Embrace with Grace

Your yoga mat offers a microcosm of your world. The way you meet your practice – breath-centered, daily, and with perseverance – offers an opportunity for you to prepare for uncomfortable moments off the mat.

While I am out in the world doing my very best, I make at least one mistake every day.  They are usually small mistakes, and when I make one, it simply means I am living out of alignment or moving forward to quickly without taking in the present moment.

Part of my yoga and my Reiki practice means putting my best foot forward.  ANOTHER big part of my practice is owning and learning from my mistakes, and moving forward with grace.

I like to think of these mistakes, or shakes, as those things that bring me away from my practice, or out of a pose.  My TAPAS, or commitment to my practice, is what brings me back in.

I don’t live under the illusion that I’ll reach perfection, but I do hope that with more SVADYAYA, or self-study, combined with a commitment to my asana, pranayama, and meditation, I can continue refining the way I meet the world from a place of grace and integrity.

Free Book – Yoga for Mobility

Last year, I wrote an e-book that links current research on how yoga can help solve normal conditions that arise as we live our lives.  Recently, I edited that book to include more up-to-date research as well as information linking Meditation and Reiki to real, measurable results. 

 

Today, I am pleased to offer you a free download of my e-book, Yoga for Mobility.   This will be available for free only until June 5th, so please act fast!

 

In this book, you will learn how leading doctors, psychiatrists, and disease specialists are working to prove the ways that Yoga, Meditation, and Reiki can impact your health, wellness, and happiness.

My intention is for this book to both inform and inspire you so that you can begin making the simple changes that will improve your quality of life today.

Happy reading!

Honouring the Mother

Mother’s Day is an excellent time to appreciate and connect with the Divine Feminine.

You’ll find this archetype throughout popular culture and in different religions.
The Goddess, the Queen, Wise Woman.
Mother Mary, Durga, Laksmi, Saraswati. Asherah, Astarte, Isis, Athena.

Each of these anthropomorphized archetypes offers an opportunity to connect with one aspect of the Divine Feminine:  The Powerful, The Wise, The Strong, The Nurturing, The Compassionate, The Creative, and The Mother.

This Mother’s Day weekend, I encourage you to connect with the wisdom of the nurturer.  Here are some ideas:

Self-Care

This has become so much of a buzz-word lately it’s almost lost it’s meaning.  However, it bears repeating: with all of your responsibilities and all the ways that you serve others, it is necessary and important to make time to meet your own needs.

This means scheduling time just for you, and honouring that time as much as everything else on your calendar!

Reiki

Massage

Private Yoga Class

Facial

Acupuncture

Epsom Salt & Essential Oil Bath

 

Quiet Time

In this always-on world, it’s easy to stop hearing the sound of your quiet inner voice.  Carve some space out to turn off your phone and unplug.

Meditate

Walk Barefoot

Go to the Beach

Hike in the Forest

Swim

Connect with Community

If you have been feeling isolated, you might need some unstructured time with somebody you love, your family, friends, or even strangers united over a common interest!

Call a Friend

Group Yoga Class

A Night of Dancing/Music

Learn Something New!

Keep YOU at the Top of Your List

The amazing thing about self-care is the ripple-effect it has!  When you implement these practices and begin to feel better, you find that you are more patient and kind with the people around you.

As you shed the hard layers of stress and soften the brittle fascia of your body, you’re better able to connect with your sacred self.  When you shine from that space, you give others permission to live from their truth.

What more powerful gift can you offer the world than your conscious presence?

A Prayer for One World

This has been a difficult month for many people throughout the world.

Whether your land has been buffeted by hurricanes like Houston, Dominica, Puerto Rico, or Key West, or shaken down by an earthquake like Mexico or Japan, we’ve all been affected in some way by the winds and earth that unite us all.

Yogis talk about the concept of Ishvara Pranidhana – the knowledge that there is a divine spark within each of us.  Events like these serve to remind us that we each walk upon the same earth and gaze up at the same sky.

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