๐โ๏ธ๐๐ฝ compassionate rain wash away what taunts and haunts unveil love-filled eyes
HAIKU TIME!
Rainy days bring out the writer in me, how about you? Want to give a haiku a try? Kinda’ fun way to get creative and express yourself! Share your haikus below, DM me! ๐
3 lines, 17 syllables total:
line 1: 5 syllables line 2: 7 syllables line 3: 5 syllables
Get deep or not so deep! ๐คช๐คฃ
5: thank you rainy day 7: for a good excuse to sit 5: on my butt all day ๐
๐ง๐ฝโโ๏ธโ๐ฝIt’s been awhile since I’ve done a yoga and poetry workshop/retreat! I’m feeling inspired! Interested? Let me know! ๐
“One day you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through and it will be someone else’s survival guide.” ~ Brenรฉ Brown
My stories of being ridiculed for the color of my skin and the shape of my eyes as a young child and into adulthood equip me with empathy, resilience, and an inner fire to advocate for those unjustly treated and underserved.
My health struggles with chronic fatigue starting almost 20 years ago set me on a path to amass an abundance of knowledge, tools, and personal experience to overcome, thrive, and hone my deep listening for self-care. This path led me to yoga and eventually becoming the impactful yoga & meditation teacher and, wellness coach I am today.
You can choose to let your past define you and be the end of your story or it can be the beginning of what propels you towards your purpose, and bear witness to your unique human experience of transformation and triumph. Let your pain become your purpose. Allow your story, intuition, and insight to be your signature inspiration.
What is your story? Your story is packed with energy. Check in. Listen. There’s a power in your story. Let it move you towards your sacred purpose.
It feels like the morning struggles again, with life on daylight savings time requesting I wake up before my natural time clock. I thought I was loving my mornings then just that one hour earlier reminded me how I used to resist waking up and wanting to press snooze. Raise your hand if you can relate! ๐๐ฝโโ๏ธ
So what did I do?I woke up!! To break a habit it starts with noticing, catching yourself in the familiar thoughts and physical reactions. Then choose…go down that same road or switch it up, change the channel, do something different!
My Spiritually Fit Yoga circle on the Insight Timer app hosts weekday meditations and yoga, Monday-Friday 730am PST and 930pm PST. I queued up I AM Affirmations for Vibrant Health by Kenneth Soares and kept my commitment to meditate at 730am PST.
Stick to new morning meditation habit: 1
Snooze and grumble OLD habit: 0
I confess, the temptation was strong, to press that snooze button, and right now I really need my daily routine. It means a lot to me to commit to my self-care, to my mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Setting the tone of my day with affirmations, and ending my evenings with gratitude, are my medicine. Especially with the isolation of this last year, my mind has had too much time to indulge in doubts and fears.
Mindfulness, yoga, remembering to serve a highest good…they keep me going, in equanimity, and are my preventative measures against self-sabotage.
Meditation can lead you into the light of awareness.
I AM AWAKE. I AM AWARE. I CHOOSE TODAY.
Life is the great teacher. What lesson are you being asked to learn today? What is trying to get your attention right now?
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Variations of Goddess Pose, utkata konasana, are sometimes called Spider Pose…but, is there a sanskrit name? I donโt know and to me it doesnโt matter. Does it feel good in my body? Does it invite strength, vitality, clarity, calm and connection to self? Thatโs what matters to me. Itโs funny how yogis can sometimes get judgy, criticizing others because something is not โreal yoga.โ It makes me ask โIs criticism or judgment of othersโ practices โreal yogaโ? Is it only yoga if itโs taught in sanskrit? Or if you chant or burn incense?
I know what works for me and I remind my students that ultimately each one of us is our own inner teacher. If you donโt agree with anotherโs practice, why not just lift them up by letting them be, and you do you? Words I need to hear myself to keep my judginess in check.
These words by Tara Brach often remind me to practice compassion. This is my intention for you when I teach and for everyone. May all beings be free from harm. May all beings be held in loving presence… Filled with loving presence. May all beings touch great and natural peace. May all beings be free.
Stand up tall and proud.
Sink your roots into the earth.
Be content with your natural beauty.
Go out on a limb.
Drink plenty of water.
Remember your roots.
Enjoy the view!
I’m 0ff to recharge my spiritual batteries, enjoy the great outdoors, play with my family and friends, and even do nothing!ย Take time to nurture your soul.ย Don’t just take the time off from work.ย To make the most of your vacation, prepare so you can unplug, trust others to do the work, let it be okay if the work gets done differently than you would do it, and let go of needing to be in control.ย Set an intention to be on vacation!ย I know letting go can seem so hard to do, but, do it anyway.ย Give yourself a much needed break.ย Breathe.ย Play.ย Refresh.ย Renew.ย That’s what I’m off to do, and I’m going to enjoy this precious time set aside to live, love and laugh!
To be a mother is the greatest gift and most challenging job of my life. Today I was celebrated by family and friends but, there is no greater joy or privilege than that of raising my beautiful daughter.ย I am so grateful.
And, thank you mother earth for nourishing us and sustaining us.
I honor the mother in you, the mother in me, the mother in all things. Namaste…
Variations of Goddess Pose, utkata konasana, are sometimes called Spider Pose…but, is there a sanskrit name? I donโt know and to me it doesnโt matter. Does it feel good in my body? Does it invite strength, vitality, clarity, calm and connection to self? Thatโs what matters to me. Itโs funny how yogis can sometimes get judgy, criticizing others because something is not โreal yoga.โ It makes me ask โIs criticism or judgment of othersโ practices โreal yogaโ? Is it only yoga if itโs taught in sanskrit? Or if you chant or burn incense?
