Yoga for Life

Yoga for Life

Author: Colleen Saidman Yee

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-06-02

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1476776806

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From a rebellious young woman with a dangerous heroin habit to a globe-trotting fashion model to “First Lady of Yoga” (The New York Times), Colleen Saidman Yee tells the remarkable story of how she found herself through the healing power of yoga—and then inspired others to do the same. I’ve learned how to extract the beauty of an ordinary day. I’ve learned that the best high exists in the joy—or the sadness—of the present moment. Yoga allows me to surf the ripples and sit with the mud, while catching glimpses of the clarity of my home at the bottom of the lake: my true self. The very first time Saidman Yee took a yoga class, she left feeling inexplicably different—something inside had shifted. She felt alive—so alive that yoga became the center of her life, helping her come to terms with her insecurities and find her true identity and voice. From learning to cope with a frightening seizure disorder to navigating marriages and divorces to becoming a mother, finding the right life partner, and grieving a beloved parent, Saidman Yee has been through it all—and has found that yoga holds the answers to life’s greatest challenges. Approachable, sympathetic, funny, and candid, Saidman Yee shares personal anecdotes along with her compassionate insights and practical instructions for applying yoga to everyday issues and anxieties. Specific yoga sequences accompany each chapter and address everything from hormonal mood swings to detoxing, depression, stress, and increased confidence and energy. Step-by-step instructions and photographs demonstrate her signature flow of poses so you can follow them effortlessly. Yoga for Life offers techniques to bring awareness to every part of your physical and spiritual being, allowing you to feel truly alive and to embody the peace of the present moment.


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Download or read book Yoga for Life written by Colleen Saidman Yee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a rebellious young woman with a dangerous heroin habit to a globe-trotting fashion model to “First Lady of Yoga” (The New York Times), Colleen Saidman Yee tells the remarkable story of how she found herself through the healing power of yoga—and then inspired others to do the same. I’ve learned how to extract the beauty of an ordinary day. I’ve learned that the best high exists in the joy—or the sadness—of the present moment. Yoga allows me to surf the ripples and sit with the mud, while catching glimpses of the clarity of my home at the bottom of the lake: my true self. The very first time Saidman Yee took a yoga class, she left feeling inexplicably different—something inside had shifted. She felt alive—so alive that yoga became the center of her life, helping her come to terms with her insecurities and find her true identity and voice. From learning to cope with a frightening seizure disorder to navigating marriages and divorces to becoming a mother, finding the right life partner, and grieving a beloved parent, Saidman Yee has been through it all—and has found that yoga holds the answers to life’s greatest challenges. Approachable, sympathetic, funny, and candid, Saidman Yee shares personal anecdotes along with her compassionate insights and practical instructions for applying yoga to everyday issues and anxieties. Specific yoga sequences accompany each chapter and address everything from hormonal mood swings to detoxing, depression, stress, and increased confidence and energy. Step-by-step instructions and photographs demonstrate her signature flow of poses so you can follow them effortlessly. Yoga for Life offers techniques to bring awareness to every part of your physical and spiritual being, allowing you to feel truly alive and to embody the peace of the present moment.

Light on Life

Light on Life

Author: B.K.S. Iyengar

Publisher: Rodale Books

Published: 2006-09-19

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1609619587

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B.K.S. Iyengar--hailed as "the Michelangelo of yoga" (BBC) and considered by many to be one of the most important yoga masters--has spent much of his life introducing the modern world to the ancient practice of yoga. Yoga's popularity is soaring, but its widespread acceptance as an exercise for physical fitness and the recognition of its health benefits have not been matched by an understanding of the emotional, intellectual, and spiritual development that the yogic tradition can also offer. In Light on Life, B.K.S. Iyengar brings readers this new and more complete understanding of the yogic journey. Here Iyengar explores the yogic goal to integrate the different parts of the self (body, emotions, mind, and soul), the role that the yoga postures and breathing techniques play in our search for wholeness, the external and internal obstacles that keep us from progressing along the path, and how yoga can transform our lives and help us to live in harmony with the world around us. For the first time, Iyengar uses stories from his own life, humor, and examples from modern culture to illustrate the profound gifts that yoga offers. Written with the depth of this sage's great wisdom, Light on Life is the culmination of a master's spiritual genius, a treasured companion to his seminal Light on Yoga.


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Download or read book Light on Life written by B.K.S. Iyengar and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2006-09-19 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: B.K.S. Iyengar--hailed as "the Michelangelo of yoga" (BBC) and considered by many to be one of the most important yoga masters--has spent much of his life introducing the modern world to the ancient practice of yoga. Yoga's popularity is soaring, but its widespread acceptance as an exercise for physical fitness and the recognition of its health benefits have not been matched by an understanding of the emotional, intellectual, and spiritual development that the yogic tradition can also offer. In Light on Life, B.K.S. Iyengar brings readers this new and more complete understanding of the yogic journey. Here Iyengar explores the yogic goal to integrate the different parts of the self (body, emotions, mind, and soul), the role that the yoga postures and breathing techniques play in our search for wholeness, the external and internal obstacles that keep us from progressing along the path, and how yoga can transform our lives and help us to live in harmony with the world around us. For the first time, Iyengar uses stories from his own life, humor, and examples from modern culture to illustrate the profound gifts that yoga offers. Written with the depth of this sage's great wisdom, Light on Life is the culmination of a master's spiritual genius, a treasured companion to his seminal Light on Yoga.

A Journey to Inner Peace and Joy

A Journey to Inner Peace and Joy

Author: Zhang Jianfeng

Publisher: Shanghai Press

Published: 2015-04-07

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781602201507

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In China, the tradition of living as a hermit has existed for 5,000 years and is one of the mysteries of its culture. In the age of the internet hermits still dwell in the mountain ranges south of Xi'an living life as it was thousands of years ago. Drawn to the hermetic life, the author spent three years in the depths of the Zhongnan Mountains visiting and staying with over 100 hermits. In their midst, high amongst the clouds he practiced with the hermits, achieved enlightenment and learned their secret traditions. Seated above the clouds he looked down on the mundane world below as he refined his spirit and reformed his soul in the experience of a different mode of existence. As contemporary man busied himself with the creation of his own networks, and searched for knowledge, wealth and love, the author took the opposite route and sought out the hermits of legend. As we close the book, his efforts allow us, for a moment, to transcend the chaos of life, achieve detachment and an inner contemplation and turn and enter our own inner being.


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Download or read book A Journey to Inner Peace and Joy written by Zhang Jianfeng and published by Shanghai Press. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In China, the tradition of living as a hermit has existed for 5,000 years and is one of the mysteries of its culture. In the age of the internet hermits still dwell in the mountain ranges south of Xi'an living life as it was thousands of years ago. Drawn to the hermetic life, the author spent three years in the depths of the Zhongnan Mountains visiting and staying with over 100 hermits. In their midst, high amongst the clouds he practiced with the hermits, achieved enlightenment and learned their secret traditions. Seated above the clouds he looked down on the mundane world below as he refined his spirit and reformed his soul in the experience of a different mode of existence. As contemporary man busied himself with the creation of his own networks, and searched for knowledge, wealth and love, the author took the opposite route and sought out the hermits of legend. As we close the book, his efforts allow us, for a moment, to transcend the chaos of life, achieve detachment and an inner contemplation and turn and enter our own inner being.

Finding Our Sacred Center

Finding Our Sacred Center

Author: Henri J. M. Nouwen

Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781585958474

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It was January 1990, the dawn of a new decade and Henri Nouwen, world-renoweded spiritual writer, was in France but his writing wasn't going well. Frustrated and discouraged, he decided to go to Lourdes, even though it was the "off season," to give his "anxious heart a rest." This profoundly inspiring journal is the result of his three-day stay. Lourdes restored Nouwen's inner peace and helped him return to his sacred center. He realized, of course, that he did not need to be at Lourdes to find peace and joy. The purity, simplicity, and freedom he experienced "belong to the heart and can be lived anywhere." Whether we have been to Lourdes or not, does not matter. This small journal is bound to touch our own restless and searching hearts and help us to find again our own sacred center, the living Christ within us.


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Download or read book Finding Our Sacred Center written by Henri J. M. Nouwen and published by Twenty-Third Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was January 1990, the dawn of a new decade and Henri Nouwen, world-renoweded spiritual writer, was in France but his writing wasn't going well. Frustrated and discouraged, he decided to go to Lourdes, even though it was the "off season," to give his "anxious heart a rest." This profoundly inspiring journal is the result of his three-day stay. Lourdes restored Nouwen's inner peace and helped him return to his sacred center. He realized, of course, that he did not need to be at Lourdes to find peace and joy. The purity, simplicity, and freedom he experienced "belong to the heart and can be lived anywhere." Whether we have been to Lourdes or not, does not matter. This small journal is bound to touch our own restless and searching hearts and help us to find again our own sacred center, the living Christ within us.

Inside Out

Inside Out

Author: Kim Babcock

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2017-04-24

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1504378873

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Getting to know yourself seems like a never-ending process. Everything constantly changes. From one trend to the next, transformation is unavoidable, which perpetuates the cycle of life. As this world spins faster, and as this change pushes you to the next level of yourself, getting tangled up in the whirlwind of it can seem inevitable. In Inside Out, author Kimberly Babcock shares her story to enable you to know yourself inside and out. Using her personal experiences as a starting point, Babcock tells how a terrible car accident in 2015 changed the course of her life. She tells how that pivotal moment helped her discover herself. A medium and spiritual coach, she teaches you how to listen to your divine inner being and connect with the spiritual world, the place inside you where the nirvana exists. Inside Out takes you on a personal journey of intimate self-discovery in getting to know your true divine self as you reconnect to your heart. Discover the way of the heart as Babcock guides you through a practical journey of divine self-remembrance.


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Download or read book Inside Out written by Kim Babcock and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting to know yourself seems like a never-ending process. Everything constantly changes. From one trend to the next, transformation is unavoidable, which perpetuates the cycle of life. As this world spins faster, and as this change pushes you to the next level of yourself, getting tangled up in the whirlwind of it can seem inevitable. In Inside Out, author Kimberly Babcock shares her story to enable you to know yourself inside and out. Using her personal experiences as a starting point, Babcock tells how a terrible car accident in 2015 changed the course of her life. She tells how that pivotal moment helped her discover herself. A medium and spiritual coach, she teaches you how to listen to your divine inner being and connect with the spiritual world, the place inside you where the nirvana exists. Inside Out takes you on a personal journey of intimate self-discovery in getting to know your true divine self as you reconnect to your heart. Discover the way of the heart as Babcock guides you through a practical journey of divine self-remembrance.

The Journey to Inner Peace

The Journey to Inner Peace

Author: Paul Feider

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2013-09-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 172523341X

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"Peace is my farewell to you, my peace is my gift to you" (John 14:27). With these words, Jesus established his legacy to humankind. Yet the journey to peace is not an easy one. Father Feider presents a step-by-step understanding of inner peace, its importance as a gift from God and as a means for discovering the real meaning of life. Writing in a simple, experiential manner, he gathers together and explains the primary healing themes, and makes accessible to the reader the experiences of reconciliation, courage, inner healing, and listening to the Lord. He develops and explains six principles, and follows each with a reflective section composed of a prayer and several selections from Scripture. "It is a summary of my thoughts and experiences from working with people on their journey toward inner peace," he explains. "It dares to journey into the mystery of the silent confidence of Jesus and those who follow him. It is a journey into ourselves."


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Download or read book The Journey to Inner Peace written by Paul Feider and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Peace is my farewell to you, my peace is my gift to you" (John 14:27). With these words, Jesus established his legacy to humankind. Yet the journey to peace is not an easy one. Father Feider presents a step-by-step understanding of inner peace, its importance as a gift from God and as a means for discovering the real meaning of life. Writing in a simple, experiential manner, he gathers together and explains the primary healing themes, and makes accessible to the reader the experiences of reconciliation, courage, inner healing, and listening to the Lord. He develops and explains six principles, and follows each with a reflective section composed of a prayer and several selections from Scripture. "It is a summary of my thoughts and experiences from working with people on their journey toward inner peace," he explains. "It dares to journey into the mystery of the silent confidence of Jesus and those who follow him. It is a journey into ourselves."

Explore Within

Explore Within

Author: N.T. Hettigei

Publisher: N. T. Hettigei

Published: 2019-02-10

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13:

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This book is an excellent place to start your spiritual journey. It offers a simple way to explore your approach to life and enables you to discover inner peace. The practices outlined here benefits each one of us, regardless of the image you have chosen for yourself. In the course of this voyage of discovery, you will recognize your approach to life to go beyond your enslaved mind and discover inner peace. You will find a certain self-check to help you discover who you are and your approach to life. It will be helpful if you stop reading for a few minutes and try these exercises as you enjoy the breathtaking scenery on this wondrous journey to experience true Happiness. True Happiness is experiencing the bliss of being alive. This is enabled by responding to every situation rather than reacting to it. The author shows you how to work on your own and progress along the path that will lead you to recognize your inner peace. When you experience that reality firsthand, it will fill your mind with bliss, which is true Happiness!


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Download or read book Explore Within written by N.T. Hettigei and published by N. T. Hettigei. This book was released on 2019-02-10 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an excellent place to start your spiritual journey. It offers a simple way to explore your approach to life and enables you to discover inner peace. The practices outlined here benefits each one of us, regardless of the image you have chosen for yourself. In the course of this voyage of discovery, you will recognize your approach to life to go beyond your enslaved mind and discover inner peace. You will find a certain self-check to help you discover who you are and your approach to life. It will be helpful if you stop reading for a few minutes and try these exercises as you enjoy the breathtaking scenery on this wondrous journey to experience true Happiness. True Happiness is experiencing the bliss of being alive. This is enabled by responding to every situation rather than reacting to it. The author shows you how to work on your own and progress along the path that will lead you to recognize your inner peace. When you experience that reality firsthand, it will fill your mind with bliss, which is true Happiness!

The Autistic Buddha

The Autistic Buddha

Author: Thomas Clements

Publisher: YOUR STORIES MATTER

Published: 2017-12-20

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1909320587

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@page { margin: 2cm } p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } a:link { color: #0000ff } Thomas Clements has always been an outsider, preferring to fantasise about the exotic East and lose himself amongst the chaotic sights, sounds and smells of London’s Chinatown rather than face the reality of his existence in Western suburbia. Despite doing badly at school, his natural talent for memorising details and his extraordinary ability to master foreign languages lands him a place at university. But this is not a habitat in which he thrives. Following a stint in a psychiatric ward while on his year abroad in Germany, he secretly drops out from his studies, and from life. When his parents receive an invitation to Clement’s graduation ceremony, where they will discover their son has lied all along and has not attained a degree after all, he does what he always does. He hatches a plan to run away, rather than face reality. This time to a job teaching English in rural China, where he can hide from everyone and everything. But wherever Clements runs, things go from bad to worse: the teaching isn’t what he thought it would be, modern China is not as romantic as he had imagined, people he counts on as friends ultimately move on, and his first encounter with a girl leaves him questioning his identity as a man. It doesn’t matter where Clements tries to hide in the world, his anxiety and depression always get the better of him. Now he finally realises he has nowhere in the world to run, will Clements find a way to gain inner peace before he self-destructs? The Autistic Buddha is a stunning tale of the author’s extraordinary outer and inner journeys to make sense of the world – his world – which is at the same time bravely honest, despairing and inspiring.


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Download or read book The Autistic Buddha written by Thomas Clements and published by YOUR STORIES MATTER. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: @page { margin: 2cm } p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } a:link { color: #0000ff } Thomas Clements has always been an outsider, preferring to fantasise about the exotic East and lose himself amongst the chaotic sights, sounds and smells of London’s Chinatown rather than face the reality of his existence in Western suburbia. Despite doing badly at school, his natural talent for memorising details and his extraordinary ability to master foreign languages lands him a place at university. But this is not a habitat in which he thrives. Following a stint in a psychiatric ward while on his year abroad in Germany, he secretly drops out from his studies, and from life. When his parents receive an invitation to Clement’s graduation ceremony, where they will discover their son has lied all along and has not attained a degree after all, he does what he always does. He hatches a plan to run away, rather than face reality. This time to a job teaching English in rural China, where he can hide from everyone and everything. But wherever Clements runs, things go from bad to worse: the teaching isn’t what he thought it would be, modern China is not as romantic as he had imagined, people he counts on as friends ultimately move on, and his first encounter with a girl leaves him questioning his identity as a man. It doesn’t matter where Clements tries to hide in the world, his anxiety and depression always get the better of him. Now he finally realises he has nowhere in the world to run, will Clements find a way to gain inner peace before he self-destructs? The Autistic Buddha is a stunning tale of the author’s extraordinary outer and inner journeys to make sense of the world – his world – which is at the same time bravely honest, despairing and inspiring.

The Journey to Peace

The Journey to Peace

Author: Cardinal Joseph Bernardin

Publisher: Image

Published: 2007-12-18

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0307423980

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Joseph Cardinal Bernardin (1928-1996) touched millions of people through his passionate witness, humble wisdom, and spiritual writings. In the final months of his life he shared his personal reflections in The Gift of Peace, a modern classic about finding inner peace in the face of life's greatest trials. As part of his rich legacy, The Gift of Peace has become an international bestseller and has brought courage, healing, faith, hope, and love to people of all backgrounds throughout the world. Cardinal Bernardin's legacy is continued here in The Journey to Peace, a special collection of his previously unpublished spiritual reflections. Using the Stations of the Cross as a framework, The Journey to Peace reveals the extraordinary faith, wisdom, and compassion of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin. Through these excerpts from his homilies, Cardinal Bernardin helps readers understand the relevance of Jesus' suffering, death, and resurrection to their own lives, inviting all to join the journey that leads to peace. Written with eloquent simplicity, and elegantly designed and illustrated with specially commissioned contemporary artwork, The Journey to Peace reaches people of all faiths for reading throughout the year.


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Download or read book The Journey to Peace written by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin and published by Image. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Cardinal Bernardin (1928-1996) touched millions of people through his passionate witness, humble wisdom, and spiritual writings. In the final months of his life he shared his personal reflections in The Gift of Peace, a modern classic about finding inner peace in the face of life's greatest trials. As part of his rich legacy, The Gift of Peace has become an international bestseller and has brought courage, healing, faith, hope, and love to people of all backgrounds throughout the world. Cardinal Bernardin's legacy is continued here in The Journey to Peace, a special collection of his previously unpublished spiritual reflections. Using the Stations of the Cross as a framework, The Journey to Peace reveals the extraordinary faith, wisdom, and compassion of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin. Through these excerpts from his homilies, Cardinal Bernardin helps readers understand the relevance of Jesus' suffering, death, and resurrection to their own lives, inviting all to join the journey that leads to peace. Written with eloquent simplicity, and elegantly designed and illustrated with specially commissioned contemporary artwork, The Journey to Peace reaches people of all faiths for reading throughout the year.

The Journey to Inner Peace Starts Here

The Journey to Inner Peace Starts Here

Author: Chris Shea

Publisher:

Published: 2017-07-20

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781521888964

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Do you feel anxious and stressed? Do you wish you felt happy? Then this book is for you! I answered "yes" to these questions before I learned how to change my life. I know that becoming less stressed and happy is possible, I've done it, and this book shows you how. This is the first book in a series in which I guide us to learning how to find the happiness and peace we desire.As I write in the introduction: "Thе раth tо innеr реасе iѕ nоt ѕimрlе оr ѕhоrt. Yоu саnnоt just wаkе uр one dау аnd dесidе уоu аrе gоing tо hаvе innеr реасе frоm thаt роint fоrwаrd. It iѕ a рrосеѕѕ, a jоurnеу thаt nееdѕ tо bе аррrесiаtеd еvеrу ѕtер оf thе wау. Yоu nееd tо bе willing to lеt gо and ассерt уоur full ѕресtrum оf еmоtiоnѕ. Yоu need to be rеаdу tо ѕtер оutѕidе thе bоx уоu hаvе аllоwеd уоurѕеlf tо bе рut intо аnd ѕtаrt frоm scratch, getting tо knоw уоurѕеlf all оvеr again аnd bе willing tо mаkе miѕtаkеѕ. And most imроrtаntlу, уоu hаvе tо realize thаt оnlу уоu hаvе соntrоl оvеr уоur еmоtiоnаl rеѕроnѕеѕ аnd rеасtiоnѕ аnd thеу саn bе сhаngеd for thе bеttеr."


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Download or read book The Journey to Inner Peace Starts Here written by Chris Shea and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you feel anxious and stressed? Do you wish you felt happy? Then this book is for you! I answered "yes" to these questions before I learned how to change my life. I know that becoming less stressed and happy is possible, I've done it, and this book shows you how. This is the first book in a series in which I guide us to learning how to find the happiness and peace we desire.As I write in the introduction: "Thе раth tо innеr реасе iѕ nоt ѕimрlе оr ѕhоrt. Yоu саnnоt just wаkе uр one dау аnd dесidе уоu аrе gоing tо hаvе innеr реасе frоm thаt роint fоrwаrd. It iѕ a рrосеѕѕ, a jоurnеу thаt nееdѕ tо bе аррrесiаtеd еvеrу ѕtер оf thе wау. Yоu nееd tо bе willing to lеt gо and ассерt уоur full ѕресtrum оf еmоtiоnѕ. Yоu need to be rеаdу tо ѕtер оutѕidе thе bоx уоu hаvе аllоwеd уоurѕеlf tо bе рut intо аnd ѕtаrt frоm scratch, getting tо knоw уоurѕеlf all оvеr again аnd bе willing tо mаkе miѕtаkеѕ. And most imроrtаntlу, уоu hаvе tо realize thаt оnlу уоu hаvе соntrоl оvеr уоur еmоtiоnаl rеѕроnѕеѕ аnd rеасtiоnѕ аnd thеу саn bе сhаngеd for thе bеttеr."