Finding the warmth within

I was thinking today about the cold outside in this winter when sometimes all you want to do is stay inside all day and drink hot tea under a warm blanket. Does'nt that sound good right now? :)

Anyway, it also got me thinking about how symbolic this season is. It reminded me of how some people remain stuck in their past, like a 'tundra' of their live's. Frozen and stuck. They collect the frozen 'corpses' of their past regret's, failure's and fear's. It thus become's a graveyard of their toxic memories and they become resigned to dwelling there, saying 'this is as good as it get's, this is my lot in life .' Sad but very true.

Now Im not saying all this to depress you, but to make a point. That we all have a choice, to either remain where we are in our pain and denial or to let go. To find our greatness, both on and off our mat's; this is something that often happen's when we let our pain melt away, when our soul's get stirred up and we awaken in our beauty. We let go of result's or being 'good enough' and surrender to what is. Here is now, this moment that you can make a better choice in, the past is gone. So wich one would you like to live in?

Because sometime's you must be seperated from the very thing's you think you 'need' . The thing's your lower nature is so dependant upon to keep you in the shadow's, as you continue to enable those who hurt you. To keep you afraid of who and what you truly are. Which is someone wonderful and uniquely strong, full of compassion.

I speak from experience because the above story is also my own. I cant tell you what's right or wrong for you as an individual I can simply share that the spiritual and physical practice of yoga can transform you, inside and out. A large part of my healing process was and is yoga. 

Find your healing today and be reminded that there is beauty and light that you hold within. Express yourself on your mat, No one, indeed nothing can take that from you. The moment's you shine on the mat are your's and your's alone.

To unlock the the truth of who you are, the passion and strength that lies in your heart. You owe it to yourself and those around you. The world need's your love and compassion, your service to other's. The help you offer in the darkness. 

Do not be locked into the regret's of your past. Do not look back at what you cant change anyway. Beside's, your pain can be the catalyst that fuel's the furnace that purifies your soul. Like the tear's that wash your heart free of the toxic lies, those fear's and doubt's. 

I strongly encourage you to birth something beautiful in your soul this year, let your love and light go out to other's. Carpe Diem, this is your time!

May all your days be blessed. 

What's your vision this new year?

"The weak are blind; champions visualize their dreams and goals and stop at nothing to see them as a reality." -Samy I.


This can be a very interesting time of year,  a time for reflection, renewal and growth. The energy in winter is very dense, but it also points us toward's the upcoming spring and the change's that come with that. To remind us that we all have season's of rest and great change.


And like the sun, we are all meant to shine. So  I feel compelled to remind you today that you need to shine, dont hold it inside of you, dont think you're not good enough, that you have nothing to offer. YOU are so valuable, you are so loved, you are a beautiful creation, you are a vibrant soul! 


This is your time to seize the day and go find what wonderful thing's beckon you, whether it's around the next corner or across the country. 
May you know how blessed you are beloved friend's. May it be that you find beauty in the everyday, that you offer kindness and love to other's, that you create thing's of wonder from honest self expression.


But it's so crucial that you set you vision upon the right thing's, the positive and not the negative. Upon the light and not the dark, upon the truth about yourself and not the lies other's have told you. Because at the end of the day, you will have to live with the choices you made and no one else! Set you eyes on your bliss and your dream's. Never, ever give up hope.


And know for certain that you are here to share your greatness and your strength, your love and your courage. Whatever bad thing's you have been through dont disqualify you, in fact  they have prepared you for this new year so you can do more and be more. Offer up your heart and your talent's to other's. You are needed and wanted.


My wish is that you have a wonderful and fulfilled year.

Today , live like you mean it and love till you feel it. It's all that we need in our live's

Rules to live by........

Life is SHORT...so BREAK the rules, FORGIVE quickly, KISS slowly, LOVE truly, LAUGH uncontrollably and never REGRET anything that once made you smile........

Know yourself and be yourself

All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was.I accepted their answers too, they were often in contradiction and self-contradictory. I was naïve. I was looking for myself and asking everyone questions which only I can answer.It took me a long time and much pain to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with:that I am nobody but myself.

Just be yourself, because who you are and what you are becoming is far more important than you can fully understand.

From Baron Baptiste

The Two Wolves: One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. 
He said, 'My son, the battle is between two 'wolves' inside us all. 

One is Evil. It is anger, fear, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, self doubt, feeling inferior, lies, false pride, superiority, arrogance, and excessive ego. 

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, potential, confidence, commitment, inner knowing, trust, and faith. 

' 
The grand son thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: 
'Which wolf wins?' 
The old Cherokee simply replied, 'The one you feed.'

Awareness is boundless

"Awareness has no frontier; it is a giving of your whole being, without exclusion. .....and awareness, which is total and excludes nothing, are states of mind that can be understood only by objective, non prejudiced observation."
Bruce Lee

You find truth when you have the patience to simply sit still and observe. In your breath, in your body, in the beauty of the simple pleasures of life. Learn to observe and accept thing's as they are, good or bad, light or dark
Knowing there are no boundaries between yourself and other's, between your spirit and God's. That everything is simply connected and we are all simply human. And that is a very good thing to be! Destined to realize our full potential, if we are objective about ourselves and learn first and foremost to accept ourselve's this is often the best foundation for our personal growth.
To not be happy with stagnation but to lovingly guide ourselve's into fullness and contentment, knowing very often that your best teacher can be yourself! And giving yourself permission to trust in your own wisdom, your own intuition. This is a form of honest self expression and has a way of bringing out the best in us. And when we give generously to ourselve's, we are in a place to give to other's.
An awareness that we all have a unique expression of the soul to bring forth and that we are powerful beyond word's. Not the power to hurt, but to love and to inspire other's.
And dont be distressed if life has brought you 'bad' thing's lately. Choose to have awareness of what you can learn from it. this is often life's way of waking us up to live more fully free of attachement's. Often when we  think something 'bad' happened it's God's way of releasing us from the very attachment's that made us miserable to begin with. It also serves to expand our awareness.
Think about it....