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I received a link to a podcast from one of my clients. I would not have been exposed to it otherwise. In listening, I appreciated the new language and perspective put on some old concepts of healing and relating.

Whether old or new, truth is true. In our bodies we store our history unconsciously. Bringing it out of storage through conscious movement we get to choose to align with our wisdom instead.

When you get into trouble, can you take a breath, a walk, a break from the trigger? When you do, what does your wise self truly desire? Ki to Happiness chooses consciously to align with her truest desire for peace within and without.

Since moving to our new location my schedule has changed. I have resumed instructing the beginner’s class on Wednesday nights at 7 in addition to teaching the earlier 5:30 class as well as the Thursday morning class. The schedule makes it challenging to get up since it’s hard to get down and rest immediately after the invigorating practice of teaching others.

As I stirred this morning with my hungry cats’ schedule, I wanted to stay in bed a while longer. Instead, while petting Paka my light turned itself on. I took it as a sign that Somebody wanted me to get up.

What signs are you seeing? Do you have a sense that Somebody wants you to do Something? Ki to Happiness awakens and gets up since Somebody wants her to practice yoga, pranayama, mantra, meditation, prayer…

During the Mariners’ playoff baseball game, I left Bob glued to the TV and walked away into the gorgeous clear autumn day to run an errand. I felt inspired in the fresh air and sunshine to continue on and leave our district for the first time since moving here 2 1/2 months ago. I got on the bus and returned to my old stomping grounds for a couple of supplies.

I returned with my bags full of necessities to find two painters on our deck prepping the railing for a fresh coat and a new student, tool box in hand, ready to fix a leaky door. This happy surprise gave me the feeling I was being rewarded for my willingness to leave. A sense of community and cooperation results as well as a draft free door, appreciation for our new owners tending to this property, and the stuff I needed.

Are you willing to walk away? Can you allow others help? Ki to Happiness walks away and returns refreshed, reinforced and ready.

While I avoid most media, I like to keep informed. I am selective about what I allow in. Most recently, exposing myself to any kind of news brings up fear: nuclear war, another pandemic, climate crisis, homelessness and rampant violent crime take turns stimulating anxiety, terror, and horror.

Hatha Yoga and other spiritual practices teach us that fear is a call for love. Opening up to the love we are brings safety. Giving this love to others and to the world expands this love. Connecting to the infinite supply of abundant love from the Greatest Spirit, we align our will with Divine Will to serve It, only, in this world and Beyond.

How safe are you feeling? What love do you need? Ki to Happiness calls for Love to replace all fear.

On 10/10/10 my yurt arrived on my parent’s property. It took a lot of time and effort to get it set up and fully functional. Today I celebrate it’s 12 year anniversary.

I have inhabited it for one month each year since then during my multiple trip to visit. It’s privacy allows me to continue my practices while I’m there without my early morning chanting and burning incense disturbing my family of origin. It has more than served its purpose as I have live streamed classes from there, conducted private sessions while visiting, provided continuity during two relocations of the Hatha Yoga Center and keeps standing despite hard winters, killer tornadoes and scorching summers.

What helps you maintain your practices with your family of origin? Can you respect their needs and your own? Ki to Happiness shares her joy of happy healthy boundaries with you.

This full moon is supercharged by the tremendous solar flares. Pluto has stationed direct which brings transformation out of hiding. Together, these natural forces effect us on some level, bringing forward passionate and necessary changes.

Fiery energies are best consciously tempered and harnessed for maximum utility. Our local baseball team, the Mariner’s, used them to pull off an epic comeback during their wildcard playoff game. Our Hatha Yoga Center wove these potentials into the biggest and best classes since the pandemic began.

How are you using these energies? Or are they using you? Ki to Happiness transforms the past into the necessary changes to benefit the most with Hatha Yoga.

The seasonal change is bringing us closer to peak autumnal colors. Fog enhances the drama, highlighting contrast. Walking in the crunchy leaves, smelling them decompose, my steps turn into skips of delight.

Releasing the past, like the leaves that fall brings me into harmony with the season. As the outer and the inner reflect one another, the division between dissolves. This is one of the meanings of yoga, Union, of me with All.

With what are you united? Does that union bring you peace? Ki to Happiness Unites with All.

In 1969, the song Everyday People came out when I was only eight years old. It inspired my love for music and dance, as well as my Aquarian heart’s dream. Rocking out and singing along, I imagined the world in which we were all able to get along despite differences.

Yesterday when an arson set fire to a tree stump in our near park, I called 911. Cops and firefolks helped put it out. These Everyday people are champions who I thanked wholeheartedly.

What every day people deserve your expression of gratitude? Which could use a prayer for guidance, like the arsonist? Ki to Happiness is Everyday People.

On a great morning such as this when I sit into my simple practices and breathe, a smile arises from deep within. My eyes soften with moisture. In my inner ear I hear my mother’s voice saying “marvelous”.

I share this tender moment with you to encourage you to keep going. Keep letting go of what does not serve you so that you can embrace what does. Look for times and spaces in which smiles lift your lips without an outside stimulus and your mother’s love for life comes up from the depths of your consciousness.

When was the last time you smiled for no apparent reason? What word bubbles up from deep inside the well of you being with that smile? Ki to Happiness marvels at Us.

The great psychiatrist Carl Jung stated that our ego wakes up 45 minutes after we arise. Whatever we do in those first 45 minutes sets patterns for the whole day. In this way he confirms what spiritual teachers have always recommended, which is to engage in consciousness practices first thing.

As I practice balanced breathing in my first 45 minutes each early morning, I establish the desired pattern of being mentally and emotionally balanced all day long. From a balanced perspective I make better choices for myself. One day builds on the next, deepening and keepening choices that bring me peace to offer to the world in which I serve.

What do you do first thing? Can you find time for conscious breathing by yourself? Ki to Happiness breathes in and out for 10 heartbeats anytime she needs to dip back into her truest intention- to serve as an instrument of peace.