Month: September 2020

Finally, the rains and winds have cleared our smoke-filled air. As we continue slowly re-opening, that now includes our windows. Letting out the old air of the last 10 days, and allowing in the sweet freshness, our yoga offerings are blessed.

After instructing both classes in the morning, I went out into the woods in the afternoon. Wonderful to hear birdsongs, and to see green leaves shining from trees, their faces freshly washed. I squatted down in my special place, grounding myself in the safety that is present now.

Have you opened your windows? Do you have a special place in nature? Ki to Happiness loves chanting mantra while forest bathing.

This morning, the air is clear. The rains have come. It is as if our environment is crying over the loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We may continue to slowly re-opening our businesses, and yet many of us will be flying our flags at half mast.

I am full of her spirit. She has encouraged and inspired generations of women, as well as all marginalized people. Her energy is free, no longer encased in her tiny old form. It is available for any one of us to integrate, toward equality, respect and justice for all.

How do you commemorate a life well lived? What do you need to follow in her footsteps? Ki to Happiness celebrates this Shero with determination and persistence to the cause that true Yoga professes: Oneness, regardless of gender, sexual preference, age, race, creed, country of origin, political persuasion or color.

In this unhealthy air, we continue to slowly reopen, with lots of time staying home and healthy. The several levels of challenge that we’ve all been facing have been a true test of our ability to remain patient and perseverant.

Meanwhile, the hackers, scammers, and snakes have been very busy attempting to capitalize on our vulnerabilities. The additional challenge of continuing to see through to the true motives took me to my edge yesterday. Fortunately, I found my way back. To breathing. To peace.To the innate state of happiness to which we all have equal access.

How’s your edge? Are you able to respect it?Ki to Happiness patiently persists, after righting myself again with practices.

In this unhealthy air, we continue to slowly reopen, with lots of time staying home and healthy. The several levels of challenge that we’ve all been facing have been a true test of our ability to remain patient and perseverant.

Meanwhile, the hackers, scammers, and snakes have been very busy attempting to capitalize on our vulnerabilities. The additional challenge of continuing to see through to the true motives took me to my edge yesterday. Fortunately, I found my way back. To breathing. To peace.To the innate state of happiness to which we all have equal access.

How’s your edge? Are you able to respect it?Ki to Happiness patiently persists, after righting myself again with practices.

Today’s new moon is in Virgo. This gives us an opportunity to release the last lunar cycle, and set intentions clearly for safely reopening, as we stay healthy. Virgo’s discernment will assist.

Daily refinement is supported through the yoga practice. Removing toxins, debris, stressors and recycling those energies into evolution and lessons connects us with our Higher Self. Establishing this habit well keeps us moving forward even during this time of calamity.

What is the highest possibility you see you coming from all of this? How able are you to discern what is best for you? Ki to Happiness invokes St. Hildegard of Bingen to show us the way to live creatively under any circumstance.

Persevering during these challenging times, we slowly and safely reopen. The rains have added an element of mugginess to our smoky air. With the last day of the lunar cycle, making use of this time indoors may ultimately serve tomorrow’s new moon.

Letting go of physical objects that are no longer valuable, cleaning, and releasing on all levels may set the stage for newness. Yoga offers us practices that help today, and everyday.

What would you like to release from the last cycle? How might you ritualize that today? Ki to Happiness loves this quote:“ Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.” Zhuangzi

Persevering during these challenging times, we slowly and safely reopen. The rains have added an element of mugginess to our smoky air. With the last day of the lunar cycle, making use of this time indoors may ultimately serve tomorrow’s new moon.

Letting go of physical objects that are no longer valuable, cleaning, and releasing on all levels may set the stage for newness. Yoga offers us practices that help today, and everyday.

What would you like to release from the last cycle? How might you ritualize that today? Ki to Happiness loves this quote:“ Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.” Zhuangzi

Our smoky and polluted air is getting its face washed. Rains returned in the night and will be effecting our area for days. Air quality is awful, still. Best to continue with conservative measures, even as we proceed toward safely reopening.

Any major cleaning project often makes a mess first. When the body is needing to rid it self of toxins, sometimes there are symptoms. If a garment has become stained, stain removing generally makes the stain bigger, initially. Living in a home when it is being remodeled generally creates disorder, then improvement. So it is with the air.

Have you seen this pattern before? Break down before breakthrough? Worsening as an indication of progress? Ki to Happiness aligns with natural patterns.

Staying home and staying healthy even as we slowly reopen has gifted me with a new tool. Lymphatic drainage assists in removing the debris from our system, facilitating nature. I posted a brief video of using cool green tea bags to massage lightly as directed in the flow of the lymph.

Beauty is not just skin deep. The skin is the outer representative of how the lungs are doing within. Skin brushing also helps move the lymph and cleanses the lungs. In today’s meditation, I will demonstrate that as well. Fortunately, yoga practices assist in lymph movement, also.

Are you feeling the need for assistance in cleansing your body? How radiant and glowing is your skin? Ki to Happiness keeps practicing, learning, and adjusting the tools accordingly.

Our safe reopening continues during the firestorms. With all the window shut, and the air purifier on, classes continue. Safe practices are offered, and encouraged.

Snow days, spending summers on our Canadian island, living through three level five hurricanes on Kauai and Guam, as well as sicknesses and injuries of the past have a prepared me for this time of being shut in. My introverted partner happily watches sports as we get along, together, with different strategies.

What has prepared you for this time? How well are others in your household doing? Ki to Happiness is grateful for the lessons from the past.