Carol S. Dweck in here book “Mindset – The new psychology of Success” talks about how babies naturally have a growth mindset. Watch a baby learning how to walk. They struggle to stand up holding on to the furniture. They take a step and down they fall on their diaper. They struggle once again to […]
Bob did not realize it but his teacher was watching him. Bob was doing the modification of the Ardha Baddha Padma Pashimottanasana (one leg in half lotus forward fold) that the teacher had given him a few weeks ago pretty well lately. Until recently it had been a real struggle to complete even this modification. […]
It is time to go. But it is snowing outside. It does not make any difference. You made the commitment, and now it is time to go. Besides your companion is just itching to get out the door and get started on the nightly walk that you do together. The two of you have been […]
Alice is getting ready for work. The lunches for the kids are already made. She has checked her email to make sure that there are no more crises. Alice has already canceled her yoga practice because her husband is unable to take their oldest child to music class tonight. Now it is time to get […]
Alice just got home from work. It was a rough day today. Two other people were out sick and the workload was unbelievable. She thought briefly about putting her feet up and relaxing for the evening. Instead she is going out to a movie with a friend. She made the commitment a week ago. […]
There is a needle in there somewhere! They told you that you could find it without any problem. All you have to do is get all of that straw out of the way to discover where the needle is. How are you going to do that? If you use one of the traits of […]
The instructions flowed out one at a time: Turn left Drive 5 km Turn right Your GPS unit keeps giving you instructions on how to reach your destination. When you reach one milestone your GPS tells you what to do next. You and your GPS unit know the final destination, but your GPS unit does […]
Alice has a date tonight. It has been on her calendar for weeks now. She finally settled on the right clothes to wear and she is ready to go. And when Alice gets home, she is going to write about her date in her diary. There is a lot of similarity between Alice’s date and […]
Sally’s going to mop the kitchen floor. She gets out her mop. She fills the bucket with hot soapy water. Now Sally starts cleaning the floor. Sally would much rather be down on her hands and knees washing the floor with a sponge rather than a mop. But Sally can not get down on the […]
You have a yoga program on your Wii that you can practice with. You have all kinds of yoga DVDs that you can study and practice with. Why with all of this yoga material at home would you want to get out of the house and travel to a yoga studio to practice with a […]
