New Habits, New Direction, New Life

What you will learn in this course are ways you can live life and navigate the ups and downs and the challenges that we are called to face. The mind may tell you that you cannot free yourself from a particular habit, but habits are nothing but repetitions of your own thoughts, and these you have the capacity to change. The ability to do this requires training the mind and applying positive thinking and acting. This is not something that happens over night, so I will be giving you techniques and insights into tried and proven ways to do this. You will be practicing various skills that can assist in the process of letting go of habits that do not serve you, and skills that help in establishing good habits that can change your life. The goal is to form habits over time that that serve this purpose and ultimately lead to a happier and healthier life. I will also help you to form a habit of regular meditation which you will find forms the foundation on which to build a life experiencing the joy of good habits. The content of the course is inspired by the ancient teaching of yoga. Yoga is my background and this is where I have done all my studies and have been able to implement the teachings into my life. Yoga addresses not just the physical body but our emotions, mind and spirit, and you can find these teachings in the Yoga Sutras and the 8 limbs of yoga given to us by the sage Patanjali. He gave us these sutras at least 1,700 years ago and they have stood the test of time and are just as relevant now as they were back then. There are several scriptures given on yoga of which these sutras are one. Also I’m drawing on the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda who brought yoga to the west in 1920 and established the Self-Realization Fellowship. So I will also be quoting from him and his vast teachings. There are many complexities to life as you well know and these teachings help us to find our way through this mysterious journey called life. By finding ways to unlock our creativity and will power we can achieve our infinite potential and enjoy life to the full. The advantage of working with these teaching is that they are so practical and they are certainly in ones power to implement into our life no matter what our age, level of experience or circumstances. Each session will consist of a short talk followed by a guided meditation and techniques of how to relax breathe and move toward a place of inner calm and stillness. With training on the necessities of relaxation, breathing and concentration, together with the effective use of affirmations, you will find these scientific techniques are able to assist in reaching your goal as they teach us to come from a place of inner calm, wisdom and stillness. Knowledge without practice is really not helpful. So the meditation is a major part of our practice. You will find it is not only enjoyable but extremely effective. So I look forward to sharing thise wonderful teachings with you. As the saying goes do your practice and enjoy your life.