I love my dream life; sometimes it's hard to force myself awake. My mind creates the weirdest, most interesting dreams! It can transform the most mundane day-residue dream into a wild adventure. I'm always meeting new people with new faces, too! Where do they come from? I've never met them before, they don't seem familiar in any way, and yet, there they are, present and known in my dream-world! My vivid, polychromatic dreams are easy to recollect and sometimes stay with me throughout the day!
I am grateful for my odd, nocturnal creations of my mind! I'm also grateful to be "out there" again; after having withdrawn from social life this past year, I have felt ready again recently to "make my way" out into the world again. Part of this is dating again. Sigh. I don't know if I like dating or not. I like the initial excitement and curiousity. I like the hope and the discussions. Let's see what happens. I dislike the disappointment and warning bells (when they go off), or the incongruence of minds and spirit. At any rate, I'm psyched to be meeting someone new this week. It's all fun! 데이트 시간! Time to Date! LOL Lastly, I'm grateful for the absence of stress in my life, as a result of my yogic practice and renewing my workout regime! Usually, I am feeling anxiety on Sundays, about Mondays, and can't get to sleep. As a result, I'm always tired on Mondays and that is not the way to start a week! Since returning from Yogaville, I've been exercising regularly (minus the week of flu), and steadily practicing pranayama, puja, meditation, and asana. I am firmly confident that the breathwork (pranayama) and puja have had the most profound effect on my mind, in combination with the meditation and asana of course. My body is just so happy with me right now! Whee! I also know these practices are what reduced my sick time from the flu. It was short in duration! Yay! And my body is especially appreciative of the inversions I've been putting it into! HOw I missed sarvangasana! All of this has helped focus my mind and reduce stress so that I feel more confident in my work. I am so grateful to have my energy level back to normal so I can do all this as well! My physical energy and mental energy and emotional energy and spiritual energy were all sapped and empty. They are back! I am so grateful for my health, my healthy body, and my brio!
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I've only had 3 bad days of the flu, for which I am so grateful. I attribute a lot of my quick healing to the massive reduction in stress I experienced while at Yogaville, where my body, mind, heart, and spirit were renewed and restored. I also believe the daily practice of pranayama has heightened my immune response. I was cleansed physically and mentally at YV, so the detox of body and mind has made a weighty difference.
I am so grateful to have healed so quickly. When I got this last September, I was ill for weeks, then it turned into bronchitis which I suffered from for over one month. Then it took another month for my lungs to clear and breath capacity to return to normal. I was basically bed-ridden for a month. I went to school, came home, slept. Every day for over a month! Whew! Although I have caught a respiratory flu virus and feel as though someone is pulling off my skin while I'm still in it, I can feel grateful amidst this illness. I am grateful to teach at a school where you are encouraged to care for yourself, the team pulls together when someone is out, and we have sick time with pay. I am grateful that the wonderful peeps with whom I work are sending me thoughts of healing and care. I am grateful I don't feel, - and am not made to feel - guilty for being ill. I am grateful for a warm bed with a heated mattress pad, and lots of hot tea and hot cocoa made with almond milk!
I am grateful for my thoughts that surround being sick. I am determined to be well soon, and I am creating lots of healing affirmations to say to myself, instead of "Oh, no, not again" or "I'll be sick for so long". My thoughts are: "Every minute and every hour I am getting better and better", "My immune system is strong and powerful and is destroying this virus", and "I am radiant health". I decided to do some pranayama to see if that would help, and it did! A few rounds of Kapalabhati and Nadi Shodanham, and I am breathing clearer with diminished amounts of mucus, and my energy is up a notch. The link below offers definitive and accurate instruction for Kapalabhati, as taught by my teacher from the HImalayan Institute, Sandra Anderson! https://yogainternational.com/article/view/kapalabhati-pranayama-the-skull-shining-breath During my time of sitting, I sent out thoughts and visualizations for radiant health; security and financial abundance; Hygge and comfort in my environment; freedom, time, and money for creative expression; love and connection; and freedom, time, and money to pursue my favorite passe-temps. I asked for these things for myself and for the world as I sent out vibes of peace, light, and love to the world. Did you get some? I am determined to be recovered quickly and I see it happened. Mote it be!
It's just after 5:30AM and I am roused from bed by my desire and dedication to running. I am grateful for this desire and especially for it's return, despite the 39 degree weather.
As it follows with Newtonian physics, the more I sit lethargically, the more I will want to sit, and therefore lack energy and feel lethargic (Law #1)! #2 - As I apply my willpower and desire daily, the momentum of change to my health, body, spirit, and mind will change commensurately. And, #3, the more I run, the easier it gets! The First Law states that objects at rest tend to remain at rest; objects in motion tend to remain in motion, unless they are acted upon by an external force. The Second Law states that an applied force on an object equals the rate of change of its momentum with time The Third Law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Here's to physics! I am grateful that my heart and mind yearn to meditate once again, and my body is craving asana and running! Yay!
I find my heart brimming with love and gratitude. I find my soul calling me again; I have no longer muffled my ears. My desire for connection and expression is overpowering. I feel connected to my Self again, thus, that need to connect with others in service, love, and gratitude. I find my perfection in love and service. Life is great! |
iGallivant......is practicing gratitude every day for 365 days. Began on April 22, 2016, let's see how life changes over the course of this next year! Archives
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