Wednesday's Wisdom

Wednesday's Wisdom

I don't even feel I can write about this, it kind of left me feeling a little shocked because if I am being completely honest with you, which I always am, I've been wasting days.

I'm in a haze, I can't seem to get out of my own way.

While I want to meditate daily I'm choosing to sleep in far to often. My allergies have been acting up again so of course that is the excuse I tell myself in order to believe I am to tired to wake up a half an hour before my kids.

I want to write more but when the kids go down for their nap, well it wouldn't hurt to take a five minute nap would it? Yes when it turns into two hours!

My yoga practice..well honestly getting on my mat once a week hardly equates a "practice."

Maybe I'm being a little hard on myself, my last round of blood work did show some major deficiencies and my supplements have long run out, but again it goes back to the above quote and what I tell people all the time, take responsibility, own this life. Nobody can save you but you. There is no magic cure. You have to do the work if you want to see the results!

On the plus side last week I posted about "doing good for your soul" and I have been spending more time in nature, exploring more temples and sitting out under the stars more frequently. In fact I'm going to log of now and go do just that.

Thanks for checking in with me, more soon...

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Wednesday's Wisdom

Wednesday's Wisdom

I am as guilty as the next person getting caught up in the day to day goings on of life and not cultivating the time to do what my soul aches to do.

Why is it we often forgo doing that which is good for our soul?

Why do we put it off until we are on vacation,  have alone time, less work or a different living condition, etc.?

I haven't been able to figure out the answers to the questions I've posed, perhaps its conditioning, or it somehow feels easier to go against what feels great. Maybe we feel it needs to be saved as a reward for our hard work. Whatever the reason I am vowing from this point forward to do more of what feels good for my soul! 

Doing what is good for our soul, in my humble opinion is the purpose of our existence. It is why we are here, to enjoy and connect to that authentic part of ourselves that comes alive when take the time to listen to our soul prompts.

I'm going to share my experience on my facebook page and twitter account with the hashtag #goodforthesoul I hope you will too, perhaps we can inspire one another!

Will you join me in this mission!?

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Wednesday's Wisdom

Wednesday's Wisdom is back!

This one made me stop and really contemplate life and how easily it can shift...

So much can happen in one day. our worlds can be forever altered.

I remember when I was just twenty one years old and I had just moved back to my home town my best friend and I went out for an evening of dancing and fun, the next day she wasn't feeling well and I had a million things to do i.e. finding job, renting an apartment etc... I was to busy over the next couple of days for a visit, we chatted briefly on the phone then on the third day I received a phone call from her mother, turns out my bff not feeling well was actually kidney failure and she passed away. My world forever altered in one day.

My husband looked at me and smiled, my life forever altered in one day.

After reading the above words of wisdom not only did it make me for grateful for my days, simply as they are, no trauma or drama's to report, but also for the excitement of what else can unfold in just one day...

There are so many more examples I could share but I'm sure you get it and you too have experienced this "change" in just one day. I'd love to hear your stories and if you'll agree I'd even share some of them next week. Tell me how has one day changed your life? You can comment below or email me 1balancedsoul@gmail.com

My series "What I love about Life in India" will continue this weekend!

Wednesdays Wisdom coincides with Day Eight of my Challenge

So today was not a great day, I was just about to get on my yoga mat when hubby came home (at a time he is never home) I became agitated but caught myself rather quickly realizing he didn't do it to anger me.

It got me to thinking very rarely do things happen to us. Things happen yes, we are involved yes but it's only our ego that makes it about us. We can be in control of our perception if we choose to be. Instead of saying "Why Me?" which was my initial reaction I chose to believe that everything was exactly as it should be and although I would never consider myself a control freak, I like most of us, like things to go as planned. My intention was to get on my mat at that moment but when hubby walked through the door everything shifted. I understood I was frustrated because I was no longer in control, I mean yes I could have still done yoga but I don't like an audience. Being able to just flow with it is a core teaching of Yoga. And perhaps this is exactly where my lack of flexibility on the mat, which always surprises me, stems from. I'm not as flexible in life as I'd like to think I am.

Wednesdays Wisdom my friends...

You may be saying well that doesn't sound like so bad of a day and really it wasn't but I should mention the kicker...I think I broke my toe! But don't count this girl out, restorative yoga exists for a reason and this chick isn't giving up that easy!

Wednesdays Wisdom coincides with Day One of my challenge

Day one of my challenge coincides with Wednesdays Wisdom and both came to fruition on my mat this morning. I awoke with a sense of eagerness today. I'm excited about this challenge and curious to see where it will lead me.

You would think living in India I would have access to any number of Yoga classes but in my quaint little Holy Town would you believe not one! Its true, why do you think I'm so eager for my Spiritual Guesthouse to be completed so I can lure all of my Yogi friends here.

When I first came to India my trip started with a thirty day yoga retreat, I was so thrilled and chatted with friends and teachers in Yoga classes imagining what kind of shape I'd be in when I returned to the west. Silly girl, I was on my mat once, only one Asana (physical) practice, the rest of my yoga training was internal (and beautiful I may add). Later during that same trip I was travelling by train when a true Indian Yogi shared my compartment, he told me all that was needed was twenty minutes a day on my mat, and reconfirmed Yoga was a way of life and not about being bendy.

As if by divine intervention, which is often the case when I set my intention for anything that is in accord with my higher self, I logged on to youtube and "recommended for you" was a thirty day yoga challenge and her classes are between ten and twenty minutes long. Now yes I wish I had an hour or more to spend on my mat each and every day but I'm working with what I have and not making any more excuses. There will be days I can do more and days when this is all time allows for and I am grateful for all of it.

The first class was all about opening the hips which I know from experience tend to store our emotions, I had tight hips before ever coming to Yoga and had been working through them regularly, Louise L Hay in her book "You Can Heal Your Life" claims discomfort or issues in the hips is directly related to "a fear of moving forward." Something I pondered each time I lay in Repose throughout the day.

I had been making progress in the hip region before I made the decision to move to India, those of you who have followed my blog know that I was married and pregnant very quickly after coming to live here in my sacred town. My pregnancy became high risk and my hips did everything but lock up as I fought to keep my son inside long enough to survive his birth, he arrived at thirty one weeks, that was three years ago and he continues to be strong and healthy, I was pregnant for my daughter when my son was only seven months old, so my hips once again went into protective mode and they've yet to relax!

Needless to say hip openers are a gift to this stiff ol body of mine. While laying in pigeon pose,

*note there are many variations of this posture but the sequence I was led through is outlined by this photo

I was treated to an intoxicating aroma coming off of my mat. My mat is not new, actually it is about six years old and I have never noticed this scent before. Then I remembered a class I once took about communicating with Angels and Fairies and in this class she spoke of different psychic abilities which are often directly related to communication with other realms. We know of Clairvoyance but there is also Clairalience which is the psychic sense of smelling. I'm not saying I'm psychic I'm sharing this information because often when I'm on to something important for my authentic truth a beautiful fragrance will accompany it. 

And while laying enjoying the intoxicating aroma Wednesdays Wisdom came to mind...

Wednesday's Wisdom

I've been described as "fearless" and I guess in someways I am but in truth I have fear. I think most if not all of us do on some level, the difference is whether or not we allow fear to rule our lives. Personally I choose to look fear in the face and say I just don't care. Now I'm not contradicting last weeks wisdom I don't believe 'fear' and 'bad vibes' are the same. Bad vibes are directly connected to your core, fear is an illusion created in the mind that often holds us back.

I have learnt that fear is a gateway to truth. When something scares me, I mean gets under my skin and repeats in my thoughts I know it's time to dig deep. Its time to go inside my heart and find the blockage, what am I truly afraid of, and within that fear what is the worse possible outcome? From that I ask myself AND? The key is to keep asking the question over and over and? and? and? until you find the authentic truth of what is the basis for the fear. 

Then...

Wednesdays Wisdom

Welcome once again to Wednesday's wisdom, I added this day to my blogging in an effort to blog more frequently but with four festivals back to back and an iffy internet connection at best I haven't been able to post a thing since last Wednesday. 

I do however have two stellar blogs written one on the festivals we just enjoyed and another regarding some information on my family life here in traditional India but for now I will share one of the most valuable pieces of wisdom I have ever learned. 

Wednesdays Wisdom:

It is truly surprising to me how simple and effective yet often overlooked our own instincts are. Usually because what we are feeling doesn't make sense to the rational mind.

But this nugget of wisdom works and I have learned its truth by both ignoring what I felt in the depth of my gut and choosing to trust it. You may never find out why you had an uneasy feeling about something or someone but TRUST those vibes always, in situations small and large. Your "gut" can inform you of peoples intentions long before your brain can make sense of them.

Our instincts can lead us away from danger, heal our bodies and keep us on a path that is directly connected to our authentic truth, our higher self if we just learn to trust it.

I would love to hear a story about how you listened to those vibes and what occurred for you?

Wednesday's Wisdom

In an effort to post more frequently I've decided to make Wednesdays a day for wisdom. I'll post a quote that has helped inspire my life each week to help us get through what is commonly known in the west as "hump day" the day we need to end before we roll down the hill to the weekend, although this truly has little to no meaning here in India since most people work a minimum of six days a week.

Welcome to my first installment of Wednesday's Wisdom

Taking responsibility for our energy takes consciousness, its not easy to remain peaceful when people and situations occur that rock us. It is easy to blame these circumstances for our bad moods but the truth is we are the only ones responsible for our energy, for our reactions and responses. We can't change other people only the way we respond to them. And no one or circumstance should be able to deter us from our inner peace. This is often  much easier said then done but something I aspire for every day.