Month: December 2025

In conclusion of 2025, it may be helpful to remove some of the negative energies of the year. Smudging with sage helps to do so. It’s important that that be a safe practice with all fire protection in place including opening doors and windows if just a bit.

Nature abhors a vacuum. Recognizing this physical law, encourages us to fill the void remaining after the smudging with something intentional. I’m using honeysuckle essential oil to symbolically invite sweetness for 2026.

What energy would you like to release from 2025. How can you best symbolically represent that? Ki to Happiness smudges and opens the window.

With my helpful ride into see my banker before he retired, I was able to take another look at my old neighborhood. It’s nearly unrecognizable with dilapidated disrepair interspersed with high rise developments. Unhoused tweakers bundled against the cold, lay unconscious in the crosswalks with graffiti and detritus strewn about for the UW students and staff to navigate.

My banker and I remember the heyday of the Dotcom boom in the same neighborhood. We hugged each other and remembered the old days and what we’ve been through together as I bid him farewell. As I invited him to our live streaming group page, he said now finally he will have the time to participate.

What does your old neighborhood look like to you now? How grateful are you for the new developments? Ki to Happiness is grateful for the perspective brought by looking back so as to move forward toward greater peace.

“All is well that ends well” applies to the year’s end. It also applies to our significant relationships. My banker of 26 years retires on 12/31/25 and I must see him to say goodbye.

When he had his heart attack, he turned to me for guidance regarding yoga practices, and dietary habits. I was honored to assist him as he had counseled me so many times on financial health. Like me, he’s old school, and respects the value of the professional relationships, always adding the personal touch.

What needs your attention in order to end the year well? What significant relationships require honorable conclusions? Ki to Happiness makes sure to end 2025 well.

After both of my well attended classes yesterday morning, students lingered and expressed themselves. they voted or abstained in willingness to go with whatever the outcome is. We have students from the distance, also voting.

I’ve had to go back to a few remote voters to have them specify how they’d like their five votes to be counted. I appreciate each person‘s details. The voting booth is still up, with fresh tea, and a few more treats for those who attend in person.

Have you expressed yourself regarding the posture of the year? Are you abstaining because you are willing to accept whatever the outcome is? Ki to Happiness votes for yoga, every day.

Today is Chris List’s 60th birthday. She is Hatha Yoga Center’s manager and teaches the Friday 5:30 class. She’s been with us since her participation in our yoga teacher training program, nearly 20 years now.

We are also blessed to continue to have her in our community and provide these services for us. We celebrate her even as she is taking some time elsewhere for the holidays and her significant birthday. Your comments, memories and greeting are welcome here to share with her when she returns.

Who upholds your community? What’s the best way to celebrate them? Ki to Happiness celebrates by sharing that HYC continues to thrive with the support of Chris and welcomes your comments for her here.

20 years ago today my parents had their nuptials blessed at their church by a priest. Bob and I attended the blessing. It satisfied mom’s desire, having wedded with a justice of the peace initially.

A few months later, Bob’s mother remarried. We celebrated these romances and now cherish the memories. I’ll remember with my mom today, sole survivor of our elders.

What memories will you box up today? Which are good to share with others? Ki to Happiness shares from the bounty of blessings our elders have bestowed upon us.

As we observe today’s holiday, Hatha Yoga Center has a day off. The cats heard Santa’s sleigh early, and made sure I got up, too. After morning practices, we will enjoy the simple pleasures of a quiet day, healthy food, and our neighborhood walk.

Voting for the posture of the year is welcome to continue at a distance. Each person is welcome to five votes, to be used as you choose, either all on one posture or spread out as you desire. Voting continues until New Year’s Eve.

How will you spend today’s holiday? What practices will help make sure it is peaceful and bright? Ki to Happiness makes every day a holy day with yoga practice.

This morning at 10 we have our Christmas Eve class. We will resume our regular schedule of teaching on Friday morning at 10. Remote voting for Posture of the Year 2026 is available for our active community members.

So far, the voting booth has been quite active. With tea and treats after, some have asked about the exit polls. I abstain from prognostication and speculation as I refill ginger tea thermoses and translate remote votes into the ballot box confidentiality. 

How would you like to posture yourself for the upcoming year? Can you imagine what yoga posture would help you with that? Ki to Happiness grounds the peace discovered in meditation in all circumstances to the best of her present ability.

This is our last day with our full schedule before a little bit of a holiday break. I look forward to plenty of students attending both of our classes and participating in our community vote for posture of the year. We will keep the voting booth open with fresh tea and treats for all who want to participate.

Replenishing the refreshments, keeping the post it note ballots available and the ballot box private, I’m reminded of my maternal grandmother work the polls in her district. I celebrate her, democracy, and the holidays at the same time. Full heart and full schedule, I center myself with the ritual of yoga practice.

How’s your schedule at this holiday time? Did you keep time and space for your centering practices? Ki to Happiness shares from her fullness.

Our solstice festivities included well attended classes with treats following. Voting began for the posture of the year for 2026. We will maintain the voting circle until New Year’s Eve.

A few students at a distance have already voted. All members of the HYC hybrid community are welcome. We will announce the winner on 1/1/26.

What posture would you like to do every day? Is that because you need it or because you are good at it? Ki to Happiness loves all the postures, practices and practitioners on the path.