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Our 28-year-old came to visit yesterday. He’s so busy working. It’s wonderful to see him growing up into himself. We are blessed that in his thoughtfulness he took time out of his weekend to see us.

Many of his choices are not in alignment with our values. He represents the evolution of what all of us parents have offered him. We are vegan. He’s not. We live the yogic lifestyle. He works construction We like old acoustic folk music. He performs rap in Indonesian. He took some tea, and fruit salad though. Soon he’ll plant some lettuce.

How have you evolved what your parents value? Can you see how your kids have evolved your values? Ki to Happiness loves that we all value fruit salad.

In my first postgraduate training, I became especially tight with a couple of the women in our group. Years before the Internet of things kept us all in contact, we found our way into our separate lives after completing the 2 year program. I reunited with one of them years ago on FB, but the other was hard to find.

Until yesterday. I can barely share my joy with you through my bleary teary eyes, wet with reconciliation. She accepted my friend request, gave me her number and allowed me to share it with our other buddy. I’ll call her when I can do so with enough emotional space to process the rippling effect of cascading memories.

Do you remember life before the Internet? Have you reconnected with all of the beloveds you want? Ki to Happiness cherishes the women friends.

The ancient ones called this day Beltane. They would build a bonfire and all would gather for merriment.Festive foods and drinks would celebrate the beginning of new growth and fertility. Gods and goddesses would be embodied in order for sacred coupling to ensue.

Hatha Yoga includes includes practices that ignites the internal fire. This fire is used to burn up the past, and make way for the internal God and Goddess to unite. The left channel is the feminine (called Ida) and the right is masculine (called the Pingala). Together, they strengthen the central channel ( the Shushumana) for full ignition of the Creative Potential!

Could you benefit from this practice? What do you need to find your way to it? Ki to Happiness wishes you a merry May.

20 years ago after the World Trade Center attacks, I bought a stove. Our president at the time implored us to participate in American commerce. I dutifully carried out my role. Over the years, it more than paid for itself in healthy homemade meals, catered events for the Hatha Yoga Center, and innumerable celebrations.

When the lower heating element caught fire in the oven, it stopped working. Midway through the Covid year, I shifted into using the broiler. I learned this week that it’s almost impossible to make a wedding cake with a broiler but I did it anyway. It looks beautiful. Seems like the perfect last effort! New stove arrives in June.

Did you participate in stimulating the American economy after 9/11/01? Have any of those purchases lasted through to this global crisis? Ki to Happiness looks forward to all the good cooking to come…

We watched Nomadland. This award winning movie poignantly expresses aspects of our society what I observed when I first returned here after 10 years abroad. My perspective shifted with years of travel, and experimenting with other ways of living. It seemed like the lifestyle here became impossible.

My idea was that if we all lived in bread trucks we could enjoy our lives, without needing 40+ hours of work per week to support our basics. Nature would benefit from our simplicity. Instead of clinging to the old ways for security, the nomadic life offered freedom. The movie portrays this exchange.

What do you need for Security? How much freedom are you willing to give up? Ki to Happiness feels secure and free in the yogic lifestyle.

I started my morning practice when I suddenly heard one of my cats choking. I shifted immediately to tend to her. She’s fine now, once she got the flower petal dislodged.

She went through about three episodes in a half hour period. I alternated between focusing on my practice, and focusing on her. What I wanna share is how one of her brothers stayed right with her the whole time. Nearby he simply exuded his loving presence.

Are you good brother/sister? Can you stay near someone in need and be your loving? Ki to Happiness is willing.

In the thrill of the full moon on our anniversary, I made an Indonesian feast for us. With just enough bumbu bumbu (spices) from our last trip in 2019, I delighted our palettes with Yellow rice, garlic tofu and sayur sayuran (fresh veggies).

As a special dessert I made almond cake with fresh ingredients without any prepackaging. The result was simply delicious, wholesome and nostalgic. 19 years in the making.

Are you finding festive ways to celebrate the significant moments in your life? Can you make what you need at home? The Ki to Happiness is homemade.

This super pink moon is the most intense of the year. Scorpio calls fourth all that needs transformation. Utilizing this energy gives us a chance to experience rebirth even as we continue in this earthly life.

19 years ago today, Bob and I were graduating our first group our yoga teacher who we trained together. The local priest came to give his blessing, and married us, as well. Today we transform that energy into celebration. Who we were is no longer. We’ve been reborn repeatedly into This we have now.

What calls for transformation in your life today? How can you make use of this intensity toward that desire? Ki to Happiness lets go of the 19 years into the present moment.

In our urban living workspace, we have only north facing windows. In our former location, I learned to work with a micro climates of gardens on all sides of our entire building. Moving here nearly 9 years ago, it seemed that all of those lessons mattered not.

The Covid has kept me in long enough, that I am digging deeply into all of my resources. With donated dirt, and seeds with second hand containers from Goodwill, there’s enough reflect light from our neighbor’s windows to grow! Squash sprouts reveal the life that silently waited inside the seed.

What resources are you digging deeply into? What life awaits inside your seeds? Ki to Happiness delights with each sprout.

Fresh rains have fallen in the night. All is washed clean. I love how the trees, the concrete, the cars as well as the people walking about all get wet. Like the sun, the rain finds its way to all sides of the mountain. In right timing , the elements express themselves indiscriminately.

If only we could love like this. Freely giving all of our heart, our truest attention, to all things, we shine like the sun. We cleanse the earth and all it’s material like the rain.

Can you let your love flow like the rain? Or let your love shine like the sun? Ki to Happiness loves.