Do you hear what I hear?

Just wanted to bring in a holiday song since I've been virtually offline all month! 😜

But it is about listening, and to me, listening is truly hearing what is around and within you. All those voices inside and out? We don't need to tune them out. We just need to hear them all. And listen. 

Listen to your heart. Listen to your body. Listen to your mind. Listen to your ego. Then have your big S self make the decision on the action. 

Under the tree

UDid you wake up and find loads of presents under the tree? Yes? Awesome! No? Also awesome. Why? Because after the gifts under the tree are opened, they will be fun and amazing. They will probably run their course and you will want more gifts next year. 

You are the gift. Open yourself and find a lifetime of stimulation, amusement, satisfaction, amazement, and ultimately lasting fulfillment.

You got what you wanted. You are what you wanted. 

With love. Happy Holydaze!

#myniece

#youarethegift

#hollyjollychristmas

#givethegiftofyou

52 pickup

You are a deck of cards. When you play  one aspect of yourself, remember that you are still the whole pack. If we play a card or two more often than the others, we might forget that we are more. Often, the more used the card, the easier it is to pick from the deck, so the more often that number may come up.

Who is dealing the hand? Who is playing the hand? In your game, what are your rules? 

And remember, as you play your cards in this game of life, we are all playing with a full deck. We all have a full deck. There are no partial decks.

So when you wonder about the cards you were dealt, or if you don't like your hand, keep playing. There's a whole pack available to you.

#houseofcards

#52pickup

#fromfullnesscomesonlyfullness

#youarethedealer

Gratitude is the New Black

Gratitude is the new black. It goes with everything. Which is good to know during the holidays. You can wear it with everything. It rocks every outfit- physical, mental, emotional. 

Wearing the color of the season, here is my offering to the table of thanksgiving rampages:

I am grateful for gratitude. I am grateful that I feel gratitude for every single thing in my life. 

All of the things that worked out like I wanted them to. All the things that didn't work out. And the things I kept trying to work out that never came to pass. All were pointers that kept me out of my ego and on my path. All showed me who I really am and what I'm really doing here- and gave me the option to see or not to see.

All the heartbreak and the love, for they both taught me what love really is and that it had very little to do with what my pictures of love were. Together they helped me see, feel, know, a bigger picture.

For all my choices, dumb and smart, for they were the best I could do in the moment, and I know that. 

For all of the people who call me "teacher." Know that you teach me every day. Thanks for going on this wild ride with me, for trusting the Whole, for your fearlessness, willingness, tears, and laughter.

For those that I call "teacher." Those that taught me that it's never outside of myself, to stop judging, to love myself, to stop judging, to be aware of the obvious, to stop judging, that it's all God, and to stop judging. For teaching me that the information is in the space. Teaching me the value of rest, relaxation, and reflection. For teaching me that life is a research project and we are scientist, lab, and experiment. For reminding me that the answers I seek are within.

So I let go of judgment on the word "gratitude," and let myself feel the Wholeness." I have Everything to be thankful for. And I am Giving Thanks to All.

Thank You. All. Of. It.

#gratitudeforall

#enoughtogoaround

#Thanksgiving

#youarewhatyoueatsoeatlove

#gratitudeisthenewblack

Gratitude is the new black. It goes with everything.

Date night!

Medidate. Make a date with your body, mind, and soul. Get to know each other. The ultimate threesome.

#hurtssogood

#meditatingcanbefun

#dressingupformySelf

#datenighteverynight

Yoga Snuggle

Following up from yesterday's blog. Yoga nidra. Surrender all physical, mental, emotional weight and snuggle with the Divine.

Just sayin

#yogawverydamnday

#yoganidra

#takeanapwithgod

#rodstryker

#richardmiller

#transformationalflowfirsttuesdays

The Art of Snuggling

My dog Winston has snuggling down to an art. What are the secrets to mastering this ancient and profound state of being?

1) Total and complete surrender of weight. He allows himself to completely sink in to the surface area of his snuggle, ie me, and merge with it by releasing all tension, all weight. He doesn't try to make himself lighter, worry about his alignment, or worry about anything for that matter. 

2) He gives his weight and mind completely to the object of his snuggle and the present moment. In the moment of total snuggle-ness, time goes away, and there is no need or desire to do or be anywhere else.    

We can take a lesson from this. This surrender if weight is found in the yoga sutras of Patanjali. Patanjali talks about "ishwara pranidhana" or complete and total surrender to/with the Divine as a way to reach the state of samadhi, or becoming one with your "dhi," your highest state of knowingness. This implies a relationship with an object (the divine, aka your big S self), where you completely surrender your weight (all your crap), you are free of tension and in the present moment with no desire to be it do anything else. 

So find your dog, or another snuggling guru, whoever has mastered this art, and take a lesson. Then take what you learn and snuggle up to the divine.  Completely surrender your weight, release tension, and enjoy the sweet state of the divine snuggle with the Infinite.

#extremesnuggling

#ishwarapranidhana

#mydogasguru