Month: June 2023

Students have been gifting us with chocolates, fruit, and flowers. Our altar overflows with their generosity. These are tokens of love.

Every day I photograph the altar with a fresh Reiki infused candle to offer its healing vibration to those in need. It’s impossible to photograph the love symbolized by the gifts. The combination of love and healing is available, by simply putting one’s hand on the image and taking a few slow deep breaths.

How do you symbolize love? Can you open up to receive the vibration of healing at a distance? Ki to Happiness gives the love and healing she’s received.

In Seattle the month of June is often wet, windy and chilly. This year, we have had warm, dry clear weather instead. Today, Junuary returns with a dark dawn, drizzle and a strong breeze.

I am ready for it this year, and I even missed it until now. Snuggling with my cats in my blankets, sipping warm tea, and practicing yoga in the light in the warmth of my altar candle, I am content in any kind of weather. I awakened to the news of the slow hand of justice reaching out across our land with further consequences for our former president.

Where do you turn to when the chilly winds blow through your life? What practices sustain you in all kinds of weather? Ki to Happiness returns to Hatha Yoga daily, no matter the political climate or the environment.

The warm evening drew us out into the long lingering light of 9pm sunset. Soft, pink wispy clouds hung in our clear air. Taking in the beauty before bed soothed some of the day’s edgy quality.

In two more weeks, summer solstice will bring us maximum light. In another two weeks after, we will be back to the amount of potential light we have right now. This month of light replenishes our internal solar cells and our soul as well.

Are you spending enough time outdoors? Can you let nature soothe you? Ki to Happiness lets in the light.

In the wee hours with much of Seattle slumbering, I get up with my cats to meditate. I steep in the quietude as I process my daily material until I hit the bedrock of my consciousness. Like you, my natural state is peace and happiness.

Awakening to this reality beyond time and space a very long time ago, I love to immerse myself in it daily. Facilitating others through teaching and counseling, each finds their way into this awareness. As we join together in common Consciousness, we access our Oneness with each other and with what Is.

What practices help you process your material? Have you awakened to the awareness of indwelling peace and happiness? Ki to Happiness looks inside and finds what Is.

Since my stepdad passed away, I’m noticing unexpected changes. My brother has sent me gifts two times, which he’s never done before. It seems there’s more space in his heart to think about me.

It’s not about the value of the gifts. It’s also not about reciprocity or an exchange. Feels like there’s more room for love.

Have you experienced unexpected blessings from loss? What might give you more room for love? Ki to Happiness receives the gift of love.

After morning practices and Hatha Yoga classes we took a small bike ride up to Maple Leaf Park. In the cloudless cool afternoon, as we entered the park, Mount Rainier stood majestically in view. Breathtaking, it’s splendor made us stop and get off the bikes.

As we lounged on the grass, we looked up at its snowy slopes. Feeling held by the Earth, we let the sun enter our cells as we stripped off our outer layers of clothing. Simple Sunday smiles emerged on our cheeks as we returned home.

Do you love where you live? When’s the last time you let yourself simply bask in the beauty? Ki to Happiness loves Mount Rainier and practices Mountain Pose daily to learn to stand still in the majesty of Presence.

As a child, I spent a lot of time with my grandparents. Grandma used to say, when the moon was full, “I see the moon, and the moon sees me”. Mom and I say it to each other in remembrance.

Mom sent me a photo of the moon overlooking her property in the Midwest last night. It’s red rim and pink glow rose above the Illinois River valley, bathing her house and my yurt in its soft light. The miles apart and the years without grandma in the flesh disappeared into our family reunion in spirit.

How do you honor your ancestors? What rituals help you align with them in spirit? Ki to Happiness sees the moon and the moon sees her.

Tonight‘s Full moon is likely to be pink or red. In the sign of Sagittarius, it is likely to bring fiery energy. It is celebrated as the strawberry moon since the red fruits ripen on the vine at this time.

Directing this fiery nature is essential, so it does not backfire. Honoring the intensity, something sweet and strawberry may satisfy. Together with intense philosophical inquiry, rigorous physical practices may serve.

What physical activity appeals to you? How well does your philosophy fit with your ongoing awakening? Ki to Happiness practices Hatha Yoga to unite philosophy with physical movement, integrating body mind spirit.

After teaching in the morning and conducting two full private sessions, I attended Bob’s class at 5:30. Six men and I went through the ritual of Hatha Yoga practice together. In the process, I felt lightness in my body, grace in movements and gratitude for the opportunity to be alive, embodied at this time on the Earth.

I don’t always feel that way in practice. When I do, it lets me know I’m on the right path, with right postures, pranayama and meditations. It reminds me of the Buddhist expression that when the belt fits the belly is forgotten.

What brings you into a state of lightness? What changes in your practices might be necessary? Ki to Happiness is guided by light with lightness as a result.

I dreamt last night of a songbird being shot out of a tree. I awakened to my heart racing in reaction and shock. I felt afraid of it’s irregular rhythm and speed.

The Yuga Sutras teach us to make use of the images that appear in dreams. Working with that practice, I went back into the dream image and saw the bird heal and fly away as if it had a nano nap. My heart returned immediately to regular rhythm, and I slept peacefully again.

Do you remember your dreams? Are you able to work with the sometimes disturbing images that may come up from your subconscious? Ki to Happiness works with dream images without fear.