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Ten Innovators to Watch in 2021

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Ten Innovators to Watch in 2021

This past year left us with no shortage of incredible innovations, chief among them Covid-19 vaccines. Following a harrowing 2020, we’re excited to see how innovators continue to push the envelope and bring forth what they think the world needs. From celebrating and honoring black history to improving the mental health of K-12 students, we’re keeping our eyes on these ten groundbreakers as they share their visions with the world.

Chicken-less Egg Connoisseur Arturo Elizondo

Arturo Elizondo

(Clara Foods)

“Like any good Mexican, I had two eggs for breakfast every morning, and like any good Texan I had my barbeque every Sunday,” says Arturo Elizondo. But when he learned about the devastating impacts that livestock has on the environment, he set out to find a better, more sustainable way to produce animal protein. In 2014, he co-founded Clara Foods with cell biologist David Anchel with a mission to take animals out of animal proteins.

Similar to how brewers use yeast to convert sugar into alcohol for beer, Clara Foods uses yeast and sugar to produce animal protein. Specifically, Elizondo and his team are working to produce egg proteins—one of the most challenging to find alternatives for. One trillion eggs are consumed across the globe each year, but it takes a whopping 600 gallons of water to produce a dozen eggs, he says. Since they’re so versatile and globally loved, Clara Foods is offering a cleaner alternative so that people can still enjoy eggs in all their culinary forms without the tremendous environmental impact.

Clara Foods has been knee-deep in research and development for the last six years, but the company is officially coming out of their “eggshell” in 2021 when they launch the world’s first egg protein made without a chicken, Elizondo says.

Problem-Solving Wunderkind Gitanjali Rao

Gitanjali Rao

(Gitanjali Rao)

As a 15-year-old, Gitanjali Rao is the youngest innovator on our list, but she’s certainly one to watch. She’s already tackling some of the greatest problems affecting current generations: lack of access to clean water, opioid addiction and cyberbullying.

After hearing about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, Rao was shocked to learn that people in the United States and beyond still don’t have access to safe, clean water. In response, she invented Tethys—a sensor that can detect lead in water and upload results from the water sample to an app, allowing users to quickly and affordably see if water is safe to drink. She’s also worked to address the opioid crisis by developing Epione, a way to diagnose prescription opioid addictions for patients at the onset of addiction, after hearing about a family friend who developed an addiction after a car accident. And to address cyberbullying—a problem especially relevant to her age group—Rao developed Kindly, an artificial intelligence-powered software that detects hurtful or harmful messages and then prompts users to rephrase what they send. Her thoughtful, problem-solving innovations earned her the title of TIME’s 2020 Kid of the Year.

“My motivation to solve problems in society started in a very simple manner: to solve problems that we face on a daily basis,” she says. “I try my best to understand them and look for ways to address them. I am not always successful, but the few times [I’ve succeeded,] I feel like I have contributed in some way.”

To inspire others to innovate, Rao has connected with about 35,000 students across four continents and has more events planned in the coming months. As she moves forward in 2021, Rao says she has more ideas in the works and that she’ll continue developing her current innovations as she searches for the partners to help her out.

Storytelling Composer Barron Ryan

Barron Ryan

(Daniel Charles Folkers)

On May 31, 1921, a mob of white residents attacked the Greenwood District, a predominantly black neighborhood, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in what’s known as the Tulsa Race Massacre. The attack—one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history—continued through the next day as the mob killed more than 300 black Tulsans, displaced 10,000 others and burned more than 35 city blocks to the ground.

To commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Chamber Music Tulsa commissioned composer and performer Barron Ryan to tell the story of the tragedy through a piano trio. As a Tulsa native, Ryan says that it’s important for him to tell this story—a story that needs to be remembered. “It’s an integral part of who I am, and I’m honored to do it,” he says.

“Music can tell a story without using words, [and it] has an unparalleled ability to communicate” Ryan says, which is what he aspires to do with his trio. In composing the piece, he looked through firsthand accounts of the massacre. He read about a woman who hid with her daughter and read psalms as the attack raged on. Psalm 88:3 spoke to Ryan, and it ultimately inspired the melody. One of the verses reads, “My soul is full of troubles,” which Ryan borrowed as the title of his trio.

He hopes that his music inspires people to reflect on the Tulsa Race Massacre and to be courageous—to do what’s right and not simply what is easy, he says. “I’m hoping that it’s well received, and that we remember our history as Tulsans and learn the right lessons and not repeat something like this again.”

Transit Trailblazer Andrea Ponti

Andrea Ponti

(Andrea Ponti)

The Covid-19 pandemic brought public transportation to a screeching halt as people who had the means to travel in their own private vehicles opted to do so. Andrea Ponti, the founder and director of Ponti Design Studio, took the opportunity to re-think and re-plan how we get around. Inspired by social distancing, he developed Island, an electric tram designed for a post-pandemic Hong Kong, the city where he resides.

“When the pandemic took over Hong Kong, many people turned to private transport causing a dramatic increase in traffic, pollution and noise,” he says. “What makes Island attractive is that it helps to solve all those problems. The bottom line is technology needs good design in order to be efficient and accessible to most people, and I think Island might be an example of that.”

Instead of sitting in rows, the tram’s seats are organized in circles, or “islands,” seating people with their backs towards each other so they can look out the window instead of facing others. “To me that is a safer way to commute and a fun way to take in the city sights and see Hong Kong from a different viewpoint,” he says. Plus, the tram is electric and driverless, making it eco-friendlier and more efficient.

“As a designer I really like the challenge of re-imagining products and services that we often take for granted and that can be greatly impacted by social changes—in this case re-designing trams at the time of social distancing in a metropolis like Hong Kong where social distancing is hard to practice,” he says.

Ponti started developing Island in March 2020 and has since modeled the tram and produced a number of prototypes. Moving forward in 2021, he is working to scale the protypes, move into the testing phase and secure a partner to produce Island.

Honoring Black History with Anitra Belle Henderson

Anitra Belle Henderson

(Lemaris Alston)

In 1860, a plantation owner smuggled in a shipload of 110 African people to Alabama on the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to arrive in the United States, decades after the U.S. had banned the importation of enslaved people. When enslaved people were freed in 1865, survivors of the Clotilda couldn’t afford to return to Africa, so they founded Africatown instead, a bustling town rooted in their homelands and cultures.

After years of searching for the long-lost Clotilda, a team of historians and archaeologists finally discovered it at the bottom of Alabama’s Mobile River in 2019. Now, the City of Mobile will open a heritage house in the summer of 2021 to tell the story of the Clotilda‘s survivors and of Africatown.

“We are excited to help the community tell their story,” says Anitra Belle Henderson, the executive director of communications and external affairs for the City of Mobile and the lead on all the Africatown projects. “Our goal is for visitors to understand more about those who were enslaved. They have a name and a story.”

The heritage house is designed to be an immersive experience. Visitors will feel the waves of the ocean like the enslaved people felt on their voyage, read stories of the slave trade and be introduced to the survivors of the Clotilda. They’ll also be able to visit Africatown, where many descendants of the Clotilda‘s survivors still reside.

“Each detail of the heritage house was designed with reverence to the ancestors, descendants and the community,” Belle Henderson says. “Those who are curious about African culture can visit an African community on American soil—a community that was built with hope and promise.”

“The many stories show the diverse brilliance of black people,” she says. “Since the [discovery] of the Clotilda there has been a new excitement in the community. Educating people about Africatown’s past will definitely create a bright future for a community that so deserves the attention it is receiving.”

Nautical Visionary Brett Phaneuf

Brett Phaneuf

(IBM)

In April 2021, the Mayflower Autonomous Ship, one of the world’s first full-sized self-navigating ships, will set sail from the United Kingdom’s Plymouth Harbor and traverse the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It will retrace the voyage made by the original Mayflower in 1620 that brought Pilgrims to New England, but instead of looking back at 400 years of history, it represents what the next wave of nautical advances will look like.

The Mayflower Autonomous Ship is a collaboration between the marine research organization ProMare and IBM, which developed the ship’s artificial intelligence systems that will allow it to navigate unassisted across the ocean. The Mayflower team is hoping to revolutionize ocean research by creating an affordable option for scientists to study the ocean without necessarily being on board a ship. Without needing to worry about the logistics for housing people on board, like sleeping, eating and sanitation, the ship can accommodate more technology, like cameras and sensors, and stay out at sea longer.

“If it works as designed, then it will substantially drive down the cost of collecting data at sea,” says Phaneuf, a co-founder and co-director of the Mayflower Autonomous Ship project. “This will lead to [a] better understanding of our oceans and climate.”

Phaneuf’s biggest hope for the Mayflower is that it makes it across the ocean and sparks the conversation about how autonomous ships can be used to study the high seas. During this first voyage, the ship will collect meteorological and oceanographic data as well as water samples to study microplastic distribution.

Student Advocate Samantha Pratt

Samantha Pratt

(Samantha Pratt)

Two thirds of all U.S. youth face at least one trauma by age 16 that can stem from poverty, racism, domestic or community violence, or substance abuse, says Samantha Pratt, the CEO and founder of KlickEngage.

“Students carry heavy emotional backpacks into the classroom every day that they cannot put down,” she says. “I was teaching high-need students in an overcrowded classroom and could not check in with each of my students every day in order to address their issues. Out of urgent need, I decided that I had to find a way to streamline student self-report.”

To do so, Pratt designed KlickEngage—an app that allows users to self-report their mental state each day by completing a two-minute survey. The app, which has reached thousands of kids,then provides students with targeted coping mechanisms while delivering real-time data to educators so that they can identify and supports students carrying heavy emotional loads, Pratt says. Schools have the ability to make a huge impact for students by providing health services and resources, but they’re often limited and underfunded.

“By directly serving students, teachers and schools, we limit the impacts of adverse experiences on school engagement in early years of education so that there is a higher likelihood of student success in later years, breaking the cycle of trauma and poverty,” Pratt says.

Students are still facing adversities, plus the compounded issues brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, such as unemployment, food insecurity and fear-based anxiety, Pratt says. Since KlickEngage is able to be adapted for a physical or virtual learning environment, it can help educators check in with students, even from a distance. In 2021, KlickEngage is planning to grow its impact and reach more classrooms.

Pandemic-Inspired Architects Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg

Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg

(Vincent Tullo)

In 2020, homes transformed into all-in-one offices, gyms, daycares, classrooms, vacation destinations and restaurants as people’s lives became confined to their residences. As a result, people noticed just how important their home environment is to their mental and emotional wellbeing, say Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg, the founding partners of SO–IL, an architecture and design firm.

At the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Liu and Idenburg were in the beginning stages of designing a new 30-unit residential building in Brooklyn. They also found themselves adjusting to living and working from home with their two daughters, and they say that experience helped shape the design for the new building, to be completed in 2022. Now that people are home all the time, Liu and Idenburg needed to create a space that was both multi-functional and comfortable for residents. For example, they moved bedrooms to opposite sides of the apartment to muffle noise and distractions, which are typically clustered together. They also incorporated multiple outdoor spaces for each unit, creating easy access to fresh air and sunshine.

The pandemic has highlighted what people really need in their homes, and architecture trends in the future will reflect that, they say. “The main lesson to take away is that the lifespan of a building will be longer than the interval between pandemics,” they say. “From a sustainability standpoint, we should endeavor to build buildings that last ‘forever.’ It means we need to design for future pandemics.”

Mosquito-Trapping Mastermind Kennyjie

Kennyjie

(Eric Lau)

When industrial designer Kennyjie (he prefers to go by just his first name) was 12 years old, he contracted dengue fever—a flu-like disease transmitted by mosquitos—while living in Indonesia. “Being able to afford long hospital care, I was one of the privileged kids who walked out alive,” he says. Mosquito-borne disease prevention has remained an issue close to his heart, and it’s the driving force behind his new innovation, Quito.

While visiting Bali, Kennyjie noticed that the mosquito prevention tactics were inconvenient and ineffective, so he set out to design his own. Quito, which made the International Top 20 for the James Dyson Award in 2020, uses a simple chemical reaction to produce carbon dioxide and an artificial human odor to attract mosquitoes, and then it vacuums them into a chamber. By luring mosquitoes in instead of repelling them, Quito reduces their local population and the chance of disease transmission. It’s designed to be placed in tropical resorts to lessen the likelihood of an outbreak as people travel in and out of the region.

Kennyjie traveled through multiple Indonesian villages to ensure that Quito’s design is informed by the local culture, economy and climate so that it fits into the “geographical context in which it is needed,” he says. This year, Kennyjie will continue running more tests from his home in Melbourne, Australia, until international borders are open and he can start pilot tests in Indonesia.

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thatesqcrush · 5 years ago

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Mr. In Between

Rafael Barba x Reader. Brief mentions of Rafael Barba x Olivia Benson. Prompt inspired by @sweetsummertime99: “ I was watching friends and it was the episode where Ross writes the pro/con list for Rachel and Emily. I’d like to see if someone would write the same kind of scenario not with a waitress but other attributes. Rafael Barba x Female Reader where Rafael writes the list and the reader finds it. Possibly comparing to Olivia?”

CW: slightly NSFW, some angst. AN: I am the biggest FRIENDS fan - I still get really angry at this episode. My heart breaks for Rachel when Ross makes the comparison list with her and Julie. I blame Chandler and Joey - they don’t take any responsibility for their involvement.

AN2: Thanks to @melsquared79 for all of the help with bouncing ideas and feedback!

Tags: @madpanda75 @ottosuricato @delia26 @dreila03 @sass-and-suspenders @melsquared79 @mommakat32 @glimmerglittergirl @garturbo @southern-magnolia @niyashell @tropes-and-tales @imjustreallynosy @whyissvuruiningmylovelife @sweetsummertime99 - anyone else just ask.

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Three Months Ago

“Can I get you anything?”

You and Rafael looked up at the waitress who had approached your table. “I’ll have a dry cappuccino,” Rafael requested. The waitress nodded and turned to you.

“Matcha soy latte for me, thanks,” you replied.

“Biscotti for the table too, please.” Rafael looked at you and smiled. “You look lovely tonight.”

You smiled in return. “Thank you. You look quite handsome yourself.” And Rafael did - he always did regardless if he was in a three piece suit or in a polo shirt and fitted jeans, which was his current ensemble. You shifted in your seat and tucked your hair behind your ears, showing off the teardrop earrings the hung off your lobes.

The two of you made small talk, catching up on the week’s happenings while waiting for the food and drinks to arrive. The waitress soon returned, placing your drinks down along with a small plate of assorted dipped and non-dipped biscotti in the middle of the table. When you reached across the table to grab a piece of biscotti, Rafael used the opportunity to reach across and take your hand into his.

“I brought you here tonight because I wanted to talk about us and our future,” he began. “I want you to know that you’re a very special person in my life.” Rafael shifted in his seat and leaned forward to stare into your eyes.

Your heart began to beat harder. You willed yourself to be calm and collected. “You’re very special to me too, Rafi,” you replied.

Rafael took a deep breath before he began speaking once more. “I want you to know that I really like you: I love spending time with you. But, I just want to continue to keep things casual,” Rafael gave your hand a gentle squeeze and you nodded, in response.

“Sure,” you replied softly, feeling your heart sink and shatter. You turned your head and stared off at the waitress who was now drying coffee mugs with a cloth.

Your stomach lurched and you did your best to ignore the lump in your throat that began to form.

“Are you sure you’re okay with this? I just want to be honest about where we stand; I am not ready for a relationship at this time.” Rafael stated. His question fell on deaf ears. “Y/N?”

“Hmmm?” You turned to face Rafael. “Oh! Yes, it’s fine.” You tried to seem confident and cool, as if his decision had no effect on you. However, you were certain that the shakiness in your voice betrayed you.

You couldn’t believe what you were hearing; of all of the places for Rafael to drop his non-committal line, he chose the coffee shop that you two had your first date at. You had hoped that Rafael was going to make a declaration - and he had - just not the one you wanted.

You glanced down at your watch, and pretended to be alarmed at the time. “Look at the time, I have to go; I have an early work meeting,” you replied, standing. You ran your hands over your clothes nervously before leaning over to your purse.

As you moved to stand, Rafael grabbed your hand once more, causing you to stop.

“Please, lets talk; let me take you home,” Rafael replied. His voice was pleading and you could see the worry etched on his face.

You shook your head and Rafael‘s pilled his hand off of yours. “Call me or I’ll call you...goodnight Rafael. Thanks for the coffee.”

That night, you had gone back to your apartment. Rather than sob into your pillow, you raged cleaned, cranking up the music so loud you were sure your neighbors were going to complain. There was nothing like a bottle of lemon-scented oven cleaner and DMX to help you process your emotions. You ran the details of your relationship- if it even was one - with Rafael Barba - through your mind as you scrubbed the spider grates on your stove.

You had met Rafael during the end of intermission of Hamilton. The lights began to dim, and the throngs of theater goers began to file back to their seats. You tried to move right, he tried to move right; the same thing happened as you moved to the left. You both laughed awkwardly, and eventually Rafael moved out of the way so you could walk past. As you did so, your hands just barely grazed each other’s. You felt a spark and as you headed down the hallway, you turned your head and you could see Rafael watching you, a goofy smile on his face.

After the show had ended, you bumped into Rafael once more on the sidewalk while trying to hail a cab. From there, you exchanged phone numbers and subsequently started seeing each other. With his line of work, Rafael had warned he would not and could not be the ideal boyfriend. You had accepted that at first. You had broken up with your partner a year prior, so you weren’t looking for anything serious. Not at least initially.

But with matters of the heart, you had a tendency to let your feelings, which were carried on the wings of a very vivid imagination, get away from you almost immediately. Rafael had hinted that he was seeing someone else in addition to you. Olivia - something. But you tried to not let it bother you. You enjoyed spending time with Rafael and didn’t want to ruin what you both had going.

****

A few days later after the coffee shop incident, Rafael called you and you reluctantly made plans to get together later that week.

You had finished your day early with work as you needed to run a few errands. It was cold that day; Fall was transitioning to Winter in New York City. The wind was whipping, causing leaves to scatter on the sidewalk and street. You shivered as you exited the cleaners, your arms full of freshly cleaned clothes. One of the hangers slipped from your arms as a huge gust of wind blew as you rounded the corner of the block. You bent down to pick it up and as you stood back up, you saw Rafael across the way. And he was not alone. Holding onto his arm was an attractive brunette. You could only assume it was Olivia.

Rafael hadn’t spotted you and you felt like some kind of voyeur - you knew you shouldn’t watch but you were too transfixed to move. You watched Rafael pull Olivia into an embrace; his gloved hand pushed away the hair that had fallen across her face - the same hand that had done the same to you countless times. He leaned down towards her face and you turned away, unable to watch any further. You hurried back to your apartment with your freshly dry cleaned clothes. You tried to remove the image from your mind but you couldn’t do it.

You canceled on Rafael that week. And the week after that. But eventually, you caved and returned Rafael’s calls with a weak excuse that work had you swamped. To your relief, he bought it.

****

Fast Forward to Present Day

The night had gone wonderfully. You were at the NY Legal Assistance Gala held at Tribeca Rooftop. You had danced all night, had a few cocktails, followed by a meal so good it should’ve been illegal. And you had the most handsome man hanging off your arm.

You leaned forward against the railing, taking in the scene ahead of you - it was late, but Manhattan was still a-buzz. The music had drowned most of the traffic, but you could still make out some of it if you truly listened carefully.

“You know, I may be biased, but you’re the most beautiful person here,” a voice murmured in your ear from behind, before two large arms enveloped you. You turned around, and came face to face with Rafael. You searched his sea-foam green eyes and smiled. You reached up and smoothed the wisp of dark hair that had fallen across his forehead.

Rafael took your hand and kissed the inside of your wrist. “Y/N, I know I had told you I had wanted something casual, but these last few months...it’s made me realize something.”

Your heart leapt in your chest as you listened intently.

“I broke things off with Olivia. It was getting too complicated and I couldn’t give her what she wanted and she couldn’t give me what I wanted.”

You stood there dumbfounded as Rafael continued his declaration. “You are so important to me. You are so wonderful. Cuando era niño soñaba con conquistar el mundo, ahora me doy cuenta que tú eres mí mundo y me has conquistado,” Rafael rushed out.

You blinked. “What does that mean? You know my Spanish isn’t perfect.”

Rafael stepped closer to you, effectively closing the gap between you and him. “It means, when I was a kid, I dreamed of conquering the world. Now I realize that you're my world and you have conquered me.”

“Trying go get into my pants counselor?” you teased, gently pressing a kiss to the corner of his lips.

“More like out of this dress,” was the husky reply. You looked down at your dress - a fitted, fiery red off the shoulder gown that hugged your curves in all the right places. A hand trailed from your shoulder, towards your décolletage.

Your cheeks turned pink and you felt an ache develop between your legs.

Rafael cupped your face. “I mean it. It’s you. It’s always been you.” You searched his eyes once more. You leaned up to kiss him, and Rafael used one strong, muscled arm to envelope you in a tight embrace; you could feel the evidence of his desire against your belly. His lips captured yours and he used his other hand to tilt your head so that he could deepen the kiss. Your tongues dueled and you could taste the remains of the scotch he had earlier.

Rafael nipped your bottom lip with his teeth, gently pulling, before moving to your neck, sucking on your sweet spot. You groaned and melted further into his embrace. Such a public display would have normally flustered you; but instead further spurned you on.

Looking around over Rafael’s shoulder, you noticed people were too busy wrapped up in their own world, enjoying the gala’s festivities. Rafael’s back was to the gala, and so discreetly you reached down and rubbed his erection.

“Mierda,” Rafael groaned against your ear. “Do I need to remind you of penal code 245, Y/N? Can’t have the Manhattan ADA getting arrested.”

“Then let’s get out of here,” you murmured in Rafael’s ear. “Your place.”

****

The night should have ended with you in Rafael’s bed making love until the sun rose. Instead, you were fleeing his apartment; your face was red hot and your eyes were filled with tears. You could hear your name being shouted, but you didn’t dare turn around as you ran out of the apartment building onto the Park Avenue street.

You were humiliated. Shaking, you waved your hand wildly trying to signal a cab. Fortunately a cab came pretty quickly and you hopped in, ordering the cab to step on it.

Rafael approached the cab, but the door was already closed. He knocked on the winodw, pleading for you to not go. You looked at him, your face streaked with mascara and you shook your head. Rafael watched helplessly as the cab pulled away from the curb. He slumped down, his hands resting on his thighs as he tried to catch his breath from running down so many flights of stairs.

It was too late. You were gone. And Rafael could feel his own heart break.

TBC.

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tarithenurse · 6 years ago

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I see you - chapter 14

Pairing: Heimdal x fem!reader.Contents: angst, pining, fluff, innuendo en masse, some swearing, the end.A/N: Yes, you read that right. This is the end of “I see you”, and I hope you’ve liked it so far. It’s been a lot of fun to write, and I’ve loved every single bit of feedback. In fact, without the comments and re-blogs I probably wouldn’t have gotten it done, so thank you! If you want something else or have ideas you think I’d enjoy, feel free to use my ask-box.

Ch. 14 – Rather be

Absentmindedly, your fingertips trace the edge of paper-thin, indigo petals, making the tiny lights in the heart of the flower tremble. Next to the vase is the untouched dinner and the medication for the night which you still need (though a smaller dosage) to be guaranteed a proper sleep, both important for anyone recovering from being crushed by an alien monster…and both the last thing on your mind right now as you contemplate your future.

Every situation in life grants you choices. Sometimes the options presenting themselves are all bad, but they’re still there and in the end, they might lead to something better…or so you’re trying to convince the inner voice that’s ranting about how everything can go wrong. The first issue had been choosing where to live, or rather: where not to live, which honestly didn’t really prove that difficult. Also New Zealand, Australia or even Canada were much more sensible option than “home” could ever be if it included your ex.

Being a day labourer at some farm can work especially with your (although limited) knowledge from the job at the veterinarian, because cattle is cattle and you know how to deal with them and spot their health issues, and maybe the owner will let you camp out in the barn at first. Alternatively, a big city will offer support for homeless people and there’ll be a plethora of menial jobs that no one else wants. With enough hard work and smart living, you’ll be able to regain the kind of life you want. A lot of hard work. City-folks are rarely forgiving or kind, as far as you’ve seen, and there’ll be no connections to draw on or friends who can vouch for you when trying to crawl up the proverbial ladder. I’ll rather live as a bum for years than go back to him.

Still, no amount of imagination or will is going to help you get past the first challenge. You’re going to have to convince the Asgardians to drop you off far from where they found you. Heimdal knows where I live. The facial muscles constrict tiredly to create an expression of nervous curiosity, distorted in the reflection on the vase. How did he know? You haven’t told him how to navigate through the streets and the park in New York, but somehow…he’d followed the path you took each day, leading the magic sight of his to the ruins of the apartment building. And, now you were thinking, why the hell had he suddenly showed you what he could see? Just like that, out of the blue! The Asgardian has avoided you for a week, but suddenly sees it fit to drop that bomb on you! Who does he think he is?! Stubbornness turns into roaring flames as you decide that this game he’s playing has to end, because damnit, you deserve better than being left in the dark with no clue as to what’s going on.

“Heimdal.” The words hang sharp in the air, and you hope he can hear it from wherever he’s hiding.

Softly, the answer reaches you. “Lady [Y/N].”

That was not in my head. Whipping your head around, you see him standing in the door. The sparingly lit hallway behind him is not enough to reduce him to a silhouette, but you’d have recognized him anyways even with the heavy golden cuirass covering his chest and the impressive (yet impractical looking) helmet under the arm. Trying to stop yourself from gawking at him, you press your lips together.

“I apologize for not knocking…” A large hand reaches for the back of his neck, rubbing awkwardly before falling back to the side. “May I enter?”

Staying silent, you nod, suddenly the determination and frustration leaking from you like hot air from a balloon. His is not the voice of a man oblivious to the feelings of those around him.

As he closes the door gently, you become aware of the darkness of the room and scramble to find matches to light the candles that are placed on tables, shelves and the dresser. While busy, you’re painfully aware of how the tall man strips himself of every piece of armour, depositing it carefully in a heap on the floor. The tiny flame of the match nearly reaches your fingertips as you linger by the last light, turning your brain over for a different way to go about this. Something less aggressive or demanding.

“Please forgive me, [Y/N], for not visiting you the last many days…” the deep purr begins before you can, “it must have seemed as though I abandoned you.”

A pause stretches, allowing you to breathe deeply and gain control of your own voice. “Where…where were you?” The candle flame flickers on your breath but regains steadiness quickly.

“The All-Father reinstated me and tasked me with an additional duty.” This time Heimdal speaks from somewhere closer to where you’re standing and the butterflies in your stomach begin to stir. “My days have been long, keeping me from you against my will until you already had found rest.” The scents of warm sand and cinnamon surround you now. “Each night I’d come by, wishing you would be awake…” The deep inhalation is shuddering, the exhalation tickles you neck and jaw. “We have so little time together unle–“

You know exactly how he must have nearly bitten his own tongue to stop the rest of the sentence from spilling out, but rather than serving its purpose in keeping the peace, it pisses you off. Why can’t he just say what he wants? Why all the sneaking and holding back and damnit!

“Unless?” You groan in exasperation. “Unless what exactly?”

Turning around sharply, you come face to face with him and almost lose the sense of balance thanks to the amber eyes that nearly glow with…with what? To avoid this smoldering unknown you lower your gaze, only for it to land on his mouth, lips parted slightly. Hot damn. Your breath hitches ever so discreetly whereas his is heavy.

“[Y/N]…” When you don’t respond or move, Heimdal simply cups your face in his strong hands, tilting it upwards gently but insistently. “Please believe me when I say…there’s no place I rather want to be, than with you.”

Deep shadows created by the candles are dancing around and on both off you, still they are unable to dim the burning intensity you’re facing. Surely, your heart must have skipped several beats and it’s only as you remind yourself to breath that you know you’re still here. Standing with Heimdal in a small room in the palace known in myths as Valhalla on Asgard. Heimdal, who has just said something that sounds frightfully similar to a love confession.

As times like these would have it, articulation and poetry comes to your aid: “Whaa…?” The blood rises to your face the moment you utter the less than inspired word. “I’m s-sorry, I thought you…? Are you saying…? But how could we…?” Breathing in deeply and closing your eyes stops you from rambling on. “Won’t I have to leave, regardless of what I want?”

“Maybe not. Odin has been considering having you stay as an…ambassador.” The words are testing, fishing for a response as carefully as possible.

Ambassador? Hell, I’d have accepted being a stable-worker or cleaner. “So…I could stay...”

“Yes.”

Silence envelops you like velvet. Not in the absence of sound, but the chaos that has been raging inside you, the roar of worried thoughts trying to drown each other out are gone, leaving a soothing peace as each half-hearted plan and shattered solution to dissolve into nothingness.

Finally, you can meet the warm gold of Heimdal’s eyes. “With you?”

“If you will have me.” The smile is carefully optimistic. “I do not wish to imagine a life without you, my lady. Not since the day I first laid eyes on you by mere chance.”

Oh. “Before the…’fore New York.”

“Aye.” He actually has the audacity to bite his bottom lip in shame. “I tried to avert my gaze. I’d been smitten by your mesmerizing nature, but who was I to spy on you? A few glances as you walked through the city was all I had, and I cherished them, knowing it would never be more.” The Bridge-Keeper’s sigh makes your hair float for a heartbeat. “Then came the day of Loki’s attack. You showed strength and courage beyond measure…I could not let you die. Not you.”

A tear has formed and now it spills onto his cheek. Gently, cupping his jaw in your palm not unlike the way he still holds you, you wipe it away.

“You didn’t tell me…because you didn’t want to force my feelings?” His soft nod prompts you to slip your arms around his waist, pulling him closer. “But I’ve come to love you anyways.”

Words aren’t needed anymore. Time doesn’t matter. Only Heimdal’s burning lips as they meet and languidly explore yours while his hands travel, one to your neck and the other to the middle of your back, pushing you flush against his strong body. Your own grip adjusts as you nearly cling on to him, fingertips digging into his shoulder and grazing his scalp.

Lips part.

Tongues dance.

Teeth nibble gently as new areas are explored, heated skin showered in kisses while fingers and hands roam freely in a fevered yet leisured devotion to the other person. At the first moan Heimdal coax from you, he freezes, worried that he may have hurt you. It’s a whimper from the loss of his action that spurs him on in an effort to pull more sounds from you.

…

As the woman stretches in her sleep beside Heimdal in the bed, he can’t help but thank the All-Fathers of old. Pulling [Y/N] closer, he knows that he now will have an unparalleled reason to revert his gaze to home.

“I love you too, my lady [Y/N].” The whisper only stirs the lose strands of hair of the woman, but as he looks upon her, he sees a smile grace her face.

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promptbomb · 8 years ago

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Ink and Paint

Pairing: Ryan Haywood x Reader Chapters: 1/? Word Count: 1,751 Prompt: You came to Los Santos to pursue a dream of becoming a tattoo artist. Things haven't quite worked out as you planned and now you find yourself working a graveyard shift at Pandemonium Ink. Things are typically quiet, that is until one of the cities most infamous criminals come through the door.

It was the silence that really bugged you about working the graveyard shift.

When you had apprenticed under your uncle back home at his parlor there was rarely a dull moment to be had. Old timers coming in for touch ups usually had great stories to tell, occasionally you’d see a couple get into a heated argument over matching designs, there were even times when business was slow so your uncle would pull out his guitar and have a small jam session. It was the life flowing through his parlor that inspired you to take your art seriously and become a tattooist.

So when you came to Los Santos, fresh off the bus with bright eyes and portfolio in hand, you were somewhat discouraged when you found few openings and fewer owners wanting to take a chance on a no-name artist from the sticks. The money your uncle had loaned you dried up quickly and you found yourself forced into a parade of entry level jobs that kept you afloat as you continued to comb through every dark alley with a neon sign that flickered Tattoo. That’s when you found Pandemonium, the darkest of dives located between a disco tech warehouse club and a late night dry cleaner that, you were almost positive, was the front for some money laundering scheme.

Phil, the guy who ran the place, was hesitant on hiring you. You were sure that when he offered you the graveyard shift that he meant it more as a throw away offer. You’d be working alone and if anything went wrong it would take the cops about thirty minutes to get there. You didn’t care about the danger, not if it got you a chair. So with the promise that, if you did well they might be able to find a place for you in the day, you began your tenure as a pseudo night guard for Pandemonium Ink.

For the most part, it was pretty...unfulfilling. During the week the streets were like a ghost town and you found yourself marathoning cooking shows in some attempt to offset your hunger for a real meal. One could only live on take-out and ramen noodles for so long. The weekends didn’t offer much more in the way of clientele. Sure, you’d get the occasional roaming flock of beach bros stumbling down from the disco tech, bursting into the door so one of their friends could get a fifty dollar flash tattoo. You should be grateful but by the end of it, between having to almost lay on top of them to get them to sit still and their friends howling in the background, you’d wish for the silence that usually drove you crazy.

Most nights you’d think about giving up. You knew if you went home you could work for you uncle no problem. There was no shame in failing and maybe, after a few years and a nice cushion of money and a hefty portfolio, you could try again. But your pride kept you there, sitting behind the counter, flipping through a magazine and dreaming of the day you’d see your own art there on the pages.

As fate may have it you were having one of these internal conversations on a night that you first met the infamous Vagabond.

The door opening made its usually broken down and thirsty for oil sound, a trainwreck of a noise that you had become accustomed to by this point. You didn’t even look up from your magazine as you heard the slow shuffle of footsteps making their way in.

“Hey.” Your greeting was...less than enthusiastic. Already you caught the light scent of liquor; perfect, nothing you liked better than inking a drunk. Even as you half-assed pointed to the wall, where several flash tattoos were hanging, you were already thinking up some excuse to get out of dealing with it tonight. “Everything on the wall is fifty. Words are five a letter. Anything else you’ll have to-” As you looked up your words came to a pause, catching sight of the man that had walked in. He looked like hell; long hair falling out of a loose and drooping pony-tail, clothing dirty and torn up as if he had just walked away from some vicious street fight. You thought for a moment that he may have been bleeding but on closer inspection, and noticing a smudge on the sleeve of his jacket, it appeared that his face had been painted.

Your lips thin, what was up with this guy? Sometimes you had to deal with addicts that stumbled in blitz out of their mind, it was one of the reasons you kept a baseball bat under the counter, just in case things turned violent. Aside from smelling like a brewery he didn’t seem the sorts to fly off the handle suddenly, he even moved as if he was completely sober. “Hey man.” you call again, trying to get his attention, “You ok? You need to use the phone or something?”

He glanced at you, blue eyes bloodshot but focused. The look on his face made it appear that he hadn’t slept in days. “I want a tattoo.”

“Welp, you’re in luck.” You reply while standing, clapping your hands across your thighs as if you were dusting them clean. “We do, indeed, do tattoos here.” No response. Given his appearance it was probably a bad idea to try and make things humorous, so you opted to move the conversation along, “What are you thinking?”

"Roses."

Before you can stop yourself, you snort. It wasn’t unheard of, but it wasn’t what you were expecting. His eyes narrowed, though, clearly annoyed. “Sorry.” You cough and shove your hands deep into your pockets, “Just not...something I imagined you would- right. Roses.” You can feel the heat in your face as you continue to make a fool of yourself. So again you motion to the flash art, at least to divert his hard stare away, “There are several different options, layouts. We can do whatever color you want-”

"Is that all you can do, just copy and paste?" You probably deserved that. Still, it didn’t stop you from shooting daggers at his back as he inspected the wall. "I was thinking something more personal."

“I can do original pieces!” He lifts a brow as your eager reply send you shifting quickly through the stacks of portfolios on the table until you find yours, thrusting it into his hands. You can’t even remember that last time someone looked at your original works. “I mean, there's usually a consultation. We sit down, I get an idea what you're wanting-” He sits and you find yourself holding your breath as he begins to flip through your folder. His listless expression is torturous and you begin to talk again if just to end the awkward build up of silence. “So, why roses if you don’t mind me asking?”

“I had a friend.” There is a slight crack to his voice, a tightening of his jaw that you do not miss. “They were sort of his things. I just thought I’d get something to remember him by.” He comes to the end of your portfolio and gives it a quick flip through once more. “You drew everything in here?”

You nod to which he puckers his lips in some sort of sign of approval. “So, this is sort of like what, a memorial thing?”

“You could say that, yeah.” He replies as he tosses your portfolio back onto the stack. “I’ve never had a tattoo before but this just...it’s something I want to do.”

Virgin skin. Looking him over you doubt the pain would be a problem, though you’ve seen grown ass men cry like babies when getting inked before. But he seemed to be a sort of guy who could take it. Still, something doesn’t sit right with you, something you can’t quite put your finger on. “Can I offer you some advice?” No reply, yet the look he sends your way signals for you to continue. “Hold off on getting it.”

The look he gave you could have turned your blood to ice. His brows furrowed, “What?”

You try to convey sympathy; you sit near him to which he immediately puts distance between the two of you as if you had the plague. “Look, it’s just a bad idea to get something like this done when you’re not thinking clearly.”

“And how do you know that I’m not thinking clearly?” You can see him seething, his hands fist against the bend of his knees.

You continue, though, “What I mean to say is that, whatever is fueling this need, it deserves to be looked at with a clear head. Don’t take this the wrong way but I could smell the liquor on you when you walked in.” His eyes widen slightly in surprise. “Doing something like this is...it's special. It should mean something to you, yeah? So maybe don't make a decision on it when you're not thinking clearly. You owe it to your friend that much."

"Seems like bad business, refusing a customer."

He was probably right. If Phil was here right now you’d likely be following whoever you refused out the door. “Look nothing and no one is stopping you from getting up and going someplace else.” You stand and take on the short distance to reach behind the counter, grabbing your sketchbook and a pencil. “But if I didn’t care I wouldn’t ask you to wait. Just enough to sober up, yeah?”

He stands as you approach him again, hesitant as you hand him a piece of paper where you had jotted down your name and number. “What’s this?”

“In case you take my advice.”

He doesn’t take it. In fact, he doesn’t say anything else to you. You crumpled the paper up as he brushes past you, your shoulders making light contact before he set off through the door. You heave a short but heavy sigh. Oh well, you tried. Maybe you should have just given in and done whatever it was he wanted.

You shoot the ball of paper into the bin and return to your magazine, though you find you can’t concentrate on it clearly. The entire exchange stayed with you and you wondered if you could have said or done something different. Too late now, at least you wouldn’t have to see him again.

Or so you thought.

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Cat Pee Mattress Best Diy Ideas

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Yoga Philosophy

Yoga is an old craftsmanship that goes path past the act of asanas - stances. It is a way of thinking that returns to the occasions before the religions existed over 2,000 years prior. It is a way of thinking that discussions about association. It discusses joining between every single person and furthermore about association with a more noteworthy vitality that itself interfaces all of us. What is Yoga? Yoga is an old workmanship that has the point of taking the expert back to the genuine self. The old sacred texts disclose to us that the genuine self is the condition of happiness. It is a condition of inward satisfaction. The sage Patanjali who composed the 'Yoga Sutra' - an old recorded content on yoga systematizing the framework to date - gave the meaning of yoga as 'Yoga chiti vriti nirodha'. This interprets from the first Sanskrit into English to implying that yoga is the halting of the variances of the mind. Generally there have been two fundamental ways of yoga - raja yoga and hatha yoga - and these both at last go for power over the brain. Asana practice - the act of yoga stances - was made so as to settle us for sitting during reflection. Yoga was made eventually to bring us into contemplation and consequently more profound conditions of mindfulness. Dhyana Presently the following inquiry emerges what is reflection or dhyana in Sanskrit? Reflection is the stilling of the brain by the stilling of the body. Likewise pranayama - the breathing methods of yoga - plan to at present the breath consequently still the psyche. Our meditational rehearses in yoga help us to defeat the inner self. The conscience is independence. Be that as it may, as a general rule we are altogether associated and with yoga we understand this association. The meaning of yoga is association. Through the act of yoga one understands the relationship between the you who you think you are, that is your individual cognizance, and the you who you truly are - that is you are a piece of a preeminent awareness. So as to rise above between the individual cognizance and the incomparable awareness one needs to beat the personality. Also, so as to defeat the conscience we need what the Upanishad writings depict as Vivek Chudamani. This is the crown gem of the intensity of segregation over what is genuine and what isn't. Thus we should almost certainly observe that truly there is no I however that we are altogether associated. We have to build up coming back to the genuine self - or what is self acknowledgment. Self acknowledgment is generally distinguishing yourself as harmony and satisfaction. When you have made this genuine distinguishing proof you will simply emanate harmony and joy. The Chakras One method for seeing yoga is regarding the chakras (vitality focuses inside us). Presently yoga goes for a definitive working of all the chakras inside us. This lifts us from individual awareness to incomparable cognizance. The Vedas Presently the Vedas - the sacred texts which discussion about information - state that there are three imperfections in the brain. These are mala which is earth, squander, over the top musings and feelings. At that point there is vikshep which is insecurity and after that there is avaran which means spread. The nearness of avaran implies that it is extremely difficult for us to see reality. The antiquated way of thinking of India was named Sanathana Dharma which can be deciphered as importance the everlasting law. It saw everything known to mankind as being associated, as having an otherworldly association - that is man, creatures, nature, the entire universe. In Vedic occasions - the occasions wherein the Vedas were composed - the world was called Vasudevakudambakam which means one world family. When we think about the world as one family, we experience genuine otherworldliness. The world around then was viewed as being past the distinctions achieved by race, nation or religion. Otherworldliness is tied in with seeing the solidarity in every way. The Paths of Yoga Proceeding onward from this information, it is significant for us to comprehend that there are a few distinct ways of yoga all of which lead us back to self acknowledgment or internal satisfaction. Karma yoga is the yoga of activity. It is tied in with expelling mala. There are two unique kinds of activity or karma. Sakam includes searching for the product of one's activities though nishkam is cleaner. It includes not searching for the product's of one's activities but rather acting through an unadulterated heart and unadulterated personality with no idea for desire. Carrying on with an existence of nishkam karma prompts a more joyful, all the more all around adjusted and tranquil life. Bhakti yoga is the yoga of commitment. There exists contingent dedication, anyway unqualified commitment is what is expected to expel vikshep or flimsiness. Gyana yoga is the yoga of learning. It exists so as to evacuate avaran or spread. Gyana yoga gabs about the idea of cognizance. Presently the idea of awareness can be depicted as 'sat chit anand'. 'Sat' is presence or truth. We are altogether godlike as in we are largely spirits and the spirit itself is interminable. This is our actual nature. We are all looking for our actual undying selves - our spirits. This is the reason we continually intend to carry on with a more extended life - we are attempting to associate with our actual selves - our eternal spirits. 'Chit' is astuteness - subsequently we are on the whole searching for intelligence, we are searching for the insight that characteristically is inside all of us. 'Anand' is delight. Satisfaction is what we have all consistently searched for and in the most profound center of our creatures we are all basically joy or joy. Based on sat chit anand we are generally searching for self acknowledgment or inward satisfaction through learning. Raja yoga is the royal way. Similarly as a lord brings lawfulness into his kingdom, the expert of raja yoga runs the kingdom inside - the kingdom of the faculties, so as opposed to being ruled by the faculties, the yogi is in a condition of harmony and has his/her faculties leveled out. The yogi brings peace inside. Vedanta After the Vedic time of Indian way of thinking, the Vedantic time frame started. Vedanta implies the part of the arrangement - the time where information stops and self acknowledgment starts. Inside the Vedantic convention of reasoning, we read that there are five layers over the awareness which prevent us from relating to what our identity is. We are for the most part quite made up for lost time in these 5 layers that we think we are these 5 layers. These layers are referred to in Vedanta as the 'panch kosha'. The word 'panch' signifies five and the word 'kosha' signifies envelopes or covers over our cognizance. With the act of yoga we move towards the deepest layer. The principal layer is known as the sustenance body or the physical body. This is known as the annamaya kosha. It is our physical body made out of the nutritients we have eaten - protein, minerals, etc. Commonly we distinguish ourselves with the physical body and don't look past that. Notwithstanding when we are just taking a gander at the physical body understand that the sustenance we gobble makes up our body and our cerebrum. In this way by eating soundly and furthermore by practicing we keep up a solid and thus cheerful physical and mental state. The subsequent layer is known as the pranamaya kosha and this is the vitality or etheric body. Prana can be called breath, oxygen or crucial vitality and identifies with the chi of Chinese way of thinking. Oxygen is required for each cell of our body. Trees and plants discharge oxygen consequently we feel invigorated when we are encompassed by and at one with nature. The third layer is known as the manomaya kosha or the psychological body. From this understanding we can value that the brain and the body are associated. This is the reason we are physically increasingly sound when we keep an inspirational viewpoint. Chuckling and satisfaction consistently make great wellbeing. The fourth layer is the gyanamaya kosha or natural body. This is the place we experience our intuition. The responses to the majority of our inquiries are found as a general rule in the fourth layer. What's more, to be in the consciousness of the fifth layer is our definitive point as yogis - this is the joy body - or anandmaya kosha. We experience this when we have risen above the self image totally and have turned out to be mindful of who we really are and our association with all the fixings. Yoga is a voyage that takes us from annamaya kosha to anandmaya kosha. When we have come to anandmaya kosha we at that point live in the happiness body. It tends to be said that contemplation is a training that enables us to go past the psyche and faculties to the more profound levels to see who we genuinely are. Inside the acts of yoga, asanas deal with the nourishment body, pranayama takes a shot at the vitality body and dhyana or reflection chips away at the psychological body. Henceforth the three practices of yoga push us further and further towards the most profound kosha. Turiya A 'turiya' is an individual who has risen above the five koshas. The Turiya state is simply the supernatural. It isn't influenced by anything - neither preferences nor hates. It is in a reasonable state. When we arrive at this state - when we are in the euphoria body - at that point we are past both delight and torment. We practice yoga so as to move away from being the body, the brain and the breath and simply move to being the individual within. The Ashtanga The raja yoga of Patanjali discusses controlling the brain and subsequently the breath and thus the body. It has eight appendages connected to it - the asthanga. The word asht implies eight and the word anga implies appendages. The initial steps of the asthanga are yama and niyama. Yama are social principles and guidelines and niyama are close to home standards and guidelines. Simply these two appendages alone are sufficient to give one self acknowledgment. Different ways of yoga likewise take one to self acknowledgment. To talk about these further, yama incorporates ahimsa (peacefulness), satya (truth and genuineness, asteya (non taking), bramacharya (working as indicated by the incomparable awareness - which prompts acting in equalization) and aparigraha (non gathering or a feeling of non ownership). Business Name: AgapeYogaandFitness.com Street Address: 1920 Terracina Drive Suite 200 City: Sacramento State: CA Zip Code: 95834 Phone Number: 916 835 7717 Website: www.AgapeYogaandFitness.com Business Email: [email protected] Business Hours: Mo - Fr 5PM - 8PM Saturday: 8:30AM to 11AM

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Yoga Philosophy

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How Habit Boredom Makes You Abandon Your Goals

Recently, powered by an outing down the bunny opening that is Pinterest's slug journaling recommendations, I found another approach to make a propensity for cleaning my home: propensity following.

I set up my new propensity tracker like a game board, with every one of my day by day housekeeping tasks formed like an alternate Tetris piece. Every night, I attracted and shaded each piece comparing to the majority of the cleaning errands I'd dealt with that day. In the wake of shading in my load up each night for five weeks, I was sure beyond a shadow of a doubt that this time I would at long last accomplish my objective of having an easily and constantly clean house.

I was doing everything ideal as indicated by propensity look into. I'd made a game to give myself extraneous inspiration until the new propensity dominated. Rehashing that propensity consistently for a considerable length of time implied I was well on my way to my objective.

Lamentably, I'm right now sitting in a house that is a wreck, and I haven't refreshed my board since March.

Notably, achieving an objective can be staggeringly troublesome regardless of whether you set yourself up for progress by making another propensity. That is a direct result of something many refer to as "propensity weariness," which is the debilitating of your positive passionate reaction to an activity once it winds up ongoing.

This is what you have to think about how propensity weariness can make mishaps with your objectives, exactly when you believe you're at last on your approach to contacting them.

Understanding propensity fatigue

Building up great propensities has for some time been touted as an approach to achieve your objectives. All things considered, scientists have discovered that around 40 percent of your day by day exercises are performed routinely. Making advantageous propensities — like putting things away, making a sack lunch to take to work every day, and drinking a glass of water before every supper — can guarantee that your activities are moving in the direction of your objectives of a cleaner house, better funds, and improved wellbeing.

The issue is that deliberately making another and valuable propensity implies you have an enthusiastic reaction to it. For example, you may feel pleased with yourself when you start your propensity for preparing a lunch every day. See you, beginning another cash sparing propensity! You can puff out your chest with satisfaction as you ascertain the amount you're sparing with each natively constructed sandwich.

In any case, that passionate reaction won't be very as solid on day 17. That is on the grounds that the way toward making a propensity additionally numbs your passionate reaction to that propensity. At the end of the day, as the propensity assumes control over, you're bound to feel exhausted by it, since it's never again novel.

By that point, putting together some turkey and cheddar on wheat is never again something to be glad for — it's simply Tuesday. Furthermore, when your colleagues inquire as to whether you need to look at the new taco truck, the way that you never again have a forceful passionate association with your lunch-production propensity implies it'll be anything but difficult to give your poor sandwich a chance to get saturated in the icebox while you appreciate a few tacos.

Combatting propensity weariness

Some portion of the issue with propensity weariness is the way that you may not understand that is for what reason you're deserting your recently framed propensity. It might appear to be reasonable to simply avoid your new standard one time since you're drained, eager, occupied, or generally unfit to give the ongoing move a chance to make over.

Notwithstanding, propensity fatigue means you're impervious to making your typical dark colored sack lunch the following day, as well. Furthermore, the one after that.

There are a few different ways to keep propensity fatigue from destroying all your advancement, be that as it may.

Become hopelessly enamored with the weariness

Propensity and efficiency master James Clear writes in his book Atomic Habits that really first class objective setters figure out how to appreciate the fatigue of their propensities. On the off chance that the main way to turn into an Olympic competitor is to go through every day doing exhausting, tedious athletic activities, at that point those people who are fit for discovering approaches to appreciate the fatigue have an advantage over the individuals who crave doing one more set is about as intriguing as watching paint dry.

So how would you approach experiencing passionate feelings for fatigue?

Pair your exhausting propensity with something novel. Adding a fun helper to your new propensity can enable you to prop up with a propensity that has lost its sheen. For example, in case you're attempting to keep your dark colored pack lunch propensity going, you could utilize fun and brilliant nourishment stockpiling, begin cutting your sandwiches into shapes, or even test with plans and bites you've for the longest time been itching to attempt.

Band together with a companion. You presumably definitely realize that activity is progressively fun with a mate. So is some other exhausting, monotonous propensity. In case you're attempting to build up a cash sparing propensity, accomplice up with a companion who is additionally attempting to begin another propensity. Considering each other responsible can help you both remain on track when propensity weariness strikes.

Grasp the procedure direction

We by and large build up new propensities since we have an objective as a top priority. The issue is that propensity weariness can make us feel like we've fizzled if the fatigue strikes before we've achieved the objective.

When you're centered exclusively around an objective, regardless of whether that objective is a cleaner house, better funds, or improved wellbeing, you frequently center around the inquiry, "Would i be able to do this?" as opposed to "How would I do this?" The main inquiry accept that disappointment is a choice. The second accept that you will succeed and prompts you to make sense of your procedure for doing as such.

That is the reason the procedure direction, which spotlights on the most proficient method to accomplish something, is bound to prompt achievement. The core value of procedure direction is the mantra "there are no disappointments, just inadequate arrangements."

On the off chance that your propensity weariness drives you to forsaking your new propensity, there's no compelling reason to feel like you're never going to achieve your objective. You simply need to change your answer for check whether it'll better assistance you achieve it. When you're available to wondering why something didn't work, you're bound to discover an answer that will work as opposed to just relinquish the propensity and objective out and out.

The twofold edged sword of propensities

Turning into an animal of propensity can complete a lot to enable you to achieve your objectives in case you're deliberate about your propensities. Yet, individuals are not machines that can be modified and left to run.

We have to reliably change our propensities, enjoy our requirement for inspiration and oddity, and perceive that achieving our objectives is a procedure that may require various fits and begins.

Sadly for me, that implies not by any means a delightfully rendered projectile diary Tetris board is certain to defeat the issue of propensity weariness.

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Yoga Philosophy

Yoga is an old craftsmanship that goes path past the act of asanas - stances. It is a way of thinking that returns to the occasions before the religions existed over 2,000 years prior. It is a way of thinking that discussions about association. It discusses joining between every single person and furthermore about association with a more noteworthy vitality that itself interfaces all of us. What is Yoga? Yoga is an old workmanship that has the point of taking the expert back to the genuine self. The old sacred texts disclose to us that the genuine self is the condition of happiness. It is a condition of inward satisfaction. The sage Patanjali who composed the 'Yoga Sutra' - an old recorded content on yoga systematizing the framework to date - gave the meaning of yoga as 'Yoga chiti vriti nirodha'. This interprets from the first Sanskrit into English to implying that yoga is the halting of the variances of the mind. Generally there have been two fundamental ways of yoga - raja yoga and hatha yoga - and these both at last go for power over the brain. Asana practice - the act of yoga stances - was made so as to settle us for sitting during reflection. Yoga was made eventually to bring us into contemplation and consequently more profound conditions of mindfulness. Dhyana Presently the following inquiry emerges what is reflection or dhyana in Sanskrit? Reflection is the stilling of the brain by the stilling of the body. Likewise pranayama - the breathing methods of yoga - plan to at present the breath consequently still the psyche. Our meditational rehearses in yoga help us to defeat the inner self. The conscience is independence. Be that as it may, as a general rule we are altogether associated and with yoga we understand this association. The meaning of yoga is association. Through the act of yoga one understands the relationship between the you who you think you are, that is your individual cognizance, and the you who you truly are - that is you are a piece of a preeminent awareness. So as to rise above between the individual cognizance and the incomparable awareness one needs to beat the personality. Also, so as to defeat the conscience we need what the Upanishad writings depict as Vivek Chudamani. This is the crown gem of the intensity of segregation over what is genuine and what isn't. Thus we should almost certainly observe that truly there is no I however that we are altogether associated. We have to build up coming back to the genuine self - or what is self acknowledgment. Self acknowledgment is generally distinguishing yourself as harmony and satisfaction. When you have made this genuine distinguishing proof you will simply emanate harmony and joy. The Chakras One method for seeing yoga is regarding the chakras (vitality focuses inside us). Presently yoga goes for a definitive working of all the chakras inside us. This lifts us from individual awareness to incomparable cognizance. The Vedas Presently the Vedas - the sacred texts which discussion about information - state that there are three imperfections in the brain. These are mala which is earth, squander, over the top musings and feelings. At that point there is vikshep which is insecurity and after that there is avaran which means spread. The nearness of avaran implies that it is extremely difficult for us to see reality. The antiquated way of thinking of India was named Sanathana Dharma which can be deciphered as importance the everlasting law. It saw everything known to mankind as being associated, as having an otherworldly association - that is man, creatures, nature, the entire universe. In Vedic occasions - the occasions wherein the Vedas were composed - the world was called Vasudevakudambakam which means one world family. When we think about the world as one family, we experience genuine otherworldliness. The world around then was viewed as being past the distinctions achieved by race, nation or religion. Otherworldliness is tied in with seeing the solidarity in every way. The Paths of Yoga Proceeding onward from this information, it is significant for us to comprehend that there are a few distinct ways of yoga all of which lead us back to self acknowledgment or internal satisfaction. Karma yoga is the yoga of activity. It is tied in with expelling mala. There are two unique kinds of activity or karma. Sakam includes searching for the product of one's activities though nishkam is cleaner. It includes not searching for the product's of one's activities but rather acting through an unadulterated heart and unadulterated personality with no idea for desire. Carrying on with an existence of nishkam karma prompts a more joyful, all the more all around adjusted and tranquil life. Bhakti yoga is the yoga of commitment. There exists contingent dedication, anyway unqualified commitment is what is expected to expel vikshep or flimsiness. Gyana yoga is the yoga of learning. It exists so as to evacuate avaran or spread. Gyana yoga gabs about the idea of cognizance. Presently the idea of awareness can be depicted as 'sat chit anand'. 'Sat' is presence or truth. We are altogether godlike as in we are largely spirits and the spirit itself is interminable. This is our actual nature. We are all looking for our actual undying selves - our spirits. This is the reason we continually intend to carry on with a more extended life - we are attempting to associate with our actual selves - our eternal spirits. 'Chit' is astuteness - subsequently we are on the whole searching for intelligence, we are searching for the insight that characteristically is inside all of us. 'Anand' is delight. Satisfaction is what we have all consistently searched for and in the most profound center of our creatures we are all basically joy or joy. Based on sat chit anand we are generally searching for self acknowledgment or inward satisfaction through learning. Raja yoga is the royal way. Similarly as a lord brings lawfulness into his kingdom, the expert of raja yoga runs the kingdom inside - the kingdom of the faculties, so as opposed to being ruled by the faculties, the yogi is in a condition of harmony and has his/her faculties leveled out. The yogi brings peace inside. Vedanta After the Vedic time of Indian way of thinking, the Vedantic time frame started. Vedanta implies the part of the arrangement - the time where information stops and self acknowledgment starts. Inside the Vedantic convention of reasoning, we read that there are five layers over the awareness which prevent us from relating to what our identity is. We are for the most part quite made up for lost time in these 5 layers that we think we are these 5 layers. These layers are referred to in Vedanta as the 'panch kosha'. The word 'panch' signifies five and the word 'kosha' signifies envelopes or covers over our cognizance. With the act of yoga we move towards the deepest layer. The principal layer is known as the sustenance body or the physical body. This is known as the annamaya kosha. It is our physical body made out of the nutritients we have eaten - protein, minerals, etc. Commonly we distinguish ourselves with the physical body and don't look past that. Notwithstanding when we are just taking a gander at the physical body understand that the sustenance we gobble makes up our body and our cerebrum. In this way by eating soundly and furthermore by practicing we keep up a solid and thus cheerful physical and mental state. The subsequent layer is known as the pranamaya kosha and this is the vitality or etheric body. Prana can be called breath, oxygen or crucial vitality and identifies with the chi of Chinese way of thinking. Oxygen is required for each cell of our body. Trees and plants discharge oxygen consequently we feel invigorated when we are encompassed by and at one with nature. The third layer is known as the manomaya kosha or the psychological body. From this understanding we can value that the brain and the body are associated. This is the reason we are physically increasingly sound when we keep an inspirational viewpoint. Chuckling and satisfaction consistently make great wellbeing. The fourth layer is the gyanamaya kosha or natural body. This is the place we experience our intuition. The responses to the majority of our inquiries are found as a general rule in the fourth layer. What's more, to be in the consciousness of the fifth layer is our definitive point as yogis - this is the joy body - or anandmaya kosha. We experience this when we have risen above the self image totally and have turned out to be mindful of who we really are and our association with all the fixings. Yoga is a voyage that takes us from annamaya kosha to anandmaya kosha. When we have come to anandmaya kosha we at that point live in the happiness body. It tends to be said that contemplation is a training that enables us to go past the psyche and faculties to the more profound levels to see who we genuinely are. Inside the acts of yoga, asanas deal with the nourishment body, pranayama takes a shot at the vitality body and dhyana or reflection chips away at the psychological body. Henceforth the three practices of yoga push us further and further towards the most profound kosha. Turiya A 'turiya' is an individual who has risen above the five koshas. The Turiya state is simply the supernatural. It isn't influenced by anything - neither preferences nor hates. It is in a reasonable state. When we arrive at this state - when we are in the euphoria body - at that point we are past both delight and torment. We practice yoga so as to move away from being the body, the brain and the breath and simply move to being the individual within. The Ashtanga The raja yoga of Patanjali discusses controlling the brain and subsequently the breath and thus the body. It has eight appendages connected to it - the asthanga. The word asht implies eight and the word anga implies appendages. The initial steps of the asthanga are yama and niyama. Yama are social principles and guidelines and niyama are close to home standards and guidelines. Simply these two appendages alone are sufficient to give one self acknowledgment. Different ways of yoga likewise take one to self acknowledgment. To talk about these further, yama incorporates ahimsa (peacefulness), satya (truth and genuineness, asteya (non taking), bramacharya (working as indicated by the incomparable awareness - which prompts acting in equalization) and aparigraha (non gathering or a feeling of non ownership). Niyama incorporates sauch (neatness including mental tidiness), santosh (happiness), tapa (somberness or self-control), swadhyaya (self investigation) and Ishwar parnidhan (confidence in the Supreme or seeing Reno Yoga Studios map BUSINESS ADDRESS: Sparkle Yoga 465 S Meadows Pkwy #11, Reno, NV 89521 C6QP+MV Reno, Nevada WEBSITE: https://sparkleyogareno.com/ PH: (760) 505-0952

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