On this Labor Day weekend, our classes remaining the same except for Monday night, 530, no class. This has been the HYC schedule on these national holidays since it opened. We consider it a labor of love.
Teaching what we love is a privilege. Offering tools that have helped us is an honor. Having a clean, safe space in which to do so is a blessing which multiples as we share it.
Do you love your labor? Will you continue to labor during this Labor Day weekend? Ki to Happiness labors with love.
Towards the end of Bob’s peaceful morning class, a thief jumped over our railing to attempt to steal a student’s ebike. I saw the unusual activity in my periphery and acted fast, grabbing the owner of the bike to exit with me immediately. Together, we stopped the thief in his tracks and returned to conclude class.
Each of the other community members did their part, calling the cops, taking pictures and videos, offering assistance with first aid, and containing their desire for further retribution. Bob lead us back to our breath, our bodily alignment, and the safety of the moment since the threat had passed. The practice helped us regulate our nervous systems well enough to proceed with the day.
Can you act fast when necessary? Can you slow right down afterward when it’s no longer necessary? Ki to Happiness shifts gears as needed.
We started live streaming our Hatha Yoga Center classes on March 9, 2020 on Facebook due to the lockdown. On September 5, 2025 3900+videos will be deleted as per FB’s new video storage policy. Members of our live streaming group page are welcome to download any of the until then.
Since February 19, 2025, FB’s policy has been to store videos for one month. We will continue to offer classes in person and on the live streaming group page. Please enjoy our offerings as we adjust to the new policies.
 What’s your favorite way to practice yoga? On your own schedule, alone, with others, or with teacher in person? Ki to Happiness practices yoga in all the ways.
Two students from Bob’s first yoga studio attended class yesterday. Women, in their 70s now, have continued to practice off and all these years. Perhaps intermittently, or inconsistently, and yet they returned to show respect to their former teacher.

They inspire me to stay consistent and steady in my practices. The Yoga Sutras state that in this way we can put a stop to the mental fluctuation that perturb peace. I’ve come to prefer peace to the roller coaster of pleasure and pain that accompanies drama.
Have you discovered the benefit of consistent practice? What habits would you most like to adopt? Ki to Happiness chooses the peace that becomes a habit with consistency.

I walked around the corner to Right at Home yesterday with my good friend as we inquired about their home healthcare services for her beloved. The friendly, well informed staff welcomed us in. We were able to ask good questions and get immediate answers to possibly employing them in the future.
My dad needed such services. After his stroke, my mom couldn’t handle his needs on her own. She knew better than to try to lift him and tend to his every need, especially while he was still in denial about the consequences of his medical circumstances.
When caring for others can you also care for yourself? What services or assistance might be a valuable resource? Ki to Happiness collects resources that may never be necessary in recognition of human limitations.
After the last treats were enjoyed for Bob’s birthday gathering, we went outside for a small walk and some fresh air as is our habit. He went first, and I joined him after cleaning up one more item in the kitchen. As I approached him, he appeared to me as a cute boy.
With my eyes filled with joy and appreciation for him, 77 years of life appeared as like he was just 6. His fresh haircut and new white T-shirt perhaps contributed. What I saw was the good boy he always was and meant to be.
When your eyes are filled with joy, how do things look? When they don’t look that way, what can you do to find your joy? Ki to Happiness looks through the eyes of love and beholds tender innocence.
Today is my husband‘s 77th birthday. As the founder of the Hatha Yoga Center in 1977, he has chosen to celebrate by persevering in teaching his classes. In between yesterday‘s classes and following tonight’s 5:30, we will honor him with gathering socially,
In addition to flowers, gifts, cards, and special treats, yesterday we also took a bike ride with his oldest friend. At Golden Gardens, we luxuriated in the peak of summer heat, with our feet in the sand and our backs against the boulders. For just a moment, I saw him as the man I met almost 30 years ago and grew to know, sharing our lives with one another.
How would you celebrate turning 77? What have you consistently done since 1977? Ki to Happiness is inspired to consistently continue practicing and teaching yoga so I can celebrate when I’m 77 like Bob Smith.
We got together with Bob’s extended family to celebrate birthdays. He is the oldest of them at 77 tomorrow, and our youngest member, Nora, turns two in a week. Woodland Park zoo on the hot summer day was a perfect location for our celebration.
We left the studio in the capable hands of our manager, Chris List. She taught both of my classes and then proceeded to fix my email issue. She may join us today for our community gathering in honor of Bob’s birthday following his classes.
What’s the best celebration for ages 2 to 77? In whose hand can you leave your responsibilities in order to celebrate? Ki to Happiness surrenders the reins of Hatha Yoga Center into Chris List’s hands when necessary. 

Today’s new moon in Virgo invites us to plant seeds for the future. Having experienced a beautiful summer so far, we may have an awareness of those desires we have yet to fulfill. Releasing struggles, challenges, injuries, and anything else, we can envision peaceful progress and healthy fulfillment.
We live in a vibrational universe in which we may manifest our intentions through a willingness to speak them out loud. Perseverant actions based on higher guidance will direct us to our goals. Health, wealth, creativity, balance, truth, insight, and connection with the Highest are my intentions for myself and all my relations.
Can you imagine the fulfillment of your truest desires? Are you willing to speak those desires out loud? Ki to Happiness sets intentions with voice, sending positive vibrations outward for manifestation.
 The Hatha Yoga Center faces QFC’s office. Its glass door gives us a view of what’s going on behind the scenes. This morning, I witnessed one of the security guards praying as I have before.
I joined him from here, as I told him I did last time I witnessed his ritual. We both pray daily-him, 5x as is the Muslim tradition and me, repeatedly as needed. Together, we bridge the street and the traditions, praying for safety and guidance from the One in All.
What is your prayer this morning? Do you pray alone or with others? Ki to Happiness prays with all who pray, today and everyday, with those who are seen and unseen.