Author: Ki McGraw

At 92, this global influencer has departed our Earthly realm. May she rest well, having served humanity to her fullest capacity. She leaves us to continue in her stead.

My mother and I took the bus in 1980 to attend the women’s March in Chicago where Gloria Steinem presided over us all, similarly clad in white to present unity. We simply wanted equal rights to men. Great progress and setbacks have occurred, so we march on.

Do you believe in equality? Are you experiencing it yet? Ki to Happiness is an agent of equality, unity and integration of bodymindspirit.

In my two private sessions yesterday I worked with good men. They take responsibility for themselves and their shortcomings. In doing so, both are making progress on their respective paths.

When students or students fail to take responsibility for themselves, they don’t make progress. Projecting authority outward, they may blame the teacher or therapist for not “fixing” them. The fix is self responsibility, honesty and consistence in appliying steady and temperate effort on one’s chosen path.

Are you willing to take complete responsibility for yourself?Honestly, how consistent are you on your path? Ki to Happiness is able to respond to the nudges from her internal Authority with diligence.

May the great humble poet farmer, Wendell Berry rest in peace after his 92 years on this Earth. Perhaps free to roam energetically in the mystery, he is able to join in the Peace of Wild Things. He’s shown us the way through despair as his legacy.

Many need his words now. Taking his gentle counsel, we push back from the screens, the news, the politics and lay down on the ground. Letting the creatures, rocks and plants of our planet show us how to live, we reconnect ourselves to Nature and naturally less desperate.

What will your legacy be? What do you do when you feel desperate? Ki to Happiness reconnects with Nature outdoors, or on the yoga mat.

Welcome September! We head into the Ber months with sunshine and bounty. I whomped up some fabulous food from all the students’ gifts from their gardens to celebrate.

The scent lingered as I taught my 10 am class without any complaint from those gathered. I put up some of the summer blessings to brighten SeptemBer, OctoBer, NovemBer and DecemBer. Bob and I enjoyed some to conclude August well nourished and grateful.

Do you look forward to the Ber months? What blessings from the summer will you take with you? Ki to Happiness takes beet green, cherry tomatoes, tomatillos and basil together with the warmth of our generous community into autumn.

After Bob’s classes yesterday, we sat out on the deck and had smoothies with Daniel. Soft sun warmed the air as we sipped our lemon banana blend. We talked about our families and the events of the summer as it comes to a close.

As today is the last day of August, we celebrate each golden moment of warmth and light. This summer has been good to us, our families and friends, and HYC. We look forward to the changing seasons and gifts each shift brings.

How good has August been to you? What do you look forward to in September? Ki to Happiness loves 4 seasons, and the blessings from each.

We had a great outing with our family at the zoo. Our son picked us up from HYC as class assembled. His cousin and her husband together with their three year-old joined us inside the entrance.

We talked and walked as the day went from sprinkles to clouds into sunlight. Little Nora especially loved her flamingo bubble wand gift. Splashing in puddles and blowing bubbles delighted us all even more than lions, gorillas and giraffes.

What delights you and your family? When’s the last time you went to the zoo? Ki to Happiness loves talking and walking in nature especially with Family.

This morning‘s rain cleans the air and replenishes the thirsty earth. We feel the natural signals of seasonal change coming. Welcoming it, we won’t mind bundling up a bit for our family outing to the Zoo.

Starting my day in gratitude for a good nights sleep, I sit in my pranayama and meditation practice with windows open. Fresh moist air in our clean studio will enhance classes today, taught by our studio manager, Chris List. She’s also made tremendous progress on our mailing list, so soon we will begin to include everyone on it to celebrate HYC’s upcoming 50 year anniversary and Jubilee.

How are you welcoming the end of summer? Are you ready to grab your rain gear? Ki to Happiness stays present to the gifts of today and plans for a beautiful future, having healed from the past.

The full moon lingers after the eclipse has passed. All the energies that were stirred up in building towards the eclipse have now resolved themselves. We awaken in a new dawn, a new day, with renewed awe at the power of nature.

Locally we had wind gusting, tossing plants and thoughts about. Unsettled issues and feelings stirred old patterns. Having faced all that, a calm reordering of personal habits and care for the heart and its home is recommended.

 How do you feel today after the eclipse? Does it help you put into perspective the energies of the last couple of weeks? Ki to Happiness feels full of awe and renewed faith in Nature.

Tonight‘s lunar eclipse will finalize the energy that’s been brewing for the last couple of weeks. Much has been revealed which once had been obscured. In the light of the discoveries, new courses of action may be required.

It’s important to ground these energies before taking definite action. Yoga practice always helps to bring us back into our bodies and out of abstraction. As these energies settle down and we ground, the path forward will present itself.

What has been revealed to you in the last two weeks? How does that change your course of action? Ki to Happiness has faith that the path will appear as I walk on.

As we continue through eclipse season, there is support for hidden truth to be revealed. It can be expressed safely now. Doing so may ease the full moon on Saturday.

I practiced some truth telling yesterday with our studio manager. She pitched right in to help with an issue I have been dealing with privately. Together, we will be better able to serve the community.

What hidden truth has been revealing itself? Who can you tell it to? Ki to Happiness lets herself in on the truth and shares it consciously.