Friday, February 20, 2009

Positivity Circle

Amidst some recent late evening visits from our friend John Thornburg, the three of us felt that we had some excess negativity going through our minds. Therefore, we passed over our idea to start an Incan-style corn-worshipping cult...




And decided to start a Positivity Circle. To be honest, I just crave small groups and, having not been in one for about five years, it was refreshing to have one again, even if it was just three members. We decided we would focus on holistic health and so that entailed beginning each session with some yoga/meditation...


And then we would move onto some discussion and perhaps even an activity/lesson. In this inaugural session, we discussed "samskara" which is a Sanskrit word describing the "trails" through our minds that are heavily travelled and generally get deeper and more habitual as we age. They are generally viewed in a negative light because they create a situation where we are controlled by our past rather than taking a more pro-active stance and creating our own life. So, we made a list of some of our samskara and then discussed ways to address them...



It was a fun and encouraging evening and start to a new club, in part due to the actual content whereby we had gameplans for our lives by the end of the evening, but mostly just to have some good heart-to-heart discussion time.

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