Appreciation and Gratitude

“By focusing on what is good in your life, more goodness will flow to you.”

This simple mantra can be used in a lot of different contexts and applies to everything going on in one’s life at any given time, whether it’s relationships, work, golf etc. We need to realise the power of positive thinking. This article found me recently and I wanted to share it.

Learn to love yourself enough so that when someone enters your life that treats you negatively, you can stand up for yourself and have the strength to let them go. You can learn that it is okay to say no to anyone who is not willing to treat you with the love and respect you not only want, but also deserve. Have the courage to walk away from anything that does not serve you well. Search for your highest good.

You may be thinking right now, how do I go about this when I do not have the things that would make me content? What is in your world externally is nothing more than a mirror of what is going on internally. So to change the external vision of what your world appears to be, go within and change it there, then the outward vision will change to mirror the inward feelings.

Understand that every new path has a beginning and a first step. To pursue anything new, all you have to do is to take one-step at a time. And that is the step before you. If we learn to feel and believe that we have all that we desire and want in life and accept what has been granted to us, more will come.

It is all about appreciation and gratitude. If you could learn to appreciate and have gratitude by focusing on what is good in your life, more goodness will flow to you. If we complain that we do not have those things, then that is where our focus is and that is what we will continue to attract to us. If we think and imagine having the life we desire, and act and feel as we have it within, it is sure to appear before us.

When negative events occur in your life, if you look for the silver lining in the dark rain cloud, you will learn that good is always flowing toward you, if you have but the eyes to see it. And when you embrace the good that comes from that stormy rain cloud, you are transforming the energy of what you previously deemed as something negative into some positive. When you sing this new song, more “good” things can flow to you. 

Love and Light,

Anne Marie

People come into your life for a Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime...

People come into your life for a Reason, A Season or A Lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person.

When someone is in your life for a Reason, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be.

Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.

What we must realize is that when our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a Season, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.

Lifetime relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.

Hari Om

Anne Marie

“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear”

It has only been recently that this ancient Buddhist quote has resonated with me. One of the things that I am so grateful for along my current path in life, in establishing Yoga for Golf IRELAND is that I have the ability to bring yoga to a demographic that yoga hasn’t been really accessible to for various reasons.

I was extremely humbled by a notion that was articulated to me recently by a tutor of mine who said, “There are people out there waiting for you to start teaching......”. WOW, when I really reflect on this idea I feel so inspired and empowered and it provokes in me a purpose that I always knew was there but didn’t know what it was!

I have received so much from yoga over the years. It answers all my questions and has afforded me a deep sense of awareness that has affected every part of my life in such a positive way. To be able to share and pass on this very special gift is at times overwhelming for me but a path I believe in and am truly committed to.  

The strong pull of my ENFJ personality which has been the unconscious force driving most of my career decisions over the past few years has at last paid dividends and brought me to a place of personal satisfaction and contentment. For the first time in my life I can honestly say that the conflict between my physical, emotional and intellectual life is being reconciled.

So here I am, ready to guide the golfers of Ireland through their own unique journeys through yoga. Some may merely show up to get exercise and gain flexibility that is directly transferrable to the golf course, which is absolutely fine. But for those who chose to turn up and are ready to listen, they will be presented with an experience that is invaluable for both their personal and sporting lives.

Come to a yoga for golfers class. Be a ready student and the answers you seek will come to you!

Namaste

Anne Marie