Embrace the differences in being all equal

To better help, take care, heal, support, and love others, we should get rid of what limits our acceptance without prejudices so as to embrace the differences in being all equal. What is often missing in the world, today, both in our personal and professional lives, is acceptance. There are people who think that fostering…

Becoming harder or softer?

You ask, I answer. A recent post on Linkedin made me think about something that happens regularly in my activity, so I wanted to share with you my ideas about the matter. Quite often during my consulting job and coaching sessions (and apparently this same question is asked to other coaches, too), I get asked…

The five Vrittis: Pramana, Viparyaya, Vikalpa, Nidra, and Smriti

As a teacher of Ashtanga Yoga, I often read, study, and then use in my practice Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. In his analysis, Patanjali discusses the five kinds of Vrittis (वृत्ति in Sanskrit, literally meaning whirlpool), or fluctuations of consciousness, that represent the different activities our mind can be involved in while it is in the…