Moksha Yoga and Wellness LLC

The last few days have been tough. We can all feel the fear...our food is contaminated...our air is contaminated...we are seeing climate change like never before with extreme heat conditions...not going to lie...it did affect me like everyone else.
In spite of having my daily practices to stay present, I struggled. I needed to take a step back to feel the fear, discomfort, uncertainty and process it.

With social media and constant news updates at our fingertips, we are being bombarded by more and more scary news from every direction. It is causing stress and anxiety for many.
I felt completely disconnected from my inner essence which felt like someone took the life force out of me.

I had to sit with my thoughts and feelings and "remind" myself of the impermanence of everything. I had to relearn how to accept life as it is comes and surrender to it understanding that the core lesson here is ...nothing is here to last...good and bad. It is all the perception of our senses and our attachment to the good and aversion to the bad.

These are the core practices that I keep returning to and can actually control when I feel fear, anxiety or my sense of not feeling safe rattles me.

🧘‍♀️Daily gratitude- even for the same small mundane things
🫁Breath awareness- grounds me and brings me back to the present moment freeing myself from mental noise
🍽💧🏃‍♀️Healthy lifestyle- eating well, hydration and movement to build my immune health
😴 Sleep- where all the magical things happen
✍️ Journaling- put my thoughts to paper before they consume me.

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My deep bond with Buddha began at age 7 or 8...
His presence and Grace continues to bless my life, guide my purpose and bring light to my sense of being.

Buddha means "the enlightened one". His birth name was Siddhartha. He was a prince born in riches. You would think he should be perfectly happy with zero worries..forever.

But, his compassionate and empathetic heart deeply felt the suffering of his community and the world. To find the root of the suffering, he sat under a to meditate and went into complete silence.
He found that the root of human suffering was in the minds.

Constant addiction with thinking and creating mental narratives and beliefs is the root of human suffering. When we sit with ourselves without distractions, we observe our thoughts for what they truly are...just energy. Detaching from thoughts and resting in the space behind the thoughts brings clarity and ability to access true inner wisdom. Once we are able to rest in that space permanently and move through life with ease recognizing the impermanence of everything we perceive as real including our thoughts, we become enlightened.
This is called Buddha nature and we are all capable of acquiring.
It just depends if one is ready to find the root of their suffering.
One thing I know for sure is that the cure for our suffering is not in...
💊 pill or substance
🍸 alcohol
💄aesthetics
🏃‍♀️🚴‍♂️performance
🛒shopping
🤳📱social media
🏖vacations
These are just temporary fixes that give us a momentary high, distraction or numbness.
The long-lasting sustainable cure is behind silence, stillness and journaling the energy as it rises.

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Hope everyone is staying hydrated during this heat wave sweeping through the east coast.

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Add a small pinch of pure Himalayan pink salt to every 16 ounces of filtered water. The salt will help hydrate the cells.
In case of extreme sweating, a teaspoon of maple syrup along with the salt will act as an electrolyte.

Also, adding lots of hydrating fruits,.vegetables and coconut water will further help keep the fluid levels in check to make sure there is proper balance of magnesium, potassium and sodium.

Stay 😎