Tenderfoot Yogi Podcast And Audio Blog: Perspectives And Insights For Ease In Your Awakening

Have you ever noticed how frequently the answer to a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ question is something other than ‘yes’ or ‘no’? More often than not the answer to these kinds of confining questions is “maybe” or “neither” or “both” or “I don’t know” or “I need more information” – yet we seem to ask… Read more The post Move beyond false choices appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

This week instead of a post, we have a podcast-only version of the tenderfoot yogi blog. Self judgment will hinder us, or stop us before we even get started in our meditation practice and in life. We speak to this with a portion of a conversation here with Alison J. Kay, author, holistic life coach, India… Read more The post Grow out of judgment with Alison appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

At some time or another we’ve all been told, sometimes pleasantly with love and other times less pleasantly with a degree of judgement to ‘lighten up already’. Wouldn’t it be excellent if lightening up were this easy? Because it is certainly true that in most cases the natural internal response to being told to lighten… Read more The post 4 Steps to lighten up appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

It’s no small reach to include the word ‘God’ in the title of a blog post. However there have been two conversations in the recent past which have stuck with me on the subject, and the third one came up this week. Being a subscriber to the rule of threes, I think I can get… Read more The post 3 conversations on Love and God appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

It does not need to be a major life trauma that brings us down. It can just as easily be something small. Or a series of small things that has us feeling down in the dumps. It’s a familiar feeling – low energy, feeling a bit empty or lost. Your smile feels far away. Sometimes… Read more The post How to BE in a bad mood appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

Admittedly the word ‘cure’ is a poor choice regarding our wandering minds, because there is no cure, nor is one needed. You have a mind, as we all do, and it will wander. Quite neurotically it seems, each of us in our own particular way. But in our struggle to reign in our wandering minds,… Read more The post A cure for your wandering mind appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

Either at this moment, or in general? There is no human who is immune to it, and it’s not a great feeling, to feel bored. We can feel bored in general or with something specific. Bored at work, in relationships, or just in general. In Eknath Easwaran’s book ‘conquest of mind’ he speaks of boredom… Read more The post Are you bored? appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

What if every choice that you make is based not on real information, but on just a passing thought? And what if those choices have led to routines, and those routines to habits? If true, this is actually really good news. It’s good news because it means we can change anything, we can change any… Read more The post You don’t need to do what you think appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

At some time or another, whether it’s just for a moment before undertaking a new task, or for an extended period of time, we humans all lack confidence. I remember a time a few years ago when I felt as if my confidence had taken a real hit. I was not walking tall, questioning myself… Read more The post Confidence is a sham appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

It’s one of the hardest feelings we human beings can experience. Laying in bed, staring at the ceiling, wondering when, if ever we will fall asleep. Most of us have experienced this is one way or another, at one time or another. I know that I have. There are entire fields of scientific study devoted… Read more The post How we think about sleep appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

Lately the word ‘warrior’ has been jumping out at me. I saw a host on a food network show wearing a t-shirt that said spiritual warrior. I’ve heard the term peace warrior as well. And of course we have our warrior poses in yoga class. The use of this word makes sense, as it inspires… Read more The post No Pain No Gain is bad advice appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

Years ago, when my younger brother graduated from college I bought him a book entitled Quarter-life Crisis: The Unique Challenges of Life in your 20s. Truth be told, I had not read the book. I only knew that my mid 20s offered me some unique challenges so I thought it a nice brotherly gesture to… Read more The post New ways of being, no crisis required appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

Do you have something keeping you from optimal health? Most of us do. Physical afflictions small and large are part of life. For myself, it’s heartburn. Chronic acid reflux. GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease) diagnosed in my 20s. I have it. Actually, I had it. It’s on it’s way out. It dawned on me just the… Read more The post It’s time to heal your ailment appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

Corpse pose, Savasana. In most yoga classes this is how the practice concludes. We lay down and do nothing. In some classes, and in even some home practices, Savasana is an afterthought. It’s the thing that we try to make sure to squeeze in at the end, before we get back to whatever we were… Read more The post How to relax as a corpse appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

What if you could train your mind to wake up peacefully, and could carry that peace with you throughout the day? What if by doing this you could touch the timeless spirituality that lives within you, that which lives within all of us? It is common in the morning, just a moment or two after… Read more The post How to be devoted appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

Just because we have all heard the phrase be kind to yourself does not mean that we actually know how to apply it. We think that we do. We think that we take time for ourselves. That we nurture ourselves and care for ourselves. But in most cases we are just settling for cookie crumbs.… Read more The post Learn the intuitive YES and the obvious NO appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

We all have something that we have thought of doing. Something that is exciting and fun and creative. Something on which we have not taken action. Chances are good that the reason for our inaction comes down to a game that we have engaged in with our thinking, and over-thinking mind. Games in which our… Read more The post Five mind games that limit you appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

If you take a moment, you can probably remember the last song that got stuck in your head. It was just yesterday for me – the classic 80’s rock ballad ‘The Search is Over’ by Survivor. When this happens, we are either singing the song, humming the song, or it’s playing on a loop in… Read more The post What if you could let go of that thought? appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

The forming of new habits is what ultimately allows us to grow and change. With the myriad of healthy life changes available to us, the only way that any of them stick is if they become a habit. Whether it’s a new way of eating or a fitness plan or a spiritual practice or simply… Read more The post Use your neurons to create something new appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.

I once heard Paulo Coelho, author of the widely popular book ‘The Alchemist’ say that we are not meant to be comfortable all the time. For a moment I was discouraged, as I realized the blissful zen state of pure and constant ease that I’ve envisioned doesn’t actually exist. But I was also heartened to… Read more The post How to ride a wave of discomfort appeared first on tenderfoot yogi.