In our Clayton Yoga Teacher Trainings, we often ask students to bring a fable or story with a deeper meaning to class. We also periodically post and share especially good fables here. This short fable is from a very ancient Chinese author, Liu A. Teachings of this nature remind us to treasure our divinity in […] Continue reading → 
Life is a divine play filled with comedy or tragedy depending on how you see it. When we ignite our courage and define what it is we would like, we create intention and awareness. When we feel at the mercy or effect of other people’s opinion of likes or dislikes, we are suffering. Truth is […] Continue reading → 
Did you know your dream wants you too. That you are worth receiving all that you desire? This blog is taken from Daily Om, an extraordinary resource for spiritual on-line courses, this course titled, How to Be a Phenomenal Receiver, by Lisa Zimmerman. One of the most important things on our healing path is learning […] Continue reading → 
Since feeling wealthy is a state of mind and we all know that counting your blessings is the key to happiness, I would like to share a great tool for that was given to me to help build greater prosperity. Following these steps has certainly made me more appreciative and mindful and ready to embrace […] Continue reading → 
Einstein once asked humanity what was the most important question in the world? He then replied, “Do I live in a friendly or hostile universe?”. This is because he understood the power of our perception or thinking mind. Practicing yoga in a beautiful setting like Grenada certainly does amazing things for your spirit, but even […] Continue reading → 
Central to Yoruba culture are 256 stories of Ifa which arrange a mythology for educational, spiritual, and divinational reasons. This is one of those stories. Long ago, when movement between heaven and earth was very easy, Olodumare sent 400 male primordial spirits, and 1 female primordial spirit, Oshun to Earth to make it suitable for […] Continue reading → 
A teaching story from Zen Fables for Today by Richard McLean – Retold by Amy Gonway Jato, the instructor to the Emperor’s sons, observed that the oldest boy was given to outbursts of anger, which could prove dangerous in later life because this prince stood as heir to his aging father’s throne armies. One day […] Continue reading → 
Long ago in a small, far away village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears […] Continue reading → 
It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions even though they gave off heat to each other. After awhile, they decided to distance themselves […] Continue reading →