Tag: intention

It is a regular practice of Empowered Yoga to establish an intention for your practice or for your day. The purpose of this practice is to pause and get in touch with where we are. Sometimes people will refer to another person by saying, “they are so lost because they don’t know where they are [...]

I spent the past weekend in bed with some kind of viral flu–I had a fever of 103, chills and sweats, dry heaving–wah-wah-wah. So you get the point–the toughest part is that I spent the last three months training for the Delaware Relay Marathon. The race was Sunday –needless to say, I could not run. [...]

This exchange is probably the most famous in Zen lore. Bodhidharma met the emperor of the Liang Dynasty, Wu, a devout Buddhist renowned for his piety and charity, who was much given to endowing monasteries and orphanages. Wu said: “I have endowed temples and authorized ordinations–what is my merit?” Bodhidharma’s answer was radical: “No merit [...]

“A distracted mind has no power, a directed mind has limitless potential.” ~ Rolf Gates, Meditations from the Mat. I am really passionate about this quote, really passionate. I think that the reason I use it so much when I train athletes is because I m certain that, had I been aware of the power [...]

Intention deals with the present moment. It is the deepest root of why we do what we do. Our future can be traced back to moment by moment decisions and/or choices. The choices we make moment by moment paint the landscape of our future. By connecting to our intentions we can begin to orchestrate our [...]