Do This Today

True laughter comes from the heart--it is a release of energy upward. To develop a sense of humor and the ability to laugh is a small but important aspect of our full potential! In this video--the second of the "Do This Today" series, Dharmadas shares stories and tips for the exploring the joy of laughter.
#LaughfromtheHeart #DoThisToday #Yogananda #PGWodehouse #OpentheHeart #SecretofLaughter

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In this "Do This Today" episode, Dharmadas shares three simple suggestions related to the breath:
1. Breathe deeply at least once today, preferably outside
2. Practice a simple measured breathing exercise--he leads this during the video
3. Watch the breath and observe the correlation between the breath and your consciousness
#BreatheDeeply #GetOutside #Yogananda #WatchtheBreath #PeaceIsWithin

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What is your posture? Not just your physical posture, but your mental and psychological posture? It all fits together! In today's Do This Today episode, Dharmadas quotes from Swami Kriyananda's book: Living Wisely, Living Well (text below) and addresses various aspects of how we hold ourselves and how we can become more aware of how the energy moves or doesn't in our bodies and lives.

#SwamiKriyananda #DoThisToday #LivingWisely #AshtangaYoga #PostureofLife

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Mental attitudes are often reflected in bodily positions. Do you lean habitually forward, as if to grasp at events before they happen? Do you lean backward, as if to distance yourself from others or from some unpleasantness? Do you tend to lean sideways, as if to find a strategy for getting around some obstacle? Keep your bodily and mental posture upright, relaxed, and serene. You'll find it relatively easy, then, to cope with any difficulties that confront you.

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This is video the first of a series focused on simple things to do, but which can have profound results. Yogananda suggested a number of these—small but important things that we can and should try to do each day—so we will attempt to explore many of them.
Saying: "I love you" is such a simple thing to do! Whether there is another significant person in our lives to say this to is less the issue--we can express our love and gratitude God in the form of anything: a pet, a plant, the sky. The important thing is that we express our love and gratitude regularly--and preferably--out loud!
#DoThisToday #Yogananda #SwamiKriyananda #SayILoveYou #SimpleButProfound

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In this episode, Dharmadas begins with a brief story Swami Kriyananda related about a mother who would greet her son after school with the question: "So did you ask any good questions today?"
We should do the same with ourselves--did we ask any good questions today? Sometimes the ability to frame a really good question means we're more than half-way to the answer. So--today--let's ask good questions! We can ask God; we can ask the internet; we can ask life itself. But let's ask good questions and listen closely for the answers.
#SwamiKriyananda #AskGoodQuestions #GoWithin #AskandReceive #DoThisToday

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In this video, Dharmadas reminds us of the practice of repeating the name of God during the day. The Biblical teaching to “pray without ceasing” can begin with just a few seconds or minutes. In the Indian tradition, this practice is called “Japa.” We all have the responsibility for our consciousness--and this simple practice can transform our awareness!
#UnceasingPrayer #JapaChanting #Yogananda #DoThisToday #BiblicalYoga

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In today’s “Do This Today” video, Dharmadas shares two secrets of chanting:
1. You don’t have to be a musician to do it!! You don’t even have to open your mouth or be able to hold a tune! Singing to God is just letting the spiritual vibrations of a chant percolate through your inward consciousness to create deep attunement with God’s presence. It is another way to “Pray without ceasing” using music.
2. “Chanting is Half the Battle” because we awaken the natural love of the hear through that inward call. And we can use the devotion of Paramhansa Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda to go through the “open door” or each of their spiritualized chants.

#Yogananda #SwamiKriyananda #ChantingIsHalftheBattle #DevotionalChanting #SingtoGod #InwardCall

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Paramhansa Yogananda recommended fasting one day each week on juice or water. Please check with your doctor before trying this! Whether or not you can aspire to this challenging suggestion, nearly all of us can cut down a bit from time to time, whether we skip a meal once in a while or try “intermittent fasting.” Any of these practices can help us loosen the grip our physical bodies have on our minds and spirits.
#Yogananda #DoThisToday #IntermittentFasting #FastOnceaWeek

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Yogananda said: “Don’t go to sleep at night before you make contact with God.” This may sound like loftily impossible advice—but his reminder also has a practical side: a reminder of what meditation truly is and how incredibly possible it can be to make contact with God.
#Yogananda
#DoThisToday #ContactGodToday #Meditation #EightAspectsofGod

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