Pictures of the Arrowhead Ladies this weekend.

Another wonderful moment at Curves in Arrowhead, Thank you to Rose, for being open and willing and closing up the room. I hope your first time was good.  Also to Katie and Katie and Katherine, Guylene(master herbalist) and Candy, sweet and precious owner of this space.  And Val of course as well for being there and making sure I was correctly working the machines.

Cultivating awareness Together. Congratulations to Katie for eating her first raisin ever!! with such attention, curiosity and intent.

Truly, this is yet another fine group of women I consider goddesses.  I am blessed to encounter so many fine souls along The Journey.

ALL the people I meet and all the yogis I guide through yoga practice enhance my awareness if I am paying attention with mindfulness.

Everyone of you teach me and touch me in some way – and for that -I am grateful and filled with joyful presence.

Namaste

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly” – Buddha

The definition of conscious presence is having that awareness of your feelings and thoughts, being aware of yourself as a thinking being; it is being intentionally awake and alive. Knowing oneself.

All spiritual, intellectual and psychological healing and paths include in some form or manner this idea.  Wisdom is born of it.  Peace is a product of it.

May you live and revel in it.

Affirmation:  I  consciously go about my day with ease and comfort.  I bring awareness and attention to every thought, situation and person I come across today.

See what happens……………………

1) Don’t take anything/anyone for granted or personally.  Everything/everyone matters but it is not my fault or responsibility to fix everything or everyone, only what I really have the power or influence to make better.  Wisdom is knowing this difference.  Use the serenity prayer.

2) Make every moment precious and be in the now.  Use this human body and mind as a tool to meditate with my breath and awareness.  Cultivate mindfulness and compassion for self in all I do.

3) Forgive everyone; this is for me, not for them.  That being said – I need to protect myself and have boundaries and it also doesn’t mean I approve of anyone’s bad or harmful behavior.

4) Let people, things, appointments, etc… that are cramping my style, go (see above).

5) Live authentically – find my true north and BE it – don’t apologize for my uniqueness, don’t diminish myself or aggrandize myself either.

6) Never pass up the opportunity to be silent or shut my mouth.  Pause. Share when appropriate or helpful.

7) Be of service to someone or something else.  It will take me out of my ego and and it is my purpose and function.  Encourage, guide and support others along their path.  Freely give of the gifts the divine source has bestowed  and come from a place of abundance and grace.

8) Find my spiritual path and grow moment by moment.  Every challenge is an opportunity.  Every heartache is a lesson learned.  Every joy is enhanced with gratitude.  Every action can be made sacred.

9) Be grateful – list 5 things daily.  Happy people are grateful people and those who are not, aren’t.

10) Make amends as soon as my gut and intuition tells me to.  This takes courage and constant, continous, consistent self-reflection.

This might not help you, or you may already know all this, but for me this morning I had to remind myself of the things I needed to be reminded of.  None of this is original – it is ancient wisdom, not my own; it’s just some of what I have learned so far………..just passing it on.

Thanks to all my peeps for teaching me this and forever keeping me accountable.  You know who you are.

Namaste – Have a good week – See you in class –

Need to know who is going on Field trip (Thursday May 3 – check past posts).

This week we will be begin to build or strengthen our awareness consciously through an eating meditation – after stretching and breathing and becoming mindful of the moment.  Thereafter, we will submit to our restorative poses and renew our cells and tissues, relaxing in the stillness.

Namaste (pronounced (nah-mah-stay), the closing at the end of yoga practice, is a sign of respect and devotion to the divine light in each and every one of us as well as the acknowledgement of our own spiritual light.  It basically translates to – “I honor the divine light that shines in me and I bow to the divine light that shines in you”.

Although it originated and can be traced back to an epic poem from ancient India, more than 2 or 3 thousand years ago, it is still used today to greet or bid someone farewell.

Bringing your hands in front of your heart in prayer position or Anjali Mudra ( hand gesture), we bow our heads and speak “Namaste” to the group as a way to unite the class and to close the yoga practice.

I honor the place in you that is the same in me.  I honor the place in you where the whole universe resides.  I honor the place in you of love, of light, of peace and of truth.  I honor the place in you that is the same in me.  There is but one. Namaste – Anonymous

Namaste, my friends, Cecilia