humanity, Her darkness creating even more light. Integrity poured from her beauteous being Unable to hide inside her night. […]
Our True Nature
We are all beautiful beings whose soul purpose Is to Love, create Love and to be Loved. To be Joyful and to create Joy. Love and Joy are our true nature, Respecting our true nature we can do anything. We are on top of the world. So how did we get it so wrong? How […]
Sacred Sanctuary
You took my heart in your tiny little hands from the moment you existed in my mind. When I first held you close our bodies breathing together I felt a piece of my heart leave me to reside in you. The love I feel for you is so vast, so enormous there are no words […]
The Law of Abundance
“I’m fed up,” said Head “I never seem to have enough, if only I could have more then I’d be happy…..” “Dear Head, you have everything you will ever need!” replied Heart. “ In fact, you have so much that if you gave some of it away, you’d get more back!” “What??!!! Are you crazy, […]
Emergence
Emergence As I delve deeper into my self I begin to experience a new found freedom, My faces fall away, the pretense, the hiding, the “love me”, the “I’m not good enough.” I stand exposed in my own brilliance Unafraid to shine. Shedding my masks reveals my true identity No longer the chameleon, shape-shifting to […]
My Medication
Imagine if you will a medication that can do all this, Calms the mind. Brings you back to your heart space. Helps you to think more clearly. Provides solutions to your problems. Gives you a moment to yourself. Allows you to protect yourself from negative energies. Helps you to protect others from negative energies. Makes […]
My Sacred Space
I rise to silence and an inky blue light I’m the only one awake in the world. Sitting on my mat I descend into stillness. My heart begins to speak louder than my head And a calm comes over my whole being. My thoughts slow, my breathing softens, My mind expands and I feel my […]
Making A Difference
Depression. Feelings of despair, great sadness, worthlessness, a label that has become ubiquitous. Is this a product of the consumer-driven society fueled by images of perfection? Why does anyone need to suffer trying to live up to this imagined ideal? I have suffered from depression. I have hated myself so completely that I have not […]
Judgement Day
During Summer School last week Elena suggested that we do an exercise which involved writing down all the judgements that we might have over the coming days about other people, situations or things. She then asked us to categorise these judgements and recognise how much of our day is taken up by this process and […]
Speak Your Own Truth
From a young age I suffered from very low self esteem. I judged myself constantly, comparing myself against other people, with a warped sense of my own identity. I was terrified of being on my own, of being myself and I didn’t know how to love myself. I sought comfort in relationships, then sabotaged them […]
