Month: December 2020

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Beautiful Rituals

Random sights of hope

  • Snoopy spotted
  • And this
  • Beautiful lights
  • Christmas weath spotted on each window – wow how many are there?
  • What is this?
  • In my childhood learned these are JUNE flowers – it’s December now … so?
  • Okay, it’s a Pandemic & mom pushing a baby in stroller and … jogging … HUMBLED. Moms are TOUGH no matter how rough it gets!
  • This is more my state of being PRAYING for better days to come sooner
  • ???
I had a terrible week guys … that ended in checking in with a MD remotely – no I don’t have Covid but feels like a truck ran over me … flattened and so fatigued …literally exhausted. BUT slowly recovering. Seems like I get into these energy depletion bad state of mind when I don’t practice yoga and other mindfulness lessons. We have to carve out the time just for yourself when there are so many distractions … and doing anything takes so much more effort and time – there’s a little flow chart in your head all the time with any action you take; our nervous system is screaming.

Back to the mat to calibrate that balance I lost. I am reaching for the tools and skills from years on training – it’s about fear – it’s about how to deal with anxieties and agitation of this current time by cultivating that CALM, the peace within during this turbulent times.

We all feel the anguish of not being able to see loved ones; We all feel terrified of pain and suffering and fear looms larger and darker with each news story; then that coping with the disappointments in cancelled and postponed events we so looked forward to … how do you feel? How is your energy? What’s on your mind? How does your body feel?

Even at a breaking point I have noticed how we are so resilient. We are going to bounce back from these adversities with action prayers and … compassion to others and … Self.

May you be Safe

May you be Well

May you be at Ease with Loving Kindness.

May we be Safe

May we be well

May we be at ease…

May we breathe steady and easy

May we allow that softness to envelope us and cradle us

May we love and be loved distanced but together in spirit… Namaste.

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Anything Cute

Going

“GOING BANANAS” ? Is the news of San Francisco Bay Area have declaring a lockdown for the month of December getting you to go bananas? Or are you feeling down? Take a deep deep breath and switch on the calm. It’s okay. Everything’s going to be okay. It’s really no different than what we went through in March … just that we are … fatigued … and it’s… winter… fatigued and winter – the double wammy hits is rough yes.
Cute car parked that caught my eyes – so cute and … yes, we are going bananas?

So… this time too, very similar to Shelter at Home order in March, new stay-at-home order will take effect, impacting the following San Francisco/Bay Area counties:

  • Alameda (starts Monday, Dec. 7)
  • Contra Costa (starts Sunday, Dec. 6)
  • Marin (starts Tuesday, Dec. 8)
  • Santa Clara (starts Sunday, Dec. 6)
  • San Francisco (starts Sunday, Dec. 6)
  • City of Berkeley (starts Sunday, Dec. 6)

AND the new restrictions remain in place until Jan. 4, 2021.

Interesting enough – Sonoma, Napa, Solano, San Mateo counties are NOT included in this order. So does that mean people in the Bay Area will flock to those regions for dining? Or other restricted activities?

What’s sure to happen is that some people are going to GO BANANAS ! So all the more, it’s time for self-care so we don’t go bananas. What does that look like? Read up; stay informed; and make sure that your news source is real untainted truth telling news source with no political agenda. Trust science, the medical community and care …

We don’t have to go bananas – stay calm, be with loved ones if possible, if not, call them as much as you can. Show you care … even if seeing them is a challenge. How I dream of a day when we can again move about freely and see and hug whoever we want – that day I pray for. And for that to happen, let’s do our part. Small sacrifices here and there for less pain and shorter time to have to endure this. It’s about the hospital ICU capacity relative to the pupulation – there’s the formula that ratio – and looked at another way, this country just does not have enough hospital beds to care for the sick. Maybe hospitals have focused more on the money profit genearting procedures, and surgeries but not enough for the after-care and long term recovery care. Maybe – just maybe.

Good read:

Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World

By: Vivak H. Murthy, M.D.

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Beautiful Deeds Beautiful Places
  • just by the street
  • local K-5th elementary school
  • Fish name tags on the school fence – so sad
  • So sad that school remains closed
  • Growing up these flowers belonged to month of JUNE but not here
  • Beautiful golden orange persimmons