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Now that Mercury has gone direct and we have a full moon in Gemini, communication, transportation and electronics may become smoother. In the transition, there may be a few glitches to work out. Best to take them one by one.

It’s also helpful to not take any of the glitches personally. When you’ve done all you can do about any particular matter, we learn to accept what we cannot change. Detaching from the outcome also enhances serenity.

What glitches have you been dealing with? Can you break them down to small steps to make progress? Ki to Happiness does her best lets go of the rest.

Our HYC community has begun to nominate posture of the year for next year. All students, near and far are welcome to nominate what they’d like for us all to practice at each class. So far, 17 postures are on our list of possibilities.

At winter solstice, we will trim the list to begin voting for reasonable options. Our parameters include something all students can do with plenty of variations. We tabulate the votes on NYE and announce the winner on 1/1/26.

What posture or practice would you like to explore daily next year? How might it serve you? Ki to Happiness supports all nominations and looks forward to your vote.

A student made an off handed comment about an issue at HYC. Her perspective reframed the issue in a positive light. It shifted my position into more patience and tolerance.

When faced with new information, it helps a lot to be able to update one’s opinion. Flexibility isn’t only about hamstrings. Hatha Yoga also helps us change our posture on issues, not just asanas.

Which is more flexible, your body or your mind? Can you change your position on issues when facing new information? Ki to Happiness aspires to be flexible, strong and balanced on all levels of consciousness.

Those of us who still use physical calendars will turn the page today. As I did so, I gave thanks for all the blessings of last month, including the special attendees surprising us yesterday. Gifts of chocolate and smoothies we shared, bringing some to warm our student’s “house” in the afternoon.

Retuning home from our outing, we thrilled at the simple pleasures of home. Animals to serve, dishes to put away, plants to protect from our near freezing temperatures all called for attention. We welcome December with joy, prepared for the new month, new week and new day.

How ready are you for December? What blessings of November come with you? Ki to Happiness builds on the many blessings, open to more that follow the vibration of gratitude.

On this chilly morning, we look forward to a special gathering this afternoon. One of our international students has invited us to her home for a small house warming. It’s her first time living alone.

She selected just a few of us from our community to come. We each were involved with her medical emergency last year that nearly took her away from USA, Seattle, HYC, and any dream of independent living for good. Her return to health, us and her first studio apartment we joyously celebrate as her HYC family.

Who do you count as family? What determines that designation? Ki to Happiness counts all HYC community members as family members who’ve found this path helpful as we face life transitions and continue to practice together.

Our small business, Hatha Yoga Center, welcomes any increase in attendance whether in person or at a distance. Gift certificates are available for anyone on your holiday gift list. Discounts are available on request, like 1 year of unlimited classes for two people for $1500.

We’ve begun to take nominations for Posture of the Year 2026. Voting begins 12/21. While there’s no mail-in votes, remote participants can nominate and vote from a distance digitally.

What small businesses would you like to support today in your area? Who on your list may appreciate the gift of Hatha Yoga Center hybrid classes? Ki to Happiness wishes all small businesses a prosperous new year.

Today’s commercial holiday of Black Friday is upon us. I always uncommercialize it by abstaining from making purchases. Instead, I feel the glow of the day before and keep radiating gratitude for what I have and what I’ve already given.

The brightness of yesterday’s gatherings shine light onward. Our yoga gathering, calls and messages from those elsewhere, and our feasting make me smile from deep within. I extend healing and forgiveness all around from the bounty of my full heart.

Is your heart full from giving thanks for all you have? How will that affect your observance of Black Friday? Ki to Happiness shines the light of Thanksgiving, brightening all that is seen and unseen.

Hatha Yoga Center and I wish you a very blessed day of giving thanks. The studio is set for class at 10 with service of a few healthy treats after practice. Our son joins us for our humble feast later in the afternoon.

I’ll have a FaceTime call with my mom and brother. There’ll be a neighborhood walk, maybe in the rain. For all of this and so much more, I give thanks.

How will you observe this day? For what are you thankful? Ki to Happiness approaches this day and every day with an attitude of gratitude.

Today as the preparation for the holiday ramp up, I’m already ready. My grateful heart awakens me to the life I love. Healthy body, mind and spirit integrate into simple joy bubbling up as if from nowhere.

I sit on the chilly floor for practice with a candle lit, incense burning, and jasmine green tea cooling. Smiling from my heart, I recognize how my whole life leads up to this day, It’s been worth everything it’s taken to get me Now Here.

Have you deepened into nowhere enough to to find Now Here within? What practices will help? Ki to Happiness is already ready to give thanks for the many practices that bless me with conscious Presence.

Each morning, I wake up to my needs. I bow to them as I’ve learned to, and begin again to ask for help meeting them. I open myself to receive the assistance I’ve requested, whenever and however it comes and let go of the outcome.

The humility of recognizing my limitations turns into petitions and prayers. I’m willing to seek, and in doing so I find what I need. We are not alone, as there are nonphysical Helpers everywhere who need to be needed, for which I am forever grateful.

Are you willing to seek? In doing so, what do you find? Ki to Happiness seeks peace and finds it within the communion of Spirit.