1/18/2016 0 Comments 2016 A New StartHappy New Year & Welcome to 2016! What’s in store for you this year? I’m not one for making a long list of resolutions that never make it off the page and are easily forgotten after a few weeks. However, we have major delineators in our lives marking the end of one thing and the beginning of something else. And for this reason the start of a new year makes this a good time to invoke change in our lives. So instead of a long list of resolutions, why not pick just one thing to focus on? It doesn’t have to even feel “resolutiony” – just pick something that you feel passionate about. Then create a feasible outline to help you map out a plan so you can find success. What are challenges that you might face? What might be some solutions for those obstacles? Get specific in where you want to go and how you want to get there.
Enlist the help of others. Who will be supportive in this endeavor? Who might you want to leave out because they won’t shower you with the support and love or even a much needed critical eye during this undertaking {I’m talking about those negative, pessimistic, Debbie downers – you know who I mean}? Surround yourself with folks that will be there when you need them. Or create a little support group with others that are embarking on their change for 2016! Creating a roadmap will help get you excited, allow you to see what is and isn’t realistic, and possibly shine some light on new exciting ideas that hadn’t been visible before. After you have a plan outlined if the task is feeling too big and you’d like some extra support and guidance I’d be happy to work along side you in the Moving Forward Program to make things happen and see you to success! My two undertakings for this year are to start making healthy smoothies and composting! What are you bringing into your life this year?
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12/17/2014 1 Comment India StrongIt's been almost exactly a year since I went to India. I haven't written much about my experience because it's a pretty impossible thing to do. How do you put into words all those happy faces, the welcoming souls, the beautiful colors, the noise, the crowds, the mazes that are streets, those speeding cars, buses, auto-rickshaws, bicycles. It's not a place that you can stand still. And She's not a place that stands still. Moment by moment She is changing, shifting, realigning. It's a dance like nothing else I've ever seen or experienced. When I left for India, I wasn't well. I'd just had my worst bout of vertigo that I'll ever have - spending a week in bed unable to set the world straight. My goal, my determination, was that I would make it onto that plane and get to India. The one thing I knew was that I was going. Even as I dragged my suitcase through the airport, the world moved around me. And I experienced it as a bobble head. My journey through India was moment by moment; one foot in front of the other. Take in only what you can handle; nothing more, nothing less. It was a limited view of the world, but sometimes you have to build walls around you just to get by. And sometimes those views help you understand things in ways you hadn't before. All these fears came up. You know the kind. The ones that stop you from doing what you really want to do. The ones that keep holding you back. The ones that don't let you speak up, reach out, move along when you really want too. I learned to block out what wasn't necessary for me to take in or respond to. I let things move through me. I learned to decipher other people's fears from my own. I learned to fully stand on my own two feet. I saw how the negative thoughts make us feel weak when we are truly strong. I learned that I was stronger than I ever imagined. India Strong. I am way stronger then I ever thought I was. I learned that all those things I've been afraid of don't matter, aren't real, or that I can handle them. And She didn't mind - She works on you however you come - raveling and unraveling you every day and then again each night. I was part of her dance. By the end of the trip, I was worn down and ready to go. But since the moment I walked into my door, I've had a deep longing to be back. I want to go back to see what I missed. To see what has changed. I want to go back because I have changed. I don't know when, I don't know how, but I know I will return. She lives inside you and She calls you back. 1/16/2013 2 Comments The treeI don't think there is anyone who loves their Christmas tree more than I do. Each year, I search for the most perfect tree that can be found - trying to find one that's been sustainably grown and cared for with love. Often failing in my quest for the non-chemically treated, but each year promising the next, that I will begin that research early so I can abide. What keeps me going back is in the knowing that even though she was cut down just for me, that another tree will be planted in her place. I'm not sure when I started this love affair, but I know as a child, I begged each year to leave the tree up until my birthday at the end of January. Each day that the tree is in the house, I spend time thanking it, loving it, admiring it's beauty, grateful for it's presence, it's existence for all those years cleaning the air and then spending it's final days just existing for me. Every time I water her, I hear her exhale a thank you. Each time I inhale her smell, she is grateful that she is loved. Some days, I hug her. Admiring the twinkling lights, the reflections of the ornaments, the sparkling glow of the branches. Every day that she is here, I do this in secret. I may be a little overboard, but if I am taking her life for my enjoyment, I feel as I owe her to be loved and appreciated. It saddens me, that this is the end of life for her, but is it really? From here, she will go on to be composted and return to the Earth from which she came. Her journey through life is much like ours. It's a cycle. My only hope is all of you feel the same love that I impart upon her each day while she is in my home. I hope you are capable of receiving the love and also capable of knowing that you are worthy of it. Continue to allow your hearts to open in the coming year. You are capable of more than you think. You are stronger than you know. And you are loved beyond measure. Are you capable of receiving this abundance of love? What's holding you back? |
AuthorJenn White, Yoga Educator, Meditation Teacher, and Owner of Embodied Bliss, began her journey of yoga and meditation in 2004 while recovering from a back injury. Feeling lost, restless and seeking something more from life, she found her path through meditation. Archives
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