Month: February 2022

Today is the last day of vaccination mandates and required testing in our area. If all numbers continue to proceed in this direction, we will release mask mandates in 3 weeks, too. There will be no maskless parade or a burning of cards.

Instead, a cautious reopening, like the slow bloom of an end of winter flower guides me. Gratitude for the many blessings this great challenge brought forth is the fertile soil feeding this blossom. It’s fragrance permeates even before it’s colors are revealed.

How will you mark the end of the Covid times? What will you remember about it in the future? Ki to Happiness sniffs the Spring and thanks the Winter.

With the federal CDC guidelines going into effect immediately, our local restrictions will be released after all on 3/21/22. Hatha Yoga Center looks forward to more of our community members rejoining us in person. Yesterday we welcomed our Groundhog Scholarship winner back for classes.

As we continue to offer hybrid classes, we also look forward to continuing to see your names on the live stream screen. Knowing that you’ve been out there practicing with us has kept us open, hopeful, and grateful. We are thankful for community members that have found their way to our YouTube offerings and website classes as well.

Will you return in person or continue with HYC at a distance? What will help you ease the transition back into a more open society? Ki to Happiness is with you in spirit if separate physically.

We start to thaw from our cold snap. In the university district, students are celebrating with late night outings, wearing less clothes as they socialize at bars and restaurants. On the other side of the globe, pets are being carried to shelters for protection from bombs they didn’t make.

I hold steady in meditation and serve as an instrument of peace with my clients and students at the Hatha Yoga Center. My cats and husband are nearby. We are a zone of safety for one another as each is respected as sovereign beings awaiting Spring.

Are you willing to choose peace and relinquish power dramas? Can you provide safety for the innocent animals, including the one in your heart? Ki to Happiness chooses peace and protects the innocent.

The Russians have invaded Ukraine. Our news cycle shifts away from the pandemic focus to this horror. From one crisis to the next crisis our attention is yanked.

Staying centered with my practices, I am grateful to be exiting the pandemic era. I paused yesterday to welcome back a couple of community members. Reunion amidst global turmoil reveals they have Ukrainian and Russian ties.

Can you pause between crises and look around you? For what are you grateful? Ki to Happiness reunites with her global family through her local community.

The cells in our body are semi permeable. This allows stuff to be kept out and that’s not good for the cell while the good stuff is allowed in. This natural process has been occurring our whole lives unconsciously.

In all of our different relationships, we can apply this metaphor consciously. This requires fluidity, in addition to a firm sense of self. Yoga supports this awareness, as each posture is to be firm and soft, with the heart set on the everlasting.

Are you needing to be more fluid or firm? What feedback are you getting from the outer and/or inner realms? Ki to Happiness aligns with natural processes.

One year ago today we were burglarized. Trauma gripped us in the loss as emergency helpers rushed in. After 20 minutes the cops recovered my cell phone and computer, in two hours my website assistant helped change all my credit cards, in two days our HYC manager switched all bank accounts, in two months all smoothed out and in 5 months we got a new door. Thanks to our son, our neighbor and our tallest community member, we had a temporary fix until then.

In the drama we wouldn’t have imagined the good that has come from that crime. Our community bonded even more deeply, our family is grateful to have each other’s back’s, and donations surprised me and my new accounts with abundance. w

Are you aware of good that has come out of your bad experiences? Has enough time passed for you to have this perspective? Ki to Happiness thanks you all for contributing to this joyous anniversary with your time reading my words and reflecting on your life.

There’s an astrological event that’s occurring on this day of numerological significance. Pluto returns, which hasn’t happened in over 200 years and it won’t happen again in our lifetime. Pluto is the great transformer.

This occurs on a Tuesday in the second month of the year on the 22nd day of the year we call 2022. That’s a lot of twos. This brings together dualities into an open portal through which we can transform.

What calls for transformation in your life? Can you align yourself with that truest desire on this day for unseen forces to assist you? Ki to Happiness celebrates this as Good News Day.

Whether it’s Presidents’ Day this year or any other year, Hatha Yoga Center continues to offer classes as usual. If you have a little extra time off today, why not join us at 10 AM or 5:30 PM for LIVE classes, or anytime with those posted. You might use the practice to honor your Higher Self as it presides over you.

Taking responsibility to align with the guidance your higher self offers constantly may require some adjustments. We are blessed in this country to have learned about such things as liberty and justice for all. As we take this seriously, may we let freedom ring.

How will you observe the day? Is it time for you to honor your Higher Self who knows all about liberty and justice? Ki to Happiness lets freedom ring.

In addition to my usual morning practice, yesterday I joined a meditation online. I replenished my energy after teaching two classes by chanting the Gayatri mantra 108 times with 1100 others all over the globe. Doing so enriched this morning’s meditation as well.

I held the visualization suggested by our leaders of a white rose, like the dozen on my altar. It’s strength is gentle, it’s scent sweet and pervasive. I smiled from start to finish, free to delight in our shared practice, our common bond, and the sense of connection.

After your usual practices, how about some extra credit? What additional practices will strengthen your sense of connection to our common bond? Ki to Happiness is bonded with all others on the path of truth, peace and unity.

I remember in the original movie The Karate Kid there was the scene in which the teacher had the kid put “wax on and wax off”as an exercise. I am feeling that way with the most recent announcement that King County is to keep masks on. The day before we were told masks could be off March 21.

This brings up a tremendous need for patience. After two years in this holding pattern, that is on short supply. Fortunately, my practices replenish my ability to resource patience, kindness, and peace from the Infinite Supply chain.

How are you doing with the exercise? What resources are you in need of from the Infinite Supply chain? Ki to Happiness adapts and adjusts with masks off or on.