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International Yoga of Day

Tomorrow !
At Marina Green from 9:30am – 2pm – Yoga * Meditation * Kirtan with Jai Uttal:)

I cannot go but since the location is the same, sharing some sights from an event that took place at the same place only a month ago – these are photos from Wanderlust SF last month With MC Yogi leading … it’s weird that you can totally follow him each breath per movement at a time. He is so good about always elevating Amanda … by talking up up about her:) Hope they stay strong … Here’s their coverage in the Global Glue Project video I contributed (via KickStart) towards since my wonderful yoga teacher and photographer, Brenna Geehan is the videographer. The Project is a series of documentary clips on many couples, to explore their enduring relationships…those with staying power in this world of impermanence:
Click Here. All the couples featured are beautiful examples of enduring connections … that weathered the storm. There’s a Japanese couple who has been together for almost 50 years… it’s so very cute; no kiss in public of course – I love you is by just having coffee – it’s unspoken.

Marina Green in San Francisco – where International Yoga Day event will take place tomorrow –
Was there maybe a month ago for another yoga event called the “Mindful Triathlon” of yoga, meditation and a run – the “tri” – Wanderlust SF I volunteered at – just helping out at their Wanderlust store … and got to stay for Yoga on the green … it was nice under the blue sky as the morning fog had lifted:) as I am sure tomorrow’s event is sure to be. Jai Uttal is performing … Kirtan so we can all sing together:)

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Stones have meanings and mala beads you can make with that in mind … hand made is best so you can custom make them based on one’s dosha, season or the mood.
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The volunteer T-shirt provided was so big … cut to size better … really love this sea blue color… it’s so … SUMMER:)
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BTW – Here’s the card I drew, when we were on the topic of the third eye, or the 6th chakra …with my lovely Reiki teacher/friend, whose name means “Joy” or “Happy”:) No wonder she’s a kindred spirit.
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Do not limit yourself? We create our own limits to protect ourselves from hurt … call it the survival skill … tempered with wisdom, finding that limitless place that’s still safe … that’s my yoga practice.

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Lady Gaga, on Setting Limits?

Soooo I don’t even like Lady Gaga but … rather enraptured by this idea … about this concept of being “limitless”; “boundless” and that does not have to be about performance art but about … maybe giving and accepting love; about loving Self and others unconditionally more – “we are our most terrifying monster and she’s not scared of herself” because “she trusts herself.” If only.

It’s not the kind of admiration I hold for people I want to be like nor do I aspire to live like them – no, it’s not that at all. Rather, just marveling as though you would some piece of over-the-top art form at a museum – you don’t want to take it home with you or anything – you don’t want to own it, no, not at all. BUT you learn from it. Something about human nature … beauty … truth in midst of the mud, so to speak, in the midst of the darkness, the ugliness, the distasteful or even just … ordinary. It’s become a cliche but to find the extraordinary in the ordinary… how?

Trying to find a little nugget of inspiration towards my New Moon intention of overcoming fears – to not hold back so much as coached by my “student”:)
No, that intention does not mean I am going to go bungee jumping or go out totally unguarded, “asking for it” this New Moon week – not at all – but it just means I say “YES” more rather than “no” to what comes to my door – means that we “surrender” our ego to the higher self by freeing ourselves from fears and anxieties we created for ourselves.

A lot of graduations this season – for some young adults, it might be intimidating to go off into the big wide world but trusting in Self and being receptive to the possibilities … full of dreams:) we have to be brave and face our own “monsters”, our self-imposed limitations and fears, in order to overcome them. When we are no longer terrified of our own shadows, then, only then the Universe will take of the rest:) Just surrender to that cosmic rhythm with a big exhale with a smile on your face:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVY4Whayw0s

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The Artist is PRESENT…it’s … REAL SO real.

In yoga-speak, we often hear instructors say to the students, “Be Present”. There’s even a yoga-wear brand named that – so…
What does it really mean?

Captured with this music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAID_2iKO5Y

vs. this music … music can change the mood while the essence remains.


Her reaching her hands out – was that about “forgiveness” and “acceptance”?
An applause over their reunion … for a moment in time; they are 100% present.
How often can we stay THIS present? With others, with ourselves.