Soften Into Self

Spring Renewal 🌸

​Since January, I have been teaching an extra class at Satya . . . the beautiful yoga studio in downtown Saugatuck.

This week, during my early morning commute, the shifts were undeniable. Spring has arrived in West Michigan! Instead of driving in snow, cold, and/or darkness . . . I witnessed the most stunning sunrise en route to class. And, it was impossible to miss the budding and blooming trees.

As people arrived, you could feel the added joy and levity in the room. We talked at length about when we might see our first hummingbird; I can’t wait! ​

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“It is better to strive in one’s own genuine truth
than to succeed in the truth of another.
Nothing is ever lost in following one’s own genuine truth.”
~ Bhagavad Gita

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Pathway Forward
Peace for All

Hello!

Well, I have to say, I love the energy that emerges with spring. Nothing like some blue sky days and warmer temperatures to brighten up all of our moods. And, when Javi actually settled on my lap long enough so I could read on our front porch? The BEST!

Speaking of reading, I have my typical stack going, but the one I am smitten with at the moment (and savoring) is Walking Each Other Home by Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush. (Thank you, Rhoda, for the wonderful recommendation.)

The book is a gorgeous conversation about aging, loving, dying, and living as our highest self.

Even though I am still reading, I am already exploring the learning, the shifts, it is gifting me.

There’s something so powerful about its message of love. It certainly is inspiring me to further soften into my true self, rather than cling to any of the masks that I wear.

This pathway of yoga, this practice that we do, it is paramount to developing peace. Peace within ourselves, for ourself, and peace with all around us.

I do not process my learning very quickly. It takes me real time. So, today I’m going to sign off, get back out on that porch, and nestle in. Because . . . the sun is still shining And maybe, just maybe, I’ll get that first glimpse of a hummingbird!

What have you read that inspired or shifted you? I’d love to know!

~ m 🦋