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Thought for Today
Thought for Today
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
It’s Pumpkin Day
This time of year I know when most people think of pumpkins they think of Jack o Lanterns. Me? I think of soup, pasta sauce, cake, cookies, pie. I do love my pumpkin in both sweet and savory dishes.
If you have never tired fresh pumpkin consider buying a pie pumpkin (they are smaller) and give it a try.
Never cleaned and cooked a pumpkin? Check out Time to Kill the Fatted Pumpkin for step by step instructions.
Have you ever used pumpkin in a savory dish? Here are a few of my favorites:
Pumpkin Quinoa Pilaf with Bacon
Pumpkin is a wonderful healthy ingredient that can give a nutrition and flavor to many different types of dishes. Of course pumpkin pie is good, but maybe this year you could branch out a bit?
This post is part of the Sugar and Spice Link Party.
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Wrapping up the Benefits of Yoga Series
I hope you have enjoyed this series on the benefits of yoga. The benefits of yoga are many and I have not even begun to scratch the surface here. I encourage you to dig deeper on your own. But there is one final thought I want to leave with you.
We do not practice yoga hoping to obtain a certain specific benefit from our practice. We practice yoga to come back home to who we were created to be. As we learn to practice the eight limbs of yoga our minds, our bodies, our spirits and our lives begin to come back into alignment. We can feel the sense of joining, union or coming together within ourselves as we progress.
If we are seeking certain specific changes however, we may be disappointed. Remember, yoga does not change us; rather, it allows the natural state of total health and integration already in each of us to become a reality.
I would love to hear about your yoga experiences in the comments below.
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“You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state.” ~ Sharon Gannon
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Copyright 2013 by R.A. Robbins
“One becomes firmly established in practice only after attending to it for a long time, without interruption and with an attitude of devotion.” ~ Yoga Sutra I.14
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“Yoga is the unifying art of transforming dharma into action, be it through inspired thought, properly nurturing our children, a painting, a kindness or an act of peace that forever moves humanity forward. “
—Micheline Berry
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Copyright 2008 by R.O. & R.A. Robbins
“Yoga is not a work-out, it is a work-in. And this is the point of spiritual practice; to make us teachable; to open up our hearts and focus our awareness so that we can know what we already know and be who we already are.”
— Rolf Gates
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“True yoga is not about the shape of your body, but the shape of your life. Yoga is not to be performed; yoga is to be lived. Yoga doesn’t care about what you have been; yoga cares about the person you are becoming. Yoga is designed for a vast and profound purpose, and for it to be truly called yoga, its essence must be embodied.” — Aadil Palkhivala
Source: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-12086/10-inspiring-quotes-i-heard-while-practicing-yoga.html
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Copyright 2016 by R.A. Robbins
“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt
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