I Release...

I Release...

Today "I Released" all the things that no longer serve my highest good. I woke up this morning feeling tired and depressed and turned to my yoga practice. Yoga Camp day 11, has been so rewarding. I realized that when you let go off the stuff you no longer need, that becomes like psychic junk that clogs the forward momentum of your life, you can move farther along a path that is closer to your destiny. From there you can begin to arrive in the places you need to be, what Janet Attwood in "The Passion Test" calls your "markers" -- the spots that serves as dogears to the pages in the book that is your life. And the things you need for your journey begin to show up effortlessly.

Today, I enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving meal with my close friend Jay at the house of some of his dear friends. I had a Friend's giving. I felt so welcomed as we all held hands around the table, expressing what each of us was grateful for. We had fun and played games, and there were moments when I laughed so hard, I almost cried. I haven't done that in so long that I can't remember. I had this overwhelming sense that I was right where I needed to in in that space in time. I am truly grateful and blessed, and I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!

I Am Present

I Am Present

Today's mantra "I Am Present", reminds us to take notice of every little thing and to be totally there in the moment. Going through the motions can sometimes be us unaware and dull our senses to the full experience of life. If we are going through a time in our life where we feel numb, out-of-it, listless, unfocused, a great first step toward wholeness is to simple notice.

Earlier before my yoga, I was at my friend Meo's place again and I walked to Safeway to get something I needed. When I came across the Starbucks they had inside, I found myself craving a latte. When you are in a financial state like I am at the moment, where everything is budgeted, you can start to feel sorry for yourself. I remembered at the point, that I had a three dollar balance on my Starbucks card. All I had to do was add another dollar or two and YAY latte! As I walked back to Meo's sipping my latte, I suddenly remembered all the times when my finances were better, that I purchased several lattes a week without a thought to how lucky I was. I savored each taste of my latte with a renewed sense of appreciation and gratitude. I made a resolution then and there, that I would be grateful for each reward and joy in my life not matter how small. The next time I am able to purchase lattes whenever I want, I will treasure each and everyone and feel blessed. Meanwhile, as I was really enjoying my current cup of coffee, I realized that if I wanted another cup, all I had to do was put that intention out into the universe and one would show up. When I got back to Meo's place, I noticed a coupon for $1 off a latte at Starbucks Safeway. I took that as I sign that there were more coffee cups in my future.

I was with this attitude of positivity that I rolled out the yoga mat I borrowed from Meo and started Day 10 of Yoga Camp on the Yoga With Adriene YouTube channel. I feel so happy that this channel is on there to enjoy, and that people like Adriene take time out of their busy schedules to allow people to benefit from the practice of yoga, so that even if it isn't in their current budget to attend a yoga class that can still deepen their practice. In her practice I was reminded yet again about the importance of being present. I could see the colors of the artwork around me, the masks and plants, the light flowing in through the window, and hear the rhythmic inhalations and exhalations of my breath. I thought to myself, this is yoga! "I Am Present!"

I Am Bold

"I Am Bold"

I am making bold statements today. Clearing the air about misunderstandings, making myself heard, and setting boundaries. It is time for me to create the life that I want, to get out of my current financial quandary, and move ahead to a brighter, bigger and yes, much bolder future. Adriene has been such a reminder for me that I am a whole and healthy individual who deserves respect and that I am enough. In the soft light of this Scorpio new moon, it's time for deep reflections, even deeper feelings and to live with all the passionate fervor that my body and soul can muster. Even if I make mistakes or stumble, that's OK. I pick myself up, dust myself back off and remember to breathe. I just take my days one breath at a time and live from my truth with an authentic mind and heart until my very being vibrates with the joy and rightness of it!

I Choose! 11/20/17

I Choose!

Today I woke up feeling a large amount of anxiety about the current status of my financial well-being. I started worrying and fretting and feeling at a loss. Where was all my support? Falling away. That is when my close friend Jay enfolding me in his arms and I was reminded that there are a myriad of people around my who do support me. I remembered the lessons of yesterday's practice and started to take slow deep breaths, repeating the mantra "I Am Supported" with every inhale and
allowing the toxic thoughts of stress to flow out on every exhale. I went into my the Yoga With Adriene Yoga Camp practice this morning with some residual fears that started to melt away with the affirmation. "I Choose". I choose to be peaceful, loving, grounded, safe, supported and kind to myself and others. There are a variety of ways I can choose to spend my existence and a myriad of positive intentions I can choose to bring into my world and thus spread out into the world. "I Choose."

Note: Today I will be posting two separate blogs. This is actually yesterday's blog which I didn't get to post. So do today there will be two blogs, one for today and another for yesterday.

I Am Capable!

I Am Capable!

What am I capable of? I pondered this question as I flowed through the challenging poses in Day 7 of Yoga Camp on Yoga With Adriene. The answer I keep coming up with is ANYTHING! So then why am I procrastinating, putting "hard tasks" off for later, doubting myself, fearing the outcome of decisions, limiting my dreams to safer options, wondering what other people will think about certain life decisions? Of course the answer is fear. I read a blog about a week ago where this amazing woman said that she had made a choice to give up on fear after remembering a question her sister had asked her. The woman's sister had said "How would your life be if you never considered fear?" I decided that I was going to put that into practice. For better or for worse, I'm going to put concerted effort into conquering all the fears I noted above -- the unknowns. I invite my readers to as well. Only you know what those are -- the monsters that lurk deep in your subconscious. It's time the air them out and turn them into fuzzy stuffed animals. Go ahead and try it. I know all of our lives will be better for it. We are capable!

I Am Supported!

I Am Supported!

It's wonderful to feel supported in your life in your goals and hopes and dreams. I love repeating this mantra. When you feel supported, it affirms your place in the world and your self-assurance that you live in a state in which you are loved by those around you and in which the very universe itself has your back! This is an amazing zone to be in. It is the home of the nourished and balanced root chakra to solar plexus connection. You realized that you are grounded into the all the bounties that mother earth has to offer by accessing a healthy root chakra. Your sacral chakra is swimming and navigating the waves in the ocean of your existence with ease and fluidity, flowing around each bump and bend in the river. And your solar plexus is beaming with sunny energy and you are in control of all of your emotions, happy to see the joy that others can enjoy and you use your considerable amount of personal power for both your highest good and for that of others. This flows into you heart chakra and the path of enlightenment grows upwards from there. Imagine this. Be it. Live it. Say "I Am Supported!"

I Am Alive!

I Am Alive!

Today's yoga practice reminded me that I am alive and that I am full of gratitude to be so blessed to be living on this planet at this time, when the work that I am choosing to do as an energy practitioner and healer, as a writer and creator and as an soul being, is vital and important to the amount of healing that is needed in the world. If I can be just a small part of that positive equation than I can count myself lucky. Today, I am alive with strength, creativity, truth, love and joy. "I Am Alive!"