Toning the Om http://toningtheom.com It's Time You Tone Your Om! Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:45:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Are You Listening? http://toningtheom.com/learning/are-you-listening/ http://toningtheom.com/learning/are-you-listening/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:45:23 +0000 Mary Anne http://toningtheom.com/?p=2881 Are you listening to the voice calling within?

Are you listening to the voice asking you to stretch?

Are you listening to the voice that is dreaming bigger?

Are you listening to the voice challenging you to be bold?

Are you listening to the voice declaring that you are ready?

Are you listening to the voice reminding you to do it afraid?

Are you listening to the voice that recognizes you are growing?

Are you listening to the voice that says now is the time to start?

Are you listening to the voice that is telling you to take that big leap?

Are you listening?

Mary Anne

]]> http://toningtheom.com/learning/are-you-listening/feed/ 0 Create Your Art – Be Visible http://toningtheom.com/storytelling/create-your-art-%e2%80%93-be-visible/ http://toningtheom.com/storytelling/create-your-art-%e2%80%93-be-visible/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:19:03 +0000 Mary Anne http://toningtheom.com/?p=2862

]]> http://toningtheom.com/storytelling/create-your-art-%e2%80%93-be-visible/feed/ 0 The Faces of Courage http://toningtheom.com/storytelling/the-faces-of-courage/ http://toningtheom.com/storytelling/the-faces-of-courage/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:34:30 +0000 Mary Anne http://toningtheom.com/?p=2874 Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the revolution in Egypt. I thought about all the courageous people who stood up for change. I have clear images of  Tahrir Square and watching all the people in the streets. What courage it must have taken to raise their voices against years of oppression. Standing up for the good of a country is a courageous act and one that led me to say yes to going to Egypt last year.

After reading about Egypt, I turned the page and read about Congresswoman Giffords turning in her resignation. While I felt sad about seeing Congresswoman Giffords leave Congress, I knew she needed to take time to heal from her gunshot wounds. Giffords story is so filled with hope and courage.

Pema Chödrön says “Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what’s out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it.”

What is an act of courage you will take? What are willing to explore with courage?

Mary Anne  

Special thanks to the people of Egypt and for Congresswoman Gabby Giffords for showing me what courage looks like.

]]> http://toningtheom.com/storytelling/the-faces-of-courage/feed/ 0 Namaste! http://toningtheom.com/meditation/namaste/ http://toningtheom.com/meditation/namaste/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:55:57 +0000 Mary Anne http://toningtheom.com/?p=2853 The joy in me is the joy in you.

The light in me shines the light in you.

The bliss in me shares the bliss in you.

The song in me sings the song in you.

The peace in me is the peace in you.

The love in me is the love in you.

The dance in me moves with the dance in you.

The creative genius in me is the same as the creative genius in you.

Mary Anne

]]> http://toningtheom.com/meditation/namaste/feed/ 0 Breathe Love http://toningtheom.com/meditation/breathe-love/ http://toningtheom.com/meditation/breathe-love/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:01:15 +0000 Mary Anne http://toningtheom.com/?p=2848 Breathe your way into love.

Breathe your way to love.

Breathe your way from love.

Breathe your way around love.

Breathe love.

]]> http://toningtheom.com/meditation/breathe-love/feed/ 0 The Light in Me Shines the Light in You http://toningtheom.com/meditation/the-light-in-me-shines-the-light-in-you/ http://toningtheom.com/meditation/the-light-in-me-shines-the-light-in-you/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:24:48 +0000 Mary Anne http://toningtheom.com/?p=2836 Be a lamp unto yourself. ~Buddha

How peaceful to be the light.

How liberating to shine our light.

How beautiful to experience our own light.

How loving to be a lamp unto ourselves.

How wonderful to share the light within.

The light in me is the light in you.

Mary Anne

]]> http://toningtheom.com/meditation/the-light-in-me-shines-the-light-in-you/feed/ 0 12 Books for 2012 http://toningtheom.com/learning/12-books-for-2012/ http://toningtheom.com/learning/12-books-for-2012/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:40:29 +0000 Mary Anne http://toningtheom.com/?p=2798 Here is my list of 12 books I have on my reading list for 2012 – Enjoy!

1.  Man Seeks God – My Flirtations with the Divine by Eric Weiner

2.  Traveling with Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd

3.  Cleopatra – A Life by Stacy Schif

4.  Onward by Howard Schultz

5.  Me by Ricky Martin

6.  Just Kids by Patti Smith

7.  Blue Nights by Joan Didion

8. What the Buddha Taught
by Walpola Rahula

9.  A Moveable Feast 
by Ernest Hemmingway

10. Palace Walk: The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 1
by Naguib Mahfouz

11. Invoking the Scribes of Ancient Egypt

by Normandi Ellis and Gloria Taylor Brown

12. YOU CHOOSE! What other book is a MUST read for 2012?

As you can see from my list, I enjoy books about traveling, spirituality, memoirs, and of course, stories about Egypt. Happy New Year~

Mary Anne

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May inner peace be the way to world peace

May inner peace be the way to world peace

May inner peace be the way to world peace

May inner peace be the way to world peace

May inner peace be the way to world peace

May inner peace be the way to world peace

May inner peace be the way to world peace

And so it is. Amen.

Mary Anne

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I say, follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be. ~Joseph Campbell

What is your theme or focus for 2012? What are you declaring 2012 to be the year of?

MY 2012 MANTRA
Wherever I am, there is outrageous bliss.

I would love to hear your theme, focus or word for 2012!

{Photo taken by Mary Anne Flanagan on the Big Island, Hawaii}

]]> http://toningtheom.com/life/what-is-your-focus-for-2012/feed/ 1 How Do You Want to BE this Year? http://toningtheom.com/gratitude/how-do-you-want-to-be-this-year/ http://toningtheom.com/gratitude/how-do-you-want-to-be-this-year/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:07:26 +0000 Mary Anne http://toningtheom.com/?p=2819 It’s a new dawn. It’s a new day. It’s a new year. How do you want to be this year?

Keep asking. Keep celebrating. Keep being.

Happy 2012!

Mary Anne

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