Super windy to the point of reaching that sensation of … flying.
Refreshed !
Super-Charged !!
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A half-staffed flag to honor those high school students and teachers in Florida. How can America get great again when precious lives are not valued and protected and respected … are personal rights more important than … LIFE ? What about the right to LIFE of the victims. Right to safety and Right to be free of fears of violence to be unleashed. Lives of students and teachers who could not live to their fullest life’s potentials because their lives were cut short … violently. If we see ourselves in them, if each of us see ourselves mirrored and reflected in each other, we could be kinder, gentler and … greater. Hope.
Beautiful where waves come crashing in where seagulls fly. Perfect place for a dog chase? Take time; find that ocean out there and … within you. Waves are crashing onto that vast beach and then receding back to the deeper waters to again swell and saturate. Just watch and feel. Be Present.
So, AGING with JOY & GRACE was the title to last weekend’s yoga therapist training. Among some 50? and counting attendees finding mat space on the labyrinth at Oakland Peace Center as we gather for the two days immersion ahead. Making up this module missed last year while in Japan for my mother’s birthday. Reminded how my mother would make a great guest to teach this particular module as she would make a role model for many of us. But for her to come along this far, there’s always a great sense of gratitude for her support system that consists of kind social services and attentive care provided to seniors in Japan. Gratitude to tradition and culture where seniors are respected for their wisdom and the frail cared for as there’s a clear acceptance that we are all aging as long as we are living. It’s just not possible to live in denials when slowly your loved ones start to disappear from this particular world, this life. There’s no exclusion and denial of this natural stages of our lifeline. It’s okay to accept it and go with the flow while doing everything you can to tend to the temple of body, mind & spirit.
