Month: May 2025

Hatha Yoga Center wishes you all a Happy Mother’s Day. We delight in offering flowers and treats to all who attend today. We honor all who nurture, raise and tend to the future.

We all know it’s a Hallmark holiday and yet in all traditions, there is a special day to celebrate the one who birthed us and cared for us when we were defenseless and dependent. Quan Yin, Tara, MahaLaksmi, Mother Mary, St.s Martha and Vivian all grace my altar as aspects of the Divine Mother principle. Each recieves offerings for contributing to our development.

Have you called your mother on whatever plane you can? Can you thank her for giving you the best she could at the time? Ki to Happiness thanks her mom for being the greatest embodiment of Divine Mother in my life and will call soon!

The IRS surprised me with a tax refund. I called my accountant to find out why I got it. He let me know the details of how he had calculated the penalty for not paying quarterly taxes only for it to be waived.

It’s not much, but it feels like a windfall. Unexpected, and extra abundance, I’m looking forward to doing something good with it. Perhaps like the new seeds and starts in my garden, under the right conditions, it’ll grow.

Have you gotten your refund already? What would you do with a windfall? Ki to Happiness will put it somewhere it may grow.

Today, the Catholic world welcomes the new Pope. My mother informed my brother and me of the news together in a group text. We are all cradle Catholics who have long ago embraced the true nature of the word “catholic”, which means universal, all inclusive.

Yoga also is all inclusive, unitive, welcoming everyone. Each path that connects to universal consciousness is respected. No matter who is Pope, my prayers and meditation align me with the indwelling Spirit available to each of us.

What is your reaction to the news of the new Pope? How will it affect your prayers and meditation? Ki to Happiness responds by praying he is guided by the One to bring about universal peace.

Today begins the first day in which we are unable to travel on aircraft unless we have a “Real ID”. Seeing this day coming, I located my passport and have submitted it for update and renewal. Provided that it returns before my next trip to visit my mother, all should be well.

Finalizing my remote renewal process required interaction with AI, FedEx and USPS. Afterwards, I rested in Corpse position to resource my energy for teaching. My classes reminded me why I’ve chosen this yogic lifestyle as my energy rebounded, even as I served.

How real is your ID? What freedom will it provide you with? Ki to Happiness will be free to visit family again with the renewed passport, however my real identity is Spirit inhabiting this body for a while.

Such a nice warm day yesterday, I walked our neighborhood in a short dress. Bob left for the golf course as I set out for a longer walk than usual, returning to water our garden. Along the way, my bare legs enjoyed the sun and the warm air for the first time this year.

Today, as it is much cooler, I will cover up as I take my walk. I adapt my clothing and my yoga practices to the conditions, embodying “changing what I can“. I accept the weather which “I cannot change” and grow wise and serene as I participate in nature and its seasons.

In what ways are you growing wise? What contributes to your serenity? Ki to Happiness practices what the Serenity Prayer preaches.



During the last six months, I have been deeply cleansing my constitution. My efforts culminated in a detox week and ended with a purge on Sunday. This morning marks the first time since I began this process in which I did not have to take bitter, astringent, sour, or otherwise repelling substances into my body.

I feel great for all my efforts. I have an enhanced appreciation for the sweetness of my morning apple, the milkiness of jasmine green tea, and the renewal of faith in natural healing. I am grateful for my yoga practices, my helpers on all planes of consciousness, and my ability to continue my responsibilities throughout this deep constitutional rebalancing.

Have you subjected yourself to deep constitutional cleansing? What might you need to help with that? Ki to Happiness needs to gently return to life with this new, softer strength.

Many Americans observe this day as a drinking holiday. Mexicans, not so much. We may observe it with a bit of Mexican food.

It’s my good friend‘s birthday. I am forever grateful that she got me into regular yoga instruction. Since then, I’ve always thought a bit as her holiday.

How will you observe this day? Are you aware that it is not Mexican Independence Day but a celebration of a war victory? Ki to Happiness celebrates her friend, making the holiday meaningful in a personal way, without alcohol and instead with yoga.

May the fourth is a great day for us all to remember the Force of Higher Consciousness within us. That animating force heals us and holds us in its power. We have only to look within, and process all of our material so that we can get aligned with it.

I’m blessed to have centered my life on that Force with Hatha Yoga. From my humble and dramatic, personal awakening at age 23 to the present moment, I’ve followed the urgings of that Force. I continue on any day of any calendar.

Have you awakened to that Force within your heart? What material do you need to process so that it no longer obscures that loving light within? Ki to Happiness grieves, and releases all falsehood so the Force of loving light heals, wholes, and holds me.

April flowers bring May showers? That’s a reversal on the old adage, which is presently occurring out my window. The flowers and trees are appreciating the rain, as am I

We like to say that all weather is good weather for yoga. Winter, spring, summer, or fall, anywhere, anytime, there’s a practice that helps us integrate body with mind and spirit. We welcome the rain today, as do the birds, trees, and blossoms.

What does your yoga practice require? Do you need special weather, clothing or props? Ki to Happiness needs only to breathe and remember. 

I have a new technical assistant updating my website. We made great progress yesterday. I couldn’t possibly do it without him.

Teaching my morning class after some fine-tuning with him and before meeting with him again, I especially appreciated my familiar process, bringing me the comfort of confidence. I understand that blogging on websites is becoming obsolete. That won’t deter me, as I preserve with many practices that some call outdated, like yoga itself.

Do you follow the trends? Or do you create your own? Ki to Happiness recognizes trends and listens to the wisdom of the ages in meditation, taking action as directed.