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Your morning routine starts the night before. It took me a while to realize that having a peaceful and productive morning routine means having an equally soothing nightly routine. Obvious in theory, but not so much in practice. • I’ve been working on new morning and evening rituals. This means re-creating the way I live each day because really it has made me look at my entire lifestyle and how I spend every moment. • It has been challenging because now I am trying to implement new practices, and when you have habits (who doesn’t?), they are difficult to change. And, it has been exciting, because I love these other ways of being more present and intentional. After all, this is how we grow and evolve, right? ◡̈ ૐ

Closed my meditation class this morning with this excerpt. It seemed to resonate with all of us, so I thought I would share it here. I hope it inspires you to continue living with intention and purpose, always moving towards expanded awareness. ૐ

☾ dusk, my favorite time of day.

Today, I wasn’t able to make it back home in time to teach my online meditation class, so I found these items in the space I was in and created a tranquil background. • Sometimes we think we have to go out and purchase items to create inspiring corners, sacred spaces or meditation altars in our home. But, more often that not we already have things we can repurpose or display differently to help create that peaceful environment. • Our attitude, mood, and motivation are all affected by our physical space. So, taking some time and spending a little bit of effort to create these pockets of physical space in our home helps lift our energy and mental well-being. This is especially true when we are restricted in outside movement (hello, pandemic & quarantine!). • What do you already have in your home that you can use in designing an uplifting space?

❝Time is short, and the obstacles are many. Since death is certain for all, let us die for a sacred cause. Waste no more time. Struggle every moment to reach the goal and move onward and upward. People keep an account of their dollars and cents, but how many keep account of the valuable hours and moments they waste?❞ -Swami Premananda • Thank you for the photo! 🙏 @s4realwomen

Sundays are for cleaning, purging, organizing, donating, recycling, minimizing and simplifying.

May is mental health awareness month. But, no, I am not going to tell you that you should be happy all the time. Rather, I’ll share with you what I have realized from my daily meditation practice- not only are situations and circumstances temporary, but so are our thoughts. • For every thought we have there is another waiting to take its place. And, these thoughts change with time. I think almost everyone has said to themselves: I can’t believe I ever thought that [insert your thought that you now see more clearly whether because of maturity or experience and has thus, changed into a different thought]. These thoughts come and go, and so do our feelings and emotions attached to it. • This is to say- if you are feeling hopeless, desperate, alone, know that this is a temporary state of mind that you can come out of it with support. • Meditation helps us to see things clearly, as they really are in our minds. Eventually with inner work, we feel more peaceful. It is really a journey of the self we make a commitment to in our daily practice. With different supportive tools (therapy, meditation, art, writing, sometimes medication), we find that optimism again. • Know you are not alone. This is the human condition. We all experience our highs and lows. You absolutely have it in yourself to be happy. • If you have any, please share your mental health resources below! • Shanti, Shanti. Let all beings in this world be at peace.

When I was writing The Meditation Sutras, very few actually understood what I was writing about. Maybe I was the one who wasn’t explaining it very well. As the years went by and my own meditation practice deepened, the book organically came together. It not only gave me a concrete answer to the question- what is the book about? (how to create and maintain a daily meditation practice, because more people start a practice than are able to stick with it), but it took me on an unforeseen (and amazing) inward journey. • Thank you to those who have supported me by buying the book. My absolute heartfelt gratitude to you. This isn’t just a book, but the culmination of my own practice up until the point of publication. My own meditation journey continues and takes me to new heights of consciousness everyday. I hope The Meditation Sutras also helps guide and inspire you on your path inward. • If you have finished reading the book, I would LOVE to read/hear your honest review and insights. How has it helped you with your own meditation practice? If you feel comfortable sharing directly with me, please feel free to private message me here. Or, you can write something on Amazon or insert website of retail location where you purchased the book and would like to remain a little more anonymous, no problem! • Thank you, I immensely appreciate the community and support here. Shanti, Shanti.

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Rucha Tadwalkar, Founder Shanti Path