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On this holy day of observation, we can release our burdens and come down off the cross of conflict. Body, mind, emotion and spirit aren’t meant to be at odds with one another. These aspects of self unite in the center of the cross we all carry.

As we identify with the center, we become whole. The heart center receives all our efforts, trials, errors and welcomes us with open arms. The Light within our heart of hearts saves us from our division so we have its peace, forgiveness and salvation to offer to our world.

Have you witnessed the light in your heart? Can you close your eyes and place your hands on your heart center and feel the light and love within? Ki to Happiness is safe within the open arms of the heart center.

During my morning meditation, I heard the honking outside above my yurt. I looked up and saw a single goose flying overhead. I immediately got its medicine and metaphor, symbolically meaning that I am emotionally healing on my solo and independent flight path.

In the Paramahamsa Upanishad, this is poetically described. Its ancient prose supports my way forward, alone, in the midst of all that is. Supreme validation is the reward for listening to Higher Guidance.

Are you familiar with the Upanishads underpinning the Yoga path? From where do you get validation and guidance? Ki to Happiness receives validation and Higher Guidance from ancient texts, the natural world, and the internal Light of meditation.

This full pink moon lands on April Fools’ Day. Pranks and tomfoolery may be indulged in today. If those are the seeds you want to grow through the Spring and Summer, so be it.

Others of us may want to use this fertile energy to grow something else. Health, harmony, and peace can be symbolically planted in the soil with vegetable, fruit or flower seeds. Whatever you plant today, do it consciously.

What seeds do you want to grow? Pranks, plants or planetary peace? Ki to Happiness plants seeds of consciousness, ever growing toward the Light.

Mom’s health is improving so she can be more independent. She was discharged yesterday from her visiting nurse and will also finalize her occupational therapy next time. In celebration, she experimented with a safe drive yesterday, her home healthcare worker in the backseat with me riding shotgun.

Living out here in the country requires her ability to drive. She did well, no problems, no confusion. I embrace my health and independence as I witness her progress.

What does your independence require? Isn’t health the top of your list? Ki to Happiness requires yoga practice to support health and independence.

The upcoming full moon invites us to plant seeds. We prepare for that by sorting through all that has come to light in the eclipse portal last month. Releasing fear, which the Yoga Sutras refer to as “the darkness of unwisdom”, seeds of safety and love germinate.

As I companion my mother through her medical needs, I am careful to transmute any “unwisdom” immediately. I intend to materialize this effort by planting seeds for mom to view through her healing process. Perhaps some periwinkle, which is hearty and pink will do well.

What fear would you like to transmute? Can you gather seeds of safety, health and love to plant for the Pink full moon? Ki to Happiness sorts through seeds to plant with the moon.

As my mom continues to get better, she is continuing to avoid gatherings of people. She had her first outing yesterday. We went to her hair salon after all others were gone.

Today, we’ll have our own Palm Sunday service at home. She is staying away from church and its crowds on this significant day. We are welcoming individual friends in to visit, no donkey required.

Is this a significant day of spiritual observation for you?  Does it require donkeys or palm trees? Ki to Happiness observes each day as a spiritual opportunity to align with the Higher Self at home.

It is a pleasure to witness mom‘s baby steps returning to towards health and independence. When one of her caregivers needed to leave early yesterday, she was stable enough to leave her alone in her house for the first time in 3 weeks. Today she’ll have her first outing since being hospitalized March 4th.

There are also challenges that arise in this process for all involved. My yoga practice helps me remain balanced as I witness them. I’m taking my own baby steps towards responding with loving compassion when issues present themselves.

What baby steps are you taking to better yourself? What helps you face your challenges? Ki to Happiness betters herself with yoga, witnessing progress and challenges with balance and intention.

The heat dome took us to 85°, which collided with the cold front. The drop in temperature heralded the storm at nightfall. Thunder, lightening, rain, hail and gusts ensued.

With mom safely tucked in her bed and her home healthcare workers attending to her, my visiting friend and I came down to my yurt to behold the spectacle of nature. We sat with the lights off to experience the sudden lightning bolts and felt the powerful storm. This morning, the back of the storm receded from my river view, with Franklin stove warming my practice as its 32 degrees outside.

Can you practice in the heat just as well as in the cold? Are you hearty enough to withstand the fluctuating storms of life? Ki to Happiness witnesses the power of nature, inside and out.

My day begins in gratitude for one more trip to visit my family of origin. Our time together is precious as my brother returns today to his home in St. Louis. He has done an excellent job of caring for my mother since she left the hospital 12 days ago and is on the mend.

 Staying in my yurt, I follow the well worn patterns established here over the many years. Early awakening ensures time for my yoga practices which help me stay centered, healthy, and well balanced. Having done so, I look forward to relieving myself brother’s “Watch” as he refers to it, especially as the home health care team kicks in.

What helps you stay centered for family time? Have you established healthy patterns to stabilize your body mind spirit for integration and regulation? Ki to Happiness holds her head high and breathes freely and deeply, staying connected to the guidance and direction of the Higher Self in all times.

Considering the horror stories of TSA during the present partial shut down of our government, I waltzed through with my appointment with Spot Saver even though I arrived a little late. No problem. No long lines anyway otherwise, either.

The experience reminds me of the need to check things out for oneself. Often the story told by others is slanted, skewed or otherwise selling us a particular angle. Being from the Show Me State, my empiricism tells me a different story, grounded in my experience of reality.

Are you an empiricist? Does your experience match the story others tell? Ki to Happiness listens to others, takes heed, then proceeds to trust her own sense of reality.