Category: Beautiful Places

Post author By Kay T. Ananda
Post date August 14, 2014

Check out this earlier post you might have missed…or revisit the archives. Today Judith shared the same squirrel photo on FB (knew she was psychic:) with a caption “We all want something” – So true! She always puts the message succinctly into a “nutshell”! So “LIKE”! or more like, “LOVE”!

THEN, as I drove HW101, I heard about Andrew Wyeth’s grandson’s latest exhibit in Boston. !!!???I had to take a double take – wait, it’s just what I turned my attention to in that post. Such a surprise. I had no idea when I stood before the referenced painting – I happened to be the only one there admiring it – some anomaly in time and space? Maybe because it was before all the hype… anyway, an interview of Jamie Wyeth gives you another glimpse into the world of this artist and his muse, Christina. FASCINATING!

Everything converges because we share. We are interconnected.

“Hide & Seek” by Pavel Tchelitchew, who once described his art as “a kind of science of metamorphosis… as magic which can transform any visible object into a whole series of other objects.”:

“Tchelitchew made extensive studies of plants and children. In Hide and Seek (1940–42; New York, MOMA), his most celebrated canvas, he related the seasons to procreation and growth, showing plant and human forms to be similar in their physical structures and purposes. Combining an interest in alchemy with the anatomical illustrations of the Flemish anatomist and physician Andreas Vesalius (1514–64), he showed the human body, with its veins and arteries, as transparent, in order to suggest the transcendence of the spirit over material substance.”

Amazing… so many people with those referenced “veins and arteries” clogged here – stuck in thought and in their ideas about “perfect” body image – “perfect” life – just focused on the superficial stuff – buffed muscles can only take you so much. Clogged, Stuck, Hardened, Dry and Brittle… help!! Unblock the barricades within and restore the natural abundance… Where’s the flexibility and fluidity? The BUOYANCY! (an apt word referenced by Bo Forbes a lot) Where’s the creative flow in thoughts, insights and ideas? Instead it’s an arid desert (NOT dessert:) sometimes. Me included so … we practice.

AHHHHhh, the rose…that single rose…if I could only transport myself to NYC again. I love the Big Apple! Yet, Californian Orange is not too bad either, I guess. Getting through the “drought” in outer and inner landscapes. No app to press – just this body and mind.

Post author By Kay T. Ananda
Post date July 31, 2014

If I create from the heart, nearly everything works;
if from the head, almost nothing.

― Marc Chagall

I was going to mention how much I love Chagall’s colors in all his images… it’s exactly as he says – there’s a vibration, energy you feel from his painting because the colors speak, the hues sing to our heart…nourishing our soul.

Color is all. When color is right, form is right. Color is everything, color is vibration like music; everything is vibration.

― Marc Chagall

Everything IS vibration…
In yoga-speak – there’s PRANA:)
& when you stand before his ORIGINAL painting… it’s amazing how you can feel it even after his physical passing…L O V E <3

Beautiful People Beautiful Places Beautiful Things

Post author By Kay T. Ananda
Post date July 28, 2014

Intentions create the energy of the space. When there’s collective intentions, the energy is palpable. As an observer, it is visible. The quiet calm glow that’s rather oozy – sloooooow progression.

I am struck by it each time I make an offering of that space to be shared…I feel the calm, peaceful “energy” that re-surges as I look around and I see a human re-fueling station. I don’t mean fuel as in food and water but us humans require more than the minimum sustenance of food, water and shelter to “re-fuel”. We harness energy 2-ways; By working-out & by working-in. Both are needed and complement each other.

My intention is to make the space safe and place of nature…We can’t always get-away to connect with nature; Our daily commitments mean we cannot always escape to the beach or to the mountains – and for some, workplace is life, your home (now employers want you at workplace all the time so all the perks – espresso machine, tea bar, salad bar… the gym with round-the-clock yoga…everything provided for – you can work longer hours!) but we can with the power of our own mind – connect with nature; connect with your own truth – in an urban mini-“spa”, a sacred space, because anyplace you practice “metta”, a Buddhist concept of compassion, kindness … benevolence… is SACRED.

Intentions in a Christian sense or in any religion is probably similar to a prayer, and setting an intention is a kind of an “affirmation” that gives validity and a horse-power to your desires. It does not have to go on a moral high ground UN-ish like “world peace” – it can focus solely on you – a desire for a transformation even on a micro, Nano-level…from within.

Here are some intentions you can try…or custom make one for yourself – it can be a fun exercise – let it become an affirmation.

– My body has its own wisdom and I trust that wisdom completely.
– Today I choose to honor my beauty, my strength and my uniqueness.
– I love the way I feel when I take good care of myself.
– Today I put my full trust in my inner guidance.
– I allow the universe to bless me in surprising and joyful ways.

If you are going through tough times, this may be challenging but soften your gaze, look within and find the fire again…may hope and faith guide you…and as Judith H. Lasater taught us, exercise this technique:

“be RADICALLY present”.

If you can memorize mantras in Sanskrit, this should come easily:) … Chanting mantras has a different effect and a purpose but affirmations may come more easily to you – Realizing that we all have so much on our plate – sometimes it’s hard to digest all but even digest just a portion provides nourishment – it need not be a Grande super-size portion – you may come to see what I mean by re-kindling your own inner-fire that resides in your belly – it just takes a spark or sometimes, just far reaching oxygen (“breath”)so that the flames rise up to warm your heart…

Haaahhhh, BIG sigh- stretch:)

Gratitude for the space filled with collective intentions.