Author: Ki McGraw

As Bob heals from his stroke, collateral healing is occurring. A Course in Miracles states that no one is healed alone. In speaking with him, now that he’s able, mirth and joy burbled up from the endless supply within us both, anyway.

Two old friends with whom there had been estrangement have returned to my heart. Whatever the issues that may have kept us apart, the loving connection brings us back together. While this is happening, Bob is relearning how to stand, use his arms, smile and drink water.

What’s healing in your world? Can you open yourself up to witness the collateral healing? Ki to Happiness shares this healing with you.

I cannot push the clock. I cannot see the future of what will occur as Bob recovers from his stroke. As his certified stroke assessment specialist said many times, there’s no crystal ball with which to see what will occur.

What I can do is stay stable, tell the truth, and stay strong. Push-ups might seem like a waste of time, or a vanity. Right now, they are embodying my spirit of pushing through these challenging times.

Do you have a crystal ball? What can you do to push through the challenges you are facing? Ki to Happiness has several crystal balls all of which say keep pushing.

Bob Smith, founder of the Hatha Yoga Center in 1977 “has been stroked”, as his teacher Ram Das put it. Now that Bob is in the hospital, we will begin to know the extent of the consequences. It may take a long time for him to “get back”, like the Beatles’ song and the name of Bob’s last viewed documentary.

My role as codirector of HYC since 1999 is to see to it that he has a place to “get back” to. As Bob’s wife, it means carrying his legacy forward, whatever may come. My yoga practice and our community sustains and supports me so I can persevere.

What sustains and supports you? How can you best use your time while you are waiting? to Happiness continues to use common sense, which directs me back to Yoga.

This morning I am practicing common sense. It’s become all too uncommon. Allowing myself to adjust and adapt to the present needs, I return to the basics.

As a holistic counselor, those basics include drinking water, walking, and staying calm in the face of sudden change. It applies to me just as much as anyone else. Breathing slowly always grounds us.

How is your common sense? Can you help it become more common by exercising it? Ki to Happiness is breathing slowly and using common sense.

The heavens are at it again. The new moon in Sagittarius says start new creative projects. The solar eclipse pattern says tear down old structures. The net affect may be experienced as confusion unless we can see the bigger perspective.

I found it helpful to recognize that these patterns are occurring. Going with what is flowing, I did both. I pray for old structures that no longer serve us to conclude as we creatively experiment with new and improved possibilities. I dreamt of someone quitting smoking cigarettes, and instead, painting a picture of two of them.

What can you quit? Can you experiment creatively with a new possibility instead? Ki to Happiness prays and plays.

A student returned to work with me yesterday. Five years ago we shared a moment of deep darkness together. I reached out in the darkness and offered the light of truth as I best understood it then.

We joined together again in the name of yoga. As we concluded our session, tears freely flowed as five years disappeared into the healing awareness that all is well. That darkness long ago has dissipated in the light of greater awareness. It takes time.

What healing do you need? How much time are you willing to give? Ki to Happiness allows healing to take all the time it takes.

Yesterday I witnessed several little miracles. My eyes must have been cleansed of all that otherwise would have obscured the small and mighty Divine Interventions. I saw five years of tension in one relationship disappear into the love that is for the giving.

I saw schedules easily managed to accommodate my sudden needs. As if the Red Sea parted, obstacles got out of my way as I continued on my path. Helpers, both physical and spiritual gathered to usher me through to the safety of this moment.

How clear are your eyes? Can you see little miracles indicating Divine Intervention? Ki to Happiness has eyes to see the light upon all that Is.

As I welcome December, this morning I have assigned myself a new challenge. A couple of my friends are facing their own challenges this month, which will inhibit their ability to participate in push-ups. So I am committing to doing 25 a day for those who are unable.

Some of you may have seen my participation in these particular challenges ever since my friend passed away at the end of July. Now my efforts are for those who have let me know they are unable to participate. You are welcome to join me. The benefits are many. Yoga naturally includes push-ups in Sun salutations. 25 of those a day could keep the December blues away.

Are you able to do push-ups? Do you know there are people who are unable? Ki to Happiness gives her efforts for those who cannot.

The countdown to Christmas has begun. While some observe Hanukkah with candles, special foods and small gifts, others look forward to the “coming” of Christ consciousness. Gifting Tuesday follows Cyber Monday. Lots of ways to be with this time of year.

Walking in the mild sunny woods yesterday, I felt the sun as a giant candle lit for us all. Having awakened long ago to the Light within, all that is coming is already Here. Cyber love I send daily. Sharing my most precious gifts with you, I receive them all returned to me, multiplied.

How can you best open to this time of year? What do you sense is “coming”? Ki to Happiness gives all that has come.

As our little family gathered yesterday for our Thanksgiving feast, we all pitched in. I took the meal out of the oven and placed it on serving trays. The men carried full trays into our seating area. Cats sniffed about the tree as we toasted and counted blessings.

Those skills and others we have honed in our years together. We took our family photo together with all three cats in their costumes, laughing and nearly falling out of the frame. Simple pleasures and those skills make for a good holiday on any date.

What skills did your Holiday require? Did you find them coming up from somewhere deeply within? Ki to Happiness is grateful for those skills, often hidden, with which to make every day Holy.