Comments on: Learning From Contrast http://www.super-mom.com/learning-from-contrast a blog for moms Thu, 03 May 2012 14:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Caroline http://www.super-mom.com/learning-from-contrast/comment-page-1#comment-28439 Caroline Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:07:08 +0000 http://super-mom.com/?p=1437#comment-28439 I like this story. Remember to stick to your guts..it's important for someone like me, for example. We can be ourselves, no matter where we are. Someone else's expactations don't have to run the show. We can satisfy ourselves, and essentially not mind others' satisfaction. Recently I've realized how imperfect most of us, ok all of us, actually are. Looking at people's strengths, giving others the space to be right, for me, also would lead to the thought that others are better than me. But really, there aren't lists making so and so better than others, or worse than. I realize i am not worse than someone, and someone is not better than me. And anyway, a story like this I like because it reminds me that I am not here to do whatever is told by others, I am really here to listen to myself and give my own desires and instinct and intuition and skills and knowledge the charge to move on with confidence. So I i am not certain this is a cohesive reply, but basically, the message of listening to yourself is something I have been carrying with me the last couple of days. Sometimes we want people to like us, or we may not want to disagree with someone, however, I have noticed that it is actually easier in the long run to listen to yourself and to simply (usually) say what u really feel or think (sometimes, like with me, I lack the grace needed to say what I thin, well gracefull, but STILL it's better to come out and say it, and then get some grace or calm into the conversation directly following). It can lead to understanding between friends, and it can lead to divisions between you and others...but these divisions may exist and if they exist in the mind or the heart, then really they are free to exist in the reality of our interactions in the world. To me, this is a terrority I am beginning to hike, and I like it a lot. I just wanted to let all know how this kind of a story is integrated currently in my life. I like this story. Remember to stick to your guts..it’s important for someone like me, for example. We can be ourselves, no matter where we are. Someone else’s expactations don’t have to run the show. We can satisfy ourselves, and essentially not mind others’ satisfaction. Recently I’ve realized how imperfect most of us, ok all of us, actually are. Looking at people’s strengths, giving others the space to be right, for me, also would lead to the thought that others are better than me. But really, there aren’t lists making so and so better than others, or worse than. I realize i am not worse than someone, and someone is not better than me. And anyway, a story like this I like because it reminds me that I am not here to do whatever is told by others, I am really here to listen to myself and give my own desires and instinct and intuition and skills and knowledge the charge to move on with confidence. So I i am not certain this is a cohesive reply, but basically, the message of listening to yourself is something I have been carrying with me the last couple of days.
Sometimes we want people to like us, or we may not want to disagree with someone, however, I have noticed that it is actually easier in the long run to listen to yourself and to simply (usually) say what u really feel or think (sometimes, like with me, I lack the grace needed to say what I thin, well gracefull, but STILL it’s better to come out and say it, and then get some grace or calm into the conversation directly following). It can lead to understanding between friends, and it can lead to divisions between you and others…but these divisions may exist and if they exist in the mind or the heart, then really they are free to exist in the reality of our interactions in the world.
To me, this is a terrority I am beginning to hike, and I like it a lot. I just wanted to let all know how this kind of a story is integrated currently in my life.

]]> By: Abby http://www.super-mom.com/learning-from-contrast/comment-page-1#comment-28435 Abby Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:53:45 +0000 http://super-mom.com/?p=1437#comment-28435 A quick shout out from someone who completed Prana's Teacher Training program in 2009 -- best experience of my life! Part of the reason I was drawn to Prana over all the other trainings in the area was that I knew I wanted to teach. Like Taylor said, Prana teaches you how to teach from day one, using a totally holistic approach. Loved it and I think it made me a much better teacher than I could have been otherwise. Prana's teacher training put my on the path to be a lifelong student of the practice. Big fan here! Thank you for the best experience. A quick shout out from someone who completed Prana’s Teacher Training program in 2009 — best experience of my life! Part of the reason I was drawn to Prana over all the other trainings in the area was that I knew I wanted to teach. Like Taylor said, Prana teaches you how to teach from day one, using a totally holistic approach. Loved it and I think it made me a much better teacher than I could have been otherwise. Prana’s teacher training put my on the path to be a lifelong student of the practice.

Big fan here! Thank you for the best experience.

]]> By: Chrissy http://www.super-mom.com/learning-from-contrast/comment-page-1#comment-28433 Chrissy Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:23:19 +0000 http://super-mom.com/?p=1437#comment-28433 AWWWW!!! Man! What a yucky way for that instructor to behave! I would say that he should be ashamed of himself, however would that even matter? You were VERY wise to stand your ground. While sometimes arguments do fall on deaf ears, we need to be strong, just for us! In doing so you walked away from that situation with the freedom of knowing that you did your best in that moment. Had you not stood up for yourself you would have been "stuck" by that week with Captain Yoga! The only times that I wish needlessly that I handled a situation better is when I chose not to listen to my gut...yup, not being a fan fave IS uncomfortable at times, but it is far better than weeks of rumination! **P.S. is it a little wrong that I want to go back in time and kick his butt for being mean???? AWWWW!!! Man! What a yucky way for that instructor to behave! I would say that he should be ashamed of himself, however would that even matter? You were VERY wise to stand your ground. While sometimes arguments do fall on deaf ears, we need to be strong, just for us! In doing so you walked away from that situation with the freedom of knowing that you did your best in that moment. Had you not stood up for yourself you would have been “stuck” by that week with Captain Yoga!
The only times that I wish needlessly that I handled a situation better is when I chose not to listen to my gut…yup, not being a fan fave IS uncomfortable at times, but it is far better than weeks of rumination!
**P.S. is it a little wrong that I want to go back in time and kick his butt for being mean????

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