Perspective Shift Blogs
We Are Not The Same
We are not the same as we once were. It’s ok, it’s not personal. The last three years (and five, eight, ten) have changed us. You, me, all beings.
It’s time we acknowledge this truth, and show ourselves and others compassion and loving kindness for how much has changed and how much we individually and collectively have changed. There is no going back. We start from here, we start where we are, but first we have to know where here is. The liminal, the threshold, the space between.
40 Till 40 Wrap Up
Well, I can’t believe it’s been 40 days already! Here we are on the other side of this sadhana.
One of the many great things about this project from my side of the screen is that the list I initially made to write this project has expanded far beyond 40 things. As I wrote, it just got larger and larger. I often find this with gratitude practice, the more you do it, the more grows and expands.
Why Gratitude Practice?
Today I’m posting this interlude in addition to my daily post. Now that we are twelve days into the sadhana as a group and personally, I thought I’d share a bit about how I came to the gratitude practice, what keeps me coming back to it, and what happens when we do it.
The 12 Veils
A year ago today, the studio I taught at and made my yoga home for over a decade closed its doors temporarily due to covid-19. It was slated to be a two week closure, per the state guidelines, but my intuition told me different. Listening to my intuition, I did something I never thought I would, I posted a video of myself talking about the situation and the opportunities I thought it presented.
Language Shifts Lead To Life Shifts
I’ve always been interested in language. As a child, I consistently heard multiple languages at home, two of which I didn’t speak and never picked up. Later on I did pick up a second language, but not one of the ones I grew up around. I became fascinated that the brain could even understand language, never mind associate the same thing with so many different words. I still to this day think that language, like air travel, is kind of a miracle.
The Mountaintop
There is no mountain top. There is no end.
I used to think when I was young(er), that there would be this point where I would be “all set.” I didn’t mean this in a monetary sense, though that was a small part of it, but it was more of a sense of having arrived. Arrived in myself, in my career, in my emotional life, in my relationships, the idea encompassed a lot of things.