The polls came in with election results as expected. Both the House and Senate look to have flipped from red to blue majority. Here in Seattle, blue dominates anyway so aside from celebrations, blue has deepened its shade toward indigo.

The cats don’t seem to care. Yoga practice hasn’t changed. Voices have been heard as our civic duty has shown the fluctuating will of the people perhaps satisfying some of the populace.

What do the election results mean to you? How will it affect your practices? Ki to Happiness continues with steady and consistent effort toward the One with these and all election results.

Today is election day for the midterms. Americans are fortunate to be able to express their opinions and choices at the polls. This democratic republic continues to model such possibilities for the world to see.

Whatever the outcome, Hatha Yoga will offer grounding practices to balance, strengthen, stretch and align our bodies. Pranayama and meditation will integrate our minds, emotions and spirit with it. In this way, our sovereignty over choosing peace remains as constant as our effort.

 Has this midterm election season upset your peace? What practices help to restore you to body, mind, emotion and spirit integration? Ki to Happiness freely chooses peace in this as well as all administrations and elections.

On this third day of Dia de Muertos, we honor all souls who have departed. Each did the best they could at the time and we remember their efforts. We stand on their shoulders, improving on their best with our best.

I’ll set a place at my table to represent them and eat in silence, reflecting on the many time we gathered. Hatha Yoga traditionally practices Corpse Pose to keep the awareness of the gift of life alive every day. Bettering ourselves with the tools we’ve inherited, we forward the legacy of those who’ve departed.

On whose shoulders do you stand? Can you set a place at the table for them today and remember their loving efforts? Ki to Happiness remembers in gratitude and evolves love, sharing it with all who are open.

I swept and cleared our threshold as part of my Halloween ritual. In doing so, we freshly welcome the benevolence that this day represents. There have been those among us who have walked on the Earth and performed miracles, who we venerate today.

Amidst the remaining candy and treats, the Saints’ icons and candles are lit. After Bob’s classes, those interested may linger and commune. We are all blessed by their saintly example whether we know it or not.

Do you have favorite saints? Are you in need of their intercession? Ki to Happiness favors All who show us the there is a way to respect physical laws and transcend them with the right assistance and timing.

Fog shrouds the pumpkins on this hallowed dawn. This Halloween starts with eerie perfection. By trick or treat, all will have aligned with “fall back “ tonight.

In between, Saturday’s classes will make good use of the energy. Choosing to identify with the light in the Jack o’ Lantern, not the rotting carved squash, we shift attention in a way that will serve us through the long dark season ahead. Maybe the extra hour of slumber will help process any of the too muchness of this holiday.

How will you use the energy of the day? What will prepare you best for the days ahead.? Ki to Happiness will let the Light shine through this and every holiday.

I’m happy to share that my return trip was uneventful. On-time departure after successfully returning my rental car with my carry-on bag stuffed but zipped, I settled in to watch movies on the fight. Taxiing home required conscious breathing as the driver had one foot on the gas and the other on the break, making it a go, slow, go through the raining traffic.

Once home, I greeted my husband and our cats. I happily unpacked and let the cats smell all my travel smells. Bob gave me the grace to rest as my body called me into slumber.

Do you know the pleasure of uneventful travel? Do others allow rest when needed? Ki to Happiness is grateful for the peaceful homecoming.

I am confirmed, checked in, packed, and all but zipped. As this trip concludes, soon I will be home again. I travel with memories and Mercies from all that has occurred.

Overall, I’ve revisited my choices and self validated them to continue with the Yoga Lifestyle of my interpretation. Early bed and early rising with practices first before interacting keeps me tethered to my primary purpose. Being the loving peace that we all are serves the One wherever I call home.

What is your primary purpose? Can you stay aligned with that even when you travel? Ki to Happiness “puts her oxygen mask on first” with Yoga practices.

I entered St. Louis from a more northerly route following GPS directions. In doing so, I was unable to see The Arch, so I may have to today. Its 61st birthday is being celebrated with lots of festivities at the Riverfront.

Grandpa picked me up so I could see above the taller heads when the capstone was helicoptered into place. It has always been a source of civic pride as it honors the great push westward in our country, across the wide Mississippi. It has welcomed me each reunion with the land of my people and our origins.

What welcomes you to your origins? How can you honor your beginnings? Ki to Happiness celebrates her humble start with gratitude for every lesson and blessing along the way to here, now.



As I prepare to leave from this visit, I take with me the joys of simple normal routine activities. Mom has made a remarkable comeback from her medical processes and is ALIVE, grateful and happy. I’ve been here with her long enough to witness the depth of her recovery on all levels.

My next trip will be in the Spring with no guarantee. I proceed in faith, believing that all is well and will be well. I leave her in the hands of the God of her understanding, her communities, and her assistants, now including her personal trainer, who sometimes conducts her chair yoga class.

How strong is your faith? Are you willing to leave others in the hands of their Guidance? Ki to Happiness departs from here, following her own Guidance, as revealed in Yoga practices on and off a mat or chair.

Today’s astrology continues to have retrograde energy, prompting some to reach into their past. Doing so is for the purpose of extracting our greater sense of worth. It is not for the purpose of living in the past, and specifically it is not for the purpose of calling one’s ex.

This phenomenon occurs as I am on the land of part of my history. Free from any desire regarding the past, I ground more completely in my worth. Staying on the Yoga Path keeps me Higher centered, identifying with my Eternal Spirit, evolving through this Physical temporal experience.

What part of your past are you revisiting? Of what value are those lessons? Ki to Happiness revisits lessons as they become blessings.