find an edge and work it raw

the enlightened master has found her true home – her quiet centre – and there she dwells radiating energy into the world

resilience (resistance, elasticity, vitality and good mood)

the money you give your teacher is just the beginning of it

attending weekly class and practising daily, your energy slowly attunes to the teacher's and you begin to understand on a level deeper than the mind

giving is not about the gift

attune mind to breath

the first stage in developing compassion

a spiritual quiet that becomes infused (divinely) in the psychosomatic process

when the body relaxes there is a sense of letting go and expanding followed by a gathering into a well-centred unity

when the mind relaxes there is a sense of quietening and coming together followed by an expanding out into the universe

exaggerate the pinkies

thinking is always wishful

yield:

turn the waist
sink
go back

meditation is not mawkishness, it is super-alertness and – at its most lucid – creative energy

turning applies a centrifugal force to the body and a centripetal force on the mind

an invisible strength

a culture based on respect

sink: 

settle down 

quieten down 

slow down