The Love Knit — blog

I have learned that the best kinds of relationships happen in a way you don’t expect so it is important to remain open to it happening.  In friendships, if I remain true to the idea of sharing love and developing the courage to share this love then I cannot be fearful of friendships – I know, it’s funny – afraid of making friends! I am afraid of being vulnerable, afraid of not measuring up, afraid of pain, afraid of loss and some may say I am afraid of gaining. What sense does it make to live in this kind of...

Always choose love.  When you wear our t-shirts you have chosen love and you have chosen to share this with others.  The choice of love is not always easy but it is always necessary if we want to live in a world where we can all flourish and live prosperous lives with our families and friends. The choice of love is our only remedy to a world inundated with fear and fear mongering. In living a life of love, you are choosing life and you are choosing wellness not just for yourself but for others as well.

At first glance it is easy to overlook these two very simple words "just breathe".  Breathing is a very taken for granted act that is responsible for the very life that exists within our bodies.  Pranayama, the conscious control of the breath, also known as the vital force, allows us to bring our awareness to the breath and as such refocuses the mind.  Biologically, pranayama triggers the parasympathetic nervous system which activates the relaxation response, reducing stress leading to a loosening of the body and a lightening of the mind.   A consistent practice of controlled and deliberate breathing helps...

Sat is the word for being, chit is the for knowledge and happiness is the word happiness.  These three Hindu words capture what Richard Rohr describes as being in the flow of life.  There is a difference with having an intellectual understanding of flow and being in the flow.   To establish being in the flow is very difficult for most of us, especially since Western culture privileges perfectionism as an individual character - flow is perfect but usually not in human terms. Flow is indeterminable and uncontrollable and it is unselfish.  Flow cannot be held tight for oneself as...