My life hasn't been static - I spent a lot of time in Europe, a lot of time in India. So I traveled around a lot, and I kept moving. Gary Kraftsow More Quotes by Gary Kraftsow More Quotes From Gary Kraftsow I like waking up in the morning when I don't have to get up and think about the next thing, and I can just be present with the feeling of being alive, I guess. Gary Kraftsow feelings morning thinking I know what the teaching is, but to realize the teaching in a life experience, the sh*t really is an opportunity to find out who we truly are. To really learn and to awaken to our potential. Gary Kraftsow realizing teaching opportunity Your experience is nutrition. You digest your experience and you grow from it. Gary Kraftsow nutrition grows Waking up in the morning isn't a choice, you know. Gary Kraftsow wake-up choices morning You're working yourself till late at night, and sleeping crazy with deadlines - you're doing it for a reason. Gary Kraftsow crazy sleep night I have a son, and I was married for twenty years, and I got divorced, and there's a new woman in my life, and my son is 18, and I'm interested to see how he's growing. Gary Kraftsow twenties years son We all have a dark side, and we have to confront our dark side. That's pop American psychology. Gary Kraftsow psychology dark sides Yoga teaching is that you're not your dark side or your woo-woo, you're pure awareness. Our job is to begin to gain that discrimination and insight so we can separate from our identification. Gary Kraftsow yoga teaching jobs My degree was in Depth Psychology and Religion, so I can really speak directly about pop American psychology masquerading as Yoga. Gary Kraftsow psychology yoga depth The thing that I do in my day-to-day is teach Yoga, and train teachers, and train therapists, and now my life has gone to a whole other level because I became involved with people at the very top of American healthcare. Gary Kraftsow yoga teacher people For me, life has been interesting and entertaining, and I'm interested and curious about what's going to happen each day. Gary Kraftsow curious each-day interesting There must be something here for me to get or to share or to do. So I have the duty that I do, the dharma that I do - which I love - with my teaching, with my family, my son, my students, my girlfriend. Gary Kraftsow girlfriend teaching son Why I wake up in the morning is that I'm still alive, and I want to figure out whatever I can before it's over. Gary Kraftsow wake-up alive morning It's going to be over fairly soon; it goes by quick. Even if I live till I'm one hundred, it's quick. Gary Kraftsow hundred ifs I just think that the reality of life is impermanence. That's the foundation of understanding what Yoga is, and we're here for however long we're here, and then it's over. And I've known this since I was a kid. Gary Kraftsow yoga kids reality Even before I knew Yoga in this life, I was into that kind of thing. Gary Kraftsow this-life yoga kind What I like the best is when I can be still and not move. Gary Kraftsow i-can stills moving I'm very happy when I have time to just be. Gary Kraftsow very-happy I think I've always had a pretty good time in life. I mean, I've had major trouble, and major brain surgeries, and challenges in relationships - like anyone else - but overall, when I wake up in the morning, and I'm aware, I'm like, "Ok. What's happening today? What's next?" Gary Kraftsow morning mean thinking I'm here, and I know that it's finite; I know that I'm not going to always be here. Gary Kraftsow finite knows
