My favorite report cards, my medical test results. It may seem odd, but I prepared for a year with healthy habits and hope my scores will reflect my efforts. I assume they are nothing but stellar. Anything other will startle most eager patients as one recently did for me. Annually, my doctor monitors potential damaging effects to my organs due to a long term autoimmune condition. Within hours of a
JOURNEY TO FIND THE POWER IN A PEACEFUL WARRIORInstigating a Warrior Once an innocent little girl who later became an impressionable teenager, I recall some sad times feeling bullied, ostracized, and belittled. My immature mind took it all personally. In turn, I became defensive, and as I have said before, a bit scrappy.Self-Serving Warrior Sadly, I processed my feelings poorly wanting to protect myself and reacted negatively. Thoughtless words in
I have always been fascinated with entry doors. Big ones, little ones, others ornate, modest, wooden, iron, ancient, modern, decorative, and so on. Where do they lead? Why are they so prominent or discreet? How many explorers have passed through these gates and doorways? What were they seeking inside? I have witnessed our own Fusion doors as a gateway to possibilities and transformations for many. All entered with some faith. They
Always a work in progress, I reference this popular book’s teachings often. I grew up a feisty and vocal girl because I thought it was necessary to protect myself and survive but realized toning it down had much better outcomes. Then I often leaned into too much to taking on the burden of guilt when others were feisty with me. It’s always a balancing act and I am on the
One of the most incorrect expressions, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” It taught us to pick up our shield to deflect harmful words by another and shake it off. Words we hear or speak may help or harm us, make us invincible or small, feel loved or rejected, and so on. Then there’s, “If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say
Close minded and ignorant, I rolled my eyes when I first heard of yoga. I imagined pretzel shaped fanatics doing some trendy, culty thing. Closing their eyes, chanting some strange sounds, trying to escape the world. Corporate robot, a traditional practical, focused and driven executive. No time for weird stuff. I was always into holistic medicine but never putting the two together. Ignorance shifted to ignited in just an hour. My
The Universe isn’t testing you.It’s teaching you to trust.Throughout life I have had to accept change and in my younger days resisted mentally and emotionally. Things changed when my parents told me they were moving to Northern Virginia from my hometown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania after I graduated from high school. I felt dis-comfort mentally. I had a great group of friends, love and my house and town. Virginia seemed
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose, under heaven, opening verse of hit song in 1965 by the popular band, the Byrds. Relating to ancient yoga philosophies, this reminds me of Dharma, our law and nature of things, and Aparigraha, the practice of acceptance without expected outcomes, to trust in the universe’s plans for us. I selected this verse as I have greatly struggled to find
The yin and yang symbol represents harmony, when the duality of yin (black) and yang (white) with a dot of the opposite color, intersect to balance the other’s energy. Every June in America, we honor the positive, masculine influences in our lives with Father’s Day. The harmonizing Yang Energy Forces to balance our feminine, Yin energy. In eastern philosophy when we fuse the opposing forces, we make us more whole.
Interesting that the National Geographic cover this month complimenting the topic of my blog and theme for this week The elephant in the room, the lack of using the word or name for a divine source to ensure comfort and avoid conflict with others. Most common names today seem to be Universe and God. Perhaps you refer to Source, Higher Power, or Creator. Most of us have a belief in