“The science of yoga saved my life, and I've seen it save many other lives, no matter how dark and hopeless it might feel for someone, there is a pathway forward towards stability and empowerment ... toward creating a new and more meaningful identity and mission in life.” LifeFeelsMatterMightScienceDarkIdentityCreatingYogaEmpowermentMissionsSavedMeaningfulHopelessStabilityPathwaysMissions In Life Author:Brad Willis
“What inspires me is the power of human potential... the human potential to evolve in our lives, and for profound healing. It's always been there but it's become somewhat obscure to us given the stressful, fast-paced modern culture in which we live. I'm also inspired by how miraculous some of the simplest and most natural aspects of life can be the greatest sources of healing and transformation.” HumansCultureGivenNaturalHealingOur LivesModernInspireSourceAspectTransformationProfoundInspiredEvolveObscureSimplestMiraculousStressfulFast PacedHuman PotentialAspects Of LifeModern Culture Author:Brad Willis
“My first epiphany that this might work came on my first day, when I went into biofeedback. They hooked me up to computers through electrodes, put me in a comfortable lounge chair, put an eye pillow over my face, slipped speakers onto my head and played an audio guided visualization.” FirstsMightEyeFacesComfortableComputerChairsSpeakersPillowVisualizationHookedEpiphanyAudio Author:Brad Willis
“This very deep, soothing voice came on, saying: "You now have permission to be strong and healthy and calm and relaxed. There's no place else to go. There's nothing else to do." I could feel it in every cell of my body, and I immediately realized, there's something here. I could feel my heart rate slow down. I could feel stress melting out of my body.” FeelsHeartBodyStrongVoiceMy HeartHealthyStressRateCalmCellsPermissionRelaxedSlow DownMeltingVery DeepSoothingHeart Rate Author:Brad Willis
“I had a direct experience of the efficacy of this form of mind-body medicine. This comes from somebody who had been sort of an alpha male, highly cynical war correspondent, who had basically seen it all and heard it all, was cynical and trusted nothing.” MindWarBodyFormHeardDirectMedicineMalesCynicalTrustedAlpha MaleEfficacyMind BodyAlphas Author:Brad Willis
“I had never done any sort of yoga before, and this epiphany was a little more esoteric. I walked into the yoga room and there was a voice from my soul that said out loud, This is it! I just knew. I just knew in that moment - I couldn't even straighten my legs. I couldn't sit cross-legged on the floor. I couldn't put my legs up the wall in the most gentle, restorative yoga pose, and yet, I knew.” LittlesSaidSoulDoneMomentsVoiceRoomsWallYogaCrossesLegsMy SoulLoudGentleThat MomentEpiphanyEsoteric Author:Brad Willis
“Definitely an intelligence in the light of the heart. In yoga, we refer to this as the heart center - right behind the breastbone, and visualize it as a golden candle flame of light and spirit.” HeartLightSpiritBehindsYogaGoldenFlamesCandle Author:Brad Willis
“There's a much deeper knowing and deeper intelligence in this place. This is where I began the journey of listening to that inner wisdom. We've all had those aha moments. In yoga it's called prajna - a flash of illumination. I heard that voice.” MomentsVoiceKnowingHeardJourneyListeningYogaDeeperFlashIlluminationAha Moment Author:Brad Willis
“I was at a point in my life that was really between life or death, and I sort of intuitively and instinctively knew, I have to listen.” Life Or Death Author:Brad Willis
“I don't think I can put my finger exactly on when remission occurred, because from that moment on, I left Western medicine and never looked back. I practiced every day for ten to twelve hours a day - spiritual studies, meditation, pranayama, yoga postures, Ayurvedic studies, deep, deep, powerful cleansings and fasting.” ThinkingI CanMomentsSpiritualLeftHoursPowerfulStudyMeditationTenYogaMedicineFingersWesternThat MomentTwelveFastingPostureCleansingRemissionPranayamaWestern Medicine Author:Brad Willis
“Each day, I would feel new wisdom and new intuition and I would follow that. Most everything I was doing was coming from that voice in my heart, which was affirmed by the ancient texts.” FeelsHeartVoiceMy HeartAncientIntuitionEach Day Author:Brad Willis
“Well for me, courage means having the courage to walk off the edge of what is known, with complete faith that you're not going to go crashing to the bottom. Stepping outside of your own self-perceived boundaries and limitations.” WellsMeanSelfWalksKnownBottomEdgesBoundariesLimitation Author:Brad Willis
“Emotional pain rarely comes up for me now. When it does, for sure, I feel it. But then, fortunately, through my life experience and my practices, I'm able to see it for what it is, and I'm able to use the techniques that yoga and Ayurveda have to offer us.” FeelsDoeUseAblePainPracticeEmotionalOffersYogaCome UpTechniqueLife ExperienceEmotional PainAyurveda Author:Brad Willis
“I remind myself that I don't have the ability to completely manipulate reality to be exactly what I want it to be. So now that reality is antithetical to what I want, how I can feel into it and act skillfully rather than react? How can I choose my best course of action while not pretending I don't have the pain, or running away from the pain, or blaming someone else for the circumstances of my life?” WantFeelsI CanRealityRunningActionPainCoursesAbilityCircumstancesBlamePretendingRunning AwayManipulate Author:Brad Willis
“How can I look at it and say, there it is - it's real. This is what is happening. It might even be a catalyst for more personal growth for me. It might be a blessing in disguise. It might not be. What's my best course of action? How can I be skillful?” LooksRealMightActionCoursesGrowthBlessingHappeningsPersonal GrowthDisguiseCatalystSkillfulBlessings In Disguise Author:Brad Willis
“I feel vulnerable every day to the grace of God as expressed in every living thing. I feel vulnerable to the astonishing beauty of being alive and to Mother Nature. I feel positive when I feel vulnerable, because it's another reminder that it's not all about me and about my ego. And I actually think it's courageous to be vulnerable, and it's not something to be avoided.” ThinkingFeelsMotherGraceAliveEgoVulnerableCourageousRemindersAvoidedLiving ThingsGrace Of GodAstonishingMother Nature Author:Brad Willis
“I think, in a way, I've returned to who I used to be as a global correspondent whose life was devoted to really making a difference, illuminating what's happening in the world, always drawn toward the suffering of peoples and cultures and exposing exploitation and injustice; but now I'm the same person in a much, much softer iteration.” ThinkingWorldWayPersonsUsedSufferingCultureDifferencesHappeningsInjusticeUsed To BeMaking A DifferenceDevotedExploitationExposingIlluminating Author:Brad Willis
“I now realize that a broken back, failed surgery, and Stage IV cancer are three of the greatest things that ever happened to me. Three of the most positive, transformative things that ever happened to me. They helped me become a vastly better person than I ever was, and I am eternally grateful for that.” PersonsThreeRealizingHappenedStageBrokenGratefulCancerSurgeryBetter Person Author:Brad Willis
“Grateful that it brought me to a point of really seeing myself and really seeing where I was imbalanced, and really seeing it was a message from the Divine that changed my life.” SeeingChangedDivineMessagesGratefulChanged My Life Author:Brad Willis
“I was charging forward too hard, into too many war zones, working too long, drinking too heavily, pushing forward, pushing forward. And who knows, had this not happened, maybe I would have been one of the casualties as a journalist covering the war. Who knows, maybe I would have been captured and tortured somewhere along the line, because I always pushed things to the limit.” KnowsLongHas BeensWarHardLinesHappenedLimitsDrinkingJournalistZonePushingCapturedCoveringCasualtiesChargingWar ZonesPushing Forward Author:Brad Willis
“I went through the same process when I sort of addressed in my practice cancer next, when I began all the veganism and the fasting and the purifications. Part of that was just gratitude, expressing gratitude, thank you, thank you.” NextProcessPracticeGratitudeCancerVeganismFastingPurificationExpressing Gratitude Author:Brad Willis
“When I work with private clients now, one of the first places that I try to take them to is cultivating a sense of gratitude for their circumstances. And that's usually one of the first big steps in their healing.” TryingFirstsBigsHealingStepsCircumstancesGratitudeClientsCultivating Author:Brad Willis
“No matter what you're facing in your life, what obstacles you might have, and what you feel your limitations might be, there's something inside you that's eternal, that is filled with wisdom and potential and possibility. There's an inner power inside you to affect an amazing level of healing, to help you find who you really are, to help you walk your unique path up the mountain, to help you move towards manifesting your fullest potential” FeelsMatterHelpingMightMovingWalksLevelsHealingPathPossibilityMountainEternalUniqueNo Matter WhatFilledObstaclesLimitationManifestInner Power Author:Brad Willis
“Whether your life is destined to be short or to be long, along the way on that journey, if you access that inner power, not only will you change your life in a positive way, you'll ultimately help change other peoples lives. You will be carrying something forward.” IfsWayLongHelpingLife IsJourneyAccessDestinedChanging Your LifeInner Power Author:Brad Willis
“My message is believe in yourself. Have courage in your capacity. Listen to your inner voice. And then the critical component of all this is, do the work.” BelieveVoiceMessagesCapacityCriticalBelieve In YourselfBelieve In YouComponentsInner VoiceHave Courage Author:Brad Willis
“I'm inspired by how miraculous some of the simplest and most natural aspects of life can be the greatest sources of healing and transformation.” NaturalHealingSourceAspectTransformationInspiredSimplestMiraculousAspects Of Life Author:Brad Willis
“You now have permission to be strong and healthy and calm and relaxed. There's no place else to go. There's nothing else to do.” StrongHealthyCalmPermissionRelaxed Author:Brad Willis
“I remind myself that I don't have the ability to completely manipulate reality to be exactly what I want it to be.” WantRealityAbilityManipulate Author:Brad Willis
“I feel vulnerable every day to the grace of God as expressed in every living thing.” FeelsGraceVulnerableLiving ThingsGrace Of God Author:Brad Willis
“I feel vulnerable to the astonishing beauty of being alive and to Mother Nature.” FeelsMotherAliveVulnerableAstonishingMother Nature Author:Brad Willis
“I feel positive when I feel vulnerable, because it's another reminder that it's not all about me and about my ego.” FeelsEgoVulnerableReminders Author:Brad Willis
“I actually think it's courageous to be vulnerable, and it's not something to be avoided.” ThinkingVulnerableCourageousAvoided Author:Brad Willis
