Author: Ki McGraw

Our smoky heatwave is diminishing. What a relief! I cleared the little headache already. It came on to me after trying to run a few errands in the polluted air. Today should be better with the warning ending at 7 PM

My breathing practices this morning let me know the air is cleaner. I didn’t have to use the air filtration device. I’m cool and calm. May you find your way to cool calmness, too.

How is your environment this morning? Can you breathe deeply? Ki to Happiness breathes a sigh of relief.

We use the newspaper as we play with our cats. Hiding toys underneath a page lures them in to hunt the toy. Later we use the newspapers in their litter box area to discourage any “accidents”.

Both are good uses for the newspaper as the headlines continue to be grim. Yesterday my husband hit his limit. No longer able to withstand the headlines, he retreated to his man cave. I recognize in my own limitations that I am not responsible for his reaction. That’s great news!

How are you doing with the news? Are able to negotiate your limitations gracefully? Ki to Happiness’ headline “Wife respects husband’s limitations”.

In the relentless planetary focus on calamity and illness, we each feel alone from time to time. No one completely aligns with another perspective. Differences fuel debates with division deepening.

As we turn within, we may find our separate and distinct way into higher consciousness. The spirit of guidance is upon us all. In this way, we may find within solitude an awareness that we are All One. Once that occurs, we have a choice.

Do you see yourself as alone? Can you see we are together if separate and distinct? Ki to Happiness chooses to see we are All One from this state arrived at in solitude.

11 days ago I took my grief over my good friend’s death and applied it to the 25 push-ups challenge. There’s nothing I can do about him anymore whereas there are many more struggling still who I may benefit.

Including myself. I feel stronger. The push-ups wake me up. I feel connected to a huge community of others who are similarly helpful. I just did the math and converted my push-ups into bench presses of 86 pounds!

How can you convert your grief into loving action? What benefits do you receive from helping others? Ki to Happiness knows there are no “others”.

Moving through the Lion’s Gate as astrologers call 8/8, I made use of the new moon support to manifest a few creative ideas. I felt the lift under my wings as I did so. This encouraged me to continue.

Looking up for my projects, I saw the light was beginning to dim in early evening. I didn’t wanna miss my walk in the woods to my special spot. I hustled on my tennis shoes and headed out. As I entered the woods it was already cooling. Yet deep in the woods shining on my spot was a ray of golden light. Perfect timing!

Have you made use of these new energies in a creative direction yet? Can you keep up your good habits even when you are inspired? Ki to Happiness feels rewarded by the sun shining on her spot.

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.