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As I pulled up yesterday, Jai was right on the curb. He helped me carry some stuff in. He is settling back into the rhythms of Seattle. Our homecoming celebration reunion has been perfectly timed.

He left February 2. He was to return at various intervals. However, with the international restrictions on travel, only now did we all get back together. And yet there he was right on the curb, just when I could use a hand. On one level, this could be taken for granted. Seen as normal. Yet, I see the extraordinary moment. So I share it with you…

How’s the timing in your life?Are you seeing synchronicities? Ki to Happiness surrenders into the perfection.

I love those two words, especially on this significant new moon. This bodes well for the future of the next administration, as well as the whole country. Clearing a path forward, leaving behind the negativity, we have learned much about us and USA.

Some of our houses have divided. Some of our families have split. Some of our oldest friends are no longer on our Christmas card list. And yet, we heal, as a nation into leadership with coherence and potential for “we the people.”

Are your values democratic? What prevails in your life? Ki to Happiness values inclusiveness, tolerance, and diversity.

As we come into this darkest time of year we also experience the darkest moon. Our own dark material may be coming up. It’s a good day to release it.

It is also the feast day of Saint John of the cross. He knew all about darkness. He was imprisoned and tortured for his beliefs. Yet he found the grace to forgive his captors who crippled and blinded him. He became free, and reading his words can help free each one of us.

What darkness would you like to be free of? Who do you need to forgive? Ki to Happiness forgives the darkness from the light found within freedom.

Our memories are so particular. During times of stress, the senses become acute. Circumstances become emblazoned in our brain circuitry. Details on other levels less crucial to survival disappear. From another vantage point, a different story emerges completely.

In relatively stress-free times memories flow through with little distinction. Like a creek, the water flows over rocks and silt, onward toward the ocean. We may simply remember we passed through this way, breathing and smiling.

What will you remember about these times? How might it look from another vantage point? Ki to Happiness will remember passing through.

Counting my blessings, you are among them. Thank you for reading my words. I’m so grateful to be alive, and thriving, even in the midst of all that is.

How about you? What are you grateful for right now? Ki to Happiness is!

One of my very favorite rascal Sufi poets is Hafiz. He says “stay close to any sounds that make you glad you are alive.“ While we continue with our extended restrictions, we may notice many of those sounds in our immediate surroundings.

Sweet sounds of sleep, my cats purring, joyous laughter erupting spontaneously, and of course the silence, that is framed by all the other sounds are a few of my favorites. Jazzy holiday music, soft rain tickling the windows, my own voice chanting. The heart beating… breath breathing the dance of outer and inner…

What’s your list? Can you stay close? Ki to Happiness is glad Hafiz made lots of sounds.

I awaken at 4 AM. In the darkness, I see thick fog. My first foggy moment here in Seattle was 21 years ago. Although it was in October, it felt like Christmas. I hadn’t planned on being here for holidays, or for decades. It was as if I was seeing the future.

I’ve lived that future. I’ve loved this fog before. I remember. In doing so, it is as if time collapses into the eternal present. I am that eternal present. As are you.

Have you experienced this timelessness? Are you aware of the present your presence offers? Ki to Happiness is here now.

Our governor has announced that our state wide restrictions have been extended to January 4, 2021. This has been anticipated after the Thanksgiving surge.

Hatha Yoga Center will continue on its course to offer daily yoga classes and weekly meditations on our Facebook live streaming group page. Private sessions with me are also available. My practices reliably sustain me.

How are you handling the restrictions in your area? What will change? Ki to Happiness hugs her practices.

When I was an undergraduate, I volunteered for the suicide hotline. As my education and skills developed, I chose to work with a less dramatic population. I honored my boundaries and limitations to offer what I could.

In this Covid environment, everything is becoming much more dramatic. Suicide, domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse and all other addictions are epidemic, if not pandemic. I’ve been enlisted to resume skills learned on that hotline 40 years ago.

Are you taking care of yourself? Can you reroute self destructive urges toward something constructive? Ki to Happiness know where there’s life, there’s options…

In the northern hemisphere, we have just entered into the darkest month. In two weeks we will have winter solstice. The darkest day will then herald the returning of the light. Two weeks after that we will be back to the same amount of light we will have today.

In our home and studio with only a northern exposure, we have no direct sun for about nine months of the year. At this time, instead the sun bounces off the neighboring apartment building windows. The effect is brilliant! We are flooded with light on clear days. Our darkest month is our brightest month.

How do you do with the darkness? Are you finding enough light for your physical and mental health? Ki to Happiness welcomes the light.