We are kept from our goal because…

Inspiting Quote

We are kept from our goal, not by obstacles, but by a clear path to a lesser goal – Robert Brault.

If you find yourself never achieving your goals, look at where your focus is. Is your focus on your primary goal or on some lesser goal? Dreaming big can be scary and feel unachievable. Deciding on a lesser dream may seem like an easy way out, but it does come at a cost. You rob yourself of every knowing if you could even have achieved it.

It is also important to say that going for a big dream doesn’t mean that the dream will allows stay the same. For example, as a child you may have wanted to become a artist. However when you go for your big dream you find that you love creating art, but prefer to work in a team. You shift from being an artist working by yourself into a team creating art of movies.

So allow yourself permission to dream and take action to create your dreams. It is the only way you will ever truly know what you really want.


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Yoke Magazine – For Discerning Yogis

yoke_magazine We came across Yoke Magazine a few months ago. It is an advertising free magazine that appeals to a young and young-at-heart audience, creatives, artists, yogis and food and travel enthusiasts, seeking out inspiration and adventure for a more balanced, happy and creative lifestyle, to empower themselves and at the same time, their community.

The ancient Sanskrit root for yoke is ‘YUJ’ युज् which is the root word of yoga योग. The word yoga means ‘to be yoked’ – the spiritual concept of ‘being yoked’ means to join or connect, to form a bond, to unite.

It is a subscriber-supported, independently produced high-quality eco-friendly print magazine. Published and distributed by YOKE PUBLICATIONS based in Sydney, Australia. The driving force is Cynthia Sciberras.

Cynthia is currently using crowd funding to publish the third edition which is getting released on 3 August 2015. We encourage you to check it out and support Cynthia in her amazing magazine.

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Are you clear with what you really want for 2014?

Goal setting for 2014 - Do your yoga anytime anywhere with Liveyogalife.com
For 2014, how about starting it clean and fresh? Before planning or expending any time, energy or money on any “how-to-do” steps, why not take a step back and be clear about the most fundamental of questions. What do I want?

This is the most important question you can ask yourself, and for some people it is the toughest question to answer.

In its purest form you need to ask whether what you want is something you really want for yourself, or whether it’s something you think you want based on what others want or what others will “approve of”.

It would seem that only when I am clear with what I really want in my heart-of-hearts, that whatever I create flow effortlessly, get executed joyfully and in an inspiring way. And in the end, it leaves me feeling truly satisfied and happy with how the journey unfolded AND the outcome I created.

“What I want” doesn’t have to be a huge mammoth of a goal or involve large life changing decisions. It can be little things, such as what I want to eat for breakfast, how I want my living room or kitchen to look like, or deciding to get up to do a simple asana practice to get my prana flowing.

So take some time and make sure that whatever you choose to do in 2014 is aligned with what you want.

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Interview with designers Jony Ive from Apple and Marc Newson

I have watched the rebirth of Apple over the past 20 years from a second-rate computer and software developer into a stylistic, design-driven company that provides quality products. As testimony to the quality of Apple’s iPhones I have a three year iPhone 4S which is still working fine and looks great. Not many companies these days produce products which are of such quality.

A driving force behind the changes at Apple, other than Steve Jobs, has been Jony Ive. His designs and ideas are the driving force behind Apple’s stylistic products and software interfaces.

Jony Ive rarely gives interviews. Last month, Jony Ive teamed up with designer Marc Newson to create a list of items for a charity auction through Sotherby’s Fine Art Auctions for Bono’s charity (Red). To promote the auction, Jony and Marc talked with Charlie Rose for 40 minutes.

The interview is below (streamed through Hulu). They talk about how they see design, what inspires them and the auction items – two of which they created for the auction. I found their perspectives on why they design to be very inspiring, and thoroughly engaging. I encourage you to watch it.


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The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz – Introductory Video

Recently I came across an introductory video for a book I first read in 2005 called “The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz. It was the first book which opened by eyes to how much better I can live my life if I only took some time to get in touch with my inner world and let it guide my actions.

This is the opposite to the method I had been using up to this point which involved trying to find meaning in my life from the outer world. As you can probably tell, trying to find meaning from the chaotic going-ons in the outer world is fraught with problems and is not a good reference point for inner happiness.

In the book, Don Miguel Ruiz reveals that the source of our needless suffering, and which robs us of joy, is our acceptance of self-limiting beliefs. The book outlines and explains how four very simple agreements can signficantly reduce our suffering and bring great joy into our life. These “Four Agreements” are: “Be impeccable with your word”, “Don’t take anything personally”, “Don’t make assumptions” and “Always do your best”.

I highly recommend the book to anyone seeking a better way to live. As a starter check out the introductory video which outlines what the book is about.


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Living life with courage

In 2005 I had the pleasure of attending a workshop that opened my eyes to how I could be living my life better. It posed the idea that if we are honest with ourselves, we may find that our lives are not turning out how we wanted them to. If this is the case – it went on to ask what exactly is getting in our way?

The course then used some simple examples to show that we think way too much and that this is what gets in the way. Basically we visual everything that can go wrong, and are not surprised when everything wrong does happen.

At this stage you may be thinking that the workshop would be a bad idea – all it would do is make me feel embarrassed or silly for not being in control of my life. Funnily I left the workshop feeling the exact opposite – that I had the tools to make significant improvements in how I lived my life.

After attending the course, I searched for blogs and articles to expand what I discovered at the workshop. One of the best articles I found was by Steve Pavlina and was title “the courage to live consciously”. If this topic interests you I would recommend reading it – click here.

PS. The workshop was called the isa Experience.

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