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!"

I Awaken

I Awaken!

"I Awaken!" joy, truth, clarity, peace and understanding. I showed up to my yoga practice today because sometimes you just have to get onto the mat and let it all out. I can feel the seeds of commitment to my practice taking root and bearing fruit. My practice today signaled the start of some deep hidden awareness from within me. I opened space for questions of existence and awareness. It let in infinite possibilities.

I Embrace

"I Embrace"

Day 3 of the Yoga Camp 30 Day Yoga Challenge on the Yoga With Adriene Youtube channel starts out perfectly. I'm am spending the day with my close friend Meo who is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) student in training. I have had a particularly stressful week fulfilling my duties as a Culture Editor at the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) newspaper The Guardsman. And that week is not yet over. I'm pursuing a liberal arts degree at CCSF, with a focus on journalism and
music. I'm am under constant deadlines and the tension that can build up in my body is literally palpable. I have been able to unwind with this 30 day practice in ways that I cannot even begin to express. Being at Meo's place also allows a sense of calm and focus to take place within my energy body. His house always smells of the homemade incense he cooks up, and herbal teas and is alive with positive vibes and crystal energy.

It was an honor to be able to practice yoga in his space and be treated to the wholesome vegetarian fare that he serves. Day 3's motto is "I Embrace". There couldn't be a better phrase for me right now. The practice reminded me that even in times of chaos, the universe can provide a quiet sanctuary in the eye of the storm - a balm of succor for the weary soul. It can be a portal into the realms of love and joy. I realized that "I Embrace" a lot of things. "I Embrace" myself, understanding, peace, joy, love, life, hope and change. And most of all I even "Embrace" the chaos, the pain, the fear and
the sadness and learn from the realness that they have to offer my life as well. In this state of acceptance, I can move past all of these intense emotions with a sense of levity and ease. I know that "this too shall pass" and that there is a rainbow on the other side of the tunnel and the brightest burst of sunlight is awaiting me.

Meo's Place

I Create!

I Create!

Today's affirmation in my 30 Day Yoga Challenge called Yoga Camp by Yoga With Adriene is "I Create". It has made me really examine the things I am actively creating in my life right now, what I kind of life I would like to envision and what things need to come into alignment in order to make those changes. There seems to be within me a force bubbling up that wants to do so many great things. And then theres this equal push toward completion,  the dedication to the process of getting there and the amount of follow-thru that is going to be needed.

Even while typing the words that are contained in this blog, I am examining what intentions will help me to go further in the pursuit of my dreams. Sometimes we get stuck in a reality. And I think that I have been. It's time for me to go beyond the box and really color outside the lines. I was only able to do one half of the 2nd day Yoga Camp video, and I was about to beat myself up over that. Then I had to realize that that simply commiting to the effort of changing is enough. I will make an effort to finish the rest of the practice or maybe even restart the whole yoga video later. And if not, no big deal. Better luck tomorrow! This experience of getting everything in where it fits in will help me adapt to the times when not everything goes as planned. Finding what works is sometimes my greatest asset. I have to remember that. I choose to let go of all the things that no longer served my highest good and move into a space of strength, vitality and movement. I have so many beautiful things to create both with and for the world!

I Accept!

I Accept!

 I haven't written in the That Healing Girl blog for such a long time. I've decided to recommit myself yet again to this journey towards wholeness.  I guess I never really left that journey. Recently tragedy has struck again, leaving me reeling in the aftermath. I've struggled to reconcile the dichotomy of so many amazing things happening to me amid the dark times. My creativity has blossomed, I have gained more clarity about my role as the wounded healer (more on that later) and I am developing my skills and talents as a singer, communicator, body worker, writer and many of the other hats I find so fascinating to wear. Yet I have experienced the loss of many dear loved ones. Just at the beginning of
August of this year, I lost one of my best friends who was like a sister to me and a month later my cat of over 9 years died.

 There are many times when I have been devastated by my emotions. In those periods of turmoil, I have turned to my yoga practice, crystal healing and meditation as well as Reiki and other energetic therapies and mindfulness practices. I have found them to be invaluable to me and have also turned to the practice of expressing gratitude for all the good that is still flowing through my life despite the trials and tribulations. It has been a hard road in the last few years, especially the last two years because am a Sagittarius who is nearly at the end of Saturn flowing through her sign. Saturn has been a firm taskmaster since the end of 2015 and hasn't let up much since. Now with the some of the lessons of Saturn behind me and possibly a few more to present themselves before the harsher vibrations of Saturn move away completely, it is very important that I take stock of the road ahead. Sagittarius goes in to Mercury Retrograde just as my sign exits Saturn, almost as if there will be more things for me to learn.

 It is the most appropriate thing in the world that I revive this blog with a 30 day yoga challenge. All the more so since it a yoga challenge was the exact seed of inspiration that allowed this blog to come into existence. It is also the vehicle through which I will re-enter this reflective terrain. I started today with the 30-Day Yoga Challenge called Yoga Camp from Yoga With Adriene. I've been following Adriene's yoga journey since 2015 and she has pulled me through so many hard. The videos and sentiments on her channel have helped me to channel my angst, grief, heart-breaks, and traumas. I began Monday
the 13th with the mantra, "I Accept". And I do accept all that life has thrown at me. I endeavor to keep breathing with grace and keep my vibrations elevated. I move through the uncomfortable parts of my life in surrender. "I Accept."