New Year's Eve 2018!

New Year's Eve 2018!

The moment of truth is upon us. What energies will we bring into the new year and what will we choose to leave behind. Today, I feel a very open vibration -- that of a new beginning. This past New Moon In Sagittarius on December 17th, I did an intention ritual. From then until now, whenever I felt that I had something I needed to release, I would write that thing down on a piece of paper and put it in a shell on my alter. Today I prayed over the folded pieces of paper, smudged with sage, re-read each intention aloud and burned them to release them into the universe. I literally felt the letting go deep within my energy body, and now I feel a sense of excitement about the coming new year and the full moon on January 1st in emotional cancer. I'm feeling it already -- that need to watch weepy romantic movies, wear soft fuzzy PJ's and meditate after heart-opening yoga practices. No wonder I just watched several old school Toni Braxton music videos while feeling a warm sense of nostalgia. There is a potential for deep healing here. I think that for me and many others, especially water signs, are experiencing the need for deep introspection and inner work. And this need feels not only necessary, but unavoidable, like whatever emotions you've been holding onto just want to spill out.  I think it's time to let them flow.

 



Today's tarot card from Sandra Anne Taylor's "Energy Oracle Cards" deck relates to the grounding energy of the third chakra. This card is letting me know that all my root chakra healing efforts over the past almost 2 months, and my intention ritual have been successful and that that way is open for me to embark on any endeavors that heal the past and bring stability to my present and future life. I feels shaky even writing this, but this card is telling me to have faith and to believe in myself and my hopes and dreams -- to know that I can do this and that help and support is available if I should need it, both in the physical and the spirit world. The energies of this strong and benevolent Warrior Angel are behind me and the universe has my back! I am forever grateful.

 

 



Let It Flow

Toni Braxton

First thing Monday morning
I'm gonna pack my tears away
Got no cause to look back
I'm lookin' for me a better day

You see the thing 'bout love is that it's not enough
If the only thing it brings you is pain
There comes a time when we could all make a change, darling

Just let go
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow
Everything's gonna work out right, you know
Just let go,
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow
Just let it go, baby

Don't nobody want no broke heart
And don't nobody want no two-time losers
Ain't nobody gonna love you like you are
If you take whatever he brings your way

You see the thing of it is we deserve respect
But we can't demand respect without change
There comes a time when we must go our own way

Just let go
Let it flow, baby
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow
Everything's gonna work out right, you know
Just let go,
Let go, let it go, baby
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow
Just let it go

'Cause sometimes love can work out right, right now
And sometimes you'll never know it
You never ever gonna know it
But if it brings you pain in your life
Don't be afraid to let it go

Just let go
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow
And everything's gonna work out right, you know
Just let go,
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow
Just let it go

Just let go
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow
Just let go,
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow

Just let go
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow
Just let go,

Just let go
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow
Just let go
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow
Just let go
Just let go
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow

 

 

Writer(s): Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds

Day 18. 2017 Is Ending!

Day 18. 2017 Is Ending!

I'm happy to say that this year is coming to a close. It's been a tough one, and I think I'm not the only who is glad to close the chapter on this one. It was been a year of tremendous growth for me, but also one fraught with monumental challenges and some hard lessons. I'm both curious and filled with a bit of trepidation about what the current year will hold considering that my moon sign -- my emotional house will be in Saturn. I'm guessing there's going to be a lot of emotional work in store for me. A large part of me welcomes this because I know I had a lot of inner child healing to do. I will have to remind myself to be patient and compassionate with myself.  My moon sign has three years to do this and I'm in it for the long haul. Maybe that's what all of the standing and balance poses were gearing me up for this practice -- gently nudging my subconscious to keep my eye on the ball. I'm focused on my goals and my dreams. Getting there isn't the most important thing for me though. It's all about the journey and I'm preparing myself for the long road ahead. If this coming year is about groundwork, I'm setting it all up in my head before 2018 even gets off the runway. Get set. Ready. Go!

Day 17... I'm Getting There

Day 17... I'm Getting There

I think I'm getting there. Of course I'm up pretty late writing this because I just realized that I didn't actually make an entry for today... or should I say yesterday. I'm taking one step at a time and I'm doing it. Over 45 days in. Double that, and it will be 90 days into the practice. I'm thinking maybe I should do something special on the 100th day. I don't know what I should do but it will come to me. Today was really about digging deep and healing and finding my "happy place". It's the place that if I sit for long enough in stillness, looking deep within, I can catch a glimpse of and feel it's sun-shiny presence. What that happens, a glow infuses my very being with warmth!

More Than Halfway Through

More Than Halfway Through

Today I am taking everything in stride and letting the chips fall where they may. That seems to be the order of the day. Everything is going to be OK. That's fine. I am learning to be compassionate with myself. There's a time and place for everything, including having an off day.

Dreaming Again...

Dreaming Again...

I don't know what it is, but today's  practice has set me dreaming again, planning for the future, hoping again and feeling... lighter and happier. Like Radiohead said "fitter, happier, more productive," but without the tongue-in-cheek connotations. I'm liking the way I feel today. Today's day 15 of my second month in and I'm halfway through a milestone goal! Ironically, just a few weeks after the New Moon in Sagittarius, today is the occasion of a literal half moon 🌙 in the sky -- all silvery and shimmering with the promise of new beginnings!  I want to start planning for my vacations and putting things in motion for the year to come! I know that I can do everything that I set my mind to. I can start to live more freely and openly. I can truly be me! I'm stepping into my own skin and feeling more comfortable in it with each passing day. I'm releasing the shame, guilt, grief, pain, resentments, regrets, and recriminations from the past. A new light is dawning on the horizon. I can dream again! Read again! Live life with passion again! Allow again! Hope again! Be again! I am me again.



Today's tarot card from the "Energy Oracle Cards" deck by Sandra Anne Taylor is  Caring Connections drawn in reverse. Again this is about coming to terms with loss. I guess my body mind and soul is still grieving and that is O.K. with me. I feel positive about the changes that are coming my way. I'm coming to terms with all kinds of separations and letting in new, fresh energy. I express gratitude for all the wonderful people, places and things in my life and I know that great things, bigger, better, awesome things are, to quote Disney's "Pocahontas", "just around the river bend"!

Just Around The River Bend

Lyrics

What I love most about rivers is
You can't step in the same river twice
The water's always changing, always flowing
But people, I guess, can't live like that…

What I love most about rivers is
You can't step in the same river twice
The water's always changing, always flowing

But people, I guess, can't live like that
We all must pay a price
To be safe, we lose our chance of ever knowing

What's around the river bend
Waiting just around the river bend

I look once more just around the river bend
Beyond the shore where the gulls fly free
Don't know what for what I dream the day might send
Just around the river bend for me, coming for me

I feel it there beyond those trees
Or right behind these waterfalls
Can I ignore that sound of distant drumming?

For a handsome sturdy husband who builds handsome sturdy walls
And never dreams that something might be coming?

Just around the river bend
Just around the river bend

I look once more just around the river bend
Beyond the shore somewhere past the sea
Don't know what for why do all my dreams extend
Just around the river bend, just around the river bend

Should I choose the smoothest course
Steady as the beating drum? Should I marry Kocoum?
Is all my dreaming at an end?
Or do you still wait for me, dream giver
Just around the river bend?

Songwriters: Alan Menken / Stephen Laurence Schwartz

Just Around the Riverbend lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company



Day 14: Resting On My Laurels...

Day 14: Resting On My Laurels...

Yes I did it! I finally surrendered to a day of complete nothingness... My tasks of the day were getting in touch with my emotions and my inner self, feeling like a motherf**ker, letting any uncomfortable thoughts wash over me, and just being. It was so nice to stretch out in this somewhat challenging practice with an attitude of mindfulness and allowing. I allowed all my worries, my fears, my confusion and imperfections to just be what they are today. I chose to live in a spirit of gratitude,  decide that those "flaws" are my greatest teachers and relax into the moment. My post yoga reflective activities consisted of being treated to Japanese food, (beef udon noodle soup and lion rolls sushi) and watching a K-drama about unrequited love in Paris. Next up on the to-do list -- at home beauty treatments and a bubble bath. Maybe followed by some soft music, and a little bedtime yoga? Why? Because I've gone through the fire and I deserve this time to recharge my batteries before I conquer 2018! So do you. Try it. Take off down the beaten path and plan your own day of R&R. It'll bring you insights and clarity and help you to recover from all the trials and tribulations of this this past year. Finish 2017 on a quieter calmer note. Re-access, relate, refresh, rejuvenate, and most of all... rest.

I drew a tarot card to represent the day from the "Energy Oracle Cards" deck by Sandra Anne Taylor. I got this deck for myself earlier this year when I felt a strong soul calling to do so -- an intuitive urge that has more than paid off for me. This deck resonates with me on a powerful level. Today's card is all about the aspects of community being reversed. It's really appropriate for the mood of today, which is one of isolation and withdrawal. Older partnerships and energies that no longer serve me are moving away to make room for fresh new dreams. On a sadder note, some loving members of my friendship community are non longer with us on this corporeal plane of existence and have taken their leave to the spirit realm. And that is something that I am really grieving over lately. The challenge is for me to find constructive ways to deal with that grief, and I think that I am. Yoga and meditation has been an immeasurable help, as well as the support of caring and loving friends and connections. They are reminding me of all the ways that I am still divinely blessed in my life. Namaste.

30 Days Of Yoga Day 13

30 Days Of Yoga Day 13

Christmas morning! So why do I feel sort of blah? Maybe I am feeling withdrawal symptoms from the rigors of the endless rat race. I'm not really sure what to do with myself when I have so much leisure time on my hands. I could spend more time meditating and getting the rest and rejuvenation that my body is craving. Also, I can take time to focus on my goals for the future and what that means for me. Right now with Saturn in Capricorn, I am being made to look at the foundations of my emotions -- the very fibers that make them up. I'm being taught to not be afraid of them, to express them, to own them, but to do so with thoughtfulness, mindfulness, compassion and love. Maybe more then ever, I need to cue up the temple sounds root chakra meditation video, select a few stones that resonate with my root chakra and spend about 10 minutes in mindful silence. Namaste.