Praying for the first responders, fire fighters, and all those who had to evacuate, fleeing trails, camp grounds, and the worse, fleeing their homes. May there be rain – may there be the right kind of winds to calm the inflammations. Breathe indoor – nostral breating using the internal filters and … outdoors, definitely, wear masks, filter the dust and ashes to protect the respiratory system, and prevent the spread of Covid that way also.
Those yogis who have been practicing Pranayama… this is when we are grateful that we learned what we learned to help especially at a time like this.
Zoom fatigue? Corona fatigue? Having had a lovely Indian lady exclaim ” I found my Kondo Mari” (hardly – I can be quite untidy) once after a class, I have come to realize the practice room needs an overhaul – declutter, purify and above-all – CHANGE the energy; the flow. But HOW?
This is the BEFORE image … Making Space … Clearing
What is the glaring eye-sore? Yes, the wires, wires, wires, cables like snakes are all over, snarled, coiled, and knotted … so on the grid … Clearing “space”.
Eventually … we want to go back to the community of shared space. We crave the in-person non-virtual place of togetherness. Until then, clearing the stagnant air, undo the tangled connections, cleaning out the dark corners, combing out the cobwebs, dusting off, making space for a better practice of conscious, fully-lit life. This is – the “Before” – image.
We had a cooking class thanks to a very generous, talented and creative folks from a certain Silicon Valley company- Virtual but very real pasta from scratch making class where all ingredients are sent the day before and the day of, even a bottle of wine. So surprised to see the label named so uncanny … Rock Garden a mini project I had just completed … I had created a mini rock garden with rocks/stones from Lake Tahoe (NOT from public land of course) … to better connect to enliven our sagging energy. Isn’t this like a small miracle ? Here I bring back “rocks” to make a rock garden, studying about Japanese and native american teachings; then presented with a bottle of wine named … Rock Garden????!!! You can call it a coincidence but … isn’t it a miracle?
It’s as though … We all need a boost – we all need to be uplifted and it doesn’t have to be ethereal heavenly angel voice breaking into an operatic chorus … just a subtle sign is enough … Convinced more than ever that when you let go of negative toxic sad words and limiting stories, we notice that
All are in ALIGNMENT… accidental, but somehow intentional… there’s a little wonder in the ordinary all around us and
Gratitude for noticing.
Gratitude for the positive and forward thinking people finding ways to connect and learn. It gave me a renewed sense of confidence that … we will be alright; we will somehow get through this. There’s so much ingenuity now in how we problem solve. We didn’t have that insight … before.
Still, I do look forward to throwing an actual in person pasta making gathering to celebrate Resilience and Kindness and … learning something new. Why don’t we Celebrate that brand new skill we acquired together. Pasta ! Yoga! Rocks! Let’s look forward to that bright day when we can again gather, bow, slap shoulders, exchange hugs … and make adjustments hahaha wink:
