Live And Let Live

My reflections today have let me learn yet another lesson. I'm constantly learning from life itself and navigating the more difficult currents in it's ebb and flow. I understand what it fully means to really embrace the concept of 'live and let live.' I've found that it's not something you can force yourself to understand but will come to you in the aftermath of life's many altering occurrences. As I develop my Root chakra, I'm comprehending more and more that with the strength that undoubtedly comes from cultivating a strong one, temperance balances out any over-bearing habits I might have. In dealing with people this is a good trait to have especially when interacting with the ones we know the best. Using this attitude allows me to accept that everyone that crosses my path doesn't have to necessarily understand my vision. Their way is unique to them. Sometimes in life knowing that means respecting the life choices and decisions those close to you make, even if it is sad or uncomfortable for you. This isn't always easy, but knowing your own purpose and living it out in an unshakable manner will give you a way of allowing them their own personal journey. In that sense, whether you find a way to co-exist with them or your paths only cross for a time, you can be happy with the knowledge that you are both on the roads that you each have chosen.

Channelling My Inner Fire

Today I realized an important point about myself. Through yoga, meditation and energy work, I'm am finding more of my inner strength -- the resolve to move forward and triumph despite many odds that have been thrown in my path. I look at today as a bright and hopeful part of the realization that I have started a flame inside myself. With each new problem I face that fire seems to burn brighter and brighter. A voice inside of my says 'even though things are dark at the moment look to the torch that no one can ever extinguish.' My meditation and self-reflection allow me to see that this is the shoring up of the foundation of who I am; the nourishing of my Root chakra. In the journey ahead of my I know that whatever happens that fire will never go out. So I hope to spread a little of this spirit out to every mother today, so she can remember that if she just has a little faith in herself, she can handle anything life throws her way. And that even in her darkest hour, the most powerful light she possesses resides with herself. Happy Mother's Day!

Photo Credits: Salvatore Vuono

Realizing My Limits

I mentioned in a previous post in April that I was dealing with chronic anemia. Dealing with this issue has been a humbling experience. I'm not the raging ball of energy that I used to be. Slowly, with energy work, chakra balancing and yoga poses that soothe my condition along with herbal therapy, I'm regaining much of my strength back.  I know that my anemia is directly related to my need to boost my Root chakra. My kidneys have also taken a beating and are slowing repairing themselves as well. Sometimes at the end of the day, my limbs will be swollen and heavy with edema. Evening yoga is very helpful in not only de-stressing from the rigors after work, but in relieving much of the swelling from my extremities. I'm using a combination of organic nettle tea, burdock root, and dandelion tea as loose herbs and steeping them into a tea 2-3 times each day. I'm also taking 2-3 times per day alfalfa tablets and once per day 3 tablespoons of liquid chlorophyll. Lately I've also added to the mix the recommendation that a lifelong friend and companion gave to me call Digestacure. It's the best gift I'd had in a long time because it's given me back more of my precious energy. Take a look at their website here. I've only been taking it for 1 week and already I'm noticing a slight change in my condition with small but steady improvements day by day. There are good days when I feel almost normal and bad days when I'm exhausted, but I feel so positive about healing and I know I'm on the right track. The key to beating this is patience and willpower. Through all of this I still feel myself moving in a powerful direction like the proverbial tortoise sure and unrushed. Nothing can shake my stride!

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Winding Down The Week

I'm feeling a common thread between yesterday and today. Is it the end of the week that is starting something incredible, or is this mounting energy I feel just a surge that is momentary and will soon fade away. I'm confident that it is something permanent and lasting, that will permeate every facet of my existence. My meditation session today was even more powerful then the one before and I know that something special is happening here. It's really cool to be right where I am right now, somewhere on the verge of an ending and a beginning. In this space I'm wrapped in promise and nostalgia; feeling the harshness of my past right along with the warm fuzzy moments, and mirroring that in the dreams and adventure of my future. In the clarity of this half-light, I can truly see myself as an individual -- who I was, who I am and who I am becoming. This is the moment of tomorrows, the stuff that sets the road for greatness and shapes who you will become. I'm embracing that eventuality with courage and stamina. My daily practice keeps me strong and agile, my meditation calm in the face of the storm and focused, and EFT releases me from myself. I think I've found the perfect trio.

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Floating Away

Today I was feeling a little less than grounded. I managed to pull myself back into shape with a centering session of yoga and a long meditation at its completion. I let myself relax naturally into each pose reflecting on the progress I've made so far. I let the colors of my concentration  each of my chakras as I reflected in utter silence. I tuned out and tuned in. It was a wonderful thing and I'm just taking the time to absorb it all and let my subconscious sink in. I'm creating something here -- a beautiful life!

Embracing My Inner Strength

As time goes by I am realizing how powerful I can truly become in my resolution to rebuild myself from the ground up. Essentially that is what I'm doing energetically. In rejuvenating my Root chakra, I am creating a whole new me, different, but the same from the foundation where it counts and growing out of that base to blossom into something untouched and uncharted. I feel the burst of awareness bubbling up and spilling over to invade my consciousness and it's a wonderful thing. I'm embracing the unfurling of my Kundalini energy, my "serpent fire" and facing life with the passion that that invokes. It's only appropriate that the color red represents the 1st chakra. It's bold, confident and it charges ahead with beauty and life.

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Grounding In My Root Chakra

I'm putting more attention on my root chakra to work on getting more of a sense of being anchored. Today when working with meditation on the color red I really felt empowered. I imagined the a large red circular mass spinning clockwise. It radiated from the base of my spine all the way to the tips of my toes and I kept at to see how long I could maintain that picture in my mind's eye. I was an exercise in concentration and focus and picturing vivid shade of crimson had wonderful effects on the energy of my root chakra. I'm also working with chakra clearing with EFT and utilizing yoga poses that encourage a strong base and a flexible spine like Uttanasana and Janu Sirsasana pose. At this point I'm not really looking for results I can quantify in any real sense, but I'm searching more for the feeling of improvement. I'm enjoying the space that I'm etching out for myself right now and where I am on my journey. I feel as if I have all the time in the world to keep growing.