Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Tiffany Murphy. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Tiffany, thanks so much for taking the time to share your insights and lessons with us today. We’re particularly interested in hearing about how you became such a resilient person. Where do you get your resilience from?
Resilience, such a profound word. I was completely ignorant of all aspects of resilience until I lived through the darkness. Darkness looks and feels different for all of us, but still has that common denominator, change and pain. Many emotions, loss, tears and anguish I carried myself through. As I walked blindly through the darkness I was given space to begin practice of yoga. I first began my practice with the poses, which in most cases is what introduces us to yoga. Usually we are unaware that working on our flexibility physically also helps mentally, and if we continue with a disciplined practice eventually we learn to practice yoga off the mat. Practicing yoga off the mat is where I began that journey to light. Where I was able to gain knowledge of resiliency, balance, self love, and patience. I inaugurated the Eight Limbs of Yoga into my life, into my living. After years of continuous practice I am more mutable, change is not as painful, and kindness is reflected back towards me. I understand life is not happening to me, it is happening for me and understanding my mindset dictates what happens outside of me. Resilience..
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
I am a yoga instructor. I have been practicing yoga since 2015, I have been teaching since 2016. I enjoy teaching from my experiences. My focus is to help guide people to increase their awareness, also to walk with gratitude and intention. I like to give a slight introduction towards the understanding of our human experiences as a spirit. As I extend my understanding of self, I want people to feel kindness, love and compassion, and to know our inner dialogue can be adjusted to compassion if we are aware and plant kind seeds of awareness in our thought process. Most of my classes are personal, but I do have classes at Golds Gym, that give options for anyone to try a class. I can be found on Yoga Alliance as well which list any updates on my schedule.
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
I would say discipline, stillness (meditation- affirmations) and patience. Developing and practicing these definitely helped to make my journey a bit more smoother. Patience is the key for me, understanding it is the journey not the destination. Knowing that it is a daily practice and practice does not make perfect, practice makes better.. Placing that ideology of perfect can not exist because everything is in constant change. Knowing this will release that vision of having to be perfect.
Awesome, really appreciate you opening up with us today and before we close maybe you can share a book recommendation with us. Has there been a book that’s been impactful in your growth and development?
The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran helped me extremely on my path. A few phrases to ponder on.
Reshape yourself through the power of your will; never let yourself be degraded by self will. The will is the only friend of the self, and the will is the only enemy of the self.
To those who have conquered themselves, this will is a friend. But it is the enemy of those who have not found the self within them.
The supreme reality stands revealed in the consciousness of those who have conquered themselves. They live in peace, alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, praise and blame.
A holy man is asked what his work, and life is; he replies, “ I’m a farmer.” When the questioner looks surprised, he adds, “this body of mine is my field. I sow good thoughts and actions, and in my body, I reap the results.”
The mind (manas) is here taken to be one of the senses of perception; for example, it is really with a mind rather than with the eye that we see.
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