Grateful. Yeah, That’s Right!

So often, we focus our thoughts on the negative, while rarely pausing to think about the positive. It’s much easier to bitch and moan when things don’t go our way, then it is to acknowledge what we’ve been blessed with. How many of you pause to appreciate the little things? What kind of things make [...]

Train on Me, Train on You

It’s been a while since I’ve shared one of my train stories, so I thought I’d break my temporary vow of silence and start the week off on the right foot. First, let’s talk about the trio of A-holes who invaded my little quad today – mom, dad and String-bean. I suddenly found myself surrounded [...]

Pic/ Quote of the Day: Halls of India

‘Peace of mind is the basis of a healthy body and a healthy mind; so peace of mind, a calm mind, is very, very important.’ – H.H Dalai Lama As for this photo, I love the lighting and the angle at which it was taken. The colors are also rich but not too overwhelming in [...]

Thursdays with Tori: Treasure

Good morning everyone! Today marks the first day of a new monthly series on Waxing Lyrical. Each month, I’ll be featuring a piece of art by my good friend Tori. Her first piece is called Treasure, and here’s what she had to say about it: I found this delightful flower in a car park in [...]

Letting Go of Judgment

A few days ago I received my latest Amazon order, which included a few books that I had selected from Moksha‘s recommended reading list. For those of you who don’t know, Moksha has hot yoga studios throughout Canada and also offer yoga teacher training.  Since I’m at a stage where I want to deepen my [...]

What time is it Harry Potter?

Good morning muggles…. It’s Potter time! A few years ago, I had absolutely no interest in reading stories about a skinny wizard named Harry Potter.  I was even less interested in hearing about his clumsy BFF Ron,  his overly uptight pal Hermione or his fat, temperamental owl Hedwig (what kind of name is that anyway?) [...]

Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da – The Beatles Are Back!

Holy crap! The Beatles full collection is finally available on iTunes! Thanks to my own CD collection, I’ve already got a few albums on my iPod, but will be devouring iTunes for ‘new’ stuff to download.  You can check out Apple’s press release here for all the details. Looks like the complete box set is [...]

It’s Time to Reboot!

Over the last two weeks, my yoga practice and work-outs have taken a hit and I’ve been beating my head against the wall trying to figure out what my problem is (besides my assortment of injuries). Why do I feel a disconnect between mind and body? For those of you who lead an active lifestyle, [...]

Quote of the Day: Why Yoga?

Yoga helps us to remove all obstructing (mental) clouds, so that we may come to enjoy the sunshine within. It is an extensive program of reeducation through which we learn, step by step, to live in the light of our true nature. Only when we have truly found ourselves will we be able to live [...]

Off the Top of My Head: Entitlement Complex

Does anyone else get the feeling that every 2nd person that we encounter has an entitlement complex? As in, “I’m entitled to X, Y or Z because I just AM”? I’ve been feeling more and more disgusted with this society that we’re living in lately because it seems that everywhere I go, I encounter someone [...]