Meditations on Intention and Being: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, Mindfulness, and Compassion [Paperback]

Take the mindfulness of yoga off the mat and integrate it into every aspect of life with 365 inspirational daily reflections from acclaimed yoga teacher Rolf Gates.
 
Gates draws on twenty years of teaching experience to help readers—from experienced yogis to novices seeking a little tranquility—fundamentally reconsider their relationships with their minds, bodies, and the universe around them through self-reflection. 

Over the course of seven chapters, he explores Effortlessness, Nonviolence, The Spirit of Practice, Mindfulness, Compassion and Loving-kindness, Equanimity and Joy, and Intention and Being, giving readers the tools they need to effect positive changes in their lives.“An absolute gift.  Rolf is able to take profound teachings and make them both personal and accessible. It’s like having a wise, compassionate friend in your ear, guiding you toward your own well-being.”
—Gabrielle Bernstein, New York Times bestselling author of Miracles Now
 
“Rolf Gates offers a deeply personal, and universally applicable, study of the core practices that are embedded in the ancient systems of yoga and Buddhism, with a wholly unique perspective and voice for the contemporary age.”
—David Lipsius, CEO, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
 
“Gates reveals himself as a teacher whose intimacy, honesty, and larger intention to live and love well bring forth jewels of wisdom in this precious collection.”
—Shiva Rea, creator, Prana Vinyasa, author of Tending the Heart Fire: Living in Flow with the Pulse of Life

“Rolf presents his wealth of yoga knowledge and his liflÓ#