Inspirations: Archives

For some strange reason- the world decided to begin a new year in winter’s thickness, when natures turns in, and the north wind summons silence and long sleep.  Perhaps winter’s slow and quiet offers needed space to review and consider how best to begin again?  It takes fortitude, desire, and generosity to forgive and surrender the past, to liberate a new journey, to expand ‘right relationships.’ When young, we don’t think about these things.  We jump in, shouting “Ole!”  But older-wiser faces a New Year heavier with regrets, and lack of exuberance.  The gift of older-wiser is consciousness has expanded to at least make different mistakes, to hopefully have fewer regrets from connecting to greater compassion and understanding.  We come to see that being in ‘right relationship’ is coming into safe harbor after a storm. Right relationship is to steward ourselves with mastery and maturity and therefore stand more confidently from deep within.  The compass we’re using guides us to share, rather than dominate, to allow long-held beliefs to morph, and float off when no longer viable.  We walk our talk more and more, or perhaps we walk in the flow, able to listen to the watery nature of our bodies, relishing what we see about Self, and other, and honoring all the relationships we enter into, as though entering into  sacred marriages. We perceive that our relationship with Self is reflected and danced in partnership, as well as friendships, groups, and society.  We understand that the right relationship with our work is reflected in that of our relationship to abundance.  We are growing the ability to be present to un-expected relationships, able to shape-shift and allow more generously than we ever thought possible.  Our Practice in standing the mat is to grow a profound relationship to Yoga, that ‘Yoga’-… Read more »