Savvy Raj

Live Life Lovingly!


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Bliss of Movements

Simply bringing the body into movement heals, empowers and brings positive changes in the body in time gradually … but most of all it brings on empathy and a divine connection to the living you and that’s the alluring magnetic charm of a body in blissful motion.

Savvy Raj


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Map in my veins

The map in my veins

Lead to those unknown paths

Across the world

To places and spaces

I was  meant to go

To connect with those

I was to meet

Its all ordained  I can tell

Now as I look back

Each relevant to whole

Emerging & merging

In this story of life

The pen with words I weild now

Yields through as witness 

To learnings  and experiences

Leaving an imprint

In the footprints of time.

Savvy


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Cultivating Compassion

It’s a radically transforming act

In this rapidly evolving world

When you let compassion move beyond aspirations

To being an actionable practice,

For the truth is, empathy is not elusive behavior

It is a trainable trait

Every act of kindness

Thoughtful presence

In choosing compassion & care

Reshapes & rewires our neural pathways

To empathic connections.

Here is a guided meditation for cultivating compassion in thoughts words & deeds.

Take a few moments to ease in  and breathe genttly in a quiet space.

In awareness calmly sense the natural rhythm of your own breath.

Think of someone  you know who is kind and imagine the warmth that radiates from your heart towards them and extend the very same energy to someone who is challenged by it.

In every inhale, welcome peace in silence and likewise in every  exhale release the unnecessary. Inhale faith and exhale doubt.

Every positive compassion filled thought reshaped the internal narrative and the world around us.

Sense the moments integrating in empathy in compassionate connection & possibility.

Incorporating such conscious and intentional practices embodies compassion into our spheres of influence in and around us  through thoughts, words & deeds

Do share your reflections on what it means to be connected  in the world today. Let’s spark the movement towards  cultivating global compassion.


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Breathe

A few Intentional breaths

Inhale compassion
Exhale compassion.


It helps you shift the weights you carry unknowingly.

Inhale kindness
Exhale kindness


It helps make the world & you feel better.


Inhale love
Exhale love

It helps you live life lovingly.

Savvy


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Thoughtworthy

Love this quote 💙

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.
William Hazlitt


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APPRECIATION

Teach children to be open to new perspectives, nurture in them the ability to appreciate, it not only transforms them but also the way they interact in the world.

Savvy


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Waltz on water

Floating Dreams

I had this beautiful dream
Of flaming ruby red lights
Dancing on blue waves of water
Floating lanterns all afire
As the fire burns brighter
The flickering lights
Waltzing on water…

Savvy


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Over the brink

I sincerely resonate  with these words .

I have often seen the perils of burnout up close in professional and personal  life  over many  years.  As a coach and mentor it has been often clearer to me that having the blessing of  many interests and hobbies like dance and art and sports in my life, I have steered away from burnout with a perspective shift. It helped balance my work and personal life.

But over the years watching people of all ages moving towards burnout due to many factors some avoidable and sometimes due to relentlessly challenging situations  in their lives, occurrence  of burnout  is a reality sooner than you know.

Workaholics are the worst hit as often as Type A personalities. People in power positions founders challenged by their own hamster wheel climb , running their race, stressed and distressed  between the managing and  funding of their enterprises. To people who are intrinsically  overt perfectionists trying to outdo themselves beyond abilities and suffering  physically  emotionally  and mentally thinking that in doing so they have  proved their worth. Likewise young  students with  extreme pressure from parents to perform well  in something  that they are not interested in. Have seen cases of students in engineering stream,  forced to take it when their heart is in arts and humanities .

The difference is  between enjoying the work and overworking is in feeling  exhausted by the work you do to such an extent that you cannot  connect with your self anymore.

When your passion turns in an obsession,

When you are pushing yourself  over the brink without consideration  for your own  health.

Your absence affects your family When you think you are giving it all, but what you are giving is,  stealing a loved ones time with you.

Imbalances you create in your life have a way of finding you and testing your life. Make sure to live life when you have it, with all  of you.

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Potential for peace

Are you feeling the rage

Of a war within you

Is there a fire flaming through your veins

Is your heart thumping beyond your control

Are your thoughts so muddled that you just can’t think straight?

Well my friend, trust that this too shall pass

For your anger is self made from the agony

Of living life with frustration.

All you need is to acknowledge  time as your best friend

For it shows you a new way in time

From reaction to response

But do you want to be responsible

For your self harm or healing ?

For your anger is destroying you.

Think about what ways you can flip the script you are telling yourself.

For its your thoughts and feelings that fuel your emotions, time and time again.

If your heart is hurt remember to think and align your heart with your mind.

If your thoughts are the reason and that anger is bubbling up your brain, know your heart is far expansive  that you know, feel from your heart the love and forgiveness that stems from it. And align your thinking mind with the emotions of unconditional loving heart .

If both your heart and brain are a fire ball of fury then too you have the wisdom of your body. Train your body to move and realign yourself to help you step out of this phase.

Remember the potential for peace rests with you always.

It’s just a matter of acknowledging it. And bringing it into practice in response than reaction.

Peace is within you

Your infinite potential always included the peace that you actually are.

Savvy


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Touching time

Photo memories (from my travels)

Artists have a blessing

It’s in their ability to touch time

Past present or future

With their inspired creations

For art touches time

As much as the intangibles

Evoking nostalgia

Creating an intimate connection

That’s almost felt & sensed

Such is the power of art 

An evolved appreciation

Standing the test of time.

Ssvvy

 


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When the world feels safe enough

I wonder

When the world  will feel safe enough…

To trust the day that is unfolding

To be assured there will be peace

To feel secure, wherever we are

Till then let’s keep breathing

And being present in the breath

And in hope all is well.

Savvy


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You choose

Your life is a result of your choices

From what you eat

What you watch

What you hear

What you speak

Whom you befriend

Whom you bear

Whom you meet

To the thoughts you think

It’s all in what you choose

To allow & let go.

Savvy


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Weathering the storms

Wither not yourself away

Weathering the storms

Every life finds itself

In the whirlpool of chaos.

And often unfortunately so.

Pick yourself up

Dust away the doubts

Don your best attitude

And look ahead

At a not so distant time

And trust in yourself

For storms precede the calm.

 

Sense the strength of spirit

Moving towards your purpose

Know every storm has one

Find yourself on your way

To fulfilling your soul purpose.

Savvy


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May be another day

A life can be lived forward

And in every moment, easier

If there is less regret

And more acceptance.

It makes living life worth it .

For if you keep looking back

Revisiting memories

A little too often

You will perhaps also sense

The number of times 

You didn’t do what you wanted

Saying maybe another day.

Reality is in realizing

This moment now…

Holds all you choose 

To make of it. 

It’s all embedded in it

Embody it in present

Live not in fear and worry

Seek comfort in past if you wish

But don’t dwell in it too long

Let the past be ,

For even if you want 

You cannot hold the hands

Of times gone by ..

Time ticks on

So move with time.

Acknowledge it &  regret less.

Savvy


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What is happiness to you?

Happiness is sensed 

In the moments

Loving myself  to be

To being, all that I can be

Allowing the self to enjoy

The life in the moments

Can be happiness to me.

I read this meaningful quote I share below…

‘Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is’.

Mandy Hale

What is happiness to you?

Savvy