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On this new moon, I celebrate my 43rd anniversary as a psychotherapist. The old role is renewed in light of all it has served. I pray it continues to serve for another 43 years.

Practicing yoga gives us a space in which to integrate the blessings of therapeutic endeavors. Releasing physical traumas and stresses, our body becomes a safe place from which to witness our reactions to circumstances. With greater access to our witness state of consciousness, we become empowered to take responsibility.

What intention would you like to set on this new moon? Would it help to practice yoga? Ki to Happiness finds the new inside the old through yoga practice.

One of our beloved students has been in the hospital this last week. Our community has rallied behind her with support. I’ve been in touch with her just about daily.

Last evening, we got the text that she is coming home! Happy to share in her joy of being discharged. Looking forward to her resuming her practice with us as she’s ready.

Which communities do you belong to? Are they supportive in good times and bad? Ki to Happiness invites you all to participate in our loving supportive community.

My brother has gotten his two new kittens. He shared his joy through pictures and texts with our Mom and me. In this way, his joy is multiplied.

In serving my clients and students, often they share their struggles. In doing so the struggles are diminished. Being aware of this very easy math, I choose to consciously share my joy of yoga, cats, gardening, cooking, singing, dancing, and connecting with all who are willing.

What struggles would you like to diminish? What joy would you like to see multiplied? Ki to Happiness does the math.

I reached out to my initial supervisor and mentor regarding a couple of clients. At 90 3/4, and still working, her perspective is completely valuable. She’s not presently taking new clients, as she’s aware she is unable to commit for any length of time.

Like her, I hope to continue working and serving others until the end of my life if it all possible. It’s important that we have role models for all stages of our life. I am beyond blessed to have met her when I was only 22, to have followed her guidance to become a yoga teacher, and all these years later to be able to speak with her about cases and classes.

Who do you consult with? How long do you intend to be of service? Ki to Happiness consults with those who intend to be of service throughout the lifespan.



One of my clients recently referred to me as a Soul Feeder. We are all hungry for tools that help integrate body mind spirit. I’m happy to feed the hungry.

Classes, private sessions, and community gatherings offer a banquet of soul sustenance. As we sup, we may nourish our ability to feed ourselves better, with little movement and meditation snacks as needed. When we are full, we have more than 1000 little things with which we can offer our world.

What is your soul hungry for? What nourishment do you have to offer others? Ki to Happiness dines before dawn on the light within darkness and the silence within sound.

As we all are resuming our regular rhythms, mom has gotten her all clear from her surgeon, my brother is getting two kittens to entrain with his two adult cats, and I dreamt we got two kittens, all clear from any disease or disorder.

We are One. My regular rhythms are enhanced by these recent experiences. Yoga practice shines the light on unified consciousness for us to glimpse this and heal from the perception of division.

Where do you see the light of Oneness? What enhances it? Ki to Happiness cultivates the experience with rhythmic yoga practices.

As we welcome Monday, this new week starts off with possibilities and promise. The glorious sunrise reflected on the airplane overhead invites me to take to the friendly skies. I begin to look forward to summertime travel, now that mom is settled into her home and healthcare workers as she recovers from surgery.

My brother resumes his regular schedule, returning to work today. He is celebrating with two new kittens in his designated nursery as his two adult cats indulge in his having come home after tending to Mom. Cats, classes and clients will fill my new week with the joy of purpose and purrs.

 What will this new week bring for you? What fills your life with purpose? Ki to Happiness looks forward to a purrfect week.

Hearing my mother’s progress report, she is doing well at home with her healthcare workers. She’s not able to go to church yet. So she will watch the live stream from home.

Home Church preceded all the organized religious gathering historically. I have home church rituals I observe daily. In this way, all of whom have church at home are doing so in the great congregation.

What spiritual rituals do you observe at home? What location could be more sacred than where you live? Ki to Happiness sanctifies all spaces with intention.

Now that my mother has been discharged from the hospital and her home healthcare workers are on board, my brother has returned to his home. He is delighted to simply clean his cats’ litter boxes, unpack, and get back into his regular life. Resuming work, supporting his friends, and more space and time for his style of yoga ground him in his chosen life.

His delight is contagious as I joyfully live my chosen life. Practicing and teaching, conducting private sessions and caring for our world now can occur with greater focus. Attention is more generous when not at tension.

Whose delight ignites your own? Without tension, where can you focus your attention? Ki to Happiness focuses on the delight of this chosen yogic lifestyle.

Hearing my mom’s voice on the phone now that she’s home brings me relief and joy. My brother continues to attend to her as her home healthcare workers settle in. This progress propels me to make plans for my next trip.

I’ve unpacked my emergency bag as it seems no longer necessary. I’ve reserved my ticket, gotten Hatha Yoga Center class coverage, and set up all the details. Soon I will pack for the celebration of Mom‘s birthday, since it looks like she will get to have another one!

What conditions are required for your ability to make plans?  Once you’ve been in emergency mode, what does it take for you to downshift? Ki to Happiness downshifts with yoga, and plans to practice daily, no matter what.