Donna Quesada
I teach an unconventional eastern philosophy class to large groups at Santa Monica College, where my students and I "tune-in" before lecture. We stop, we greet the day, we breathe, we meditate and we listen to the delicious music, if only for a few minutes, or so.
I believe that as teachers, we teach just as much through our presence and our way of being, as through our words. I believe we are in a unique position to uplift others and I also believe we are all teachers in some way.
I am also honored to be able to call myself a teacher of Kundalini Yoga. I teach in my own studio, as well as in the eminent Yoga West. I have an affinity for all spiritual practices and wisdom teachings and have received training in the Zen tradition. I live with my family in the heart of cinema land, Culver City, CA, where you'll likely find me walking my beloved little terrier, Marcel.
“To see change is at the same time to allow change.”
“Think of the jazz improv artist responding to the musical banter among her fellow players onstage. Aside from whatever training they've done in advance, as soon as the curtain opens, they move into unknown territory together, creating something new each time by remaining in a state of undivided presence.”
“Each situation is a blossom to be picked with a curious spirit.”
“The effects you will have on your students are infinite and currently unknown; you will possibly shape the way they proceed in their careers, the way they will vote, the way they will behave as partners and spouses, the way they will raise their kids.”
“You don't think your way back to joy; you open to it.”
“What we can change is our perceptions, which have the effect of changing everything.”
“When you blame, you open up a world of excuses, because as long as you're looking outside, you miss the opportunity to look inside, and you continue to suffer.”
“When you catch yourself slipping into a pool of negativity, notice how it derives from nothing other than resistance to the current situation.”
“Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be seen as a willingness to act from the heart.”