Ruh Roh

As I come here to type my blog post, I find myself hesitant and not as free flowing from what I have experienced.  I always knew that what came off the keyboard through my fingers onto the page was something that 'just happened' through an openness that I tapped into.

Just recently with many more coming to visit me here - THANK YOU - I find myself a bit out of this tapped-into-state that was my comfortable place.

I don't want to offend.  I don't want to be laughed at.  I want to respect and be respected.  I have always told myself that I am better one-on-one than in a group setting.  I guess this is me finding it easier and less scary to grasp one person than to understand a whole room, so to speak.  

I was a 'secretary' a long time ago.  My practices were in typing, proofreading, words and sentences.  I then became a 'personal trainer', fitness business owner with practices in movement and the body.  Next, I became a life coach with practices in cognitive thinking, growth, self-love, healing and living the true self.  

I feel as though our whole life prepares us for certain things synergistically.  Our whole life finds us a balance and opens paths going forward.  

As we trust the process of life and ourselves, magic happens.  Miracles arise.  Peace incurs.  Vulnerability invites communication and relationships of the best kind.  

The majority of us want this; I believe.  The vastness of what is available to each of us is endless.  Healing is possible.  Freedom invites liberation.  

I want to thrive in each breath.  In being who I truly am out loud invites and allows this to happen.

May You thrive with every breath You take.

We are being asked (sometimes forced) to do things differently.  As we are true to ourselves and each other, endless healing, freedom and liberation happens.

Do not have to overthink or worry, just Be U.  Be true to who You are and what You feel and what You want.

"Just 9Be U".  "Grow Yourself Complete"  again and again and again.

Being authentically You in this moment is You in your completeness.  Amen.  And so it is.

Add in the Real You

Ever since I can remember, "Change the World” has always been an underlying saying/theme for many of us humans throughout and around the world.   To make a difference.  To make it better. 

I hear myself thinking that, perhaps, it may not be so much to change it, but to add to it to help evolve it.  

Your kindness, your love, your compassion, your truth, your trust, your wisdom, your knowledge, your birthright - the totality of the real You walking in and through your uniqueness.    

This (You) can be the foundation of creating the best, most brilliant world for us all to live in and on.

Woodpecker is known as the bird "connected to the the heartbeat of the Earth itself".  They have their own precise 'drumming'.  "Sometimes the woodpecker will show up just to stimulate new rhythms.  Rhythm is a powerful means of affecting the physical energies.  "..follow your own unique rhythms and flight.  Do what works for you in the manner best for you.  When woodpecker comes into your life, it indicates that the foundation is there.  It is now safe to follow your own rhythms."  From the book "Animal Speak" by Ted Andrews. 

May you meet life through your own loving truth into what life is showing You now.   

The most important person to trust is You.  As you trust yourself and be true to You, your uniqueness colors your life with the most unique patterns and colors.  Let this uniqueness come from deep within You out.  Dance, Drum, Fly, Open to everything that feels the most real and true to You.  Let love.  In this, your spirit and soul knows what best to do through your mind, heart and instinct.  

Are you listening...  Can you feel your own rhythm...  Stay with it as you connect your rhythm to the heartbeat of the Earth.

In this, we all rise.

Let your true colors shine filling the energies of our world with beautiful light, love and rhythm to uplift, evolve and drum up as much 'awesome' and 'oh, that's cool' as possible.

The miracle of You is a present as you turn on your heart-light and let it get brighter and brighter with the loving truth of You.

Our World

World - "Any complex whole conceived as resembling the universe" dictionary

The World is yours, mine, ours.  All living things.  Humans, Animals, Plants. Water, Land, Sky.  Our World.  Our Universe.

From over there to here - From here to over there.. "We Are The World". Quincy Jones/Michael Omartian, Producers.  

Oh Boy.

It is quite the world just now.  We have been open to staggering amounts of information and as we shift from what was to what will be, many (at one time or another) can feel lost/uncertain/confused/unsettled/fearful.  

We are treading into a world where what was cannot withstand.  Perhaps, you can see some things that You wish to be better at; do better at.

I have faith as many perspectives of our world flow through me.  I know chaos as many changes surround me.  I believe in this topsy turvy, upside down and swirling around time that our 'world' is falling into place rather than only falling apart.

I cannot count the amount of times that I have heard, read or said "Love is the Answer'.  Many people,  musicians, creatives, spiritual leaders, healers.   It is.  Your love is the best answer for You.  Love is the best answer for our World.

Your love will best lead You from, through and into your "best of".  Wherever you are, you can choose love.  Whatever you do, you can put love into it.  Every breath you take, let love - your love.

Instead of worry - love.

Instead of blame - love.

Instead of  fear - love.

Through anger - love.

Through sadness - love.

May you breathe love.  Let yours always be with You.

I find that my love creates peace within me.  I find that my love can replace angst and worry.  My love rises me up and supports me to be in the world as the 'best of' Me.

I send love to people, living things, situations.  I open to love when I see the number of views change on my blog posts.  I send love to the people that make this happen.  I feel a connection that uplifts me and I feel gratitude.  I send love to situations that I have no control over yet care.  I send love.  

How are You doing in our world...  What positivity do You connect to when you let your love...  

When you embrace your loving truth with the reality of being You, what do You become aware of - let in - create - and experience...

May you check in with your world.  When your world is embraced in your kindness, our world gets positive energy put into it.

May you put your positive energy into Our World.  I so wish and pray for your world to be the best that it can be; through your truth, trust and love. 

May You hear, be and feel the constant echo of love.  Through it all.  

Who You Are

You were born to be. To Be U.   

The you that you feel and know inside.  The you that thinks, sees, experiences.  The watcher of you thinking, seeing, feeling,  The you that is You.  

May you know and be who you are through your own internal guidance.  

Each of us is unique.  Sure, we have similarities but the overall beingness of each of us vibrates through our own breath and experiences.  

We are the only ones that have lived and live the life that is for each of us.  

You are the only one that knows what it feels like to Be U.  

You are the only one that spends your entire life with U.

Honor yourself.  Be aware of yourself.  Love yourself.  Learn to love yourself fully and wholly.  

It is in your honor of your uniqueness that you best thrive.  

Through self-love and honor, Live.  

As you live through the truth of your experiences, through love, magic happens. 

Freedom.  Communication.  Dreams.  Reality…. You. Yours.    

May you be and live through the marvel that is You. 

May you find your way, the best balance, for You between "go get em" and 'stay, get You'.   

Food

I find myself challenged by some of the foods I am currently choosing to eat.  Comfort foods with sugar and/or fat.  

I'm reaching for the easy.  I am reaching for a 'fix'.  I know that when I'd rather have something (too often) that is not the best choice, I am not eating because I am hungry.

I often ask myself  'If I eat this, will I feel better.."  If I said 'yes', I would eat it.  If I said 'no', I would not.

I am not asking myself this lately and I want the comfort food.

As I was walking near the kitchen today, I realized that food spelled backwards is doof.  I heard my self saying don't be a doof with the food you choose...

So, I come here thinking about this and I'm not sure what I will do with this information/awareness/mindfulness.

I know that I want to feel good or the best I can be with the food I choose.

I drink green smoothies with blueberries on a regular basis.  I eat avocado.  I eat nuts.  I also greatly enjoy the "Haagen Daz" caramel cone ice cream bars.  

My goal is to be more aware of what I choose to ingest.  I want to be more aware while digesting.  I am open to choosing foods that energize me and don't weigh me down.

It matters.  I matter.  You matter.  Life, how we choose to live it, matters.  

May you choose the foods that energize You and don't weigh You down; more often than not.   

Foods that do not put the weight on but have us feeling good about our choices; as much and as often as possible.

Choose You - energized and light; mindful and getting your health on.

Don't be backwards with the food you choose.  Don't be a doof.   Oh my.

May you be your ultimate foodie self.   

p.s.  I am aware that while I’m playing with the non-word ‘doof’, it is not the kindest that I can be to myself.

May you be aware of your own self-talk and shoot for self-kindness.  Thank You.  

Moment in Time

We all have our stories.  We all are living our lives.  We all have experiences.  We are all human.  

Our stories, lives, experiences of ‘being’ are all moments in time.  

We have our past, our present and our future.   

Life can only be lived in this and each moment forward.  Yet, our pasts can have such a place in our mind and body.  We can store many memories in pockets of ourselves.   

What if, just for a trial period, we look at and live in this and each moment forward as ‘fresh’ moments; with fresh and new eyes.   Without any baggage.  Without any ‘what was’.  Would it free us up to create a different type of experience.  Create through this moment of who we are and as we dream now.  Through bringing forth our innate wisdom to this moment, this experience, this situation.. as life is now.   

Using the thought and saying “I’ve always done it this way” may not be our best way now.   

May you open to your best way through your whole [open hearted and minded] self in this moment now.  

May you breathe and open to the best possible You in this experience, this situation now.   

If need be, step out of yourself and ‘see’ from this vantage point what is the best thing to feel, think and do in this moment; through your truth and your trust within You and of You.     

May you get your most awesome out in this moment and from moment to moment anew; being as most loving, open and tender with yourself as possible.    

March

"I like to move it move it."  will.i.am

Happy March.  

May you march into your best body.

I have three words on the bottom of every email I send out.  They are "Breathe.  Stretch.  Smile."

If you already move your body, you are using your breath and increasing oxygen in your body.  I want to believe at some point, you are smiling.  Smiling because you are doing something good for You.  Smiling because you feel good.  Smiling just because you can choose to.  I have never heard anyone say they were sorry that they exercised and/or smiled.  Go You.  

It feels good to stretch our muscles and ligaments when we do it in a way that 'it feels good'.  

May you get to know your body and what type of movement feels best to it.  Dare I say even has fun with it...   Exercise increases our 'happy hormones'.

Whether you've been moving for some time or are just starting out, cross training - doing more than one type of movement/activity - is going to open up your body and make your body its happiest.

If you haven't begun mindfully moving on a regular basis, may I offer to just march in place for five minutes.  Often once started, there is a desire to keep going.  It is okay if you start with just a few minutes.  Your body will thank you.  You can reach up to the sky.  You can reach down past your toes (shoot for this).  You can move side to side.  You can move forward a few steps and back a few steps.  The bigger the steps, the more energy you will expend.  Stay true to what is possible for You.  The most important thing is that as you do it today, you do it again and again and again.  Keep moving on a regular basis.  The regularity of you moving is what will enhance your health, your mood and your energy.

This March, I wish you your kind of movement that brings you more alive; from your head to your toes.

May you get to the point where your whole body vibrates with gratitude and happiness by moving it.  

Start where you are and go at your own pace.  Honor your body.  Just move it through stretching, marching, dancing, yoga, swimming, walking, hiking, weight bearing, etc.  Whatever brings you to feeling alive through strengthening and loving your body.. do that.  Start small.  Keep going.  

May you surprise yourself as you move into the joy of movement.  Oh, it feels so good.  If it does not, perhaps, you are too hard on yourself and you just may be in your mind more than you are in your body.  Listen to your body.  It will talk to you.  It will guide you.  

I wish you the joy of being in your body and moving it on a continuous and steady journey forward.

May you 'march' on.