pranayama

"The breath arises out of stillness, expands, condenses, and returns to this ground of stillness. Oscillation is an intrinsic part of life and all movements" .......... Donna Farhi

Watching a baby breath you will notice how we were created to breath before becoming adults. A baby breaths from it's belly first (like a little Buddha). Big full breaths that will then fill to the lungs. After my practice today which ended in a short pranayama exercise I was aware of how my anxieties were gone, I felt calm and patient. Life was in the right perspective again and I could see the Truth. It was certain how important my yoga practice and pranyama really is. Just simply breathing deep and fully can give us more energy and healing than any food or treatments. 90% of the body's energy comes from oxygen.

Graditude

This simply is a journal of my heart. Over the weekend I practiced at Center for Yoga, a studio in Detroit that I try to get to as often as I can. The Theme was "gratitude" and we ended the practice holding hands with our arms overhead. This small act reminded me the importance of people and how we all need each other and the interconnectedness we can share. I want to share my heart with other women and I hope you can find it in your heart to open to me. When I was holding these strangers hands, my arms grew heavy but I was not afraid to hold the strangers hands tight to my own and continue to lift my arms as high as I could. It was as if I was pouring my energy and love into them, devoid of the fear of rejection. I said to of myself "I have been selfish" drowning in my own confusion and because this, I am missing out on experiencing grace. I am missing small moments of perfection everyday.

Journey to Motherhood

Hello everyone,


Lately I have been discouraged. This discouragement comes and it goes. What I am learning is to focus on gratitude when I am feeling this discouragement. I focus on what I do have in my life rather than what I do not have. God is peeling away at the layers and I have found that I do not always want to participate and go deeper. Erin (a dear friend) made me realize the gratitude I should have in my life that God has given me direction. Now I must work on discipline. I have a deep worry that Chad and I will not be pregnant again for a while, call it intuition and this makes me sad. So, God keeps chipping away until I am ready to surrender. I always feel like I must be doing something to help "this Journey to Motherhood" and my diet is improving and I am considering going back to the herbalist and acupuncturist. Right now I will just sit tight and wait and see.

Take a moment to see moments of Grace in your life and instead of praying from the waist down with prayers of specific needs and wishes pray for contentment and grace and let God's divine power work what is right for you.