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Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us. The Books of the Bible The Example of Jesus Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary or lose heart. 4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children— “My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, or lose heart when you are punished by him; 6 for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves, and chastises every child whom he accepts.” 7 Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children; for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline? 8 If you do not have that discipline in which all children share, then you are illegitimate and not his children. 9 Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not be even more willing to be subject to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share his holiness. 11 Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. 12 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed. Warnings against Rejecting God’s Grace 14 Pursue peace with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble, and through it many become defiled. 16 See to it that no one becomes like Esau, an immoral and godless person, who sold his birthright for a single meal. 17 You know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, even though he sought the blessing with tears. 18 You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest, 19 and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them. 20 (For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death.” 21 Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.”) 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, 23 and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. 25 See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking; for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven! 26 At that time his voice shook the earth; but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven.” 27 This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of what is shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe; 29 for indeed our God is a consuming fire. New Revised Standard Version Liveology® Yoga Studios & Magazine creates uplifting content for evolving humans as we draw from wisdom across the world. Shop yogi swag and go down the rabbit hole for exclusive content. Please join our email list and tell a friend about us today. Thank you for your continued and growing support all over the world. Peace & Pineapples!

A book based on A Course in Miracles Author Marianne Williamson Quotes “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” “It takes courage…to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives.” “When infants aren’t held, they can become sick, even die. It’s universally accepted that children need love, but at what age are people supposed to stop needing it? We never do. We need love in order to live happily, as much as we need oxygen in order to live at all.” “A certain amount of desperation is usually necessary before we’re ready for God.” Related A Course in Miracles

"The thing you fear most has no power. Facing the truth really will set you free." Oprah Winfrey

Hindu sacred texts. The Vedas The Rig Veda The Yajurveda The Samaveda TheAthavaveda Liveology Yoga Studios creates uplifting content for your whole life. Join us on the journey of seeking God, self-study, healing, and awakening as we draw from spiritual traditions across the world. Subscribe for access to our exclusive library of articles and videos and other special benefits. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

Those who worship the beast and its image, and receive a mark on their foreheads or on their hands, they will also drink the wine of God’s wrath. The Lamb and the 144,000 1 Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion! And with him were one hundred forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; the voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps, 3 and they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the one hundred forty-four thousand who have been redeemed from the earth. 4 It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins; these follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from humankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb, 5 and in their mouth no lie was found; they are blameless. The Messages of the Three Angels 6 Then I saw another angel flying in midheaven, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation and tribe and language and people. 7 He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come; and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.” 8 Then another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” 9 Then another angel, a third, followed them, crying with a loud voice, “Those who worship the beast and its image, and receive a mark on their foreheads or on their hands, 10 they will also drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and they will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image and for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” 12 Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and hold fast to the faith of Jesus. 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who from now on die in the Lord.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them.” Reaping the Earth’s Harvest 14 Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand! 15 Another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to the one who sat on the cloud, “Use your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.” 16 So the one who sat on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped. 17 Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18 Then another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over fire, and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.” 19 So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the vintage of the earth, and he threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God. 20 And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the wine press, as high as a horse’s bridle, for a distance of about two hundred miles.a New Revised Standard Version Liveology Yoga Studios creates uplifting content for your whole life. Join us on the journey of seeking God, self-study, healing, and awakening as we draw from spiritual traditions across the world. Subscribe for access to our exclusive library of articles and videos and other special benefits. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

BYTA is a collective of yoga teachers who share the peace and power of yoga to inspire conscious living. Website blackyogateachersalliance.org Founders Maya Breuer & Jana Long Information BYTA is a collective of yoga teachers who share the peace and power of yoga to inspire conscious living. BYTA supports the continuing educational and professional development of black yoga teachers. The Black Yoga Teachers Alliance (BYTA) was founded in 2009 by yoga teachers Maya Breuer and Jana Long, as a social media group to provide a space for teachers, students, practitioners, healers, and enthusiasts to discuss yoga and wellness, to share information about classes, workshops, events and activities, and most importantly, to build a network and get to know one another. BYTA was established as a tax-exempt nonprofit in 2016.

This festival celebrates mind, body, and soul by promoting health, wellness and community through yoga, music, food, drink and sunshine. Date April 17- 21, 2021 Location Bhakti Farms Covingon, LA Website https://northshoreyogafestival.com/ Information This festival celebrates mind, body, and soul by promoting health, wellness and community through yoga, music, food, drink and sunshine. Born from the desire to heal, uplift, and connect our community, Northshore Yoga Festival is the first festival of it's kind. Whether you a brand-new to the practice or a seasoned Yogi, all are welcome. Join us for a weekend of asanas set to live music, good food, deep breathing in nature, and fun! This event will be held outdoors on 26 acres at Bhakti Farms in north Covington. We will practice 6 foot spacing of yoga mats and offer hand sanitizier stations. No ice chests or coolers allowed. This is a rain or shine event: No Refunds.

Meditating is as easy as 1..2..3! Meditation is the practice of being aware. I think where a lot of people miss out on meditation by thinking it's something you do with your mind or something you do to your mind. Meditation isn't an activity of the mind. Meditation is actually transcending the mind. You can't think your mind clear. You can't use a thought to get rid of another thought. Trying to think your mind clear is like trying to get a splinter out of your hand by using a jagged piece of wood. It would only make the situation worse. So how do we clear our minds? By not paying attention to the thoughts. Not totally disregarding the thoughts, but rather finding something else to bring our attention to, something else to focus on. And what will happen is when we focus on that thing long enough and with enough practice, eventually the thoughts will begin to dissipate on their own. The mind will begin to calm down and find a natural peace on its own. Because believe it or not, what causes so many thoughts in our heads is focusing on the thoughts. Like usually when intrusive thoughts pop into our minds, our first instinct is to follow the thought, and see where it goes, and multiply the thought. This thought goes to that thought, goes to that thought. That's where anxiety comes from, that's where a lot of depression comes from, is by chasing the thoughts. And that's why meditation is such a powerful tool for helping to cure illness, anxiety, and depression, or at least it was in my case, because it takes you out of the mind. The mind is where we suffer at a lot. I mean, in reality there is usually much of suffering in the there and the then. That's is all thought based, that is all all mind stuff. That is why meditation is so important because it helps bring us out of that mind stuff. it helps bring us out of the further and the past and bring us here in the now, where life is actually taking place. So how do we come into the now? How do we focus on one thing so that the other thoughts dissipate? Well, traditionally most people are taught to meditate following the breath, and that's a very powerful tool because the breath is always with us. It's always present. It's something that we can call on regularly, it's always reliable. But I've found that following the breath alone, especially nowadays when I feel like we have all such short attention spans can be difficult because the breath is really subtle. The breath, while powerful, it doesn't necessarily command a lot of attention. Most of us spend most of the day without being aware of a single breath, and that just goes to speak to how automatic and subtle breath actually is. So when I started to learn how to mediate, I was having a trouble just following my breath so what I did is I started counting in addition to breathing. And counting but also picturing each number in my mind as I count. During each breath I would picture the number in my mind and what this allowed me to do is to have something a lot more tangible, a lot more gross to focus on, while I'm doing my breathing, so I wasn't so easily distracted from my breath as I would be just trying to stay with my inhale and exhale. So way that I like to teach people how to meditate in the beginning is by doing a counting mediation, which is essentially just like a breathing meditation. But again, just going to count. And not only are we going to count, we're going to imagine each number in our head as we inhale and exhale. And I want you to get as creative as possible when you picture these numbers in your head because again, that will keep you stay focused on the object of our meditation which is the counting, which is the breathing. Now, of course, thoughts are going to pop in, like thoughts do. That's what thoughts do. That's what minds do. They think. Our goal is not to have any thoughts at all, that's really not possible. But what is possible is that when we notice ourselves in thought, when we notice ourselves not in our count anymore, if we've lost track of our count, then we just gently bring ourselves to where we last left off, the last number that we remember breathing. Or, if you can't remember the last number, just start back at one. There is no shame in starting back at one. It's really a great thing because it shows you that you're aware, that you caught yourself being aware of a thought, and now you can gently bring yourself back to the number. So it's not a race, there's not a goal. It's not to get to 50 breaths or to get to 100 breaths. Again, to just be aware, to be aware of the fact that you're breathing, to be aware of the fact that you're counting. to be aware of the fact that it's the here and now. And to be focused on the fact that we're going to focus on our breath, and we're not going not going to focus on the monkey mind, the intrusive thoughts. The meditation begins at 5:50

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Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased. The Books of the Bible God’s Chosen Servant 15 When Jesus became aware of this, he departed. Many crowds followed him, and he cured all of them, 16 and he ordered them not to make him known. 17 This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah: 18 “Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. 19 He will not wrangle or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. 20 He will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick until he brings justice to victory. 21 And in his name the Gentiles will hope.” New Revised Standard Version Liveology Yoga Studios & Magazine creates uplifting content and products, sharing "More life. More yoga." Enjoy a wealth of articles, videos, and interactive content for self-study, drawing upon wisdom from across the world. Subscribe for exclusive content, including issues of the mag. Tell a friend about us today! Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

I am a priority in my beautiful ass life! Location Los Angeles, CA Website: https://www.bkyogaclub.com/ Founders: Brittney Floyd-Mayo Information Trap yoga bae is bridging the gap between self care and cultural relevance. We introduce those who feel ostracized from the typical yogi experience to the idea that self care looks like YOU. Trap yoga with Trap Yoga Bae is a vinyasa-style experience, backed to the heavy bass and hypnotic rhythms of trap music, spun by a live DJ.

Priscila is a featured yoga teacher at Liveology. Originally from Brazil, Cara is a yoga teacher and Ashtangi in the Atlanta area. She is a featured teacher at Liveology Yoga Magazine. She is one of the teachers of the Ashtanga ABC's challenge. Follow Priscila IG @prisbap

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