Flesh isn't the only source of protein. You can get all the protein you need from a varied plant-based diet. Protein is found in greens, veggies, beans, grains, nuts & seeds, avocados and so on. And there is no need to consume these foods in any special combination.

Sharon Gannon

Worry is a prayer for something you don't want.

Sharon Gannon

prayer motivational inspirational

You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state.

Sharon Gannon

yoga exercise success

Live with the anticipation that something incredible might happen at any time.

Sharon Gannon

incredibles anticipation might

To be an environmentalist is to care about the environment and care about life on planet Earth.

Sharon Gannon

environment care earth

It is a fact that the ecological devastation of the planet can be traced to the consumption of meat and dairy, which contributes to water, soil, and air pollution as well as global warming and the mass extinction of many species of plant and animal forms.

Sharon Gannon

mass-extinction air animal

Don't expect others to change. Instead, take on the project and see if you can become the change you want to see in the world. Try your best to let go of anger, blame and seeing yourself as a victim.

Sharon Gannon

letting-go trying world

The way we treat animals is the root cause of all the human suffering in the world, from poverty, starvation, disease, and war to lack of clean air and water, not to mention all the varied forms of human emotional and spiritual suffering.

Sharon Gannon

spiritual animal war

Our breath is connected to the air that every being breathes. By breathing consciously, we acknowledge our communion with all of life.

Sharon Gannon

breathing breathe air

In the United States, the average is two children per family, while in Africa it is five children per family. On the surface, the statistic seems to indicate that Africans are having way too many kids and are taxing the Earth's resources, while American kids are born into families who are able to take care of them. However, the average American child consumes roughly the same resources as fifteen African children. So when an American family says they only have two children, they are actually consuming the resources of an African family of thirty children!

Sharon Gannon

average kids children

Life begins with an inhale and ends with an exhale. ln between that inhale and that exhale is our life.

Sharon Gannon

inhale our-lives ends

The way you treat others determines the way others treat you; the way others treat you determines the way you see yourself; the way you see yourself determines who you are.

Sharon Gannon

treats determine way

The practice of yoga allows us to become more conscious of our own physical existence and how significant we really are.

Sharon Gannon

yoga conscious practice

We create the world we live in. If we want to change what we don't like in the world, we must start by changing what we don't like about ourselves.

Sharon Gannon

ifs want world

What we see in the world around us is just a reflection of what is inside of us.

Sharon Gannon

reflection world

Om Schooled is the perfect manual for anyone who wants to start teaching yoga to kids. This is not just a theoretical book—it is a step-by-step manual. Sarah Herrington shares the wisdom she has gained from her day-to-day experiences, for many years, teaching all ages of children yoga in the New York School system.

Sharon Gannon

yoga new-york children

I'm totally into veganism and animal rights, but I'm not into being an angry and judgmental activist.

Sharon Gannon

judgmental rights animal

If you practice Yoga for small, selfish reasons, you will remain the same, bound by your beliefs about what you can and cannot do. Let go and offer your effort to limitless potential. Dedicate yourself to the happiness of all beings.

Sharon Gannon

selfish yoga letting-go

Yoga practices shift our identity away from the ego-personality and its struggles so that we can begin to reconnect with the essential nature of our being, which is bliss.

Sharon Gannon

yoga practice struggle

We can't have happiness if we cause others unhappiness.

Sharon Gannon

unhappiness causes ifs

Patanjali tells us that if we practice aparigraha, (greedlessness) we will begin to understand not only where we have come from but where we are going and how our karmas have contributed to where we are now.

Sharon Gannon

karma ifs practice