Author: Ki McGraw

As the moon subsides it’s super fullness, the intensity of the last few days calms. Now is a time for integration of the energies stirred. In quiet reflection, we may make the most of all that has come to light.

Yoga practice and teaching has sustained us through our transition to our new location. Like sea creatures all piled up on a rock, we rest in the summer sun and heal from the pounding waves and current of change. Yoga is our rock.

What is your rock? Can you rest on it as you heal? Ki to Happiness rests and integrates with Hatha Yoga.

All the great religious paths honor those entities of protection and healing. Archangel Michael is revered by the pathless path as well. In times of need for justice, he may be involved by anyone.

Once during an initiation process when all my guides and guardians were invoked, I experienced him as the leader of an army of protectors, insuring justice and healing for all who petition. From time to time I have called on him, and they all show up. In the light of this full moon, ask for the justice, protection and healing you desire and allow his magnificent wings to wrap you in a field of grace, trust and faith that all will be well in right timing.

What has come up for you in the light of this full moon? Who do you turn to for protection, justice and healing? Ki to Happiness asks and receives an abundance of Archangel Michael’s grace.

Ki to Happiness celebrates its 3 year anniversary. Of course I had no idea what I was getting into when I started. I could not have imagined the pandemic or how this daily blog post might serve.

I think of others who kept silent throughout the last 3 years, who didn’t try to offer counsel or encouragement, and instead left us alone to find our own way. I’m glad I had connection to a source of inspiration, bubbling up, like a fountain. It has renewed me, along with those who open up to read these few words.

What bubbled up in you three years ago? Does it continue to support you and those you serve? Ki to Happiness loves daily connection to Source and sharing it with You.

I got up in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. No loud neighbors or playful cats disturbed me. Yet, I awakened completely and look and around.

I saw our new home and work space illuminated by the waxing moon. The cats and I were feeling it. We are in synch with nature.

How in synch with nature are you? Do you feel this moon already? Ki to Happiness will salute both the sun and the moon daily until full sleep returns.

This morning I will go to a new bank branch. I received a gift check in the mail yesterday to feather our new nest. Thanks, Mom.

When the pandemic closed down my bank branch, I felt a desperate need in my life for its reopening which now I have moved away from. We informed our mail carrier of our new address personally, after he spent delivering our mail in University District for over 20 years. Mom’s continued love and support continues, whatever my address or bank branch.

What is continuous in your life? What did you once cling to which now you easily release? Ki to Happiness releases those things that have served their purpose to embrace all that continues to serve.

Sundays at the Hatha Yoga Center have been something of an institution. We are approaching HYC’s 45th anniversary of offering traditional classes daily. Many have attended Sunday classes, like they may have church.

We were in the midst of the 9 AM class when a long-term student rode up on her bike. Seeing her smiling face brought us all tremendous joy at our reunion. I gave her a private tour and settled her in as she planned to stay through the 10:30 class and our first community gathering which immediately followed.

Do you feel valued in your communities? Are you aware how much your simple presence contributes to each group you participate in? Ki to Happiness values each and every Hatha Yoga Center community member.

This is our one week anniversary of residing in our new space. As we continue to adjust to the new sounds and the surrounding area, we settle in. A few needs arise which we easily meet.

Bruises and scratches from the intensity of the move heal. Students are finding their way to our new location as many continue with us on our Facebook Hatha Yoga Center live streaming group page with some tech glitches. Overall, the yoga practice continues to give us perspective as it enables us to speed our wings and fly a bit above addresses, injuries and complications.

How was your week? What practices help you fly above it all for a renewed perspective? Ki to Happiness flies with Yogic breathing, meditation, postures, and lifestyle.

We got our first mail delivery. I shopped at our new grocery store for the first time for more than just an item or two. I made a small tray with treats to share with our veterinarians as they came for our four-year-olds’ first examination here which turned into our first small party.

I celebrate each small accomplishment even as we continue letting go of the last place and all associated with it. I no longer feel like I am a trapeze artist midair between one trapeze and the next, nor like I’ve just escaped a burning building with my few treasures (cats). Instead, I feel the first light of day on my yoga practice here with my altar in the spot it may remain for years.

What’s new? What remains from the past even in the midst of newness? Ki to Happiness thanks the past for these practices which remain in this new day, new place, new chapter.

After teaching my morning class and conducting one private session, I took some time to rest. Refreshed, I got up to unpack another box. It was the first one I packed when we learned we’d be moving, although we didn’t know where or when.

With the books on a shelf and the incense burning, I carried the box out to be recycled with the others. As I returned, I looked around for another box to unpack and only then realized there was none. I unpacked the last box and celebrated quietly as we smelled the first pot of beans cooking and resumed watching our favorite alternative news.

After the climax, how comfortable are you with the anti-climax? In what way can you best celebrate what you have accomplished?Ki to Happiness continues practicing before during and after climaxes and celebrates with simple pleasures.

Yoga practice continues to support us in this move. The stabilizing breath focus while physically executing challenging postures brings me present often to the inspiration from my Higher Self. This resulted in my following guidance to shift my bed into my walk in closet.

I slept well in my tiny room, safely away from the curious cats. They have been healing from the trauma of moving as they explore at night their new surroundings. With this new arrangement, they can follow their higher guidance as I follow mine.

What inspiration do you receive in your yoga practice? Can you act on it? Ki to Happiness acts on the inspiration in order to communicate to my Higher Self “I’m listening”.