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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.

Brad Willis

I feel vulnerable to the astonishing beauty of being alive and to Mother Nature.
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Alive Mother Vulnerable
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.
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Illumination Journey Yoga
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.”
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Heart Stress Strong
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.
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Grace Mother Thinking
I was charging forward too hard, into too many war zones, working too long, drinking too heavily, pushing forward, pushing forward.
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Drinking Long War
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.
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Death Instinctively Intuitively Life Listen
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.
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Immediately Melting Something Stress
I now realize that a broken back, failed surgery, and Stage IV cancer are three of the greatest things that ever happened to me.
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Broken Cancer Grateful
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.
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Journey Long Positive Way
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?
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Circumstances Life Number Pretending
I remind myself that I don’t have the ability to completely manipulate reality to be exactly what I want it to be.
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Ability Reality Remind Want
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.
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Boundaries Mean Self
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.
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Cross Heart Legged Light Restorative Yoga
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.
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Fating Posture Practice Pranayama
We’ve all had those aha moments. In yoga it’s called prajna – a flash of illumination. I heard that voice.
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Heard Illumination Voice
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.
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Eternally Gratefully Happened

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