Brenda Strong
Brenda Strong
Brenda Lee Strongis an American actress and yoga instructor. She began her career appearing in guest starring and recurring roles on television shows, include Twin Peaks, Party of Five, Seinfeld, and Sports Night, and was regular cast member in short-lived sitcoms Scorch, and The Help...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth25 March 1960
CityBrightwoo, OR
CountryUnited States of America
spiritual overwhelmed exhausted
I strove to maintain a spiritual practice, but since I was being pulled in so many directions, I couldn't seem to stay steady and grounded. I used to get overwhelmed when I thought about everything there was to do, and I was exhausted much of the time.
yoga effort energy
In yoga practice, over time you use fewer muscles more efficiently. Expansion does require energy, but it should not require a great deal of effort.
girl growing-up tree
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest as a young girl, whenever I felt emotionally overwhelmed, I would take a walk in the woods. Being in the stillness and grandeur of trees had always calmed me.
mean balance stability
"Balance" as a verb doesn't mean "stillness," but the constant act of making minor corrections from one side to another to bring one towards a center of stability.
tree dig-deep multiple
I realized that a tree never says, "I have too many branches." It simply digs deeper roots, expands itself to catch more light, and extends itself in multiple directions so as not to be unevenly weighted.
mind surrender stability
We explore within postures everything we deal with in life: the interplay between resistance and surrender; establishing stability and maintaining flexibility; learning to receive and release; being present to all the complexities of our lives, and returning to the fundamentals of our "beginner's mind" again and again.
You can still do all the same things. How you do them is what will shift.
philosophy reality participation
After all, if we are co-creators of our reality, as so many philosophies have espoused, then we have a say in how it is, how it goes and our participation in it, right?
parting
I must have Haley Joel Osment as my agent, because he only sees dead parts
heart my-heart
I have recently decided that there is no place in my head or my heart for fear anymore.
helping
Being inundated with constant "bad" news from the media doesn't help.
giving
I am giving myself permission to love - ALL of it.
spiritual important balance
There is a push and a pull almost like an isometric stretch. Our literal flexibility and our physical, psychological and spiritual practices are more important now than ever to balance the boat.
It is a crucial time to be mindful of our thoughts.