Today's DailyOM Offerings...
July 2, 2013
Pure at Heart
Govi
2013
Nobody captures the essence of the tropics through music quite like Govi. His breezy rhythms and sunny melodies are so potent you can practically see palm fronds swaying in the sea air and feel warm sand between your toes. Pure at Heart is a quintessential Govi album, with all of the flavor and vibrancy that you'd expect from the guitarist. The album's laid-back opener, Thief of Hearts, has a casual beauty to it, pairing sensual guitar with a gentle scampering of beats and the occasional touch of synthesizer to add to the atmosphere. Govi opts for a change of scenery on the enticing, Indian-themed Anjuna Sunset, swapping the guitar for the sitar and the island percussion for the thump of the tabla. Govi likes to experiment here and there, but the album generally maintains a soft, rhythmic serenity that does a perfect job of creating a sense of place and mood.
Govi's sultry guitars and world rhythms tickle the imagination with a warm and relaxing getaway filled with languid afternoons, playful abandon and romantic innocence. A master at capturing the mood, Pure at Heart's exotic destination touches on the sublime.
July 2, 2013
Healing Breaks
Sagittarius Daily Horoscope
Your thoughts may be focused completely on accomplishing your duties, which may make you feel more reliable and trustworthy today. Perhaps knowing that once you get everything done you will be able to relax more fully and enjoy your free time is providing a greater incentive to tend to your responsibilities. While being focused is an important part of this, you may wish to take a few short breaks to recuperate and reenergize throughout the day today. Maybe every hour or so, you can stretch and walk around for few minutes taking deep, refreshing, and healing abdominal breaths as you do. This can bring new energy into your being and help you focus more deeply in the next hour to come.
It is important to take short breaks, particularly when we wish to attend to our duties fully. Even though it may seem that a break is a distraction, in fact, it gives us time to recharge our energy. By just quieting our minds for even a few moments, we are able to bring a greater amount of focus to our work in the moments to come. Simple stretches and deep breaths bring oxygen to our muscles, infusing us with new energy and relaxing any physical tension we may have enough to get back into the flow of our work. Taking healing breaks during the day will help you concentrate on your tasks with greater awareness and motivation today.
July 2, 2013
Offerings of the Day
Finding Gifts in All
by Madisyn Taylor
Before bed each night, take the time to review your day and review the gifts you received.
When we have good days, we often find ourselves going over the details later, enjoying them a second and third time as we feel the joy of our good fortune. When we have bad days, we may find ourselves poring over the details of our misfortunes. However, we can reframe those bad days by making it a daily practice to spend some time before going to bed each night to review the gifts we received that day. Regardless of our evaluation of the day-good, bad, mediocre-we can call forth the many blessings that were present. This practice transforms our consciousness as it reveals the fullness at the heart of our lives.
Some days it’s easy to recount the gifts we’ve received; on other days, we have to look harder for the offerings of the day, but once we do, we will find there are always quite a few. We can keep it simple and be grateful for the fact that we have a roof over our head, nature, food, and our health. Once we have fully experienced these gifts, we can move outward to the gifts that may require a little more thought such as the gifts of forgiveness, tolerance and acceptance that we may have learned that day. We can also always be grateful for the people in our lives who support us, no matter how bad our day may have been.
Just reviewing the many positive offerings in our lives provides a context for our difficulties that puts them in proper perspective, but we can also make an effort to see the gifts even in adverse circumstances. This can be challenging and may require some practice before it feels authentic, but we have all had the experience of a disappointment or loss leading to a surprising gain. Just remembering this and trusting the give and take of life can help us to remember that sometimes the best gifts of all are the ones we don’t recognize right away. In addition, the lessons we learn in the face of adversity are offerings in their own right, allowing us to count patience, wisdom, and fortitude alongside the other gifts of the day.
Pure at Heart
Govi
2013
Nobody captures the essence of the tropics through music quite like Govi. His breezy rhythms and sunny melodies are so potent you can practically see palm fronds swaying in the sea air and feel warm sand between your toes. Pure at Heart is a quintessential Govi album, with all of the flavor and vibrancy that you'd expect from the guitarist. The album's laid-back opener, Thief of Hearts, has a casual beauty to it, pairing sensual guitar with a gentle scampering of beats and the occasional touch of synthesizer to add to the atmosphere. Govi opts for a change of scenery on the enticing, Indian-themed Anjuna Sunset, swapping the guitar for the sitar and the island percussion for the thump of the tabla. Govi likes to experiment here and there, but the album generally maintains a soft, rhythmic serenity that does a perfect job of creating a sense of place and mood.
Govi's sultry guitars and world rhythms tickle the imagination with a warm and relaxing getaway filled with languid afternoons, playful abandon and romantic innocence. A master at capturing the mood, Pure at Heart's exotic destination touches on the sublime.
July 2, 2013
Healing Breaks
Sagittarius Daily Horoscope
Your thoughts may be focused completely on accomplishing your duties, which may make you feel more reliable and trustworthy today. Perhaps knowing that once you get everything done you will be able to relax more fully and enjoy your free time is providing a greater incentive to tend to your responsibilities. While being focused is an important part of this, you may wish to take a few short breaks to recuperate and reenergize throughout the day today. Maybe every hour or so, you can stretch and walk around for few minutes taking deep, refreshing, and healing abdominal breaths as you do. This can bring new energy into your being and help you focus more deeply in the next hour to come.
It is important to take short breaks, particularly when we wish to attend to our duties fully. Even though it may seem that a break is a distraction, in fact, it gives us time to recharge our energy. By just quieting our minds for even a few moments, we are able to bring a greater amount of focus to our work in the moments to come. Simple stretches and deep breaths bring oxygen to our muscles, infusing us with new energy and relaxing any physical tension we may have enough to get back into the flow of our work. Taking healing breaks during the day will help you concentrate on your tasks with greater awareness and motivation today.
July 2, 2013
Offerings of the Day
Finding Gifts in All
by Madisyn Taylor
Before bed each night, take the time to review your day and review the gifts you received.
When we have good days, we often find ourselves going over the details later, enjoying them a second and third time as we feel the joy of our good fortune. When we have bad days, we may find ourselves poring over the details of our misfortunes. However, we can reframe those bad days by making it a daily practice to spend some time before going to bed each night to review the gifts we received that day. Regardless of our evaluation of the day-good, bad, mediocre-we can call forth the many blessings that were present. This practice transforms our consciousness as it reveals the fullness at the heart of our lives.
Some days it’s easy to recount the gifts we’ve received; on other days, we have to look harder for the offerings of the day, but once we do, we will find there are always quite a few. We can keep it simple and be grateful for the fact that we have a roof over our head, nature, food, and our health. Once we have fully experienced these gifts, we can move outward to the gifts that may require a little more thought such as the gifts of forgiveness, tolerance and acceptance that we may have learned that day. We can also always be grateful for the people in our lives who support us, no matter how bad our day may have been.
Just reviewing the many positive offerings in our lives provides a context for our difficulties that puts them in proper perspective, but we can also make an effort to see the gifts even in adverse circumstances. This can be challenging and may require some practice before it feels authentic, but we have all had the experience of a disappointment or loss leading to a surprising gain. Just remembering this and trusting the give and take of life can help us to remember that sometimes the best gifts of all are the ones we don’t recognize right away. In addition, the lessons we learn in the face of adversity are offerings in their own right, allowing us to count patience, wisdom, and fortitude alongside the other gifts of the day.