Happy Father's Day to all the incredible parents out there who have taken on the profound responsibility of raising another human being. You are superheroes. Today we honor your strength, your resilience, and your kind and generous hearts. Nurturing a child is the ultimate expression of Patience. The world is a better place because of people like you. So thank you. 💙 Tag a father below who inspires you! 
Healthy Attachment requires complete acceptance without judgment. So let's say you have an attachment to the idea of being married by the time you're 35. That's great! A lot of people have a similar attachment. Now, an unhealthy attachment would be to put negative and harmful expectations on this attachment if it doesn't happen exactly the way you thought. This is called the Expectation Gap. There is a gap between your expectation and your reality. So if you're 35 and single, and you're having negative thoughts about yourself, that is an unhealthy attachment. However, a healthy attachment requires acceptance. So let's say you have the same attachment, but now you're 35 and single and this attachment didn't exactly go as planned. Accepting this and allowing it to just be is what makes this a healthy attachment. Having thoughts that remind you that there is nothing wrong with you, your life just panned out differently than expected, and that is OKAY makes this a healthy attachment. This is what being in non-attachment is all about. Not detached but non-attached...to the outcome. Acceptance of the way things are prevents the Expectation Gap from which struggle arises... 
We tend to have attachments to everything in our lives. We have attachments to our thoughts, to our appearance, and subsequently, to our identity. Consider that most people move through life with the idea that they are their thoughts- that their thoughts are unequivocally true. If they're thinking them, then they must be real and accurate. That's a visceral attachment to our thoughts and our relationship with our thoughts. What if we could reframe that attachment to our thoughts? What if we simply viewed our thoughts as passing phenomena in our consciousness? What attachments do we have to our physical appearance? There is nothing wrong with wanting to look good, but what's the underlying expectation and impact with what it has on our lives? If we're not at our ideal weight, are we not going to go to a summer social event to avoid wearing a bathing suit? How does this impact our self worth? And how we relate to others? What is the impact of our attachment as we relate to our appearance? There is so much about our own personal identity that we're attached to that we didn't necessarily place on ourselves. Most of our identity was bestowed upon us when we were young, starting with our name. Then our culture, associations with our gender, social status, the food we eat, the beliefs we have, etc. A lot of it is based on what we were given. However, it is likely that we have a certain attachment and expectation with all of it. Surfacing that can be very liberating. What are your attachments to your thoughts, appearance and identity? 
We are so excited to be back to in-person events!!! NYC here we come! 😍 Our first in-person experience will be in the heart of New York City with a Live-to-Headphones 'Silent' Piano experience on the Great Hill in Central Park. Get ready for a magical journey as Murray Hidary's real-time compositions are beamed directly into your mind while you kick back and take in your surroundings. Bring your favorite blanket and a picnic to share with friends, and be ready to let your mind wander and explore while surrounded by the exciting energy of New York City. A perfect way to relax and come together, finally. Click the link in our bio to reserve your headphones! We are SO excited to experience this in-person magic again! 💙 
We create attachments throughout our lives. Many of them from conditionings we learned as a child like ideas, values and beliefs. Some healthy, some unhealthy. Some of us create new attachments nearly every day. You may think that certain attachments are out of your control. That you just happen to feel strongly about something, or that's just the way things are, and there’s nothing you can do to change it. But as anyone who’s been through a breakup can tell you, it is possible to change how you feel about something or someone. It is possible to change your relationship with that attachment. We do have that capability if we can bring awareness to it. The key is to be intentional. If you survey your attachments, how many of them actually elevate your life? How many contribute to your fulfillment of life? Which of them anchor you? Which hold you back from reaching your highest potential? Which did you view as absolute which may not be? We are responsible to -- and for -- our Attachments in life. With awareness, acceptance, and action we can be intentional with them and make sure they are contributing to our overall pursuit of a life of excellence. 
The deepest joy is our natural state. It is not informed from the outside, in. If everything can invoke joy, then perhaps you are joy. Then perhaps joy emanates from within you, if you choose it to. Abiding Joy is always present and we can access it at anytime, if we choose to... 
We're hosting another virtual Live-Piano Experience this weekend! Sit back and prepare to be transported with this live-piano experience from MindTravel creator Murray Hidary. Enjoy the music and journey with us as we contemplate the theme of ATTACHMENT. We are responsible to -- and for -- our Attachments in life. With awareness, acceptance, and action we can be intentional with them and make sure they are contributing to our overall pursuit of a life of excellence. Click the link in our bio to reserve your spot now! See you there! 😊 
Suffering can lead to joy, because through suffering compassion is developed, a connection with others is developed. Let's take the example of giving birth. That is an experience that has a lot of pain and potential suffering around it, and yet it can bring forth the greatest joy a human being can experience. It can bring forth the deepest level of connection possible. Suffering is often a catalyst for growth. While we can't avoid pain in life, t's our perspective on pain that we get to decide on. Suffering opens the portal to empathy - the ability to walk in someone else's shoes and relate to someone's experience, and not living with the focus on yourself. That leads to immense connection, which also often leads to Joy. Truthfully, the deeper the sorrow we experience in life, the deeper the appreciation and experience of joy can be...as we are stretched in one direction we expand in the other.