User:Emenious

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words,

Watch your words, for they become actions,

Watch your actions, they become habits,

Watch your habits, they become your character,

Watch your character, it becomes your destiny."

~Upanishads

I was born in Russia and at a young age moved with my parents first to Israel and then to the United States. During my studies at Rutgers University in New Jersey, I studied psychology, religion and ecology. While at the University, I met my yoga teacher who inspired me to delve deeper into the age old wisdom of yoga. I have always been intrigued by yoga, its mysteries and ancient heritage. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali help me in my life and I re-read them frequently to check my progress. Also at Rutgers, I had the amazing opportunity to study with Zen, Taoist and Tai Chi practitioners.

All of these events have shaped my thinking and have made me who I am, and I am incredibly grateful. Recently, I have begun training in Aikido and I am completing a certification course in Neuro Linguistic Programming from the NLP Center of NY. Along with developing my skills as a communicator and a martial artist I am also very fond of dancing. I have taken lessons and enjoy several types of ballroom dancing and contact improvisational dancing. It is as important for me to have a healthy body as it is to have a healthy mind and part of the training that I engage in has to do with strengthening the body through physical and mental activity combined with breath work and creative visualizations which I have outlined in my self published book, "The Road To Involution." You can find out more about the book at: http://roadtoinvolution.com