The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don’t go back to sleep.
Naked
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Naked

by camerongilley on Jan 3, 2012 • No Comments
  Naked, you are simple as a hand, smooth, earthy, small. . . transparent, round. You have moon lines and apple paths; Naked, you are slender as the wheat. Naked, Cuban blue midnight is your color, Naked, I trace the stars and vines in your hair; Naked, you are spacious...
Don't Touch My F*cking Toast
Life / Retreats / Yoga

Don’t Touch My F*cking Toast

by camerongilley on Dec 26, 2011 • 12 Comments
  Damn you villains, who are you? And from whence came you? - Edward Teach Picture this… Day 6 of a 10-day Vipassana meditation course.  After 11 hours of seated meditation every day, my body is a bag of agony, my mind amok with thoughts of victim-hood and a desperate...
The Pretenders
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The Pretenders

by camerongilley on Nov 3, 2011 • No Comments
pre·tend [pri-tend] verb (used with object) 1. to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong. 2. to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign: to pretend to go to sleep. 3. to make believe: The children pretended...
Impermanence...Blink and You'll Miss It
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Impermanence…Blink and You’ll Miss It

by camerongilley on Nov 2, 2011 • 2 Comments
  Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.  – Thich Nhat Hanh   The everyday arising and passing of events, relationships, feelings, and experiences never stops unfolding.  One thing that is certain about the future is that it will be different than this moment that I am passing through (and is...
Such a resilient organ...
Life

Such a resilient organ…

by camerongilley on Oct 2, 2011 • 4 Comments
Usually we regard loneliness as an enemy. Heartache is not something we choose to invite in. It’s restless, pregnant, and hot with the desire to escape and find something or someone to keep it company. When we can rest in the middle, we begin to have a nonthreatening relationship with...
Abandon Certainty for Doubt
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Abandon Certainty for Doubt

by camerongilley on Sep 27, 2011 • No Comments
When in doubt, tell the truth.  – Mark Twain I’ve spent so much of my life seeking and studying in order to reaffirm a sense of certainty.  With an over-developed enthusiasm for academia, I thrust myself headlong into the institutional life, looking for the validation that life can somehow be...
YAWN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!
Life / Yoga

YAWN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!

by camerongilley on Sep 21, 2011 • 2 Comments
©Richard Lack I’ve always been a yawner.  My friends make fun of me, my grandmother used to think I found her boring because I yawned so much around her.  But research is finding that this simple, totally natural phenomenon, so often shunned in public, is actually a crucial part of...
There is no wind, but in things.
Life / Yoga

There is no wind, but in things.

by camerongilley on Jun 29, 2011 • 2 Comments
Just like the wind, the breath that moves through us is an invisible, yet utterly essential element of nature.  Like the wind, the breath can be a soft whisper, a simple stirring of awakening, or it can be a gale, an unstoppable catalyst of renewal.  Breath and wind are seen,...
Words To Travel By
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Words To Travel By

by camerongilley on Jun 25, 2011 • No Comments
“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard   “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller   “If you reject the food, ignore...
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TOFINO RETREAT!!!
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TOFINO RETREAT!!!

by camerongilley on Nov 30, 2011 • No Comments
Do you enjoy the raw beauty of nature, amazing food, exceptional company, soul surfing, and of course YOGA?  Then get your buns to Tofino, BC this April 20-23  for another IGNITE & UNITE adventure of a lifetime!  We would love to have you join us. Click the link for all the sweet details… http://igniteandunite.com/reserve.html
Reiki Rocks!
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Reiki Rocks!

by camerongilley on Sep 8, 2011 • 5 Comments
Just for today; don’t be angry, don’t worry, be grateful, do your duties fully, be kind to others. Having just come home from an amazing weekend learning Reiki on Savary Island, I’m struck by the simplicity of true healing.  All it takes is the willingness to relax, accept, and feel what you feel.  Then the...
What's In A Style?
Life / Yoga

What’s In A Style?

by camerongilley on Jul 26, 2011 • 3 Comments
Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.  – Bruce Lee It seems that we are always destined to make the mistake of identifying with a particular way of doing things.  Even within a practice as dynamic and fluid as Yoga, there is still the need...
Botanical Bliss...
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Botanical Bliss…

by camerongilley on Jul 11, 2011 • No Comments
A little quickie Q&A with Cam & Wes in the Cypress public gardens in kitsilano…Botanical Bliss!  
Huge Yoga Nerds...
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Huge Yoga Nerds…

by camerongilley on Jun 29, 2011 • No Comments
A little yoga on the train tracks with my good buddy, and super rock-star, Wesley Salter.  The Countdown Begins!
Getting To Know The Boys...
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Getting To Know The Boys…

by camerongilley on Jun 25, 2011 • No Comments
Get to know the peaceful wildmen of IGNITE & UNITE.  Click the pic to link to the video…  
IGNITE & UNITE Yoga Adventure Update!!!
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IGNITE & UNITE Yoga Adventure Update!!!

by camerongilley on Jun 8, 2011 • No Comments
FIRE IT UP PEOPLE!!!  Check out this first glimpse of our exclusive IGNITE & UNITE promo cards in anticipation of our website launch on Monday!  
Vancouver Weather
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Vancouver Weather

by camerongilley on May 27, 2011 • No Comments
It has been raining a ton in Vancouver for a week, but the sun just poked through a tiny break in the clouds, lighting up the rain-soaked streets with a dazzling brilliance. Appreciate those moments in your life that remind you that no matter how dark (or damp!) things might get, the sun is always...
IGNITE & UNITE PEOPLE!!!
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IGNITE & UNITE PEOPLE!!!

by camerongilley on May 22, 2011 • No Comments
IT’S ON PEOPLE!!! • IGNITE & UNITE • A one-of-a-kind 10 day Hatha Yoga retreat in Goa, India with Cameron Gilley & Wesley Salter • Jan. 15 -25, 2012• A yogic adventure of a lifetime!  Join Cameron & Wesley on the ultimate escape to an eco-resort in the lush, tropical paradise of Goa, India. Includes:...
My Mum
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My Mum

by camerongilley on May 9, 2011 • No Comments
A deep and heartfelt thank you to my Mum.  For bringing me here to experience and learn and love, for supporting me through all my trials and triumphs.  You have helped to shape and guide my understanding of this sometimes bewildering phenomenon of life. and to become capable of meeting it all with grace and...
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch...
Yoga

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch…

by camerongilley on May 3, 2011 • No Comments
…you must first invent the Universe.  – Carl Sagan It is so empowering to occasionally remind yourself just how remarkable and wonderful it is to be where you are right now.  Take a deep breath and marvel at the odds of 14 billion years of time leading to this precise point.  Here you are; conscious,...

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