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.”
BRAD WILLISThis 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.”
BRAD WILLISHow 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?
BRAD WILLISGrateful 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.
BRAD WILLISNo 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.
BRAD WILLISI 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.
BRAD WILLISI remind myself that I don’t have the ability to completely manipulate reality to be exactly what I want it to be.
BRAD WILLISWe’ve all had those aha moments. In yoga it’s called prajna – a flash of illumination. I heard that voice.
BRAD WILLISThree 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.
BRAD WILLISThere’s a much deeper knowing and deeper intelligence in this place. This is where I began the journey of listening to that inner wisdom.
BRAD WILLISI was charging forward too hard, into too many war zones, working too long, drinking too heavily, pushing forward, pushing forward.
BRAD WILLISI 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.
BRAD WILLISI practiced every day for ten to twelve hours a day – spiritual studies, meditation, pranayama, yoga postures, Ayurvedic studies, deep, deep, powerful cleansings and fasting.
BRAD WILLISI feel vulnerable to the astonishing beauty of being alive and to Mother Nature.
BRAD WILLISI 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.
BRAD WILLISI 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 WILLISI now realize that a broken back, failed surgery, and Stage IV cancer are three of the greatest things that ever happened to me.
BRAD WILLIS