And a couple of courses that sounded like kitsch on paper were truly joyful in practice.
At the monastery in southern Arizona, the monks practice joyful mourning.
This article is adapted from The Anxious Lawyer: An 8-Week Guide to a Joyful and Satisfying Law Practice Through Mindfulness and Meditation, an imprint of Ankerwycke, trade imprint of ABA Publishing.
Both were born in Belize, and their songs, part of their spiritual practice, have a joyful Caribbean lilt.
But as I approached the museum, proverbial olive branch in hand, my auditory senses picked up on the joyful noise of a football practice taking place nearby.
"Since I've been working with Patricia, I've decided to play tennis with a smile on my face, which was hard the past years," said Martinez, never the most diligent in practice or most joyful on court.
When we are in a state of holiness, of connection with the Divine, it feels new and joyful, even if a given practice that helped us come into that state of holiness is ancient and well-rehearsed.
In the 1970s he could work like this for only about an hour, but with practice this became seven hours of joyful, obsessional concentration.
Exercise should be JOYFUL.
For me, the beginning of becoming unconstricted, more joyful, and more successful came with a committed meditation practice.
