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I am appreciating the cooler morning with the cloudy dawn. It takes me back to last year when the Covid hit. Our district was like a ghost town. There was a sense of foreboding in the darker days. Now, it’s refreshing.

As we get closer to full reopening, this pandemic gets closer to being a memory. Our streets are full with pedestrians and shoppers in the daytime. At night, street musicians and partiers make joyful sounds. Lots of exposed flesh in the warmer sunny weather. Now, back to hoodies. We adapt. And we remember.

How do you want to remember the pandemic? What next needs to adapt? Ki to Happiness remembers to practice yoga to adapt with grace.

Blessed with the sunshine and a little free time, I took a walk yesterday to see my trees. The old growth redwoods remind me that they are our ancient brothers and sisters. When I place my hands on their huge trunks, I feel grounded in the earth as well as supported in lifting my head to the sky.

The urban setting of our home and studio is all concrete and glass without so much as a sidewalk strip of grass. Yet 12 blocks away, these Giants continue to observe decades of peace, growth and connection to all other trees.

Do you have a favorite tree? Can you breathe in the connection to it right now? Ki to Happiness grounds and grows with the ancient ones.

Last night I dreamt my husband told me he loved me. Keeping the Hatha Yoga Center afloat during this pandemic has been hard on us financially. The dream reveals a deeper relationship that still exists, even as our professional partnering faces this limitation.

In the dream, he whispered in my ear. Like it’s a secret. I share the secret with you here, as it will be empowering me as I proceed. When I teach my classes this morning, you are likely to see an extra little smile blooming from within.

What deeper truth do your dreams reveal? Can you identify with it instead of the superficial? Ki to Happiness remembers and smiles.

Thrilled to share with you the news of the plan for reopening our state. Our governor announced yesterday that June 30, 2021 all Covid restrictions will end here! Earlier, the CDC announced that those with double vaccinations are free from their masks now.

We are nearing the end of this most unprecedented time on our land. Much has been gained amidst the terrible losses. It’s time to finish up those projects that were supported by the restrictions and count our blessings!

What projects do you want to finish? How can you sustain the blessings of this time? Ki to Happiness will never finish counting the blessings.

After my second phone call with a long lost dear friend, I feel grounded. Some unfinished business is now completed. The arc of our relationship has turned into a full circle.

That circle now embraces the years that have passed since we last deeply shared. Parallel stories, memories of our history and the forces that held us apart all culminate in a felt sense of an energy hug. Together with our shared practices, the frayed edges of our years apart heal.

What business do you have unfinished? How can you facilitate its completion? Ki to Happiness breathes in this fullness.

With the energy of the new moon still upon us, we are feeling that something’s happening. Some states are reopening as are some countries. Soon there will no longer be a mask mandate indoors. There’s a cautious excitement building.

In the University District where the Hatha Yoga Center is, we are above 80% vaccination rate. A couple of new students have joined us and more online! Beginning to see a light at the end of the Pandemic tunnel.

Can you feel it? What would you like to do with this fresh energy? Ki to Happiness recommits to the practices that have supported me through many dark tunnels.

Today the silence of the dark moon is upon us. Deep focus on gratitude for the sustenance for all that supports our physical nature will result in a healthy and fulfilling full moon in a couple of weeks.

This occurs as we prepare to shift into the sun sign of Gemini. With it, an emphasis on creative communication is advised. Combining these two astrological energies, it’s a great time to express your creativity through communication in physical ways.

What are you grateful for in the physical realm? How can you creatively communicate that: in singing, writing, speaking, dancing, painting, sculpting, cooking, designing? Ki to Happiness is doing it now. I’m grateful for you, dear readers, and I’ll be bringing it through in my yoga instruction tonight at 530.

After my morning practices, I am full of a sense of abundance. I have made it through so many challenges in my life, without the strength or resource to do so on my own. I have a keen sense of benevolence supporting me, guiding me, and protecting me.

When I look at the newspaper, I am aware how miraculous that is. I am healthy, still working, somehow able to honor all my commitments and feeling joyous. I love sharing that with you, here, as well as on the Hatha Yoga Center live streaming group page, live in person classes, and in private sessions.

How is your sense of abundance? What practices support you in choosing into that awareness? Ki to Happiness is grateful for the abundance of support, protection and guidance daily body mind spirit integrative practices bring.

That’s not what I call mine. The word always sounded too formal. I call her mom. In my heart, I call her mama. I’m so glad I still get to call her. She’s 83. I will call her as soon as I finish writing this, dear readers. She may be reading this now. She was my first reader, and my first fan.

My kid is off the hook. I give my stepson room to express his love and care for me in anyway he chooses, at any time. I reflect on the many ways I’ve mothered in my lifetime. I cherish the opportunity to nurture: pets, plants, students, clients, other people’s kids all have given me the gift of finding this outpouring from my heart.

Are you able to call your mom today? What do you expect of those you’ve mothered? Ki to Happiness wishes you all a happy Mother’s Day every day.

More than anything else, we would like to experience ourselves as an understandable human. As we take the time to back away from judgment, we widen our perspective. With enough distance and time, our understanding may grow.

The more often we repeat this process, the more likely it is that we will offer this to others. When we don’t understand someone, instead of judging them, we may take time and space from them, so we may broaden our view and remember that we’ve had to do that with our own issues in the past. Over time and frequent repetitions, we come to experience the world with all of its complexity as meaningful.

What have you come to understand about yourself? How does that help you in understanding others? Ki to Happiness is an understandable human living in a meaningful world.