As I began teaching yoga in Costa Mesa, California in the 1970s, I met a nun named Sister Margarita. She was middle-aged, full of love and joy — a very happy person. Her message was that the Christian life was not meant to be one of sin and regret but of living full of joy, seeing and acknowledging the wonder of life.
As I was teaching yoga in Southern California in the 1970s, a group of nuns began taking my classes. One was Sister Margarita who happened to be quite famous. She spoke to huge gatherings of thousands of people around the world.
Sister Margarita had a beautiful message — that it is important to recognize one’s sins, ask for forgiveness and then repent. She emphasized, however, that we are not meant to focus on sin all the time, but on God and God’s creation. Christianity is about joy, love and wonder. She would say: Tell me 300 wonderful things about yourself. (Most of her listeners could only think of three or four.) She taught and demonstrated that life is meant to be full of happiness and delight.
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