Winning Uphill Battles

Winning Uphill Battles

Sometimes it' not about the finish line, but the sweat and determination that it takes you to get there. How will you achieve your goals? How will you set the wheels in motion or through the winning curve ball? Today felt like an uphill battle, but at the end of it, I felt as if I came out of it the winner! I triumphed over the odds that kept me in the illusion that I was somehow to exhausted to go on. I woke up at 6:30 am and practiced yoga, braved my way to school where I trudged on through math classes, a swim class that challenged my endurance, duties at The Guardsman as a reporter, photojournalism class and then the end of the day ride back home on BART, the San Francisco Bay Area's subway line. Tomorrow my day promises to be a bit more leisurely. I will probably wake up at about 6:30 or 7 am and practice yoga, work out, finish my photo story for the paper, get working on emails, cleaning and organizing my room and waiting for an appointment to pop up on my massage therapist app Zeel -- an on demand massage therapy company that I work with. Later I'm off to see "Tomb Raider" with Jay. It should be a great day all around and I can't wait to jump in it!

Pulling It All Together

Pulling It All Together

Today felt like a lot of energies colliding at once. I was doing mundane tasks that needed to be done while also trying to meet my goals for the week and devote some nurturing time to myself as well. Towards the end of the day, I definitely could feel the first tugs of Mercury Retrograde's shadow and the ensuing slow-down of everything that leads up to its pull back on March 22. I met my time on the mat with an attitude of give and take -- of strength and letting go. I made a lot of realizations that the path ahead might have some rough patches, but at the end of the day it's me who gets to decide if they become obstacles or merely bumps that I have to navigate to get to where I want to be. In the mean time I will keep on walking on towards my destination steadfastly and with sure feet on the ground.

Unwrapping My Fears

Unwrapping My Fears

I think that I just settled on another 30 day yoga challenge on the "Yoga With Tim" channel featuring the yoga sequences of Tim Senesi. The grounding asanas that he guided my through tapped into the grounding that my root chakra needed to continue healing all it's issues around negative emotions. Other than the fact that he is freakin' hot! Can I say that? LOL. I like the way he transitions the yoga student into poses with modifications initially so you don't feel intimidated by your own lack of flexibility. I am still improving my flexibility. Back to the negative emotions in my root chakra, I noticed that one that came up a lot was fear. I have a lot of fears that I am working on. Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of driving, fear of losing another loved one, fear of... well you get the idea. As I'm losing some like fear of public speaking, and fear of deep water, others are coming up in shocking Technicolor. My rational mind tells me that this is all part of the healing process and the more I ground in and clear my root chakra the less irrational fears I will have. Part of living is learning how to move through those and keep going towards my life goals. My journaling today in Tori Hartman's "Chakra Wisdom Oracle Toolkit" is helping me to explore that with the fable of  "Passion Princess of Amber" "Amber" is helping to discover the issues around my own personal truths and fears and how fear may have kept me from living my biggest and brightest life. The journey continues and as I endeavor to meet each day with courage, I soldier on towards that light that looms invitingly in the distance. I beckons me to it and away from the shadows. I'm following my path.

Finding My Footing

Finding My Footing

I am in a head space today where I'm trying to make heads and tails of everything. I couldn't figure out which yoga challenge I wanted to begin. Today I went with Leslie Fightmaster's 30 day yoga challenge called "Yoga Fix". Tomorrow I might feel in the mood to begin a totally different challenge. That's the mood I'm in now, sort of topsy turvy. I could ground it all out, but I"m sort of curious as to where this random energy could take me. If I tap into the changeable quality of my sacral chakra, then just maybe I can find out. For now just being here and being present is working for me so far. I'll get it together...eventually.

Dealing With Grief

Dealing With Grief

Today my roommate lost his dog Cherie. I am feeling many different emotions. Sadness, guilt, apathy, powerlessness. I have been going over how things could have been done differently. As an empath, I have been internalizing everyone's emotionally, Cherie's when I was petting her sweet little head as my roommate was making the difficult decision to take her to the vet where he knew there was a good chance they were going to put her down.  The look on his face when he returned without her sent me into a fresh round of tears. I'm on my way to work at a little day spa in San Francisco's North Beach District, contemplating mortality, and the fragility of our existence -- trying to reconcile my emotional state and pull it together before I work on my first client of the day. I breathe in and out a long sigh and try just be present where I am -- try to reflect on the mercurial nature of the universe and its limitless potential. Try to see part if its grand pattern. Try to remember that everything happens for a reason.

"Everything Happens For A Reason" Performed By Zhane

Manifestation In Action!

Manifestation In Action!

I feel as if I am beginning to be connected to the universe by allowing for it to support me. Today after being without a cell phone for months, I finally recieved one. It was like a gift from the universe, wrapped in love and light. And I am so grateful! Now it's time for me to share bounty with others!

Speaking Your Truths With Courage!

Speaking Your Truths With Courage!

How appropriate that my yoga practice in Brett Larkin's Chakra Series was all about the throat chakra. I spent about 30 minutes moving through various asana with the aim of expanding and healing my throat chakra known as the vishuddha chakra. The energy around that chakra felt more expansive and open after Larkin's yoga class and I really reaped the benefits. I was able to function in my tasks as a journalism major so much more easily today. I secured a location for a photo 📷 story project that I have in my Photojournalism class, I was also able to cover a rally for National Woman's Day and get amazing pictures and quotes for the same class! And all throughout the day I was emoting, expressing and connecting verbally. And as I listened to storys of woman's solidarity, struggles and victories, I realize I was tapped in to the powerful frequency of the language of truth.