Author: Ki McGraw

Working on some projects yesterday, my computer crashed. It needed a hard reset. Fortunately, it restarted and is working well again.

The stress surrounding the project and the computer issue brought me into also needing a hard reset. I walked in nature practicing pranayama, smudged with sacred sage, and replaced the tense energy with Vanilla essential oil and fresh plants. Today begins anew, having made progress on many levels, full of gratitude for my helpers on all planes of consciousness.

Have you noticed how the outer world reflects your inner realm? What do you do when you need a hard reset? Ki to Happiness resets with nature, yoga, and gratitude.

Before my morning class, I shared my most recent guitar efforts with one of the students with whom I’ve been practicing Another student who is also a guitarist listened with interest. I opened up about my history of playing and singing with the whole class to include everyone.

I asked them all if they also played and discovered that six out of nine were musicians. They delighted in learning of their mutual hidden talents. Then they exchanged information so that they could get together and play sometime.

What are your hidden talents? What would it take for you to express them? Ki to Happiness supports expression of God/Goddess given talents, skills and abilities in our whole community.

Today is my big brother‘s birthday. He is happy and content with his life and his choices. He responded to my birthday greeting immediately.

He has three cats just like we do. He listened to some old music from our childhood so I did too. In solidarity we are grateful for “A Quiet Place to Live”, which is the title of a Carole King song.

What is your relationship with your siblings? Amidst your differences, what do you share? Ki to Happiness loves comparing notes with her brother throughout life, delighting in his delight.

A friend of mine assisted me with an issue I’ve been having with technology. Without instruction, I reached out to my support team. Over the holiday weekend, I received no response.

My brother who is an OG IT professional, told me one way. In speaking with my friend, I learned a few other ways. I like having multiple methods to choose from, 

What do you do when one way doesn’t work? Are you open to multiple methods and variations? Ki to Happiness perseveres until issues are resolved and finds many ways to do what is necessary.

In the midst of a busy and productive Labor Day, we had lunch with friends. Over our tasty and nutritious Thai food, we shared some recent consciousness expanding experiences.I revealed some images that came through my most recent Ayurvedic treatment, and they disclosed their experiences with clinical MDMA.

One of the remnants from our talk is the importance of corpse posture, preparing us for the sunset time in our lives.  Practiced daily, we can smile at sunset, recognizing that we have done with our lives, exactly what our Higher Self intends. Corpse also invites us to make course corrections to ensure we aren’t wasting our precious life on our lower impulses without the need for controlled substances or expensive treatments.

Have you done all you are supposed to with this precious life? What do you need to do so you can smile at sunset and the sunset time in your life? Ki to Happiness sits and smiles at sunrise and sunset.

I’ll be laboring on this Labor Day. I do so to facilitate the many who have the day off. Students and clients are able to make use of my services while they have a little downtime.

Being raised in a working-class family, I identify with those who labor. I love my work and enjoy serving others, today and everyday. As the poet Rumi says “stop trying to get off work”, meaning keep waking up to conscious Oneness and help others do the same whether you get paid for it or not.

How will you observe Labor Day this year? Who does your work serve? Ki to Happiness awakens and works to serve the One in all. 

Meeting our youngest family member, Nora, brought delight to us all. She played in the water at the interactive Aquarium displays and gazed with wide eyes as we rode the Great Wheel. Adults got along and assisted each other throughout our excursion.

Deep healing occurred as old family rifts disappeared. Memories surfaced of our many years together and apart, mingling like the different species of fish. The highest point occurred as we reflected on the depths of our connections.

How healed are your old family rifts? What experience could deepen your healing? Ki to Happiness integrates the healing with yoga.

Today we meet our newest family member. Nora came to the world one year ago today. We will celebrate with our son and her mom and dad, who is our niece and her husband.

In many indigenous cultures, the first birthday is the most important. Surviving birth and the first year of life is challenging and treacherous even in our modern world. Whether our plans unfold as scheduled or not, meeting her and being together will be a blessing.

Who is your newest family member? Who is your oldest? Ki to Happiness is grateful for both our youngest and oldest for all we share.

Bob’s class last night included a new student, another who is departing and also returning students. One who is regularly in attendance wanted something “special“. Truly, just have us all in one place at the same time practicing yoga was already special. 

There was a moment in class in which specialness erupted on its own. Joy and laugher came through us all as an attendee experienced success with a practice, inspiring us all. Contagious, another who’d been unable in the past with the practice also succeeded. 

What makes your yoga practice special?  What inspires you to keep practicing? Ki to Happiness finds specialness in the confluence of different students inspiring each other,

One of the five Niyamas or observances on the yogic path is contentment, or Santosha in Sanskrit. Choosing to be content with life brings us peace. That vibration draws more contentment to us, more awareness of our many blessings, and a stronger ability to choose contentment repeatedly.

Capitalism, or what some are now calling our present economic system “Creditism” is based on discontent.  Feeling the lack of sufficiency to meet our needs promotes more consumption, if on credit. Repaying our debts with interest brings us into the cycle of further discontent.

Can you choose to be content with what you have? What helps you strengthen that choice? Ki to Happiness wants what she has: freedom to choose contentment.