True to self

Found this in my inbox today from a daily e-letter that I subscribe to....I love the message because it rings so true to me!

Wednesday January 27, 2010

Everything begins and ends with our own individual behavior.When we are honest with our emotions, however dark they may be, we invite others to be real and to face their own pain. And then real transformation can occur - that's how we are going to fix this planet.But when we suppress, when we are fake, we send a message out to others that they need to be fake too and hold in their truth. This is how things will remain the same.Today, be real. You don't need to be anyone else but who you are. Being honest helps the rest of us find our truth.

Love and light,

s

My 2009 Gratitude List

Instead of resolutions I decided to do a gratitude list. And here it is...

-sweet boy hugs and kisses

-anusara yoga in magical studio

-people who walk awake

-brothers who show their love in the littlest yet most meaningful ways

-healing homeopathy

-lush, lush and more lush :)

-driven social workers who dare to do things differently

-the light

-rest

-universe's blessings

-dedicated dad: who loves harder as time moves forward

-inspirational teachers

-friends who lovingly hold you as you are

-courageous feeling people

-family that shows love through keeping traditions alive

-west coast cousins who will be closer soon :)

-natural manes

-crystals

-mom that gets closer even though she may be far

-healing home with a big heart

-kitten's whiny meow

-late night talks and laughs

-the moving sound of DeLory's chants

-a feeling heart

-blissful moments

-community of peace and love where you are given permission to just be

-Coupland and Coelho

-serendipitous moments of love

Love and light,

s

Welcome to your dream...

I was given this beautiful message this week and I decided to share. I am so grateful and blessed...enjoy!

This is your dream it is very important to dream. Dreaming helps everything, dreaming is to let go and feel. Do things in real life to let go and feel like go to a dance, party, yoga or so on. Life gives you things to love, enjoy, feel and treasure. Be an inspiration to someone else or more importantly YOU!! Dreaming is like who cares what’s goanna happen tomorrow: today is today, tomorrow is tomorrow. BE A TREASURE TO HOLD, BE AN INSPIRATION!!!

Love and light,

S

Being Vulnerable

I received this message in my inbox today. The timing couldn't be more perfect.

It said:

There's a joy in living real. No pretense. No defense. No offense. It takes great strength to show our weaknesses to the world.When we are displaying control or anger, what are we really showing? How weak we are. We take it out on everyone around us because we are afraid to be real.Be vulnerable today. Get in touch with those jelly feelings hiding beneath the hard façade.

What a wake up! Thanks universe!

Love and light,

S

Surrender and trust the process...

Everything that I do has to have with it an opportunity for me to shine. By this I mean that I have to be able to truly and fully be who I am in every aspect of me life. If I can't be myself then I can't do it.

Recently I have been trying to practice the art of surrender; allowing myself to trust the process, surrender to what is and just be. This has proven to be a difficult task for me as I have the habit of overworking to reveal the light in everything. You can only imagine how tiring this can be.

Then today I came across this quote, innocently yet boldly written on a wall:

Relying on outside things for happiness is like trying to catch a cloud with a lasso.

When I saw this it was like a lightbulb went off in my head. I came to the realization that I was relying too much on external circumstances for my own fulfillment. I have been attaching myself to results outside of myself to make me happy.

Now that I know this, I have to readjust my sails and allow things to unfold as they should without losing myself in it all. This is quite the balancing act and will take some getting used to but I have to remember that everything is always being rewritten.

Love and light,

S

Pushing beyong limits

I saw this quote on the wall in the change room at my yoga studio today. It said:

I write, erase, rewrite, erase again and then a poppy blooms - Hokushi

I took it as a metophor of the cycle of birth and rebirth in life. We are always recreating ourselves, adjusting ourselves to the winds of challenge that face us. And that's okay because there is always a gift that is given when we continue moving forward. Every challenge has light in it and it is the light, not the darkness that guides us.

Today I took on a challenge of my own. I went to a yoga class with a teacher who really challenges us to go beyond what we think is possible for us. The first class I went to of hers was when I first started yoga and I found it very, very challenging. She really pushed us and I crumbled. I felt like I couldn't do it and it would be too hard to return to her class.

Coming to this class, my confidence level was built up and I felt that I could do it. She opened the class by asking us what we feared and she wanted us to release that in our session today.

I am proud because I did it and I stuck it through and it felt good to know that I could push passed the fear and anxiety of it all.

So like the quote above, I tried, failed, tried again and the gift was received.

Thank you universe for showing me what is possible!

I am grateful....

Light and love,

S

Yoga...Ommmm

I love yoga!

It's something that I can do that gives me the exercise and release that I need. It has such a spiritual aspect to it as well that deeply moves me every time. And I love the feeling of spaciousness and grounding that I am guaranteed to get every time I leave a yoga class.

I have been blessed to find a great yoga studio in my area, in a beautiful space with fabulous teachers. I remember the first time that I went. I contemplated going for a long time and I was very nervous to go. But the universe always seems to bring you the people you need to support you wherever you are.

I remember initially trying out different teachers and classes, until I came across the most amazing teacher. She is deeply spiritual, supportive and moving. But she has this way of knowing exactly what I need and what I need to hear-it's really amazing.

One class recently was particularly moving for me. It was a really moving, intense class and a lot was released for me. I also remember having some trouble settling my mind and staying focused in this class as well. Toward the end of the class my yoga teacher began to disclose stuff about her life. She said that she came to realize throughout her life that all she had to do was just be and that alone was perfect enough. She then quoted a song from one of her favourite artists and the line from the song was: "Get out of bed. Get out of your mind. And get to dreaming."

In that moment I realized just how much time I spend consumed and distracted by things around me. Placing me energy into things that don't really matter when there are more important things to be focused on-like dreaming. I am a really big dreamer and often find myself lost in daydreaming about things that I want to see happen. Dreaming has allowed me to see so many things come to pass that I never thought would be possible. It is important to dream and when you get caught up in the busyness of daily life sometimes the dreaming gets lost.

So, get out of bed, get out of your mind and start dreaming.

This will be my new mantra.

Love and light,

S