Author: Ki McGraw

As a post- Mother’s Day ritual I repotted a few little plants to brighten HYC. I taught my morning class and after a brief rest shifted into editing my manuscript. As I entered into conducting a private session before demonstrating for Bob‘s evening class, I overheard him having a disturbance on the phone.

He shared the trouble with me as we mobilized for assistance from our community. Having done all we could do, after his evening class, it was time to pray. Together, we called all our angels, saints, guides and guardians.

Who do you call on? What do you do to find your center when threatened? Ki to Happiness calls on you, and all Helper Beings as she grounds herself with yoga.

Reflecting on the weekend, you may have had all your expectations met. If not, you may be experiencing disappointment. Seems like all the different holidays have this in common.

When every day is a holiday, we may remove expectations and celebrate what Is. In this way, we save ourselves from disappointments. Accepting life on life‘s terms makes every day holy.

How was your holiday weekend? Can you still enjoy it today? Ki to Happiness accepts life as it is, free from expectations and disappointments.

Someone took care of me before I did. That’s how I learned to care for myself. I’ve evolved my methods of self care over my the span of my life based on the start.

I’ve taken care of others before they were able. I hear from them that they have continued, and evolved their methods along the way. Happy Mother’s Day to all who care for others and allow room for that care to evolve.

Who took care of you before you learned how to? How can you best honor that selfless service? Ki to Happiness thanks her mom and the Divine Mother within all who care enough to serve selflessly.

I’ve learned from my writing coach that the average number of revisions required for publication of a manuscript is seven. That encourages me as I hunt weasel words for editing in this 4th revision. They are extraneous words that soften the verbs towards passivity.

Women’s writing once was its own genre, which encouraged the use of the passive voice, as well as passive participation in our society. One by one, I am activating this woman’s writing as I pump up my verbs into muscular action. Here’s to becoming a more active participant in society, one word at a time.

Were you taught to soften your word choice? Can you give voice to your truth? Ki to Happiness speaks up.

For a while I felt like my ship had capsized yesterday. Negativity tumbled out of my holdings. I thought badly about myself which I haven’t done for a long time.

Instead of lingering and indulging in more of the stored unconscious conditioning, I stopped. I looked in the mirror as I told myself to STOP. I witnessed my ship right itself again.

Can you stop yourself when you need to? How do you right your ship? Ki to Happiness’s relationShip with herself is right again.

Hatha Yoga Center has welcomed more live students in attendance. Slowly and safely, one by one with or without masks, they’ve been starting to show up. Many are new to the practice.

This brings me such joy. I love being embodied with the physical movements, breathing consciously as I “set my heart on the everlasting” as the yoga sutras advise. Teaching others to open to this experience is its own reward.

What brings you joy? Can you open yourself up to the experience and offer it to others? Ki to Happiness enjoys her attention dancing with all in attendance.

I’ve never had an abortion. I’ve never needed one. I’m blessed to have been fertile at a time when I could’ve had one if I needed one.

Like many of us, I was sexually abused as a child. I experienced a sexually abusive first marriage. During those dreadful days, having access to safe and private professional reproductive options empowered me to responsibly avoid unwanted pregnancies.

How have you exercised your reproductive rights? What can you do to protect those rights? Ki to Happiness supports conscious reproduction.

I looked at my phone yesterday and suddenly dozens of DMs arrived. I realized immediately I had been hacked and got busy to rectify the situation. In 11 minutes I was unhacked.

Keeping my breath balanced, the stress response of increasing my cortisol level calmed. After sending off notices to those who may be affected, I took a vigorous walk in the woods as I chanted to release the remaining increase in cortisol. I am relieved to have reacted, responded and recovered quickly,

How is your stress response? How swiftly can you recover? Ki to Happiness employs balanced yogic breaths whenever imbalance threatens.

God must’ve been lonely last night. I got up at about 11 PM unable to sleep. Instead of lying there in bed fretting about a poor night’s sleep, I got up.

I took in the rain, pouring down outside our windows. I felt drenched with blessings, although dry indoors. I marveled in the peaceful night as I laid back down, vibrating with the miracle of life.

How well have you been sleeping in these incredible energies? When you are up in the night, what do you do with yourself? Ki to Happiness keeps God company.

Welcome, May! This Beltane, the fire on my altar sits amongst the flowers from our anniversary after watching the Marilyn Monroe biopic. My husband’s early programming paraded about in the solar eclipse energy as I witnessed.

My own early programming is also stirred up as my grandma’s name is May. While she was no Marilyn, she continues to walk with me through my life. She keeps me hoofing.

Who walks with you? What of your early programming continues? Ki to Happiness walks with the memories that help me keep my chin up.