Author: Ki McGraw

Welcome to Monday. We astrologically passed through the Lion’s Gate yesterday. Energy is available today for new activities, fresh starts, and manifesting the inspiration that has been revealed to us of late.

During your weekend of cleaning up laundry and doing the grocery shopping in preparation for a new week you may have noticed nudges, hints or clues. These now may catalyze actions. We have the green light to move forward, blast off, and realize.

What wisps of inspiration have you been noticing? How can you take a small step in the direction of manifesting that? Ki to Happiness realizes it’s time to act.

At the farmers market I returned to my favorites. The little flower girl made me another bouquet inspired by our interaction. The cookie man selected a combination of vegan treats to offer at the Hatha Yoga Center.

As I waited for the cookies to be package I heard in the next stall over a woman having the vendor select tomatoes for her. Two beautiful little ones scurried about her dresses hem and cowgirl boots. She turned and her silhouette reveal another little one growing inside. This pretty moma has enough hope and love to continue reproducing!

What beauty has inspired you lately? How hopeful and loving do you feel? Ki to Happiness hopes to reproduce the effect this pretty mama had on me as I share this with you.

I finished reading the book The Time Traveler’s Wife a second time. Doing so inspires my writing. My first reading had me mesmerized by the subject matter. Rereading gave me a chance to study the craft.

I’ve passed the book on. It’s significance stays with me inside my head and my heart. Time is a mental construction. I like to play with it:Breathing practices can speed it up or slow it down, depending on which breath is used. Handstand reliably slow my sense of time down.

Do you have time to read? To reread? Ki to Happiness makes time.

The dry spell ended. It threatened to break the record. Rain returned to us in the night. Cool air brings its freshness. All is quiet. Smoke from fire season is washed away.

In the solitude of morning practice I feel subdued. Allowing boundaries to disappear in the safety of meditation, inner and outer align. Oneness crackles through each breath.

How is your air quality? Have you gotten enough sunshine this summer? Ki to Happiness witnesses boundaries dissolve in this sweet rain.

Hatha Yoga Center has an Olympic gold medalist in our extended community! Mark Harrison’s daughter Nevin won in Canoe Sprint 200m, besting the previous winner of 7 consecutive years. She’s only 19 years old so she likely has a long career ahead of her as most of the other competitors were much older.

I met her when she was just four years old. Her dad respectfully brought her to my class to give her a proper introduction to yoga. My heart is tinged with Gold, remembering her small self experimenting with embodiment.

How are your experiments in embodiment going? Do you know any Olympic gold medal ists? Ki to Happiness congratulates Nevin Harrison.

We had a beautiful day for spreading my mother-in-law’s ashes on the lake by the family house. No tears over her long well lived life were shed. Instead, a simple send off as she wanted.

Afterword, we took a drive up to the old house. Two stories with 4 bedrooms, one bath and dormers gave the family of 5 just enough room to grow up. Today’s family of 5 would require more than one income to support themselves within its walls.

When’s the last time you saw the house you grew up in? How do you reconcile your past with your present? Ki to Happiness integrates with yoga.

A few family members will gather today in memory of my husband’s late mother. Helen Smith Fisher passed away eight months ago. Like many who have passed away during the time of Covid, only now are we able to assemble.

Her 90+ years of life gave rise to 3 kids and 3 grandkids. Both her husbands, one of her daughters and all her friends predeceased her. Ashes and memories remain, as does all the love she mustered from her humble beginnings.

Have you lost someone in the time of Covid? Are you able to gather yet? Ki to Happiness honors Helen Smith Fisher.

We visited our 28-year-old in his home. After settling in for five months, he was ready for us. We brought him a couple of simple housewarming gifts as we would in Bali, rice and incense.

His house is old. It feels familiar to me like all the old houses I lived in during college. There’s something comforting about those floors, walls, and ceilings all staying put for decades. It has been warmed before.

Are you comfortable in your adult kid’s home? What can you offer that will be truly appreciated? Ki to Happiness offers respect and patience.

Yesterday I delayed putting our sign out on the street until just before class. As I entered the stairwell heading down I saw the unusual sight of broken glass all over the floor. One of our outside doors was shattered. I rallied quickly to contact the property manager and get in position to start my class.

My husband’s reaction included his asking “why is it always on Us?” We’ve had to bear the brunt of multiple break-ins, burglaries, and trespassers. What I liked about his question is the use of the word “Us”. We are in this together. And our community rallied with Us, again.

Who is part of your “Us?” Can you avoid taking things personally? Ki to Happiness loves Us!

My new supplements have arrived! I feel so fortunate to be able to take the time to study and research my needs. Then to have the time and the resources to get what I choose feels spacious and free.

I keep evolving as do my needs. It’s important to update our rituals and programs regularly. Now I have what I want and want what I have.

Do you want what do you have? Is there a need to supplement? Ki to Happiness is able to respond the the evolving needs.